Lexical Definition
χρεία chreía (khri'-ah) need G:N-F
from the base of χράομαι or χρή
business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
- employment, i.e. an affair
- also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| χρείασ | need | Eph.4.29 • Phil.2.25 |
| needs | Acts.28.10 • Titus.3.14 | |
| of need | LXX.Ezra.7.20 | |
| task | Acts.6.3 | |
| χρείαν | need | LXX.Ps.16.2 • LXX.Prov.18.2 • LXX.Isa.13.17 • LXX.Dan.3.16 • Matt.3.14 • Matt.6.8 • Matt.9.12 • Matt.14.16 • Matt.21.3 • Matt.26.65 • Mark.2.17 • Mark.2.25 • Mark.11.3 • Mark.14.63 • Luke.5.31 • Luke.9.11 • 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 • 1Cor.12.21 • 1Cor.12.21 • 1Cor.12.24 • Eph.4.28 • 1Thess.1.8 • 1Thess.4.9 • 1Thess.4.12 • 1Thess.5.1 • Heb.5.12 • Heb.10.36 • 1John.2.27 • 1John.3.17 • Rev.3.17 • Rev.21.23 • Rev.22.5 |
| need of | Heb.5.12 | |
| needs | Phil.4.16 • Phil.4.19 | |
| whatever need | LXX.Job.31.16 | |
| your need | LXX.2Chr.2.16 | |
| χρείαισ | needs | Acts.20.34 • Rom.12.13 |
| χρεία | necessary | Luke.10.42 |
| need | LXX.Jer.22.28 • LXX.Jer.48.38 • Heb.7.11 |
Abbott-Smith
χρεία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: II Ch 2:16 (15) (צֹרֶךְ), II Es 7:20 (חַשְׁחוּת) freq. in Si, I-II Mac ;]
1. need, necessity: Ac 28:10, Tit 3:14; πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χ. (RV, txt., for edifying as the need may be; but v. Field, Notes, 192), Eph 4:29; ἕστι χ., Lk 10:42, He 7:11; χ. ἔχειν, c. gen., Mt 6:8 21:3, Mk 11:3, Lk 9:11 15:7 19:31, 34 22:71, Jo 13:29, I Co 12:21, 24, I Th 4:12, He 10:36, Re 21:23 22:5; seq. τοῦ, c. inf. (Bl., § 71, 3), He 5:12; absol. (sc. gen.), Ac 2:45 4:35; c. gen. pers., Mt 9:12 26:65, Mk 2:17 14:63, Lk 5:31; c. inf. (Bl., § 69, 5), Mt 3:14 14:16, Jo 13:10 , I Th 1:8 4:9; seq. ἵνα, Jo 2:25 16:30, I Jo 2:27; absol., Mk 2:25, Eph 4:28, I Jo 3:17; οὐδὲν χ. ἔχειν, Re 3:17; ἡ χ., c. gen. subjc., Phl 2:25 4:16, 19; pl., Ac 20:34, Ro 12:13.
2. matter, business (so esp. in late writers, Polyb., al.; I Mac 12:45, al.): Ac 6:3.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| 2 Chronicles | 2:16 |
| Ezra | 7:20 |
| 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 · 19:31 · 19:34 · 22:71 |
| 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 · 21:23 · 22:5 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
χρεία
(written χρέα [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Ionic dialect χρείη [Refs], ἡ: (χράομαι, κέχρημαι):— need, want, χρείας ὕπο [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν χρείας considering in what great need we are, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρείᾳ πολεμεῖν to war with necessity, [Refs]: with genitive, want of.., φαρμάκων χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν χρείᾳ δορός in the need or stress of war, [χρεία μὲν οὔτε τις πολλῶν οὔτε πολλή [ἐστιν] 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834b ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ χρείαν ἕξει will have need of my help, [Refs 4th c.BC+], cf. Call.[same place]; ἀφίκοντο εἰς χρείαν τῆς πόλεως came to feel the need of its assistance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰατρῶν ἐν χρείαις ἐσόμεθα, ἐν χρείᾳ ἡγεμόνος εἶναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τίς χ. σ᾽ ἐμοῦ [ἔχει]; [χρείαν ἔχω,">Refs 5th c.BC+] with infinitive, [NT] (followed by (ίνα, [NT+4th c.BC+] 'necessity is the mother of invention', [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 want, poverty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 a request of necessity, opposed to ἀξίωσις (a claim of merit), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, request, τὴν πρίν γε χ. ἠνύσασθ᾽ ἐμοῦ πάρα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κἀγὼ.. τοιάνδε σου χ. ἔχω make such a request of or to thee, [Refs]
__II business, ὡς πρὸς τί χρεία; for what purpose? [χρείαν ἣν ἂν ἐθέλωσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 868b; δοῦναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν χ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.16.11. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b especially military or naval service, ἡ πολεμικὴ χ. καὶ ἡ εἰρηνική the employments of war and of peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ κατὰ θάλατταν [χ.], ἡ ἐν τῇ γῇ χ., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν χ.[LXX+1st c.BC+]; in military sense, action, engagement, αἱ κατὰ μέρος χ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.c generally, business, employment, function, [Refs]; ἡ ἐγκεχειρισμένη χ. the duty assigned, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὓς καταστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς χ. ταύτης [NT+1st c.AD+]
__II.d a business, affair, matter, like{χρέος}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὴν ὑπὲρ τούτων χ. the study of these things, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.e χ. ἀναγκαία need of nature, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III use,
__III.1 as a property, use, advantage, service, χρείης εἵνεκα μηδεμιῆς [Refs 6th c.BC+]; χρείαν ἔχειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις to be of service to mankind, [Refs]; τὰ οὐδὲν εἰς χρείαν things of no use or service, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χρείαν ἔχει εἴς τι is of service towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] services rendered by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρείας παρέχεσθαι render services, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἵνα σοι τὰς χ. παρέσχωμαι (sic) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μεγάλην παρεῖχε χ. τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; παρέχειν χ. to be serviceable, useful, [Refs 1st c.AD+]equipments, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2 as an action, using, use, κτῆσις καὶ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χρείᾳ εἶναι in use, [Refs]; κατὰ τὴν χ. for use, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ χ. τῶν λόγων the employment of words, [χρείαισιν ὥσπερ.. χαλκός">Refs 5th c.BC+] is made bright by constant use, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV of persons, familiarity, intimacy, τινος with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, any relation of business or intercourse, ἐν χρείᾳ τινὶ τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+]in the relationship, capacity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__V Rhet., pregnant sentence, maxim, frequently illustrated by an anecdote, Sen.[Refs 1st c.AD+]: plural, title of works by Zeno [Refs 5th c.BC+], a collection of sayings of courtesans, [Refs 1st c.AD+]