grace

Greek Noun Female

χάρις, -ιτος, ἡ Abbott-Smith does not include the article here. , accusative, χάριν (χάριτα in Act.24:27, Ju 4; see WH, App., 157), [in LXX chiefly for חֵן;] 1) objectively, that which causes favourable regard, gracefulness, grace, loveliness of form, graciousness of speech (cl; Ecc.10:12, Sir.21:16, al.): Col.4:6; λόγοι τ. χάριτος (genitive qual.), Luk.4:22. 2) Subjectively, (a) on the part of the giver, grace, graciousness, kindness, goodwill, favour: Luk.2:52, Act.7:10, al; esp. in NT of the divine favour, grace, with emphasis on its freeness and universality: Luk.1:30, Act.14:26, Rom.1:7, 1Co.1:3, al; opposite to ὀφείλημα, Rom.4:4, 16; to ἔργα, Rom.11:6; (b) on the part of the receiver, a sense of favour received, thanks, gratitude: Rom.6:17 7:25, al; χ. ἔχειν, to be thankful, Luk.17:9, 1Ti.1:12, al. 3) Objectively, of the effect of grace, (a) a state of grace: Rom.5:2, 2Ti.2:1, 1Pe.5:12, 2Pe.3:18; (b) a proof or gift of grace (cl, a favour): Jhn.1:16, Act.6:8, Rom.1:5, 1Co.3:10, 2Co.9:8, Gal.2:9, Eph.3:2, 1Pe.5:5, 10 al. (For fuller treatment of the NT usage, see AR, Eph., 221ff; DB, ii, 254ff; DCG, i, 686ff; Cremer, see word). (AS)

