STRONGS G2710:
καταχράομαι,
καταχρωμαι; 1 aorist middle infinitive
καταχρήσασθαι; in classical Greek
1. to use much or excessively or ill.
2. to use up, consume by use (German
verbrauchen).
3. to use fully, the
κατά intensifying the force of the simple verb (German
gebrauchen) (
Plato,
Demosthenes,
Diodorus,
Josephus, others):
1 Corinthians 7:31 (cf.
Buttmann, § 133, 18;
Winer's Grammar, 209f (197));
τίνι,
1 Corinthians 9:18.
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