chara: joy, delight Original Word: χαρά, ᾶς, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: chara Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ah') Short Definition: joy, gladness Definition: joy, gladness, a source of joy.
Cognate: 5479 xará (another feminine noun from the root xar-, "extend favor, lean towards, be favorably disposed") – properly, the awareness (of God's) grace, favor; joy ("grace recognized"). [The etymological link between 5463 /xaírō ("rejoice because of grace"), 5479 /xará ("joy because of grace") and 5485 /xáris ("grace") – i.e. that they are all cognates – is observed by LS (p 1,976), Zod (Dict), CBL, Wigram's Englishman's Greek Concordance (Ed. Ralph Winters), Word Study Greek-English NT (Tyndale, Ed. Paul McReynolds) – see also DNTT (2,356) and TDNT (9; 359,60). TDNT likewise groups them as cognates, referring to 5479 (xará) as the noun-form (nomen actionis), discussing them separately in light of their distinct connotations.] Word Origin from chairó Definition joy, delight NASB Translation greatly (1), joy (54), joyful (1), joyfully (1), joyously (1), rejoicing (1). STRONGS NT 5479: χαρά
χαρά, χαρᾶς, ἡ (χαίρω), from Aeschylus and Sophocles down, the Sept. for שִׂמְחָה and שָׂשׂון, joy, gladness; a: Luke 1:14; Luke 15:7, 10; John 15:11; John 16:22, 24; John 17:13; Acts 8:8; 2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Galatians 5:22; Colossians 1:11; Philippians 2:2; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12; opposed to κατήφεια, James 4:9; opposed to λύπη, John 16:20; 2 Corinthians 2:3; Hebrews 12:11; ὑμῶν, i. e. the joy received from you, 2 Corinthians 1:24 (opposed to the 'sorrow' which Paul on returning to Corinth would both experience and give, 2 Corinthians 2:1-3); χαρά τῆς πίστεως, springing from faith, Philippians 1:25; χαίρειν χαράν μέγαν Matthew 2:10 (Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, 131, 5); ἀγαλλίασθαι χαρά, 1 Peter 1:8; χαράν (Rec.st χάριν) πολλήν ἐήξειν ἐπί with a dative of the thing, Philemon 1:7; πληροῦν τινα χαρᾶς, Romans 15:13; πληροῦσθαι χαρᾶς, Acts 13:52; 2 Timothy 1:4; ποιεῖν τίνι χαράν μεγάλην, Acts 15:3; ἀπό τῆς χαρᾶς, for joy, Matthew 13:44; Luke 24:41; Acts 12:14; ἐν χαρά (ἔρχεσθαι), Romans 15:32; μετά χαρᾶς, with joy, Matthew 13:20; Matthew 28:8; Mark 4:16; Luke 8:13; Luke 10:17; Luke 24:52; Acts 20:24 Rec.; Philippians 1:4; Philippians 2:29; Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 13:17 (Polybius 11, 33, 7; 22, 17, 12; Xenophon, Hiero 1, 25); with πνεύματος ἁγίου added, joy wrought by the Holy Spirit, 1 Thessalonians 1:6; χαρά ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, joyousness caused by (cf. ἐν, I. 6 (p. 211{b} bottom) and Buttmann, § 133, 23) the Holy Spirit, Romans 14:17; χαρά ἐπί τίνι, 2 Corinthians 7:4; χαίρειν χαρά διά τί, John 3:29 (cf. χαίρω, a.); also διά τινα (a relative pronoun intervening), 1 Thessalonians 3:9; ἡ χαρά ὅτι, John 16:21; χαρά ἵνα (see ἵνα, II. 2 d.), 3 John 1:4. b. by metonymy, the cause or occasion of joy: Luke 2:10; James 1:2; (so 2 Corinthians 1:15 WH text Tr marginal reading (others, χάρις, which see 3 b.)); of persons who are one's 'joy': 1 Thessalonians 2:19; Philippians 4:1; of a joyful condition or state: ἀντί ... χαρᾶς, to attain to blessedness at the right hand of God in heaven, Hebrews 12:2; the same idea is expressed in the parable by the words, ἡ χαρά τοῦ κυρίου, the blessedness which the Lord enjoys, Matthew 25:21, 23.
gladness, joyFrom chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight -- gladness, X greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous). see GREEK chairo
χαρα χαρά χαρὰ χαρᾷ χαραν χαράν χαρὰν χαρας χαράς χαρᾶς χάριν chara chará charà charā̂i charan charàn charas charâs charin chárin
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χαρά — 23 Occ. χαρὰν — 14 Occ. χαρᾶς — 22 Occ.
