Chânûwn — H2586

Definition

masculine proper noun

Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites

1. Hanun = "gracious"
2. son of Nahash and king of Ammon who dishonoured David's ambassadors and lost the subsequent war with David
3. a man who, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the ravine gate in the wall of Jerusalem
4. the 6th son of Zalaph, who also assisted in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem, apparently on the east side

Usually translated as

Hanun

Origin

from H2603; favored

• Derived from Chânan (H2603)

Occurrences

Chânûwn occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (4), 1 Chronicles (4), Nehemiah (2)

• 2 Samuel 10:1 — And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun (חָנ֥וּן) his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Samuel 10:2 — Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun (חָנ֣וּן) the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Samuel 10:3 — And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun (חָנ֣וּן) their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
• 2 Samuel 10:4 — Wherefore Hanun (חָנ֜וּן) took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
• 1 Chronicles 19:2 — And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun (חָנ֣וּן) the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
• 1 Chronicles 19:2 — And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun (חָנ֖וּן), to comfort him.
• 1 Chronicles 19:3 — But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun (לְחָנ֗וּן), Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
• 1 Chronicles 19:4 — Wherefore Hanun (חָנ֜וּן) took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
• 1 Chronicles 19:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun (חָ֠נוּן) and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
• Nehemiah 3:13 — The valley gate repaired Hanun (חָנוּן֮), and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
• Nehemiah 3:30 — After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun (וְחָנ֧וּן) the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.