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Nave Topical Bible
• Favor
Dictionaries
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Favor
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Grace of God and Favor of the Apostolic See, by Th
• By the Grace of God and Favor of the Apostolic See
• By the Favor of the Apostolic See
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• Gracious, to Be; Show Favor
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Webster Dictionary
• Ill-Favored
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• Favoring
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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• Ill; Ill-Favored
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• δεκτός
• ἐπισείω , πείθω
• χάρις
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• דֶּרֶךְ
• חָלָה , חָלָה
• חֵן
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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.

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.