Strong's Concordance chréstos: serviceable, good Original Word: χρηστός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: chréstos Phonetic Spelling: (khrase-tos') Short Definition: useful, gentle, pleasant, kind Definition: useful, gentle, pleasant, kind. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 5543 xrēstós (an adjective, derived from 5530 /xráomai, "to furnish what is suitable, useful") – properly, useful (serviceable, productive); well-fitted (well-resourced); useful (beneficial, benevolent). See 5544 (xrēstotēs). On the spiritual plane, 5543 /xrēstós ("suitable, usefully kind") describes what God defines is kind – and therefore also eternally useful! "We have no adjective in English that conveys this blend of being kind and good at the same time" (M. Vincent). ["Xrestus ("useful, kindly") was a common slave-name in the Graeco-Roman world. It "appears as a spelling variant for the unfamiliar Christus (Xristos). (In Greek the two words were pronounced alike.)" (F. F. Bruce, The Books of Acts, 368).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5543: χρηστόςχρηστός, χρηστη, χρηστόν (χράομαι), from Herodotus down, the Sept. for טוב; 1. properly, fit for use, useful; virtuous, good: ἤθη χρηστά, 1 Corinthians 15:33 ((Treg. χρηστά (but cf. Buttmann, 11)), see ἦθος, 2). 2. manageable, i. e. mild, pleasant (opposed to harsh, hard, sharp, bitter): of things, χρηστότερός οἶνος, pleasanter, Luke 5:39 (here T Tr text χρηστός; so WH in brackets) (of wine also in Plutarch, mor., p. 240 d. (i. e. Lacaen. apophtheg. (Gorgias 2); p. 1073 a. (i. e. de com. notit. 28)); of food and drink, Plato, de rep. 4, p. 438 a.; σῦκα, the Sept. Jeremiah 24:3, 5); ὁ ζυγός (opposed to burdensome), Matthew 11:30 (A. V. easy); of persons, kind, benevolent: of God, 1 Peter 2:3 (A. V. gracious) from Psalm 33:9 From chraomai; employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals) -- better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind. see GREEK chraomai Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 55437 Occurrences χρηστὰ — 1 Occ. χρηστοί — 1 Occ. χρηστὸν — 1 Occ. χρηστὸς — 4 Occ. Matthew 11:30 Adj-NMS GRK: ζυγός μου χρηστὸς καὶ τὸ NAS: For My yoke is easy and My burden KJV: my yoke [is] easy, and my INT: yoke of me easy and the Luke 5:39 Adj-NMS Luke 6:35 Adj-NMS Romans 2:4 Adj-NNS 1 Corinthians 15:33 Adj-ANP Ephesians 4:32 Adj-NMP 1 Peter 2:3 Adj-NMS |