2001 Translation

CHARAS, charas

Sounds Like: kha-RAS

Translations: of joy, of gladness, of delight

From the root: ΧΑΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is a noun referring to a state of great pleasure and happiness. It is often used to describe the inner feeling of joy or gladness, particularly in a spiritual or divine context. As a genitive form, it typically indicates possession or relationship, meaning 'of joy' or 'belonging to joy'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5479 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 5:9, 10:16

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:186, 1:274, 1:293, 1:294

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 65:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 9:17, 9:18, 10:3k
• Tobit — 13:11
• 1 Maccabees — 4:59
• Psalms — 125:2
• Sirach — 2:9
• Jeremiah — 16:9, 25:10
• Matthew — 13:20, 13:44, 28:8
• Mark — 4:16
• Luke — 8:13, 10:17, 24:41, 24:52
• Acts of the Apostles — 12:14, 13:52
• Romans — 15:13
• 2 Corinthians — 1:24, 8:2
• Philippians — 1:4, 2:29
• Colossians — 1:11
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:6
• 2 Timothy — 1:4
• Hebrews — 10:34, 12:2, 12:11, 13:17
• Shepherd of Hermas — 3:4

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 7:184
• Book 3 — 5:99
• Book 4 — 8:261
• Book 5 — 8:300
• Book 6 — 6:116, 10:193
• Book 8 — 4:124, 12:294
• Book 11 — 3:67
• Book 12 — 2:91, 2:98
• Book 13 — 7:119
• Book 15 — 11:421
• Book 16 — 2:65

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 2:20
• Book Five — 3:23
• Book Six — 8:30
• Book Seven — 5:5

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 49:1

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 10:3

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 12:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Chronicles — 29:22
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:63
• Esther — 9:17, 9:18, 10:3
• Tobit — 13:10, 13:10
• 1 Maccabees — 4:59
• 2 Maccabees — 3:30, 15:28
• 3 Maccabees — 4:1, 5:21, 6:34, 7:13, 7:15
• Psalms — 125:2
• Psalms of Solomon — 8:18
• Jeremiah — 16:9, 25:10
• Enoch — 5:9, 10:16

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 3:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 13:20, 13:44, 28:8
• Mark — 4:16
• Luke — 8:13, 10:17, 24:41, 24:52
• Acts — 12:14, 13:52
• Romans — 15:13
• 2 Corinthians — 1:24, 8:2
• Philippians — 1:4, 2:29
• Colossians — 1:11
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:6
• 2 Timothy — 1:4
• Hebrews — 10:34, 12:2, 12:11, 13:17

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.

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

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