Favour

Favour is of frequent occurrence in Shakespeare and elsewhere in the sense of personal appearance, and then as simply meaning the face (vf. Countenance and Cheer). Thus Spenser, FQ V. vii. 39— ' She knew not his favour's likelynesse. For many scarres and many hoary heares. But stood long staring on him mongst uncertain fearw.' More, Utopia (Robinson's tr°, Lumby's ed. p. 19), ' whom by his favoure and apparell furthwith I judged to be a mariner.' Shaks. As You Like It, IV.

liL 87— ' The boy is fair. Of female favour.' Bacon, Essays, ' Of Beauty ' (Gold. Treas. ed. p. 176, 1. 17), ' In Beauty, that of Favour, is more then that of Colour.' It is sometimes said that Ps 45" 119»«, Pr 19«29" are examples of this meaning. But, though tha Heb. (D'4?) there tr'' ' favour ' is literally ' face,' favour or goodwill is clearly the meaning. In the adjectives ' well-favoured ' and ' ill-favoured,' how ever, we find this meaning, as Gn 29" ' Rachel wai • The correct tr.

of 5;^i' nxspn is doubtful. If the vb. betaken as 3rd sing. fem. (Oxf' Heb. Lex.) the meaning will be ' thy people is at fault' (but oy is nowhere else fem., not even in Jg IS", Pee Moore, ad loc.); if as 2nd sing, masc, 'thou wilt wrong thy people '(90 Pesh. LXX, ctitKr^rut «» A«« row). This is accepted by Siegfried-Stade, who punctuate O**?"- ^oaa (in Kautzsch's A 7^ pronounces the MT unintelligible. FAVOUR FEAR 851 beautiful and well favoured ' (.1^05 ns;, lit. ' fair to be seen.'

So eviUavouredness, Dt 17' (J'T "i?7, lit. 'evil thing'). Id Joa 11>° /acour means scarcely mora than mrreii, 'tor it was of the Lobld to banleu their hearts, that they should come a^inst Israel in battle, and that be luiKht destroy them utterly, and they might ha%e no favour ' (nj-pi ; in Kzr 9^ the meaning is the same, but EV jove * grace ' : everywhere else the Heh. word means 'intreaty'). Cf. Elyot, Thf (ioverrumr, ij.

288, 'And thev, which by that iawe were condemned, were put to dethe without any (auour.' J. HASTINGS.