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Greek word study

χρείαchreía — need, necessity, business

need, necessity, business.

Translated in the King James as: business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want

Appears 49 times in Scripture

Origin: from the base of G5530 (χράομαι) or G5534 (χρή);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 6×

Matt 3:14 Matt 6:8 Matt 9:12 Matt 14:16 Matt 21:3 Matt 26:65

Mark — 4×

Mark 2:17 Mark 2:25 Mark 11:3 Mark 14:63

Luke — 7×

Luke 5:31 Luke 9:11 Luke 10:42 Luke 15:7 Luke 19:31 Luke 19:34 Luke 22:71

John — 4×

John 2:25 John 13:10 John 13:29 John 16:30

Acts — 5×

Acts 2:45 Acts 4:35 Acts 6:3 Acts 20:34 Acts 28:10

Romans — 1×

1 Corinthians — 3×

1 Cor 12:21 1 Cor 12:24+ 1 more in 1 Corinthians

Ephesians — 2×

Eph 4:28 Eph 4:29

Philippians — 3×

Phil 2:25 Phil 4:16 Phil 4:19

1 Thessalonians — 4×

1 Thess 1:8 1 Thess 4:9 1 Thess 4:12 1 Thess 5:1

Titus — 1×

Hebrews — 4×

Heb 5:12 Heb 7:11 Heb 10:36+ 1 more in Hebrews

1 John — 2×

1 John 2:27 1 John 3:17

Revelation — 3×

Rev 3:17 Rev 21:23 Rev 22:5

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.