χάρις

charis

Grace

from χαίρω; 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).

G5485

Philippians 1:2 · Word #1

Lexicon G5485

Lemmaχάρις
Transliterationcháris
Strong'sG5485
In-contextGrace
Literalgrace

Morphology N NOM F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaχάρις
Strong'sG5485

SIBI-P1 G5485-02

the gracious-favor

Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,NFS — noun, nominative case, feminine gender, singular number; functions typically as the subject or predicate nominative in a clause.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering "the gracious-favor" preserves the root sense of χάρις as active goodwill or favor that brings delight, reflecting its connection to χαίρω (to rejoice). The nominative feminine singular form is represented as a singular substantive, suitable for functioning as the subject of a clause.

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Words from Root χάρις (grace, favor, gracious gift, goodwill, gratitude, delight)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G5484-01 charin favor (accusative feminine singular, ‘for-the-sake-of’ use)
G5485-05 charitos of gracious-favor

Word Usage (156 occurrences of G5485)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Luke 1:30 χάριν charin favor
Luke 2:40 χάρις charis grace
Luke 2:52 χάριτι chariti favor