Strong’s H2587 · Hebrew

חַנּוּן
channûwn
khan-noon'

Definition

gracious

Etymology

from H2603 (חָנַן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • gracious

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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