What does GRACE actually mean?

excerpt below, on GRACE

"...whole books have been written just about the word “grace.” One Greek lexicon gives the following definition for grace or charis:

The merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues.

Now, do you really think that the ancient Greeks had a word that meant all of that?"

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