חָנַן

Strong’s Definition

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root (compare H2583 (חָנָה));

KJV Usage

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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be gracious, show favor, pity
• 2.(qal) to show favor, be gracious
• 3.(niphal) to be pitied
• 4.(piel) to make gracious, make favorable, be gracious
• 5.to be loathsome
• 6.(poel) to direct favor to, have mercy on
• 7.(hophal) to be shown favor, be shown consideration
• 8.(hithpael) to seek favor, implore favor

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: chânan; Pronunciation: khaw-nan'