to favor
charitoo describes favor shown to someone, whether as an action or in addressing a favored person.
The attested use concerns favor shown to a person: Ephesians 1:6 presents it as an action associated with grace and the Beloved, while Luke 1:28 addresses a person as favored.
Senses in use
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Showing or recognizing favor · dominant
In Ephesians 1:6, the active aorist form presents favoring as an action associated with grace and the Beloved; the APB renders the clause “he favored.” In Luke 1:28, the perfect passive participle is used in direct address to a person already characterized as favored; the APB renders “favored one.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “favored” in Ephesians 1:6 and “favored one” in Luke 1:28. Because it is a whole-verse translation, these phrases present the clauses without establishing a fixed one-to-one English rendering.