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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.
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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 - And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:20 - 'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:44 - 'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:21 - 'And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:23 - 'His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8 - And having gone forth quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to tell to his disciples;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:16 - 'And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:14 - and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:10 - And the messenger said to them, 'Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people --

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13 - 'And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:17 - And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, 'Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - 'I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:10 - 'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:41 - and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, 'Have ye anything here to eat?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:52 - and they, having bowed before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:11 - these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:20 - verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:21 - 'The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:22 - 'And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:13 - 'And now unto Thee I come, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8 - and there was great joy in that city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:52 - and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:3 - they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:24 - but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:17 - for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:13 - and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:32 - that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:24 - not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:3 - and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - great is my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:13 - because of this we have been comforted in your comfort, and more abundantly the more did we rejoice in the joy of Titus, that his spirit hath been refreshed from you all;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:22 - And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:4 - always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:25 - and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:2 - fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing -- having the same love -- of one soul -- minding the one thing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:29 - receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:1 - So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:11 - in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - and ye -- ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:19 - for what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:20 - for ye are our glory and joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:9 - for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:4 - desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34 - for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:2 - looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:11 - and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.

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