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Lexicon :: Strong's G5479 - chara

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χαρά
Transliteration
chara (Key)
Pronunciation
khar-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:359,1298

Strong’s Definitions

χαρά chará, khar-ah'; from G5463; cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight:—gladness, × greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's G5479 in the following manner: joy (51x), gladness (3x), joyful (1x), joyous (1x), joyfulness (1x), joyfully (with G3326) (1x), greatly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x
The KJV translates Strong's G5479 in the following manner: joy (51x), gladness (3x), joyful (1x), joyous (1x), joyfulness (1x), joyfully (with G3326) (1x), greatly (1x).

  1. joy, gladness

    1. the joy received from you

    2. the cause or occasion of joy

      1. of persons who are one's joy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χαρά chará, khar-ah'; from G5463; cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight:—gladness, × greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).
STRONGS G5479:
χαρά, χαρᾶς, ἡ (χαίρω), from Aeschylus and Sophocles down, the Sept. for שִׂמְחָה and שָׂשׂון, joy, gladness;
a. Luke 1:14; Luke 15:7, 10; John 15:11; John 16:22, 24; John 17:13; Acts 8:8; 2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Galatians 5:22; Colossians 1:11; Philippians 2:2; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12; opposed to κατήφεια, James 4:9; opposed to λύπη, John 16:20; 2 Corinthians 2:3; Hebrews 12:11; ὑμῶν, i. e. the joy received from you, 2 Corinthians 1:24 (opposed to the 'sorrow' which Paul on returning to Corinth would both experience and give, 2 Corinthians 2:1-3); χαρά τῆς πίστεως, springing from faith, Philippians 1:25; χαίρειν χαράν μέγαν Matthew 2:10 (Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; Buttmann, 131, 5); ἀγαλλίασθαι χαρά, 1 Peter 1:8; χαράν (Rec.st χάριν) πολλήν ἐήξειν ἐπί with a dative of the thing, Philemon 1:7; πληροῦν τινα χαρᾶς, Romans 15:13; πληροῦσθαι χαρᾶς, Acts 13:52; 2 Timothy 1:4; ποιεῖν τίνι χαράν μεγάλην, Acts 15:3; ἀπό τῆς χαρᾶς, for joy, Matthew 13:44; Luke 24:41; Acts 12:14; ἐν χαρά (ἔρχεσθαι), Romans 15:32; μετά χαρᾶς, with joy, Matthew 13:20; Matthew 28:8; Mark 4:16; Luke 8:13; Luke 10:17; Luke 24:52; Acts 20:24 Rec.; Philippians 1:4; Philippians 2:29; Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 13:17 (Polybius 11, 33, 7; 22, 17, 12; Xenophon, Hiero 1, 25); with πνεύματος ἁγίου added, joy wrought by the Holy Spirit, 1 Thessalonians 1:6; χαρά ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, joyousness caused by (cf. ἐν, I. 6 (p. 211{b} bottom) and Buttmann, § 133, 23) the Holy Spirit, Romans 14:17; χαρά ἐπί τίνι, 2 Corinthians 7:4; χαίρειν χαρά διά τί, John 3:29 (cf. χαίρω, a.); also διά τινα (a relative pronoun intervening), 1 Thessalonians 3:9; ἡ χαρά ὅτι, John 16:21; χαρά ἵνα (see ἵνα, II. 2 d.), 3 John 1:4.
b. by metonymy, the cause or occasion of joy: Luke 2:10; James 1:2; (so 2 Corinthians 1:15 WH text Tr marginal reading (others, χάρις, which see 3 b.)); of persons who are one's 'joy': 1 Thessalonians 2:19; Philippians 4:1; of a joyful condition or state: ἀντί... χαρᾶς, to attain to blessedness at the right hand of God in heaven, Hebrews 12:2; the same idea is expressed in the parable by the words, ἡ χαρά τοῦ κυρίου, the blessedness which the Lord enjoys, Matthew 25:21, 23.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5479 matches the Greek χαρά (chara),
which occurs 59 times in 57 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:10 - videntes autem stellam gavisi sunt gaudio magno valde

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:20 - qui autem supra petrosa seminatus est hic est qui verbum audit et continuo cum gaudio accipit illud

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:44 - simile est regnum caelorum thesauro abscondito in agro quem qui invenit homo abscondit et prae gaudio illius vadit et vendit universa quae habet et emit agrum illum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:21 - ait illi dominus eius euge bone serve et fidelis quia super pauca fuisti fidelis super multa te constituam intra in gaudium domini tui

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:23 - ait illi dominus eius euge serve bone et fidelis quia super pauca fuisti fidelis supra multa te constituam intra in gaudium domini tui

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8 - et exierunt cito de monumento cum timore et magno gaudio currentes nuntiare discipulis eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:16 - et hii sunt similiter qui super petrosa seminantur qui cum audierint verbum statim cum gaudio accipiunt illud

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:14 - et erit gaudium tibi et exultatio et multi in nativitate eius gaudebunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:10 - et dixit illis angelus nolite timere ecce enim evangelizo vobis gaudium magnum quod erit omni populo