Matthew 2:10 N-AFS BIB: ἀστέρα ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα NAS: exceedingly with great joy. KJV: with exceeding great joy. INT: star they rejoiced [with] joy great exceedinglyMatthew 13:20 N-GFS BIB: εὐθὺς μετὰ χαρᾶς λαμβάνων αὐτόν NAS: and immediately receives it with joy; KJV: anon with joy receiveth it; INT: immediately with joy receives it Matthew 13:44 N-GFS BIB: ἀπὸ τῆς χαρᾶς αὐτοῦ ὑπάγει NAS: and hid [again]; and from joy over it he goes KJV: and for joy thereof goeth INT: for the joy of it goes Matthew 25:21 N-AFS BIB: εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου NAS: enter into the joy of your master.' KJV: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. INT: into the joy of the master Matthew 25:23 N-AFS BIB: εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου NAS: enter into the joy of your master.' KJV: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. INT: into the joy of the master Matthew 28:8 N-GFS BIB: φόβου καὶ χαρᾶς μεγάλης ἔδραμον NAS: and great joy and ran KJV: and great joy; and did run to bring INT: fear and joy great they ran Mark 4:16 N-GFS BIB: εὐθὺς μετὰ χαρᾶς λαμβάνουσιν αὐτόν NAS: immediately receive it with joy; KJV: it with gladness; INT: immediately with joy receive it Luke 1:14 N-NFS BIB: καὶ ἔσται χαρά σοι καὶ NAS: You will have joy and gladness, KJV: thou shalt have joy and gladness; INT: And he will be joy to you and Luke 2:10 N-AFS BIB: εὐαγγελίζομαι ὑμῖν χαρὰν μεγάλην ἥτις NAS: of great joy which KJV: of great joy, which INT: I bring good news to you [of] joy great which Luke 8:13 N-GFS BIB: ἀκούσωσιν μετὰ χαρᾶς δέχονται τὸν NAS: the word with joy; and these KJV: the word with joy; and these INT: they hear with joy receive the Luke 10:17 N-GFS BIB: δύο μετὰ χαρᾶς λέγοντες Κύριε NAS: returned with joy, saying, KJV: returned again with joy, saying, Lord, INT: two with joy saying Lord Luke 15:7 N-NFS BIB: ὅτι οὕτως χαρὰ ἐν τῷ NAS: you that in the same way, there will be [more] joy in heaven KJV: that likewise joy shall be in INT: that thus joy in Luke 15:10 N-NFS BIB: ὑμῖν γίνεται χαρὰ ἐνώπιον τῶν NAS: I tell you, there is joy in the presence KJV: there is joy in the presence INT: to you there is joy before the Luke 24:41 N-GFS BIB: ἀπὸ τῆς χαρᾶς καὶ θαυμαζόντων NAS: [it] because of their joy and amazement, KJV: believed not for joy, and wondered, INT: for the joy and were wondering Luke 24:52 N-GFS BIB: Ἰερουσαλὴμ μετὰ χαρᾶς μεγάλης NAS: to Jerusalem with great joy, KJV: with great joy: INT: Jerusalem with joy great John 3:29 N-DFS BIB: ἀκούων αὐτοῦ χαρᾷ χαίρει διὰ NAS: him, rejoices greatly because KJV: rejoiceth greatly because INT: hears him with joy rejoices because of John 3:29 N-NFS BIB: οὖν ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ NAS: this joy of mine KJV: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. INT: then the joy of me John 15:11 N-NFS BIB: ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ NAS: to you so that My joy may be in you, and [that] your joy KJV: that my joy might remain in INT: that joy my John 15:11 N-NFS BIB: καὶ ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν πληρωθῇ NAS: that My joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full. KJV: and [that] your joy might be full. INT: and the joy of you might be full John 16:20 N-AFS BIB: ὑμῶν εἰς χαρὰν γενήσεται NAS: will be turned into joy. KJV: shall be turned into joy. INT: of you to joy will turn John 16:21 N-AFS BIB: διὰ τὴν χαρὰν ὅτι ἐγεννήθη NAS: because of the joy that a child KJV: the anguish, for joy that a man INT: on account of the joy that has been born John 16:22 N-AFS BIB: καὶ τὴν χαρὰν ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς NAS: [will] take your joy away KJV: and your joy no man taketh INT: and the joy of you no one John 16:24 N-NFS BIB: ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν ᾖ NAS: so that your joy may be made full. KJV: that your joy may be full. INT: that the joy of you might be John 17:13 N-AFS BIB: ἔχωσιν τὴν χαρὰν τὴν ἐμὴν NAS: that they may have My joy made full KJV: they might have my joy fulfilled in INT: they might have joy my Acts 8:8 N-NFS BIB: δὲ πολλὴ χαρὰ ἐν τῇ NAS: there was much rejoicing in that city. KJV: there was great joy in that INT: moreover great joy in the 59 Occurrences
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