Strong's G5530 · Greek

χράομαι

chraomai · khrah'-om-ahee

middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from 5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χράομαι (G5530)

11 χράομαι , χρῶμαι ( χρή ), [in LXX for עשׂה , etc. ;] to use, make use of : c. dat. (cf. M, Pr. , 64, 158), Ac 27:17 , I Co 9:12 , 15 , I Ti 1:8 5:23 ; μᾶλλον χρῆσαι (i.e. the opportunity; v. M, Pr. , 247), I Co 7:21 ; as some­times in late writers (cf. M, Pr. , 64; Lft., Notes , 233), c. acc., I Co 7:31 ; of feelings, etc., to exercise, shew : II Co 1:17 3:12 ; c. adv., ἀποτόμως , to deal sharply, II Co 13:10 ; c. dat. pers. (cl.), to treat, deal with , Ac 27:3 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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