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13 - nam qui supra petram qui cum audierint cum gaudio suscipiunt verbum et hii radices non habent qui ad tempus credunt et in tempore temptationis recedunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:17 - reversi sunt autem septuaginta duo cum gaudio dicentes Domine etiam daemonia subiciuntur nobis in nomine tuo

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - dico vobis quod ita gaudium erit in caelo super uno peccatore paenitentiam habente quam super nonaginta novem iustis qui non indigent paenitentia

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:10 - ita dico vobis gaudium erit coram angelis Dei super uno peccatore paenitentiam agente

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:41 - adhuc autem illis non credentibus et mirantibus prae gaudio dixit habetis hic aliquid quod manducetur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:52 - et ipsi adorantes regressi sunt in Hierusalem cum gaudio magno

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - qui habet sponsam sponsus est amicus autem sponsi qui stat et audit eum gaudio gaudet propter vocem sponsi hoc ergo gaudium meum impletum est

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:11 - haec locutus sum vobis ut gaudium meum in vobis sit et gaudium vestrum impleatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:20 - amen amen dico vobis quia plorabitis et flebitis vos mundus autem gaudebit vos autem contristabimini sed tristitia vestra vertetur in gaudium

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:21 - mulier cum parit tristitiam habet quia venit hora eius cum autem pepererit puerum iam non meminit pressurae propter gaudium quia natus est homo in mundum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:22 - et vos igitur nunc quidem tristitiam habetis iterum autem videbo vos et gaudebit cor vestrum et gaudium vestrum nemo tollit a vobis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - usque modo non petistis quicquam in nomine meo petite et accipietis ut gaudium vestrum sit plenum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:13 - nunc autem ad te venio et haec loquor in mundo ut habeant gaudium meum impletum in semet ipsis

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8 - factum est ergo magnum gaudium in illa civitate

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - et ut cognovit vocem Petri prae gaudio non aperuit ianuam sed intro currens nuntiavit stare Petrum ante ianuam

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:52 - discipuli quoque replebantur gaudio et Spiritu Sancto

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - illi igitur deducti ab ecclesia pertransiebant Foenicen et Samariam narrantes conversionem gentium et faciebant gaudium magnum omnibus fratribus

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:24 - sed nihil horum vereor nec facio animam pretiosiorem quam me dummodo consummem cursum meum et ministerium quod accepi a Domino Iesu testificari evangelium gratiae Dei

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:17 - non est regnum Dei esca et potus sed iustitia et pax et gaudium in Spiritu Sancto

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:13 - Deus autem spei repleat vos omni gaudio et pace in credendo ut abundetis in spe in virtute Spiritus Sancti

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:32 - ut veniam ad vos in gaudio per voluntatem Dei et refrigerer vobiscum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:24 - non quia dominamur fidei vestrae sed adiutores sumus gaudii vestri nam fide stetistis

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:3 - et hoc ipsum scripsi ut non cum venero tristitiam super tristitiam habeam de quibus oportuerat me gaudere confidens in omnibus vobis quia meum gaudium omnium vestrum est

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - multa mihi fiducia est apud vos multa mihi gloriatio pro vobis repletus sum consolatione superabundo gaudio in omni tribulatione nostra

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:13 - ideo consolati sumus in consolatione autem nostra abundantius magis gavisi sumus super gaudium Titi quia refectus est spiritus eius ab omnibus vobis

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - quod in multo experimento tribulationis abundantia gaudii ipsorum et altissima paupertas eorum abundavit in divitias simplicitatis eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:22 - fructus autem Spiritus est caritas gaudium pax longanimitas bonitas benignitas

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:4 - semper in cunctis orationibus meis pro omnibus vobis cum gaudio deprecationem faciens

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:25 - et hoc confidens scio quia manebo et permanebo omnibus vobis ad profectum vestrum et gaudium fidei

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:2 - implete gaudium meum ut idem sapiatis eandem caritatem habentes unianimes id ipsum sentientes

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:29 - excipite itaque illum cum omni gaudio in Domino et eiusmodi cum honore habetote

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:1 - itaque fratres mei carissimi et desiderantissimi gaudium meum et corona mea sic state in Domino carissimi

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:11 - in omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatis eius in omni patientia et longanimitate cum gaudio

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - et vos imitatores nostri facti estis et Domini excipientes verbum in tribulatione multa cum gaudio Spiritus Sancti

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:19 - quae est enim nostra spes aut gaudium aut corona gloriae nonne vos ante Dominum nostrum Iesum estis in adventu eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:20 - vos enim estis gloria nostra et gaudium

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:9 - quam enim gratiarum actionem possumus Deo retribuere pro vobis in omni gaudio quo gaudemus propter vos ante Deum nostrum

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:4 - desiderans te videre memor lacrimarum tuarum ut gaudio implear

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34 - nam et vinctis conpassi estis et rapinam bonorum vestrorum cum gaudio suscepistis cognoscentes vos habere meliorem et manentem substantiam

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:2 - aspicientes in auctorem fidei et consummatorem Iesum qui pro proposito sibi gaudio sustinuit crucem confusione contempta atque in dextera sedis Dei sedit

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:11 - omnis autem disciplina in praesenti quidem videtur non esse gaudii sed maeroris postea autem fructum pacatissimum exercitatis per eam reddit iustitiae

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