noun · masculine

charaktēros

Greekχαρακτήρ (charaktēr)

Strong’sG5481

an exact reproduction

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

Translated as

exact representation1×

What it means

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.

Every form

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

charaktēros“exact representation”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 1:3“exact representation”hos arōtos apaugasmem tau doxau kai charaktēros tau hupostasiau autou, ferarōtos tē teim panteim te rēme tau dunamiau, dia heautou katharismon taiu hamartaiu poieratos kathizata en dexa tau megalōsunau en hupsēloi,The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.