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Strong’s number: G5479

Greek Lexical Dictionary:

Greek Word: χαρά, ᾶς, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: chara

Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ah’)

Quick Definition: joy, delight

Usage: joy, gladness, a source of joy.

Etymology: From G5463;

NASB Translation: greatly (1), joy (54), joyful (1), joyfully (1), joyously (1), rejoicing (1).

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New Testament Usage

59x in 57 verses

Mat 2:10; Mat 13:20; Mat 13:44; Mat 25:21; Mat 25:23; Mat 28:8; Mar 4:16; Luk 1:14; Luk 2:10; Luk 8:13; Luk 10:17; Luk 15:7; Luk 15:10; Luk 24:41; Luk 24:52; Joh 3:29; Joh 15:11; Joh 16:20; Joh 16:21; Joh 16:22; Joh 16:24; Joh 17:13;

Act 8:8; Act 12:14; Act 13:52; Act 15:3;

Rom 14:17; Rom 15:13; Rom 15:32;

2Co 1:24; 2Co 2:3; 2Co 7:4; 2Co 7:13; 2Co 8:2;

Gal 5:22; Php 1:4; Php 1:25; Php 2:2; Php 2:29; Php 4:1; Col 1:11;

1Th 1:6; 1Th 2:19; 1Th 2:20; 1Th 3:9; 2Ti 1:4; Phm 1:7;

Heb 10:34; Heb 12:2; Heb 12:11; Heb 13:17;

Jas 1:2; Jas 4:9; 1Pe 1:8;

1Jn 1:4; 2Jn 1:12; 3Jn 1:4.

Note the association of chara and pleroo (joy and filled): John 3:29; John 15:11; John 16:24; John 17:13; Acts 13:52; Rom 15:13, 2Cor 7:4; Php 2:2; 2Ti 1:4; 1John 1:4; 2John 1:12.

Septuagint 22x in 21 verses

1Ch 29:22; Est 8:17; Est 9:17; Est 9:18; Est 9:22;

Psa 20:7; Psa 125:2; Pro 14:13; Pro 29:6;

Isa 39:2; Isa 55:12; Isa 66:10;

Jer 15:16; Jer 16:9; Jer 25:10; Lam 5:15;

Joe 1:5; Joe 1:12; Joe 1:16; Jon 4:6; Zec 8:19.

Englishman’s concordance: χαρά (chara)

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Lexicons

Thayers G5479

joy, gladness
1. the joy received from you
2. the cause or occasion of joy
  1. of persons who are one’s joy

Strongs G5479: From G5463; cheerfulness, that is, calm delight: – gladness, X greatly, (X be exceeding) joy (-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).

Mounce G5479: joy, rejoicing, happiness, gladness

Related Words: G5463 (verb); G5485 (noun)

Hebrew equivalent word: Strong #: 1524 ‑ גִּיל (gheel); 4234 ‑ מָחוֹל (maw‑khole’); 7440 ‑ רִנָּה (rin‑naw’); 7442 ‑ רָנַן (raw‑nan’); 7814 ‑ שְׂחֹק (sekh‑oke’, sekh‑oke’); 8057 ‑ שִׂמְחָה (sim‑khaw’); 8342 ‑ שָׂשׂן (saw‑sone’, saw‑sone’);

Precepts Austin: chara

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