χαρά chara · G5479

joy

χαρά, -ᾶς, ἡ; (χαίρω), [in LXX for שִׂמְחָה, שָׂשׂוֹן, etc. ; ] ; joy, delight: Luk.1:14 15:7, 10, Jhn.15:11 16:22, 24 17:13, Act.8:8, 2Co.1:24 7:13 8:2, Gal.5:22, Col.1:11, Php.2:2, 1Jn.1:4, 2Jn.12; opposite to κατήφεια, Jas.4:9; to λύπη, Jhn.16:20; χ. τῆς πίστεως, Php.1:25; ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι (χαίρειν, which see), χαρᾷ, Jhn.3:29, 1Pe.1:8; χ. ἔχειν, Phm 7; πληροῦν (-οῦσθαι) χαρᾶς, Act.13:52, Rom.15:13, 2Ti.1:4; ποιεῖν χ. μεγάλην, Act.15:3; ἀπὸ τῆς χ., Mat.13:44, Luk.24:41, Act.12:14; ἐν χ., Rom.15:32; μετὰ χαρᾶς, Mat.13:20 28:8, Mrk.4:16, Luk.8:13 10:17 24:52, Php.1:4 2:29, Heb.10:34 13:17; id. beforeπνεύματος ἁγίου, 1Th.1:6; χ. ἐν π. ἁ, Rom.14:17; χ. ἐπί, 2Co.7:4; διά, 1Th.3:9; ὅτι, Jhn.16:21; …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

χᾰρά, ἡ: ; (χαίρω):— joy, delight, first in [] of a hungry man, []; with genitive objecti, joy in or at a thing, μελέων []; πρὸς χαρὰν λόγων in accordance with joyous tidings, []; κέρτομος θεοῦ χ. a joy sent by some mocking god, []; λέγεις μοι χαράν wishest me joy, []with joy, []; χαρᾶς ὕπο []; opposed to λύπη, []; II in concrete sense, a joy, of persons, χ. μου []

Where it's used 60 times

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

Source: TBESG G5479; TFLSJ G5479

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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