2001 Translation

CHARA, chara

Sounds Like: KHA-ra

Translations: joy, a joy, gladness, delight

From the root: ΧΑΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a state of inner gladness, delight, or joy. It is often used to describe a deep-seated happiness that comes from a positive experience or a spiritual blessing. It can be used in sentences like 'He felt great joy' or 'There was much gladness among them.'

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5479 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 103:3

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:178, 1:261

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 8:17
• Tobit — 11:17, 11:18
• 1 Maccabees — 5:54
• 4 Maccabees — 1:22
• Psalms — 20:7
• Proverbs — 14:13, 29:6
• Isaiah — 55:12, 66:10
• Joel — 1:5, 1:16
• Luke — 1:14, 15:7, 15:10
• John — 3:29, 15:11, 16:24
• Acts of the Apostles — 8:8
• Romans — 14:17, 15:32
• 2 Corinthians — 2:3, 7:4, 7:13
• Galatians — 5:22
• Philippians — 4:1
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:19, 2:20, 3:9
• James — 4:9
• 1 Peter — 1:8
• 1 John — 1:4
• 2 John — 1:12

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 0:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 0:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 7:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 7:193, 16:345
• Book 11 — 6:285
• Book 15 — 2:35
• Book 19 — 1:86, 1:132, 3:223

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 10:35

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 14:7

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 1:3
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 18:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Ezra (Alpha) — 5:53, 5:61
• Esther — 8:17
• Tobit — 11:17, 11:17
• 1 Maccabees — 5:54
• 3 Maccabees — 4:16
• 4 Maccabees — 1:22
• Psalms — 20:7
• Proverbs — 14:13, 29:6
• Isaiah — 55:12, 66:10
• Lamentations — 5:15
• Baruch — 4:22
• Joel — 1:5, 1:16

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 1:14, 15:7, 15:10
• John — 3:29, 15:11, 16:24
• Acts — 8:8
• Romans — 14:17, 15:32
• 2 Corinthians — 2:3, 7:4, 7:13
• Galatians — 5:22
• Philippians — 4:1
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:19, 2:20, 3:9
• James — 4:9
• 1 Peter — 1:8
• 1 John — 1:4
• 2 John — 1:12

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΑΡΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΧΑΡΑΝ — joy, a joy, delight, a delight, gladness, a gladness
• ΧΑΡΑΣ — of joy, of gladness, of delight
• ΧΑΡΟΥΣ — of joy, of delight, of gladness, Charous

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