Strong G5532χρεία
need
- Transliteration
- chreia
- Pronunciation
- khri'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G5532 appears in 47 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- need31
- necessity3
- needeth2
- use2
- business1
- lack1
- necessary1
- needest1
- needful1
- to1
- want1
First verses
- Matthew 3:14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
- Matthew 6:8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
- Matthew 9:12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
- Matthew 14:16But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
- Matthew 21:3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
- Matthew 26:65Then 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 2:17When 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 2:25And 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 11:3And 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 14:63Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
- Luke 5:31And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
- Luke 9:11And 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 10:42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- Luke 15:7I 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 19:31And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
- Luke 19:34And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
- Luke 22:71And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
- John 2:25And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
- John 13:10Jesus 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 13:29For 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χρεία
(written χρέα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 25.2, 148 (3rd c.BC)))], Ionic dialect χρείη [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus in “PSI” 11.1216.43)], ἡ: (χράομαι, κέχρημαι):— need, want, χρείας ὕπο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 287)]; ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν χρείας considering in what great need we are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1443)]; χρείᾳ πολεμεῖν to war with necessity, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 191 (_anapaest meter_))]: with genitive, want of.., φαρμάκων χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 481; ἐν χρείᾳ τύχης [prev. author] “Th.” 506)]; ἐν χρείᾳ δορός in the need or stress of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 963; φορβῆς χρείᾳ [prev. author] “Ph.” 162 (_anapaest meter_), compare 1004: ἵππων ἡμῖν χρεία μὲν οὔτε τις πολλῶν οὔτε πολλή [ἐστιν] 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834b)]; ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ χρείαν ἕξει will have need of my help, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 170 (_anapaest meter_))], cf. Call.[same place]; ἀφίκοντο εἰς χρείαν τῆς πόλεως came to feel the need of its assistance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 244d)]; ἰατρῶν ἐν χρείαις ἐσόμεθα, ἐν χρείᾳ ἡγεμόνος εἶναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373d, 566e; ὅτου σε χ. ἔχει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 646)]; so τίς χ. σ᾽ ἐμοῦ [ἔχει]; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 976, compare χρεώ 1.2: χρείαν ἔχω,)] with infinitive, [NT (NT.Matt.3.14)] (followed by (ίνα, [NT+4th c.BC+ (NT.John.2.25); significations 1.1 and 111 in the same sentence, οὐχ οