תַּחֲנוּןtachănûwn

supplication for favour

Pronunciation: takh-an-oon' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8469

Meanings

1. made to men (Proverbs 18:23; Job 40:27)

2. to God (Psalms 143:1; Daniel 9:3; Daniel 9:17)

Same root

חָנַןchânan · H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

Where it appears

Appears 18 times in the Bible.

2 Chronicles 6:21 May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.
Job 41:3 Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity?
Psalms 28:2 Listen to my prayer for mercy as I cry out to you for help, as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
Psalms 28:6 Praise the Lord! For he has heard my cry for mercy.
Psalms 31:22 In panic I cried out, “I am cut off from the Lord!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.
Psalms 86:6 Listen closely to my prayer, O Lord; hear my urgent cry.

See every passage

2 Chronicles 6:21
Job 41:3
Psalms 28:2, 28:6, 31:22, 86:6, 116:1, 130:2, 140:6, 143:1
Proverbs 18:23
Jeremiah 3:21, 31:9
Daniel 9:3, 9:17, 9:18, 9:23
Zechariah 12:10

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).