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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51033" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51033" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Favour]] </strong> . The Eng. word ‘favour’ is used in | <p> <strong> [[Favour]] </strong> . The Eng. word ‘favour’ is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in the mod sense of ‘goodwill’; but in ‘well-favoured’ and ‘ill-favoured’ we see the older meaning of personal appearance. In Joshua 11:20 the word seems to be used in the old sense of ‘mercy’ ‘that he might destroy them, and they might have no favour’ as in Elyot, <em> The Governour </em> , ii. 298: ‘And they, which by that lawe were condemned, were put to dethe without any favour.’ For the theology of the word see Grace. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55864" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55864" /> == | ||
<p> <b> | <p> <b> FAVOUR. </b> —See Grace and Graciousness. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:09, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Favour . The Eng. word ‘favour’ is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in the mod sense of ‘goodwill’; but in ‘well-favoured’ and ‘ill-favoured’ we see the older meaning of personal appearance. In Joshua 11:20 the word seems to be used in the old sense of ‘mercy’ ‘that he might destroy them, and they might have no favour’ as in Elyot, The Governour , ii. 298: ‘And they, which by that lawe were condemned, were put to dethe without any favour.’ For the theology of the word see Grace.
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [2]
FAVOUR. —See Grace and Graciousness.
