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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong—

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:15 - But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:16 - Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:29 - for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:6 - We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your[fn] faith;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:7 - Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:7 - I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:4 - There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:9 - to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that 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 of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:30 - Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues[fn]? Do all interpret?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:11 - as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:14 - Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:6 - For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
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