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Saturday, December 21st, 2024
the Third Week of Advent

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #2586 - חָנוּן

Transliteration

Chânûwn

Phonetics

khaw-noon'

Origin

from (H2603)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Hanun = "gracious"
1. son of Nahash and king of Ammon who dishonoured David´s ambassadors and lost the subsequent war with David
2. a man who, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the ravine gate in the wall of Jerusalem
3. the 6th son of Zalaph, who also assisted in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem, apparently on the east side

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (11)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

BSB (10)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

CSB (10)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 2

ESV (11)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

KJV (11)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

LEB (11)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

LSB (11)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

N95 (11)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

NAS (11)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

2 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חָנוּן ( favoured; compare Assyrian –anunu, king of Gaza COT on 2 Kings 15:29); —

1 an Ammonite king 2 Samuel 10:1,2,3,4; 1 Chronicles 19:2 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 19:3,4,6.

2 Jewish chiefs, contemporaries of Nehemiah:

a. Nehemiah 3:18.

b. Nehemiah 3:30.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָנוּן (“gracious” [“whom God pities”]), [Hanun], pr.n.

(1) of a king of the Ammonites, 2 Samuel 10:1; 1 Chronicles 19:2.

(2) Nehemiah 3:30.

(3) Nehemiah 3:13.

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List of Word Forms

וְחָנ֧וּן וחנון חָ֠נוּן חָנ֖וּן חָנ֜וּן חָנ֣וּן חָנ֥וּן חָנוּן֮ חנון לְחָנ֗וּן לחנון chaNun ḥā·nūn ḥānūn lə·ḥā·nūn lechaNun ləḥānūn vechaNun wə·ḥā·nūn wəḥānūn