Lexical Summary Chanan: "gracious", the name of several Israelites Original Word: חָנָןTransliteration: Chanan Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nawn') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "gracious", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Hanan -- "gracious", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Canan From chanan; favor; Chanan, the name of seven Israelites -- Canan. see HEBREW chanan Brown-Driver-Briggs H2605. Chanan חָנָן proper name, masculine (gracious; compare Sabean חנן, Phoenician חנא) — 1 one of the warriors of David 1 Chronicles 11:43. 2 one of the heads of families of Nethinim Ezra 2:46 = Nehemiah 7:49. 3 names of Levites Nehemiah 8:7; 10:11; 13:3. 4 chiefs of the people: a. Nehemiah 10:23. b. Nehemiah 10:27. 5 Benjamite name 1 Chronicles 8:23, 38; 9:44 (compare proper name, of a location חָנָן בֵּית, Mishna חָנָן כְּפַר). 6 הָאֱלֹהִים אִישׁ head of a prophetic guild, חָנָן בְּנֵי Jeremiah 35:4. |
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