Strong's Definition
a primitive root (compare 2583); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV Usage: beseech, X 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, X very
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָנַן (cha.nan) — be gracious. 1) to be gracious, show favour, pity 1a) (Qal) to show favour, be gracious 1b) (Niphal) to be pitied 1c) (Piel) to make gracious, make favourable, be gracious 1d) (Poel) to direct favour to, have mercy on 1e) (Hophal) to be shown favour, be shown consideration 1f) (Hithpael) to seek favour, implore favour
חָנַן (cha.nan) — be loathsome. to be loathsome
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חִין · חֵן · חַנּוּן · חֲנִינָה · חִנָּם · תְּחִנָּה · תַּחֲנוּן · אֶלְחָנָן · חֵן · חָנוּן · חַנָּה · חֵנָדָד · חַנִּיאֵל · חָנָן · חֲנַנְאֵל · חֲנָנִי · חֲנַנְיָה · חֲנַנְיָהוּ · חַנָּתֹן · יֹוחָא · יְהֹוחָנָן · תְּחִנָּה
Merciful | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif, verb hof
to be kindly disposed, to be generous, to be merciful, to be gracious, to pity = state in which humans or deities are favorably disposed to (other) humans, and act accordingly
GEN 33:11 · GEN 43:29 · EXO 33:19 · EXO 33:19 · NUM 6:25 · DEU 7:2 · DEU 28:50 · 2SA 12:22 · 2KI 13:23 · JOB 19:21 · JOB 19:21 · JOB 33:24 · PSA 4:2 · PSA 6:3 · PSA 9:14 · PSA 25:16 · PSA 26:11 · PSA 27:7 · PSA 30:11 · PSA 31:10 · PSA 37:21 · PSA 37:26 · PSA 41:5 · PSA 41:11 · PSA 51:3 · PSA 56:2 · PSA 57:2 · PSA 57:2 · PSA 59:6 · PSA 67:2 · PSA 77:10 · PSA 86:3 · PSA 86:16 · PSA 102:14 · PSA 102:15 · PSA 109:12 · PSA 112:5 · PSA 119:58 · PSA 119:132 · PSA 123:2 · PSA 123:3 · PSA 123:3 · PRO 14:21 · PRO 14:31 · PRO 19:17 · PRO 21:10 · PRO 28:8 · ISA 26:10 · ISA 27:11 · ISA 30:18 · ISA 30:19 · ISA 30:19 · ISA 33:2 · JER 22:23 · LAM 4:16 · DAN 4:24 · AMO 5:15 · MAL 1:9
Merciful | verb hit
to beg for mercy, to make supplication = causative action by which humans try to win a favorable attitude from deities or from other humans ◄ by approaching that deity or person in a very humble way
GEN 42:21 · DEU 3:23 · 1KI 8:33 · 1KI 8:47 · 1KI 8:59 · 1KI 9:3 · 2KI 1:13 · 2CH 6:24 · 2CH 6:37 · EST 4:8 · EST 8:3 · JOB 8:5 · JOB 9:15 · JOB 19:16 · PSA 30:9 · PSA 142:2 · DAN 6:12 · HOS 12:5
Non-Possess | verb qal
to grant = causative action by which humans or deities give something to (other) humans out of the kind disposition of their hearts
Know | verb qal
to grant = causative action by which deities impart knowledge to humans out of the kind disposition of their hearts
Speak | verb pi
Collocation: חנן קֹול
to speak kindly, to speak charmingly literally: to make (one's) voice kind; hence: = actions by which humans speak in a kind and gracious way ► in order to win a favorable attitude from other humans
verb
Unwilling | verb qal
to be repulsive = causative action by which humans arouse in other humans an feeling of disgust, so that they do not want to associate with them
verb
1 PSA 77:10 MT חַנֹּות = חנה 2 JER 22:23 MT NJPS "have grace" ESV "be pitied" | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB CEV "groan" = אנח
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָנַן vb. shew favour, be gracious Qal favour, shew favour
Niph. be pitied
Po‛el direct favour to
Hoph. be shewn favour, consideration
Hithp. seek or implore favour
base
[חָנַן] be loathsome—only Jb 19:17 ref