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χρηστός

chrēstós · G5543 · Greek · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. fine, better

    Pertaining to being superior for a particular purpose or use

    Examples

    Luke 5:39 “And no one, after drinking old wine wants new; for he says, ‘The old is fine.’”

  2. good, useful, suitable

    Pertaining to being useful and benevolent

    Examples

    1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

  3. kind, gracious

    (Derivative of χρηστεύομαι ‘to act kindly,’) Pertaining to being kind

    Examples

    Luke 6:35 “But love your enemies and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

    Romans 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and restraint and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

    Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

  4. pleasant, easy

    Pertaining to that which is pleasant or easy, with the implication of suitability

    Examples

    Matthew 11:30 “For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.”

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

4 occurrences in 4 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
טוֹב ṭôwb · H2896 · good, nice, beautiful
Hebrew טוֹב (ṭôwb, H2896) and Greek χρηστός (chrēstós, G5543) both denote moral and functional goodness, with χρηστός emphasizing usefulness/kindness in manner while טוֹב covers a broader semantic range including beauty, favor, and general goodness, making them core translation equivalents in contexts of moral quality and beneficial character.
Semantic domains 4 entries
Pleasant, easy22.40
Matthew 11:30 has Jesus say, “For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.”
Fine, better65.25
Luke 5:39 says, “No one, after drinking old wine, wants new; for he says, The old is fine.”
Kind, gracious88.68
Luke 6:35 has Jesus say to “love your enemies and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return... for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil people”.
Good, useful, suitable88.9
1 Corinthians 15:33 warns, “Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Word family 17 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

χράομαι chráomai · G5530 · to treat, to behave toward, to deal with · 11×χρεία chreía · G5532 · need, lack, what is needed · 49×χρηστότης chrēstótēs · G5544 · that which is useful, what is benevolent, benevolence · 10×χρηστόςchrēstós · G5543χρῄζω chrḗizō · G5535 · to need, to lack, to be without · 5×εὔχρηστος eúchrēstos · G2173 · useful, valuable · 3×ἀχρεῖος achreîos · G888 · useless, not useful, worthless · 2×καταχράομαι katachráomai · G2710 · to use, to employ, with · 2×χρῆσις chrēsis · G5540 · sexual function, sexual use · 2×ἀπόχρησις apóchrēsis · G671 · being used up, being con sumed, consumption · 1×ἀχρειόω achreióō · G889 · to go wrong, to become perverse · 1×ἄχρηστος áchrēstos · G890 · useless, not useful, worthless · 1×συγχράομαι synchráomai · G4798 · to associate, to be in the company of, to be involved with · 1×χρή chrḗ · G5534 · should, ought · 1×χρήσιμος chrḗsimos · G5539 · useful, use · 1×χρηστεύομαι chrēsteúomai · G5541 · to act kindly, to be kind, kindness · 1×χρηστολογία chrēstología · G5542 · attractive speech, fine language · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χρηστη, χρηστόν (χράομαι), from Herodotus down, the Sept. for טוב; 1. properly, fit for…
χρηστη, χρηστόν (χράομαι), from Herodotus down, the Sept. for טוב;
1. properly, fit for use, useful; virtuous, good: ἤθη χρηστά, 1 Cor 15:33 ((Treg. χρηστά (but cf. Buttmann, 11)), see ἦθος, 2).
2. manageable, i. e. mild, pleasant (opposed to harsh, hard, sharp, bitter): of things, χρηστότερός οἶνος, pleasanter, Lk 5:39 (here T Tr text χρηστός; so WH in brackets) (of wine also in Plutarch, mor., p. 240 d. (i. e. Lacaen. apophtheg. (Gorgias 2); p. 1073 a. (i. e. de com. notit. 28)); of food and drink, Plato, de rep. 4, p. 438 a.; σῦκα, the Sept. Jer 24:3, Jer 24:5); ὁ ζυγός (opposed to burdensome), Mt 11:30 (A. V. easy); of persons, kind, benevolent: of God, 1 Pet 2:3 (A. V. gracious) from Ps 33:9; τό χρηστόν τοῦ Θεοῦ equivalent to ἡ χρηστότης (Winer's Grammar, § 34, 2), Rom 2:4; of men, εἰς τινα toward one, Eph 4:32; ἐπί τινα, Lk 6:35 (here of God; in both passages, A. V. kind).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Easy, Light1 occurrenceGood, Bad1 occurrenceGoodness1 occurrenceKindness, Harshness4 occurrences

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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