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HebrewH2586Proper Noun (Masculine)

חָנוּן

cha.nun

10Occurrences
H2586Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites

from H2603 (חָנַן); favored;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Nahash (H5176H) § Hanun = "gracious" 1) son of Nahash and king of Ammon who dishonoured David's ambassadors and lost the subsequent war with ) a man who, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the ravine gate in the wall of Jerusalem 3) the 6th son of Zalaph, who also assisted in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem, apparently on the east side

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חָנוּן appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4
2 Samuel
4
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 19:2BSB

And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.”So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

1 Chronicles 19:4BSB

So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

2 Samuel 10:1BSB

Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.

2 Samuel 10:3BSB

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

Nehemiah 3:13BSB

The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

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