χάρινchárin
through favor of, i.e. on account of
Greek (New Testament) · G5484
Meanings
acc. of the subst. χάρις used absol.; prop. in favor of, for the pleasure of: χάριν Ἕκτορος, Hom. Il. 15, 744, al.; 1 Macc. ix. 10; Judith viii. 19; like the Lat. abl. gratia, it takes on completely the nature of a preposition, and is joined to the gen., for, on account of, for the sake of: Gal. iii. 19 (on which see παράβασις); 1 Tim. v. 14; Tit. i. 11; Jude 16; τούτου χάριν, on this account, for this cause, Eph. iii. 1 (Xen. mem. 1, 2, 54); τούτου χ· ἵνα, Eph. iii. 14 [cf. W. 566 (526)]; Tit. i. 5; οὗ χάριν, for which cause, Lk. vii. 47; χάριν τίνος; for what cause? wherefore? 1 Jn. iii. 12. Except in 1 Jn. iii. 12, χάριν is everywhere in the N. T. placed after the gen., as it generally is in prof. auth. (cf. Passow s. v. I. 3 a. p. 2416b; Herm. ad Vig. p. 701); in the O. T. Apocr. it is placed sometimes before, sometimes after; cf. Wahl, Clavis Apocr. s. v. 6 b.; Grimm on 1 Macc. iii. 29.*
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Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Luke 7:47 “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.”
- Galatians 3:19 Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.
- Ephesians 3:1 When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles . . .
- Ephesians 3:14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,
- 1 Timothy 5:14 So I advise these younger widows to marry again, have children, and take care of their own homes. Then the enemy will not be able to say anything against them.
- Titus 1:5 I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you.
Source: J. H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain.