Strong's Definition
(Aramaic) corresponding to 2603; to favor or (causatively) to entreat
KJV Usage: shew mercy, make supplication
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֲנַן (cha.nan) — be gracious. 1) to show favour 1a) (P'al) to show favour 1b) (Ithpael) to implore favour
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
[חֲנַן] vb. shew favour; Pa.
Hithpa. implore favour
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