Strong’s definition
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV gloss list in the source
beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.
Source pronunciation notation: khaw-nan'
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root (compare H2583 (חָנָה));
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