Tachanun תַּחֲנוּן

Tachanun (Hebrew תַּחֲנוּן, Strong's H8469) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “supplication”. It occurs 18 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Tachanun, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 6:21
  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.Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

Job

• Job 41:3
  Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

Psalms

• Psalm 28:2
  Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
• Psalm 28:6
  Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
• Psalm 31:22
  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.In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
• Psalm 86:6
  Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
• Psalm 116:1
  I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
• Psalm 130:2
  Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
• Psalm 140:6
  I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
• Psalm 143:1
  Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 18:23
  The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 3:21
  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.A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
• Jeremiah 31:9
  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.They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Daniel

• Daniel 9:3
  And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
• Daniel 9:17
  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.So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
• Daniel 9:18
  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.Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
• Daniel 9:23
  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.At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:

Zechariah

• Zechariah 12:10
  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.Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).