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The Meaning of Grace in Hebrew
In Hebrew, the word gracious has a dual meaning. It can describe how something is perceived as being elegant or charming or graceful. In English, it means gentle and they can read a room; there's just kind of this lightness about them. So my hunch is that those two meanings came into English actually through the different meanings of this word in the Bible. This is an important religious word in Jewish and Christian tradition. But it can become overused and maybe lose some of its punch.