2001 Translation

CHRĒSTOTERON, chrēstoteron

Sounds Like: khray-stoh-TEH-ron

Translations: better, kinder, more useful, a better thing, a kinder thing, a more useful thing

From the root: ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the neuter singular form of the comparative adjective 'ΧΡΗΣΤΟΤΕΡΟΣ', meaning 'better', 'kinder', or 'more useful'. It describes something that is superior in quality, kindness, or utility compared to something else. It can be used predicatively or attributively to describe a neuter noun or concept.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Comparative

Strong’s number: G5543 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 8 — 8:213

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
• ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ — good, kind, useful, easy, gentle, a good one, a kind one
• ΧΡΗΣΤΟΤΑΤΟΙ — most useful, most kind, most good, most excellent, most gracious
• ΧΡΗΣΤΟΤΕΡΑΣ — of kinder, of more useful, of better, of more gracious
• 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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