Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Dictionaries
Favor, Favored

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Fault, Faultless
Next Entry
Fear, Fearful, Fearfulness
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
A — 1: χάρις

(Strong's #5485 — Noun Feminine — charis — khar'-ece )

denotes (a) objectively, "grace in a person, graciousness," (b) subjectively, (1) "grace on the part of a giver, favor, kindness," (2) "a sense of favor received, thanks." It is rendered "favor" in Luke 1:30; 2:52; Acts 2:47; 7:10,46; 24:27; 25:9 , RV (for AV, "pleasure"); Acts 25:3; see more fully under GRACE.

B — 1: χαριτόω

(Strong's #5487 — Verb — charitoo — khar-ee-to'-o )

akin to A, to endow with charis, primarily signified "to make graceful or gracious," and came to denote, in Hellenistic Greek, "to cause to find favor," Luke 1:28 , "highly favored" (marg., "endued with grace"); in Ephesians 1:6 , it is translated "made ... accepted," AV, "freely bestowed," RV (lit., "graced"); it does not here mean to endue with grace. Grace implies more than favor; grace is a free gift, favor may be deserved or gained.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Favor, Favored'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/favor-favored.html. 1940.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile