Genesis 43:29
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
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Gracious
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1 Peter 2:3
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
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7 occurrences in 7 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
43 verses
Numbers
11 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
2 Chronicles
11 verses
Nehemiah
22 verses
Job
11 verses
Psalms
77 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Ecclesiastes
11 verses
Isaiah
33 verses
Jeremiah
11 verses
Joel
11 verses
Amos
11 verses
Jonah
11 verses
Malachi
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
1 Peter
11 verses
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חַנּוּן
channûwn · khan-noon'
13 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
gracious
Strong's KJV usage: gracious.
Strong's first: Exodus 22:27Strong's last: Jonah 4:2
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chânan · khaw-nan'
13 times translated as this KJV form77 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Strong's KJV usage: beseech, × fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, × very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 43:29Strong's last: Malachi 1:9
Open full H2603 profile →חֵן
chên · khane
2 times translated as this KJV form68 total Strong's occurrences
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Strong's KJV usage: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 11:16Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:12
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cháris · khar'-ece
1 times translated as this KJV form156 total Strong's occurrences
graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
Strong's KJV usage: :--acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).
Strong's first: Luke 4:22Strong's last: Luke 4:22
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chrēstós · khrase-tos'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals)
Strong's KJV usage: :--better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Peter 2:3Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:3
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channôwth · klan-noth'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
supplication
Strong's KJV usage: be gracious, intreated.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 77:9Strong's last: Psalms 77:9
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H2603
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
H2603
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
H2603
O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
English meaning and historical usage.
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gracious
GRA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin gratiosus.]
1. Favorable; kind; friendly; as, the envoy met with a gracious reception.
2. Favorable; kind; benevolent; merciful; disposed to forgive offenses and impart unmerited blessings.
Thou are a God ready to pardon, gracious and
merciful. Nehemiah 9:17.
3. Favorable; expressing kindness and favor.
All bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. Luke 4:22.
4. Proceeding from divine grace; as a person in a gracious state.
5. Acceptable; favored.
He made us gracious before the kings of Persia. [Little used.] 1 Esdras.
6. Renewed or implanted by grace; as gracious affections.
7. Virtuous; good.
8. Excellent; graceful; becoming.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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