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χαρά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαρά̄ χαρᾶς

Structure: χαρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: xai/rw

Sense

  1. joy, exultation

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ μετὰ χαρᾶσ καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν ἐκ δευτέρου τὸν Σαλωμὼν υἱὸν Δαυὶδ καὶ ἔχρισαν αὐτὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ εἰσ βασιλέα καὶ Σαδὼκ εἰσ ἱερωσύνην. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 29:22)
  • ἀναβῆναι καὶ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὸ ἱερόν, οὗ ὠνομάσθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ. καὶ ἐκωθωνίζοντο μετὰ μουσικῶν καὶ χαρᾶσ ἡμέρασ ἑπτά. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:63)
  • καὶ πολλοὶ διὰ σαλπίγγων καὶ χαρᾶσ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 5:61)
  • ἐξομολογοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἀγαθῶσ καὶ εὐλόγει τὸν βασιλέα τῶν αἰώνων, ἵνα πάλιν ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ οἰκοδομηθῇ ἐν σοὶ μετὰ χαρᾶσ, καὶ εὐφράναι ἐν σοὶ τοὺσ αἰχμαλώτουσ καὶ ἀγαπῆσαι ἐν σοὶ τοὺσ ταλαιπώρουσ εἰσ πάσασ τὰσ γενεὰσ τοῦ αἰῶνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 13:10)
  • καὶ ἀνεπαύσαντο τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸσ καὶ ἦγον αὐτὴν ἡμέραν ἀναπαύσεωσ μετὰ χαρᾶσ καὶ εὐφροσύνησ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 9:17)
  • καὶ ἔδωκαν ἀργύριον τοῖσ λατόμοισ καὶ τέκτοσι καὶ ποτὰ καὶ βρωτὰ καὶ χάρα τοῖσ Σιδωνίοισ καὶ Τυρίοισ εἰσ τὸ παράγειν αὐτοὺσ ἐκ τοῦ Λιβάνου ξύλα κέδρινα, διαφέρειν σχεδίασ εἰσ τὸν Ἰόπησ λιμένα, κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα τὸ γραφὲν αὐτοῖσ παρὰ Κύρου τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 5:53)
  • καὶ Τωβὶτ ἐξωμολογεῖτο ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἠλέησεν αὐτοὺσ ὁ Θεόσ. καὶ ὡσ ἤγγισε Τωβὶτ Σάρρᾳ τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτοῦ, κατευλόγησεν αὐτὴν λέγων. ἔλθοισ ὑγιαίνουσα, θύγατερ. εὐλογητὸσ ὁ Θεόσ, ὃσ ἤγαγέ σε πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου καὶ ἡ μήτηρ σου. καὶ ἐγένετο χαρὰ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἐν Νινευῆ ἀδελφοῖσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 11:16)
  • κατὰ πόλιν καὶ χώραν, οὗ ἂν ἐξετέθη τὸ πρόσταγμα, οὗ ἂν ἐξετέθη τὸ ἔκθεμα, χαρὰ καὶ εὐφροσύνη τοῖσ Ἰουδαίοισ, κώθων καὶ εὐφροσύνη. καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν περιετέμνοντο καὶ ἰουδάϊζον διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 8:38)
  • καὶ ἀνέβησαν εἰσ τὸ ὄροσ Σιὼν ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ καὶ χαρᾷ καὶ προσήγαγον ὁλοκαυτώματα, ὅτι οὐκ ἔπεσεν ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐθεὶσ ἕωσ τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι ἐν εἰρήνῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 5:54)
  • Μεγάλωσ δὲ καὶ διηνεκῶσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ χαρᾷ πεπληρωμένοσ, συμπόσια ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν εἰδώλων συνιστάμενοσ, πεπλανημένῃ πόρρω τῆσ ἀληθείασ φρενὶ καὶ βεβήλῳ στόματι, τὰ μέν κωφὰ καὶ μὴ δυνάμενα αὐτοῖσ λαλεῖν ἢ ἀρήγειν ἐπαινῶν, εἰσ δὲ τὸν μέγιστον Θεὸν τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα λαλῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:16)

Synonyms

  1. joy

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