κατα-χράομαι, -ῶμαι ; 1 aor. mid. inf. καταχρήσασθαι; in class. Grk. 1. to use much or excessively or ill. 2. to use up, consume by use, (Germ. v erbrauchen). 3. to use fully, the κατά intensifying the force of the simple verb (Germ. g ebrauchen), (Plato, Dem., Diod., Joseph., al.): 1 Co. vii. 31 [ef. B. § 133,18; W. 209 sq. (197) ]; τινί, ib. ix. 18.

καταχράομαι katachraomai 2x

to use downright; to use up, consume; to make an unrestrained use of, use eagerly, 1 Cor. 7:31; to use to the full, stretch to the utmost, exploit, 1 Cor. 9:18*

** κατα-χράομαι, -ῶμαι,

[in LXX: Ep. Je 28, III Mac 4:5 5:22*;]

to make full use of, use to the uttermost, use up: I Co 7:31; c. dat., I Co 9:18 (for other senses, v. LS, s.v.).†

καταχράομαι. The intensive force of this compound ‘‘use up,” ‘‘use to the full,” which is found in 1 Cor 731, may be illustrated from P Oxy II. 28114 (A.D. 20-50) where a woman lodges a complaint against her husband—6 δὲ Σαραπίων καταχρησάμενος τῆι φερνῇ εἰς ὃν ἠβούλετο λόγον οὐ διέλειπεν κακουχῶν pe καὶ ὑβρί[ζ]ων, “but Sarapion, having squandered my dowry as he pleased, continually ill-treated and insulted me” (Edd.): and similarly P Tebt II. 3341? (a.p. 200-1) where a woman complains that, after the death of her parents, her husband carried off all that they had left her to his house—k[al αὐ]τὸς κατα[χρῆται, ‘and is using it up” (Edd.). Cf. also BGU IV. 11051? (c. B.C. 10) 6 δὲ] διαβαλλόμενος ᾿Ασκληπιάδης ἐπεὶ ἐ]νέαινε διὰ τῆς συμβιώσεῳς [ἀἸπὸ μηδενὸς καταχρησάμενος τοῖς προκειμένοις κακουχίας (ste) με καὶ καθυβρίζει καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐπιφέρων χρῆται ὡς οὐδὲ ἀργυρωνήτωι, 2. 113319 (B.c. 18) αὐτο(ὺς) δὲ τῷ παντί(ὶ) [εἰς τ]ὸ ἴδιο(ν) κατακεχρῆσθαι. On the other hand the verb is practically = the s¢mp/ex in P Petr III. 39% 1° tod προσηγμ[ένου καὶ] κατακεχρημένου [θ]ρύου with reference to rushes used in irrigation works, 70. 46(3)° πλίνθου καταχρησθείσης cis τοὺς οἰκοδομηθέντας τοίχους, P Oxy III. 49429 (A.p. 156), a will in which the testator leaves to his wife certain monies—Kataxpac0at eis τὸ ἴδιον, ‘‘to use for her personal requirements,” and Preisigke 4630'° (ii/A.D.) ἐκ τῶν παρασκευασθέντων ἡμῖν πρὸς τὸ δίτπνον κατάχρησαι. From the inscrr. we may

καταχράομαι (katachraomai) — to use up. καταχράομαι, Delph. καταχρέομαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: future - χρήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect -κέχρημαι both in active and passive senses (see.below): aorist -εχρήσθην (see.below[Refs]:—make full use of, apply, τινὶ εἰς.., ἐπί.., πρός τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάρτυσι κ. πρὸς τὸ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λόγους.. οἷσπερ νυνὶ κατακέχρηται (in active sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect participle in passive sense, ἐξεύρημα.. Ἀθήνησιν.. κατακεχρημένον ἐν συμποσίοις ἰδίᾳ 'στί is fashionable at private banquets there, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. do what one likes with a person or thing, καταχρήσασθέ μοι, εἰ δοκῶ τοιοῦτος εἶναι [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. use up, consume, of money, etc., with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κρέα ἐν τὰν δαμοθοινίαν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; lay out, apply money, εἴς τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐνταῦθα on this, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect in active sense, ὅσα κατακέχρημαι Ἀθήνησι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, to be spent, consumed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. misuse, abuse, [Refs 5th c.BC+][same place]; κ. ὀνόματι use it in a wrong sense, misapply it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fall into an error, [Refs 6th c.AD+]misappropriate, [Refs]

II.4. of persons, in bad sense, make away with, destroy, kill, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, aorist -χρησθῆναι, ἐδέοντό μιν κ. requested that he might be put to death, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. pretend, allege, ὡς.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅτι.. [Refs] __B active καταχράω only Ionic dialect, used only in 3rd.pers. singular, ἀντὶ λόφου ἡ λοφιὴ κατέχρα the mane sufficed them for a crest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; elsewhere impersonal, it suffices, οὐδέ οἱ καταχρήσει.. ὑμέων ἀπέχεσθαι nor will he be satisfied to keep his hands off you, [Refs]; ὥς οἱ καταχρᾷ εἰ βούλονται that it is sufficient for him, if.., [Refs]; καταχρήσει it will suffice, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]