χαίρω, Il. 7.191, etc.; 3 pl. imper. χαιρόντων E. HF 575: impf., χαῖρον Il. 14.156, Ion. χαίρεσκον 18.259: fut. χαιρήσω 20.363, Hdt. 1.128, Ar. Pl. 64, And. 1.101, Arr. An. 5.20.6; redupl. inf. κεχᾰρησέμεν Il. 15.98; later χᾰρῶ v.l. in [Rev 11:10]: aor. ἐχαίρησα Plu. Luc. 25: pf. κεχάρηκα Ar. V. 764, part. -ηκώς Hdt. 3.42, etc., acc. κεχᾰρηότα, pl. -ότας, Il. 7.312, Hes. Fr. 77: - Med. (in same sense), χαίρομαι, noted as a barbarism in Ar. Pax 291 (v. Sch.), but found in BCH 36.622 (Perinthus, written χέρ-), Alex.Aphr. [Pro 1:20], al.: fut. χᾰρήσομαι Ps.- Luc. Philopatr. 24, (συγ-) Plb. 30.18.1, D.S. 31.15; Dor. χαρησοῦμαι Pythag. [Eph 3:7]; χᾰροῦμαι LXXZa.4.10, (κατα-) ib. [Pro 1:26]; κεχᾰρήσομαι Od. 23.266: aor. 1 part. χαιρησάμενος BGU 742 ii 3 (ii A. D.): aor.1 χήρατο Il. 14.270; ἐχ- Opp. C. 1.509, etc.; part. χηράμενος AP 7.198 (Leon.): redupl. aor. 2, 3 pl. κεχάροντο Il. 16.600 (χάροντο Q.S. 6.315); opt. 3 sg. and pl. κεχάροιτο, -οίατο, Od. 2.249, Il. 1.256: - Pass. (in same sense), aor. 2 ἐχάρην [ᾰ] 7.54, etc., [Eph 3:1-21] sg. χάρη 5.682, 13.609; subj. χᾰρῇς Pl. R. 606c; opt. χᾰρείη Il. 6.481; inf. χᾰρῆναι Simon. 164; part. χᾰρείς Il. 10.541, Sapph. 118, Pi. I. 6(5).10, Ar. Th. 981 (lyr.), etc.; pf. κεχάρημαι h.Bacch. 7.10, E. IA 200 (lyr.), Ar. V. 389 (anap.); part. κεχαρμένος E. Or. 1122, Tr. 529 (lyr.), Cyc. 367 (lyr.): plpf. 3 sg. and pl. κεχάρητο, -ηντο, Hes. Sc. 65, h.Cer. 458: - rejoice, be glad, Il. 3.111, 21.347, etc.; γραῦς ἥδε οἰνοφόρος κεχαρημένη ὧδε κάθηται IG 12(8).679 (Scyros, ii B. C.): χ. θυμῷ Il. 7.191, al.; ἐν θυμῷ 24.491, Od. 22.411; φρεσὶν ᾗσι Il. 13.609; φρένα 6.481; χ. νόῳ to rejoice in wardly, Od. 8.78; χαίρει δέ μοι ἦτορ Il. 23.647; αὐτὰρ ἐμὸν κῆρ χ. Od. 4.260; χ. καὶ γελᾶν S. El. 1300; ἥδομαι καὶ χαίρομαι κεὐφραίνομαι Ar. Pax 291; opp. λυπεῖσθαι, A. Fr. 266.3, S. Aj. 555, etc.; opp. ἀλγεῖν, Id. Tr. 1119. -
Constr.,
1 c. dat. rei, rejoice at, take pleasure in a thing, νίκῃ Il. 7.312; φήμῃ Od. 2.35; δώρῳ Hes. Op. 358; μόλπᾳ Sapph. Supp. 25.5, cf. S. OT 1070, Pl. Mx. 238d, etc.: c. dat. pers., χαῖρε.. ἀνδρὶ δικαίῳ Od. 3.52; with a part. added, χάρη δ’ ἄρα οἱ προσιόντι Il. 5.682, cf. 24.706, Od. 19.463: with Preps., χαίρειν ἐπί τινι S. Fr. 926, X. Mem. 2.6.35, Cyr. 8.4.12, Isoc. 2.30, Pl. Lg. 739d, etc.; πρὸς τοῖς παιδικοῖς Eup. 327; with a part. added, ἐπ’ ἐξεργασμένοις κακοῖσι χ. E. Ba. 1040, cf. 1033: rarely ἔν τινι A. Eu. 996 (lyr.), S. Tr. 1119: also c. dat. modi, χ. γέλωτι express one’s joy by laughter, X. Cyr. 8.1.33. of a plant, χαίρει ὑφάμμοις χωρίοις Thphr. HP 6.5.2; also ἡ κύστις χ. τῇ χολῇ Gal. 19.646.
