adjective
euchrēstos
Strong’sG2173
useful, serviceable
stem euchrēst-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 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.
εὔ-χρηστος, -ον
(εὖ, χράομαι), [in LXX: Pr 31:13 (חֵפֶץ), Wi 13:13 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2173 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
also -η, ον Refs 5th c.AD+: (χράομαι):— useful, serviceable, ἔν τινι Refs 5th c.BC+; πρός τι Refs 5th c.BC+; of persons, with dative, Refs 3rd c.BC+; τῷ δήμῳ Refs 2nd c.BC+; σκεῦος εὔ. τῷ δεσπότῃ NT; εὔχρησται ἡμέραι, in astrology, Refs 5th c.AD+. adverb -τως Refs 3rd c.BC+
II easy to execute, διίππευσις Refs
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 | euchrēstos1×εὔχρηστος | euchrēstas | euchrēstem1×εὔχρηστον | euchrēstois | euchrēstais | euchrēsteim |
| object accusative | euchrēston1×εὔχρηστον | euchrēstan | euchrēstoin | euchrēstain | ||
| direct address vocative | euchrēstor | euchrēstar | euchrēstoir | euchrēstair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | euchrēstou | euchrēstau | euchrēsteu | euchrēstoiu | euchrēstaiu | euchrēsteiu |
| to, for dative | euchrēsto | euchrēsta | euchrēste | euchrēstoi | euchrēstai | euchrēstei |
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
euchrēst 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
euchrēstos“useful”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Timothy 4:11… agasōr meta siautou, atō gar mi euchrēstos eis diakonian,… him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.
euchrēston“useful”objectaccusative singular1×
Philemon 1:11… achrēston nuni de si kai mi euchrēston,… you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
euchrēstem“useful”subject or objectdirect singular1×
2 Timothy 2:21… houteiu, eti skevem eis timan, hagiazorēntem, euchrēstem to despoto, eis pantem ergem agathem …… be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for …