χρηστότης, -ητος, ἡ

(χρηστός), [in LXX for טוּב and cogn. forms ;]

__1. goodness, excellence, uprightness: Rom.3:12 (LXX).

__2. goodness of heart, kindness: Rom.2:4, 2Co.6:6, Gal.5:22, Col.3:12, Tit.3:4; before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Eph.2:7; id. opposite to ἀποτομία, Rom.11:22.

SYN.: see: ἀγαθωσύνη. (AS)

goodness, excellence, uprightness; goodness of heart, kindness