חָנַן

Every use · 1–50 of 78 · BSB

1. Genesis 33:5חָנַ֥ןhe has shown favor to

   When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

2. Genesis 33:11חַנַּ֥נִיhe has shown favor to me

   Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

3. Genesis 42:21בְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹwhen sought favor he

   Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

4. Genesis 43:29יָחְנְךָ֖may he show favor to you

   When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

5. Exodus 33:19וְחַנֹּתִי֙and I will show favor to

   “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

6. Exodus 33:19אָחֹ֔ןI will show favor

   “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

7. Numbers 6:25וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ סand may he show favor to you

   may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

8. Deuteronomy 3:23וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ןand I sought favor

   At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

9. Deuteronomy 7:2תְחָנֵּֽםyou will show favor to them

   and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

10. Deuteronomy 28:50יָחֹֽןit will show favor to

    a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

11. Judges 21:22חָנּ֣וּנוּshow favor for to us

    When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”

12. 2 Samuel 12:22וְחַנַּ֥נִיand he will show favor to me

    David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

13. 1 Kings 8:33וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּand they will seek favor

    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

14. 1 Kings 8:47וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּand they will seek favor

    and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

15. 1 Kings 8:59הִתְחַנַּ֙נְתִּי֙I have sought favor

    And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

16. 1 Kings 9:3הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּהyou have sought favor

    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

17. 2 Kings 1:13וַיִּתְחַנֵּ֤ןand he sought favor

    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.

18. 2 Kings 13:23וַיָּחָן֩and he showed favor to

    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.

19. 2 Chronicles 6:24וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּand they will seek favor

    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,

20. 2 Chronicles 6:37וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּand they will seek favor

    and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

21. Esther 4:8לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן־to seek favor

    Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

22. Esther 8:3וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־and she sought favor

    And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.

23. Job 8:5תִּתְחַנָּֽןyou will seek favor

    But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

24. Job 9:15אֶתְחַנָּֽןI will seek favor

    For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

25. Job 19:16אֶתְחַנֶּן־I seek favor

    I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

26. Job 19:17וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗יand I am repulsive

    My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

27. Job 19:21חָנֻּ֬נִיshow favor to me

    Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

28. Job 19:21חָנֻּ֣נִיshow favor to me

    Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

29. Job 33:24וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּand he showed favor to him

    to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

30. Psalms 4:1חָ֝נֵּ֗נִיshow favor to me

    For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

31. Psalms 6:2חָנֵּ֥נִיshow favor to me

    Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

32. Psalms 9:13חָֽנְנֵ֬נִיshow favor to me

    Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

33. Psalms 25:16וְחָנֵּ֑נִיand show favor to me

    Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.

34. Psalms 26:11וְחָנֵּֽנִיand show favor to me

    But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

35. Psalms 27:7וְחָנֵּ֥נִיand show favor to me

    Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.

36. Psalms 30:8אֶתְחַנָּֽןI sought favor

    To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:

37. Psalms 30:10וְחָנֵּ֑נִיand show favor to me

    Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”

38. Psalms 31:9חָנֵּ֥נִיshow favor to me

    Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

39. Psalms 37:21חוֹנֵ֥ן[is] showing favor

    The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

40. Psalms 37:26חוֹנֵ֣ן[he is] showing favor

    They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.

41. Psalms 41:4חָנֵּ֑נִיshow favor to me

    I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

42. Psalms 41:10חָנֵּ֥נִיshow favor to me

    But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

43. Psalms 51:1חָנֵּ֣נִיshow favor to me

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

44. Psalms 56:1חָנֵּ֣נִיshow favor to me

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

45. Psalms 57:1חָנֵּ֤נִיshow favor to me

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

46. Psalms 57:1חָנֵּ֗נִיshow favor to me

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

47. Psalms 59:5תָּחֹ֨ןyou show favor to

    O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

48. Psalms 67:1יְחָנֵּ֥נוּmay he show favor to us

    For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

49. Psalms 77:9חַנּ֣וֹתto have compassion

    Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah

50. Psalms 86:3חָנֵּ֥נִיshow favor to me

    Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.