What does χρηστεύομαι (chrēsteúomai) mean in the Bible?
χρηστεύομαι (chrēsteúomai): Active kindness shown in behavior toward others, not mere disposition or feeling
Greek · G5541
χρηστεύομαι
Be kind
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χρηστεύομαι G5541
Pronunciation chrēsteúomai
What does χρηστεύομαι (chrēsteúomai) mean in the Bible?
χρηστεύομαι (chrēsteúomai): Active kindness shown in behavior toward others, not mere disposition or feeling
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How does the BSB render G5541?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include is kind (1).
Where does χρηστεύομαι (chrēsteúomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 13:4. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It is kind 1× 1 Corinthians 13:4
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First aligned row 1 Corinthians 13:4
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
χρηστεύεται 1x chrēsteuetai 1 Corinthians 13:4
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 13:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Active kindness shown in behavior toward others, not mere disposition or feeling
Strong's G5541
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Source Gloss
be kind
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Active kindness shown in behavior toward others, not mere disposition or feeling
(χρηστός), to be kind: 1Co.13:4 (eccl.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 13:4 Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
χρηστεύεται· crhsteuetai
I am kind
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Present Voices Middle
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Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Middle 1 Cor 13:4 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
middle 1
Mood
indicative 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Love demonstrates kindness as a fundamental characteristic of its nature
Word Origins
χρηστεύομαι is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain