χρεία
chreía
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
Lexicon
Derivation: from the base of G5530 (χράομαι) or G5534 (χρή);
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
- employment, i.e. an affair
- also, (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want
Usage
49 occurrences · 0 OT · 49 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- need28 · 57%
- need of2 · 4%
- they need2 · 4%
- ye need2 · 4%
- needful1 · 2%
- we1 · 2%
- needed1 · 2%
- needeth1 · 2%
- needest1 · 2%
- business1 · 2%
- necessities1 · 2%
- were necessary1 · 2%
- to the necessity1 · 2%
- to him that needeth1 · 2%
- the use1 · 2%
- wants1 · 2%
- necessity1 · 2%
- lack1 · 2%
- uses1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.