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Lexicon :: Strong's H2580 - ḥēn

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חֵן
Transliteration
ḥēn
Pronunciation
khane
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 694a

Strong’s Definitions

חֵן chên khane; from H2603; graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty):—favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x

The KJV translates Strong's H2580 in the following manner: grace (38x), favour (26x), gracious (2x), pleasant (1x), precious (1x), wellfavoured (with H2896) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x
The KJV translates Strong's H2580 in the following manner: grace (38x), favour (26x), gracious (2x), pleasant (1x), precious (1x), wellfavoured (with H2896) (1x).

  1. favour, grace, charm

    1. favour, grace, elegance

    2. favour, acceptance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵן chên khane; from H2603; graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty):—favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.
STRONGS H2580: Abbreviations
† I. חֵן noun masculinePsalm 45:3 favour, grace; — ח׳ Genesis 6:8 + 67 times; suffix חִנּוֺ Genesis 39:21; —
1. favour, grace, elegance:
a. of form and appearance, of a woman || יֹ֑פִי Proverbs 31:30; אֵשֶׁת חֵן Proverbs 11:16; זונה טובת חן Nahum 3:4; of a doe Proverbs 5:19; precious stone אבן חן Proverbs 17:8; of ornaments Proverbs 1:9＝Proverbs 4:9; Proverbs 3:22.
b. of speech, lips Psalm 45:3; Proverbs 22:11; words Ecclesiastes 10:12.
2. favour, acceptance:
a. with men Proverbs 13:15; Proverbs 22:1; Ecclesiastes 9:11.
b. with God Zechariah 4:7 (twice in verse); Zechariah 12:10; chiefly in phrases:
מצא חן בעיני find favour in the eyes of:
(1) men Genesis 30:27; Genesis 32:6 [Genesis 32:5; Genesis 33:8, 10, 15; Genesis 34:11; Genesis 39:4; Genesis 47:25, 29; Genesis 50:4; Numbers 32:5 (all J); Deuteronomy 24:1; Ruth 2:2, 10, 13; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 16:22; 1 Samuel 20:3, 29; 1 Samuel 25:8; 1 Samuel 27:5; 2 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 16:4; 1 Kings 11:19; Esther 5:8; Esther 7:3;
(2) of God Genesis 6:8; Genesis 18:3; Genesis 19:19; Exodus 33:12, 13 (twice in verse); Exodus 33:16, 17; Exodus 34:9; Numbers 11:11, 15 (all J); Judges 6:17; 2 Samuel 15:25; Proverbs 3:4; absolute מצא חן (with man) Proverbs 28:23; (with God) Jeremiah 31:2; מֹצא חן לפניו Esther 8:5 (i.e. of the king);
נתן חן בעיני give favour in the eyes of
(1) man Genesis 39:21; Exodus 3:21; Exodus 11:3; Exodus 12:36 (J); absolute נתן חן of man Psalm 84:12;
(2) of God Proverbs 3:34; נשׂא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי obtain favour in the eyes of Esther 2:15; of the king Esther 5:2; so וַתִּשָּׂאחֵֿן וָחֶסֶד לְפָנָיו Esther 2:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:8; 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 30:27; 32:5; 33:8; 33:10; 33:15; 34:11; 39:4; 39:21; 39:21; 47:25; 47:29; 50:4

