חַנּוּן
channûwn · H2587 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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generous, merciful
State in which deities are favorably disposed to someone, or of experiencing an emotion of compassion towards other people, and acting accordingly
ExamplesExodus 22:27 for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else is he to sleep in? And it will come about that when he cries out to Me, I will listen to him, for I am gracious.
Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and truth;
2 Chronicles 30:9 “For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your sons will find compassion in the presence of those who led them captive, and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 5
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
- אֲנִיI 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- רַחוּם rachûwm · H7349 · compassionate
- Both words denote divine attributes of mercy and graciousness; חַנּוּן (channûwn, H2587) is "gracious," while the second word is "full of compassion, merciful," so they are distinct Hebrew words for closely related concepts that could substitute in describing a compassionate character.
- רַחְמָנִי rachmânîy · H7362 · compassionate
- Both words denote the quality of showing mercy and compassion, whether divine or human.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐλεήμων eleḗmōn · G1655 · merciful
- Greek ἐλεήμων emphasizes the active, outward manifestation of compassion in response to need, while Hebrew חַנּוּן focuses on the gracious disposition of favor freely extended; both denote divine mercy-attributes but ἐλεήμων highlights responsive compassion where חַנּוּן highlights unmerited favor.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Merciful002001002019
- The word describes a gracious or compassionate disposition, an adjective applied to God's character as one who shows favor and mercy toward His people.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2587. channun חַנּוּן adjective gracious, only used as an attribute of God, as hearing…
חַנּוּן adjective gracious, only used as an attribute of God, as hearing the cry of the vexed debtor Exo 22:26 (covenant code), || מְרַחֵם Psa 116:5; elsewhere in the earlier phrase וְחַנּוּן רַחוּם Exo 34:6 (JE) = Psa 86:15; Psa 103:8, or the later וְרַחוּם חַנּוּן2Ch 30:9; Neh 9:17, Neh 9:31; Psa 111:4; Psa 112:4; Psa 145:8; Joe 2:13; Jon 4:2.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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