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Lexicon :: Strong's G5532 - chreia

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χρεία
Transliteration
chreia (Key)
Pronunciation
khri'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

χρεία chreía, khri'-ah; from the base of G5530 or G5534; employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution:—business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's G5532 in the following manner: need (25x), need (with G2192) (14x), necessity (3x), use (2x), needful (1x), necessary (1x), business (1x), lack (1x), wants (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's G5532 in the following manner: need (25x), need (with G2192) (14x), necessity (3x), use (2x), needful (1x), necessary (1x), business (1x), lack (1x), wants (1x).

  1. necessity, need

  2. duty, business

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χρεία chreía, khri'-ah; from the base of G5530 or G5534; employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution:—business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
STRONGS G5532:
χρεία, χρείας, ἡ (χρή), from Aeschylus and Sophocles down;
1. necessity, need: τά πρός τήν χρείαν (L T Tr WH πρός τάς χρείας (cf. below)), such things as suited the exigency, such things as we needed for sustenance and the journey, Acts 28:10; εἰς τάς ἀναγκαίας χρείας (A. V. for necessary uses), i. e. to supply what is absolutely necessary for life ((cf. Babrius fab. 136, 9); others understand the 'wants' here as comprising those of charity or of worship), Titus 3:14; πρός οἰκοδομήν τῆς χρείας, for the edification of souls, of which there is now special need, Ephesians 4:29 (cf. R. V. and marginal reading); ἐστι χρεία, there is need, followed by an accusative with infinitive Hebrews 7:11; ἐστι χρεία τίνος, there is need of something, Revelation 22:5 Griesbach; Luke 10:42 ((but not WH marginal reading)); ἔχω χρείαν τίνος, to have need of (be in want of) something (often in the Greek writings from Aeschylus down, cf. Passow, under the word, 1; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 1)), Matthew 6:8; Matthew 21:3; Mark 11:3; Luke (Luke 9:11; 15:7); Mark 19:31,34; 22:71; John 13:29; 1 Corinthians 12:21, 24; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; Hebrews 10:36; Revelation 3:17 R G (see below); Revelation 21:23; 22:5 (not Griesbach); τοῦ with an infinitive Hebrews 5:12 (Winers Grammar, § 44, 4 a.; cf. τίς, 2 b., p. 626a bottom); the genitive of the thing is evident from the context, Acts 2:45; Acts 4:35; with the genitive of a person whose aid, testimony, etc., is needed, Matthew 9:12; Matthew 26:65; Mark 2:17; Mark 14:63; Luke 5:31; ἔχω χρείαν, followed by an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, § 140, 3), I, etc. have need to etc., Matthew 3:14; Matthew 14:16; John 13:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (with which cf. 5:1 (see Winers Grammar, 339 (318); Buttmann, § 140, 3)); followed by ἵνα (see ἵνα, II. 2 c. (Buttmann, § 139, 46; cf. Epictetus diss. 1, 17, 18)), John 2:25; John 16:30; 1 John 2:27; χρείαν ἔχω, absolutely, to have need: Mark 2:25; (Ephesians 4:28); 1 John 3:17; οὐδέν χρείαν ἐηξω, to have need as to nothing (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 10), Revelation 3:17 L T Tr WH. ἡ χρεία with a genitive of the subjunctive the condition of one deprived of those things which he is scarcely able to do without, want, need: λειτουργός τῆς χρείας μου (see λειτουργός, 2 at the end), Philippians 2:25; πληροῦν τήν χρείαν τίνος (Thucydides 1. 70), Philippians 4:19; (add, εἰς (Lachmann brackets εἰς) τήν χρείαν μοι ἐπέμψατε, unto (i. e. to relieve, cf. εἰς, B. II. 3 c. γ., p. 185b top) my need, Philippians 4:16); plural one's necessities: ταῖς χρείαις... ὑπηρέτησαν, to provide for one's necessities, Acts 20:34; κοινωνεῖν ταῖς χρείαις (cf. p. 352{a} top), Romans 12:13.
2. duty, business (so especially from Polybius down (cf. Judith 12:10; 1 Macc. 12:45 1 Macc. 13:37; 2 Macc. 7:24, etc.)): Acts 6:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:14; 6:8; 9:12; 14:16; 21:3; 26:65
Mark
2:17; 2:25; 11:3; 14:63
Luke
5:31; 9:11; 10:42; 15:7
John
2:25; 13:10; 13:29; 16:30
Acts
2:45; 4:35; 6:3; 20:34; 28:10
Romans
12:13
1 Corinthians
12:21; 12:24
Ephesians
4:28; 4:29
Philippians
2:25; 4:16; 4:19
1 Thessalonians
1:8; 4:9; 4:12
Titus
3:14
Hebrews
5:12; 7:11; 10:36
1 John
2:27; 3:17
Revelation
3:17; 3:17; 21:23; 22:5; 22:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5532 matches the Greek χρεία (chreia),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:14 - but John urgently forbad him, saying, *I* have need to be baptised of thee; and comest *thou* to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg anything of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:12 - But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:16 - But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give *ye* them to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:3 - And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65 - Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed: what need have we any more of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:17 - And Jesus having heard it says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:25 - And *he* said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, *he* and those with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:3 - And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:63

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:63 - And the high priest, having rent his clothes, says, What need have we any more of witnesses?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:31 - And Jesus answering said to them, They that are in sound health have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:11 - But the crowds knowing it followed him; and he received them and spake to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those that had need of healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:42 - but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:31 - And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:34 - And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:71

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:71 - And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:25 - and that he had not need that any should testify of man, for himself knew what was in man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10 - Jesus says to him, He that is washed all over needs not to wash save his feet, but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29 - for some supposed, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy the things of which we have need for the feast; or that he should give something to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:30 - Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast not need that any one should demand of thee. By this we believe that thou art come from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:45 - and sold their possessions and substance, and distributed them to all, according as any one might have need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:35 - and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:3 - Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:34 - Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:10 - who also honoured us with many honours, and on our leaving they made presents to us of what should minister to our wants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:13 - distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:21 - The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:24 - but our comely parts have not need. But God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to the part that lacked;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:29 - Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:25 - but I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:16 - for also in Thessalonica once and even twice ye sent to me for my need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:19 - But my God shall abundantly supply all your need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:8 - for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which is towards God has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:9 - Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:12 - that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:1 - But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that ye should be written to,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:14 - and let ours also learn to apply themselves to good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:12 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that one should teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:11 - If indeed then perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for the people had their law given to them in connexion with *it*, what need was there still that a different priest should arise according to the order of Melchisedec, and not be named after the order of Aaron?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:36 - For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:27 - and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:17 - But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:17 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:23 - And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:5 - And night shall not be any more, and no need of a lamp, and light of the sun; for the Lord God shall shine upon them, and they shall reign to the ages of ages.
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