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Strong's G5543 · Greek

χρηστός

chrestos · khrase-tos'

from 5530; employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χρηστός (G5543)

7 χρηστός , -ή, -όν ( χράομαι ), [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב (freq. of God: Ps 24 (25):8 , al.), also for יָקָר ( Ez 27:22 28:13 ), יָשָׁר ( Pr 2:21 א A) ;] serviceable, good ; of things, good, pleasant : of food (as often in cl.), οἶνος , Lk 5:39 ; ζυγός , Mt 11:30 (EV, easy ); in ethical sense, ἤθη , I Co 15:33 ; of persons, good, kind, gracious : Eph 4:32 ; of God, Lk 6:35 , I Pe 2:3 ; τ. χρηστὸν (= ἡ χρηστότης ) τοῦ θεοῦ , Ro 2:4 .†

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

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