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χάρισμα
chárisma · Greek · Strong's G5486 · 17 occurrences
The KJV renders 19 different Hebrew and Greek words as “gift”
What it means
a (divine) gratuity, i.e. deliverance (from danger or passion); (specially), a (spiritual) endowment, i.e. (subjectively) religious qualification, or (objectively) miraculous faculty
from G5483 (χαρίζομαι);
How the KJV renders it
gift
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“gift”
also renders dōreá (G1431), merismós (G3311), dóma (G1390), dósis (G1394), cháris (G5485), dōron (G1435), dṓrēma (G1434), ʼeshkâr (H814), minchâh (H4503), masʼêth (H4864), mattân (H4976), mattᵉnâʼ (H4978), mattânâh (H4979), mattâth (H4991), nâdân (H5083), nissêʼth (H5379), shachad (H7810), tᵉrûwmâh (H8641)
Answers that weigh this word
- Is speaking in tongues for today?
- Is hell eternal conscious torment or annihilation?
- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
- Does continuing to sin after conversion cost you your salvation?
- Is the soul naturally immortal, or can it die?
- Does the Bible promise physical healing to every believer?
Where it appears
17 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Corinthians 1:7 · N-DSN
so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 7:7 · N-ASN
Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
1 Corinthians 12:4 · N-GPN
Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:9 · N-NPN
to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:28 · N-APN
God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
1 Corinthians 12:30 · N-NPN
Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 12:31 N-APN1 Peter 4:10 N-ASN1 Timothy 4:14 N-GSN2 Corinthians 1:11 N-NSN2 Timothy 1:6 N-ASNRomans 1:11 N-ASNRomans 5:15 N-NSNRomans 5:16 N-NSNRomans 6:23 N-NSNRomans 11:29 N-NPNRomans 12:6 N-APN
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.