χρηστός: Difference between revisions

|txtha=χρηστη, χρηστόν ([[χράομαι]]), from [[Herodotus]] down, the Sept. for טוב;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], [[fit]] for [[use]], [[useful]]; [[virtuous]], [[good]]: ἤθη χρηστά, Treg. χρηστά ([[but]] cf. Buttmann, 11)), [[see]] [[ἦθος]], 2).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[manageable]], i. e. [[mild]], [[pleasant]] (opposed to [[harsh]], [[hard]], [[sharp]], [[bitter]]): of things, χρηστότερός [[οἶνος]], pleasanter, T Tr [[text]] [[χρηστός]]; so WH in brackets) (of [[wine]] [[also]] in [[Plutarch]], mor., p. 240d. (i. e. Lacaen. apophtheg. ([[Gorgias]] 2); p. 1073a. (i. e. de com. notit. 28)); of [[food]] and [[drink]], [[Plato]], de rep. 4, p. 438a.; σῦκα, the Sept. ὁ [[ζυγός]] (opposed to [[burdensome]]), A. V. [[easy]]); of persons, [[kind]], [[benevolent]]: of God, A. V. [[gracious]]) from τό χρηστόν τοῦ Θεοῦ equivalent to ἡ [[χρηστότης]] (Winer's Grammar, § 34,2), εἰς τινα toward [[one]], [[ἐπί]] τινα, A. V. [[kind]]).