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Lexicon :: Strong's G5479 - chara

Strong's

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χαρά

Transliteration

chara (Key)

Pronunciation

khar-ah'

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Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From χαίρω (G5463)

Greek Inflections of χαρά [?]

mGNT
59x in 6 unique form(s) TR
59x in 6 unique form(s) LXX
22x in 5 unique form(s)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:359,1298

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

χαρά chará, khar-ah'; from G5463; cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight:—gladness, × greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's G5479 in the following manner: joy (51x), gladness (3x), joyful (1x), joyous (1x), joyfulness (1x), joyfully (with G3326) (1x), greatly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's G5479 in the following manner: joy (51x), gladness (3x), joyful (1x), joyous (1x), joyfulness (1x), joyfully (with G3326) (1x), greatly (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

joy, gladness
1. the joy received from you
2. the cause or occasion of joy
  1. of persons who are one's joy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

χαρά chará, khar-ah'; from G5463; cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight:—gladness, × greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G5479:

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.

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Song of Songs: 2
Matthew: 2:10; 13:20; 13:44; 25:21; 25:23; 28:8
Mark: 4:16
Luke: 1:14; 2:10; 8:13; 10:17; 15:7; 15:10; 24:41; 24:52
John: 3:29; 15:11; 16:20; 16:21; 16:22; 16:24; 17:13
Acts: 8:8; 12:14; 13:52; 15:3; 20:24
Romans: 14:17; 15:13; 15:32
2 Corinthians: 1:24; 2:1; 2:2; 2:3; 2:3; 7:4; 7:13; 8:2
Galatians: 5:22
Philippians: 1:4; 1:25; 2:2; 2:29; 4:1
Colossians: 1:11
1 Thessalonians: 1:6; 2:19; 3:9
2 Timothy: 1:4
Philemon: 1:7
Hebrews: 10:34; 12:2; 12:11; 13:17
James: 1:2; 4:9
1 Peter: 1:8
1 John: 1:4
2 John: 1:12
3 John: 1:4

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Strong's Number G5479 matches the Greek χαρά (chara),
which occurs 59 times in 57 verses in the TR Greek.

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Heb 13:17 - Obey^G3982 them that^G3588 have the rule^G2233 over you,^G5216 and^G2532 submit yourselves:^G5226 for^G1063 they^G846 watch^G69 for^G5228 your^G5216 souls,^G5590 as^G5613 they that must give^G591 account,^G3056 that^G2443 they may do^G4160 it^G5124 with^G3326 joy,^G5479 and^G2532 not^G3361 with grief:^G4727 for^G1063 that^G5124 is unprofitable^G255 for you.^G5213

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Jas 1:2 - My^G3450 brethren,^G80 count it^G2233 all^G3956 joy^G5479 when^G3752 ye fall^G4045 into divers^G4164 temptations;^G3986

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Jas 4:9 - Be afflicted,^G5003 and^G2532 mourn,^G3996 and^G2532 weep:^G2799 let your^G5216 laughter^G1071 be turned^G3344 to^G1519 mourning,^G3997 and^G2532 your joy^G5479 to^G1519 heaviness.^G2726

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1Pe 1:8 - Whom^G3739 having^G1492^➔ not^G3756 seen,^➔^G1492 ye love;^G25 in^G1519 whom,^G3739 though now^G737 ye see^G3708 him not,^G3361 yet^G1161 believing,^G4100 ye rejoice^G21 with joy^G5479 unspeakable^G412 and^G2532 full of glory:^G1392

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1Jo 1:4 - And^G2532 these things^G5023 write we^G1125 unto you,^G5213 that^G2443 your^G2257 joy^G5479 may be^G5600 full.^G4137

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2Jo 1:12 - Having^G2192 many things^G4183 to write^G1125 unto you,^G5213 I would^G1014 not^G3756 write with^G1223 paper^G5489 and^G2532 ink:^G3188 but^G235 I trust^G1679 to come^G2064 unto^G4314 you,^G5209 and^G2532 speak^G2980 face^G4750 to^G4314 face,^G4750 that^G2443 our^G2257 joy^G5479 may be^G5600 full.^G4137

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3Jo 1:4 - I have^G2192 no^G3756 greater^G3186 joy^G5479 than to^G2443 hear^G191 that my^G1699 children^G5043 walk^G4043 in^G1722 truth.^G225

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