חַנּוּן

channun

khah-NOON

gracious

Where it comes from

Channun is used of God and almost never of anyone else. It comes from chen, favour, and it describes giving what was not earned to someone who cannot repay it. This verse is God describing himself, which is rare, and worth reading slowly.

Every place it appears

Strong's H2587. It stands in 13 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 34:6

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

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