Definition

fair speech, i.e. plausibility

Etymology

from a compound of G5543 (χρηστός) and G3004 (λέγω);

Word family

• χρηστός chrēstós
• λέγω légō

How the KJV renders it

• good words

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.