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Strong's #5463 - χαίρω
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- to rejoice, be glad
- to rejoice exceedingly
- to be well, thrive
- in salutations, hail!
- at the beginning of letters: to give one greeting, salute
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χαίρω, Il. 7.191, etc.; 3 pl. imper. χαιρόντων E. HF 575: impf., χαῖρον Il. 14.156, Ion. χαίρεσκον 18.259: fut. χαιρήσω 20.363, Hdt. 1.128, Ar. Pl. 64, And. 1.101, Arr. An. 5.20.6; redupl. inf. κεχᾰρησέμεν Il. 15.98; later χᾰρῶ v.l. in Revelation 11:10 : aor. ἐχαίρησα Plu. Luc. 25: pf. κεχάρηκα Ar. V. 764, part. -ηκώς Hdt. 3.42, etc., acc. κεχᾰρηότα, pl. -ότας, Il. 7.312, Hes. Fr. 77: — Med. (in same sense), χαίρομαι, noted as a barbarism in Ar. Pax 291 (v. Sch.), but found in BCH 36.622 (Perinthus, written χέρ-), Alex.Aphr. Proverbs 1:20, al.: fut. χᾰρήσομαι Ps.- Luc. Philopatr. 24, (συγ-) Plb. 30.18.1, D.S. 31.15; Dor. χαρησοῦμαι Pythag. Ephesians 3:7; χᾰροῦμαι LXXZa.4.10, (κατα-) ib. Proverbs 1:26; κεχᾰρήσομαι Od. 23.266: aor. 1 part. χαιρησάμενος BGU 742 ii 3 (ii A. D.): aor.1 χήρατο Il. 14.270; ἐχ- Opp. C. 1.509, etc.; part. χηράμενος AP 7.198 (Leon.): redupl. aor. 2, 3 pl. κεχάροντο Il. 16.600 (χάροντο Q.S. 6.315); opt. 3 sg. and pl. κεχάροιτο, -οίατο, Od. 2.249, Il. 1.256: — Pass. (in same sense), aor. 2 ἐχάρην [ᾰ] 7.54, etc., Ephesians 3:1-21 sg. χάρη 5.682, 13.609; subj. χᾰρῇς Pl. R. 606c; opt. χᾰρείη Il. 6.481; inf. χᾰρῆναι Simon. 164; part. χᾰρείς Il. 10.541, Sapph. 118, Pi. I. 6(5).10, Ar. Th. 981 (lyr.), etc.; pf. κεχάρημαι h.Bacch. 7.10, E. IA 200 (lyr.), Ar. V. 389 (anap.); part. κεχαρμένος E. Or. 1122, Tr. 529 (lyr.), Cyc. 367 (lyr.): plpf. 3 sg. and pl. κεχάρητο, -ηντο, Hes. Sc. 65, h.Cer. 458: — rejoice, be glad, Il. 3.111, 21.347, etc.; γραῦς ἥδε οἰνοφόρος κεχαρημένη ὧδε κάθηται IG 12(8).679 (Scyros, ii B. C.): χ. θυμῷ Il. 7.191, al.; ἐν θυμῷ 24.491, Od. 22.411; φρεσὶν ᾗσι Il. 13.609; φρένα 6.481; χ. νόῳ to rejoice in wardly, Od. 8.78; χαίρει δέ μοι ἦτορ Il. 23.647; αὐτὰρ ἐμὸν κῆρ χ. Od. 4.260; χ. καὶ γελᾶν S. El. 1300; ἥδομαι καὶ χαίρομαι κεὐφραίνομαι Ar. Pax 291; opp. λυπεῖσθαι, A. Fr. 266.3, S. Aj. 555, etc.; opp. ἀλγεῖν, Id. Tr. 1119. —
Constr.,
1 c. dat. rei, rejoice at, take pleasure in a thing, νίκῃ Il. 7.312; φήμῃ Od. 2.35; δώρῳ Hes. Op. 358; μόλπᾳ Sapph. Supp. 25.5, cf. S. OT 1070, Pl. Mx. 238d, etc.: c. dat. pers., χαῖρε.. ἀνδρὶ δικαίῳ Od. 3.52; with a part. added, χάρη δ' ἄρα οἱ προσιόντι Il. 5.682, cf. 24.706, Od. 19.463: with Preps., χαίρειν ἐπί τινι S. Fr. 926, X. Mem. 2.6.35, Cyr. 8.4.12, Isoc. 2.30, Pl. Lg. 739d, etc.; πρὸς τοῖς παιδικοῖς Eup. 327; with a part. added, ἐπ' ἐξεργασμένοις κακοῖσι χ. E. Ba. 1040, cf. 1033: rarely ἔν τινι A. Eu. 996 (lyr.), S. Tr. 1119: also c. dat. modi, χ. γέλωτι express one's joy by laughter, X. Cyr. 8.1.33. of a plant, χαίρει ὑφάμμοις χωρίοις Thphr. HP 6.5.2; also ἡ κύστις χ. τῇ χολῇ Gal. 19.646.
