Bible Lexicons

";useful"; : in NT only 2Ti. 2:14. Cf. P Cairo Zen III. 59301.5 (B.C. 250) ἔστιν γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἡμῖν χρήσιμος, P AlEx 4.5 (iii/B.C.) ( = Witkowski.2, p. 51) πρὸς τὸ μὴ γίνεσθαι τῶι βασιλεῖ τὸ χρήσιμον, ἀποδείξομέν σε, P Par 45.2 (B.C. 152) ( = UPZ i. p. 329) ἀπόντος μου πεφρόντικα ὑπὲρ σοῦ χρήσιμα τῶν σῶν πραγμάτων, P Oxy IV. 705.75 (A.D. 200–2) καὶ τοῦ φιλανθρώπου καὶ τοῦ χρησίμου στοχαζ [όμε ]νος, ";having before me a both humane and useful object,"; P Ryl II. 114.34 (c. A.D. 280) πρὸς τὸ τοῖς φόροις χρήσιμον, ";with a view to what is expedient for the revenues"; (Edd.).

From the inscrr. we may cite a Coan decree of iii/B.C. conferring a gold crown on a physician for services during an epidemic, that all may recognize that the citizens honour those who practise the healing art— ὅπως εἰδῶντι [πάντες ὅτι ὁ δᾶμ ]ος [το ]ὺς χρησίμους ὄντας κα [ὶ εὔνους τῶν π ]ο [λιτᾶν καταξίω ]ς τ [ιμᾶι. . . (Cos 5.26 = Syll 490 ( = .3 943).26). For the word as a proper name see e.g. Preisigke 729.1 (i/A.D.?) Χρήσιμος ἀγαθὸς ἄωρος, ib. 928.