Strong G5539χρήσιμος
profitable
- Transliteration
- chrēsimos
- Pronunciation
- khray'-see-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G5540; serviceable: - profit.
Detailed definition
χρήσιμος, -η, -ον
(χράομαι), [in LXX: Gen.37:26 בֶּצַע etc.;]
useful: 2Ti.2:14.†
(AS)
(χράομαι), [in LXX: Gen.37:26 בֶּצַע etc.;]
useful: 2Ti.2:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5539 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- profit1
First verses
- 2 Timothy 2:14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χρήσῐμ-ος, η, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b, “R.” 333b)]: (χράμαι):— useful, serviceable, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 406; εἰς ἀνάγκαν, ἔνθ᾽ οὐ ποδὶ χρησίμῳ χρῆται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 878 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ χ. φρενῶν the excellence of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1740 (Lyric poetry); τὸ αὐτίκα χ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56; ἡ διὰ τὸ χ. φιλία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1159b13; τὰ χ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 579)]; χ. εἴς τι useful for something, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.109, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 493 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.”)][same place]; ἐπί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” [same place]; πρός τι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 482 (_comparative_))]; ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ χ. καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινοῦ ὠφέλιμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.34; τοῦτ᾽ οὖν τί ἐστι χρήσιμο; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 202)]; χρήσιμόν ἐστι, with infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Av.” 382 (troch.).)]
2 of persons, serviceable, useful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 410, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.7, etc.)]; comparative -ώτερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 819c)]: especially, like{χρηστός}, a good and useful citizen, χ. πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 910; χ. πολίτης 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 118; χ. τινι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator “fragment” 16.1; ἐπί τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.31)]; τοὺς εὐπόρους δεῖ χ. αὑτοὺς παρέχειν τοῖς πολίταις to show themselves useful, serviceable to the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 42.22, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 887, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator “fragment” 10.1 (_comparative_))]; τοῖς σώμασι -ώτεροι more able-bodied, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.9)]; opposed to ἀργαλέος τὴν ὄψιν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.61.)]
3 used, made use of, τέμενος -ώτατον a muchfrequented sanctuary, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.178.)]
4 χρησίμη διαθήκη an available (i.e. authentic) will, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.30.)]
5 νομίσματα οὐ χρήσιμα ἔξω money that will not pass abroad, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.2.)]
II adverb, -μως ἔχειν to be serviceable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.9)]; χ. τινὶ σωθῆναι with advantage to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.91, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.2.9; τὰ -μως λεγόμενα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.36d.)]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b, “R.” 333b)]: (χράμαι):— useful, serviceable, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 406; εἰς ἀνάγκαν, ἔνθ᾽ οὐ ποδὶ χρησίμῳ χρῆται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 878 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ χ. φρενῶν the excellence of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1740 (Lyric poetry); τὸ αὐτίκα χ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56; ἡ διὰ τὸ χ. φιλία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1159b13; τὰ χ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 579)]; χ. εἴς τι useful for something, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.109, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 493 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.”)][same place]; ἐπί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” [same place]; πρός τι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 482 (_comparative_))]; ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ χ. καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινοῦ ὠφέλιμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.34; τοῦτ᾽ οὖν τί ἐστι χρήσιμο; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 202)]; χρήσιμόν ἐστι, with infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Av.” 382 (troch.).)]
2 of persons, serviceable, useful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 410, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.7, etc.)]; comparative -ώτερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 819c)]: especially, like{χρηστός}, a good and useful citizen, χ. πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 910; χ. πολίτης 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 118; χ. τινι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator “fragment” 16.1; ἐπί τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.31)]; τοὺς εὐπόρους δεῖ χ. αὑτοὺς παρέχειν τοῖς πολίταις to show themselves useful, serviceable to the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 42.22, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 887, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator “fragment” 10.1 (_comparative_))]; τοῖς σώμασι -ώτεροι more able-bodied, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.9)]; opposed to ἀργαλέος τὴν ὄψιν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.61.)]
3 used, made use of, τέμενος -ώτατον a muchfrequented sanctuary, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.178.)]
4 χρησίμη διαθήκη an available (i.e. authentic) will, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.30.)]
5 νομίσματα οὐ χρήσιμα ἔξω money that will not pass abroad, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.2.)]
II adverb, -μως ἔχειν to be serviceable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.9)]; χ. τινὶ σωθῆναι with advantage to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.91, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.2.9; τὰ -μως λεγόμενα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.36d.)]