2. rarely c. acc., with a part. added, χαίρω δέ σ' εὐτυχοῦντα E. Rh. 390; τοὺς γὰρ εὐσεβεῖς θεοὶ θνῄσκοντας οὐ χ. Id. Hipp. 1340; χαίρω σ' [ἐλθόντα ] Id. Fr. 673 (this usage is said to be Oropian, EM 808.4). with a neut. Adj., ταὐτὰ λυπεῖσθαι καὶ ταὐτὰ χαίρειν τοῖς πολλοῖς D. 18.292: c. acc. cogn., ἁπλῆν χαίρειν ἡδονήν Arist. EN 1154b26; χ. ἀνδραπόδων τινὰ χαράν Plu. 2.1091e.
3. c. part., χαίρω.. τὸν μῦθον ἀκούσας I rejoice at having heard, am glad to hear, Il. 19.185, cf. 7.54, 11.73; χαίρουσιν βίοτον νήποινον ἔδοντες Od. 14.377, cf. 12.380, Hes. Op. 55; χαίρω.. κόμπον ἱείς Pi. N. 8.49; χαίρεις ὁρῶν φῶς, πατέρα δ' οὐ χαίρειν δοκεῖς; E. Alc. 691; χαίρω φειδόμενος Ar. Pl. 247; θωπευόμενος χαίρεις Id. Eq. 1116 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Smp. 191e, etc. c. part. pres., delight in doing, to be wont to do, χρεώμενοι χαίρουσι Hdt. 7.236, cf. S. Ph. 449, Ar. V. 764, Pl. Prt. 318d, 346c, 358a.
4. χαίρειν ὅττι or ὅτι.., Od. 14.51, 526, Pi. N. 5.46; ἐχάρην καὶ ἐθρασυνάμην ὅτι ἔμαθον.. Metrod. Fr. 42; χ. οὕνεκα.. Od. 8.200.
II with negat., esp. with fut., οὐ χαιρήσεις thou wilt or shalt not rejoice, i.e. thou shalt not go unpunished, shalt repent it, Ar. Pl. 64; οὐ χαιρήσετον Id. Eq. 235; so οὐδέ τιν' οἴω Τρώων χαιρήσειν Il. 20.363, cf. 15.98, Od. 2.249, Ar. V. 186; ἀλλ' οὐδ' ὣς Κῦρός γε χαιρήσει Hdt. 1.128; with an interrog., σὺ.. χαιρήσειν νομίζεις; Plu. Alex. 51: rarely with other tenses, ὅπως ἂν μὴ χαίρωσιν. D. 19.299; οὐκ ἐχαίρησεν Plu. Luc. 25: for a similar use of the part., v. infr. IV. 2. III freq. in imper. χαῖρε, dual χαίρετον, pl. χαίρετε, as a form of greeting, 1 at meeting, hail, welcome (esp. in the morning, acc. to D.C. 69.18, cf. Luc. Laps.), Il. 9.197, Od. 13.229, etc.; χαῖρε, ξεῖνε, παρ' ἄμμι φιλήσεαι 1.123; strengthd., οὖλέ τε, καὶ μάλα χαῖρε, θεοὶ δέ τοι ὄλβια δοῖεν 24.402; χαῖρέ μοι Il. 23.19, cf. S. OC 1137; repeated, A. Eu. 996, 1014 (both lyr.), S. Aj. 91, etc.; χαῖρ' ὡς μέγιστα, χαῖρε Id. Ph. 462; in greeting one's native land, the sun, etc., A. Ag. 508, 22, S. Ph. 1453 (anap.). sts. implied in the use of χαίρω, κῆρυξ Ἀχαιῶν, χαῖρε.. Answ. χαίρω I accept the greeting, A. Ag. 538; νῦν πᾶσι χαίρω, νῦν με πᾶς ἀσπάζεται I hear the word χαῖρε from all, S. OT 596: so in inf., τὸ χαίρειν dub. l. in Pl. Chrm. 164e; χαίρειν δὲ τὸν κήρυκα προὐννέπω I bid him welcome, S. Tr. 227; προσειπών τινα χ. οὐκ ἀντιπροσερρήθη X. Mem. 3.13.1; but χαίρειν τἄλλ' ἐγώ σ' ἐφίεμαι I bid thee have thy pleasure, S. Aj. 112. inf. alone at the beginning of letters, Κῦρος Κυαζάρῃ χαίρειν (sc. λέγει) X. Cyr. 4.5.27, cf. Theoc. 14.1; used by Alexander the Great to Phocion as a mark of respect, Duris 51J.
