תַּחֲנוּן tachanun

Hebrew word for “supplication” · Strong’s H8469 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) supplication, supplication for favour; 1a) to man; 1b) to God

How it is translated

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

• supplications 18

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 9 (4), Psalms 28 (2), 2 Chronicles 6 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 31 (1), Psalms 86 (1), Psalms 116 (1), Psalms 130 (1), Psalms 140 (1), Psalms 143 (1)

Forms

• תחנוני 9
• תחנונים 2
• ותחנונים 2
• תחנונותי 1
• ובתחנונים 1
• תחנוניו 1
• תחנונינו 1
• תחנוניך 1

Words used with it

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

• קוֹל qol “voice” 8
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 10
• תְּפִלָּה tephillah “prayer” 4
• אָזַן azan “to listen” 3
• שָׁוַע shava “to cry” 2
• בְּכִי bekhi “weeping” 2
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 3
• בְּכוֹר bekhor “firstborn” 2
• צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 2
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 2
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 3
• עָנָה anah “to answer” 2

Key verses

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

• Psalms 28:2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
• Psalms 31:22 — For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
• Psalms 116:1 — I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
• Psalms 130:2 — Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
• Psalms 140:6 — I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
• Psalms 143:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
• Jeremiah 3:21 — A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the…
• Jeremiah 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall…
• Daniel 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
• Daniel 9:17 — Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the…
• Daniel 9:18 — O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our…
• Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…

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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.