χαρά

χαρά, -ᾶς, ἡ

(χαίρω), [in LXX for שִׂמְחָה, שָׂשׂוֹן, etc. ;]

joy, delight: Luk 1,14; 15,7, 10, Joh 15,11; 16,22, 24; 17,13, ApG 8,8, 2 Kor 1,24; 7,13; 8,2, Gal 5,22, Kol 1,11, Fil 2,2, 1 Joh 1,4, 2 Joh 12; opposite to κατήφεια, Jak 4,9 to λύπη, Joh 16,20 χ. τῆς πίστεως, Fil 1,25 ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι (χαίρειν, which see), χαρᾷ, Joh 3,29, 1 Pet 1,8; χ. ἔχειν, Phm 7; πληροῦν (-οῦσθαι) χαρᾶς, ApG 13,52, Rom 15,13, 2 Tim 1,4; ποιεῖν χ. μεγάλην, ApG 15,3 ἀπὸ τῆς χ., Matt 13,44, Luk 24,41, ApG 12,14; ἐν χ., Rom 15,32 μετὰ χαρᾶς, Matt 13,20; 28,8, Mark 4,16, Luk 8,13; 10,17; 24,52, Fil 1,4; 2,29, Hebr 10,34; 13,17; id. beforeπνεύματος ἁγίου, 1 Thess 1,6 χ. ἐν π. ἁ, Rom 14,17 χ. ἐπί, 2 Kor 7,4 διά, 1 Thess 3,9 ὅτι, Joh 16,21 ἵνα, 3 Joh 4 By meton., of the cause or occasion of joy: Luk 2,10, 2 Kor 1,15, WH, txt., R, mg., Fil 4,1, 1 Thess 2,19-20, Hebr 12,2, Jak 1,2; ἡ χ. τ. κυρίου, Matt 25,21, 23.†