χάριν
chárin · G5484 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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because of, by reason of
A marker of a reason, often with the implication of an underlying purpose
ExamplesLuke 7:47 For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little, loves little.
Titus 1:11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.
1 John 3:12 not as Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
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for the purpose of, for the sake of, in order to
A marker of purpose, pointing to the goal of an event or state
ExamplesGalatians 3:19 Why the Law then? It was added on account of the violations, having been ordered through angels at the hand of a mediator, until the Seed would come to whom the promise had been made.
Ephesians 3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
1 Timothy 5:14 Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no opportunity for reproach;
How it’s used In 1 role
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the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 1 groups
- χάρινfor the sake of, because of 7
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἕνεκα héneka · G1752 · on account of, because of, in order that
- Both terms function as prepositions expressing cause or purpose. Their uses cluster tightly around the same narrow domain of expressing reasons and purposes, supporting a claim of substantial functional interchangeability between the two in causal and purposive constructions.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Because of, by reason of89.29
- Galatians 3:19 asks, “Why the Law then? It was added on account of the violations, having been ordered through angels at the hand of a mediator, until the Seed would come to whom the promise had been made.”
- For the purpose of, for the sake of, in order to89.60
- Ephesians 3:1 has Paul say, “For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles”.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon accusative of the substantive, χάρις used absolutely; properly, in favor of, for lite…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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