Chânân — H2605

Definition

masculine proper noun

Chanan, the name of seven Israelites

1. Canan or Hanan = "he is merciful"
2. one of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin
3. last of the 6 sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul
4. son of Maachah, one of David's mighty warriors
5. father of some sons who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
6. one of the Levites who assisted Ezra in his public exposition of the law
7. one of the heads of the people who also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
8. another of the chief laymen who also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
9. son of Zaccur, grandson of Mattaniah whom Nehemiah made one of the storekeepers of the provisions collected as tithes. Same as 5 ?
10. son of Igdaliah

Usually translated as

Canan

Origin

from H2603; favor

• Derived from Chânan (H2603)

Occurrences

Chânân occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (6), Jeremiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 8:23 — And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan (וְחָנָֽן),
• 1 Chronicles 8:38 — And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan (וְחָנָ֑ן). All these were the sons of Azel.
• 1 Chronicles 9:44 — And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan (וְחָנָ֑ן): these were the sons of Azel.
• 1 Chronicles 11:43 — Hanan (חָנָן֙) the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
• Ezra 2:46 — The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan (חָנָֽן),
• Nehemiah 7:49 — The children of Hanan (חָנָ֥ן), the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
• Nehemiah 8:7 — Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan (חָנָ֤ן), Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
• Nehemiah 10:10 — And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan (חָנָֽן),
• Nehemiah 10:22 — Pelatiah, Hanan (חָנָ֖ן), Anaiah,
• Nehemiah 10:26 — And Ahijah, Hanan (חָנָ֖ן), Anan,
• Nehemiah 13:13 — And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan (חָנָ֥ן) the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
• Jeremiah 35:4 — And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan (חָנָ֥ן), the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: