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)
Range of meaning (TWOT 694)shew favour, be gracious; favour; be pitied; direct favour to; be shewn favour, consideration; seek, implore favour; supplication, bend, favor, bestow, implore; intreated, beseech
Strong's H2603חָנַן: properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition) KJV:beseech, × fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, × very.
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.