What does χαριτόω (charitóō) mean in the Bible?
χαριτόω (charitóō): To bestow divine grace or favor, making one the recipient of God's unmerited blessing.
Greek · G5487
χαριτόω
To favor
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χαριτόωG5487
Pronunciationcharitóō
What does χαριτόω (charitóō) mean in the Bible?
χαριτόω (charitóō): To bestow divine grace or favor, making one the recipient of God's unmerited blessing.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5487?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include He has freely given (1), you who are highly favored (1).
Where does χαριτόω (charitóō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1), Luke (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 ItHe has freely given1×Ephesians 1:6
you who are highly favored1×Luke 1:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 1:28
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Luke1Ephesians1
Source forms
ἐχαρίτωσεν1xecharitōsenEphesians 1:6
κεχαριτωμένη1xkecharitōmenēLuke 1:28
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular1xEphesians 1:6
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Vocative Feminine Singular1xLuke 1:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To bestow divine grace or favor, making one the recipient of God's unmerited blessing.
Strong'sG5487
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 1:26–38Source Gloss
to favor
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To bestow divine grace or favor, making one the recipient of God's unmerited blessing.
(χάρις), [in LXX: Sir.18:17 (ἀνδρί κεχαριτωμένῳ; Vg., justificato; Syr., saintly) * ;] to endow with χάρις (which see), i.e.
1(a) to make graceful;
bto make gracious (Sir, l.with).
2In Hellenistic writings (for exx., see AR, Eph., 227; Lft., Notes, 315),
ato cause to find favour;
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:28Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Feminine
κεχαριτωμένη·kecaritwmenh
I favor, bestow freely on
Read verseEphesians 1:6Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἐχαρίτωσενecaritwsen
I favor, bestow freely on
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups2Aligned forms2TensesPerfect, AoristVoicesPassive, Active
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Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Perfect PassiveLuke 1:281×
Indicativestates a fact or reality1×
Aorist ActiveEph 1:61×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1perfect1
Voice
active1passive1
Mood
indicative1participle1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Additional Occurrences
Luke 1:26–38κεχαριτωμένηcharitóō
Favored, endowed with grace
New Testament Witnesses
having been graced
Word Origins
χαριτόω is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Highlights divine initiative and covenant favor.