2001 Translation

CHREIA, chreia

Sounds Like: KHREH-yah

Translations: need, a need, necessity, a necessity, use, a use, service, a service, business, a business, lack, a lack

From the root: ΧΡΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is a feminine noun that refers to a need, necessity, or a useful purpose. It can also denote a service or a business matter. It is often used to describe something that is required or beneficial, or a situation where something is lacking.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5532 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:126

Clement of Alexandria

• To the Newly Baptized — 1:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Sirach — 3:22, 29:27, 37:8, 38:12
• Hebrews — 7:11
• Revelation — 22:5

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 8:293
• Book 5 — 9:331
• Book 6 — 12:247, 14:342
• Book 15 — 1:7, 4:99, 6:200, 6:201
• Book 16 — 2:31, 2:51
• Book 18 — 4:107, 8:301
• Book 19 — 1:55

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 20:10, 20:22

Justin Martyr

• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:9
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 12:3, 23:3, 29:1, 122:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Sirach — 3:22, 11:9, 11:23, 13:6, 29:27, 35:7, 37:8, 38:12
• Jeremiah — 22:28, 31:38

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 10:42
• Hebrews — 7:11

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 11:5

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
• 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
• ΧΡΕΙΩΝ — of needs, of necessities, of uses, of services, of duties, of business, of affairs, of requirements, of wants
• 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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