Canan — the meaning of the Hebrew name חָנָן

חָנָן

Chânân · pronounced khaw-nawn' · Strong's H2605 · a man

Canan means favor.

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חָנַן chânan (from, H2603) — properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior open in the lexicon ›

from H2603; favor; Chanan, the name of seven Israelites.

1Chr 8:23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, (KJV)

12 occurrences in 12 verses — 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Jeremiah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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