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Charis (Ancient Greek: Χάρις) is a given name derived from a Greek word meaning "grace, kindness, and life." It is a unisex name, overwhelmingly used for men in Greece and overwhelmingly used for women elsewhere in the world.
The word agape received a broader usage under later Christian writers as the word that specifically denoted Christian love or charity (1 Corinthians 13:1–8), or even God himself. The expression "God is love" ( ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν ) occurs twice in the New Testament : 1 John 4:8;16 .
Loving-kindness and similar or related concepts: Agape – Greek word for love; Chesed – Hebrew word referring to love or kindness; Mettā – Buddhist term meaning "loving-kindness" Ren (Confucianism) – Confucian virtue
Chesed (Hebrew: חֶסֶד, also Romanized: Ḥeseḏ) is a Hebrew word that means 'kindness or love between people', specifically of the devotional piety of people towards God as well as of love or mercy of God towards humanity.
This word is often used in the Greek scriptures in reference to God and God's attitude to humans. [16] Exodus 34:6 describes the Lord as "slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity." Patience, which in some translations is "longsuffering" or "endurance", is defined in Strong's by the Greek words makrothumia and hupomone.
[5] The third virtue is also commonly referred to as "charity", as this is how the influential King James Bible translated the Greek word agape. The traditional understanding of the difference between cardinal and theological virtues is that the latter are not fully accessible to humans in their natural state without assistance from God. [6]
[1]: 326 Kindness, as a part of humanity, is deeply rooted in philosophical and religious traditions, each having words for the altruistic love aspect of kindness, such as agape in Greek, chesed in Hebrew, and the Latin word philantropia, the root of the word "philanthropy."
In ancient Athens, Eleos (Ancient Greek Ἔλεος m.) or Elea [citation needed] was the personification of mercy, clemency, compassion and pity – the counterpart of the Roman goddess Clementia. [citation needed] Pausanias described her as "among all the gods the most useful to human life in all its vicissitudes." [1]