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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