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Charis kai gnōsis

Grace · knowledge

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χάρις G5485 grace
Pronunciation cháris
Divine favor freely given and unmerited, emphasizing God's gracious kindness rather than human deserving or works.
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γνῶσις G1108 knowledge
Pronunciation gnōsis
Knowledge of spiritual truth and God's revelation, distinct from mere intellectual wisdom or practical understanding.
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What does charis kai gnōsis (charis / gnōsis) mean in the Bible?

χάρις · γνῶσις is a Greek word meaning "grace and knowledge".

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Meaning

grace and knowledge
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:40 · Luke 6:32 · Luke 6:33 · Luke 6:34 · John 1:17 · Acts 4:33 · Rom 1:7 · Rom 5:15 · Rom 5:20 · Rom 5:21 · Rom 6:1 · Rom 6:17 · Rom 7:25 · Rom 11:6 · Rom 16:20 · Rom 16:24 61×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 4:22 · John 1:14 · John 1:16 · Acts 6:8 · Acts 14:3 · Acts 15:11 · Acts 18:27 · Acts 20:24 · Acts 20:32 · Rom 5:17 · Rom 11:5 · Rom 12:3 · Gal 1:15 · Gal 5:4 · Eph 1:6 · Eph 1:7 27×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:52 · Acts 13:43 · Acts 14:26 · Acts 15:40 · Rom 3:24 · Rom 5:15 · Rom 11:6 · 1 Cor 1:4 · 1 Cor 10:30 · 1 Cor 15:10 · 2 Cor 1:12 · 2 Cor 8:7 · 2 Cor 8:19 · Gal 1:6 · Eph 2:5 · Eph 2:8 23×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:30 · Luke 17:9 · John 1:16 · Acts 2:47 · Acts 7:10 · Acts 7:46 · Acts 11:23 · Acts 24:27 · Acts 25:3 · Acts 25:9 · Rom 1:5 · Rom 4:4 · Rom 4:16 · Rom 5:2 · Rom 6:14 · Rom 6:15 44×
155 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 13 — The More Excellent Way of Love 1 Corinthians 16 — Ordered Giving, Open Doors, Faithful Labor, and Final Exhortations in the Lord 1 Corinthians 8 — Knowledge, Love, and the Weak Brother in a World of Idols Acts 11 — Jerusalem Recognizes God’s Grace to the Gentiles Acts 13 — The Spirit Sends the Mission and the Word Turns to the Gentiles Acts 14 — Through Many Hardships into the Kingdom Acts 15 — The Gospel of Grace Clarified and the Gentiles Received Acts 18 — The Lord Strengthens the Mission in Corinth and Beyond Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Acts 24 — Paul Before Felix: Resurrection Hope, Clear Conscience, and Coming Judgment Acts 25 — Paul Appeals to Caesar and Is Set Before Agrippa Acts 4 — Christ Alone Saves and His Witnesses Speak Boldly Acts 6 — Word Ministry, Servant Leadership, and Stephen’s Faithful Witness Colossians 1 — The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel of Reconciliation Colossians 2 — Fullness in Christ and Freedom from Christ-Plus Religion Colossians 3 — Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New Colossians 4 — Prayer, Wise Witness, Faithful Service, and Gospel Fellowship Ephesians 2 — Made Alive by Grace and Made One in Christ Galatians 1 — No Other Gospel: Paul’s Apostolic Authority and Gospel Defense Galatians 2 — Justified by Faith: Gospel Unity, Apostolic Confrontation, and Life in Christ Galatians 5 — Stand Firm in Freedom: Faith Working Through Love and Life by the Spirit Galatians 6 — Boasting Only in the Cross: Spirit-Shaped Community and New Creation John 1 — The Word Made Flesh, Witnessed, and Followed Luke 1 — The Promised Savior Announced in the Fullness of Time Luke 11 — Prayer, Kingdom Conflict, True Hearing, and the Exposure of Hypocrisy Luke 2 — The Savior Born, Revealed, Presented, and Growing in Wisdom Philippians 1 — Gospel Partnership and Joyful Witness in Christ Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ Philippians 4 — Rejoicing, Peace, Contentment, and Gospel Partnership in Christ Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy Romans 15 — Bearing with the Weak, Welcoming One Another, and Paul’s Priestly Mission to the Gentiles Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes Romans 3 — All Under Sin and the Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith in Christ Romans 4 — Abraham Justified by Faith and the Promise Secured by Grace Romans 5 — Peace with God, Rejoicing in Grace, and Life Through the One Man Jesus Christ Romans 6 — Dead to Sin and Alive to God in Christ Jesus Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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