grace

Greek Noun Female

χάρις [ᾰ], ἡ, genitive χάρῐτος: accusative χάριν [ῑ in arsi, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; also χάριτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative χάρισι, χαρίτεσσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: (χαίρω):—grace: I) in objective sense, outward grace or fauour, beauty, properly of persons or their portraits, θεσπεσίην δ᾽ ἄρα τῷ γε χάριν κατεχεύατ᾽ Ἀθήνη [Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, graces, κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων [Refs 8th c.BC+]gracefully, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of ear-rings, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of works, ἔργοισι χάριν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of words, οὔ οἱ χ. ἀμφιπεριστέφεται ἐπέεσσιν [Refs]; πλείστη δὲ χ. κατὰ μέτρον ἰούσης [γλώσσης] [Refs 8th c.BC+] I.2) glory, Φερενίκου χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) in subjective sense, grace or favour felt, whether on the part of the doer or the receiver (both senses appear in such phrases as ὅτ᾽. ἡ χάρις χάριν φέροι [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.1) on the part of the doer, grace, kindness, goodwill, τινος for or towards one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ χάριτι τῇ ἐμῇ not for any kind feeling towards me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ μεγάλα χ. δώρῳ σύν ὀλίγῳ [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; partiality, favour, μήτε ἔλεον μήτε συγγνώμην μήτε χ. μηδεμίαν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῶν νόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) more frequently on the part of the receiver, sense of favour received, thankfulness, gratitude, χάριν καὶ κῦδος ἄροιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινος for a thing, οὐδέ τίς ἐστι χάρις μετόπισθ᾽ εὐεργέων [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, οὐκ ἄρα τις χάρις ἦεν μάρνασθαι one has, it seems, no thanks for fighting, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χάριν εἰδέναι τινί to acknowledge a sense of favour, feel grateful, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τούτων for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, χ. ἔχειν σωθέντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χάριτας ἔχων πατρός owing him a debt of gratitude, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; what thanks will she have for? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ὀφείλειν to owe gratitude, be beholden, τοῖς θεοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι to lay up a store of undying gratitude, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν λαβεῖν τινος receive thanks from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινος for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς θεοῖς χάρις (i.e. ἐστί) ὅτι, thank the gods that, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) favour, influence, opposed to force, χάριτι τὸ πλέον ἢ φόβῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. καὶ δεήσει, opposed to ἀπειλῇ, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.4) love-charm, philtre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) in concrete sense, a favour done or returned, boon, χάριν φέρειν τινί confer a favour on one, do a thing to oblige him, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (so in middle, of the recipient,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν θέσθαι or τίθεσθαί τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνύσαι probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+], indulge, humour, ὀργῇ[Refs 5th c.BC+] return a favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to χάριν ἀπαιτεῖν to ask the repayment of a boon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἀποστερεῖν withhold a return for what one has received, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς αὑτοῦ εἰς τοὺς φίλους χ. the favours one has done them, [Refs]; χ. ἄχαρις α thankless favour, one which receives, or deserves, no thanks, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.b) grant made in legal form, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; αἱ τῶν Σεβαστῶν χ. imperial grants, [Refs 1st c.AD+] III.2) especially in erotic sense, of favours granted (see. χαρίζομαι 1.3), ἀλόχου χάριν ἰδεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βίᾳ δ᾽ ἔπραξας χάριτας ἢ πείσας κόρη; [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) gratification, delight, τινος in or from a thing, συμποσίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also concrete, of things, a delight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to λύπη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πόνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; less frequently in Prose, χ. καὶ ἡδονή [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) δαιμόνων χάρις homage due to them, their worship, majesty, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκων [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.2) thank-offering, εὐκταία χ. τινός, opposed to a common gift, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI) Special usages: VI.1) accusative singular as adverb, χ. τινός in any one's favour, for his pleasure, for his sake, χ. Ἕκτορος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψεύδεσθαι γλώσσης χ. for one's tongue's pleasure, i.e. for talking's sake, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with Article, τὴν Ἀθηναίων χάριν ἐστρατεύοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI.1.b) as preposition, sometimes before its case (once in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. τίνο; [LXX+1st c.BC+], but mostly after, for the sake of, on behalf of, on account of, κακά νιν ἕλοιτο μοῖρα δυσπότμου χάριν χλιδᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ χάρι; for what reason? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐμὴν χάριν, χάριν σήν, for my, thy pleasure or sake, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently with the Article, τὴν σὴν δ᾽ ἥκω χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χάριν τινός as far as regards, as to, ἔπους σμικροῦ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δακρύων χάριν if tears would serve, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, about, ἔπεμφεν ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν σου χ. τοῦ κτήματος about the farm, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]—Orig. an accusative in apposition with the sentence, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+], being a favour, since it is (was) a favour, as is evident in κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI.2) with Preps: VI.2.a) εἰς χάριν to do a pleasure, οὐδὲν ἐς χ. πράσσων [Refs 1st c.AD+] in such a way as to earn thanks. [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI.2.b) πράσσειν τί τινι πρὸς χάριν [Refs 5th c.BC+] for the sake of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς χ, opposed to κλαίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς χ. alone, as a favour, freely, πρὸς χ. τε κοὐ βίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χ. to their heart's content, [Refs] VI.2.c) ἐν χάριτι κρίνειν τινά to decide from partiality to one, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but also, for one's gratification, pleasure, ἐν χάριτι διδόναι or ποιεῖν τινί τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]gratefully, [Refs] VI.2.d) διὰ χαρίτων εἶναι or γίγνεσθαί [τινι] to be pleasing to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI.2.e) ἐθελοντὶ καὶ μετὰ χάριτος of pure good will, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VII) metaphorically of the cypress, [Refs]; of some kind of myrtle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of salt, ὅτι τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἡδὺ ποιοῦσιν (i.e. ἅλες) [Refs 1st c.AD+] B) Χάρις, ἡ, as a mythological proper name declined like{χάρις}, save that the accusative is generally Χάριτα (except [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Charis, wife of Hephaestus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; mostly in plural Χάριτες, αἱ, the Graces, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; three in number, [Refs 8th c.BC+], as a compliment, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; attendants of Aphrodite, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; coupled with Μοῦσαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, i.e. like that of the Graces, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; worshipped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, Ἐτεόκλειοι Χάριτες θεαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: but at Lacedaemon and Athens only two were originally worshipped, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude); acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy); from g5463 (χαίρω)