Strong's Greek Concordance

G5532: χρεία

chreía · “need”

Definition

employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution

KJV translates it as: business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want

Word origin: from the base of G5530 (χράομαι) or G5534 (χρή);

Extended definition

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., Mrk.2:25, Eph.4:28, 1Jn.3:17; οὐδὲν χ. ἔχειν, Rev.3:17; ἡ χ., with genitive subjc., Php.2:25 4:16, 19; pl., Act.20:34, Rom.12:13.
2. matter, business (so esp. in late writers, Polyb., al.; 1Ma.12:45, al.): Act.6:3.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G5532 is translated

  • need ×36
  • needs ×3
  • need of ×2
  • need, ×2
  • necessary: ×1
  • task ×1
  • needs. ×1
  • the needs ×1
  • needs, ×1
  • need was there ×1

Bible verses with G5532 (chreía)

Chreía appears in 47 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Matthew 3:14

    But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

  • Matthew 6:8

    Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

  • Matthew 9:12

    But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

  • Matthew 14:16

    But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

  • Matthew 21:3

    And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

  • Matthew 26:65

    Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

  • Mark 2:17

    When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  • Mark 2:25

    And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

  • Mark 11:3

    And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

  • Mark 14:63

    Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

  • Luke 5:31

    And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

  • Luke 9:11

    And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.

  • Luke 10:42

    But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

  • Luke 15:7

    I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

  • Luke 19:31

    And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

  • Luke 19:34

    And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

  • Luke 22:71

    And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

  • John 2:25

    And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

  • John 13:10

    Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

  • John 13:29

    For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

  • John 16:30

    Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

  • Acts 2:45

    And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

  • Acts 4:35

    And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

  • Acts 6:3

    Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

  • Acts 20:34

    Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

All 47 references

Words derived from G5532