Strong’s G888 · Greek
ἀχρεῖος
achreîos · akh-ri'-os
Origin from Α (G1) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of χρή (G5534) (compare χρεία (G5532));
Meaning useless, i.e. (euphemistically) unmeritorious
In the King James Version unprofitable.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 25:30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Luke 17:10So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
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.