Strong's #5485: charis (pronounced khar'-ece)
from 5463; graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude):--acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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charis
1) grace
1a) that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
2) good will, loving-kindness, favour
2a) of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
3) what is due to grace
3a) the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace
3b) the token or proof of grace, benefit
3b1) a gift of grace
3b2) benefit, bounty
4) thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from G5463
Citing in TDNT: 9:372, 1298
Usage:
This word is used 156 times:
2 Peter 1:2: " Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God,"
2 Peter 3:18: "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord"
2 John 1:3: " Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God"
Jude 1:4: "condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into"
Revelation 1:4: "which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from"
Revelation 22:21: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you"
