What does ἀχρεῖος (achreîos) mean in the Bible?
ἀχρεῖος (achreîos): Worthless through uselessness or unproductiveness, especially of servants failing their obligation
Greek · G888
ἀχρεῖος
Worthless
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ἀχρεῖοςG888
Pronunciationachreîos
What does ἀχρεῖος (achreîos) mean in the Bible?
ἀχρεῖος (achreîos): Worthless through uselessness or unproductiveness, especially of servants failing their obligation
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How does the BSB render G888?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include unworthy (1), worthless (1).
Where does ἀχρεῖος (achreîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (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 Itunworthy1×Luke 17:10
worthless1×Matthew 25:30
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 25:30
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke1
Source forms
ἀχρεῖοί1xachreioiLuke 17:10
ἀχρεῖον1xachreionMatthew 25:30
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular1xMatthew 25:30
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xLuke 17:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Worthless through uselessness or unproductiveness, especially of servants failing their obligation
Strong'sG888
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 17:1–10Source Gloss
worthless
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Worthless through uselessness or unproductiveness, especially of servants failing their obligation
(χρεῖος, useful), [in LXX: 2Ki.6:22 (שָׁפָל), Ep. Jer.17:1-27 * ;] useless, unprofitable: Mat.25:30, Luk.17:10 (MM, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:30Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀχρεῖονacreion
unprofitable, useless, unworthy
Read verseLuke 17:10Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀχρεῖοίacreioi
unprofitable, useless, unworthy
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineLuke 17:101×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMatt 25:301×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
unworthy servants
Additional Occurrences
Luke 17:1–10ἀχρεῖοιachreîos
Unworthy, without special merit
Word Origins
ἀχρεῖος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Emphasizes humility and absence of merit.Luke 17:1–10
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