χρεία

χρεία, -ας, ἡ

[in LXX: 2 Kron 2,16 (15) (צֹרֶךְ), Est 7,20 (חַשְׁחוּת) frequently in Sir 1,1-30 -2 Mac ;]

1. need, necessity: ApG 28,10, Tit 3,14; πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χ. (RV, txt., for edifying as the need may be; but see Field, Notes, 192), Ef 4,29 ἕστι χ., Luk 10,42, Hebr 7,11; χ. ἔχειν, with genitive, Matt 6,8; 21,3, Mark 11,3, Luk 9,11; 15,7; 19,31, 34; 22,71, Joh 13,29, 1 Kor 12,21; 12,24, 1 Thess 4,12, Hebr 10,36, Åb 21,23; 22,5; before τοῦ, with inf. (Bl., § 71, 3), Hebr 5,12 absol. (sc. genitive), ApG 2,45; 4,35; with genitive of person(s), Matt 9,12; 26,65, Mark 2,17; 14,63, Luk 5,31; with inf. (Bl., § 69, 5), Matt 3,14; 14,16, Joh 13,10, 1 Thess 1,8; 4,9; before ἵνα, Joh 16,30, 1 Joh 2,27; absol., Mark 2,25, Ef 4,28, 1 Joh 3,17; οὐδὲν χ. ἔχειν, Åb 3,17 ἡ χ., with genitive subjc., Fil 2,25; 4,16, 19; pl., ApG 20,34, Rom 12,13.

2. matter, business (so esp. in late writers, Polyb., al.; 1Ma 12,45, al.): ApG 6,3.†