2. at leavetaking, fare-thee-well, Od. 5.205, 13.59, 15.151; χαῖρε πόλλ' ὦδελφέ Ar. Ra. 164; pl., χαίρετε πολλάκι Theoc. 1.144; freq. put into the mouth of the dying, S. Aj. 863, Tr. 921, Pl. Phd. 116d, etc.: hence in sepulchral inscriptions, IG 7.203, etc. hence, imper. χαιρέτω, χαιρόντων, have done with.., away with.., εἴτ' ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος εἴτ' ἐστὶ δαίμων, χαιρέτω Hdt. 4.96; χαιρέτω βουλεύματα τὰ πρόσθεν E. Med. 1044, χαιρόντων πόνοι Id. HF 575; cf. Pl. Smp. 199a, Lg. 636d, 886d. ἐᾶν χαίρειν τινά or τι dismiss from one's mind, put away, renounce, Hdt. 6.23, 9.41, Ar. Pl. 1187, Pl. Phd. 63e, Prt. 348a, X. An. 7.3.23, etc.; συχνὰ χ. ἐᾶν τινα Pl. Phlb. 59b; ἐλευθερίαν μακρὰ χ. ἐᾶν Luc. Apol. 3; μακρὰ χ. εἰποῦσα Ael. VH 12.1; πόλλα μοι τὰν Πωλυανάκτιδα παῖδα χαίρην Sapph. 86; τὴν Κύπριν πόλλ' ἐγὼ χαίρειν λέγω E. Hipp. 113, cf. 1059, Pl. Tht. 188a; χ. κελεύων πολλὰ τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας Ar. Ach. 200; εἰπεῖν χαίρειν τινά Ath.Mitt. 56.131 (Milet., Hellenistic), cf. Luc. Dem.Enc. 50; χαίρειν προσαγορεύειν Ar. Pl. 322 (metaph. in Pl. Lg. 771a); χαίρειν προσειπεῖν Eup. 308: less freq. c. dat. pers. (never with ἐᾶν χ.), πολλὰ χαίρειν ξυμφοραῖς καταξιῶ A. Ag. 572 (nisi leg. ξυμφοράς) ; φράσαι.. χαίρειν Ἀθηναίοισι Ar. Nu. 609 (troch.); πολλὰ εἰπόντα χ. τῷ ἀληθεῖ Pl. Phdr. 272e, cf. Phd. 64c, R. 406d, X. HG 4.1.31 (codd., fort. ἀλλήλους), Jul. ad Them. 255a.
3. on other occasions, as in comforting, be of good cheer, Od. 8.408;
at meals, 4.60, 18.122; χαῖρε, γύναι, φιλότητι good luck be on our union, 11.248; εὐχωλῇς χαίρετε 13.358: χαῖρε ἀοιδῇ h.Hom. 9.7. part. χαίρων glad, joyful, Il. 1.446, etc.; χαίροντα φίλην ἐς πατρίδ' ἔπεμπον εἰς Ἰθάκην Od. 19.461; χαίροντι φέρειν.. χαίρων 17.83; λυπούμενοι καὶ χαίροντες in sorrow and in joy, Arist. Rh. 1356a16: also pf. part. κεχαρηκώς Hdt. 3.27, 42, etc.
