Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
supplication
Usage: 1) supplication, supplication for favour 1a) to man 1b) to God
Tachanun means “intreaty” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8469 תַּחֲנוּן תַּחֲנוּנָה (tachanuwn) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tachanuwn (takh-an-oon') (or (feminine) tachanuwnah {takh-an-oo-naw'}) n-m. 1. earnest prayer [from H2603] It has 18 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include supplications and prayer. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
tachanuwn (takh-an-oon') (or (feminine) tachanuwnah {takh-an-oo-naw'}) n-m. 1. earnest prayer [from H2603] KJV: intreaty, supplication. Root(s): H2603
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supplication
Usage: 1) supplication, supplication for favour 1a) to man 1b) to God
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tachanuwn, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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18 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Hearken 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.
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8469.
Hearken 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.
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Now 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.
O 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.
At 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.
And 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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8469, grouped by book.
Tachanun (Strong's H8469) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "intreaty". tachanuwn (takh-an-oon') (or (feminine) tachanuwnah {takh-an-oo-naw'}) n-m. 1. earnest prayer [from H2603]
This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's H8469 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8469 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as supplications and prayer. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.