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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

χρηστός

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	χρηστός
Citation form	χρηστός, ή, όν
Part of speech	adjective
Gloss	useful, gentle, pleasant, kind
Strong’s	G5543
Transliteration	chrēstós
Definition	employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals)
KJV glosses	:--better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
χρηστὰ	adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — 1 Corinthians 15:33
χρηστοί	adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Ephesians 4:32
χρηστὸν	adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Romans 2:4
χρηστὸς	adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Matthew 11:30 adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 1 Peter 2:3
χρηστός	adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 5:39 adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 6:35

Morphology

adjective; MorphGNT ----APN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NPM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NSM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NSN-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: χρηστος.