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χαρά

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	χαρά
Citation form	χαρά, ᾶς, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	joy, gladness
Strong’s	G5479
Transliteration	chará
Definition	cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight
KJV glosses	:--gladness, X greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	57

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
χαρά	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 1:14 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Galatians 5:22 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Thessalonians 2:20
χαρὰ	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 15:10 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 15:7 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — John 15:11 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — John 16:24 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — John 3:29 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Acts 8:8 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Romans 14:17 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 2:3 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Thessalonians 2:19 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — James 4:9 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 John 1:4 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 John 1:12 noun, vocative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----VSF-) — Philippians 4:1
χαρᾷ	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — John 3:29 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 15:32 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 2 Corinthians 7:13 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 2 Corinthians 7:4 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 1 Thessalonians 3:9 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 1 Peter 1:8
χαρὰν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 2:10 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 25:21 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 25:23 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 2:10 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 16:20 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 16:21 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 16:22 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 17:13 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 15:3 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Philippians 1:25 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Philippians 2:2 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Philemon 1:7 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — James 1:2
χαράν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 3 John 1:4
χαρᾶς	noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Matthew 13:20 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Matthew 13:44 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Matthew 28:8 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Mark 4:16 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Luke 10:17 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Luke 24:41 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Luke 24:52 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Luke 8:13 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 12:14 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 13:52 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Romans 15:13 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Corinthians 1:24 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Corinthians 8:2 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Philippians 1:4 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Philippians 2:29 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Colossians 1:11 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 1 Thessalonians 1:6 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 Timothy 1:4 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 10:34 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 12:11 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 12:2 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 13:17

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----VSF-

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: χαρα.