H2603 · חָנַן
chânan · khaw-nan' · mercy, gracious
H2603 (chânan, pronounced khaw-nan') is the Hebrew word חָנַן in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior. It appears 78 times in 73 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חָנַן (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- chânan
- Pronunciation
- khaw-nan'
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2583 (חָנָה));
- Definition
- properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- Rendered in the KJV
- 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.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
78 occurrences in 73 verses (76 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “Be merciful to me” ×5
- “be gracious to me” ×3
- “for mercy” ×3
- “Have mercy on me” ×2
- “and have mercy” ×2
- “and plead” ×2
- “and pleading” ×2
- “be gracious to us” ×2
By book
Genesis 4 · Exodus 1 · Numbers 1 · Deuteronomy 3 · Judges 1 · 2 Samuel 1 · 1 Kings 4 · 2 Kings 2 · 2 Chronicles 2 · Esther 2 · Job 6 · Psalms 31 · Proverbs 6 · Isaiah 5 · Lamentations 1 · Hosea 1 · Amos 1 · Malachi 1
First 30 of 73 verses
- Genesis 33:5
- Genesis 33:11
- Genesis 42:21
- Genesis 43:29
- Exodus 33:19
- Numbers 6:25
- Deuteronomy 3:23
- Deuteronomy 7:2
- Deuteronomy 28:50
- Judges 21:22
- 2 Samuel 12:22
- 1 Kings 8:33
- 1 Kings 8:47
- 1 Kings 8:59
- 1 Kings 9:3
- 2 Kings 1:13
- 2 Kings 13:23
- 2 Chronicles 6:24
- 2 Chronicles 6:37
- Esther 4:8
- Esther 8:3
- Job 8:5
- Job 9:15
- Job 19:16
- Job 19:17
- Job 19:21
- Job 33:24
- Psalms 4:1
- Psalms 6:2
- Psalms 9:13
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2603.