2. rarely c. acc., with a part. added, χαίρω δέ σ’ εὐτυχοῦντα E. Rh. 390; τοὺς γὰρ εὐσεβεῖς θεοὶ θνῄσκοντας οὐ χ. Id. Hipp. 1340; χαίρω σ’ [ἐλθόντα ] Id. Fr. 673 (this usage is said to be Oropian, EM 808.4). with a neut. Adj., ταὐτὰ λυπεῖσθαι καὶ ταὐτὰ χαίρειν τοῖς πολλοῖς D. 18.292: c. acc. cogn., ἁπλῆν χαίρειν ἡδονήν Arist. EN 1154b26; χ. ἀνδραπόδων τινὰ χαράν Plu. 2.1091e.
3. c. part., χαίρω.. τὸν μῦθον ἀκούσας I rejoice at having heard, am glad to hear, Il. 19.185, cf. 7.54, 11.73; χαίρουσιν βίοτον νήποινον ἔδοντες Od. 14.377, cf. 12.380, Hes. Op. 55; χαίρω.. κόμπον ἱείς Pi. N. 8.49; χαίρεις ὁρῶν φῶς, πατέρα δ’ οὐ χαίρειν δοκεῖς; E. Alc. 691; χαίρω φειδόμενος Ar. Pl. 247; θωπευόμενος χαίρεις Id. Eq. 1116 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Smp. 191e, etc. c. part. pres., delight in doing, to be wont to do, χρεώμενοι χαίρουσι Hdt. 7.236, cf. S. Ph. 449, Ar. V. 764, Pl. Prt. 318d, 346c, 358a.
4. χαίρειν ὅττι or ὅτι.., Od. 14.51, 526, Pi. N. 5.46; ἐχάρην καὶ ἐθρασυνάμην ὅτι ἔμαθον.. Metrod. Fr. 42; χ. οὕνεκα.. Od. 8.200.
II with negat., esp. with fut., οὐ χαιρήσεις thou wilt or shalt not rejoice, i.e. thou shalt not go unpunished, shalt repent it, Ar. Pl. 64; οὐ χαιρήσετον Id. Eq. 235; so οὐδέ τιν’ οἴω Τρώων χαιρήσειν Il. 20.363, cf. 15.98, Od. 2.249, Ar. V. 186; ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὣς Κῦρός γε χαιρήσει Hdt. 1.128; with an interrog., σὺ.. χαιρήσειν νομίζεις; Plu. Alex. 51: rarely with other tenses, ὅπως ἂν μὴ χαίρωσιν. D. 19.299; οὐκ ἐχαίρησεν Plu. Luc. 25: for a similar use of the part., v. infr. IV. 2. III freq. in imper. χαῖρε, dual χαίρετον, pl. χαίρετε, as a form of greeting, 1 at meeting, hail, welcome (esp. in the morning, acc. to D.C. 69.18, cf. Luc. Laps.), Il. 9.197, Od. 13.229, etc.; χαῖρε, ξεῖνε, παρ’ ἄμμι φιλήσεαι 1.123; strengthd., οὖλέ τε, καὶ μάλα χαῖρε, θεοὶ δέ τοι ὄλβια δοῖεν 24.402; χαῖρέ μοι Il. 23.19, cf. S. OC 1137; repeated, A. Eu. 996, 1014 (both lyr.), S. Aj. 91, etc.; χαῖρ’ ὡς μέγιστα, χαῖρε Id. Ph. 462; in greeting one’s native land, the sun, etc., A. Ag. 508, 22, S. Ph. 1453 (anap.). sts. implied in the use of χαίρω, κῆρυξ Ἀχαιῶν, χαῖρε.. Answ. χαίρω I accept the greeting, A. Ag. 538; νῦν πᾶσι χαίρω, νῦν με πᾶς ἀσπάζεται I hear the word χαῖρε from all, S. OT 596: so in inf., τὸ χαίρειν dub. l. in Pl. Chrm. 164e; χαίρειν δὲ τὸν κήρυκα προὐννέπω I bid him welcome, S. Tr. 227; προσειπών τινα χ. οὐκ ἀντιπροσερρήθη X. Mem. 3.13.1; but χαίρειν τἄλλ’ ἐγώ σ’ ἐφίεμαι I bid thee have thy pleasure, S. Aj. 112. inf. alone at the beginning of letters, Κῦρος Κυαζάρῃ χαίρειν (sc. λέγει) X. Cyr. 4.5.27, cf. Theoc. 14.1; used by Alexander the Great to Phocion as a mark of respect, Duris 51J.
