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charj , char´ja -b 'l (from Latin carrus , "a wagon," hence, "to lay or put a load on or in," "to burden, or be a burden"):

Figurative: (1) of a special duty משׁמרת , mishmereth , "thing to be watched"), "the charge of Yahweh" (Leviticus 8:35 ), the injunctions given in Ex 29; "the charge of the tabernacle" (Numbers 1:53 ); "the charge of the sons of Getshon" (Numbers 3:25 ); (2) of the burden of expense (כּבד , kābhēdh , "to be, or make heavy"; ἀδάπανος , adápanos , "without expense"), "lest we be chargeable unto thee" (2 Samuel 13:25 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "burdensome"); "The former governors ... were charge unto the people" ( Nehemiah 5:15 margin "laid burdens upon"); "that ... I may make the gospel without charge" ( 1 Corinthians 9:18; see CHARGES ); (3) of oversight, care, custody, "Who gave him a charge over the earth?" (Job 34:13 ); "to have the charge of the gate" (2 Kings 7:17 ); "charge of the vessels of service" (1 Chronicles 9:28 ); "cause ye them that have charge (פקדּות , peḳuddōth , "inspectors") over the city" (Ezekiel 9:1 ); "who had the charge of all her treasure" (Acts 8:27 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "was over"); (4) of a command, injunction, requirement, "He gave him a charge" ( Genesis 28:6 ); "His father charged the people with the oath" (1 Samuel 14:27 ); "Jesus strictly (m "sternly") charged them" (Matthew 9:30 ); "I charge you by the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 5:27 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "adjure"); "having received such a charge" ( Acts 16:24 , παραγγελία , paraggelı́a , "private or extra message"); "This charge I commit unto thee" (1 Timothy 1:18 ); (5) of blame, responsibility, reckoning, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge" (Acts 7:60 ); "nothing laid to his charge" (Acts 23:29 ); "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?" (Romans 8:33 ).