2001 Translation

CHREIAS, chreias

Sounds Like: KHREH-ee-as

Translations: of need, of necessity, of use, of service, of business, of duty

From the root: ΧΡΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a need, necessity, or a specific task or business. It is often used to describe something that is required or useful, or a particular duty or service that must be performed. In this inflected form, it indicates possession or origin, meaning 'of' or 'belonging to' a need or use.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5532 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:14

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:33

Codex Sinaiticus

• Sirach — 29:2, 38:1, 39:26
• Acts of the Apostles — 28:10
• Philippians — 2:25

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 3:77, 19:287
• Book 2 — 6:158
• Book 3 — 8:196
• Book 5 — 1:33
• Book 8 — 6:160
• Book 11 — 3:61
• Book 12 — 2:41, 3:152, 8:332
• Book 13 — 3:65, 7:225
• Book 15 — 2:25, 7:262, 9:303, 9:307, 9:313, 9:316, 11:383
• Book 16 — 2:21, 2:24, 7:221, 8:242
• Book 18 — 3:82

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 14:20, 20:6
• Book Two — 14:23
• Book Three — 5:3
• Book Four — 4:58
• Book Six — 2:63

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 55:288

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Ezra (Beta) — 7:20
• 1 Maccabees — 11:63, 13:15
• 2 Maccabees — 7:24, 12:39, 15:5, 15:28
• 3 Maccabees — 5:32
• Sirach — 8:9, 29:2, 38:1, 39:21, 39:26, 39:31
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:59

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 6:3, 28:10
• Ephesians — 4:29
• Philippians — 2:25
• Titus — 3:14

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
• 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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