Supplication
תַּחֲנוּןStrong’s H8469tachanun (ta-cha-nun)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tachanun is the Hebrew word usually translated “supplications my”, “supplications of” and “supplications”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:”
Meaning
- Supplication, supplication for favourto man · to God
How it's translated
- supplications my 8
- supplications of 2
- supplications 2
- and supplications 2
- and with supplications 1
- supplications his 1
- supplications our 1
- supplications your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 8
- Daniel 4
- Jeremiah 2
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Job 1
- Proverbs 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:17In contextNow therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- Daniel 9:18In contextO my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
- Daniel 9:23In contextAt the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
- Zechariah 12:10In contextAnd I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
- 2 Chronicles 6:21Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
- Job 41:3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Hebrew dictionary
תַּחֲנוּן tachanun · supplication
1) supplication, supplication for favour 1a) to man 1b) to God
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “supplication” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUPPLICA'TION, noun
[Latin supplicatio.]
- Entreaty; humble and earnest prayer in worship.
- Petition; earnest request.
- In Roman antiquity, a religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success.
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.