KJV dictionary & concordance

grace

Meaning of “grace”

Sense 1: Favor, acceptance, goodwill, kindness, or mercy. Sense 2: A favor, gift, benefit, or help freely bestowed, especially God's favor and enabling help; in salvation, explicitly contrasted with works and debt. Sense 3: Pleasing quality, beauty, attractiveness, or elegance, including gracious speech. Sense 4: Thankfulness or gratitude.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

170 occurrences159 verses36 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 6:8

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Exodus 33:12

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¶ And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Exodus 33:12 · retained source text

¶ And Moses saide vnto the LORD, See, thou sayest vnto mee, Bring vp this people, and thou hast not let mee know whome thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I knowe thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Exodus 33:13

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Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

2 word occurrences in this verse

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1611 witness · Exodus 33:13 · retained source text

Now therefore, I pray thee, If I haue found grace in thy sight, shewe mee now thy way that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

Exodus 33:16

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For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Exodus 33:16 · retained source text

For wherein shall it bee knowen here, that I and thy people haue found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with vs? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are vpon the face of the earth.

Exodus 33:17

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And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

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1611 witness · Exodus 33:17 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto Moses, I will doe this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

Exodus 34:9

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And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Exodus 34:9 · retained source text

And he said, If now I haue found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, goe amongst vs, (for it is a stiffenecked people,) and pardon our iniquitie, and our sinne, and take vs for thine inheritance.

Complete reference index — all 159 verses

Genesis 6:8 Genesis 19:19 Genesis 32:5 Genesis 33:8 Genesis 33:10 Genesis 33:15 Genesis 34:11 Genesis 39:4 Genesis 47:25 Genesis 47:29 Genesis 50:4 Exodus 33:12 Exodus 33:13 Exodus 33:16 Exodus 33:17 Exodus 34:9 Numbers 32:5 Judges 6:17 Ruth 2:2 Ruth 2:10 1 Samuel 1:18 1 Samuel 20:3 1 Samuel 27:5 2 Samuel 14:22 2 Samuel 16:4 Ezra 9:8 Esther 2:17 Psalms 45:2 Psalms 84:11 Proverbs 1:9 Proverbs 3:22 Proverbs 3:34 Proverbs 4:9 Proverbs 22:11 Jeremiah 31:2 Zechariah 4:7 Zechariah 12:10 Luke 2:40 John 1:14 John 1:16 John 1:17 Acts 4:33 Acts 11:23 Acts 13:43 Acts 14:3 Acts 14:26 Acts 15:11 Acts 15:40 Acts 18:27 Acts 20:24 Acts 20:32 Romans 1:5 Romans 1:7 Romans 3:24 Romans 4:4 Romans 4:16 Romans 5:2 Romans 5:15 Romans 5:17 Romans 5:20 Romans 5:21 Romans 6:1 Romans 6:14 Romans 6:15 Romans 11:5 Romans 11:6 Romans 12:3 Romans 12:6 Romans 15:15 Romans 16:20 Romans 16:24 1 Corinthians 1:3 1 Corinthians 1:4 1 Corinthians 3:10 1 Corinthians 10:30 1 Corinthians 15:10 1 Corinthians 16:23 2 Corinthians 1:2 2 Corinthians 1:12 2 Corinthians 4:15 2 Corinthians 6:1 2 Corinthians 8:1 2 Corinthians 8:6 2 Corinthians 8:7 2 Corinthians 8:9 2 Corinthians 8:19 2 Corinthians 9:8 2 Corinthians 9:14 2 Corinthians 12:9 2 Corinthians 13:14 Galatians 1:3 Galatians 1:6 Galatians 1:15 Galatians 2:9 Galatians 2:21 Galatians 5:4 Galatians 6:18 Ephesians 1:2 Ephesians 1:6 Ephesians 1:7 Ephesians 2:5 Ephesians 2:7 Ephesians 2:8 Ephesians 3:2 Ephesians 3:7 Ephesians 3:8 Ephesians 4:7 Ephesians 4:29 Ephesians 6:24 Philippians 1:2 Philippians 1:7 Philippians 4:23 Colossians 1:2 Colossians 1:6 Colossians 3:16 Colossians 4:6 Colossians 4:18 1 Thessalonians 1:1 1 Thessalonians 5:28 2 Thessalonians 1:2 2 Thessalonians 1:12 2 Thessalonians 2:16 2 Thessalonians 3:18 1 Timothy 1:2 1 Timothy 1:14 1 Timothy 6:21 2 Timothy 1:2 2 Timothy 1:9 2 Timothy 2:1 2 Timothy 4:22 Titus 1:4 Titus 2:11 Titus 3:7 Titus 3:15 Philemon 1:3 Philemon 1:25 Hebrews 2:9 Hebrews 4:16 Hebrews 10:29 Hebrews 12:15 Hebrews 12:28 Hebrews 13:9 Hebrews 13:25 James 1:11 James 4:6 1 Peter 1:2 1 Peter 1:10 1 Peter 1:13 1 Peter 3:7 1 Peter 4:10 1 Peter 5:5 1 Peter 5:10 1 Peter 5:12 2 Peter 1:2 2 Peter 3:18 2 John 1:3 Jude 1:4 Revelation 1:4 Revelation 22:21

Where “grace” appears

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Esther 2:17

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Romans 11:6

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Favor; good will; kindness; disposition to oblige another. Favor conferred. Privilege. That in manner, deportment or language which renders it appropriate and agreeable; suitableness; elegance with appropriate dignity. Natural or acquired excellence; any endowment that recommends the possessor to others. Beauty; embellishment.

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