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|astxt=[[χάρις]], -ιτος, ἡ Abbott-Smith does [[not]] [[include]] the [[article]] [[here]]., acc., [[χάριν]] ([[χάριτα]] in Ac 24:27, Ju 4; v. WH, App., 157), [in LXX [[chiefly]] for חֵן;] <br /><b class="num">1.</b>objectively, [[that]] [[which]] causes [[favourable]] [[regard]], [[gracefulness]], [[grace]], [[loveliness]] of [[form]], [[graciousness]] of [[speech]] (cl.; Ec 10:12, Si 21:16, al.): Col 4:6; λόγοι τ. [[χάριτος]] (gen. qual.), Lk 4:22. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>Subjectively,<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>on the [[part]] of the [[giver]], [[grace]], [[graciousness]], [[kindness]], goodwill, [[favour]]: Lk 2:52, Ac 7:10, al.; especially in NT of the [[divine]] [[favour]], [[grace]], [[with]] [[emphasis]] on its freeness and universality: Lk 1:30, Ac 14:26, Ro 1:7, I Co 1:3, al.; opp. to [[ὀφείλημα]], Ro 4:4, 16; to ἔργα, Ro 11:6; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>on the [[part]] of the receiver, a [[sense]] of [[favour]] [[received]], [[thanks]], [[gratitude]]: Ro 6:17 7:25, al.; χ. ἔχειν, to be [[thankful]], Lk 17:9, I Ti 1:12, al. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>Objectively, of the [[effect]] of [[grace]],<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>a [[state]] of [[grace]]: Ro 5:2, II Ti 2:1, I Pe 5:12, II Pe 3:18; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>a [[proof]] or [[gift]] of [[grace]] (cl., a [[favour]]): Jo 1:16, Ac 6:8, Ro 1:5, I Co 3:10, II Co 9:8, Ga 2:9, Eph 3:2, I Pe 5:5, 10 al. (For [[fuller]] [[treatment]] of the NT [[usage]], v. AR, Eph., 221ff.; DB, ii, 254ff.; DCG, i, 686ff.; Cremer, s.v.).