Lexicon achréstos: useless Original Word: ἄχρηστος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: achréstos Phonetic Spelling: (akh'-race-tos) Short Definition: unprofitable, useless Definition: unprofitable, useless, detrimental. HELPS word-Studies 890 áxrēstos (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "not" and 5532 /xreía, "usefulness") – properly, "not useful," i.e. failing to execute duty and therefore unprofitable (useless); unuseful, lacking utility (used only in Phm 11). Phm 11: "Formerly he was useless (890 /áxrēstos) to you, but now he is indeed useful (2173 /eúxrēstos) to you and to me." [Both terms come from the same root (5532 /xreía, "profitable").] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and chréstosDefinitionuseless NASB Translationuseless (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 890: ἄχρηστοςἄχρηστος, ἄχρηστον ( χρηστός, and this from χράομαι), useless, unprofitable: Philemon 1:11 (here opposed to εὔχρηστος). (In Greek writings from Homer (i. e. Batrach. 70; Theognis) down.) (Synonyms: cf. Tittmann ii. 11f; Trench, § c. 17; Ellicott on Philemon 1:11.)
Strong's unprofitable, useless From a (as a negative particle) and chrestos; inefficient, i.e. (by implication) detrimental -- unprofitable. see GREEK a see GREEK chrestos |
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