H2587 - חַנּוּן (channûwn)

H2587 חַנּוּן (channûwn) khan-noon'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

gracious

Strong's Definition

gracious

Derivation: from H2603 (חָנַן);

KJV Usage: gracious.

TWOT Reference: 694d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) gracious

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1655

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

gracious

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חַנּוּן channûn BDB Definition: 1) gracious Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2603 Same Word by TWOT Number: 694d Total KJV Occurrences: 14

Bible Occurrences (13)

22:27 34:6

30:9

9:17 9:31

86:15 103:8 111:4 112:4 116:5 145:8

2:13

4:2

Exodus 22:27

because [his cloak] is the only covering he has [for] his body. What else will he sleep in?... And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Exodus 34:6

Then the LORD passed in front of [Moses] and called out: The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

2 Chronicles 30:9

For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage [in Egypt]. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:31

But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them...; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Joel 2:13

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Jonah 4:2

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why... I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew... that You [are] a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion — One who relents from sending disaster.