2. joined with another Verb, safe and sound, with impunity, χαίροντα ἀπαλλάσσειν ib. 69, cf. 9.106, D. 24.153; more freq. with a neg., οὐ χαίρων to one's cost, οὐ χαίροντες γέλωτα ἐμὲ θήσεσθε Hdt. 3.29; οὔ τι χαίρων.. ἐρεῖς S. OT 363, cf. Ant. 759, Ph. 1299, E. Med. 398, Ar. Ach. 563, Pl. Grg. 510d; οὐ γὰπ.. χαίρων τις.. τοὐμὸν ἀλγυνεῖ κέαρ Eup. 90; οὔτε χαίροντες ἂν ἀπαλλάζαιτε X. An. 5.6.32; also οὔτι χαιρήσων γε σύ Ar. V. 186; cf. supr. 11.
3. in the same sense as imper. (supr. 111), σὺ δέ μοι χαίρων ἀφίκοιο fare -thee- well, and may'st thou arrive, Od. 15.128, cf. Theoc. 2.163; χαίροισ' ἔρχεο go thy way rejoicing, Sapph. Supp. 23.7; ἀλλ' ἑρπέτω χαίρουσα let her go with a benison, S. Tr. 819; χαίρων ἴθι fare -thee- well, E. Alc. 813, Ph. 921; χαίρουσα.. στεῖχε Id. Hipp. 1440.
4. τὸ χαῖρον τῆς ψυχῆς Plu. 2.136c, 1089e. Astrol., of a planet, occupy the position appropriate to another of its own αἵρεσις, Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).230, Ptol. Tetr. 51, Vett.Val. 63.6, Man. 2.348. (Cf. Skt. háryati 'take pleasure in', Umbr. heriest 'will wish', Lat. horior.)
χαίρω; imperfect ἔχαιρον; future χαρήσομαι (Luke 1:14; John 16:20, 22; Philippians 1:18, for the earlier form καιρήσω, cf. (Winers Grammar, 90 (86); Buttmann, 68 (60)); Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 322f; Matthiae, § 255, under the word; Kühner, § 343 under the word; Krüger, § 40, under the word; (Veitch, under the word)), once χάρω (Revelation 11:10 Rec., a form occurring nowhere else); 2 aorist (passive as active) ἐχάρην (cf. συγχαίρω, at the beginning); from Homer down; the Sept. for שָׂמַח, גִּיל, שׂוּשׂ; to rejoice, be glad;
a. in the properly, and strict sense: (Mark 14:11); Luke 15:5,(32);
b. in a broader sense, to be well, to thrive; in salutations, the imperative χαῖρε, "Hail!" Latinsalve (so from Homer down): Matthew 26:49; Matthew 27:29; Mark 15:18; Luke 1:28; John 19:3; plural χαίρετε (A. V. all hail), Matthew 28:9; at the beginning of letters the infinitive χαίρειν (namely, λέγει or κελευει): Acts 15:23; Acts 23:26; James 1:1 (often in the books of Maccabees; cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. 10:18; Otto in the Jahrbb. f. deutsch. Theol. for 1867, p. 678ff; cf. Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief, p. 99ff; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 27; Aelian v. h. 1, 25); fully, χαίρειν λέγω, to give one greeting, salute, 2 John 1:10 (11). (Compare: συνχαίρω.)
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χαίρω ,
[in LXX for H8055 (Genesis 45:16, al.), H1523 (Proverbs 2:14, al.), etc.; inf., as greeting (v. infr.), Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 57:21 H7965), 1 Maccabees 10:18, 2 Maccabees 1:1 and freq. in these books;]
1. to rejoice, be glad: Mark 14:11, Luke 15:5; Luke 15:32; Luke 19:6; Luke 19:37; Luke 22:5; Luke 23:8, John 8:56; John 20:20, Acts 5:41; Acts 8:39; Acts 11:23; Acts 13:48, 2 Corinthians 6:10; 2 Corinthians 7:7; 2 Corinthians 13:9, Philippians 2:17; Philippians 2:28, Colossians 2:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 1 Peter 4:13, 3 John 1:3; χ . καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι , Matthew 5:12; κ . σκιρτᾶν , Luke 6:23; opp. to κλαίειν , Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 7:30; to κλαίειν κ . θρηνεῖν John 16:20; to λύπην ἔχειν , John 16:22; c. cogn. acc, χ . χαρὰν μεγάλην , Matthew 2:10; χαρᾷ χ . (B1., § 38, 3; Dalman, Words, 34 f.), John 3:29; ἡ χαρὰ ᾗ χαίρομεν , 1 Thessalonians 3:9; c. prep. (Bl., 38, 2), ἐπί , c. dat. (simple dat. in cl.), Matthew 18:13, Luke 1:14; Luke 13:17, Acts 15:31, Romans 16:19, 1 Corinthians 13:6; 1 Corinthians 16:17, 2 Corinthians 7:13, Revelation 11:10; διά , John 3:29; John 11:15, 1 Thessalonians 3:9; ἐν , Philippians 1:18; ἀπό , 2 Corinthians 2:3; c. acc (Dem.), Philippians 2:18; seq. ὅτι , John 14:28, 2 Corinthians 7:9; 2 Corinthians 7:16, 2 John 1:4; ἐν τούτῳ ὅτι , Luke 10:20; c. dat., Romans 12:1; ἐν κυρίῳ , Philippians 4:10.
