The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

χρεία

Lemmaχρεία
Citation formχρεία, ας, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossneed, necessity, business
Strong’sG5532
Transliterationchreía
Definitionemployment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
KJV glosses:--business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
Derivationfrom the base of or
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