חָנַן
chânan · khaw-nan'
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2583 (חָנָה));
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior
- to favor, bestow
- causatively, to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.
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
- 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 › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָנַן 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
78 occurrences · 78 OT · 0 NT · 66 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- have mercy8 · 18%
- be merciful8 · 18%
- will be gracious3 · 7%
- and make supplication3 · 7%
- be gracious2 · 4%
- and besought2 · 4%
- with them, nor shew mercy1 · 2%
- and i besought1 · 2%
- upon thee, and be gracious1 · 2%
- to whom i will be gracious1 · 2%
- i intreated1 · 2%
- and pray1 · 2%
- thee; and will be gracious1 · 2%
- nor shew favour1 · 2%
- that thou hast made1 · 2%
- wherewith i have made supplication1 · 2%
- unto them, be favourable1 · 2%
- was gracious1 · 2%
- when he besought1 · 2%
- to make supplication1 · 2%
- and make thy supplication1 · 2%
- but i would make supplication1 · 2%
- hath dealt graciously with me1 · 2%
- have pity1 · 2%
- hath graciously given1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.