gracious

«gracious» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Kind, polite and generous, especially to people who have… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (gracious, more gracious, most gracious); exclamation (gracious!, goodness gracious!)

meaning for a pupil

1) Kind, polite and generous, especially to people who have less power. tree →

2) Graceful, comfortable and elegant: gracious living. tree →

3) (exclamation, old-fashioned) Gracious! or Goodness gracious! shows surprise. tree →

4) (church) Full of mercy and kindness, as when Christians say God is gracious. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The words merciful and gracious begin the list of God's qualities that God told Moses on Sinai. Interpretation: Jewish tradition calls these the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy. They are recited on fast days and in the Selichot prayers and the High Holy Day services as a plea for forgiveness. In the primary lessons: In stories it describes a polite host, a kind queen or a good loser; in church language it describes God's mercy. Phrases: a gracious host, gracious in defeat, goodness gracious, good gracious me.

examples

• The LORD make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; (Torah NUM.6.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: 'The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; (Torah EXO.34.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. (Torah EXO.22.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hath God forgotten to be gracious? (Writings PSA.77.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• A gracious woman obtaineth honour; and strong men obtain riches. (Writings PRO.11.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate. (Writings PSA.116.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• The queen was gracious to everyone she met. tree →
• Be gracious in defeat and shake hands with the winners. tree →
• Goodness gracious, look at the mess in here! tree →
• Our host was gracious and made us feel at home. tree →
• Christians believe God is gracious and forgiving. tree →
• They lived in a gracious old house with big gardens. tree →
• Thank you, that's very gracious of you. tree →

note

Opposite: ungracious or rude. Noun: grace; adverb: graciously. Goodness gracious! is an old-fashioned, polite way to show surprise, often used by grandparents. Do not confuse with graceful (moving beautifully).

In the corpora

• The LORD make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
• Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.
• Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.
• But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity; redeem me, and be gracious unto me.
• Hear, O LORD, when I call with my voice, and be gracious unto me, and answer me.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gracious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.