תְּחִנָּה
tᵉchinnâh · tekh-in-naw'
graciousness; causatively, entreaty
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2603 (חָנַן);
graciousness; causatively, entreaty
- graciousness
- causatively, entreaty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: favour, grace, supplication.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּחִנָּה 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and their supplication3 · 12%
- my supplication3 · 12%
- and supplication2 · 8%
- let my supplication2 · 8%
- and to his supplication2 · 8%
- and thy supplication1 · 4%
- or what supplication1 · 4%
- and their supplications1 · 4%
- his supplication1 · 4%
- grace1 · 4%
- not thyself from my supplication1 · 4%
- their supplication1 · 4%
- let, we beseech thee, our supplication1 · 4%
- your supplication1 · 4%
- and that they might have no favour1 · 4%
- thou to the supplication1 · 4%
- unto the supplication1 · 4%
- and unto the supplication1 · 4%
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.