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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:11 - For I long to see you, 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 free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:16 - And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free 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 Box Rom 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:6 - Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:7 - so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:7 - I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:4 - Now there are varieties of 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, 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 appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:30 - Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:11 - You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:14 - Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:6 - Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
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