Strong’s G5543 · Greek
χρηστός
chrēstós · khrase-tos'
Origin from χράομαι (G5530);
Meaning employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals)
In the King James Version better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.
In 7 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 11:30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Luke 5:39No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
- Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
- Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
- 1 Peter 2:3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.