Lexical Summary katachraomai: to make full use of Original Word: καταχράομαιTransliteration: katachraomai Phonetic Spelling: (kat-akh-rah'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to make full use of Meaning: to make full use of Strong's Concordance overuse, misuse, abuse. From kata and chraomai; to overuse, i.e. Misuse -- abuse. see GREEK kata see GREEK chraomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2710: καταχράομαικαταχράομαι, καταχρωμαι; 1 aorist middle infinitive καταχρήσασθαι; in classical Greek 1. to use much or excessively or ill. 2. to use up, consume by use (German verbrauchen). 3. to use fully, the κατά intensifying the force of the simple verb (German gebrauchen) (Plato, Demosthenes, Diodorus, Josephus, others): 1 Corinthians 7:31 (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 18; Winer's Grammar, 209f (197)); τίνι, 1 Corinthians 9:18. |