need

Greek Noun Female

χρεία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: 2Ch.2:16 (15) (צֹרֶךְ), Est.7:20 (חַשְׁחוּת) frequently in Sir.1:1-30 -2 Mac;] 1) need, necessity: Act.28:10, Tit.3:14; πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χ. (RV, txt, for edifying as the need may be; but see Field, Notes, 192), Eph.4:29; ἕστι χ, Luk.10:42, Heb.7:11; χ. ἔχειν, with genitive, Mat.6:8 21:3, Mrk.11:3, Luk.9:11 15:7 19:31, 34 22:71, Jhn.13:29, 1Co.12:21 12:24, 1Th.4:12, Heb.10:36, Rev.21:23 22:5; before τοῦ, with inf. (Bl, § 71, 3), Heb.5:12; absol. (sc. genitive), Act.2:45 4:35; with genitive of person(s), Mat.9:12 26:65, Mrk.2:17 14:63, Luk.5:31; with inf. (Bl, § 69, 5), Mat.3:14 14:16, Jhn.13:10, 1Th.1:8 4:9; before ἵνα, Jhn.16:30, 1Jn.2:27; absol, Mrk.2:25, Eph.4:28, 1Jn.3:17; οὐδὲν χ. ἔχειν, Rev.3:17; ἡ χ, with genitive subjc, Php.2:25 4:16, 19; pl, Act.20:34, Rom.12:13. 2) matter, business (so esp. in late writers, Polyb, al; 1Ma.12:45, al.): Act.6:3. (AS)

need

Greek Noun Female

χρεία (written χρέα [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Ionic dialect χρείη [Refs], ἡ: (χράομαι, κέχρημαι):— need, want, χρείας ὕπο [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν χρείας considering in what great need we are, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρείᾳ πολεμεῖν to war with necessity, [Refs]: with genitive, want of, φαρμάκων χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν χρείᾳ δορός in the need or stress of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ χρείαν ἕξει will have need of my help, [Refs 4th c.BC+], cf. Call.[same place]; ἀφίκοντο εἰς χρείαν τῆς πόλεως came to feel the need of its assistance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰατρῶν ἐν χρείαις ἐσόμεθα, ἐν χρείᾳ ἡγεμόνος εἶναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τίς χ. σ᾽ ἐμοῦ [ἔχει]; [Refs 5th c.BC+] with infinitive, [NT] (followed by (ίνα, [NT+4th c.BC+] 'necessity is the mother of invention', [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) want, poverty, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) a request of necessity, opposed to ἀξίωσις (a claim of merit), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, request, τὴν πρίν γε χ. ἠνύσασθ᾽ ἐμοῦ πάρα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κἀγὼ. τοιάνδε σου χ. ἔχω make such a request of or to thee, [Refs] II) business, ὡς πρὸς τί χρεία; for what purpose? [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.b) especially military or naval service, ἡ πολεμικὴ χ. καὶ ἡ εἰρηνική the employments of war and of peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ κατὰ θάλατταν [χ.], ἡ ἐν τῇ γῇ χ, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν χ.[LXX+1st c.BC+]; in military sense, action, engagement, αἱ κατὰ μέρος χ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.c) generally, business, employment, function, [Refs]; ἡ ἐγκεχειρισμένη χ. the duty assigned, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὓς καταστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς χ. ταύτης [NT+1st c.AD+] II.d) a business, affair, matter, like{χρέος}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὴν ὑπὲρ τούτων χ. the study of these things, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.e) χ. ἀναγκαία need of nature, [Refs 1st c.BC+] III) use, III.1) as a property, use, advantage, service, χρείης εἵνεκα μηδεμιῆς [Refs 6th c.BC+]; χρείαν ἔχειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις to be of service to mankind, [Refs]; τὰ οὐδὲν εἰς χρείαν things of no use or service, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χρείαν ἔχει εἴς τι is of service towards, [Refs 5th c.BC+] services rendered by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρείας παρέχεσθαι render services, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἵνα σοι τὰς χ. παρέσχωμαι (sic) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μεγάλην παρεῖχε χ. τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; παρέχειν χ. to be serviceable, useful, [Refs 1st c.AD+]equipments, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III.2) as an action, using, use, κτῆσις καὶ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χρείᾳ εἶναι in use, [Refs]; κατὰ τὴν χ. for use, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ χ. τῶν λόγων the employment of words, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is made bright by constant use, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) of persons, familiarity, intimacy, τινος with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, any relation of business or intercourse, ἐν χρείᾳ τινὶ τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+]in the relationship, capacity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] V) Rhet, pregnant sentence, maxim, frequently illustrated by an anecdote, Sen.[Refs 1st c.AD+]: plural, title of works by Zeno [Refs 5th c.BC+], a collection of sayings of courtesans, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution; business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want; from the base of g5530 (χράομαι) or g5534 (χρή)