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STRONGS NUMBER G5544

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Word Summary
chrēstotēs: goodness, excellence, uprightness
Original Word: χρηστότης
Transliteration: chrēstotēs
Phonetic Spelling: (khray-stot'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: goodness, excellence, uprightness
Meaning: goodness, excellence, uprightness
Strong's Concordance
gentleness, goodness, kindness.

From chrestos; usefulness, i.e. Morally, excellence (in character or demeanor) -- gentleness, good(-ness), kindness.

see GREEK chrestos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5544: χρηστότης

χρηστότης, χρηστητος, ἡ (χρηστός);

1. moral goodness, integrity: Romans 3:12 (from Psalm 13:3 () (A. V. 'doeth good').

2. benignity, kindness: Romans 2:4; 2 Corinthians 6:6; Galatians 5:22; Colossians 3:12; Titus 3:4; ἡ χρηστότης τίνος ἐπί τινα, Romans 11:22 (opposed to ἀποστομια (which see)); Ephesians 2:7. (The Sept.; Euripides, Isaeus, Diodorus, Josephus, Aelian, Herodian; often in Plutarch) (See Trench, Synonyms, § lxiii.)



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