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חָנָן — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: חָנָן

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חָנָן

ḥānān

Canan

חָנָן n.pr.m. (gracious)

1. one of the warriors of David

2. one of the heads of families of Nethinim

3. names of Levites

4. chiefs of the people

5. Benjamite name

6. head of a prophetic guild

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.