What does χάρτης (chártēs) mean in the Bible?
χάρτης (chártēs) is a Greek word meaning "a sheet ("chart") of writing-material (as to be scribbled over)".
Greek · G5489
χάρτης
A sheet ("chart") of writing-material (as to be scribbled over)
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χάρτηςG5489
Pronunciationchártēs
What does χάρτης (chártēs) mean in the Bible?
χάρτης (chártēs) is a Greek word meaning "a sheet ("chart") of writing-material (as to be scribbled over)".
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How does the BSB render G5489?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include paper (1).
Where does χάρτης (chártēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 John 1:12. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itpaper1×2 John 1:12
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A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row2 John 1:12
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
2 John1
Source forms
χάρτου1xchartou2 John 1:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1x2 John 1:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a sheet ("chart") of writing-material (as to be scribbled over)
Strong'sG5489
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a sheet ("chart") of writing-material (as to be scribbled over)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
a sheet of paper, made of papyrus strips (see Kennedy, Sources, 42; Milligan, NTD, 10-12; DB, iv, 945 f.): II Jn 12 (Plat., Inscr.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 John 1:12Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
χάρτουcartou
papyrus, paper
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternGenitive (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine2 John 1:121×
Word Origins
χάρτης is built from this root:
χάραξG5482