STRONGS G5483:
χαρίζομαι; deponent middle; future
χαρίσομαι (
Romans 8:32;
Lucian, d. mar. 9, 1, for which Greek writers commonly use the Attic
χαιουσμαι (cf.
WHs Appendix, p. 163f;
Buttmann, 37 (32);
Winer's Grammar, § 15, under the word)); perfect
κεχάρισμαι; 1 aorist
ἐχαρισάμην; 1 aorist passive,
ἐχαρίσθην (
Acts 3:14;
1 Corinthians 2:12;
Philippians 1:29 (cf.
Buttmann, 52 (46))); future passive,
χαρισθήσομαι with a passive significance (
Philemon 1:22); (
χάρις); often in Greek writings from
Homer down;
to do something pleasant or agreeable (to one), to do a favor to, gratify;
a. universally,
to show oneself gracious, kind, benevolent:
τίνι,
Galatians 3:18 (others, (supply
τήν κληρονομίαν and) refer this to c. below).
b. to grant forgiveness, to pardon:
2 Corinthians 2:7; with a dative of the person,
Ephesians 4:32;
Colossians 3:13; with an accusative of the thing,
2 Corinthians 2:10 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 39, 1 b. and 3 N. 3);
τίνι τήν ἀδικίαν,
2 Corinthians 12:13;
τά παραπτώματα,
Colossians 2:13.
c. to give graciously, give freely, bestow:
τίνι τί,
Luke 7:21;
Romans 8:32;
Philippians 2:9; passive,
1 Corinthians 2:12;
Philippians 1:29; where a debt is referred to,
to forgive (cf. b. above),
Luke 7:42f;
τίνι τινα,
graciously to restore one to another who desires his safety (e. g. a captive (
R. V. grant)), passive,
Acts 3:14;
Philemon 1:22; or
to preserve for one a person in peril, Acts 27:24;
τινα τίνι, to give up to another one whom he may punish or put to death,
Acts 25:11 ((cf.
R. V. marginal reading)); with the addition of
εἰς ἀπώλειαν,
Acts 25:16. [but
GLTTrWhomit
εἰς ἀπ}
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