Hanun — the meaning of the Hebrew name חָנוּן

חָנוּן

Chânûwn · pronounced khaw-noon' · Strong's H2586 · a man

Hanun means favored.

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

from H2603; favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites.

2Sam 10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. (KJV)

10 occurrences in 10 verses — 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Nehemiah

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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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