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Greek

5543. chrestos -- serviceable, good
... serviceable, good. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: chrestos Phonetic
Spelling: (khrase-tos') Short Definition: useful, gentle, pleasant, kind ...
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2173. euchrestos -- useful
... useful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: euchrestos Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo'-khrays-tos) Short Definition: useful, serviceable Definition: useful ...
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2006. epitedeios -- convenient, necessary
... things which are needful. From epitedes (enough); serviceable, ie (by implication)
requisite -- things which are needful. (epitedeia) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5624. ophelimos -- useful, profitable
... useful, profitable. From a form of ophelos; helpful or serviceable, ie Advantageous --
profit(-able). see GREEK ophelos. (ophelima) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5539. chresimos -- useful
... Word Origin from chraomai Definition useful NASB Word Usage useless* (1). profit.
From chresis; serviceable -- profit. see GREEK chresis. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5532. cakan -- to be of use or service, benefit
... A primitive root; to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable
to, be customary -- acquaint (self), be advantage, X ever, (be, (un ...
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5660. Abdi -- two Israelites
... NASB Word Usage Abdi (3). Abdi. From abad; serviceable; Abdi, the name of two
Israelites -- Abdi. see HEBREW abad. 5659, 5660. Abdi. 5661 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

Meaning of the Name Christian.
... First, because that which is anointed [541] is sweet and serviceable, and
far from contemptible. For what ship can be serviceable ...
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The vine and the Branches.
... If you cut off a yard of the twine, the part cut off has all the qualities and
properties of the remainder, and is perhaps more serviceable apart from the rest ...
/.../dods/the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol ii/xii the vine and the.htm

Introductory.
... who have subjected the teaching of the ancients to systematic philosophic study
have affected, as being in the highest degree serviceable, nay, absolutely ...
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Letter cccxlvi. Libanius to Basil.
... credit both to you and to me. But to ask you to be serviceable to them
is like asking a father to be serviceable to his children. ...
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The Law of God
... (Galatians 2:16, 17.) Besides, in this state of sin, the moral law is serviceable,
not only to God, that, by the dread of punishment and the promise of ...
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On Costly Vessels.
... soil need a mattock and plough, none of us will make a pickaxe of silver or a sickle
of gold, but we employ the material which is serviceable for agriculture ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter iii on costly vessels.htm

Of the Chief Good and virtue, and or Knowledge and Righteousness.
... And they who strive to be serviceable to their country do all these things: for
they are ignorant of what this being serviceable is, who think nothing useful ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap vi of the chief good.htm

Philippians iii. 3-Jan
... And again, say, when a man may use them for a serviceable purpose, but is unable
on account of the extravagance of his wife, and is obliged to starve and to ...
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The Wandering Bird
... When I once asked him whether he could not be serviceable to the church as an elder,
he said that if he were elected to it he should decline the office, because ...
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Of the Kinds of Beneficence, and Works of Mercy.
... [1178] "And this liberality," he says, "is serviceable even to the state, that captives
should be ransomed from slavery, and that those of slender resources ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Useful; durable; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

2. (a.) Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.

Thesaurus

Serviceable (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Serviceable (3 Occurrences). ... Take Mark, and bring him
with thyself, for he is serviceable to me for ministry. (DBY). ...
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Good (8348 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed;
promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent ...
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Unserviceable (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Unserviceable (1 Occurrence). Philemon 1:11 once
unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me: (DBY). ...
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Useful (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or
having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful ...
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Invent (2 Occurrences)
... study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; --
applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument ...
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Friendly (17 Occurrences)
... or state. 4. (a.) Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious;
serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale. 5. (adv.) In ...
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Effective (4 Occurrences)
... power to produce an effect or result; fit for a purpose; as, an effective tool;
producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as ...
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Purified (44 Occurrences)
... 2:21 If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, in separating himself
from them, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the ...
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Beneficial (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous;
serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to. ...
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Comfortable (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Strong; vigorous; valiant. 2. (a.)
Serviceable; helpful. 3. (a.) Affording or imparting comfort ...
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Bible Concordance

Serviceable (3 Occurrences)

2 Timothy 2:21 If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, in separating himself from them, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.
(DBY)

2 Timothy 4:11 Luke alone is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thyself, for he is serviceable to me for ministry.
(DBY)

Philemon 1:11 once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:
(Root in DBY)

Subtopics

Serviceable

Related Terms

Good (8348 Occurrences)

Unserviceable (1 Occurrence)

Useful (14 Occurrences)

Invent (2 Occurrences)

Friendly (17 Occurrences)

Effective (4 Occurrences)

Purified (44 Occurrences)