חֵן
chên · khane
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2603 (חָנַן);
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֵן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
69 occurrences · 69 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- grace32 · 46%
- favour22 · 32%
- of grace3 · 4%
- him favour1 · 1%
- no favour1 · 1%
- and grace1 · 1%
- and pleasant1 · 1%
- a gracious1 · 1%
- is as a precious1 · 1%
- for the grace1 · 1%
- more favour1 · 1%
- nor yet favour1 · 1%
- are gracious1 · 1%
- of the wellfavoured1 · 1%
- crying, grace1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.