STRONGS G5543:
χρηστός,
χρηστη,
χρηστόν (
χράομαι), from
Herodotus down, the
Sept. for
טוב;
1. properly,
fit for use, useful; virtuous, good:
ἤθη χρηστά,
1 Corinthians 15:33 ((
Treg. χρηστά (but cf.
Buttmann, 11)), see
ἦθος, 2).
2. manageable, i. e. mild, pleasant (opposed to harsh, hard, sharp, bitter): of things,
χρηστότερός οἶνος, pleasanter,
Luke 5:39 (here
T Tr text
χρηστός; so
WH in brackets) (of wine also in
Plutarch, mor., p. 240 d. (i. e. Lacaen. apophtheg. (
Gorgias 2); p. 1073 a. (i. e. de com. notit. 28)); of food and drink,
Plato, de rep. 4, p. 438 a.;
σῦκα, the
Sept. Jeremiah 24:3,
5);
ὁ ζυγός (opposed to
burdensome),
Matthew 11:30 (
A. V. easy); of persons,
kind, benevolent: of God,
1 Peter 2:3 (
A. V. gracious) from
Psalm 33:9 (
Ps. 34:9);
τό χρηστόν τοῦ Θεοῦ equivalent to
ἡ χρηστότης (
Winer's Grammar, § 34, 2),
Romans 2:4; of men,
εἰς τινα toward one,
Ephesians 4:32;
ἐπί τινα,
Luke 6:35 (here of God; in both passages,
A. V. kind).
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