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Use, Useful
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akin to echo, "to have," denotes "habit, experience, use," Hebrews 5:14 .
"need," is translated "uses" in Titus 3:14; in Eph.4:29, AV, "(for the) use (of edifying)," RV, "(as the) need (may be)." See NECESSITY , NEED.
"use" (akin to chraomai, "to use"), occurs in Romans 1:26,27 .
Notes: (1) In 2 Timothy 2:21 , the adjective euchrestos, "useful, serviceable" (eu, "well," chraomai, "to use"), is translated "meet for ... use;" in 2 Timothy 4:11 , "useful," RV, (AV, "profitable"); in Philemon 1:11 , "profitable." See PROFITABLE , B, No. 2. (2) In 1 Corinthians 8:7 the best texts have the noun sunetheia, RV, "being used," lit., "by the custom (of the idol)," i.e., by being associated. See CUSTOM. In the Sept., Proverbs 31:13 . Contrast achrestos, "unprofitable," Philemon 1:11 .Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Use, Useful'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/u/use-useful.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Use, Useful'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/u/use-useful.html. 1940.
