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Name of God’s Son

ΧΡΗΣΙΜΩΤΕΡΑ, χρησιμωτερα

CHRĒSIMŌTERA, chrēsimōtera

Sounds Like: khree-see-MOH-teh-rah

Translations: more useful, more profitable, more serviceable, more advantageous

From the root: ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'χρήσιμος' (chrēsimos), meaning 'useful'. It describes something that is more beneficial, advantageous, or practical than something else. It can be used to compare two or more things, indicating which one holds greater utility or value in a given context.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter; or Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter; or Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5540 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΣ.

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.

  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΑ — useful, profitable, serviceable, advantageous, good, useful things
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΗΝ — useful, profitable, serviceable, advantageous
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΗΣ — (of) useful, (of) profitable, (of) serviceable
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΙ — useful, profitable, serviceable, beneficial, good, helpful, useful ones, profitable ones
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΙΣ — (to) useful, (to) profitable, (to) serviceable, (to) advantageous, (to) beneficial
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΝ — useful, profitable, advantageous, serviceable, a useful thing, what is useful
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΣ — useful, profitable, serviceable, a useful thing
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΥ — of useful, of profitable, of serviceable, of advantageous, of good
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΥΣ — useful, profitable, serviceable, advantageous
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΩ — (to) useful, (to) profitable, (to) serviceable, (to) good
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΩΝ — useful, profitable, advantageous, good, a useful thing, of useful things
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΩΣ — usefully, profitably, advantageously, expediently
  • ΧΡΗΣΙΜΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more useful, more profitable, more serviceable, a more useful thing

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