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Lexicon :: Strong's G5544 - chrēstotēs

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χρηστότης
Transliteration
chrēstotēs (Key)
Pronunciation
khray-stot'-ace
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:489,1320

Trench's Synonyms: lxiii. ἀγαθωσύνη, χρηστότης.

Strong’s Definitions

χρηστότης chrēstótēs, khray-stot'-ace; from G5543; usefulness, i.e. morally, excellence (in character or demeanor):—gentleness, good(-ness), kindness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G5544 in the following manner: goodness (4x), kindness (4x), good (1x), gentleness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G5544 in the following manner: goodness (4x), kindness (4x), good (1x), gentleness (1x).

  1. moral goodness, integrity

  2. benignity, kindness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χρηστότης chrēstótēs, khray-stot'-ace; from G5543; usefulness, i.e. morally, excellence (in character or demeanor):—gentleness, good(-ness), kindness.
STRONGS G5544:
χρηστότης, χρηστητος, ἡ (χρηστός);
1. moral goodness, integrity: Romans 3:12 (from Psalm 13:3 (Ps. 14:3) (A. V. 'doeth good').
2. benignity, kindness: Romans 2:4; 2 Corinthians 6:6; Galatians 5:22; Colossians 3:12; Titus 3:4; ἡ χρηστότης τίνος ἐπί τινα, Romans 11:22 (opposed to ἀποστομια (which see)); Ephesians 2:7. (The Sept.; Euripides, Isaeus, Diodorus, Josephus, Aelian, Herodian; often in Plutarch) (See Trench, Synonyms, § lxiii.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
13:3; 14:3
Romans
2:4; 3:12; 11:22
2 Corinthians
6:6
Galatians
5:22
Ephesians
2:7
Colossians
3:12
Titus
3:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5544 matches the Greek χρηστότης (chrēstotēs),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - (LXX 13:1) For the end, a Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - (LXX 13:3) They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:3 - (LXX 20:4) For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou hast set upon his head a crown of precious stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:7 - (LXX 24:7) Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my sins of ignorance: remember me according to thy mercy, for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - (LXX 30:20) How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought it out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 - (LXX 36:3) Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:11 - (LXX 64:12) Thou wilt bless the crown of the year because of thy goodness; and thy plains shall be filled with fatness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 - (LXX 67:11) Thy [fn]creatures dwell in it: thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:12 - (LXX 84:13) For the Lord will give goodness; and our land shall yield her fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28 - (LXX 103:28) When thou hast given it them, they will gather it; and when thou hast opened thine hand, they shall all be filled with good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - (LXX 105:5) that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we may glory with thine inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:65

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:65 - (LXX 118:65) Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 - (LXX 118:66) Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

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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 145:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:7 - (LXX 144:7) They shall utter the memory of the abundance of thy goodness, and shall exult in thy righteousness.
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