Greek adjective · G5543
χρηστός
chrestoskhrase-tos'
good/kind
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chrēstós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5543is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5543
employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals)
The King James renders it: better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.
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
chrestos is rendered "good/kind". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Matthew 11:30χρηστὸς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- good3
- kind2
- easy1
- kindness1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| χρηστότης | chrestotes | kindness | Uses10 |
| χρῆσις | chresis | use | Uses2 |
| χρήσιμος | chresimos | profitable | Uses1 |
| χρηστεύομαι | chresteuomai | be kind | Uses1 |
| χρηστολογία | chrestologia | smooth talk | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- χρηστός2
- χρηστὸς2
- χρηστὰ1
- χρηστοί1
- χρηστὸν1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4A-NSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural1A-APN
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1A-NPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1A-NSN
Matthew
one use
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
- χρηστὸςchrestosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: easy
Luke
two uses
And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
- χρηστόςchrestosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: good
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- χρηστόςchrestosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: kind
Romans
one use
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- χρηστὸνchrestonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: kindness
1 Corinthians
one use
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- χρηστὰchrestaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: good
Ephesians
one use
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- χρηστοίchrestoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: kind
1 Peter
one use
now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
- χρηστὸςchrestosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: good
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.