χρεία

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need

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)