Favor
Favor [1]
fā´vẽr ( חן , ḥēn , רצון , rācōn , with other Hebrew words; χάρις , cháris ): Means generally good will, acceptance, and the benefits flowing from these; in older usage it meant also the countenance, hence, appearance. Alternating in English Versions of the Bible with "grace," it is used chiefly of man, but sometimes also of God ( Genesis 18:3; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 39:21; Exodus 3:21; 2 Samuel 15:25 , "in the eyes of Yahweh," etc.). It is used perhaps in the sense of "countenance" in Proverbs 31:30 , "Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain" (the King James Version), where for "favor" the Revised Version (British and American) has "grace"; the reference is to external appearance. "Favored" is used in the sense of "appearance" in the phrase "well-favored" ( Genesis 29:17; Genesis 39:6; Genesis 41:2 , Genesis 41:4 ).; conversely, "ill-favored" ( Genesis 41:3 , Genesis 41:4 ). For "favor" the Revised Version (British and American) has "have pity on" ( Psalm 109:12 ), "good will" ( Proverbs 14:9 ), "peace" ( Song of Solomon 8:10 ); the English Revised Version "grace" (Rth 2:13), the American Standard Revised Version "kindness" ( Esther 2:17; Daniel 1:9 ), etc. In the American Standard Revised Version "the acceptable year of the Lord" ( Isaiah 61:2 ) is changed Into "the year of Yahweh's favor"; "Do I now persuade men" ( Galatians 1:10 ) into, "Am I now seeking the favor of men," and there are other the Revised Version (British and American) changes.
