חָנַן chanan

Hebrew word for “be gracious” · Strong’s H2603 · used 78 times in 73 verses

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Meaning

1) to be gracious, show favour, pity;

Senses in the lexicon

• be gracious (77)
• be loathsome (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for chanan in context, with how often each is used:

• show favor to 28
• will show favor to 8
• will seek favor 6
• sought favor 5
• one who shows favor to 4
• may he show favor to 3
• showed favor to 3
• seek favor 3
• has shown favor to 2
• have sought favor 2
• showing favor 2
• shown favor 2

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 8 (3), Job 19 (3), Psalms 119 (3), Genesis 33 (2), 2 Chronicles 6 (2), Psalms 30 (2), Psalms 37 (2), Psalms 41 (2), Psalms 86 (2), Psalms 102 (2)

Forms

• חנני 15
• וחנני 7
• חונן 5
• והתחננו 4
• אתחנן 4
• חננו 4
• יחן 3
• יחננו 3
• חנן 2
• יחנך 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chanan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָחַם racham “to have compassion” 5
• נָצַח natsach “to conduct” 5
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 6
• לָוָה lavah “to borrow” 4
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 7
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 7
• בָּכָה bakhah “to weep” 4
• עָנָה anah “to answer” 5
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 6
• קָרָא qara “to call” 6
• פָּנָה panah “to turn” 4
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 5

Key verses

The verses using chanan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 42:21 — And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear;…
• Deuteronomy 7:2 — And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew…
• Psalms 4:1 — [To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy…
• Psalms 51:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to…
• Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…
• Psalms 102:13 — Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
• Psalms 112:5 — A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
• Proverbs 19:17 — He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
• Isaiah 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that…
• Isaiah 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of…
• Isaiah 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he…
• Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.