ΧΡΗΣΤΕΥΕΤΑΙ, χρηστευεται
CHRĒSTEUETAI, chrēsteuetai
Sounds Like: khray-STEY-eh-tai
Translations: is kind, shows kindness, acts kindly, is benevolent
From the root: ΧΡΗΣΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to be kind, to show oneself useful, or to act benevolently. It describes the characteristic or action of being good, gentle, and helpful towards others. It is often used to describe a person or entity that exhibits kindness in their behavior.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5540 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Corinthians — 13:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 13:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΗΣΤΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΧΡΗΣΤΕΥ — be kind, show kindness, act kindly, be good, be useful
- ΧΡΗΣΤΕΥΣΩΜΕΘΑ — let us be kind, let us show ourselves kind, let us act kindly
- ΧΡΗΣΤΕΥΩ — to be kind, to show oneself useful, to be good, to be gracious
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