Strong's Lexicon
G5530 — χράομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5530 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χράομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from G5495, to handle) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | chraomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khrah'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to furnish what is needed 2. (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.) 3. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner |
| KJV Renderings: | entreat, use. |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χράομαι. χρωμαι; imperfect 3 person plural ἐχρῶντο; 1 aorist ἐχρησάμην; perfect κέχρημαι (1Co 9:15 G L T Tr WH); from Homer down; (middle of χράω (thought to be allied by metathesis with χείρ (cf. Curtius, § 189)), ’to grant a loan’, ’to lend’ (but cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word; they regard the radical sense as ’to furnish what is needful’); hence)
1. properly, to receive a loan; to borrow.
2. to take for one’s use; to use: τίνι (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 i.), to make use of a thing, Act 27:17; 1Co 9:12; 1Co 9:15; 1Ti 1:8; 1Ti 5:23; τῷ κόσμῳ, the good things of this world, 1Co 7:31 R G (see below); μᾶλλον χρῆσαι, namely, the opportunity of becoming free, 1Co 7:21 (where others, less fitly, supply τῷ κληθῆναι δοῦλον (see references under the word εἰ, III. 6 a.)). contrary to the regular usage of classical Greek with an accusative: τόν κόσμον, 1Co 7:31 L T Tr WH; see Meyer at the passage; Buttmann, § 133, 18; Winer’s Grammar, as above; (also in Wis 7:14 according to some manuscripts; (Liddell and Scott, give (Pseudo-) Aristotle, oecon. 2, 22, p. 1350{a}, 7)). with the dative of a virtue or vice describing the mode of thinking or acting: τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ (R. V. ’shew fickleness’), 2Co 1:17; πολλή παρρησία, 2Co 3:12 (for numerous examples from Greek writings from Herodotus down, see Passow, ii., p. 2497b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. a.)). with adverbs (see Passow, ii., p. 2497{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV.)): ἀποτόμως, to deal sharply, use sharpness, 2Co 13:10. of the use of persons: τίνι, to bear oneself toward, to deal with, treat, one (often so in Greek writings; see Passow, ii., p. 2496{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, III. 1 and 2)), Act 27:3.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χράομαι (entreat)
Acts 27:3
- KJV: And the next we touched at Sidon And Julius courteously entreated Paul and gave liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself
- GK: τη τε ετέρα κατήχθημεν εις Σιδώνα φιλανθρώπως τε ο Ιούλιος τω Παύλω χρησάμενος επετρέψε προς τους φίλους πορευθέντα επιμελείας τυχείν
Acts 27:17
- KJV: Which when they had taken up they used helps undergirding the ship and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands strake sail and so were driven
- GK: ην άραντες βοηθείας εχρώντο υποζωννύντες το πλοίον φοβούμενοί τε μη εις την Σύρτιν εκπέσωσι χαλάσαντες το σκεύος ούτως εφέροντο
1 Corinthians 7:21
- KJV: Art thou called a servant care not for it but if thou mayest be made free use rather
- GK: δούλος εκλήθης μη σοι μελέτω αλλ΄ ει και δύνασαι ελεύθερος γενέσθαι μάλλον χρήσαι
1 Corinthians 7:31
- KJV: And they that use this world as not abusing for the fashion of this world passeth away
- GK: και οι χρώμενοι τω κόσμω τούτω ως μη καταχρώμενοι παράγει γαρ το σχήμα του κόσμου τούτου
1 Corinthians 9:12
- KJV: If others be partakers power over you not we rather Nevertheless we have not used this power but suffer all things lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ
- GK: ει άλλοι της εξουσίας υμών μετέχουσιν ου μάλλον ημείς αλλ΄ ουκ εχρησάμεθα τη εξουσία ταύτη αλλά πάντα στέγομεν ίνα μη εγκοπήν τινα δώμεν τω ευαγγελίω του χριστού
1 Corinthians 9:15
- KJV: But I have used none of these things neither have I written these things that it should be so done unto me for better for me to die than that any man should make my glorying void
- GK: εγώ δε ουδενί εχρησάμην τούτων ουκ έγραψα δε ταύτα ίνα ούτω γένηται εν εμοί καλόν γαρ μοι μάλλον αποθανείν η το καύχημά μου ίνα τις κενώση
2 Corinthians 1:17
- KJV: When I therefore was thus minded did I use lightness or the things that I purpose do I purpose according to the flesh that with me there should be yea yea and nay nay
- GK: τούτο ούν βουλευόμενος μη άρα τη ελαφρία εχρησάμην η α βουλεύομαι κατά σάρκα βουλεύομαι ίνα η παρ΄ εμοί το ναι ναι και το ου ου
2 Corinthians 3:12
- KJV: Seeing then that we have such hope we use great plainness of speech
- GK: έχοντες ούν τοιαύτην ελπίδα πολλή παρρησία χρώμεθα
2 Corinthians 13:10
- KJV: Therefore I write these things being absent lest being present I should use sharpness according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification and not to destruction
- GK: διά τούτο ταύτα απών γράφω ίνα παρών μη αποτόμως χρήσωμαι κατά την εξουσίαν ην έδωκέ μοι ο κύριος εις οικοδομήν και ουκ εις καθαίρεσιν