BDB2938
I. חֵן noun masculine Ps 45:3 favour, grace; — ׳ ח Gen 6:8 + 67 t.; suffix חִנּוֺ Gen 39:21 —
1.
favour, grace, elegance:
a. of form and appearance, of a woman || יֹ֑פִי
Prov 31:30
אֵשֶׁת חֵן
Prov 11:16
זונה טובת חן
Nah 3:4 of a doe
Prov 5:19
precious stone אבן חן
Prov 17:8 of
ornaments Prov 1:9
= Prov 4:9
; Prov 3:22.
b. of speech, lips Ps 45:3; Prov 22:11 words Eccl 10:12
.
2.
favour, acceptance:
a.
with men
Prov
13:15
;
Prov 22:1
;
Eccl 9:11
.
b.
with God
Zech 4:7
(twice
in verse);
Zech
12:10 chiefly in phrases: מצא חן בעיני
find favour in the eyes of: (I) men
Gen 30:27
;
Gen 32:6
; Gen 33:8
;
Gen 33:10;
Gen 33:15
;
Gen 34:11
;
Gen 39:4
; Gen
47:25;
Gen 47:29
;
Gen 50:4
; Num 32:5
(all
J
);
Deut 24:1
; Ruth 2:2
;
Ruth 2:10
; Ruth
2:13;
1Sam 1:18; 1Sam 16:22;
1Sam 20:3
;
1Sam 20:29;
1Sam 25:8
; 1Sam
27:5; 2Sam 14:22
; 2Sam 16:4
;
1Kgs
11:19
; Esth
5:8;
Esth 7:3
(
2) of God
Gen 6:8;
Gen 18:3
; Gen
19:19;
Exod
33:12;
Exod
33:13
(twice in verse); Exod 33:16; Exod 33:17; Exod 34:9; Num 11:11; Num 11:15
(all
J
);
Judg 6:17
;
2Sam
15:25;
Prov
3:4 absolute מצא חן (with man) Prov 28:23 (with God) Jer 31:2
מֹצא חן לפניו
Esth 8:5
(i.e. of
the king); נתן חן בעיני
give favour in the eyes of (I) man Gen 39:21; Exod 3:21; Exod 11:3
;
Exod 12:36 (
J
); absolute נתן חן of man Ps 84:12 (2) of God Prov 3:34
נשׂא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי
obtain favour in the eyes of
Esth 2:15
of
the king Esth
5:2
so וַתִּשָּׂאחֵֿן וָחֶסֶד לְפָנָיו
Esth 2:17
.