ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΙ, ἀχρηστοι
ACHRĒSTOI, achrēstoi
Sounds Like: akh-RAY-stoy
Translations: useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, worthless, good for nothing, useless ones
From the root: ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is useless, unprofitable, or unserviceable. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'ἀ-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'χρηστός' (chrestos, meaning 'useful' or 'profitable'). It can be used to describe things that are no longer functional or people who are unproductive or of no benefit.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G0890 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 5:70
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 46:1
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 26:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΑ — useless, unprofitable, worthless, useless things, unprofitable things, worthless things
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΙΣ — useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, good for nothing, to the useless, for the useless
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΝ — useless, unprofitable, worthless, a useless thing, an unprofitable thing
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ — useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, good for nothing
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΟΥΣ — unprofitable, useless, worthless, unserviceable
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΩ — useless, unprofitable, unserviceable, (to) useless, (to) unprofitable, (to) unserviceable
- ἈΧΡΗΣΤΩΝ — of useless, of unprofitable, of worthless, of good-for-nothing
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