χράομαι chraomai 11x
to use, make use of, employ, [Act 27:17]; [1Co 7:31];
to take advantage of, [1Co 7:21]; [1Co 9:12]; [1Co 9:15];
to use, to treat, behave towards, [Act 27:3]; [2Co 13:10] use.
G5530 — χράομαι
. χρωμαι; imperfect 3 person plural ἐχρῶντο; 1 aorist ἐχρησάμην; perfect κέχρημαι ([1Co 9:15] G L T Tr WH); from Homer down; (middle of χράω (thought to be allied by metathesis with χείρ (cf. Curtius, § 189)), 'to grant a loan', 'to lend' (but cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word; they regard the radical sense as 'to furnish what is needful'); hence)
1. properly, to receive a loan; to borrow.
2. to take for one's use; to use: τίνι (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 i.), to make use of a thing, [Act 27:17]; [1Co 9:12], [1Co 9:15]; [1Ti 1:8]; [1Ti 5:23]; τῷ κόσμῳ, the good things of this world, [1Co 7:31] R G (see below); μᾶλλον χρῆσαι, namely, the opportunity of becoming free, [1Co 7:21] (where others, less fitly, supply τῷ κληθῆναι δοῦλον (see references under the word εἰ, III. 6 a.)). contrary to the regular usage of classical Greek with an accusative: τόν κόσμον, [1Co 7:31] L T Tr WH; see Meyer at the passage; Buttmann, § 133, 18; Winer's Grammar, as above; (also in Wis. 7:14 according to some manuscripts; (Liddell and Scott, give (Pseudo-) Aristotle, oecon. 2, 22, p. 1350{a}, 7)). with the dative of a virtue or vice describing the mode of thinking or acting: τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ (R. V. 'shew fickleness'), [2Co 1:17]; πολλή παρρησία, [2Co 3:12] (for numerous examples from Greek writings from Herodotus down, see Passow, ii., p. 2497b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. a.)). with adverbs (see Passow, ii., p. 2497{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV.)): ἀποτόμως, to deal sharply, use sharpness, [2Co 13:10]. of the use of persons: τίνι, to bear oneself toward, to deal with, treat, one (often so in Greek writings; see Passow, ii., p. 2496{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, III. 1 and 2)), [Act 27:3].
χράομαι , χρῶμαι
( < χρή ),
[in LXX for H6213, etc.;]
to use, make use of: c . dat . ( cf. M , Pr., 64, 158), Act 27:17 , [1Co 9:12]; [1Co 9:15], 1Ti 1:8 ; [1Ti 5:23]; μᾶλλον χρῆσαι ( i.e . the opportunity; v. M , Pr., 247), [1Co 7:21]; as some-times in late writers ( cf. M , Pr., 64; Lft., Notes , 233), c . acc , [1Co 7:31]; of feelings, etc., to exercise, shew: [2Co 1:17]; [2Co 3:12]; c . adv. , ἀποτόμως , to deal sharply, [2Co 13:10]; c. dat. pers . ( cl .), to treat, deal with, [Act 27:3]. †