ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ, χρηστος
CHRĒSTOS, chrēstos
Sounds Like: KHRAY-stos
Translations: good, kind, useful, easy, gentle, a good one, a kind one
From the root: ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as good, kind, useful, or gentle. It can refer to a person's character, indicating they are benevolent or gracious. It can also describe things as being useful, beneficial, or easy to bear. For example, a yoke might be described as 'easy' (χρηστός) if it is not burdensome.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G5543 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 60:1
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 6:11
- Psalms — 24:8, 33:9, 85:5, 99:5, 105:1, 106:1, 111:5, 118:68, 144:9
- Wisdom — 15:1
- Nahum — 1:7
- Matthew — 11:30
- Luke — 5:39, 6:35
- 1 Peter — 2:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 4:56, 6:149, 8:195
- Book 6 — 13:294
- Book 7 — 11:270, 15:391
- Book 9 — 8:166
- Book 10 — 7:100
- Book 11 — 5:183, 6:255
- Book 13 — 7:114
- Book 14 — 1:13
- Book 19 — 7:330
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:20
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 8:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 6:11
- 2 Maccabees — 1:24
- Psalms — 24:8, 33:9, 85:5, 99:5, 105:1, 106:1, 111:5, 118:68, 135:1, 144:9
- Psalms of Solomon — 2:40, 5:14, 10:2, 10:8
- Wisdom — 15:1
- Jeremiah — 40:11
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:89
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:89
- Nahum — 1:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΕΧΡΗΣΤΟΙ — good, useful, kind, pleasant, excellent, upright
- ΧΡΗΣΤΑ — good, useful, kind, pleasant, good things, useful things
- ΧΡΗΣΤΑΙΣ — to good, to kind, to useful, to pleasant, to benevolent
- ΧΡΗΣΤΑΣ — good, kind, useful, pleasant, excellent
- ΧΡΗΣΤΕ — good, kind, useful, a good person, a kind person
- ΧΡΗΣΤΕΥΕΣΘΕ — be kind, show kindness, act kindly
- ΧΡΗΣΤΕΥΣΗ — kindness, goodness, a kindness, a goodness
- ΧΡΗΣΤΗ — good, useful, kind, pleasant, a good, a useful, a kind, a pleasant
- ΧΡΗΣΤΗΝ — useful, a useful (thing), good, a good (thing), kind, a kind (person), pleasant, a pleasant (thing)
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟ — good, useful, kind, pleasant, easy, gentle
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΙ — good, kind, useful, gracious
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΙΣ — good, kind, useful, excellent, a good one, a kind one, a useful one, a excellent one
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΝ — useful, good, kind, pleasant, easy, a useful thing, a good thing
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΤΑΤΟΙ — most useful, most kind, most good, most excellent, most gracious
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΤΕΡΑΣ — of kinder, of more useful, of better, of more gracious
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΤΕΡΟΝ — better, kinder, more useful, a better thing, a kinder thing, a more useful thing
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΤΗΤΑ — goodness, kindness, uprightness, a goodness, a kindness, an uprightness
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΥ — (of) good, (of) useful, (of) kind, (of) excellent, (of) pleasant
- ΧΡΗΣΤΟΥΣ — good, useful, kind, pleasant, a good one, a useful one, a kind one, a pleasant one
- ΧΡΗΣΤΩ — (to) good, (to) useful, (to) kind, (to) serviceable, (to) a good one, (to) a useful one
- ΧΡΗΣΤΩΝ — of good, of useful, of kind, of excellent, of pleasant
- ΧΡΗΣΤΩΣ — kindly, well, good, beneficially, usefully
- ΧΡΗΤΟΣ — good, kind, useful, pleasant, easy, gentle
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