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In biblical terms, "charging" can refer to several actions, including giving a command, imposing a responsibility, or making an accusation. The concept of charging is woven throughout Scripture, often highlighting the authority and responsibility bestowed upon individuals by God or leaders.

1. Charging as Command or Instruction

One of the primary uses of "charging" in the Bible is the act of giving a command or instruction. This is often seen in the context of leaders or prophets imparting God's directives to the people. For example, in the Old Testament, Moses frequently charged the Israelites with the commandments of God. In Deuteronomy 31:23, the Lord charges Joshua, saying, "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you."

Similarly, in the New Testament, the Apostle Paul uses the term when instructing Timothy. In 1 Timothy 1:18, Paul writes, "Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight."

2. Charging as Responsibility

Charging can also imply the imposition of a responsibility or duty. This is evident in the roles assigned to individuals within the community of believers. In Numbers 18:1, the Lord charges Aaron and his sons with the responsibility of the priesthood, saying, "You and your sons and your father’s house with you will bear the iniquity related to the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the iniquity associated with your priesthood."

In the New Testament, the concept of charging with responsibility is seen in the Great Commission, where Jesus charges His disciples to spread the Gospel. Matthew 28:19-20 records Jesus' words: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you."

3. Charging as Accusation

The term "charging" can also refer to making an accusation or bringing a charge against someone. This is often seen in legal or judicial contexts within Scripture. In Acts 25:7, when Paul is brought before Festus, the Jews from Jerusalem "stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove."

In the spiritual realm, Satan is depicted as the accuser of the brethren, charging believers with sin before God. Revelation 12:10 describes this role: "For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God."

4. Charging in the Context of Stewardship

The Bible also speaks of charging in the context of stewardship and the wise use of resources. In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), the servants are charged with the responsibility of managing their master's wealth. This parable underscores the importance of faithfulness and diligence in fulfilling the responsibilities entrusted to believers.

5. Charging in the Context of Witness

Finally, charging can relate to the act of bearing witness or testifying to the truth. In 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12, Paul reminds the Thessalonians of how he and his companions "exhorted you, encouraged you, and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory."

Throughout Scripture, the concept of charging encompasses a range of meanings, from commanding and instructing to accusing and bearing responsibility. Each instance reflects the broader biblical themes of authority, accountability, and the call to live faithfully according to God's will.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Charge.

Strong's Hebrew

7857. shataph -- to overflow, rinse or wash off
... root Definition to overflow, rinse or wash off NASB Word Usage charging (1), engulfed
(1), flooded away (1), flooding (2), flowed (1), overflow (9 ...
/hebrew/7857.htm - 6k

5927. alah -- to go up, ascend, climb
... 2), brings (1), brought (66), burn (2), burnt offerings (1), came (67), came back
(1), carried (2), carried away (1), carry (3), cast (1), charging (1), chew (4 ...
/hebrew/5927.htm - 8k

6680. tsavah -- to lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command ...
... lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order NASB Word Usage appoint (1),
appointed (4), appoints (1), charge (5), charged (17), charging (1), command ...
/hebrew/6680.htm - 6k

Library

Unfairness of Charging the Disciples of the New Prophecy with ...
... Chapter XV."Unfairness of Charging the Disciples of the New Prophecy with
Harshness The Charge Rather to Be Retorted Upon the Psychics. ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter xv unfairness of charging the.htm

In Charging Basil with not Defending his Faith at the Time of the ...
... Book I. Section 9. In charging Basil with not defending his faith at the time
of the Trials,' he lays himself open to the same charge. ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 9 in charging basil.htm

After Putting Such Words into Our Mouth, and Maliciously Charging ...
... Chapter XXXIX. After putting such words into our mouth, and maliciously
charging Christians with sentiments which they? After ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxix after putting such.htm

2 Timothy ii. 14-Nov
... Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord, that they
strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.". ...
/.../homily v 2 timothy ii.htm

The Unrighteous Mammon
... That while he had been charging one tenant a hundred, he had been paying to his
lord only fifty, and so forth. What does he do, then, in his need? ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxiv the unrighteous mammon.htm

God Undoubtedly Converts, Without the External Preaching of the ...
... to adore." But the words "undoubtedly," and "great numbers of persons," are the
additions of calumny, and is of a most audacious character, charging us with ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 1/article xviii god undoubtedly converts.htm

On the Other Hand, Show Me a Scholar as Full of Learning...
... For they both agree in charging each other with a bad and false gospel-state, because
of that which their learning, logic, and criticism do for them. ...
/.../address 165 0 0 on the other.htm

