TRV
χαίρω
How the KJV Renders It
TranslationStrong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.
Grammatical Forms
MorphologyIn the Greek New Testament, this word appears as a verb across 74 occurrences, inflected in 25 grammatical forms — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it. These are this word’s own inflections, not words built from it — for those, see Related Words.
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χαίρετε
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Plural
- More than one.
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χαίρω
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Singular
- One.
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χαίρειν
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Infinitive
- The verb as a noun — "to do".
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χαίροντες
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἐχάρησαν
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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χαῖρε
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Singular
- One.
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χαίρων
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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Ἐχάρην
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐχάρη
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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χαίρει
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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χαρῆναι
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Infinitive
- The verb as a noun — "to do".
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χαρῆτε
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Subjunctive
- Possibility or purpose — "might", "should".
- Plural
- More than one.
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χαρήσεται·
- 2nd Future
- A future — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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χαίρομεν
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Plural
- More than one.
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χάρητε
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐχάρημεν
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐχάρητε
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- Plural
- More than one.
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χαρήσομαι
- 2nd Future
- A future — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Singular
- One.
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χαρήσονται
- 2nd Future
- A future — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Passive Deponent
- Passive in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἔχαιρον
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἔχαιρεν
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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χαίρουσιν
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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χαιρόντων
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Genitive
- Possession or source — often "of".
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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χαίρωμεν
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Subjunctive
- Possibility or purpose — "might", "should".
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Plural
- More than one.
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χαίρῃ
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Subjunctive
- Possibility or purpose — "might", "should".
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
Biblical Distribution
DistributionAppears in 68 verses across 16 of the 27 books. Most frequent in Luke (11 verses); never once in the other 11.
Every Occurrence
ConcordanceEvery verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.
Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.