חַנּוּן (ḥannûn) is a Hebrew adjective meaning gracious. It appears 13 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2587).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 694d)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חַנּוּן adjective: gracious

gracious, only used as an attribute of God

Strong's H2587 חַנּוּן: gracious
KJV:gracious.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 694: חַנּוֹת ḥannôt — shew favour, be gracious; favour; be pitied; direct favour to; be shewn favour, consideration; seek, implore favour; supplication, bend, favor, bestow, implore; intreated, beseech

• חָנַן ḥānan — be loathsome
• חֵן ḥēn — favour
• חִנָּם ḥinnām — out of favour
• תְּחִנָּה tĕḥinnâ — favour
• תַּחֲנוּן taḥănûn — supplication for favour
• חֲנִינָה ḥănînâ — favour
• חִין ḥîn — grace
• חַנּוֹת ḥannôt — shew favour

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