2001 Translation

CHRĒ, chrē

Sounds Like: KHRAY

Translations: it is necessary, it is proper, one ought, must, should

From the root: ΧΡΗ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is an impersonal verb meaning 'it is necessary' or 'it is proper'. It is often used to express a moral obligation or a logical necessity. It typically takes an infinitive or an accusative with an infinitive to complete its meaning, indicating what is necessary or proper to do.

Inflection: Impersonal, 3rd person singular, Present, Indicative, Active

Strong’s number: G5534 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:107, 1:231

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:119, 10:17, 10:25, 10:68, 12:18

Codex Sinaiticus

• Proverbs — 25:27
• James — 3:10

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 1:3, 17:172, 18:174, 24:196, 33:234, 35:242, 40:285
• Book Two — 1:3, 17:172, 18:174, 24:196, 33:234, 35:242, 40:285

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 3:24
• Book 4 — 6:127, 8:262, 8:293
• Book 5 — 8:301
• Book 10 — 9:176
• Book 12 — 8:332
• Book 14 — 9:171, 13:352, 13:361
• Book 16 — 2:56, 11:357
• Book 18 — 3:63, 3:76, 8:260

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:16, 11:18, 11:21, 20:13, 30:6, 33:3
• Book Two — 2:25, 16:18, 16:34, 17:39, 19:33
• Book Three — 8:52, 10:20, 10:35
• Book Four — 1:46, 4:3, 4:24, 4:35, 6:21, 9:87
• Book Five — 2:51, 11:16
• Book Six — 2:15
• Book Seven — 10:11

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 7:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Proverbs — 25:27

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• James — 3:10

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.

• ἘΧΡΗΝ — it was necessary, it was fitting, ought, should have
• 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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