χάρισμα, -τος, τό, (χαρίζομαι), a gift of grace; a favor which one receives without any merit of his own; in the N. T. [where (exe. 1 Pet. iv. 10) used only by Paul] the giftcf divine grace (so also in Philo de alleg. legg. iii. § 24 fin. δωρεὰ καὶ εὐεργεσία καὶ χάρισμα θεοῦ τὰ πάντα ὅσα ev κόσμῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ κόσμος ἐστίν) ; used of the natural gift of continence, due to the grace of God as creator, 1 Co. vii. 7; deliverance from great peril to life, τὸ εἰς ἡμᾶς x. bestowed upon us, 2 Co. i. 11; the gift of faith, knowledge, holiness, virtue, Ro. i. 11; the economy of divine grace, by which the pardon of sin and eternal salvation is appointed to sinners in consideration of the merits of Christ laid hold of by faith, Ro. v. 15 sq. ; vi. 23; plur. of the several blessings of the Christian salvation, Ro. xi. 29; in the technical Pauline sense χαρίσματα [ A. V. gifis| denote extraordinary powers, distinguishing certain Christians and enabling them to serve the church of Christ, the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in their souls by the Holy Spirit (cf. Cremer in Herzog ed. 2 vol. v. 10 sqq. 8. v. Geistesgaben] : Ro. xii. 6; 1 C6. i. 7; xii. 4, 31; 1 Pet.iv.10; χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, 1 Co. xii. 9, 28, 30; spec. the sum of those powers requisite for the discharge of the office of an evangelist: 1 Tim. iv. 14; 2 Tim.i. 6. ([ΟΥ temporal blessings, ‘Teaching’ 1, 5 (cf. δώρημα in Herm. mand. 2, 4)]; eccl. writ.)

χάρισμα charisma 17x

a free favor, free gift, Rom. 5:15, 16; 6:23; 2 Cor. 1:11; benefit, Rom. 1:11; a divinely conferred endowment, 1 Cor. 12:4, 9, 28, 30, 31

† χάρισμα, -τος, τό

(< χαρίζομαι) [in LXX: Si 7:33א(AB, χάρις) 38:30 Bl(אAB2R, χρῖσμα) * ;]

a gift of grace, a free gift, esp. of extra­ordinary operations of the Spirit in the Apostolic Church, but including all spiritual graces and endowments (Lft., Notes, 148 f.): Ro 1:11 5:15, 16 6:23 11:29 12:6, I Co 1:7 7:7 12:4, 9, 28, 30, 31, II Co 1:11, I Ti 4:14, II Ti 1:6, I Pe 4:10.†

χάρισμα μῆτερ, ἐπὶ τῇ σπουδῇ τοῦ καθεδραρίου (““ stool”), ἐκομισάμὴν γὰρ αὐτό, and the constantly recurring χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς, as in P Petr I. 295 (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski’, p. 30) χάρις τοῖς θεζοδῖς πολλή, εἰ ὑγιαίνεις, P Hib I. 79° (c. B.C. 260) εἰ ἔρρωσαι . . . εἴζηΣ ἂν ὡς ἐγὼ θέλω καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὴ χά[ρι]ς, ‘if you are well, it would be as I wish, and much gratitude would be due to the gods” (Edd.), BGU IIT. 843° (i/ii A.D.) χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς ἱκάμζην eis] ᾿Αλεξανδρίαν, P Fay 12415 (ii/a.p.) toi[s] Qfeo]i[s] ἐστίι]ν χάρις ὅτι οὐδεμία ἐστὶν πρόλημψις ἡμεῖν γεγενημένη, ‘thank heaven, there is no preconceived principle on our part” (Edd.), PSII. 945 (ii/A.D.) θεοῖς δὲ χάρις ὅτι ἤρεσε καὶ TO παιδὶ ἡ ποδίς, καὶ προσεδρεύει is τὰ μαθήματα, P Giss I. 17° (time of Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. p. 566) χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς πᾶσι ὅτι σε διαφυλάσσουσι ἀπρόσκοπον, and the Christian P Oxy VI. 9395 (iv/a.p.), where a servant writes to his master regarding the illness of his mistress, εἴη διὰ παντὸς ἡμᾶς χάριτας opo[Aoyotvra]s διατελεῖν ὅτι ἡμῖν ἵλεως ἐγένετο. . διασώσας ἡμῖν [τὴν ἡμῶν] κύριαν, ‘‘ may it be granted us to continue for ever to acknowledge our thanks to Him because He was gracious to us by preserving for us our mistress” (Edd.) : cf. Lk 17°, Kom 617, 1 Tim 112, 2 Tim 1%, Heb 1278, αὐ See also Epict. iv. iv. 7 τότε Kal ἐγὼ ἡμάρτανον viv δ᾽ οὐκέτι, χάρις τῷ Θεῷ, “then I too was faulty, but, thanks to God, not now” (cited by Sharp, p. 10), and for the χάρις ascribed to the Emperors, cf. Sy// 365 (=* 798)?* (A.D. 37) τῆς ἀθανάτου χάριτος . . . θεῶν δὲ χάριτες τούτῳ διαφέρουσιν ἀνθρωπίνων διαδοχῶν, ᾧ ἢ νυκτὸς ἥλιος καὶ τὸ ἄφθαρτον θνητῆς picews—said of Caligula! Other exx. are cited by Wendland in ZW7 WW ν. (1904), p. 345 n*. 4. We may note one or two prepositional phrases—P Par 63 (B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p. 22) διὰ χάρειν, ‘ through favouritism” (Mahaffy), BGU IV. 1135!® (B.c. 10) κα]τὰ χάριν, P Oxy XIV. 1672° (A.D. 37-41) μετὰ χάριτος, with reference to a profitable sale of wine, almost = μετὰ χαρᾶς, “with joy” (see Olsson, p. 78), 26. IX. 1188% (A.D. 13) στοχα(σάμενος) Tod pyS(tv) ἀγνοηθῆναι μηδὲ πρὸς χά(ριν) οἰκονομηθ(ῆναι), ““ making it your aim that nothing be concealed or done by favour” (Ed.). 5. The favourite Pauline greeting χάρις καὶ εἰρήνη may have been suggested by the union of the ordinary Greek and Hebrew forms of salutation, but both are deepened and spiritualized, χαίρειν (cf. Ac 15°%, 23°, Jas 11) giving place to χάρις, and εἰρήνη (cf. Ezra 417, Dan 4") pointing to the harmony restored between God and man (cf. Jn 1477). See further Hort 7 22. p. 25f., and the discussion on the Apostolic Greeting by F. Zimmer in Luthardt’s Zestschrift 1886, p. 443 ff. Reference should be made to the Note ‘‘ On the meanings of χάρις and χαριτοῦν " in Robinson ZA. p. 221 ff., and to the exhaustive monograph ‘Charis. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des altesten Christentums” by G. P. von Wetter (Leipzig, 1913).

χάρισμα (charisma) — gift. χᾰρ-ισμα, ατος, τό, grace, favour, θεοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+]; especially in NT, gift of God's grace, [NT]; opposed to ὀψώνια, [NT]; later, generally, favour bestowed, [Refs 4th c.AD+]