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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); 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 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 -

“If the men of my tent have not said,

‘Who can [fn]find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’—

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:8 -

Teth

Good and upright is Yahweh;

Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:8 -

Teth

O taste and see that Yahweh is good;

How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:9 -

I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,

And I will hope on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your holy ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 -

Answer me, O Yahweh, for Your lovingkindness is good;

According to the abundance of Your compassion, turn to me,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 -

For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving,

And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5 -

For Yahweh is good;

His lovingkindness endures forever

And His faithfulness, generation unto generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1 -

[fn]Praise Yah!

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:1 -

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21 -

But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake;

Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5 -

Teth

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;

Yodh

Who sustains his [fn]works with justice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:39 -

Cause my reproach which I dread to pass away,

For Your judgments are good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 -

You are good and do good;

Teach me Your statutes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:1 -

Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:9 -

Teth

Yahweh is good to all,

And His compassions are over all His works.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21 -

For the upright will dwell in the land

And the blameless will remain in it;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very rotten figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - Then Yahweh said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the rotten figs, very rotten, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will recognize as good the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,

“Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts,

For Yahweh is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever”;

and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - “But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, [fn]by burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our fathers, our kings, and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of [fn]food and were well off and saw no evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:32 - and he spoke to him good words, and he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:22 - “The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 -

“You were in Eden, the garden of God;

Every precious stone was your covering:

The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond;

The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper;

The [fn]lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald;

And the gold, the workmanship of your [fn]settings and [fn]sockets,

Was in you.

On the day that you were created

They were prepared.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:32 - “The head of that image was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:7 -

Teth

Yahweh is good,

A strong defense in the day of distress,

Yodh

And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

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