χαρά

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χαρά, -ᾶς, ἡ

Greek transliteration

chara

Simplified transliteration

chara

Strong's number

5479

GK Number

5915

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-1a

Gloss

joy, rejoicing, happiness, gladness

Definition

joy, gladness, rejoicing,

, Mt. 2:10; 13:20, 44; 28:8; meton, joy, cause of joy, occasion of rejoicing, Lk. 2:10; Phil. 4:1; 1 Thess. 2:19, 20; bliss, Mt. 25:21, 23

Hebrews 13:17	Continue to obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who must give an account. Let them do this with joy (charas \| χαρᾶς \| gen sg fem), and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
James 1:2	Consider it sheer joy (charan \| χαράν \| acc sg fem), my brothers, when you encounter various kinds of trials,
James 4:9	Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy (chara \| χαρά \| nom sg fem) into gloom.
1 Peter 1:8	Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though not seeing him now, yet believing in him, you rejoice with joy (chara \| χαρᾷ \| dat sg fem) unspeakable and filled with glory,
1 John 1:4	These things we are writing that our joy (chara \| χαρά \| nom sg fem) may be complete.
2 John 1:12	Although I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to use paper and ink; instead, I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy (chara \| χαρά \| nom sg fem) may be complete.
3 John 1:4	I have no greater joy (charan \| χαράν \| acc sg fem) than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

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