What does χάρις · γνῶσις mean in the Bible?
χάρις · γνῶσις is a Greek phrase meaning "grace and knowledge".
Greek · G5485, G1108
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 phrase meaning "grace and knowledge".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5485, G1108?
G5485, G1108 is connected to 155 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. grace and knowledge
Source Gloss
grace and knowledge
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 155 Case pattern Nominative (61) Number pattern Singular (155)
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×
Word Origins
charis kai gnōsis is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain