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χρεία G5532

G5532 is the Greek word χρεία, transliterated chreía. The King James Version most often renders it need.

Word: χρείαTransliteration: chreíaLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 41 verses

What it means

employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution.

Where it comes from

from the base of G5530 (χράομαι) or G5534 (χρή).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 43 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

need 30×need of 2×needeth 2×needful 1×we 1×needed 1×needest 1×necessities 1×necessity 1×use 1×lack 1×uses 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.

Verses using χρεία

The first 40 of 41 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 3:14 · KJV

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

Matthew 6:8 · KJV

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Matthew 9:12 · KJV

But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

Matthew 14:16 · KJV

But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

Matthew 21:3 · KJV

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

Matthew 26:65 · KJV

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Mark 2:17 · KJV

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Mark 2:25 · KJV

And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

Mark 11:3 · KJV

And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

Mark 14:63 · KJV

Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

Luke 5:31 · KJV

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

Luke 9:11 · KJV

And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.

Luke 10:42 · KJV

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Luke 15:7 · KJV

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 19:31 · KJV

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

Luke 19:34 · KJV

And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

Luke 22:71 · KJV

And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

John 2:25 · KJV

And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

John 13:10 · KJV

Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

John 13:29 · KJV

For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

John 16:30 · KJV

Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

Acts 20:34 · KJV

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Romans 12:13 · KJV

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

1 Corinthians 12:21 · KJV

And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

1 Corinthians 12:24 · KJV

For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

Ephesians 4:28 · KJV

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Ephesians 4:29 · KJV

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Philippians 4:19 · KJV

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 1:8 · KJV

For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

1 Thessalonians 4:9 · KJV

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

1 Thessalonians 4:12 · KJV

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

1 Thessalonians 5:1 · KJV

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

Titus 3:14 · KJV

And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Hebrews 5:12 · KJV

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

Hebrews 7:11 · KJV

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 10:36 · KJV

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

1 John 2:27 · KJV

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

1 John 3:17 · KJV

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Revelation 3:17 · KJV

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Revelation 21:23 · KJV

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Common questions

What does Strong's G5532 mean?

G5532 is the Greek word χρεία (chreía), meaning employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution.

How is G5532 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it need (30 times), need of (2 times), needeth (2 times), needful (1 time), we (1 time), among others.

How many times does G5532 appear in the Bible?

χρεία (chreía) is tagged in 41 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G5532 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from the base of G5530 (χράομαι) or G5534 (χρή).

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