Lexical Definition

‎חָנוּן‎ Chânûwn (khaw-noon') Hanun ^N:N-M-P
from ‎חָנַן‎; favored

Hanun.

• § Hanun = "gracious"
• Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָנוּן‎ (favoured; compare Assyrian –anunu, king of Gaza COT on 2Kgs 15:29); —

1. an Ammonite king 2Sam 10:1; 2Sam 10:2; 2Sam 10:3; 2Sam 10:4; 1Chr 19:2 (twice in verse); 1Chr 19:3; 1Chr 19:4; 1Chr 19:6.

2. Jewish chiefs, contemporaries of Nehemiah:
a. Neh 3:18.
b. Neh 3:30.

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