Pebble Hill Baptist Church

We define "grace" as "unmerited favor."
The dictionary provides two basic definitions for grace.
*Elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion or action.
*Mercy; clemency; pardon
The Hebrew word translated as grace is chen.

The verbal root is chanah, which means "to camp, to decline, bend down".

The Hebrew word for grace is "chen"

First letter is "chet" : picture of a fence, wall, separation.
Second letter is "nun" : picture of sprouting seed, "continue"

Combines, "the wall that continues"

Chanan (Strong's 2603): to be gracious, have mercy.

Aleph : This is a picture of the head of an ox, the strongest and most versatile animals among the Hebrews livestock. The ox was used to pull carts or a plow, it provided meat and leather and it was one of the animals used in sacrifices. This animal was the "all" powerful and "all" versatile animal of the Hebrews. The meaning in Hebrew is strong, power, leader.
Bet : The Hebrews lived in goat hair tents, which were divided into two halves, male and female sections, and divided by a wall. The picture of this letter is a representation of the floorplan to the tent. The tent was the place where the family laid their "bed". So the meaning is “family, house”