חַנּוּן
channûwn · khan-noon'
gracious
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2603 (חָנַן);
gracious
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gracious.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַנּוּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and gracious3 · 23%
- is gracious3 · 23%
- gracious2 · 15%
- for i am gracious1 · 8%
- them; for thou art a gracious1 · 8%
- he is gracious1 · 8%
- for he is gracious1 · 8%
- that thou art a gracious1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.