תַּחֲנוּן
tachănûwn · takh-an-oon'
earnest prayer
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) תַּחֲנוּנָה; from H2603 (חָנַן);
earnest prayer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: intreaty, 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
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The mark, the covenant sign that works 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 תַּחֲנוּן 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of my supplications6 · 33%
- and supplications2 · 11%
- therefore unto the supplications1 · 6%
- supplications1 · 6%
- and my supplications1 · 6%
- to my supplications1 · 6%
- intreaties1 · 6%
- and with supplications1 · 6%
- and his supplications1 · 6%
- our supplications1 · 6%
- of thy supplications1 · 6%
- and of supplications1 · 6%
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.