χάριτος (charitos) in John 1:14: Noun Genitive Singular Feminine

Noun: the word names a quality or reality, here the idea of grace or favor, rather than an action or modifier.

Genitive: the form usually marks a relational function, so here it most likely describes or qualifies what fullness consists of.

Singular: the form is grammatically singular in this occurrence, presenting grace as one unified reality in view.

Feminine: the noun belongs to the feminine grammatical class, which is a formal feature and does not by itself make a theological claim.

πλήρης

The genitive is linked to the adjective and helps show what the Word is said to be full of in the clause.

It functions as a descriptive genitive within the phrase, contributing to the portrait of abundance and quality in the sentence.

It does not by itself name a separate action, nor does the case alone determine a full doctrinal claim apart from the verse's wording.

High: The genitive grace phrase is part of the prologue's central description of the incarnate Word as full of grace and truth.

Genitive noun completing a fullness description. identifies grace as part of the fullness or character being described. Attached to the adjective full. Governed by the clause describing the Word who became flesh. The genitive supports the descriptive fullness, while the verse's incarnation claim supplies the larger theology.

What is the Word said to be full of? The form helps answer: grace, paired with truth in the same description.

Direct: The form directly supports the familiar rendering full of grace and truth.

The genitive describes content or quality with full; it does not make grace a separate acting subject. Feminine grammatical gender is a noun class feature and has no doctrinal gender force.

Genitive with full becomes an isolated doctrine: The form contributes to the Word's description; John 1:14 as a whole carries the incarnation and revelation claim.

The witness reads χάριτος in John 1:14 within the clause πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας.

The lemma is χάρις, a noun commonly glossed as grace, favor, or kindness, so the form points to that semantic field.

With πλήρης, the genitive most naturally describes the contents or character of the fullness, while the surrounding verse keeps the focus on the incarnate Word.

The line presents the Word as full of grace and truth, so grace is part of the verse's portrait of his revealed character and work.

This fits the Gospel's broader witness that divine favor is disclosed in the Messiah and received as gift, not as earned status.

For teaching and translation, the form encourages a reading that highlights gracious fullness rather than treating grace as an isolated abstraction.

Do not infer from the genitive alone that grace is a separate agent, a technical category, or a claim that ignores the verse's literary context.