Strong H2605H2605Kחָנָן
Hanan
One of the 9 senses of Strong H2605
- Transliteration
- chânân
- Pronunciation
- khaw-nawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7
Meaning of the name
Canan or Hanan = "he is merciful"
General definition
From H2603; favor;
{Chanan} the name of seven Israelites: - Canan.
{Chanan} the name of seven Israelites: - Canan.
In the biblical story
Hanan
A Levite who helped explain the Law to the people.
Hanan, a Levite, assisted Ezra in teaching the Law to the people during the post-exilic period.
In the Bible
Strong H2605K appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hanan2
First verses
- Nehemiah 8:7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
- Nehemiah 10:10And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,