Strong's Lexicon
G5486 — χάρισμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5486 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χάρισμα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5483 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 17 |
| Transliteration: | charisma |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khar'-is-mah |
| Meaning: | 1. a (divine) gratuity, i.e. deliverance (from danger or passion) 2. (specially), a (spiritual) endowment 3. (subjectively) religious qualification 4. (objectively) miraculous faculty |
| KJV Renderings: | (free) gift |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 1Pe 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, 1Co 7:7; deliverance from great peril to life, τό εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα bestowed upon us, 2Co 1:11; the gift of faith, knowledge, holiness, virtue, Rom 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, Rom 5:15; Rom 6:23; plural of the several blessings of the Christian salvation, Rom 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): Rom 12:6; 1Co 1:7; 1Co 12:4; 1Co 12:31; 1Pe 4:10; χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, 1Co 12:9; 1Co 12:28; 1Co 12:30; specifically, the sum of those powers requisite for the discharge of the office of an evangelist: 1Ti 4:14; 2Ti 1:6. ((Of temporal blessings, ’Teaching 1, 5 [ET] (cf. δώρημα in Hermas, mand. 2, 4 [ET])); ecclesiastical writings.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
χάρισμα ((free) gift)
Romans 1:11
- KJV: For I long to see you that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift to the end ye may be established
- GK: επιποθώ γαρ ιδείν υμάς ίνα τι μεταδώ χάρισμα υμίν πνευματικόν εις το στηριχθήναι υμάς
Romans 5:15
- KJV: But not as the offence so also the free gift For if through the offence of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gift by grace by one man Jesus Christ hath abounded unto many
- GK: αλλ΄ ουχ ως το παράπτωμα ούτως και το χάρισμα ει γαρ τω του ενός παραπτώματι οι πολλοί απέθανον πολλώ μάλλον η χάρις του θεού και η δωρεά εν χάριτι τη του ενός ανθρώπου Ιησού χριστού εις τους πολλούς επερίσσευσε
Romans 5:16
- KJV: And not as by one that sinned the gift for the judgment by one to condemnation but the free gift of many offences unto justification
- GK: και ουχ ως δι΄ ενός αμαρτήσαντος το δώρημα το μεν γαρ κρίμα εξ ενός εις κατάκριμα το δε χάρισμα εκ πολλών παραπτωμάτων εις δικαίωμα
Romans 6:23
- KJV: For the wages of sin death but the gift of God eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
- GK: τα γαρ οψώνια της αμαρτίας θάνατος το δε χάρισμα του θεού ζωή αιώνιος εν χριστώ Ιησού τω κυρίω ημών
Romans 11:29
- KJV: For the gifts and calling of God without repentance
- GK: αμεταμέλητα γαρ τα χαρίσματα και η κλήσις του θεού
Romans 12:6
- KJV: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us whether prophecy according to the proportion of faith
- GK: έχοντες δε χαρίσματα κατά την χάριν την δοθείσαν ημίν διάφορα είτε προφητείαν κατά την αναλογίαν της πίστεως
1 Corinthians 1:7
- KJV: So that ye come behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
- GK: ώστε υμάς μη υστερείσθαι εν μηδενί χαρίσματι απεκδεχομένους την αποκάλυψιν του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού
1 Corinthians 7:7
- KJV: For I would that all men were even as I myself But every man hath his gift of God one after this manner and another after that
- GK: θέλω γαρ πάντας ανθρώπους είναι ως και εμαυτόν αλλ΄ έκαστος ίδιον χάρισμα έχει εκ θεού ος μεν ούτως ος δε ούτως
1 Corinthians 12:4
- KJV: Now there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit
- GK: διαιρέσεις δε χαρισμάτων εισί το δε αυτό πνεύμα