Greek verb · G5530
χράομαι
chraomaikhrah'-om-ahee
to use
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chráomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5530is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5530
to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner
The King James renders it: entreat, use.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chraomai is rendered "to use". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 27:3The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
Acts 27:3χρησάμενος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eleven uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- did I use1
- do take advantage1
- do use1
- have used1
- I may treat1
- shall use1
- they were using1
- using1
- was treating1
- we did use1
- we use1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐχρησάμεθα1
- ἐχρησάμην1
- ἐχρῶντο1
- κέχρημαι1
- χρῆσαι1
- χρησάμενος1
- χρήσωμαι1
- χρῆται1
- χρῶ1
- χρώμεθα1
- χρώμενοι1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 1st person plural1V-ADI-1P
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-ADI-1S
- verb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singular1V-ADM-2S
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-ADP-NSM
- verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-ADS-1S
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PNI-1P
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singular1V-PNM-2S
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PNP-NPM
- verb · present middle or passive form, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-PNS-3S
- verb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-RNI-1S
Acts
two uses
The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
- χρησάμενοςchresamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: was treating
After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
- ἐχρῶντοechrontoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were using
1 Corinthians
four uses
Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
- χρῆσαιchresaiverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take advantage
and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
- χρώμενοιchromenoiverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: using
If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
- ἐχρησάμεθαechresamethaverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we did use
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
- κέχρημαιkechremaiverb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have used
2 Corinthians
three uses
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
- ἐχρησάμηνechresamenverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: did I use
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
- χρώμεθαchromethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we use
This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
- χρήσωμαιchresomaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may treat
1 Timothy
two uses
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.
- χρῆταιchretaiverb · present middle or passive form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall use
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
- χρῶchroverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do use
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.