ἄχρησ-τος, ον,
I
1. useless, unprofitable, μετάνοια Batr. 70; νέες Hdt. 1.166; ἄ. ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς γίνεται Hp. Prorrh. 2.19; οὐκ ἄ. ἥδ’ ἡ ἄνοια Th. 6.16; χρεομένῳ ἄχρηστα useless if you try to use them, Hp. Art. 14; πεσεῖν ἄ. θέσφατον without effect, E. IT 121; ἄ. ἐς πόλεμον Hdt. 8.142, Lycurg. 53; πρός τι Arist. HA 560b14: c. gen. rei, ἄ. τῶν ἔργων Id. Oec. 1345a35; ἄ. τινι useless to a person, Hdt. 1.80, cf. X. Oec. 8.4 (Sup.); τῇ πόλει E. Heracl. 4; τὸ διηπορηκέναι οὐκ ἄ. Arist. Cat. 8b24.
2. = cross ἀχρεῖος (which it almost superseded in the Oratt. and later Greek), useless, do-nothing, D. 19.135 (Comp.), etc.; ἄ. πολῖται Isa 7.37; σοφισταί prob. l. in Lys. 33.3; non-effective, unwarlike, Eun.Hist.p.239D.; so (with a pun - not having received an oracle) Ath. 3.98c. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν πρός τι D. 61.43.
II unkind, cruel, θεοί Hdt. 8.111; λόγος Id. 9.111.
III Act.,
1. making no use of, c. dat., ξυνέσει τ’ ἄχρηστον τῇ φύσει τε λείπεται E. Tr. 672. not used, i.e. new, ἱμάτια Luc. Lex. 9, Ath. 3.97e.
2. obsolete, Eust. 118.25, Sch.rec. S. El. 132.
3. not to be used, unseemly, EM 463.26.
ἄχρηστος achrēstos 1x
unuseful, useless, unprofitable, and by impl. detrimental, causing loss, [Phm 1:11]
G890 — ἄχρηστος
ἄχρηστον (χρηστός, and this from χράομαι), useless, unprofitable: [Phi 1:11] (here opposed to εὔχρηστος). (In Greek writings from Homer (i. e. Batrach. 70; Theognis) down.) (Synonyms: cf. Tittmann ii. 11f; Trench, § c. 17; Ellicott on [Phi 1:11].)
ά - χρηατος , - ον ,
[in LXX : [Hos 8:8] (H2656 H369), Wis 2:11 , Sir 16:1 , al. ;]
useless; unserviceable: opp . to εὔχρηστος , [Phm 1:11]. †