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Strong's H2580 חֵן (chen)

Chen means “grace” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2580 — kana (“Cana”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2580
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 67
Books 16

Strong's H2580 Quick Answer

Strong's H2580 חֵן (chen) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chen (khane) n-m. 1. graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty) [from H2603] It has 67 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include grace, favour, and beauty. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chen (khane) n-m. 1. graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty) [from H2603]
Usage
67 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
grace, favour, and beauty

Meaning and Definition

chen (khane) n-m. 1. graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty) [from H2603] KJV: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)favoured. Root(s): H2603

Original Word
חֵן
Transliteration
chen
Derivation
Root: חנן First root strongs: 2603 Greek equivalent: χάρις
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2580. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2580 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chen, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

grace Genesis 32:5 25× favour Exodus 3:21 23× beauty Proverbs 31:30

How Strong's H2580 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 67 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2580 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2580 in the Old Testament

67 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 6:8 KJV

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Genesis 18:3 KJV

And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Genesis 19:19 KJV

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Usage Excerpts

First 67 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2580.

Genesis 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis 30:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Genesis 32:5 Old Testament, KJV
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 33:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
Genesis 33:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Genesis 33:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
Genesis 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Genesis 39:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
Genesis 39:21 Old Testament, KJV
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Genesis 47:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Genesis 47:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Genesis 50:4 Old Testament, KJV
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Exodus 3:21 Old Testament, KJV
And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.
Exodus 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
Exodus 12:36 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Exodus 33:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Exodus 33:13 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
Exodus 33:16 Old Testament, KJV
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Exodus 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Exodus 34:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Numbers 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Numbers 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Numbers 32:5 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
Deuteronomy 24:1 Old Testament, KJV
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Judges 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
Ruth 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Ruth 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
Ruth 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
1 Samuel 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
1 Samuel 16:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
1 Samuel 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
1 Samuel 20:29 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
1 Samuel 25:8 Old Testament, KJV
Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
1 Samuel 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
2 Samuel 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
2 Samuel 15:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
2 Samuel 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
1 Kings 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
Esther 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
Esther 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Esther 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
Esther 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
Esther 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Psalms 45:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Psalms 84:11 Old Testament, KJV
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 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:22 Old Testament, KJV
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs 3:34 Old Testament, KJV
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Proverbs 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Proverbs 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Proverbs 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Proverbs 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Proverbs 28:23 Old Testament, KJV
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 31:30 Old Testament, KJV
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
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 understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Jeremiah 31:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nahum 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
Zechariah 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
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, grace unto it.
Zechariah 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
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 have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2580, grouped by book.

Genesis 14 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 8 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
Ruth 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 6 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 13 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2580 FAQ

What does chen (חֵן) mean?

Chen (Strong's H2580) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "grace". chen (khane) n-m. 1. graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty) [from H2603]

How many times is chen (חֵן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 67 linked usages for Strong's H2580 across 16 books.

Where can I study chen (חֵן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2580 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chen (חֵן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as grace, favour, and beauty. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.