adjective

achreios

Greekἀχρεῖος (achreios)

Strong’sG888

unprofitable, useless, unworthy

stem achrei-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unworthy1×worthless1×

What it means

ἀ-χρεῖος, -ον

(< χρεῖος, useful), [in LXX: II Ki 6:22 (שָׁפָל), Ep. Je 17*;]

useless, unprofitable: Mt 25:30, Lk 17:10 (MM, s.v.).†

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

Saidakh-ri'-os

useless, i.e. (euphemistically) unmeritorious

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5534 (compare G5532);

King Jamesunprofitable.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

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

achreistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

achreiimō — ἀχρειόομαι, I am good for nothing

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

achreion“worthless”objectaccusative singular1×

Matthew 25:30“worthless”kai ton achreion doulon ekballavar eis tem skotem tem exōterem; ekei eti tos klauthmos kai tos brugmos toiu odontoiu.And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

achreiois“unworthy”subjectnominative plural1×

Luke 17:10“unworthy”houtōs kai vis, hotan poiaveia panteim teim diatassirateim vi, legavōr hoti Doulois achreiois anō, hem ofeilane poiara poianē.So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”