Definition
from H2603; graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Traditional renderings: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.
Traditional renderings: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חֵן:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
69 total
- Proverbs 3:4חֵ֖ן · favorThen you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 3:22וְ֝חֵ֗ן · and adornmentThey will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
- Proverbs 3:34חֵֽן׃ · graceHe mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
- Proverbs 4:9חֵ֑ן · of graceShe will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
- Proverbs 5:19חֵ֥ן · a gracefulA loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
- Proverbs 11:16חֵ֭ן · A graciousA gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
- Proverbs 13:15חֵ֑ן · favorGood understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
- Proverbs 17:8חֵ֣ן · is a charmA bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
- Proverbs 22:1חֵ֣ן · favorA good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
- Proverbs 22:11חֵ֥ן · and graciousHe who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
- Proverbs 28:23חֵ֣ן · more favorHe who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- Proverbs 31:30הַ֭חֵן · CharmCharm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11חֵ֑ן · the favorI saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12חֵ֑ן · are graciousThe words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Jeremiah 31:2חֵן֙ · favorThis is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
- Nahum 3:4חֵ֖ן · the seductive…because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
- Zechariah 4:7חֵ֥ן · Grace; חֵ֖ן · graceWhat are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
- Zechariah 12:10חֵן֙ · of graceThen 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.