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HebrewH2605Proper Noun (Masculine)

חָנָן

cha.nan

9Occurrences
H2605Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chanan, the name of seven Israelites

from H2603 (חָנַן); favor;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Shashak (H8349); brother of: Ishpan (H3473), Eber (H5677J), Eliel (H0447I), Abdon (H5658I), Zichri (H2147I), Hananiah (H2608O), Elam (H5867), Anthothijah (H6070), Iphdeiah (H3301) and Penuel (H6439I) § 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 ) 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חָנָן appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
3
Ezra
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:43BSB

Hanan son of Maacah,Joshaphat the Mithnite,

1 Chronicles 8:23BSB

Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

1 Chronicles 8:38BSB

Azel had six sons, and these were their names:Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 9:44BSB

And Azel had six sons, and these were their names:Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

Ezra 2:46BSB

the descendants of Hagab,the descendants of Shalmai,the descendants of Hanan,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.