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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #5541 - χρηστεύομαι
Transliteration
chrēsteúomai
Phonetics
khraste-yoo'-om-ahee
Origin
middle voice from (G5543)
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
9:491,1320
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- to show one's self mild, to be kind, use kindness
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
- Parsing
Verse Results

ASV (0)
The American Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
BSB (1)
1 Corinthians
1
CSB (0)
1 Corinthians
1
ESV (1)
1 Corinthians
1
KJV (1)
1 Corinthians
1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (1)
1 Corinthians
1
N95 (1)
1 Corinthians
1
NAS (1)
1 Corinthians
1
NLT (1)
1 Corinthians
2
WEB (1)
1 Corinthians
1
YLT (1)
1 Corinthians
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
χρηστεύομαι,
to be kind or merciful, 1 Corinthians 13:4.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
χρηστεύομαι; (χρηστός, which see); to show oneself mild, to be kind, use kindness: 1 Corinthians 13:4. (Ecclesiastical writings, as Eusebius, h. e. 5, 1, 46; τίνι, toward one, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 13, 2 [ET]; 14, 3 [ET].)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
*† χρηστεύομαι
(<χρηστός ),
to be kind: 1 Corinthians 13:4 (eccl.).†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
χρηστευεται χρηστεύεται chresteuetai chresteúetai chrēsteuetai chrēsteúetai