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ἘΧΡΗΝ, ἐχρην

ECHRĒN, echrēn

Sounds Like: ekh-RAIN

Translations: it was necessary, it was fitting, ought, should have

From the root: ΧΡΗ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is an impersonal verb form, meaning 'it was necessary' or 'it was fitting'. It describes something that was obligatory or proper in the past. Often, when used in the imperfect tense like this, it implies that the necessary or fitting action did not actually occur, or that something should have happened but didn't.

Inflection: Impersonal, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular

Strong’s number: G5534 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Clement of Alexandria
  • Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:24
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
  • The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:351

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • ΧΡΗ — it is necessary, it is proper, one ought, must, should
  • ΧΡΗΚΑΙ — unknown
  • ΧΡΗΝ — it was necessary, it was proper, it was fitting, ought, should
  • ΧΡΗΝΑΙ — it is necessary, it is proper, ought, must, to be necessary, to be proper

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