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חָנַן

cha.nanbe graciousHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb78 occurrences18 books73 verses

Definition

a primitive root (compare H2583); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Traditional renderings: beseech, × 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, × very.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָנַן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

78 total
  1. Genesis 33:5חָנַ֥ן · has graciously given
    When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
  2. Genesis 33:11חַנַּ֥נִי · has been gracious
    Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
  3. Genesis 42:21בְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹ · when he pleaded
    Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
  4. Genesis 43:29יָחְנְךָ֖ · be gracious to you
    When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
  5. Exodus 33:19וְחַנֹּתִי֙ · I will have mercy; אָחֹ֔ן · I have mercy
    “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  6. Numbers 6:25וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃ס · and be gracious to you
    …may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
  7. Deuteronomy 3:23וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ן · I also pleaded
    At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:
  8. Deuteronomy 7:2תְחָנֵּֽם׃ · mercy
    …and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
  9. Deuteronomy 28:50יָחֹֽן׃ · pity
    …a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
  10. Judges 21:22חָנּ֣וּנוּ · Do us a favor
    When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
  11. 2 Samuel 12:22יְחָנַּנִי · may be gracious
    David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
  12. 1 Kings 8:33וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ · and pleading
    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,
  13. 1 Kings 8:47וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ · and plead
    …and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
  14. 1 Kings 8:59הִתְחַנַּ֙נְתִּי֙ · I have made my petition
    And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
  15. 1 Kings 9:3הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּה
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  16. 2 Kings 1:13וַיִּתְחַנֵּ֤ן · and begged him
    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
  17. 2 Kings 13:23וַיָּחָן֩ · was gracious
    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
  18. 2 Chronicles 6:24וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ · and pleading
    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
  19. 2 Chronicles 6:37וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ · and plead
    …and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
  20. Esther 4:8לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן־ · implore his favor
    Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
  21. Esther 8:3וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־ · and begged
    And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
  22. Job 8:5תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ · for mercy
    But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
  23. Job 9:15אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ · for mercy
    For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
  24. Job 19:16אֶתְחַנֶּן־ · though I implore
    I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
  25. Job 19:17וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗י · and I am loathsome
    My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
  26. Job 19:21חָנֻּ֬נִי · Have pity on me; חָנֻּ֣נִי · have pity
    Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
  27. Job 33:24וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּ · to be gracious
    …to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
  28. Psalm 4:1חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי · show me grace
    For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
  29. Psalm 6:2חָנֵּ֥נִי · Be merciful to me
    Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
  30. Psalm 9:13חָֽנְנֵ֬נִי · Be merciful to me
    Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
  31. Psalm 25:16וְחָנֵּ֑נִי · and be gracious
    Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
  32. Psalm 26:11וְחָנֵּֽנִי׃ · and be merciful to me
    But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
  33. Psalm 27:7וְחָנֵּ֥נִי · be merciful
    Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.
  34. Psalm 30:8אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ · I begged
    To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:
  35. Psalm 30:10וְחָנֵּ֑נִי · and have mercy
    Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
  36. Psalm 31:9חָנֵּ֥נִי · Be merciful to me
    Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
  37. Psalm 37:21חוֹנֵ֥ן · are gracious
    The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
  38. Psalm 37:26חוֹנֵ֣ן · generous
    They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
  39. Psalm 41:4חָנֵּ֑נִי · be gracious to me
    I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
  40. Psalm 41:10חָנֵּ֥נִי · be gracious to me
    But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
  41. Psalm 51:1חָנֵּ֣נִי · Have mercy on me
    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
  42. Psalm 56:1חָנֵּ֣נִי · Be merciful to me
    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
  43. Psalm 57:1חָנֵּ֤נִי · Have mercy on me; חָנֵּ֗נִי · have mercy
    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
  44. Psalm 59:5תָּחֹ֨ן · mercy
    O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
  45. Psalm 67:1יְחָנֵּ֥נוּ · be gracious to us
    For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
  46. Psalm 77:9חַנּ֣וֹת · to be gracious
    Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
  47. Psalm 86:3חָנֵּ֥נִי · Be merciful to me
    Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.