ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΙΣ, ἀχρηστοις
ACHRĒSTOIS, achrēstois
Sounds Like: akh-RAY-stoys
Translations: useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, good for nothing, to the useless, for the useless
From the root: ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as useless, unprofitable, or unserviceable. It implies a lack of benefit or effectiveness. It is often used to describe things that are no longer fit for their intended purpose or people who are unproductive or worthless. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (not) and 'χρηστός' (useful, good).
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G0888 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 10:78
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΑ — useless, unprofitable, worthless, useless things, unprofitable things, worthless things
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΙ — useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, worthless, good for nothing, useless ones
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΝ — useless, unprofitable, worthless, a useless thing, an unprofitable thing
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ — useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, good for nothing
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΥΣ — unprofitable, useless, worthless, unserviceable
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΩ — useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, (to) useless, (to) unprofitable, (to) unserviceable
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΩΝ — of useless, of unprofitable, of worthless, of good-for-nothing
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