חֵן

chên · Hebrew · Strong's H2580 · 69 occurrences

The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew words as “pleasant”

What it means

graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)

from H2603 (חָנַן);

How the KJV renders it

favour, grace, pleasant, precious, wellfavoured

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“pleasant”

also renders châmad (H2530), chemed (H2531), chemdâh (H2532), chêphets (H2656), ṭôwb (H2896), yâpheh (H3303), machmâd (H4261), nâʻîym (H5273), nôʻam (H5278), naʻămân (H5282), ʻôneg (H6027), tsᵉbîy (H6643)

“favour”

also renders cháris (G5485), chănîynâh (H2594), chêçêd (H2617), châphêts (H2654), châphêts (H2655), ṭôwb (H2896), râtsôwn (H7522), shâlôwm (H7965), tᵉchinnâh (H8467)

“precious”

also renders timḗ (G5092), éntimos (G1784), châmad (H2530), chemdâh (H2532), Chôphesh (H2667), ṭôwb (H2896), yᵉqâr (H3366), yâqâr (H3368)

“grace”

also renders cháris (G5485), euprépeia (G2143), tᵉchinnâh (H8467)

Questions this word decides

Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?

Where it appears

69 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Kings 11:19 HNcmsa1 Samuel 1:18 HNcmsa1 Samuel 16:22 HNcmsa1 Samuel 20:3 HNcmsa1 Samuel 20:29 HNcmsa1 Samuel 25:8 HNcmsa1 Samuel 27:5 HNcmsa2 Samuel 14:22 HNcmsa2 Samuel 15:25 HNcmsa2 Samuel 16:4 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 24:1 HNcmsaEcclesiastes 9:11 HNcmsaEcclesiastes 10:12 HNcmsaEsther 2:15 HNcmsaEsther 2:17 HNcmsaEsther 5:2 HNcmsaEsther 5:8 HNcmsaEsther 7:3 HNcmsaEsther 8:5 HNcmsaExodus 3:21 HNcmscExodus 11:3 HNcmscExodus 12:36 HNcmscExodus 33:12 HNcmsaExodus 33:13 HNcmsaExodus 33:16 HNcmsaExodus 33:17 HNcmsaExodus 34:9 HNcmsaGenesis 6:8 HNcmsaGenesis 18:3 HNcmsaGenesis 19:19 HNcmsaGenesis 30:27 HNcmsaGenesis 32:5 HNcmsaGenesis 33:8 HNcmsaGenesis 33:10 HNcmsaGenesis 33:15 HNcmsaGenesis 34:11 HNcmsaGenesis 39:4 HNcmsaGenesis 39:21 HNcmsc/Sp3msGenesis 47:25 HNcmsaGenesis 47:29 HNcmsaGenesis 50:4 HNcmsaJudges 6:17 HNcmsaJeremiah 31:2 HNcmsaNahum 3:4 HNcmsaNumbers 11:11 HNcmsaNumbers 11:15 HNcmsaNumbers 32:5 HNcmsaProverbs 1:9 HNcmsaProverbs 3:4 HNcmsaProverbs 3:22 HC/NcmsaProverbs 3:34 HNcmsaProverbs 4:9 HNcmsaProverbs 5:19 HNcmsaProverbs 11:16 HNcmsaProverbs 13:15 HNcmsaProverbs 17:8 HNcmsaProverbs 22:1 HNcmsaProverbs 22:11 HNcmscProverbs 28:23 HNcmsaProverbs 31:30 HTd/Ncmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.