2. at leavetaking, fare-thee-well, Od. 5.205, 13.59, 15.151; χαῖρε πόλλ’ ὦδελφέ Ar. Ra. 164; pl., χαίρετε πολλάκι Theoc. 1.144; freq. put into the mouth of the dying, S. Aj. 863, Tr. 921, Pl. Phd. 116d, etc.: hence in sepulchral inscriptions, IG 7.203, etc. hence, imper. χαιρέτω, χαιρόντων, have done with.., away with.., εἴτ’ ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος εἴτ’ ἐστὶ δαίμων, χαιρέτω Hdt. 4.96; χαιρέτω βουλεύματα τὰ πρόσθεν E. Med. 1044, χαιρόντων πόνοι Id. HF 575; cf. Pl. Smp. 199a, Lg. 636d, 886d. ἐᾶν χαίρειν τινά or τι dismiss from one’s mind, put away, renounce, Hdt. 6.23, 9.41, Ar. Pl. 1187, Pl. Phd. 63e, Prt. 348a, X. An. 7.3.23, etc.; συχνὰ χ. ἐᾶν τινα Pl. Phlb. 59b; ἐλευθερίαν μακρὰ χ. ἐᾶν Luc. Apol. 3; μακρὰ χ. εἰποῦσα Ael. VH 12.1; πόλλα μοι τὰν Πωλυανάκτιδα παῖδα χαίρην Sapph. 86; τὴν Κύπριν πόλλ’ ἐγὼ χαίρειν λέγω E. Hipp. 113, cf. 1059, Pl. Tht. 188a; χ. κελεύων πολλὰ τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας Ar. Ach. 200; εἰπεῖν χαίρειν τινά Ath.Mitt. 56.131 (Milet., Hellenistic), cf. Luc. Dem.Enc. 50; χαίρειν προσαγορεύειν Ar. Pl. 322 (metaph. in Pl. Lg. 771a); χαίρειν προσειπεῖν Eup. 308: less freq. c. dat. pers. (never with ἐᾶν χ.), πολλὰ χαίρειν ξυμφοραῖς καταξιῶ A. Ag. 572 (nisi leg. ξυμφοράς) ; φράσαι.. χαίρειν Ἀθηναίοισι Ar. Nu. 609 (troch.); πολλὰ εἰπόντα χ. τῷ ἀληθεῖ Pl. Phdr. 272e, cf. Phd. 64c, R. 406d, X. HG 4.1.31 (codd., fort. ἀλλήλους), Jul. ad Them. 255a.
3. on other occasions, as in comforting, be of good cheer, Od. 8.408;
at meals, 4.60, 18.122; χαῖρε, γύναι, φιλότητι good luck be on our union, 11.248; εὐχωλῇς χαίρετε 13.358: χαῖρε ἀοιδῇ h.Hom. 9.7. part. χαίρων glad, joyful, Il. 1.446, etc.; χαίροντα φίλην ἐς πατρίδ’ ἔπεμπον εἰς Ἰθάκην Od. 19.461; χαίροντι φέρειν.. χαίρων 17.83; λυπούμενοι καὶ χαίροντες in sorrow and in joy, Arist. Rh. 1356a16: also pf. part. κεχαρηκώς Hdt. 3.27, 42, etc.
2. joined with another Verb, safe and sound, with impunity, χαίροντα ἀπαλλάσσειν ib. 69, cf. 9.106, D. 24.153; more freq. with a neg., οὐ χαίρων to one’s cost, οὐ χαίροντες γέλωτα ἐμὲ θήσεσθε Hdt. 3.29; οὔ τι χαίρων.. ἐρεῖς S. OT 363, cf. Ant. 759, Ph. 1299, E. Med. 398, Ar. Ach. 563, Pl. Grg. 510d; οὐ γὰπ.. χαίρων τις.. τοὐμὸν ἀλγυνεῖ κέαρ Eup. 90; οὔτε χαίροντες ἂν ἀπαλλάζαιτε X. An. 5.6.32; also οὔτι χαιρήσων γε σύ Ar. V. 186; cf. supr. 11.
