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Hebrew

חֵן chen

“favor” · 69 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: 14 timesExodus: 9 timesLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 3 timesDeuteronomy: onceJoshua: 0 timesJudges: onceRuth: 3 times1 Samuel: 6 times2 Samuel: 3 times1 Kings: once2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: 0 timesEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 0 timesEsther: 6 timesJob: 0 timesPsalms: 2 timesProverbs: 13 timesEcclesiastes: 2 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 0 timesJeremiah: onceLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 0 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: 0 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: onceHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 3 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 8 timesJohn: 4 timesActs: 17 timesRomans: 24 times1 Corinthians: 10 times2 Corinthians: 18 timesGalatians: 7 timesEphesians: 12 timesPhilippians: 3 timesColossians: 5 times1 Thessalonians: 2 times2 Thessalonians: 4 times1 Timothy: 4 times2 Timothy: 5 timesTitus: 4 timesPhilemon: 2 timesHebrews: 8 timesJames: 2 times1 Peter: 10 times2 Peter: 2 times1 John: 0 times2 John: once3 John: 0 timesJude: onceRevelation: 2 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “favor” 44
  • “grace” 9
  • “such favor” 3
  • “gracious” 3
  • “charm” 2
  • other ways 8
  • charis, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 155

In the New Testament it continues as charis: James 4:6 quotes Proverbs 3:34, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis14
Exodus9
Numbers3
Deuteronomy1
Judges1
Ruth3
1 Samuel6
2 Samuel3
1 Kings1
Esther6
Psalms2
Proverbs13
Ecclesiastes2
Jeremiah1
Nahum1
Zechariah3
Luke8
John4
Acts17
Romans24
1 Corinthians10
2 Corinthians18
Galatians7
Ephesians12
Philippians3
Colossians5
1 Thessalonians2
2 Thessalonians4
1 Timothy4
2 Timothy5
Titus4
Philemon2
Hebrews8
James2
1 Peter10
2 Peter2
2 John1
Jude1
Revelation2

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. favor44
  2. grace9
  3. gracious3
  4. such favor3
  5. charm2
  6. adornment1
  7. am pleased with1
  8. becomes displeasing1
  9. favor with you1
  10. graceful1
  11. grant me this favor1
  12. more favor1
  13. 1 other ways1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“favor” 44

  • Genesis 13

    • 6:8 …Noah however found favor in the eyes of…
    • 18:3 …if I have found favor in your sight please…
    • 19:19 …servant has indeed found favor in your sight and…
    • 30:27 …If I have found favor in your eyes please…
    • 32:5 …that I may find favor in your sight…
    • 33:8 …asked Esau To find favor in your sight my…
    • 33:10 …If I have found favor in your sight then…
    • 33:15 …that Let me find favor in the sight of…
    • 39:4 …Joseph found favor in his sight and…
    • 39:21 …to him granting him favor in the eyes of…
    • 47:25 …said We have found favor in our lord’s eyes…
    • 47:29 …If I have found favor in your eyes put…
    • 50:4 …If I have found favor in your eyes please…

  • Exodus 7

    • 11:3 …LORD gave the people favor in the sight of…
    • 33:12 …and you have found favor in My sight…
    • 33:13 …indeed I have found favor in Your sight please…
    • 33:13 …know You and find favor in Your sight Remember…
    • 33:16 …and I have found favor in Your sight unless…
    • 33:17 …for you have found favor in My sight and…
    • 34:9 …I have indeed found favor in Your sight my…

  • Numbers 3

    • 11:11 …have I not found favor in Your sight that…
    • 11:15 …if I have found favor in Your eyes and…
    • 32:5 …If we have found favor in your sight they…

  • Judges 1

    • 6:17 …If I have found favor in Your sight give…

  • Ruth 2

    • 2:2 …sight I may find favor Go ahead my daughter…
    • 2:13 …I continue to find favor in your eyes for…

  • 1 Samuel 4

    • 1:18 …May your maidservant find favor with you said Hannah…
    • 20:3 …that I have found favor in your eyes and…
    • 20:29 …if I have found favor in your eyes please…
    • 27:5 …If I have found favor in your eyes let…

  • 2 Samuel 3

    • 14:22 …that he has found favor in your eyes my…
    • 15:25 …city If I find favor in the eyes of…
    • 16:4 …Ziba May I find favor in your eyes my…

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 11:19 …Hadad found such great favor in the sight of…

  • Esther 5

    • 2:15 …advised And Esther found favor in the eyes of…
    • 5:2 …the court she found favor in his sight The…
    • 5:8 …If I have found favor in the sight of…
    • 7:3 …If I have found favor in your sight O…
    • 8:5 …if I have found favor in his sight and…

  • Proverbs 3

    • 3:4 …Then you will find favor and high regard in…
    • 13:15 …Good understanding wins favor but the way of…
    • 22:1 …desirable than great riches favor is better than silver…

  • Ecclesiastes 1

    • 9:11 …to the intelligent nor the favor to the skillful For…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 31:2 …survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when…
“grace” 9

  • Esther 1

    • 2:17 …women and she found grace and favor in his…

  • Psalms 2

    • 45:2 …most handsome of men grace has anointed your lips…
    • 84:11 …shield the LORD gives grace and glory He withholds…

  • Proverbs 3

    • 1:9 …they are a garland of grace on your head and…
    • 3:34 …the mockers but gives grace to the humble…
    • 4:9 …will set a garland of grace on your head she…

  • Zechariah 3

    • 4:7 …accompanied by shouts of Grace grace to it…
    • 4:7 …by shouts of Grace grace to it…
    • 12:10 …of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer and they…
“such favor” 3

  • Exodus 2

    • 3:21 …will grant this people such favor in the sight of…
    • 12:36 …LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of…

  • Ruth 1

    • 2:10 …Why have I found such favor in your eyes that…
“gracious” 3

  • Proverbs 2

    • 11:16 A gracious woman attains honor but…
    • 22:11 …loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the…

  • Ecclesiastes 1

    • 10:12 …a wise man’s mouth are gracious but the lips of…
“charm” 2

  • Proverbs 2

    • 17:8 …A bribe is a charm to its giver wherever…
    • 31:30 Charm is deceptive and beauty…
“grant me this favor” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 34:11 …Dinah’s father and brothers Grant me this favor and I will give…
“becomes displeasing” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 24:1 …marries a woman but she becomes displeasing to him because he…
“am pleased with” 1

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 16:22 …in my service for I am pleased with him…
“favor with you” 1

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 25:8 …my young men find favor with you for we have come…
“adornment” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 3:22 …life to your soul and adornment to your neck…
“graceful” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 5:19 …A loving doe a graceful fawn may her breasts…
“more favor” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 28:23 …man will later find more favor than one who flatters…
“seductive” 1

  • Nahum 1

    • 3:4 …harlotries of the harlot the seductive mistress of sorcery who…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.