ΧΡΕΙΩΝ, χρειων
CHREIŌN, chreiōn
Sounds Like: KHREH-ee-ohn
Translations: of needs, of necessities, of uses, of services, of duties, of business, of affairs, of requirements, of wants
From the root: ΧΡΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to things that are needed or useful, such as necessities, requirements, or duties. It can also refer to the affairs or business one is involved in. In the provided examples, it appears to refer to 'needs' or 'affairs' in a financial or administrative context.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5532 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:87
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 57:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 69:388
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΤΑΙΣΧΡΕΙΑΙΣ — (to) needs, (to) necessities, (to) uses, (to) services, (to) businesses
- ΤΑΣΧΡΕΙΑΣ — the needs, the necessities, the uses, the services, the duties
- ΧΡΕΑ — needs, necessities, uses, services, duties, businesses
- ΧΡΕΙΑ — need, a need, necessity, a necessity, use, a use, service, a service, business, a business, lack, a lack
- ΧΡΕΙΑΙΣ — needs, necessities, uses, services, wants, (to) needs, (to) necessities, (to) uses, (to) services, (to) wants
- ΧΡΕΙΑΝ — need, a need, necessity, a necessity, use, a use, business, service
- ΧΡΕΙΑΣ — of need, of necessity, of use, of service, of business, of duty
- ΧΡΕΙΕΤΑΙ — it is necessary, it is needful, it is proper, it is fitting, it is required, there is need, one needs
- ΧΡΕΙΣΑΙ — to need, to have need, to use, to require, to be necessary
- ΧΡΕΙΣΤΩΝ — (of) need, (of) necessity, (of) usefulness, (of) service, (of) business, (of) a need, (of) a necessity, (of) a usefulness, (of) a service, (of) a business
- ΧΡΕΙΩ — need, necessity, use, a use, a necessity, a need, business, service, duty, (of) need, (to) need
- ΧΡΙΑΙΣ — needs, necessities, uses, services, advantages, benefits
- ΧΡΙΑΝ — need, a need, necessity, use, service
- ΧΡΙΑΣ — of need, of necessity, of use, of business, of service, of want, of lack, of requirement, of occasion, of purpose
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