χαρίζω charizō
Greek word for “to give grace” · Strong’s G5483 · used 23 times in 19 verses
Meaning
χαρίζομαι; (χάρις); 1.
How it is translated
Glosses given for charizō in context, with how often each is used:
- granted 3
- forgave 3
- has granted 2
- forgive 2
- have forgiven 2
- forgiving 2
- giving up 1
- give up 1
- will he grant? 1
- having been granted 1
- do forgive 1
- has been granted 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Corinthians | 5 | 1.1 | |
| Acts | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Luke | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Colossians | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Ephesians | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Philippians | 2 | 1.2 | |
| Romans | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Galatians | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Philemon | 1 | 3.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Luke 7 (3), Acts 25 (2), 2 Corinthians 2 (2), Acts 3 (1), Acts 27 (1), Romans 8 (1), 1 Corinthians 2 (1), 2 Corinthians 12 (1), Galatians 3 (1), Ephesians 4 (1)
Forms
- ἐχαρίσατο 6
- χαρίσασθαι 2
- κεχάρισμαι 2
- χαριζόμενοι 2
- χαρισθῆναι 1
- χαρίζεσθαί 1
- κεχάρισταί 1
- χαρίσεται 1
- χαρισθέντα 1
- χαρίζεσθε 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with charizō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 4
- κατηγορέω katēgoreō “to accuse” 2
- Καῖσαρ Kaisar “Caesar” 2
- εἰ ei “if” 4
- πλείων pleiōn, pleion “greater” 2
- πρόσωπον prosōpon “face” 2
- ἀλλήλων allēlōn “one another” 2
- σύν sun “with” 2
- καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 2
- ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 2
- λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 2
- ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2
Key verses
The verses using charizō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Luke 7:42 — And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
- Acts 3:14 — But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
- Acts 25:11 — For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man…
- Acts 27:24 — Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
- Romans 8:32 — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
- 1 Corinthians 2:12 — Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:7 — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
- Ephesians 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
- Philippians 1:29 — For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
- Philippians 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- Colossians 2:13 — And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
- Colossians 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
See all 19 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.