chraomai · use, treat

What it means

chraomai (χράομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “use, treat”.

Use, make use of; treat someone in a certain way.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To make use of something for a purpose.
2. To deal with someone in a certain way.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• use ×4
• act ×3
• used ×2
• treating ×1
• uses ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×2
• 1 Corinthians×4
• 2 Corinthians×3
• 1 Timothy×2

• Acts 27:3

  And the next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.

• Acts 27:17

  After hoisting it aboard, they used supports undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear and so were driven along.

• 1 Corinthians 7:21

  Were you called as a slave? Do not let it concern you. But if indeed you can become free, rather make use of it.

• 1 Corinthians 7:31

  and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it; for the present form of this world is passing away.

• 1 Corinthians 9:12

  If others share in the right over you, do we not even more? But we did not make use of this right; instead, we endure all things so that we may not put any obstacle in the way of the good news of the Messiah.

• 1 Corinthians 9:15

  But I have not used any of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it may be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than— no one will make my boast empty!

• 2 Corinthians 1:17

  So when I intended this, surely I did not act with fickleness? Or what I plan, do I plan it according to the flesh, so that with me there may be “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?

• 2 Corinthians 3:12

  Therefore having such a hope, we act with great boldness,

• 2 Corinthians 13:10

  For this reason I write these things while absent, so that when present I may not have to act severely according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for demolition.

• 1 Timothy 1:8

  Now we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully,

• 1 Timothy 5:23

  No longer drink only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.