Gloss
grace, the state of kindness and favor toward someone, often with a focus on a benefit given to the object; by extension: gift, benefit; credit; words of kindness and benefit: thanks, blessing
Forms of the word
Dictionary
χάρις, -ιτος, ἡ
Greek transliteration
charis
Simplified transliteration
charis
Numbers
Strong's number
5485
GK Number
5921
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
155
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3c(1)
Definition
, 1 Pet. 2:19, 20;
Greek-English Concordance for χάρις
| Hebrews 10:29 | How much greater punishment do you think will be deserved by the one who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and has insulted the Spirit of grace (charitos | χάριτος | gen sg fem)? |
| Hebrews 12:15 | Take care that no one forfeits the grace (charitos | χάριτος | gen sg fem) of God; and that no root of bitterness grows up and causes trouble and by it many are defiled. |
| Hebrews 12:28 | Therefore since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful (charin | χάριν | acc sg fem), and in this way worship God in an acceptable manner, with reverence and awe, |
| Hebrews 13:9 | Do not be swept off your feet by all sorts of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace (chariti | χάριτι | dat sg fem), not by foods, with which their adherents are not benefited. |
| Hebrews 13:25 | Grace (charis | χάρις | nom sg fem) be with all of you. |
| James 4:6 | But he gives greater grace (charin | χάριν | acc sg fem). That is why scripture says, “God opposes the proud but he gives grace (charin | χάριν | acc sg fem) to the humble.” |
| 1 Peter 1:2 | elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace (charis | χάρις | nom sg fem) and peace be yours in ever increasing measure. |
| 1 Peter 1:10 | Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace (charitos | χάριτος | gen sg fem) that would come to you investigated diligently and examined with care, |
| 1 Peter 1:13 | Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober-minded, and set your hope completely on the grace (charin | χάριν | acc sg fem) that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
| 1 Peter 2:19 | For this is commendable (charis | χάρις | nom sg fem), if because of conscience toward God someone endures pain while suffering unjustly. |
| 1 Peter 2:20 | For what praise is there if, when you do wrong and are beaten for it, you endure it? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure it, this is commendable (charis | χάρις | nom sg fem) in God’s sight. |
| 1 Peter 3:7 | Husbands, in the same way, live with them with understanding, showing honor to the woman as a weaker vessel, since you are joint heirs of the gracious gift (charitos | χάριτος | gen sg fem) of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. |
| 1 Peter 4:10 | Each one should serve others in respect to the gift he has received, as a good steward of (charitos | χάριτος | gen sg fem) the grace (charitos | χάριτος | gen sg fem) of God in its various forms: |
| 1 Peter 5:5 | Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace (charin | χάριν | acc sg fem) to the humble.” |
| 1 Peter 5:10 | And the God of all grace (charitos | χάριτος | gen sg fem), the one who has called you into his eternal glory in Christ, will, after you have suffered a little while, himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. |
| 1 Peter 5:12 | By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace (charin | χάριν | acc sg fem) of God. Stand fast in it. |
| 2 Peter 1:2 | May grace (charis | χάρις | nom sg fem) and peace be yours in ever increasing measure through knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. |
| 2 Peter 3:18 | But grow in the grace (chariti | χάριτι | dat sg fem) and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and in the eternal day. Amen. |
| 2 John 1:3 | Grace (charis | χάρις | nom sg fem), mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and in love. |
| Jude 1:4 | For certain men have stolen in unawares — men who long ago were designated for this condemnation — ungodly men who turn the grace (charita | χάριτα | acc sg fem) of our God into an excuse for blatant immorality, and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
| Revelation 1:4 | John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace (charis | χάρις | nom sg fem) to you and peace from the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, |
| Revelation 22:21 | May the grace (charis | χάρις | nom sg fem) of the Lord Jesus be with you all. |
