◄ H2586 ►
חנוּן
Transliteration
Chanuwn;
Pronunciation
khaw-noon'
Parts of Speech
n pr m
Root Word (Etymology)
from 2603
KJV Translation Count — 11x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Hanun (11)
Outline of Biblical Usage
anun = "gracious"
1. son of Nahash and king of Ammon who dishonoured David's ambassadors and lost the subsequent war with David
2. a man who, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the ravine gate in the wall of Jerusalem
3. the 6th son of Zalaph, who also assisted in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem, apparently on the east side
Strong's Definitions
Chanuwn, khaw-noon'; from 2603; favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites: — Hanun.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and H2586 his son reigned in his stead.
Then said David, I will shew kindness unto H2586 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.
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto H2586 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?
Wherefore H2586 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.
And David said, I will shew kindness unto H2586 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 H2586, to comfort him.
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to H2586, 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?
Wherefore H2586 took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, H2586 and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
The valley gate repaired H2586, 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.
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and H2586 the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.