χαρίζω

χαρίζομαι

(χάρις), [in LXX: Est 8,7 (נָתַן), Hoj 1,4 א, Sir 12,3, 2 -4Ma 9,1-32 * ;]

1. to show favour or kindness: with dative of person(s), Gal 3,18,

2. to give freely, bestow: with accusative and dative, Luk 7,21, ApG 3,14; 25,11, 16; 27,24, Rom 8,32, 1 Kor 2,12, Fil 1,29; 2,9, Phm 22.

3. In late Gk. (= Lat. condonare), to grant forgiveness, forgive freely: of debt, Luk 7,42-43 (EGT, in l); of sin, 2 Kor 2,7; 2,10; 12,13, Ef 4,32, Kol 2,13; 3,13 (cf. DB, ii, 57a).†