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H2586 חָנוּן (Chânûwn) khaw-noon'
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Strong's Definition

from 2603; favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites

KJV Usage: Hanun

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָנוּן (cha.nun) — Hanun. A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.10.1; son of: Nahash (H5176H) § 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

חָנוּן (cha.nun) — Hanun. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.13 § 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

חָנוּן (cha.nun) — Hanun. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.30; son of: Zalaph (H6764) § 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name · חנן

Names of People

Hanun = man; ◄ son of Nahash; ► king of Ammon, who humiliated David's emissaries and so became David's enemy

2SA 10:1 · 2SA 10:2 · 2SA 10:3 · 2SA 10:4 · 1CH 19:2 · 1CH 19:2 · 1CH 19:3 · 1CH 19:4 · 1CH 19:6

Names of People

Hanun = various men; ► repairers of wall; after exile

NEH 3:13 · NEH 3:30

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָנוּן n.pr.m. (favoured) an Ammonite king

Jewish chiefs, contemporaries of Nehemiah

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