χρεία chreia · G5532

need

χρεία, -ας, ἡ ; [in LXX: 2Ch.2:16 (15) (צֹרֶךְ), Est.7:20 (חַשְׁחוּת) frequently in Sir.1:1-30 -2 Mac ; ] ; 1. need, necessity: Act.28:10, Tit.3:14; πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χ. (RV, txt., for edifying as the need may be; but see Field, Notes, 192), Eph.4:29; ἕστι χ., Luk.10:42, Heb.7:11; χ. ἔχειν, with genitive, Mat.6:8 21:3, Mrk.11:3, Luk.9:11 15:7 19:31, 34 22:71, Jhn.13:29, 1Co.12:21 12:24, 1Th.4:12, Heb.10:36, Rev.21:23 22:5; before τοῦ, with inf. (Bl., § 71, 3), Heb.5:12; absol. (sc. genitive), Act.2:45 4:35; with genitive of person(s), Mat.9:12 26:65, Mrk.2:17 14:63, Luk.5:31; with inf. (Bl., § 69, 5), Mat.3:14 14:16, Jhn.13:10, 1Th.1:8 4:9; before ἵνα, Jhn.16:30, 1Jn.2:27; absol., …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

χρεία ; (written χρέα [], Ionic dialect χρείη [], ἡ: (χράομαι, κέχρημαι):— need, want, χρείας ὕπο []; ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν χρείας considering in what great need we are, []; χρείᾳ πολεμεῖν to war with necessity, []: with genitive, want of.., φαρμάκων χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο []; ἐν χρείᾳ δορός in the need or stress of war, []; ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ χρείαν ἕξει will have need of my help, [], cf. Call.[same place]; ἀφίκοντο εἰς χρείαν τῆς πόλεως came to feel the need of its assistance, []; ἰατρῶν ἐν χρείαις ἐσόμεθα, …

Where it's used 49 times

Matthew 3:14 · Matthew 6:8 · Matthew 9:12 · Matthew 14:16 · Matthew 21:3 · Matthew 26:65 · Mark 2:17 · Mark 2:25 · Mark 11:3 · Mark 14:63 · Luke 5:31 · Luke 9:11 · Luke 10:42 · Luke 15:7 · Luke 19:31 · Luke 19:34 · Luke 22:71 · John 2:25 · John 13:10 · John 13:29 · John 16:30 · Acts 2:45 · Acts 4:35 · Acts 6:3 · Acts 20:34 · Acts 28:10 · Romans 12:13 · 1 Corinthians 12:21 · 1 Corinthians 12:24 · Ephesians 4:28 · Ephesians 4:29 · Philippians 2:25 · Philippians 4:16 · Philippians 4:19 · 1 Thessalonians 1:8 · 1 Thessalonians 4:9 · 1 Thessalonians 4:12 · 1 Thessalonians 5:1 · Titus 3:14 · Hebrews 5:12 · Hebrews 7:11 · Hebrews 10:36 · 1 John 2:27 · 1 John 3:17 · Revelation 3:17 · Revelation 21:23 · Revelation 22:5 … and 2 more

Source: TBESG G5532; TFLSJ G5532

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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