Exodus

3:21; 11:3; 12:36; 33:12; 33:13; 33:16; 33:17; 34:9

Numbers

11:11; 11:15; 32:5

Deuteronomy

24:1

Judges

6:17

Ruth

2:2; 2:10; 2:13

1 Samuel

1:18; 16:22; 20:3; 20:29; 25:8; 27:5

2 Samuel

14:22; 15:25; 16:4

1 Kings

11:19

Esther

2:15; 2:17; 5:2; 5:8; 7:3; 8:5

Psalms

45:3; 45:3; 84:12

Proverbs

1:9; 3:4; 3:22; 3:34; 4:9; 5:19; 11:16; 13:15; 17:8; 22:1; 22:11; 28:23; 31:30

Ecclesiastes

9:11; 10:12

Jeremiah

31:2

Nahum

3:4

Zechariah

4:7; 12:10

H2580

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Strong's Number H2580 matches the Hebrew חֵן (ḥēn),
which occurs 69 times in 67 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 6:8–Pro 3:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:8 - But Noe found grace before the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live,—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy sight, [fn]I would augur well, for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - (LXX 32:6) And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and men-servants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that thy servant might find grace in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8 - And he said, What are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - And Esau said, I will leave with thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favour before thee, my lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - And Sychem said to her father and to her brothers, I would find grace before you, and we will give whatever ye shall name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - And Joseph found grace in the presence of his lord, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into the hand of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy upon him; and he gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:25 - And they said, Thou hast saved us; we have found favour before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - And the days of Israel drew nigh for him to die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favour before thee, put thy hand under my thigh, and thou shalt execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:4 - And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the princes of Pharao, saying, If I have found favour in your sight, speak concerning me in the ears of Pharao, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21 - And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and whenever ye shall escape, ye shall not depart empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3 - And the Lord gave his people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and the man Moses was very great before the Egyptians, and before Pharao, and before his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:36 - And the Lord gave his people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and they spoiled the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:12 - And Moses said to the Lord, Lo! thou sayest to me, Lead on this people; but thou hast not shewed me whom thou wilt send with me, but thou hast said to me, I know thee above all, and thou hast favour with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - If then I have found favour in thy sight, reveal thyself to me, that I may evidently see thee; that I may find favour in thy sight, and that I may know that this great nation is thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16 - And how shall it be surely known, that both I and this people have found favour with thee, except only if thou go with us? So both I and thy people shall be glorified beyond all the nations, as many as are upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:17 - And the Lord said to Moses, I will also do for thee this thing, which thou hast spoken; for thou hast found grace before me, and I know thee above all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - and said, If I have found grace before thee, let my Lord go with us; for the people is stiff-necked: and thou shalt take away our sins and our iniquities, and we will be thine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favour with thee, that I may not see my affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - And they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 - And if any one should take a wife, and should dwell with her, then it shall come to pass if she should not have found favour before him, because he has found some unbecoming thing in her, that he shall write for her a [fn]bill of divorcement, and give it into her hands, and he shall send her away out of his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:17 - And Gedeon said to him, If now I have found mercy in thine eyes, and thou wilt do this day for me all that thou hast spoken of with me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:2 - And Ruth the Moabitess said to Noemin, Let me go now to the field, and I will glean among the ears behind the man with whomsoever I shall find favour: and she said to her, Go, daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - And she said, Let me find grace in thy sight, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, and behold, I shall be as one of thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, Thine handmaid has found favour in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - And Saul sent to Jessæ, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - And David answered Jonathan, and said, Thy father knows surely that I have found grace in thy sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent: but as the Lord lives and thy soul lives, as I said, the space is filled up between me and death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - and he said, Let me go, I pray thee, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brethren have [fn]sent for me; and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, I will even go over and see my brethren: therefore he is not present at the table of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Let then thy servants find grace in thine eyes, for we are come on a good day; give, we pray thee, whatsoever thy hand may find, to thy son David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a [fn]royal city?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - And the king said to Sadoc, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I should find favour in the eyes of the Lord, then will he bring me back, and he will shew me it and its beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - And the king said to Siba, Behold, all Memphibosthe's property is thine. And Siba did obeisance and said, My lord, O king, let me find grace in thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:19 - And Ader found great favour in the sight of Pharao, and he gave him his wife's sister in marriage, the elder sister of Thekemina.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mardochæus' father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women's keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 - And the king loved Esther, and she found favour beyond all the other virgins: and he put on her the queen's crown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:2 - And having raised the golden sceptre he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her, and said, Speak to me. (LXX 5:2a) And she said to him, I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy glory; for thou, my lord, art to be wondered at, and thy face is full of grace. (5:2b) And while she was speaking, she fainted and fell. Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3 - And she answered and said, If I have found favour in the sight of the king, let my life be granted to my petition, and my people to my request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - And Esther said, If it seem good to thee, and I have found favour in thy sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Aman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in thy kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:2 - (LXX 44:3) Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11 - (LXX 83:12) For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9 - For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4 - so shalt thou find favour: [fn]and do thou [fn]provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.

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