Lexical Definition

‎χράομαι‎ chráomai (khrah'-om-ahee) to use ^G:V
middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from ‎χείρ‎, to handle)

entreat, use.

• to furnish what is needed
• (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner

Abbott-Smith

χράομαι, χρῶμαι (< χρή), [in LXX for עשׂה, etc. ;]
to use, make use of: c. dat. (cf. M, Pr., 64, 158), Ac 27:17, I Co 9:12, 15, I Ti 1:8 5:23; μᾶλλον χρῆσαι (i.e. the opportunity; v. M, Pr., 247), I Co 7:21; as some­times in late writers (cf. M, Pr., 64; Lft., Notes, 233), c. acc., I Co 7:31; of feelings, etc., to exercise, shew: II Co 1:17 3:12; c. adv., ἀποτόμως, to deal sharply, II Co 13:10; c. dat. pers. (cl.), to treat, deal with, Ac 27:3.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χράω.

__B[Refs 4th c.BC+] FORMS: contraction χρῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect χρᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive χρᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect participle χρέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect χρείων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἔχραον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἔχρη [Refs 7th c.BC+]: future χρήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔχρησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἐχρήσθην [Refs], etc.: perfect κέχρησμαι (variant{κέχρημαι}) [Refs]: pluperfect ἐκέχρηστο (variant{ἐκέχρητο}) [Refs]:—middle, χρῶμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect χρέομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], infinitive χρέεσθαι [Refs]; participle χρεώμενος [Refs]imperfect 3rd.pers. plural ἐχρέωντο (variant{ἐχρέοντο}) [Refs]: future χρήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I in active of the gods and their oracles, proclaim, absolutely, χρείων μυθήσατο Φοῖβος [Refs 6th c.BC+]; χρῆσεν οἰκιστῆρα Βάττον proclaimed him the colonizer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Trag., ὁ χρήσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, warn or direct by oracle, ἔχρησας ὥστε τὸν ξένον μητροκτονεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χρήσαντ᾽ ἐμοὶ.. ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κακῆς εἶναι that I should be.., [Refs]; with infinitive aorist, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rare in Attic dialect Prose, τάδε ὁ Ἀπόλλων ἔχρησεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ θεὸς ἔχρησε [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II passive, to be declared, proclaimed by an oracle, τίς οὖν ἐχρήσθ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; mostly of the oracle delivered, τὰ ἐκ Δελφῶν οὕτω τῷ Κροίσῳ ἐχρήσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χρησθέν, τὰ χρησθέντα, the response, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρησθὲν αὐτῷ ἐν Νεμέᾳ τοῦτο παθεῖν since it was foretold him by an oracle that.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἃ τοῦδ᾽ ἐχρήσθη σώματος which were declared about it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ κακοῦ τοῦ κεχρησμένου [Refs]infinitive, καί σφι ἐχρήσθη ἀνέμοισι εὔχεσθαι[Refs]: with accusative et infinitive, ἐκέχρηστό σφι.. τοῦτον βασιλεύσειν [Refs]; with infinitive aorist, [Refs]
__B.III middle, of the person to whom the response is given, consult a god or oracle, with dative, ψυχῇ χρησόμενος Θηβαίου Τειρεσίαο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χ. θεῷ, χρηστηρίοισι, μαντηΐῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. χρηστηρίῳ εἰ.. inquire at the oracle whether.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ χρώμενοι the consulters, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεχρημένος having inquired of an oracle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive, σωφρονεῖν κεχρημένον being divinely warned to be temperate, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: later simply, receive a divine revelation, [Refs 8th c.BC+] has the word in this sense only in [Refs 8th c.BC+]active only in present participle χρείων (future χρήσω [Refs]middle only in participle future χρησόμενος.
__B furnish with a thing, in which sense the present was κίχρημι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect 3rd.pers. singular κίγχρητι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Delph. 3rd.pers. singular present subjunctive κιχρῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist χρέη[Refs]; present participle κιχρέντε [Refs]χρηννύναι, χρηννύω, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: middle, χρηννυόμεθα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future χρήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἔχρησα[Refs 5th c.BC+] (3rd.pers. singular written ἔκχρησεν [Refs]; imperative χρῆσον [Refs 5th c.BC+] Comedy texts 205: perfect κέχρηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐκεχρήκει [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, perfect κέχρημαι (δια-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, present κίχρᾰμαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]; infinitive κίχρασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐκιχράμην[Refs]: aorist ἐχρησάμην, imperative χρῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:—furnish the use of a thing, i.e. lend, usually in a friendly way, δανείζω being the word applied to usurers (but χ. ={δανείζω} in [LXX+5th c.BC+]; χ. τὰν χέρα, in the formula of manumission, [Refs]:—middle, borrow, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόδας χρήσας, ὄμματα χρησάμενος having lent feet and borrowed eyes, of a blind man carrying a lame one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II ={χρηματίζω}[Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.11.3}