Definition

through favor of, i.e. on account of

Etymology

accusative case of G5485 (χάρις) as preposition;

Where the KJV renders it

• be-(for) cause of
• for sake of
• +…fore
• X reproachfully

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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