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
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H2603 — חָנַן
cha.nan · be gracious · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 33:5 · חָנַ֥ןHe lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”Genesis 33:11 · חַנַּ֥נִיPlease take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.Genesis 42:21 · בְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹThey said one to another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”Genesis 43:29 · יָחְנְךָ֖He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” He said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”Exodus 33:19 · וְחַנֹּתִי֙ · אָחֹ֔ןHe said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”Numbers 6:25 · וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃ סYahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.Deuteronomy 3:23 · וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ןI begged Yahweh at that time, saying,Deuteronomy 7:2 · תְחָנֵּֽם׃and when Yahweh your God shall deliver them up before you, and you shall strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them: you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them;Deuteronomy 28:50 · יָחֹֽן׃a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,Judges 21:22 · חָנּ֣וּנוּIt shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.’”2 Samuel 12:22 · וְחַנַּ֥נִיHe said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’1 Kings 8:33 · וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ“When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house:1 Kings 8:47 · וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּyet if they shall repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned, and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly;’1 Kings 8:59 · הִתְחַנַּ֙נְתִּי֙Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;1 Kings 9:3 · הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּהYahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.2 Kings 1:13 · וַיִּתְחַנֵּ֤ןAgain he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, “Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.2 Kings 13:23 · וַיָּחָן֩But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.2 Chronicles 6:24 · וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ“If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;2 Chronicles 6:37 · וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּyet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’Esther 4:8 · לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן־He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.Esther 8:3 · וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.Job 8:5 · תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.Job 9:15 · אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.Job 19:16 · אֶתְחַנֶּן־I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.Job 19:17 · וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗יMy breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.Job 19:21 · חָנֻּ֬נִי · חָנֻּ֣נִי“Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.Job 33:24 · וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּthen God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’Psalm 4:1 · חָ֝נֵּ֗נִיFor the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.Psalm 6:2 · חָנֵּ֥נִיHave mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.Psalm 9:13 · חָֽנְנֵ֬נִיHave mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;Psalm 25:16 · וְחָנֵּ֑נִיTurn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.Psalm 26:11 · וְחָנֵּֽנִי׃But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.Psalm 27:7 · וְחָנֵּ֥נִיHear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.Psalm 30:8 · אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:Psalm 30:10 · וְחָנֵּ֑נִיHear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.”Psalm 31:9 · חָנֵּ֥נִיHave mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.Psalm 37:21 · חוֹנֵ֥ןThe wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.Psalm 37:26 · חוֹנֵ֣ןAll day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.Psalm 41:4 · חָנֵּ֑נִיI said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”Psalm 41:10 · חָנֵּ֥נִיBut you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.Psalm 51:1 · חָנֵּ֣נִיFor the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.Psalm 56:1 · חָנֵּ֣נִיFor the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.Psalm 57:1 · חָנֵּ֤נִי · חָנֵּ֗נִיFor the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.Psalm 59:5 · תָּחֹ֨ןYou, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.Psalm 67:1 · יְחָנֵּ֥נוּFor the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.Psalm 77:9 · חַנּ֣וֹתHas God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.Psalm 86:3 · חָנֵּ֥נִיBe merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.Psalm 86:16 · וְחָ֫נֵּ֥נִיTurn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.Psalm 102:13 · לְ֝חֶֽנְנָ֗הּYou will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.Psalm 102:14 · יְחֹנֵֽנוּ׃For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.Psalm 109:12 · ח֝וֹנֵ֗ןLet there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.Psalm 112:5 · חוֹנֵ֣ןIt is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.Psalm 119:29 · חָנֵּֽנִי׃Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!Psalm 119:58 · חָ֝נֵּ֗נִיI sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.Psalm 119:132 · וְחָנֵּ֑נִיTurn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.Psalm 123:2 · שֶׁיְּחָנֵּֽנוּ׃Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.Psalm 123:3 · חָנֵּ֣נוּ · חָנֵּ֑נוּHave mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.Psalm 142:1 · אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.Proverbs 14:21 · וּמְחוֹנֵ֖ןHe who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.Proverbs 14:31 · חֹנֵ֥ןHe who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.Proverbs 19:17 · ח֣וֹנֵֽןHe who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.Proverbs 21:10 · יֻחַ֖ןThe soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.Proverbs 26:25 · יְחַנֵּ֣ןWhen his speech is charming, don’t believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.Proverbs 28:8 · לְחוֹנֵ֖ןHe who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.Isaiah 26:10 · יֻחַ֤ןLet favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.Isaiah 27:11 · יְחֻנֶּֽנּוּ׃ סWhen its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.Isaiah 30:18 · לַֽחֲנַנְכֶ֔םTherefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.Isaiah 30:19 · חָנ֤וֹן · יָחְנְךָ֙For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.Isaiah 33:2 · חָנֵּ֖נוּYahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.Lamentations 4:16 · חָנָֽנוּ׃ סThe anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn’t respect the persons of the priests, they didn’t favor the elders.Hosea 12:4 · וַיִּתְחַנֶּן־Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,Amos 5:15 · יֶֽחֱנַ֛ןHate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”Malachi 1:9 · וִֽיחָנֵ֑נוּ“Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.