χάρισμα
charisma
gift
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word χάρισμα (charisma) is a noun defined as a "gift." It occurs 17 times in the Bible, indicating it's a significant concept in the scripture. The use of "gift" as its primary definition suggests the idea of something bestowed or given, rather than something earned or acquired. The various translations of charisma in the Bible may convey different shades of meaning, such as talents, abilities, or spiritual endowments. However, as a simple noun meaning "gift," χάρισμα can apply broadly to any exceptional capacity or quality that is granted by someone or something. As a "gift," charisma highlights the idea of something being freely given, without expectation of recompense or reciprocity. This sense of generosity and freedom inherent in χάρισμα may underscore its significance in the biblical context, suggesting the value of humility and receptiveness to the gifts that others possess.
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Occurrences in Scripture
17 total occurrences across the text
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
Romans 5:15But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
Romans 5:16The gift is not as through one who sinned; for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Romans 12:6having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
1 Corinthians 1:7so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1 Corinthians 7:7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:9to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:28God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
1 Corinthians 12:30Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 12:31But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.
2 Corinthians 1:11you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
1 Timothy 4:14Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
2 Timothy 1:6For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
1 Peter 4:10As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.