H2603 חָנַן
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 77 KJV occurrences
חָנַן
chânan · khaw-nan'
Definition
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV Renderings
beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root (compare H2583 (חָנָה));
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 77)
- Genesis 33:5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
- Deuteronomy 28:50A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
- 2 Chronicles 6:37Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
- Psalms 4:1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 37:26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
- Psalms 86:16O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.