חָנַן (ḥānan) is a Hebrew verb meaning be loathsome. It appears 79 times in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2603).

Also rendered

• shew favour
• be gracious

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 694)

Root family 694: חָנַן ḥānan — I, be gracious; pity; in Hithpael stem to beseech, implore

• חֵן ḥēn — favour
• חִנָּם ḥinnām — out of favour
• תְּחִנָּה tĕḥinnâ — favour
• תַּחֲנוּן taḥănûn — supplication for favour
• חַנּוּן ḥannûn — gracious
• חֲנִינָה ḥănînâ — favour
• חִין ḥîn — grace
• חַנּוֹת ḥannôt — shew favour

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