Strong G5543χρηστός
good/kind
- Transliteration
- chrēstos
- Pronunciation
- khrase-tos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G5530; employed that is (by implication) useful (in manner or morals): - better easy good (-ness) gracious kind.
Detailed definition
χρηστός, -ή, -όν
(χράομαι), [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב (frequently of God: Psa.25:8, al.), also for יָקָר (Eze.27:22 28:13), יָשָׁר (Pro.2:21 א A);]
serviceable, good;
__(a) of things, good, pleasant: of food (as often in cl.), οἶνος, Luk.5:39; ζυγός, Mat.11:30 (EV, easy); in ethical sense, ἤθη, 1Co.15:33;
__(b) of persons, good, kind, gracious: Eph.4:32; of God, Luk.6:35, 1Pe.2:3; τ. χρηστὸν (= ἡ χρηστότης) τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom.2:4.
† (AS)
(χράομαι), [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב (frequently of God: Psa.25:8, al.), also for יָקָר (Eze.27:22 28:13), יָשָׁר (Pro.2:21 א A);]
serviceable, good;
__(a) of things, good, pleasant: of food (as often in cl.), οἶνος, Luk.5:39; ζυγός, Mat.11:30 (EV, easy); in ethical sense, ἤθη, 1Co.15:33;
__(b) of persons, good, kind, gracious: Eph.4:32; of God, Luk.6:35, 1Pe.2:3; τ. χρηστὸν (= ἡ χρηστότης) τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom.2:4.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5543 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- good2
- kind2
- easy1
- goodness1
- gracious1
First verses
- Matthew 11:30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Luke 5:39No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
- Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
- Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
- 1 Peter 2:3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
χρηστός, ή, όν,
(χράομαι) of things, like{χρήσιμος}, useful, good of its kind, serviceable, [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78; [ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι [prev. author] 7.215; χ. ἐπίπλοα [prev. author] 1.94)]; [γῆ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 594)]; οἰκία, opposed to μοχθηρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 504a)]; ἡ χ. μέλιττα, opposed to οἱ κηφῆνες, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624b23)]: frequently of wholesome food, μελίτωμα [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 39)]; ποτόν, σῖτος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 438a; περὶ τὸ σῶμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d)]: with genitive, for a thing, νεύρων for the sinews, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 14.21; ῥάφανος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 15.8; ὄψον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 242, etc.)] (but pleasant to taste, nice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.10): generally, πολιτεία 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.135; βίος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.179)]; of victims and omens, auspicious, ἱρά, σφάγια, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.44, 9.61, 62)]; τελευτὴ χ. a happy end or issue, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.157; εἰ.. τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν [prev. author] 5.92.ά)]: plural, τὰ χ., as substantive, benefits, kindnesses, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.41, 42; χρηστὰ φέρειν [prev. author] 4.139)]; χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 793, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.9)]; χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 725, 787, etc.: but τὰ χ.)] also, happy event, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 228 (troch.))]; prosperity, success, τὰ χ. δ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστ᾽ ἔχει φίλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1227.)]
2 in moral sense, opposed to κακός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus in “PSI” 11.1213.2)]; opposed to πονηρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d)]; τὸ χ., opposed to τὸ αἰσχρόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 476)]; χρηστός, opposed to λυπρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 601: but λῦπαι χρησταί)] if working for good, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 499e.)]
3 good for its purpose, effective (even for evil), τραῦμα, δῆγμα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 44, “Alex.” 55.)]
4 Grammars, in use, current, ποιηταῖς χρηστά [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 215.8.)]
II of persons, good, especially in war, valiant, true, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.109, 6.13, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 437, etc.)]: generally, good, honest, worthy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 610; οἰκέται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.5)]; of women, ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 117.11, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 634)]; of good citizens, useful, deserving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.7: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64; χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.31; χ. καὶ φιλόπολις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 900; collectively, ὀλίγον τὸ χ. [prev. author] “Ra.” 783)]; but also ironically, ὁ χ. οὑτοσί [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 8; οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.30, compare 89; ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 16.)]
II.b frequently on Epitaphs, [Refs (“IG” 3.3149,3155, +others)]
II.c with infinitive, ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 14.32.)]
II.2 οἱ χρηστοί, like{οἱ ἀγαθοί}, those of good family, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.4, 6.)]
