# G5479 --- ## Gary’s Bible Definition - --- ## Root Transliteration (Phonetic Spelling) - chara (khar-ah') --- ## Strong's Definition & Usage - Definition: joy, delight - Usage: joy, gladness, a source of joy --- ## Part of Speech - Noun --- ## BSB Translation - --- ## NASB Translation - joy (54), joyful (1), joyfully (1), joyously (1) - greatly (1), rejoicing (1) --- ## NASB Word Origin - from chairó ([[G5463]]) --- ## Occurrences - 59 --- ## Occurrences Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_5479.htm --- ## BibleHub Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/5479.htm --- ## Helps Word Studies - Cognate: [[G5479]] xará (another feminine noun from the root xar-, "extend favor, lean towards, be favorably disposed") – properly, the awareness (of God's) grace, favor; joy ("grace recognized"). - The etymological link between [[G5463]] /xaírō ("rejoice because of grace"), [[G5479]] /xará ("joy because of grace") and [[G5485]] /xáris ("grace") – i.e. that they are all cognates – is observed by LS (p 1,976), Zod (Dict), CBL, Wigram's Englishman's Greek Concordance (Ed. Ralph Winters), Word Study Greek-English NT (Tyndale, Ed. Paul McReynolds) – see also DNTT (2,356) and TDNT (9; 359,60). - TDNT likewise groups them as cognates, referring to [[G5479]] (xará) as the noun-form (nomen actionis), discussing them separately in light of their distinct connotations.] --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Outline - --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Strong's Definition - --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Vines - --- ## Transliteration Details - --- ## Date - Initial - 2019.10.25 - Revised - 2023.10.07 ---