Essex.
... 2 Hark the onset! will ye fold your Faith-clad arms in lazy lock? Up! O
up! thou drowsy soldier; Worlds are charging to the shock. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/408 essex 8s & 7s.htm

Whether an Accusation is Rendered Unjust by Calumny, Collusion or ...
... Si quem poenituerit.], "calumny consists in falsely charging a person with a crime."
Now sometimes one man falsely accuses another of a crime through ignorance ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether an accusation is rendered.htm

Thoughts Upon Worldly-Riches. Sect. Ii.
... Thus we are enjoined to preach the word of God, by publishing his Will and Pleasure
to Men; charging them in his Name, to obey and practise it. ...
/.../private thoughts upon a christian life/thoughts upon worldly-riches sect ii.htm

Thesaurus

Charging (27 Occurrences)
... (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Charge. Multi-Version Concordance Charging (27 Occurrences). ...
(See RSV). Mark 1:43 Jesus at once sent him away, strictly charging him, (WEY). ...
/c/charging.htm - 14k

Chargeth (15 Occurrences)
... the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, 'Gently -- for me, for the
youth, for Absalom;' and all the people heard in the king's charging all the ...
/c/chargeth.htm - 10k

Informed (39 Occurrences)
... Acts 23:22 So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell
no one that you have revealed these things to me." (See RSV). ...
/i/informed.htm - 17k

Entirely (39 Occurrences)
... Exodus 34:7 keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression,
and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on ...
/e/entirely.htm - 18k

Commanding (79 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into
prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, (See NAS). ...
/c/commanding.htm - 31k

Acquitting (3 Occurrences)
... Exodus 34:7 keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression,
and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on ...
/a/acquitting.htm - 7k

Zealous (40 Occurrences)
... Exodus 20:5 Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy
God, 'am' a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third ...
/z/zealous.htm - 18k

Men's (76 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 5:19 We are to tell how God was in Christ reconciling the world to
Himself, not charging men's transgressions to their account, and that He has ...
/m/men's.htm - 29k

Hating (95 Occurrences)
... Exodus 20:5 Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy
God, 'am' a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third ...
/h/hating.htm - 33k

Imputation
... Philemon 1:18, 19). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The act of imputing or charging;
attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged. ...
/i/imputation.htm - 39k

Resources

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Charging (27 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:5
Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.
(See RSV)

Mark 1:43
Jesus at once sent him away, strictly charging him,
(WEY)

Mark 3:12
and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.
(YLT)

Mark 7:36
And he charged them that they may tell no one, but the more he was charging them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming 'it',
(YLT)

Mark 8:15
and he was charging them, saying, 'Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,'
(YLT)

Luke 9:21
But, earnestly charging them, he enjoined them to say this to no man,
(DBY)

Acts 16:23
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Acts 23:22
So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me."
(WEB ASV RSV)

Acts 23:30
When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."
(WEB ASV)

2 Corinthians 5:19
We are to tell how God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not charging men's transgressions to their account, and that He has entrusted to us the Message of this reconciliation.
(WEY)

2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don't argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS)

Genesis 49:33
When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 20:5
Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, 'am' a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third 'generation', and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
(YLT)

Exodus 32:34
and now, go, lead the people whithersoever I have spoken to thee of; lo, My messenger goeth before thee, and in the day of my charging -- then I have charged upon them their sin.'
(YLT)

Exodus 34:7
keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third 'generation', and on a fourth.'
(YLT)

Numbers 14:18
Jehovah 'is' slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third 'generation', and on a fourth; --
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 5:9
thou dost not bow thyself to them nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God 'am' a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on a third 'generation', and on a fourth, to those hating Me;
(YLT)

2 Samuel 18:5
and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, 'Gently -- for me, for the youth, for Absalom;' and all the people heard in the king's charging all the heads concerning Absalom.
(YLT)

Nehemiah 5:11
Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you exact of them.
(See NIV)

Job 1:22
In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
(See NIV)

Job 15:26
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;
(See NIV)

Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 8:6
I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, saying, What have I done? everyone goes off on his way like a horse rushing to the fight.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.
(YLT)

Daniel 8:4
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
(See RSV)

Amos 3:14
For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And cut off have been the horns of the altar, And they have fallen to the earth.
(YLT)

Nahum 3:3
the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;-
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Charging

Charging Interest

Related Terms

Chargeth (15 Occurrences)

Informed (39 Occurrences)

Entirely (39 Occurrences)

Commanding (79 Occurrences)

Acquitting (3 Occurrences)

Zealous (40 Occurrences)

Men's (76 Occurrences)

Hating (95 Occurrences)