noun · masculine

chartos

Greekχάρτης (chartēs)

Strong’sG5489

papyrus, paper

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

Translated as

paper1×

What it means

χάρτης, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX: Is 8:1 A, Je 43 (36):2, 6, 23 (מְגִלָּה) *;]

a sheet of paper, made of papyrus strips (v. Kennedy, Sources, 42; Milligan, NTD, 10-12; DB, iv, 945 f.): II Jo 12 (Plat., Inscr.).†

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

Strong’s G5489 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhar'-tace

a sheet ("chart") of writing-material (as to be scribbled over)

Fromfrom the same as G5482;

King Jamespaper.

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	chartos	chartois
object accusative	charton	chartoin
direct address vocative	chartor	chartoir
of, belonging to genitive	chartou1×χάρτου	chartoiu
to, for dative	charto	chartoi

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

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

charto 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

chartou“paper”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 John 1:12“paper”Polleim echarōtos vi grafarō ouk boulima dia chartou kai melaneu, alla elpizamō ginera pros vin kai stomem pros stomem lalara, hina tas charas vu plērirētas ateiō.I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.