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G5489 χάρτης (chártēs)
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Quick Definition

χάρτης, ου, ὁ n.m. papyrus, paper

Strong's Definition

from the same as 5482; a sheet ("chart") of writing-material (as to be scribbled over)

KJV Usage: paper

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου | χάραγμα

6.58 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Marking and Writing

a sheet of paper a sheet of papyrus used for writing

2JN 1:12

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χάρτης, του, 6, (χαράσσω), paper: 2 Jn. 12; Jer. xliii. (xxxvi.) 23. ([Plat. Com. fragm. 10 p. 257 (Didot) ; ef. inser. (B.C. 407) in Kirchhoff, Inserr. Attic. i. No. 324]; Ceb. tab. 4; Diose. 1, 115.) [Cf. Birt, Antikes Buchwesen, index i. s.v.; Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeographie, p. 23; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. p. 270 sq-]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χάρτης chartēs 1x

paper, 2 Jn. 12*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

χάρτης, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX: Is 8:1 A, Je 43 (36):2, 6, 23 (מְגִלָּה) * ;]

a sheet of paper, made of papyrus strips (v. Kennedy, Sources, 42; Milligan, NTD, 10-12; DB, iv, 945 f.): II Jo 12 (Plat., Inscr.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χάρτης are late, e.g. the Will of Abraham of Hermonthis, P Lond 77°4 (end vi/a.D.) (= Chrest. II. p. 377), in which he describes his property as acquired ἀπὸ ἀγορασίας καὶ χαρίσματος.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

χάρτης (chartēs) — paper. χάρτ-ης, ου, ὁ, = {χαρτηρία}, papyrus, or a roll made thereof, χ. δύο [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ χάρτην εὐεργὸν εἰς ἀπολραφήν (of the soul at birth) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. βασιλικοί, of the finest papyrus, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; χ. κεκαυμένος used in Medicine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. metaphorically, any leaf or thin plate, χ. μολύβδινοι sheets of lead, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

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