Definition

useless, i.e. (euphemistically) unmeritorious

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5534 (χρή) (compare G5532 (χρεία));

Word family

• Α A
• χρή chrḗ
• χρεία chreía

How the KJV renders it

• unprofitable

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.