charaktēros

Strong’sG5481

an exact reproduction

stem charaktēr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

χαρακτήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ

(< χαράσσω, to engrave), [in LXX: Le 13:28 (צָרֶבֶת), II Mac 4:10, IV Mac 15:4 א R *;]

1. a tool for graving.

2. a stamp or impress: as on a coin or seal; metaph., χ. τ. ὑποστάσεως, He 1:3.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5481 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhar-ak-tare'

a graver (the tool or the person), i.e. (by implication) engraving (("character"), the figure stamped, i.e. an exact copy or (figuratively) representation)

Fromfrom the same as G5482;

King Jamesexpress image.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

χᾰρακτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
(χαράσσω) engraver, Refs 5th c.AD+; one who mints coins, Refs 3rd c.BC+
2 graving tool, Refs 3rd c.BC+
3 die, stamp, Refs 4th c.BC+
4 branding-iron, Clara Rhodos Refs 2nd c.BC+
II mark engraved, impress, stamp on coins and seals, ἀργύρου λαμπρὸς χ. Refs 5th c.BC+; coin type, standard, ἦν δ᾽ ὁ ἀρχαῖος χ. δίδραχμον Refs 2nd c.BC+; Κότυος χ. Head Refs 1st c.BC+: hence, in plural, ={χάραγμα} 1.2, Refs 1st c.AD+ set a stamp upon them, Refs 5th c.BC+; Κύπριος (assuming variant) χαρακτὴρ.. ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις εἰκὼς πέπληκται Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 especially of figures or letters, οἱ τῶν γραμμάτων χ. Refs 1st c.AD+; ὁ τύπος τῶν χ. Refs 1st c.BC+; of the letters used by Refs 5th c.BC+, compare 524f; of a single letter of the alphabet, Refs 2nd c.BC+; brand on a camel, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of symbols in a prescription, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of magical symbols (such as the seven vowels), τῶν χ. ἡ ἀπόρρητος φύσις Refs 4th c.AD+; of hieroglyphs, opposed to γράμματα, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.3 metaphorically, distinctive mark or token impressed (as it were) on a person or thing, by which it is known from others, characteristic, character, χ. γλώσσης, of a particular dialect, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ Ἑλληνικὸς χ. Greek idiom, Refs 1st c.BC+: frequently of persons, feature, ὁ χ. τοῦ προσώπου Refs 5th c.BC+; ἠθικοὶ χ., title of work by Refs 4th c.BC+ the features of the face, Refs 1st c.BC+; [τοῦ ἐμβρύου] Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.4 type or character (regarded as shared with others) of a thing or person, rarely of an individual nature, ἀνδρὸς χ. ἐκ λόγου γνωρίζεται Refs 5th c.BC+; of nations, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.5 style, frequently in Rhet., ὁ Δημοσθένους χ. Refs 1st c.BC+; χ. optimi the ideal type, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.6 impress, image, τῆς ὑποστάσεως [τοῦ θεοῦ] NT; πάθους, ἀρετῆς, Refs 4th c.BC+ the imperial seal, i.e. the emperor himself, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.7 Grammars, typical form, Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

exact representation1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	charaktēros1×χαρακτὴρ	charaktērois
object accusative	charaktēron	charaktēroin
direct address vocative	charaktēror	charaktēroir
of, belonging to genitive	charaktērou	charaktēroiu
to, for dative	charaktēro	charaktēroi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

charaktērstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

charaktēro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

charaktēros“exact representation”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 1:3hos arōntos apaugasmem tau doxau kai charaktēros tau hupostasiau autou, ferarōntos tē teim …… radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things …