Lexical Definition

‎χρήσιμος‎ chrḗsimos (khray'-see-mos) profitable ^G:A
from ‎χρῆσις‎

profit.

• serviceable

Abbott-Smith

χρήσιμος, -η, -ον (< χράομαι), [in LXX: Ge 37:26 בֶּצַע etc. ;]
useful: II Ti 2:14.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χρήσιμος-ος, η, ον,

also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (χράμαι):— useful, serviceable, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+]; τὸ χ. φρενῶν the excellence of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. εἴς τι useful for something, [Refs 5th c.BC+][same place]; ἐπί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ χ. καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινοῦ ὠφέλιμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρήσιμόν ἐστι, with infinitive, [Refs]

__2 of persons, serviceable, useful, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; comparative -ώτερος[Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially, like{χρηστός}, a good and useful citizen, χ. πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς εὐπόρους δεῖ χ. αὑτοὺς παρέχειν τοῖς πολίταις to show themselves useful, serviceable to the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς σώμασι -ώτεροι more able-bodied, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀργαλέος τὴν ὄψιν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 used, made use of, τέμενος -ώτατον a muchfrequented sanctuary, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 χρησίμη διαθήκη an available (i.e. authentic) will, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 νομίσματα οὐ χρήσιμα ἔξω money that will not pass abroad, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II adverb, -μως ἔχειν to be serviceable, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. τινὶ σωθῆναι with advantage to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]