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χαριτόω

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Gloss: to favor

Transliteration: charitoō

Strong’s: G5487

χαριτόω, -ῶ
(χάρις), [in LXX: Sir.18:17 (ἀνδρί κεχαριτωμένῳ; Vg., justificato; Syr., saintly) * ;]
to endow with χάρις (which see), i.e.
__1. (a) to make graceful;
__(b) to make gracious (Sir, l.with).
__2. In Hellenistic writings (for exx., see AR, Eph., 227; Lft., Notes, 315),
__(a) to cause to find favour;
__(b) to endue with grace (i.e. divine favour): Luk.1:28, Eph.1:6.†
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