To entreat
חַנּוֹתStrong’s H2603channot (chan-not)
Appears in 73 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Channot is the Hebrew word usually translated “show favor to me”, “seek favor” and “show favor to us”. It appears in 73 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.”
Meaning
- (Qal) (TWOT) to intreat, to pity, be gracious
- (Qal) (CLBL) gracious
- To be loathsome
How it's translated
- show favor to me 15
- and show favor to me 6
- and they will seek favor 4
- show favor to us 3
- and he sought favor 2
- i seek favor 2
- showing favor 2
- shows favor 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 31
- Job 6
- Proverbs 6
- Isaiah 5
- Genesis 4
- 1 Kings 4
18 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 33:11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
- Genesis 42:21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
- Genesis 43:29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
- Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
- Numbers 6:25The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
- Deuteronomy 3:23And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
All 73 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חַנּוֹת channot · to entreat
verb 1) (Qal) (TWOT) to intreat, to pity, be gracious n fem pl 2) (Qal) (CLBL) gracious
חָנַן chanan · be loathsome
to be loathsome
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “entreat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENTRE'AT, verb intransitive
To make an earnest petition or request.
- To offer a treaty. [Not used.]
- To treat; to discourse. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.