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
[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
- 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