χρήσιμος, χρησιμη, χρήσιμον (χράομαι), first in Theognis, 406, fit for use, useful: 2Ti_2:14.

χρήσιμος chrēsimos 1x useful, profitable, 2Ti_2:14

χρήσιμος , -η , -ον ( < χράομαι ), [in LXX : Gen_37:26 H1215 etc.;] useful: 2Ti_2:14 .†

χρήσιμος [page 692] useful : in NT only 2Ti. 2:14. Cf. P Cairo Zen III. 59301 .5 (B.C. 250) ἔστιν γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἡμῖν χρήσιμος , P AlEx 4 .5 (iii/B.C.) ( = Witkowski .2 , p. 51) πρὸς τὸ μὴ γίνεσθαι τῶι βασιλεῖ τὸ χρήσιμον , ἀποδείξομέν σε , P Par 45 .2 (B.C. 152) ( = UPZ i. p. 329) ἀπόντος μου πεφρόντικα ὑπὲρ σοῦ χρήσιμα τῶν σῶν πραγμάτων , P Oxy IV. 705 .75 (A.D. 200 2) καὶ τοῦ φιλανθρώπου καὶ τοῦ χρησίμου στοχαζ [όμε ]νος , having before me a both humane and useful object, P Ryl II. 114 .34 ( c. A.D. 280) πρὸς τὸ τοῖς φόροις χρήσιμον , with a view to what is expedient for the revenues (Edd.). From the inscrr. we may cite a Coan decree of iii/B.C. conferring a gold crown on a physician for services during an epidemic, that all may recognize that the citizens honour those who practise the healing art ὅπως εἰδῶντι [πάντες ὅτι ὁ δᾶμ ]ος [το ]ὺς χρησίμους ὄντας κα [ὶ εὔνους τῶν π ]ο [λιτᾶν καταξίω ]ς τ [ιμᾶι . . . ( Cos 5 .26 = Syll 490 ( = .3 943) .26 ). For the word as a proper name see e.g. Preisigke 729 .1 (i/A.D.?) Χρήσιμος ἀγαθὸς ἄωρος , ib. 928.

χρήσιμος χρήσι^μος, η, ον [Etym: χράομαι] "useful, serviceable, good for use, good, apt or fit" in its kind, Hdt. , attic; τὸ αὐτίκα χρ. present "advantage", Thuc. ; —χρ. εἴς τι "useful" for something, Hdt. , etc.; ἐπί τι Plat. ; πρός τι Eur. ; "useful for" doing, Ar. "serviceable, useful", Soph. , Eur. , etc.; χρησίμους ἑαυτοὺς παρέχειν τῇ πόλει to shew themselves "serviceable" to the state, Dem. "much-used", Hdt. νόμισμα οὐ χρήσιμον ἔξω money "that will not pass" abroad, Xen. adv., χρησίμως ἔχειν to be "serviceable", Thuc. ; χρ. τινί "with advantage" to him, id=Thuc.

χρήσιμος, -η, -ον (χράομαι), [in LXX: Gen.37:26 בֶּצַע etc. ;] useful: 2Ti.2:14.† (AS)