χαρίζομαι; deponent middle; future 
χαρίσομαι (
Romans 8:32; 
Lucian, d. mar. 9, 1, for which Greek writers commonly use the Attic 
χαιουσμαι (cf. 
WHs Appendix, p. 163f; 
Buttmann, 37 (32); 
Winer's Grammar, § 15, under the word)); perfect 
κεχάρισμαι; 1 aorist 
ἐχαρισάμην; 1 aorist passive, 
ἐχαρίσθην (
Acts 3:14; 
1 Corinthians 2:12; 
Philippians 1:29 (cf. 
Buttmann, 52 (46))); future passive, 
χαρισθήσομαι with a passive significance (
Philemon 1:22); (
χάρις); often in Greek writings from 
Homer down; 
to do something pleasant or agreeable (to one), to do a favor to, gratify; 
a. universally, 
to show oneself gracious, kind, benevolent: 
τίνι, 
Galatians 3:18 (others, (supply 
τήν κληρονομίαν and) refer this to c. below). 
b. to grant forgiveness, to pardon: 
2 Corinthians 2:7; with a dative of the person, 
Ephesians 4:32; 
Colossians 3:13; with an accusative of the thing, 
2 Corinthians 2:10 (cf. 
Winer's Grammar, § 39, 1 b. and 3 N. 3); 
τίνι τήν ἀδικίαν, 
2 Corinthians 12:13; 
τά παραπτώματα, 
Colossians 2:13. 
c. to give graciously, give freely, bestow: 
τίνι τί, 
Luke 7:21; 
Romans 8:32; 
Philippians 2:9; passive, 
1 Corinthians 2:12; 
Philippians 1:29; where a debt is referred to, 
to forgive (cf. b. above), 
Luke 7:42f; 
τίνι τινα, 
graciously to restore one to another who desires his safety (e. g. a captive (
R. V. grant)), passive, 
Acts 3:14; 
Philemon 1:22; or 
to preserve for one a person in peril, Acts 27:24; 
τινα τίνι, to give up to another one whom he may punish or put to death, 
Acts 25:11 ((cf. 
R. V. marginal reading)); with the addition of 
εἰς ἀπώλειαν, 
Acts 25:16. [but 
GLTTrWhomit 
εἰς ἀπ} 
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