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χάριν

chárin · Greek · Strong's G5484 · 9 occurrences

The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “because of”

What it means

through favor of, i.e. on account of

accusative case of G5485 (χάρις) as preposition;

How the KJV renders it

because of, for sake of, x reproachfully

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

because of
also renders dâbâr (H1697), derek (H1870)

Where it appears

9 occurrences in the Greek text.

1 John 3:12 ADV1 Timothy 5:14 ADVEphesians 3:1 ADVEphesians 3:14 ADVGalatians 3:19 ADVJude 1:16 ADVLuke 7:47 ADVTitus 1:5 ADVTitus 1:11 ADV

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.