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Paper

χάρτηςStrong’s G5489

chartēs

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Chartēs is the Greek word usually translated “paper”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Having 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.”
2 John 1:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “paper”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • paper 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 John 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    χάρτης chartēs · paper

    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)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “paper” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PA'PER, noun

    [Latin papyrus, the name of an Egyptian plant, from which was made a kind of paper ]

    1. A substance formed into thin sheets on which letters and figures are written or printed. paper is made of different materials; but among us it is usually made of linen or cotton rags.
    2. A piece of paper
    3. A single sheet printed or written; as a daily paper; a weekly paper; a periodical paper; referring to essays, journals, newspapers, etc.
    4. Any written instrument, whether note, receipt, bill, invoice, bond, memorial, deed, and the like.
    All definitions and other forms of “paper”
    1. A promissory note or notes or a bill of exchange; as negotiable paper
    2. Hangings printed or stamped; paper for covering the walls of rooms.

    PA'PER, adjective

    Made of paper; consisting of paper

    1. Thin; slight; as a paper wall.

    PA'PER, verb transitive

    To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.

    1. To register. [Not used.]
    2. To fold or inclose in paper

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.