חֵן chen
Hebrew word for “favor” · Strong’s H2580 · used 69 times in 67 verses
Meaning
1) favour, grace, charm; 1a) favour, grace, elegance; 1b) favour, acceptance
How it is translated
Glosses given for chen in context, with how often each is used:
- favor 59
- grace 10
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 14 | 0.7 | |
| Proverbs | 13 | 1.9 | |
| Exodus | 9 | 0.5 | |
| 1 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Esther | 6 | 2.0 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ruth | 3 | 2.3 | |
| 2 Samuel | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Zechariah | 3 | 1.0 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 4 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 33 (4), Genesis 33 (3), Ruth 2 (3), Proverbs 3 (3), Genesis 39 (2), Genesis 47 (2), Numbers 11 (2), 1 Samuel 20 (2), Esther 2 (2), Esther 5 (2)
Forms
- חן 66
- חנו 1
- וחן 1
- החן 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מָצָא matsa “to find” 42
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 47
- נָא na “please” 16
- אִם im “if” 19
- אָדוֹן adon “lord” 8
- עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 10
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 9
- רָאָה raah “to see” 9
- אֶסְתֵּר ester “Esther” 4
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 7
- יָדַע yada “to know” 7
- אַל al “not” 6
Key verses
The verses using chen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 30:27 — And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
- Genesis 39:21 — But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- Exodus 34:9 — And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and…
- 1 Samuel 20:3 — And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be…
- Psalms 45:2 — Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
- Psalms 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Proverbs 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of…
- Ecclesiastes 10:12 — The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
- Jeremiah 31:2 — Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
- Zechariah 4:7 — Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace,…
- Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…
See all 67 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.