Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8469
תַּחֲנוּן
tachanuntakh-an-oon'
supplication
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tachănûwn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8469is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8469
earnest prayer
The King James renders it: intreaty, supplication.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tachanun is rendered "supplication". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Chronicles 6:21Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
2 Chronicles 6:21תַּחֲנוּנֵ֤י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's eighteen uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- supplications my8
- and supplications2
- supplications2
- supplications of2
- and with supplications1
- supplications his1
- supplications our1
- supplications your1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| תַּחַת | tachath | underneath: under | Uses505 |
| תַּחְתִּי | tachti | lower | Uses19 |
| תַּחַשׁ | tachash | leather | Uses14 |
| תַּחְתּוֹן | tachton | Lower (Beth Horon) | Uses13 |
| תַּחְבֻּלָה | tachbulah | counsel | Uses6 |
| תַּחֲלוּא | tachalu | disease | Uses5 |
| תַּחְמָס | tachmas | ostrich | Uses2 |
| תַּחֲרָא | tachara | breastplate | Uses2 |
| תַּחָרָה | tacharah | to contend | Uses2 |
| תַּחֲנָה | tachanah | encampment | Uses1 |
| תַּחֲנִי | Tachani | Tahanite | Uses1 |
| תַּחְכְּמֹנִי | Tachkemoni | Tahchemonite | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃4
- וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮1
- וְתַחֲנוּנִ֑ים1
- וְתַ֣חֲנוּנִ֔ים1
- תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָֽי׃1
- תַחֲנוּנֵ֖י1
- תַּחֲנוּנֵ֤י1
- תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי1
- תַּחֲנוּנַ֗י1
- תַּחֲנוּנַ֑י1
- תַּ֣חֲנוּנָ֔יו1
- תַּחֲנוּנֶ֜יךָ1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular7HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2HC/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural1HC/R/Ncmpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfpc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HNcmpc/Sp1bp
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
2 Chronicles
one use
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
- תַּחֲנוּנֵ֤יtachanuneinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: supplications of
Job
one use
Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
- תַּחֲנוּנִ֑יםtachanunimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: supplications
Psalms
eight uses
Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
- תַּ֭חֲנוּנַיtachanunainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: supplications my
Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
- תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃tachanunainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: supplications my
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
- תַּחֲנוּנַ֗יtachanunainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: supplications my
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
- תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָֽי׃tachanunotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: supplications my
I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
- תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃tachanunainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: supplications my
O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
- תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃tachanunainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: supplications my
I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
- תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃tachanunainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: supplications my
O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
- תַּחֲנוּנַ֑יtachanunainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: supplications my
Proverbs
one use
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- תַּחֲנוּנִ֥יםtachanunimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: supplications
Jeremiah
two uses
A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
- תַחֲנוּנֵ֖יtachanuneinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: supplications of
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮uvetachanunimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with supplications
Daniel
four uses
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- וְתַחֲנוּנִ֑יםvetachanunimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and supplications
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
- תַּ֣חֲנוּנָ֔יוtachanunavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: supplications his
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
- תַּחֲנוּנֵ֙ינוּ֙tachanuneinunoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: supplications our
At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
- תַּחֲנוּנֶ֜יךָtachanuneikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: supplications your
Zechariah
one use
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
- וְתַ֣חֲנוּנִ֔יםvetachanunimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and supplications
The letters
Gematria 514· 1,164 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.