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Lexicon :: Strong's G5486 - charisma

Aa
χάρισμα
Transliteration
charisma (Key)
Pronunciation
khar'-is-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:402,1298

Strong’s Definitions

χάρισμα chárisma, khar'-is-mah; from G5483; a (divine) gratuity, i.e. deliverance (from danger or passion); (specially), a (spiritual) endowment, i.e. (subjectively) religious qualification, or (objectively) miraculous faculty:—(free) gift.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G5486 in the following manner: gift (15x), free gift (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G5486 in the following manner: gift (15x), free gift (2x).

  1. a favour with which one receives without any merit of his own

  2. the gift of divine grace

  3. the gift of faith, knowledge, holiness, virtue

  4. the economy of divine grace, by which the pardon of sin and eternal salvation is appointed to sinners in consideration of the merits of Christ laid hold of by faith

  5. grace or gifts denoting extraordinary powers, distinguishing certain Christians and enabling them to serve the church of Christ, the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating on their souls by the Holy Spirit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χάρισμα chárisma, khar'-is-mah; from G5483; a (divine) gratuity, i.e. deliverance (from danger or passion); (specially), a (spiritual) endowment, i.e. (subjectively) religious qualification, or (objectively) miraculous faculty:—(free) gift.
STRONGS G5486:
χάρισμα, χαρίσματος, τό (χαρίζομαι), a gift of grace; a favor which one receives without any merit of his own; in the N. T. (where (except 1 Peter 4:10) used only by Paul) the gift of divine grace (so also in Philo de alleg. legg. iii. § 24 at the end δωρεά καί εὐεργεσία καί χάρισμα Θεοῦ τά πάντα ὅσα ἐν κόσμῳ καί αὐτός ὁ κόσμος ἐστιν); used of the natural gift of continence, due to the grace of God as creator, 1 Corinthians 7:7; deliverance from great peril to life, τό εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα bestowed upon us, 2 Corinthians 1:11; the gift of faith, knowledge, holiness, virtue, Romans 1:11; the economy of divine grace, by which the pardon of sin and eternal salvation is appointed to sinners in consideration of the merits of Christ laid hold of by faith, Romans 5:15; Romans 6:23; plural of the several blessings of the Christian salvation, Romans 11:29; in the technical Pauline sense χαρίσματα (A. V. gifts) denote "extraordinary powers, distinguishing certain Christians and enabling them to serve the church of Christ, the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in their souls by the Holy Spirit" (cf. Cremer in Herzog edition 2 vol. v. 10ff, under the word Geistesgaben): Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 12:4, 31; 1 Peter 4:10; χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, 1 Corinthians 12:9, 28, 30; specifically, the sum of those powers requisite for the discharge of the office of an evangelist: 1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6. ((Of temporal blessings, 'Teaching 1, 5 [ET] (cf. δώρημα in Hermas, mand. 2, 4 [ET])); ecclesiastical writings.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
1:11; 5:15; 6:23; 11:29; 12:6
1 Corinthians
1:7; 7:7; 12:4; 12:9; 12:28; 12:30; 12:31
2 Corinthians
1:11
1 Timothy
4:14
2 Timothy
1:6
1 Peter
4:10; 4:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5486 matches the Greek χάρισμα (charisma),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:11 - For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:15 - But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:16 - And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:23 - For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:29 - Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:6 - And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:7 - So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:7 - It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:4 - Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:9 - To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:30 - Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:11 - You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:14 - Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:6 - For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;
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