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Strong’s Concordance H2603
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- chanan
- Pronunciation
- khaw-nan'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2603
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- Source renderings
- beseech, fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, very
- Root word
- a primitive root (compare H2583)
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition). Root word: a primitive root (compare H2583).
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H2583
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
02603\ 2603 chanan khaw-nan' a primitive root (compare 2583); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition):--beseech, X fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, X very. see HEBREW for 02583