Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
χρεία (G5532)
49 χρεία , -ας, ἡ [in LXX: II Ch 2:16 (15) ( צֹרֶךְ ), II Es 7:20 ( חַשְׁחוּת ) freq. in Si, I-II Mac ;] need, necessity: Ac 28:10 , Tit 3:14 ; πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χ. (RV, txt., for edifying as the need may be ; but v. Field, Notes , 192), Eph 4:29 ; ἕστι χ. , Lk 10:42 , He 7:11 ; χ. ἔχειν , c. gen., Mt 6:8 21:3 , Mk 11:3 , Lk 9:11 15:7 19:31 , 34 22:71 , Jo 13:29 , I Co 12:21 , 24 , I Th 4:12 , He 10:36 , Re 21:23 22:5 ; seq. τοῦ , c. inf. (Bl., § 71, 3), He 5:12 ; absol. (sc. gen.), Ac 2:45 4:35 ; c. gen. pers., Mt 9:12 26:65 , Mk 2:17 14:63 , Lk 5:31 ; c. inf. (Bl., § 69, 5), Mt 3:14 14:16 , Jo 13:10 , I Th 1:8 4:9 ; seq. ἵνα , Jo 2:25 16:30 , I Jo 2:27 ; absol., Mk 2:25 , Eph 4:28 , I Jo 3:17 ; οὐδὲν χ. ἔχειν , Re 3:17 ; ἡ χ. , c. gen. subjc., Phl 2:25 4:16 , 19 ; pl., Ac 20:34 , Ro 12:13 . matter, business (so esp. in late writers, Polyb., al.; I Mac 12:45 , al.): Ac 6:3 .†
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