adjective

achrēstos

Greekἄχρηστος (achrēstos)

Strong’sG890

unprofitable, useless

stem achrēst-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

useless1×

What it means

ἄ-χρηστος, -ον,

[in LXX: Ho 8:8 (חֵפֶץ אַיִן), Wi 2:11, Si 16:1, al.;]

useless, unserviceable: opp. to εὔχρηστος, Phm 11.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G890 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidakh'-race-tos

inefficient, i.e. (by implication) detrimental

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G5543;

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	achrēstos	achrēstas	achrēstem	achrēstois	achrēstais	achrēsteim
object accusative	achrēston1×ἄχρηστον	achrēstan		achrēstoin	achrēstain
direct address vocative	achrēstor	achrēstar		achrēstoir	achrēstair
of, belonging to genitive	achrēstou	achrēstau	achrēsteu	achrēstoiu	achrēstaiu	achrēsteiu
to, for dative	achrēsto	achrēsta	achrēste	achrēstoi	achrēstai	achrēstei

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

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

achrēst 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

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

achrēston“useless”objectaccusative singular1×

Philemon 1:11“useless”ton pote si achrēston nuni de si kai mi euchrēston,Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.