Strong’s H2580 · Hebrew
חֵן
chên
khane
Definition
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Etymology
from H2603 (חָנַן);
Where the KJV renders it
- favour
- grace(-ious)
- pleasant
- precious
- (well-) favoured
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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