Lexicon
חָנָן
cha.nan
H2605
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Hanan

12
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

cha.nan is used as a personal name in genealogies, family designations, official lists, and named service.

The attested form functions consistently as a proper personal name: it occurs in genealogical and family listings, in a chamber designation tied to a named man's descendants, and among individuals involved in communal instruction and storehouse oversight.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in lists and named individuals · dominant

    Every supplied token is tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 8:38 the APB renders the name among Azel's six sons, while Ezra 2:46 and Nehemiah 7:49 place “the sons of Hanan” within group lists. Jeremiah 35:4 identifies a chamber belonging to the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah; Nehemiah 8:7 includes Hanan among those who helped the people understand the law, and Nehemiah 13:13 names Hanan as assisting those appointed over the storehouses.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the form as “Hanan” in genealogical lists and named settings, including 1 Chronicles 8:38, Jeremiah 35:4, Nehemiah 8:7, and Nehemiah 13:13. Its whole-verse translation does not visibly preserve a corresponding name in Nehemiah 10:11, Nehemiah 10:23, or Nehemiah 10:27, so the English is not consistently isolatable for every token.

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