adjective
achreios
Strong’sG888
unprofitable, useless, unworthy
stem achrei-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀ-χρεῖος, -ον
(< χρεῖος, useful), [in LXX: II Ki 6:22 (שָׁפָל), Ep. Je 17*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G888 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(Attic dialect ἄχρειος accusative to Hdn.Gr. 1.136), ον, also α, ον Refs 1st c.AD+: Ionic dialect ἀχρήϊος:— useless, unprofitable, ἀχρήϊος ἀνήρRefs 8th c.BC+; ἐπέων νομόςRefs 5th c.BC+; opposed to εὐγενής, Refs; ἐρινὸς ἀ. ὢν ἐς βρῶσινNT+5th c.BC+: comparative -ότερος, ὄρνιθεςRefs 3rd c.BC+: with infinitive, unfit to do, ἀ. πράττειν τιRefs 5th c.BC+
2 especially unfit for war, ἀ. ὅμιλοςRefs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ στρατοῦ the unserviceable part of an army, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -είως, ἔχειν πρὸς ναυμαχίανRefs 2nd c.AD+
II neuter ἀχρεῖον, as adverb, twice in Refs 8th c.BC+ giving a helpless look, looking foolish, of Thersites after being beaten, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀχρεῖον δ᾽ ἐγέλασσε laughed without cause, made a forced laugh, of Penelope trying to disguise her feelings, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀχρεῖον κλάζειν bark without need or cause, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III adverb ἀχρείως γέλασόν με (compare ἀχρειόγελως) Refs 4th c.AD+: neuter plural as adverb ἀχρεῖ᾽ ἀσπαίροντος helplessly, Refs 3rd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | achreios | achreias | achreiem | achreiois1×ἀχρεῖοί | achreiais | achreieim |
| object accusative | achreion1×ἀχρεῖον | achreian | achreioin | achreiain | ||
| direct address vocative | achreior | achreiar | achreioir | achreiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | achreiou | achreiau | achreieu | achreioiu | achreiaiu | achreieiu |
| to, for dative | achreio | achreia | achreie | achreioi | achreiai | achreiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
achrei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
achreion“worthless”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 25:30kai ton achreion doulon ekbalavar eis tem skotem tem …And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where …
achreiois“unworthy”subjectnominative plural1×
Luke 17:10… teim diatassiranteim vi, legavōr hoti Doulois achreiois anō, hem ofeilane poiara poianē.… of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our …