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Lexicon :: Strong's G5530 - chraomai

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χράομαι
Transliteration
chraomai (Key)
Pronunciation
khrah'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from χείρ (G5495), to handle)
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Strong’s Definitions

χράομαι chráomai, khrah'-om-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from G5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner:—entreat, use. Compare G5531; G5534.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G5530 in the following manner: use (10x), entreat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G5530 in the following manner: use (10x), entreat (1x).

  1. to receive a loan

  2. borrow

  3. to take for one's use, to use

    1. to make use of a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χράομαι chráomai, khrah'-om-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from G5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner:—entreat, use. Compare G5531; G5534.
STRONGS G5530:
χράομαι. χρωμαι; imperfect 3 person plural ἐχρῶντο; 1 aorist ἐχρησάμην; perfect κέχρημαι (1 Corinthians 9:15 G L T Tr WH); from Homer down; (middle of χράω (thought to be allied by metathesis with χείρ (cf. Curtius, § 189)), 'to grant a loan', 'to lend' (but cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word; they regard the radical sense as 'to furnish what is needful'); hence)
1. properly, to receive a loan; to borrow.
2. to take for one's use; to use: τίνι (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 i.), to make use of a thing, Acts 27:17; 1 Corinthians 9:12, 15; 1 Timothy 1:8; 1 Timothy 5:23; τῷ κόσμῳ, the good things of this world, 1 Corinthians 7:31 R G (see below); μᾶλλον χρῆσαι, namely, the opportunity of becoming free, 1 Corinthians 7:21 (where others, less fitly, supply τῷ κληθῆναι δοῦλον (see references under the word εἰ, III. 6 a.)). contrary to the regular usage of classical Greek with an accusative: τόν κόσμον, 1 Corinthians 7:31 L T Tr WH; see Meyer at the passage; Buttmann, § 133, 18; Winer's Grammar, as above; (also in Wis. 7:14 according to some manuscripts; (Liddell and Scott, give (Pseudo-) Aristotle, oecon. 2, 22, p. 1350{a}, 7)). with the dative of a virtue or vice describing the mode of thinking or acting: τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ (R. V. 'shew fickleness'), 2 Corinthians 1:17; πολλή παρρησία, 2 Corinthians 3:12 (for numerous examples from Greek writings from Herodotus down, see Passow, ii., p. 2497b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. a.)). with adverbs (see Passow, ii., p. 2497{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV.)): ἀποτόμως, to deal sharply, use sharpness, 2 Corinthians 13:10. of the use of persons: τίνι, to bear oneself toward, to deal with, treat, one (often so in Greek writings; see Passow, ii., p. 2496{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, III. 1 and 2)), Acts 27:3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
27:3; 27:17
1 Corinthians
7:21; 7:31; 7:31; 9:12; 9:15; 9:15
2 Corinthians
1:17; 3:12; 13:10
1 Timothy
1:8; 5:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5530 matches the Greek χράομαι (chraomai),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 - Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:31 - and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:12 - If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:15 - But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17 - When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:12 - Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:10 - For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:8 - But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:23 - Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
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