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Strong's #2605 - חָנָן

Transliteration
Chânân
Phonetics
khaw-nawn'
Origin
from (H2603)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. Canan or Hanan = "he is merciful"
    1. one of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin
    2. last of the 6 sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul
    3. son of Maachah, one of David´s mighty warriors
    4. father of some sons who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
    5. one of the Levites who assisted Ezra in his public exposition of the law
    6. one of the heads of the people who also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
    7. another of the chief laymen who also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
    8. son of Zaccur, grandson of Mattaniah whom Nehemiah made one of the storekeepers of the provisions collected as tithes. Same as 5 ?
    9. son of Igdaliah

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (12)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
BSB (12)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
CSB (10)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
ESV (21)
Genesis 1
Joshua 1
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Job 1
Psalms 1
Jeremiah 4
Ezekiel 2
KJV (12)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
LEB (12)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
LSB (12)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
N95 (12)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
NAS (12)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (12)
1 Chronicles 4
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 6
Jeremiah 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 חָנָן proper name, masculine ( gracious; compare Sabean חנן, Phoenician חנא) —

1 one of the warriors of David 1 Chronicles 11:43.

2 one of the heads of families of Nethinim Ezra 2:46 = Nehemiah 7:49.

3 names of Levites Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 10:11; Nehemiah 13:3.

4 chiefs of the people:

a. Nehemiah 10:23.

b. Nehemiah 10:27.

5 Benjamite name 1 Chronicles 8:23,38; 1 Chronicles 9:44 (compare proper name, of a location בֵּית חָנָן, Mishna כְּפַר חָנָן).

6אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים head of a prophetic guild, בְּנֵי חָנָן Jeremiah 35:4.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָנָן (“merciful” [“unless rather it be used as an abbreviation of יוֹחָנָן whom Jehovah gave”]), [Hanan], pr.n.

(1) of one of David’s captains, 1 Chronicles 11:43.

(2) of various other men of less note, Ezr. Neh.


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List of Word Forms
וְחָנָ֑ן וְחָנָֽן׃ וחנן וחנן׃ חָנָ֖ן חָנָ֤ן חָנָ֥ן חָנָֽן׃ חָנָן֙ חנן חנן׃ chaNan ḥā·nān ḥānān vechaNan wə·ḥā·nān wəḥānān
 
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