2. In salutations, imperat., χαῖρε , χαίρετε ,
(a) at meeting, hail: Matthew 26:49; Matthew 27:29, Mark 15:18, Luke 1:28, John 19:3; pl., Matthew 28:9; so χχαίρειν λέγω , to give greeting, 2 John 1:11; in letters, χαίρειν (sc. λέγει ; 81, 1), greeting: Acts 15:23; Acts 23:26 James 1:1;
(b) at parting, farewell: 2 Corinthians 13:11;
(c) on other occasions, be of good cheer: ἐν κυρίῳ , Philippians 3:1; Philippians 4:4 (cf. συν -χαίρω ).†
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";separate,"; ";divide";; cf. Wünsch AF p. 12.24 ἐξορκίζω ὑμᾶς κατὰ τοῦ ἐπάν (ω) τοῦ οὐρανοῦ θεοῦ. . . ὁ διορίσας τὴν γῆν καὶ χωρίσας τὴν θάλασσαν : cf. Gen. 1:7, Isa. 45:18. See also P Fay 110.10 (A.D. 94) χώρισον τὸ κόπριον εἰς τὴν κοπρηγίαν, ";take away the manure to the manure-heap"; (Edd.).
In mid. and pass, the verb passes into the meaning ";separate oneself from,"; ";depart,"; as in P Tor I. 1ii. 31 (B.C. 116) ( = Chrest. II. p. 32) τοῦ δὲ Δημητρίου χωριζομένου, ";abiit Demetrius,"; ib. viii. 10 ἔλεγεν πολύ τι κεχωρίσθαι, ";respondet longe abs re esse,"; P Oxy XII. 1479.7 (late i/B.C.) ἀφ᾽ οὗ κεχώρισαι τῇ ις ̄, ";since you went away on the 16th,"; P Grenfell II. 36.9 (B.C. 95) μὴ λυπεῖσθε ἐπὶ τοῖς χωρισθεῖσι. ὑπελαμβάνοσαν φονευθήσεσθαι, ";do not grieve over the departed. They expected to be killed"; (Edd.). BGU IV. 1204.6 (B.C. 28) τὴν οὖν ἁπάντων ἀντιφώνησιν ἐν τάχ ̣[ει πέμ ]ψον δια ̣, τὸ πλοῖον χω ̣ρι ̣ζεσθαι, and P Ryl II. 125.10 (A.D. 28–9) ἐμοῦ χωρισθέντος εἰς ἀποδημίαν βιωτ ̣[ι ]κῶν χάριν, ";wnen I had left home on business concerning my livelihood"; (Edd.).
The word has almost become a technical term in connexion with divorce, as in 1Co. 7:10-11; 1Co. 7:15; cf. BGU IV. 1102.9 (B.C. 13) συνχωροῦσιν Ἀ [πο ]λλωνία καὶ Ἑρμογένης κεχ [ω ]ρ ̣ι ̣σθαι ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων τῆς συστ [ά ]σης αὐτοῖς συνβιώσεως, P Ryl II. 154.25 (A.D. 66) ἐὰν δὲ διαφορᾶς αὐτοῖς γεναμένης [χ ]ωρίζονται ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων. . ., ";but if any difference arises between them and they separate the one from the other. . ."; (Edd.), BGU I. 251.6 (A.D. 81), and ib. IV. 1045.22 (A.D. 154) : and for the subst. in a similar context, see P Ryl II. 154.30 (A.D. 66) κατὰ ] τὸν ἀπ᾽ ἀλλ [ή ]λων τῶν [γα ]μούντω [ν χ ]ωρ [ι ]σμό [ν.
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