KJV dictionary & concordance

gracious

Meaning of “gracious”

Showing favour, mercy, compassion, kindness, patience, or goodness; pleasant, acceptable, or benevolent in word or action.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893

31 occurrences30 verses19 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 43:29

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Job 33:24 · retained source text

Then hee is gracious vnto him, and sayth, Deliuer him from going downe to the pit; I haue found a ransome.

1611 marginal noteOr, an atonement.

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Historical English dictionary sources

full of grace, graceful.

printed p. 268; PDF p. 288; Internet Archive leaf n287