2001 Translation

CHARIS, charis

Sounds Like: KHA-rees

Translations: grace, a grace, favor, a favor, kindness, a kindness, thanks, gratitude, charm, a charm, delight, a delight

From the root: ΧΑΡΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is a feminine noun that generally refers to grace, favor, or kindness. It can also mean thanks or gratitude, especially in expressions like 'to give thanks'. In some contexts, it can refer to charm or delight. It is often used to describe divine favor or unmerited divine assistance given to humans.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5485 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 5:7, 5:8, 99:13

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:8

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:24, 2:96, 9:15, 9:17, 10:23, 11:31

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 0:1, 30:3, 65:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 44:3
• Proverbs — 3:22, 22:1, 25:10, 26:11
• Ecclesiastes — 9:11, 10:12
• Wisdom — 3:9, 3:14, 4:15, 8:21
• Sirach — 4:21, 7:19, 12:1, 20:16, 26:13, 26:15, 32:10, 37:21, 40:17
• Luke — 2:40, 6:32, 6:33, 6:34
• John — 1:17
• Acts of the Apostles — 4:33
• Romans — 1:7, 5:15, 5:20, 5:21, 6:1, 6:17, 7:25, 11:6, 16:20
• 1 Corinthians — 1:3, 15:10, 15:57, 16:23
• 2 Corinthians — 1:2, 2:14, 4:15, 8:16, 9:15, 12:9, 13:13
• Galatians — 1:3, 6:18
• Ephesians — 1:2, 3:8, 4:7, 6:24
• Philippians — 1:2, 4:23
• Colossians — 1:2, 4:18
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:1, 5:28
• 2 Thessalonians — 1:2, 3:18
• 1 Timothy — 1:2, 1:14, 6:21
• 2 Timothy — 1:2, 4:22
• Titus — 1:4, 2:11, 3:15
• Philemon — 1:3, 1:25
• Hebrews — 13:25
• 1 Peter — 1:2, 2:19, 2:20
• 2 Peter — 1:2
• 2 John — 1:3
• Revelation — 22:21

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 12:1, 12:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 2:1, 8:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 10:183
• Book 2 — 6:143, 9:231
• Book 4 — 8:232
• Book 7 — 8:184
• Book 14 — 10:212
• Book 19 — 1:54

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:3, 58:1, 78:11

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 11:5, 11:6

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 3:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 13:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms — 44:3
• Proverbs — 3:22, 22:1, 25:10, 26:11
• Ecclesiastes — 9:11, 10:12
• Wisdom — 3:9, 3:14, 4:15, 8:21
• Sirach — 4:21, 7:19, 7:33, 12:1, 20:16, 21:16, 26:13, 26:15, 35:10, 37:21, 40:17
• Enoch — 5:7, 5:8

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 2:40, 6:32, 6:33, 6:34
• John — 1:17
• Acts — 4:33
• Romans — 1:7, 5:15, 5:20, 5:21, 6:1, 6:17, 7:25, 11:6, 16:20
• 1 Corinthians — 1:3, 15:10, 15:57, 16:23
• 2 Corinthians — 1:2, 2:14, 4:15, 8:16, 9:15, 12:9, 13:13
• Galatians — 1:3, 6:18
• Ephesians — 1:2, 3:8, 4:7, 6:24
• Philippians — 1:2, 4:23
• Colossians — 1:2, 4:18
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:1, 5:28
• 2 Thessalonians — 1:2, 3:18
• 1 Timothy — 1:2, 1:14, 6:21
• 2 Timothy — 1:2, 4:22
• Titus — 1:4, 2:11, 3:15
• Philemon — 1:3, 1:25
• Hebrews — 13:25
• 1 Peter — 1:2, 2:19, 2:20
• 2 Peter — 1:2
• 2 John — 1:3
• Revelation — 1:4, 22:21

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 1:3, 10:6

From the same root

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

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.

• ΑΡΙΝ — grace, favor, kindness, thanks, a gift
• ΤΗΝΧΑΡΙΝ — the grace, the favor, the kindness, the gift, the thankfulness
• ΤΟΝΧΑΡΗΤΑ — grace, favor, kindness, thanks, a gift
• ΧΑΙΡΙΝ — grace, favor, thanks, a grace, a favor, a thanks
• ΧΑΡΙ — grace, favor, thanks, gratitude, a grace, a favor
• ΧΑΡΙΝ — grace, favor, kindness, thanks, a grace, a favor, a kindness, a thanks
• ΧΑΡΙΣΙ — (to) graces, (by) graces, (with) graces, (to) favors, (by) favors, (with) favors, (to) kindnesses, (by) kindnesses, (with) kindnesses
• ΧΑΡΙΣΙΝ — (by) grace, (by) favor, (by) kindness, (by) thanks, (by) gratitude, (by) charm, (by) delight
• ΧΑΡΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ — thank offering, a thank offering, thank-offering, a thank-offering, gift of gratitude, a gift of gratitude, sacrifice of thanksgiving, a sacrifice of thanksgiving
• ΧΑΡΙΣΤΗΡΙΟΣ — thankful, giving thanks, expressing thanks, of thanksgiving, a thank offering
• ΧΑΡΙΣΤΙΚΗΝ — gracious, a gracious, benevolent, a benevolent, generous, a generous
• ΧΑΡΙΣΤΙΚΟΝ — gratuitous, a gratuitous gift, a favor, a gift of grace
• ΧΑΡΙΤΑ — grace, a grace, favor, a favor, kindness, a kindness, thanks, a thank
• ΧΑΡΙΤΑΙ — graces, favors, kindnesses, thanks
• ΧΑΡΙΤΑΣ — graces, favors, thanks, kindnesses
• ΧΑΡΙΤΕΣ — graces, favors, thanks, kindnesses, charms
• ΧΑΡΙΤΙ — to grace, to favor, to kindness, to goodwill, to thanks, to gratitude, to a gift, to a blessing
• ΧΑΡΙΤΟΣ — of grace, of favor, of kindness, of gratitude, of a grace, of a favor, of a kindness, of a gratitude
• ΧΑΡΙΤΩΝ — of graces, of favors, of thanks, of kindnesses

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