Strong's Concordance charin: in favor of, for the pleasure of Original Word: χάρινPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: charin Phonetic Spelling: (khar'-in) Short Definition: on account of Definition: for the sake of, by reason of, on account of. HELPS Word-studies 5484 xárin (from 5485 /xáris, "grace") – properly, favor which furnishes the reason to take action (i.e. to be "actionable"); "for this cause," "for the sake of" (R, 647). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5484: χάρινχάριν, accusative of the substantive, χάρις used absolutely; properly, in favor of, for lite pleasure of: χάριν ἑκτορος, Homer, Iliad 15, 744, others; 1 Macc. 9:10; Judith 8:19; like the Latin abl.gratia, it takes on completely the nature of a preposition, and is joined to the genitive, for, on account of, for the sake of; Galatians 3:19 (on which see παραβοσις); 1 Timothy 5:14; Titus 1:11; Jude 1:16; τούτου χάριν, on this account, for this cause, Ephesians 3:1 (Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 54); τούτου χάριν ἵνα, Ephesians 3:14 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 566 (526)); Titus 1:5; οὗ χάριν, for which cause, Luke 7:47; χάριν τίνος; for what cause? wherefore? 1 John 3:12. Except in 1 John 3:12, χάριν is everywhere in the N. T. placed after the genitive, as it generally is in secular authors (cf. Passow, under the word, I. 3 a., p. 2416{b}; Herm. ad Vig., p. 701); in the O. T. Apocrypha it is placed sometimes before, sometimes after; cf. Wahl, Clavis Apocr., under the word 6 b.; Grimm on 1 Macc. 3:29. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance in favor ofAccusative case of charis as preposition; through favor of, i.e. On account of -- be-(for) cause of, for sake of, +...fore, X reproachfully. see GREEK charis Forms and Transliterations χαριν χάριν χάρις χάριτα χάριτας χάριτι χάριτί χάριτος χαρίτων charin chárinLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 54849 Occurrences χάριν — 9 Occ. Luke 7:47 Adv GRK: οὗ χάριν λέγω σοι NAS: For this reason I say INT: this therefore I say to you Galatians 3:19 Adv Ephesians 3:1 Adv Ephesians 3:14 Adv 1 Timothy 5:14 Adv Titus 1:5 Adv Titus 1:11 Adv 1 John 3:12 Adv Jude 1:16 Adv |