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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

χρεία

Lemmaχρεία
Citation formχρεία, ας, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossneed, necessity, business
Strong’sG5532
Transliterationchreía
Definitionemployment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
KJV glosses:--business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
Derivationfrom the base of or
SBLGNT occurrences47

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
χρεία
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 10:42
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Hebrews 7:11
χρείαις
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Acts 20:34
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Romans 12:13
χρείαν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 14:16
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 21:3
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 26:65
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 3:14
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 6:8
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 9:12
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 11:3
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 14:63
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 2:17
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 2:25
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 15:7
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 19:31
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 19:34
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 22:71
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 5:31
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 9:11
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 13:10
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 13:29
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 16:30
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 2:25
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 2:45
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 4:35
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Corinthians 12:24
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Ephesians 4:28
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Philippians 4:16
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Philippians 4:19
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Thessalonians 1:8
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Thessalonians 4:12
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Thessalonians 4:9
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Thessalonians 5:1
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Hebrews 10:36
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Hebrews 5:12
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 John 2:27
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 John 3:17
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 21:23
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 22:5
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 3:17
Χρείαν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Corinthians 12:21
χρείας
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Acts 28:10
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Titus 3:14
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 6:3
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Ephesians 4:29
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Philippians 2:25

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: χρεια.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for χρεία with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.