Strong G5489χάρτης
paper
- Transliteration
- chartēs
- Pronunciation
- khar'-tace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the same as G5482; a sheet (chart) of writing material (as to be scribbled over): - paper.
Detailed definition
χάρτης, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Isa.8:1 A, Jer.36:2, 6 36:23 (מְגִלָּה) *;]
a sheet of paper, made of papyrus strips (see Kennedy, Sources, 42; Milligan, NTD, 10-12; DB, iv, 945 f.): II Jn 12 (Plat., Inscr.).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.8:1 A, Jer.36:2, 6 36:23 (מְגִלָּה) *;]
a sheet of paper, made of papyrus strips (see Kennedy, Sources, 42; Milligan, NTD, 10-12; DB, iv, 945 f.): II Jn 12 (Plat., Inscr.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5489 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- paper1
First verses
- 2 John 1:12Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χάρτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
= {χαρτηρία}, papyrus, or a roll made thereof, χ. δύο [LXX+5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.374.279; τὰ γραμματεῖα τούς τε χ. ἐκφέρων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 194, cf. LXX.Isa.8.1 codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor, “PCair.Zen.” 687.4 (3rd c.BC), “Inscription Délos” 442 A 182 (2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 112.61 (2nd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.86, 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 4, etc., “Anthologia Graeca” 9.174 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus), 401 ([prev. author]))]; ὥσπερ χάρτην εὐεργὸν εἰς ἀπολραφήν (of the soul at birth) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.28; χάρται βυβλίων 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 283)]; χ. βασιλικοί, of the finest papyrus, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 26.3)]; χ. κεκαυμένος used in Medicine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.382, 13.315; also χάρτου σποδιά 4th-3rd c.BC: Lycus Historicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.25.15; τὸ διὰ χάρτου μέλαν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.41.)]
2 metaphorically, any leaf or thin plate, χ. μολύβδινοι sheets of lead, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd or1st c.BC: Lysimachus Historicus cited in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 1.34.)]
= {χαρτηρία}, papyrus, or a roll made thereof, χ. δύο [LXX+5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.374.279; τὰ γραμματεῖα τούς τε χ. ἐκφέρων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 194, cf. LXX.Isa.8.1 codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor, “PCair.Zen.” 687.4 (3rd c.BC), “Inscription Délos” 442 A 182 (2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 112.61 (2nd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.86, 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 4, etc., “Anthologia Graeca” 9.174 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus), 401 ([prev. author]))]; ὥσπερ χάρτην εὐεργὸν εἰς ἀπολραφήν (of the soul at birth) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.28; χάρται βυβλίων 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 283)]; χ. βασιλικοί, of the finest papyrus, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 26.3)]; χ. κεκαυμένος used in Medicine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.382, 13.315; also χάρτου σποδιά 4th-3rd c.BC: Lycus Historicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.25.15; τὸ διὰ χάρτου μέλαν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.41.)]
2 metaphorically, any leaf or thin plate, χ. μολύβδινοι sheets of lead, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd or1st c.BC: Lysimachus Historicus cited in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 1.34.)]