Strong G890ἄχρηστος
useless
- Transliteration
- achrēstos
- Pronunciation
- akh'-race-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ά-χρηατος, -ον
[in LXX: Hos.8:8 (חֵפֶץ אַיִן), Wis.2:11, Sir.16:1, al.;]
useless; unserviceable: opposite to εὔχρηστος, Phm 11.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Hos.8:8 (חֵפֶץ אַיִן), Wis.2:11, Sir.16:1, al.;]
useless; unserviceable: opposite to εὔχρηστος, Phm 11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G890 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- unprofitable1
First verses
- Philemon 1:11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄχρησ-τος, ον,
useless, unprofitable, μετάνοια[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 70; νέες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.166; ἄ. ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς γίνεται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.19; οὐκ ἄ. ἥδ᾽ ἡ ἄνοια 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16)]; χρεομένῳ ἄχρηστα useless if you try to use them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14; πεσεῖν ἄ. θέσφατον)]without effect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 121; ἄ. ἐς πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.142, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 53; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560b14: with _genitive_ _of things_, ἄ. τῶν ἔργων [prev. author] “Oec.” 1345a35)]; ἄ. τινι useless to a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.4 (_superlative_))]; τῇ πόλει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 4; τὸ διηπορηκέναι οὐκ ἄ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 8b24.)]
2 ={ἀχρεῖος} (which it almost superseded in the Oratt. and later Greek), useless, do-nothing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.135 (_comparative_), etc.)]; ἄ. πολῖται[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.37)]; σοφισταί probable reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.3)]; non-effective, unwarlike, Eun.Hist.p.239D.; so (with a pun—not having received an oracle) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.98c)]. adverb -τως, ἔχειν πρός τι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.43.)]
II unkind, cruel, θεοί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.111; λόγος [prev. author] 9.111.)]
III active, making no use of, with dative, ξυνέσει τ᾽ ἄχρηστον τῇ φύσει τε λείπεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 672.)]
IV not used, i.e. new, ἱμάτια[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 9, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.97e.)]
IV.2 obsolete, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 118.25, Scholia recentia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 132.)]
IV.3 not to be used, unseemly, [Refs (EM 463.26.)]
useless, unprofitable, μετάνοια[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 70; νέες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.166; ἄ. ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς γίνεται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.19; οὐκ ἄ. ἥδ᾽ ἡ ἄνοια 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16)]; χρεομένῳ ἄχρηστα useless if you try to use them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14; πεσεῖν ἄ. θέσφατον)]without effect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 121; ἄ. ἐς πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.142, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 53; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560b14: with _genitive_ _of things_, ἄ. τῶν ἔργων [prev. author] “Oec.” 1345a35)]; ἄ. τινι useless to a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.4 (_superlative_))]; τῇ πόλει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 4; τὸ διηπορηκέναι οὐκ ἄ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 8b24.)]
2 ={ἀχρεῖος} (which it almost superseded in the Oratt. and later Greek), useless, do-nothing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.135 (_comparative_), etc.)]; ἄ. πολῖται[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.37)]; σοφισταί probable reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.3)]; non-effective, unwarlike, Eun.Hist.p.239D.; so (with a pun—not having received an oracle) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.98c)]. adverb -τως, ἔχειν πρός τι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.43.)]
II unkind, cruel, θεοί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.111; λόγος [prev. author] 9.111.)]
III active, making no use of, with dative, ξυνέσει τ᾽ ἄχρηστον τῇ φύσει τε λείπεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 672.)]
IV not used, i.e. new, ἱμάτια[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 9, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.97e.)]
IV.2 obsolete, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 118.25, Scholia recentia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 132.)]
IV.3 not to be used, unseemly, [Refs (EM 463.26.)]