Lexical Summary chrēstotēs: goodness, excellence, uprightness Original Word: χρηστότηςTransliteration: chrēstotēs Phonetic Spelling: (khray-stot'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: goodness, excellence, uprightness Meaning: goodness, excellence, uprightness Strong's Concordance gentleness, goodness, kindness. From chrestos; usefulness, i.e. Morally, excellence (in character or demeanor) -- gentleness, good(-ness), kindness. see GREEK chrestos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5544: χρηστότηςχρηστότης, χρηστητος, ἡ (χρηστός); 1. moral goodness, integrity: Romans 3:12 (from Psalm 13:3 2. benignity, kindness: Romans 2:4; 2 Corinthians 6:6; Galatians 5:22; Colossians 3:12; Titus 3:4; ἡ χρηστότης τίνος ἐπί τινα, Romans 11:22 (opposed to ἀποστομια (which see)); Ephesians 2:7. (The Sept.; Euripides, Isaeus, Diodorus, Josephus, Aelian, Herodian; often in Plutarch) (See Trench, Synonyms, § lxiii.) |