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χρηστότης

chrēstótēs · G5544 · Greek · 10 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. that which is useful, what is benevolent, benevolence

    An event or activity which is useful or benevolent

    Examples

    Romans 3:12 THEY HAVE ALL TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME CORRUPT; THERE IS NO ONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”

  2. to act kindly, to be kind, kindness

    To provide something beneficial for someone as an act of kindness

    Examples

    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?

    Romans 11:22 See then the kindness and severity of God: to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; for otherwise you too will be cut off.

    2 Corinthians 6:6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,

How it’s used In 6 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

4 occurrences in 3 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 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) denotes the broad quality of goodness across physical, moral, and aesthetic dimensions, while Greek χρηστότης (chrēstótēs, G5544) specifically emphasizes moral excellence, kindness, and beneficent character—a more focused ethical subset of the Hebrew term's semantic range.
Semantic domains 2 entries
That which is useful, what is benevolent, benevolence88.10
Romans 11:22 says, “See then the kindness and severity of God: to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness.”
To act kindly, to be kind, kindness88.67
Galatians 5:22 lists the fruit of the Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness”.
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×χρηστότηςchrēstótēs · G5544χρηστός chrēstós · G5543 · fine, better, good · 7×χρῄζω 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 χρηστητος, ἡ (χρηστός); 1. moral goodness, integrity: Rom 3:12 (from Ps 13:3 (A. V.…
χρηστητος, ἡ (χρηστός);
1. moral goodness, integrity: Rom 3:12 (from Ps 13:3 (A. V. 'doeth good').
2. benignity, kindness: Rom 2:4; 2 Cor 6:6; Gal 5:22; Col 3:12; Tit 3:4; ἡ χρηστότης τίνος ἐπί τινα, Rom 11:22 (opposed to ἀποστομια (which see)); Eph 2:7. (The Sept.; Euripides, Isaeus, Diodorus, Josephus, Aelian, Herodian; often in Plutarch) (See Trench, Synonyms, § lxiii.)

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Goodness1 occurrenceKindness, Harshness9 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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