G5532 — χρεία (chreía)

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Strong's G5532 (Greek)

Greek: χρεία (chreía)

Pronunciation: khri'-ah

Derivation: from the base of G5530 or G5534;

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

KJV Renderings: business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G5534 χρή chrḗ third person singular of the same as G5530 or G5531 used impersonally it needs (must or should) be ought
G5530 χράομαι chráomai middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from G5495, to handle) to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner entreat, use

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.