ἄχρηστος achrēstos · G0890
useless
ά-χρηατος, -ον ; [in LXX: Hos.8:8 (חֵפֶץ אַיִן), Wis.2:11, Sir.16:1, al. ; ] ; useless; unserviceable: opposite to εὔχρηστος, Phm 11.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἄχρησ-τος, ον, ; useless, unprofitable, μετάνοια[]; χρεομένῳ ἄχρηστα useless if you try to use them, []without effect, []; ἄ. τινι useless to a person, []; τῇ πόλει[]; 2 ={ἀχρεῖος} (which it almost superseded in the Oratt. and later Greek), useless, do-nothing, []; ἄ. πολῖται[]; σοφισταί probable reading in []; non-effective, unwarlike, Eun.Hist.p.239D.; so (with a pun—not having received an oracle) []. adverb -τως, ἔχειν πρός τι[]; II unkind, cruel, θεοί[]; III active, making no use of, with …
Where it's used 1 time
Source: TBESG G0890; TFLSJ G0890
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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