II.3 of the gods, propitious, merciful, bestowing health or wealth, θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.111, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 9.11.)]
II.4 of men, good, kindly, δούλῳ.. χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 265; ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 556, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 227; ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 203b, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 10; χ. περί τινα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.2; ἐπί τινας NT.Luke.6.35; εἰς ἀλλήλους NT.Eph.4.32.)]
II.4.b sometimes simple, silly, like{εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ}.., you're a nice fellow, to think that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264b, compare “Tht.” 161a; ὦ χρηστέ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.318.)]
II.5 of a man, strong, able in body for sexual intercourse, ={γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Genit.” 2.)]
II.6 of the dead, whence χρηστὸν ποιεῖν ={ἀποκτιννύναι}, in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 592.)]
III adverb -τῶς well, properly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.117, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 32; χ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 219; σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 149.6.: ironically, χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36.)]
(χράομαι) of things, like{χρήσιμος}, useful, good of its kind, serviceable, [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78; [ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι [prev. author] 7.215; χ. ἐπίπλοα [prev. author] 1.94)]; [γῆ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 594)]; οἰκία, opposed to μοχθηρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 504a)]; ἡ χ. μέλιττα, opposed to οἱ κηφῆνες, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624b23)]: frequently of wholesome food, μελίτωμα [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 39)]; ποτόν, σῖτος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 438a; περὶ τὸ σῶμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d)]: with genitive, for a thing, νεύρων for the sinews, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 14.21; ῥάφανος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 15.8; ὄψον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 242, etc.)] (but pleasant to taste, nice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.10): generally, πολιτεία 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.135; βίος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.179)]; of victims and omens, auspicious, ἱρά, σφάγια, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.44, 9.61, 62)]; τελευτὴ χ. a happy end or issue, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.157; εἰ.. τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν [prev. author] 5.92.ά)]: plural, τὰ χ., as substantive, benefits, kindnesses, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.41, 42; χρηστὰ φέρειν [prev. author] 4.139)]; χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 793, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.9)]; χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 725, 787, etc.: but τὰ χ.)] also, happy event, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 228 (troch.))]; prosperity, success, τὰ χ. δ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστ᾽ ἔχει φίλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1227.)]
2 in moral sense, opposed to κακός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus in “PSI” 11.1213.2)]; opposed to πονηρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d)]; τὸ χ., opposed to τὸ αἰσχρόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 476)]; χρηστός, opposed to λυπρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 601: but λῦπαι χρησταί)] if working for good, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 499e.)]
3 good for its purpose, effective (even for evil), τραῦμα, δῆγμα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 44, “Alex.” 55.)]
4 Grammars, in use, current, ποιηταῖς χρηστά [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 215.8.)]
II of persons, good, especially in war, valiant, true, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.109, 6.13, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 437, etc.)]: generally, good, honest, worthy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 610; οἰκέται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.5)]; of women, ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 117.11, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 634)]; of good citizens, useful, deserving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.7: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64; χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.31; χ. καὶ φιλόπολις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 900; collectively, ὀλίγον τὸ χ. [prev. author] “Ra.” 783)]; but also ironically, ὁ χ. οὑτοσί [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 8; οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.30, compare 89; ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 16.)]
II.b frequently on Epitaphs, [Refs (“IG” 3.3149,3155, +others)]
II.c with infinitive, ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 14.32.)]
II.2 οἱ χρηστοί, like{οἱ ἀγαθοί}, those of good family, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.4, 6.)]
II.3 of the gods, propitious, merciful, bestowing health or wealth, θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.111, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 9.11.)]
II.4 of men, good, kindly, δούλῳ.. χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 265; ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 556, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 227; ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 203b, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 10; χ. περί τινα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.2; ἐπί τινας NT.Luke.6.35; εἰς ἀλλήλους NT.Eph.4.32.)]
II.4.b sometimes simple, silly, like{εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ}.., you're a nice fellow, to think that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264b, compare “Tht.” 161a; ὦ χρηστέ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.318.)]
II.5 of a man, strong, able in body for sexual intercourse, ={γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Genit.” 2.)]
II.6 of the dead, whence χρηστὸν ποιεῖν ={ἀποκτιννύναι}, in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 592.)]
III adverb -τῶς well, properly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.117, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 32; χ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 219; σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 149.6.: ironically, χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36.)]