ΧΡΗΣΗ, χρηση
CHRĒSĒ, chrēsē
Sounds Like: KHRAY-say
Translations: use, make use of, treat, deal with, consult, need, have need of, be in need of
From the root: ΧΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to use' or 'to make use of'. It can also mean 'to treat' or 'to deal with' someone or something. In some contexts, it can convey the sense of 'to need' or 'to have need of'. It often takes a dative object, indicating what is being used or needed, or how someone is being treated.
Inflection: Second Aorist, Middle Voice, Subjunctive, Second Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5530 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 1 — 1:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΑΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΧΡΗΣΕΝ — it was sufficient, it was enough, it sufficed
- ἘΧΡΗΝὈΝΤΑΣ — it was necessary, it was fitting, it was proper
- ἘΧΡΗΣΑΝ — they used, they employed, they dealt with
- ΕΧΡΑΝ — they used, they consulted, they proclaimed, they uttered
- ΕΧΡΕΙΣΑ — he used, she used, it used, he needed, she needed, it needed, he had need, she had need, it had need
- ΧΡΑΩ — to use, to make use of, to treat, to deal with, to employ, to furnish, to supply, to give, to lend
- ΧΡΕΙΣΑΣ — to anoint, to consecrate, to smear, to rub
- ΧΡΗΣΟΝ — lend, give, furnish
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