χρηστεύομαι
chrēsteúomai · G5541 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to act kindly, to be kind, kindness
To provide something beneficial for someone as an act of kindness
Examples1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
How it’s used In 1 role
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Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀγάπηlove 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀγαθοποιέω agathopoiéō · G15 · to do good, to perform good deeds, good works
- ἀγαθοποιέω means 'to do good, to act beneficially' and overlaps substantially with χρηστεύομαι ('to act benevolently'). Both denote beneficial, kind action, though ἀγαθοποιέω focuses more broadly on 'doing good' while χρηστεύομαι emphasizes the quality of kindness/benevolence in one's conduct.
- εὐεργετέω euergetéō · G2109 · to do good
- εὐεργετέω means 'to do good, to act as a benefactor' and is a near synonym to χρηστεύομαι in that both express benevolent action toward others. εὐεργετέω often carries connotations of patronage or formal benefaction, while χρηστεύομαι emphasizes the quality of kindness in behavior.
In the other Testament 1 word
- טוֹב ṭôwb · H2895 · to be good
- The Hebrew verb טוּב (ṭûḇ) in its causative/active senses means 'to do good, to act benevolently'—a direct semantic parallel to χρηστεύομαι's meaning of acting benevolently or showing oneself useful/kind in conduct.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To act kindly, to be kind, kindness88.67
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 says, “Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.”
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (χρηστός, which see); to show oneself mild, to be kind, use kindness: 1 Cor 13:4.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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