charis · grace

What it means

charis (χάρις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “grace”.

Favor.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Charm in speaking.
2. A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
3. Gratitude: "thanks be to God".
4. Something given freely, or something to be thanked for.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Grace: favor given without its being owed; also gratitude, and what pleases. Abbott-Smith: graciousness, charm; kindness, goodwill, favor; thankfulness, gratitude. Of the same family as χαίρω, “to rejoice”, and χαρίζομαι, “to grant”.

• “You have found favor with God” Luke 1:30
• “Full of grace and of truth” John 1:14
• “By grace you have been saved” Ephesians 2:8Romans 5:15
• “Thanks be to God”: gratitude 2 Corinthians 9:15
• “What credit is {that} to you?” Luke 6:32

How we translate it

“Grace” 130 times, “favor” 10, “thanks” 9, “credit” 3, “gratitude” 1, “gift” 1, “thank” 1. This edition's glossary sets “grace” and admits “favor” and “thanks”; in Luke 6:32-34, “credit”, because the matter there is what recognition someone has who loves only those who love him.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• grace ×130
• favor ×10
• thanks ×9
• credit ×3
• gift ×1
• gratitude ×1
• thank ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×8
• John×4
• Acts×17
• Romans×25
• 1 Corinthians×10
• 2 Corinthians×18
• Galatians×7
• Ephesians×12
• Philippians×3
• Colossians×5
• 1 Thessalonians×2
• 2 Thessalonians×4
• 1 Timothy×4
• 2 Timothy×5
• Titus×4
• Philemon×2
• Hebrews×7
• James×2
• 1 Peter×10
• 2 Peter×2
• 2 John×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×2

• Luke 1:30

  And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

• Luke 2:40

  And the child grew and became strong, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.

• Luke 2:52

  And Jesus kept advancing in wisdom and stature and favor with God and people.

• Luke 4:22

  And all were testifying about him and marveling at the words of grace that were coming out of his mouth, and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

• Luke 6:32

  And if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

• Luke 6:33

  And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

• Luke 6:34

  And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners so that they may receive back the same amount.

• Luke 17:9

  He does not thank the slave because he did the things commanded, does he?

• John 1:14

  And the Word became flesh and pitched his tent among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and of truth.

• John 1:16

  Because from his fullness we have all received, even grace upon grace;

• John 1:17

  because the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

• Acts 2:47

  praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to their number those who were being saved.

• Acts 4:33

  And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

• Acts 6:8

  And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.

• Acts 7:10

  and rescued him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.

• Acts 7:46

  who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

• Acts 11:23

  When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he was encouraging all to remain with the Lord with purpose of heart,

• Acts 13:43

  And when the meeting broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

• Acts 14:3

  So they stayed a long time, speaking boldly in reliance on the Lord, who was testifying to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.

• Acts 14:26

  And from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.

• Acts 15:11

  On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”

• Acts 15:40

  But Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

• Acts 18:27

  And when he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

• Acts 20:24

  But I do not account my life precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the service that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of the grace of God.

• Acts 20:32

  And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

• Acts 24:27

  And when two years had passed, Felix received as successor Porcius Festus; and wanting to grant a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul in chains.

• Acts 25:3

  asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem —while preparing an ambush to kill him on the way.

• Acts 25:9

  But Festus, wanting to grant the Jews a favor, answering Paul, said, “Do you want to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged about these things before me?”

• Romans 1:5

  through whom we received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the nations for the sake of his name,

• Romans 1:7

  to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus the Messiah.

• Romans 3:24

  being declared righteous freely by his grace through the redemption that is in the Messiah Jesus,

• Romans 4:4

  Now to the one who works, the wages are not counted as a favor but as what is owed.

• Romans 4:16

  For this reason it is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, so that the promise may be certain to all the offspring, not only to those of the law but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

• Romans 5:2

  through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.

• Romans 5:15

  But not as the trespass, so also is the gift. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of the one man Jesus the Messiah abound for the many.

• Romans 5:17

  For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus the Messiah.

• Romans 5:20

  Now the law came in alongside so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

• Romans 5:21

  so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus the Messiah our Lord.

• Romans 6:1

  What then shall we say? Shall we remain in sin so that grace may increase?

• Romans 6:14

  For sin will not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

And 115 more times.