3. in the same sense as imper. (supr. 111), σὺ δέ μοι χαίρων ἀφίκοιο fare -thee- well, and may’st thou arrive, Od. 15.128, cf. Theoc. 2.163; χαίροισ’ ἔρχεο go thy way rejoicing, Sapph. Supp. 23.7; ἀλλ’ ἑρπέτω χαίρουσα let her go with a benison, S. Tr. 819; χαίρων ἴθι fare -thee- well, E. Alc. 813, Ph. 921; χαίρουσα.. στεῖχε Id. Hipp. 1440.
4. τὸ χαῖρον τῆς ψυχῆς Plu. 2.136c, 1089e. Astrol., of a planet, occupy the position appropriate to another of its own αἵρεσις, Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).230, Ptol. Tetr. 51, Vett.Val. 63.6, Man. 2.348. (Cf. Skt. háryati ’take pleasure in’, Umbr. heriest ’will wish’, Lat. horior.)
G5463 — χαίρω
imperfect ἔχαιρον; future χαρήσομαι ([Luk 1:14]; [Joh 16:20], [Joh 16:22]; [Phi 1:18], for the earlier form καιρήσω, cf. (Winers Grammar, 90 (86); Buttmann, 68 (60)); Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 322f; Matthiae, § 255, under the word; Kühner, § 343 under the word; Krüger, § 40, under the word; (Veitch, under the word)), once χάρω ([Rev 11:10] Rec., a form occurring nowhere else); 2 aorist (passive as active) ἐχάρην (cf. συγχαίρω, at the beginning); from Homer down; the Sept. for שָׂמַח, גִּיל, שׂוּשׂ; to rejoice, be glad;
a. in the properly, and strict sense: ([Mar 14:11]); [Luk 15:5],(32); [Luk 19:6],37; 22:5; 23:8>; [Joh 4:36]; [Joh 8:56]; [Joh 20:20]; [Act 5:41]; [Act 8:39]; [Act 11:23]; [Act 13:48]; [Act 13:2] Cor. (); [2Co 7:7]; [2Co 13:9],11> (some refer this to b. in the sense of farewell); [Phi 2:17], [Phi 2:28]; [Col 2:5]; [1Th 5:16]; [1Pe 4:13]; [3Jo 1:3]; opposed to κλαίειν, [Rom 12:15]; [1Co 7:30]; opposed to κλαίειν καί θρηνεῖν, [Joh 16:20]; opposed to λύπην ἔχειν, ibid. ; joined with ἀγαλλίασθαι, [Mat 5:12]; [Rev 19:7]; with σκιρταν, [Luk 6:23]; χαίρειν ἐν κυρίῳ (see ἐν, L 6 b, p. 211b middle (cf. Buttmann, 185 (161))), [Phi 3:1]; [Phi 4:4], [Phi 4:10]; χαίρειν χαράν μεγάλην (cf. χαρά, a.), to rejoice exceedingly, [Mat 2:10]; also χαρά χαίρειν (Winers Grammar, § 54, 3; Buttmann, § 133, 22), [Joh 3:29]: ἡ χαρά ἡ χαίρομεν, [1Th 3:9]; χαίρειν ἐπί with a dative of the object, [Mat 18:13]; [Luk 1:14]; [Luk 13:17]; [Act 15:31] [Rom 16:19] L T Tr WH; [1Co 13:6]; [1Co 16:17]; [2Co 7:13]; [Rev 11:10] (Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 35; Cyril 8, 4, 12; Plato, legg. 5, p. 739 d.; cf. Kühner, § 425 Anm. 6; (Winers Grammar, § 33 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 23); in the Greek writings generally with a simple dative of the object as [Pro 17:19]); διά τί, [Joh 3:29]; διά τινα, [Joh 11:15]; [1Th 3:9]; ἐν τούτῳ, [Phi 1:18]; (ἐν ταῖς παθήμασι μου, [Col 1:24]); with an accusative of the object, τό αὐτό, [Phi 2:18] (ταῦτα, Demosthenes, p. 323, 6; cf. Matthiae, § 414, p. 923; Krüger, § 46, 5, 9); τό ἐφ' ὑμῖν (see ὁ, II. 8, p. 436a), [Rom 16:19] R G; ἀπό τίνος, equivalent to χαράν ἔχειν, to derive joy from one, [2Co 2:3]; ἐχάρητε followed by ὅτι, [Joh 14:28]; [2Co 7:9], [2Co 7:16]; [2Jo 1:4]; ἐν τούτῳ, [Luk 10:20]; with a dative of the cause: τῇ ἐλπίδι χαίροντες, let the hope of future blessedness give you joy, [Rom 12:12] (yet cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 k., 7d.).
