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Lexicon :: Strong's G5530 - chraomai

Aa
χράομαι
Transliteration
chraomai (Key)
Pronunciation
khrah'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from χείρ (G5495), to handle)
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Strong’s Definitions

χράομαι chráomai, khrah'-om-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from G5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner:—entreat, use. Compare G5531; G5534.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G5530 in the following manner: use (10x), entreat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G5530 in the following manner: use (10x), entreat (1x).

  1. to receive a loan

  2. borrow

  3. to take for one's use, to use

    1. to make use of a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χράομαι chráomai, khrah'-om-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from G5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner:—entreat, use. Compare G5531; G5534.
STRONGS G5530:
χράομαι. χρωμαι; imperfect 3 person plural ἐχρῶντο; 1 aorist ἐχρησάμην; perfect κέχρημαι (1 Corinthians 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, Acts 27:17; 1 Corinthians 9:12, 15; 1 Timothy 1:8; 1 Timothy 5:23; τῷ κόσμῳ, the good things of this world, 1 Corinthians 7:31 R G (see below); μᾶλλον χρῆσαι, namely, the opportunity of becoming free, 1 Corinthians 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, 1 Corinthians 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'), 2 Corinthians 1:17; πολλή παρρησία, 2 Corinthians 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, 2 Corinthians 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)), Acts 27:3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
27:3; 27:17
1 Corinthians
7:21; 7:31; 7:31; 9:12; 9:15; 9:15
2 Corinthians
1:17; 3:12; 13:10
1 Timothy
1:8; 5:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5530 matches the Greek χράομαι (chraomai),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 - If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:31 - And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:12 - If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:15 - But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17 - If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:12 - Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:10 - For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:8 - We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:23 - Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.
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