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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