King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2173
Transliteration: euchrēstos
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo'-khrays-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: useful
Meaning: useful
εὔχρηστος, εὔχρηστον (εὖ and χράομαι), easy to make use of, useful: with the dative of person 2 Timothy 2:21; opposed to ἄχρηστος, Philemon 1:11; εἰς τί, for a thing, 2 Timothy 4:11. (Diodorus 5, 40; Wis. 13:13; πρός τί, Xenophon, mem. 3, 8, 5.)
Word Summary
euchrēstos: useful
Original Word: εὔχρηστοςTransliteration: euchrēstos
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo'-khrays-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: useful
Meaning: useful
Strong's Concordance
profitable, meet for use. From eu and chrestos; easily used, i.e. Useful -- profitable, meet for use.
see GREEK eu
see GREEK chrestos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2173: εὔχρηστοςεὔχρηστος, εὔχρηστον (εὖ and χράομαι), easy to make use of, useful: with the dative of person 2 Timothy 2:21; opposed to ἄχρηστος, Philemon 1:11; εἰς τί, for a thing, 2 Timothy 4:11. (Diodorus 5, 40; Wis. 13:13; πρός τί, Xenophon, mem. 3, 8, 5.)