Meaning
akin to echo, "to have," denotes "habit, experience, use," Heb 5:14.
<2,,5532, chreia>
"need," is translated "uses" in Tit 3:14; in Eph 4:29, AV, "(for the) use (of edifying)," RV, "(as the) need (may be)." See NECESSITY, NEED.
<3,,5540, chresis>
"use" (akin to chraomai, "to use"), occurs in Rom 1:1-27.
Notes: (1) In 2Ti 2:21, the adjective euchrestos, "useful, serviceable" (eu, "well," chraomai, "to use"), is translated "meet for ... use;" in 2Ti 4:11, "useful," RV, (AV, "profitable"); in Phm 1:11, "profitable." See PROFITABLE, B, No. 2. (2) In 1Co 8:7 the best texts have the noun sunetheia, RV, "being used," lit., "by the custom (of the idol)," i.e., by being associated. See CUSTOM. In the Sept., Pro 31:13. Contrast achrestos, "unprofitable," Phm 1:11.