b. in a broader sense, to be well, to thrive; in salutations, the imperative χαῖρε, "Hail!" Latinsalve (so from Homer down): [Mat 26:49]; [Mat 27:29]; [Mar 15:18]; [Luk 1:28]; [Joh 19:3]; plural χαίρετε (A. V. all hail), [Mat 28:9]; at the beginning of letters the infinitive χαίρειν (namely, λέγει or κελευει): [Act 15:23]; [Act 23:26]; [Jam 1:1] (often in the books of Maccabees; cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. 10:18; Otto in the Jahrbb. f. deutsch. Theol. for 1867, p. 678ff; cf. Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief, p. 99ff; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 27; Aelian v. h. 1, 25); fully, χαίρειν λέγω, to give one greeting, salute, [2Jo 1:10] (11). (Compare: συνχαίρω.)
χαίρω ,
[in LXX for H8055 ([Gen 45:16], al .), H1523 ([Pro 2:14], al. ), etc.; inf ., as greeting ( v. infr .), [Isa 48:22]; [Isa 57:21] H7965), 1Ma 10:18 , 2M[a 1:1] and freq . in these books;]
1. to rejoice, be glad: [Mar 14:11], [Luk 15:5]; [Luk 15:32]; [Luk 19:6]; [Luk 19:37]; [Luk 22:5]; [Luk 23:8], [Joh 8:56]; [Joh 20:20], [Act 5:41]; [Act 8:39]; [Act 11:23]; [Act 13:48], [2Co 6:10]; [2Co 7:7]; [2Co 13:9], [Php 2:17]; [Php 2:28], [Col 2:5], [1Th 5:16], [1Pe 4:13], [3Jn 1:3]; χ . καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι , [Mat 5:12]; κ . σκιρτᾶν , [Luk 6:23]; opp . to κλαίειν , Rom 12:15 , [1Co 7:30]; to κλαίειν κ . θρηνεῖν [Joh 16:20]; to λύπην ἔχειν , [Joh 16:22]; c . cogn . acc , χ . χαρὰν μεγάλην , [Mat 2:10]; χαρᾷ χ . (B1., § 38, 3; Dalman, Words , 34 f .), [Joh 3:29]; ἡ χαρὰ ᾗ χαίρομεν , [1Th 3:9]; c . prep . (B1., 38, 2), ἐπί , c . dat . (simple dat . in cl .), [Mat 18:13], [Luk 1:14]; [Luk 13:17], [Act 15:31], [Rom 16:19], [1Co 13:6]; 1Co 16:17 , [2Co 7:13], [Rev 11:10]; διά , [Joh 3:29]; [Joh 11:15], [1Th 3:9]; ἐν , [Php 1:18]; ἀπό , [2Co 2:3]; c . acc ( Dem .), [Php 2:18]; seq . ὅτι , [Joh 14:28], [2Co 7:9]; [2Co 7:16], [2Jn 1:4]; ἐν τούτῳ ὅτι , [Luk 10:20]; c . dat ., [Rom 12:1]; ἐν κυρίῳ , [Php 4:10].
2. In salutations, imperat., χαῖρε , χαίρετε ,
(a) at meeting, hail: [Mat 26:49]; [Mat 27:29], [Mar 15:18], [Luk 1:28], [Joh 19:3]; pl., [Mat 28:9]; so χχαίρειν λέγω , to give greeting, [2Jn 1:11]; in letters, χαίρειν (s χ . λέγει ; 81, 1), greeting: [Act 15:23]; [Act 23:26] [Jas 1:1];
(b) at parting, farewell: [2Co 13:11];
(c) on other occasions, be of good cheer: ἐν κυρίῳ , [Php 3:1]; [Php 4:4] ( cf. συν - χαίρω ). †