חֲנַן
chănan · H2604 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to be kindly disposed, to be generous, to be merciful, to be gracious, to pity
State in which humans or deities are favorably disposed to (other) humans, and act accordingly
ExamplesDaniel 4:27 ‘Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
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to beg for mercy, to make supplication
Causative action by which humans try to win a favorable attitude from deities or from other humans by approaching that deity or person in a very humble way
ExamplesDaniel 6:11 Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before his God.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- דָּנִיֵּאלDaniel 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֲנָהpoor 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קֳדָםbefore+ אֱלָהּGod, god 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 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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Semantic domains 5 entries
- Merciful002001002019
- The word denotes showing mercy, as in Daniel 4:24's reference to showing mercy to the poor as a means of prolonging prosperity.
- Non-Possess002003002018
- This code is shared with the closely related Hebrew form of this root (חָנַן (chânan, H2603)), where the sense of supplication addresses an appeal to one who holds what the petitioner lacks; it is not independently distinguished in this entry's own two occurrences.
- Know002004002007
- This code is shared with the closely related Hebrew form of this root, where showing mercy involves a superior taking favorable notice of the one appealing; it is not independently distinguished in this entry's own two occurrences.
- Speak002004001009008
- The word denotes making supplication, a spoken plea, as in Daniel 6:12's reference to imploring favor through prayer.
- Unwilling002001002031
- חֲנַן, the Aramaic cognate of the Hebrew root behind חָנַן (chânan, H2603), occurs genuinely at Daniel 6:11 (the Aramaic-numbered verse tagged as 6:12; the matching English content — "found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before his God" — is rendered one verse earlier, at Daniel 6:11, in most English translations) in the sense of imploring favor or supplication, and at Daniel 4:27 (the Aramaic-numbered verse tagged as 4:24; the matching English content — "showing mercy to the poor" — is rendered three verses later in the English versification, at Daniel 4:27) in the sense of showing mercy. No genuine occurrence supports an "Unwilling" sense; the domain is bundle-shared with the Hebrew cognate חָנַן (chânan, H2603).
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
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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