Hebrew · Strong's H2603 · Verb

חָנַן

cha·nan

be gracious

77times used
72verses
18books

How it's translated

Definition

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

Other senses of this number: be loathsome

The forms it takes

Stem

  • Qal 71% simple action
  • Hithpael 22% doing it to yourself, or again and again
  • Piel 5% intensive, or bringing about a state
  • Hophal 3% passive of Hiphil

Form

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Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

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Every verse

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