χαρίζομαι
charízomai · G5483 · Greek · 23 occurrences
Meanings
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to give, to grant, to bestow generously
To give or grant graciously and generously, with the implication of good will on the part of the giver
ExamplesLuke 7:21 At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind.
Acts 27:24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has graciously granted you all those who are sailing with you.’
Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
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to forgive
To forgive, on the basis of one’s gracious attitude toward an individual
Examples2 Corinthians 2:7 so that on the other hand, you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a person might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
2 Corinthians 12:13 For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
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to cancel a debt, to forgive a debt
To release a person from the obligation of repaying what is owed
ExamplesLuke 7:42 “When they were unable to repay, he canceled the debts of both. So which of them will love him more?”
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to hand over to, to put into the control of someone
To hand someone over into the control of another person, without some reasonable cause
ExamplesActs 3:14 “But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Acts 25:11 “If, therefore, I am in the wrong and have committed something deserving death, I am not trying to avoid execution; but if there is nothing to the accusations which these men are bringing against me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
Acts 25:16 “I replied to them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any person before the accused meets his accusers face to face, and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
23 occurrences in 13 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- Not stated (participle) 4
- θεόςGod 3
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
15 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
To or for whomIndirect object
15 occurrences in 7 groups
- ἐγώI, we 4
- σύyou 4
- ὅςwho, which, that 2
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- ἈβραάμAbraham 1
- ἀμφότεροςboth 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- διάthrough+ ἐπαγγελίαpromise 1
- διάthrough+ προσευχήprayer 1
- διάthrough+ σύyou 1
- ἐνin+ πρόσωπονface 1
- ἐνin+ ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
- ὑπόby, under+ θεόςGod 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- καίand 1
- οὐχίnot 1
- πῶςhow? by what means? 1
- τοὐναντίονon the contrary 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λαλέωto speak 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- δύναμαιcan 1
- εἴδωto know 1
- αἰτέωto ask for, to demand, to plead for 1
- ἐλπίζωto hope 1
- ὑπολαμβάνωto make ascend 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔθοςcustom 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- To hand over to, to put into the control of someone37.30
- Acts 3:14 says the people “disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted” to them.
- To forgive40.10
- Luke 7:42 says the moneylender, “when they were unable to repay, he canceled the debts of both”.
- To give, to grant, to bestow generously57.102
- Luke 7:21 says that at that very time, Jesus cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, “and He gave sight to many who were blind”.
- To cancel a debt, to forgive a debt57.223
- Luke 7:43 has Simon answer, “I assume the one for whom he canceled the greater debt.” And He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon deponent middle; future χαρίσομαι (Rom 8:32; Lucian, d. mar. 9, 1, for which Greek…
d. mar. 9, 1, for which Greek writers commonly use the Attic χαιουσμαι (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 163f; Buttmann, 37 (32); Winer's Grammar, § 15, under the word)); perfect κεχάρισμαι; 1 aorist ἐχαρισάμην; 1 aorist passive, ἐχαρίσθην (Acts 3:14; 1 Cor 2:12; Phm 1:29 (cf. Buttmann, 52 (46))); future passive, χαρισθήσομαι with a passive significance (Phm 1:22); (χάρις); often in Greek writings from Homer down; to do something pleasant or agreeable (to one), to do a favor to, gratify;
a. universally, to show oneself gracious, kind, benevolent: τίνι, Gal 3:18 (others, (supply τήν κληρονομίαν and) refer this to c. below).
b. to grant forgiveness, to pardon: 2 Cor 2:7; with a dative of the person, Eph 4:32; Col 3:13; with an accusative of the thing, 2 Cor 2:10 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 39, 1 b. and 3 N. 3); τίνι τήν ἀδικίαν, 2 Cor 12:13; τά παραπτώματα, Col 2:13.
c. to give graciously, give freely, bestow: τίνι τί, Lk 7:21; Rom 8:32; Phm 2:9; passive, 1 Cor 2:12; Phm 1:29; where a debt is referred to, to forgive (cf.
b. above), Lk 7:42f; τίνι τινα, graciously to restore one to another who desires his safety (e. g. a captive (R. V. grant)), passive, Acts 3:14; Phm 1:22; or to preserve for one a person in peril, Acts 27:24; τινα τίνι, to give up to another one whom he may punish or put to death, Acts 25:11 ((cf. R. V. marginal reading)); with the addition of εἰς ἀπώλειαν, Acts 25:16.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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