חֵן
ḥēn
favour
Strong's H2580NounHebrewTWOT 694a

חֵן (ḥēn) is a Hebrew noun meaning favour. It appears 69 times in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2580).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 694a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 694a)favour, grace; elegance; acceptance; graciousness, kindness, favor, beauty; gracious, pleasant, precious
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֵן noun, masculine: favour, grace

Strong's H2580 חֵן: graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
KJV:favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 694: חַנּוֹת ḥannôt — shew favour, be gracious; favour; be pitied; direct favour to; be shewn favour, consideration; seek, implore favour; supplication, bend, favor, bestow, implore; intreated, beseech

See it in Scripture

Genesis 6:8Exodus 3:21Numbers 11:11

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