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Lexicon :: Strong's G5543 - chrēstos

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χρηστός
Transliteration
chrēstos (Key)
Pronunciation
khrase-tos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:483,1320

Strong’s Definitions

χρηστός chrēstós, khrase-tos'; from G5530; employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals):—better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5543 in the following manner: kind (2x), easy (1x), better (1x), goodness (1x), good (1x), gracious (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G5543 in the following manner: kind (2x), easy (1x), better (1x), goodness (1x), good (1x), gracious (1x).

  1. fit, fit for use, useful

    1. virtuous, good

  2. manageable

    1. mild, pleasant (as opp. to harsh, hard sharp, bitter)

    2. of things: more pleasant, of people, kind, benevolent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χρηστός chrēstós, khrase-tos'; from G5530; employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals):—better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.
STRONGS G5543:
χρηστός, χρηστη, χρηστόν (χράομαι), from Herodotus down, the Sept. for טוב;
1. properly, fit for use, useful; virtuous, good: ἤθη χρηστά, 1 Corinthians 15:33 ((Treg. χρηστά (but cf. Buttmann, 11)), see ἦθος, 2).
2. manageable, i. e. mild, pleasant (opposed to harsh, hard, sharp, bitter): of things, χρηστότερός οἶνος, pleasanter, Luke 5:39 (here T Tr text χρηστός; so WH in brackets) (of wine also in Plutarch, mor., p. 240 d. (i. e. Lacaen. apophtheg. (Gorgias 2); p. 1073 a. (i. e. de com. notit. 28)); of food and drink, Plato, de rep. 4, p. 438 a.; σῦκα, the Sept. Jeremiah 24:3, 5); ὁ ζυγός (opposed to burdensome), Matthew 11:30 (A. V. easy); of persons, kind, benevolent: of God, 1 Peter 2:3 (A. V. gracious) from Psalm 33:9 (Ps. 34:9); τό χρηστόν τοῦ Θεοῦ equivalent to ἡ χρηστότης (Winer's Grammar, § 34, 2), Romans 2:4; of men, εἰς τινα toward one, Ephesians 4:32; ἐπί τινα, Luke 6:35 (here of God; in both passages, A. V. kind).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
33:9; 34:9
Jeremiah
24:3; 24:5
Matthew
11:30
Luke
5:39; 6:35
Romans
2:4
1 Corinthians
15:33
Ephesians
4:32
1 Peter
2:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5543 matches the Greek χρηστός (chrēstos),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:8 - (LXX 24:8) Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he [fn]instruct sinners in the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:8 - (LXX 33:9) Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:9 - (LXX 51:11) I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 - (LXX 68:17) Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 - (LXX 85:5) For thou, O Lord, art kind, and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5 - (LXX 99:5) For the Lord is good, his mercy is for ever; and his truth endures to generation and generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1 - (LXX 105:1) Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:1 - (LXX 106:1) Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21 - (LXX 108:21) But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal mercifully with me, for thy name's sake: for thy mercy is good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5 - (LXX 111:5) The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:39 - (LXX 118:39) Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 - (LXX 118:68) Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:1 - (LXX 135:1) Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord: for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:9 - (LXX 144:9) The Lord is good to those that wait on him; and his compassions are over all his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21 - For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - The one basket was full of very good figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was full of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for their badness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - And the Lord said to me, What seest thou, Jeremias? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, for their badness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; As these good figs, so will I acknowledge the Jews that have been carried away captive, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - (LXX 40:11) the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of men saying, Give thanks to the Lord Almighty: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endures for ever: and they shall bring gifts into the house of the Lord; for I will turn all the captivity of that land as before, said the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - (LXX 51:17) For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and so we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:32 - and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the kings that were with him in Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:22 - The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were thy merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to thy market.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:32 - It was an image, the head of which was of fine gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of brass,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:7 - The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him.
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