Bible word study

Charis (Strong’s G5485): Meaning in the Bible

Charis (χάρις) is the Greek word numbered G5485 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as 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). In the King James Bible it is translated acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious).

• Original wordχάρις
• Transliterationcháris
• Pronunciationkhar'-ece
• Strong’s numberG5485
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G5463;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Charis appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Charis (G5485) stands behind 156 English renderings in 145 verses across 23 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Romans (26), 2 Corinthians (18), Acts (15).

How the King James Bible renders Charis, by count

• grace129 of 156 (83 percent)
• favour6 of 156 (4 percent)
• thank6 of 156 (4 percent)
• thanks4 of 156 (3 percent)
• pleasure2 of 156 (1 percent)
• acceptable1 of 156 (1 percent)

Three places to read Charis

• Luke 1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
• 1 Corinthians 1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
• Colossians 1:6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

And Christ

The New Testament makes grace the very shape of God's dealing with us: a gift precisely because it is not owed. Christians believe it came in a Person, and that the cross is where grace costs everything to the Giver and nothing to the receiver.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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