Lexical Definition

‎χαρά‎ chará (khar-ah') joy G:N-F
from ‎χαίρω‎

gladness, X greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).

Usage: 7 forms in 83 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
χαρᾷ joy Rom.15.32 • 2Cor.7.13 • 1Thess.3.9
with joy John.3.29 • 2Cor.7.4 • 1Pet.1.8
χαρᾶσ joy Matt.13.20 • Matt.13.44 • Matt.28.8 • Mark.4.16 • Luke.8.13 • Luke.10.17 • Luke.24.41 • Luke.24.52 • Acts.12.14 • Acts.20.24 • Rom.15.13 • 2Cor.1.24 • 2Cor.8.2 • Phil.1.4 • Phil.2.29 • Col.1.11 • 1Thess.1.6 • Heb.10.34 • Heb.12.2 • Heb.13.17
of joy Heb.12.11
with joy Acts.13.52 • 2Tim.1.4
χαρὰν joy Matt.2.10 • Matt.25.21 • Matt.25.23 • Luke.2.10 • John.16.20 • John.16.22 • John.17.13 • Acts.15.3 • Phil.1.25 • Phil.2.2 • Phlm.1.7 • Jas.1.2 • 3John.1.4
χαρὰ joy Luke.15.7 • Luke.15.10 • John.3.29 • John.15.11 • John.15.11 • John.16.24 • Acts.8.8 • Rom.14.17 • 2Cor.2.3 • Phil.4.1 • 1Thess.2.19 • Jas.4.9 • 1John.1.4 • 2John.1.12
χαράσ joy LXX.1Chr.29.22 • LXX.Esth.9.17 • LXX.Esth.9.18 • LXX.Ps.126.2
of joy LXX.Prov.14.13 • LXX.Jer.16.9 • LXX.Jer.25.10
χαράν joy LXX.Esth.9.22 • LXX.Ps.30.11 • LXX.Isa.39.2 • LXX.Jer.15.16 • LXX.Joel.1.12 • LXX.Jonah.4.6 • LXX.Zech.8.19 • John.16.21
χαρά in joy LXX.Isa.66.10
joy LXX.Neh.8.10 • LXX.Esth.8.17 • LXX.Ps.21.6 • LXX.Prov.29.6 • LXX.Isa.55.12 • LXX.Isa.55.12 • LXX.Lam.5.15 • LXX.Joel.1.16 • Luke.1.14 • Gal.5.22 • 1Thess.2.20

Abbott-Smith

χαρά, -ᾶς, ἡ (< χαίρω), [in LXX for שִׂמְחָה, שָׂשׂוֹן, etc. ;]
joy, delight: Lk 1:14 15:7, 10, Jo 15:11 16:22, 24 17:13, Ac 8:8, II Co 1:24 7:13 8:2, Ga 5:22, Col 1:11, Phl 2:2, I Jo 1:4, II Jo 12; opp. to κατήφεια, Ja 4:9; to λύπη, Jo 16:20; χ. τῆς πίστεως, Phl 1:25; ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι (χαίρειν, q.v.), χαρᾷ, Jo 3:29, I Pe 1:8; χ. ἔχειν, Phm 7; πληροῦν (-οῦσθαι) χαρᾶς, Ac 13:52, Ro 15:13, II Ti 1:4; ποιεῖν χ. μεγάλην, Ac 15:3; ἀπὸ τῆς χ., Mt 13:44, Lk 24:41, Ac 12:14; ἐν χ., Ro 15:32; μετὰ χαρᾶς, Mt 13:20 28:8, Mk 4:16, Lk 8:13 10:17 24:52, Phl 1:4 2:29, He 10:34 13:17; id. seq.πνεύματος ἁγίου, I Th 1:6; χ. ἐν π. ἁ, Ro 14:17; χ. ἐπί, II Co 7:4; διά, I Th 3:9; ὅτι, Jo 16:21; ἵνα, III Jo 4 By meton., of the cause or occasion of joy: Lk 2:10, II Co 1:15, WH, txt., R, mg., Phl 4:1, I Th 2:19, 20, He 12:2, Ja 1:2; ἡ χ. τ. κυρίου, Mt 25:21, 23.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 13:20 · 13:44 · 25:21 · 25:23 · 28:8
Mark 4:16
Luke 1:14 · 2:10 · 8:13 · 10:17 · 15:7 · 15:10 · 24:41 · 24:52
John 3:29 · 15:11 · 16:20 · 16:21 · 16:22 · 16:24 · 17:13
Acts 8:8 · 12:14 · 13:52 · 15:3
Romans 14:17 · 15:13 · 15:32
2 Corinthians 1:15 · 1:24 · 7:4 · 7:13 · 8:2
Galatians 5:22
Philippians 1:4 · 1:25 · 2:2 · 2:29 · 4:1
Colossians 1:11
1 Thessalonians 1:6 · 2:19 · 3:9
2 Timothy 1:4
Philemon 1:7
Hebrews 10:34 · 12:2 · 13:17
James 1:2 · 4:9
1 Peter 1:8
1 John 1:4
2 John 1:12
3 John 1:4

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χαρά, ἡ:

(χαίρω):— joy, delight, first in [Refs 7th c.BC+] of a hungry man, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; with genitive objecti, joy in or at a thing, μελέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς χαρὰν λόγων in accordance with joyous tidings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κέρτομος θεοῦ χ. a joy sent by some mocking god, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέγεις μοι χαράν wishest me joy, [NT+5th c.BC+]with joy, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; χαρᾶς ὕπο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to λύπη, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__II in concrete sense, a joy, of persons, χ. μου [NT]

LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.2.10 ☩ Matt.25.21 ☩ LXX.1Chr.29.22 ☩ Phil.4.1 ☩ 1Thess.2.20