Dictionary entry

G05479

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

χαρά

Alt. χα^ρά, ἡ,

Etym. χαίρω

I. "joy, delight", Trag., etc.;—but c. gen. objecti, "joy in or at" a thing, Eur.; κέρτομος θεοῦ χ. "a joy" sent by some god to grieve my heart, id=Eur.:— χαρᾷ "with joy", Aesch.; so, χαρᾶς ὕπο id=Aesch.; σὺν χαρᾷ Soph.

II. "a joy", of persons, NTest.