Word Study · Strong's H2605 · Hebrew
חָנָן
Chanan
khaw-nawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chânân
“Chanan, the name of seven Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Chanan, the name of seven Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Canan.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- חָנָ֥ן3
- וְחָנָ֑ן2
- חָנָ֖ן2
- חָנָֽן׃2
- וְחָנָֽן׃1
- חָנָן֙1
- חָנָ֤ן1
How it is rendered · 2
- Hanan9
- and Hanan3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)9
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 9
- HC/Npm · 3
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 8:23וְחָנָֽן׃vechananconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,here: and Hanan
- 1 Chronicles 8:38וְחָנָ֑ןvechananconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.here: and Hanan
- 1 Chronicles 9:44וְחָנָ֑ןvechananconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.here: and Hanan
- 1 Chronicles 11:43חָנָן֙chananproper noun (a name)Hanan son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,here: Hanan
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah6 occurrences
- Nehemiah 7:49חָנָ֥ןchananproper noun (a name)the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar,here: Hanan
- Nehemiah 8:7חָנָ֤ןchananproper noun (a name)The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.here: Hanan
- Nehemiah 10:10חָנָֽן׃chananproper noun (a name)and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,here: Hanan
- Nehemiah 10:22חָנָ֖ןchananproper noun (a name)Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,here: Hanan
- Nehemiah 10:26חָנָ֖ןchananproper noun (a name)Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,here: Hanan
- Nehemiah 13:13חָנָ֥ןchananproper noun (a name)I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.here: Hanan