Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2586 - חָנוּן Chanun ("favored")

Original Word:	חָנוּן
Transliteration:	Chanun
Definition:	"favored", two contemporaries of Nehemiah, also an Ammonite king
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(khaw-noon')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Hanun

From chanan; favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites -- Hanun.

see HEBREW chanan

Englishman's Concordance

Hanun=“gracious”
1) son of Nahash and king of Ammon who dishonoured David’s ambassadors and lost the subsequent war with David
2) 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
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2603

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חָנוּן (favoured; compare Assyrian –anunu, king of Gaza COT on 2 Kings 15:29); —

1an Ammonite king2 Samuel 10:1,2,3,4; 1 Chronicles 19:2 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 19:3,4,6.

2Jewish chiefs, contemporaries of Nehemiah:

a.Nehemiah 3:18.

b.Nehemiah 3:30.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2586. חָנוּן (Chanun) — 11 Occurrences

2 Samuel 10:1
HEB:עַמּ֑וֹן וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ חָנ֥וּן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃
NAS: died, and Hanun his son
KJV: died, and Hanun his son
INT: of Ammon became and Hanun his son his place

2 Samuel 10:2
HEB:חֶ֣סֶד ׀ עִם־ חָנ֣וּן בֶּן־ נָחָ֗שׁ
NAS: kindness to Hanun the son
KJV: kindness unto Hanun the son
INT: kindness with to Hanun the son of Nahash

2 Samuel 10:3
HEB:עַמּ֜וֹן אֶל־ חָנ֣וּן אֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֗ם הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד
NAS: said to Hanun their lord,
KJV: said unto Hanun their lord,
INT: of Ammon to Hanun their lord is honoring

2 Samuel 10:4
HEB: וַיִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת־ עַבְדֵ֣י
NAS:So Hanun took David's
KJV:Wherefore Hanun took David's
INT: took Hanun servants David's

1 Chronicles 19:2
HEB:חֶ֣סֶד ׀ עִם־ חָנ֣וּן בֶּן־ נָחָ֗שׁ
NAS: kindness to Hanun the son
KJV: kindness unto Hanun the son
INT: kindness with to Hanun the son of Nahash

1 Chronicles 19:2
HEB:עַמּ֛וֹן אֶל־ חָנ֖וּן לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃
NAS: of Ammon to Hanun to console
KJV: of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort
INT: of Ammon to Hanun to console

1 Chronicles 19:3
HEB:בְנֵי־ עַמּ֜וֹן לְחָנ֗וּן הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד דָּוִ֤יד
NAS: said to Hanun, Do you think
KJV: said to Hanun, Thinkest
INT: of the sons of Ammon to Hanun is honoring David

1 Chronicles 19:4
HEB: וַיִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת־ עַבְדֵ֤י
NAS:So Hanun took David's
KJV:Wherefore Hanun took David's
INT: took Hanun servants David's

1 Chronicles 19:6
HEB:דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חָ֠נוּן וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן
NAS: to David, Hanun and the sons
KJV: to David, Hanun and the children
INT: to David sent Hanun and the children of Ammon

Nehemiah 3:13
HEB:הַגַּ֜יְא הֶחֱזִ֣יק חָנוּן֮ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י זָנוֹחַ֒
NAS:Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah
KJV: repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants
INT: the Valley repaired Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah

Nehemiah 3:30
HEB:בֶן־ שֶׁלֶמְיָ֗ה וְחָנ֧וּן בֶּן־ צָלָ֛ף
NAS: of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth
KJV: of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth
INT: the son of Shelemiah and Hanun son of Zalaph

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