חַנּוּןchannûwn
gracious, only used as an attribute of God, as hearing the cry of the vexed debtor (Exodus 22:26; Psalms 116:5; Exodus 34:6; Psalms 86:15; Psalms 103:8)
Pronunciation: khan-noon' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2587
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 22:27 This coat may be the only blanket your neighbor has. How can a person sleep without it? If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am merciful.
- Exodus 34:6 The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
- 2 Chronicles 30:9 “For if you return to the Lord, your relatives and your children will be treated mercifully by their captors, and they will be able to return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful. If you return to him, he will not continue to turn his face from you.”
- Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
- Nehemiah 9:31 But in your great mercy, you did not destroy them completely or abandon them forever. What a gracious and merciful God you are!
- Psalms 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).