ΧΡΗΖΩ, χρηζω
CHRĒZŌ, chrēzō
Sounds Like: KHRAY-zoh
Translations: need, want, desire, lack, have need of
From the root: ΧΡΗΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to need, want, or desire something. It often implies a lack or a necessity. It can be used to express a personal need or a general requirement for something to happen or exist. For example, one might say they 'need' food or 'desire' wisdom.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5535 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 4:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 3:56
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΗΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΧΡΗΖΕ — needed, was needing, desired, was desiring, wanted, was wanting
- ἘΧΡΗΖΟΝ — needed, desired, wanted, had need of
- ΧΡΗΖΕΙΝ — to need, to lack, to want, to have need of
- ΧΡΗΖΕΤΕ — you need, you want, you desire, you lack, you have need of
- ΧΡΗΖΟΙΕΝ — they would need, they would want, they would lack, they would have need of
- ΧΡΗΖΟΜΕ — we need, we have need, we want, we desire
- ΧΡΗΖΟΜΕΝ — we need, we have need of, we want, we lack
- ΧΡΗΖΟΝΤΕΣ — needing, wanting, desiring, having need of, lacking
- ΧΡΗΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they need, they want, they lack, they have need of
- ΧΡΗΖΟΥΣΩΝ — of needing, of wanting, of desiring, of having need, of lacking
- ΧΡΗΖΩΝ — needing, wanting, desiring, having need of, lacking, requiring
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