adjective
chrēsimem
Greekχρήσιμον (chrēsimon)
Strong’sG5539
useful, profitable
stem chrēsim-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
χρήσιμος, -η, -ον
(< χράομαι), [in LXX: Ge 37:26 בֶּצַע etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5539 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhray'-see-mos
serviceable
Fromfrom G5540;
King Jamesprofit.
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 | chrēsimos | chrēsimas | chrēsimem1×χρήσιμον | chrēsimois | chrēsimais | chrēsimeim |
| object accusative | chrēsimon | chrēsiman | chrēsimoin | chrēsimain | ||
| direct address vocative | chrēsimor | chrēsimar | chrēsimoir | chrēsimair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | chrēsimou | chrēsimau | chrēsimeu | chrēsimoiu | chrēsimaiu | chrēsimeiu |
| to, for dative | chrēsimo | chrēsima | chrēsime | chrēsimoi | chrēsimai | chrēsimei |
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
chrēsim 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
chrēsimem“good”subject or objectdirect singular1×
2 Timothy 2:14“good”Houteim hupomimnēskasōr, diamarturerōtos enōpion tou kuriou, mē logomacharō, epi oudenem chrēsimem, epi katastrofa toiu akouarōtoiu.Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.