Charin means “for sake of” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5484 — cucah (“company of horses”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5484 χάριν (charin) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. charin (khar'-in) adv. 1. through favor of, i.e. on account of [accusative case of G5485 as preposition] It has 10 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include cause and sake. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
charin (khar'-in) adv. 1. through favor of, i.e. on account of [accusative case of G5485 as preposition] KJV: be-(for) cause of, for sake of, +...fore, X reproachfully Root(s): G5485
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because of
Usage: therefore, because of this, for this reason the acc. sg form of the noun χάριν which can be used as an improper preposition, on account of, because of, for this reason Lk. 7:47; Eph. 3:1, 14; 1Jn. 3:12; for the sake of, in order to, Gal. 3:19; Tit. 1:5, 11; Jude 16; on the score of, 1Tim. 5:14*
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render charin, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G5484 (χάριν) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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9 indexed usages in New Testament.
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5484.
And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen.
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
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Charin (Strong's G5484) is a Greek word most simply glossed "for sake of". charin (khar'-in) adv. 1. through favor of, i.e. on account of [accusative case of G5485 as preposition]
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G5484 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5484 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cause and sake. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G5484, with linked reader references where each row is available.