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Lexicon :: Strong's G5486 - charisma

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χάρισμα
Transliteration
charisma (Key)
Pronunciation
khar'-is-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:402,1298

Strong’s Definitions

χάρισμα chárisma, khar'-is-mah; from G5483; a (divine) gratuity, i.e. deliverance (from danger or passion); (specially), a (spiritual) endowment, i.e. (subjectively) religious qualification, or (objectively) miraculous faculty:—(free) gift.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G5486 in the following manner: gift (15x), free gift (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G5486 in the following manner: gift (15x), free gift (2x).

  1. a favour with which one receives without any merit of his own

  2. the gift of divine grace

  3. the gift of faith, knowledge, holiness, virtue

  4. the economy of divine grace, by which the pardon of sin and eternal salvation is appointed to sinners in consideration of the merits of Christ laid hold of by faith

  5. grace or gifts denoting extraordinary powers, distinguishing certain Christians and enabling them to serve the church of Christ, the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating on their souls by the Holy Spirit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χάρισμα chárisma, khar'-is-mah; from G5483; a (divine) gratuity, i.e. deliverance (from danger or passion); (specially), a (spiritual) endowment, i.e. (subjectively) religious qualification, or (objectively) miraculous faculty:—(free) gift.
STRONGS G5486:
χάρισμα, χαρίσματος, τό (χαρίζομαι), a gift of grace; a favor which one receives without any merit of his own; in the N. T. (where (except 1 Peter 4:10) used only by Paul) the gift of divine grace (so also in Philo de alleg. legg. iii. § 24 at the end δωρεά καί εὐεργεσία καί χάρισμα Θεοῦ τά πάντα ὅσα ἐν κόσμῳ καί αὐτός ὁ κόσμος ἐστιν); used of the natural gift of continence, due to the grace of God as creator, 1 Corinthians 7:7; deliverance from great peril to life, τό εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα bestowed upon us, 2 Corinthians 1:11; the gift of faith, knowledge, holiness, virtue, Romans 1:11; the economy of divine grace, by which the pardon of sin and eternal salvation is appointed to sinners in consideration of the merits of Christ laid hold of by faith, Romans 5:15; Romans 6:23; plural of the several blessings of the Christian salvation, Romans 11:29; in the technical Pauline sense χαρίσματα (A. V. gifts) denote "extraordinary powers, distinguishing certain Christians and enabling them to serve the church of Christ, the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in their souls by the Holy Spirit" (cf. Cremer in Herzog edition 2 vol. v. 10ff, under the word Geistesgaben): Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 12:4, 31; 1 Peter 4:10; χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, 1 Corinthians 12:9, 28, 30; specifically, the sum of those powers requisite for the discharge of the office of an evangelist: 1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6. ((Of temporal blessings, 'Teaching 1, 5 [ET] (cf. δώρημα in Hermas, mand. 2, 4 [ET])); ecclesiastical writings.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
1:11; 5:15; 6:23; 11:29; 12:6
1 Corinthians
1:7; 7:7; 12:4; 12:9; 12:28; 12:30; 12:31
2 Corinthians
1:11
1 Timothy
4:14
2 Timothy
1:6
1 Peter
4:10; 4:10

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Strong's Number G5486 matches the Greek χάρισμα (charisma),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:11 - For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:15 - But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:16 - And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:23 - For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:29 - For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:6 - And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:7 - so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:7 - I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:4 - Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:9 - to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:30 - Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:11 - as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:14 - Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:6 - Because of this I remind you to rekindle God's gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
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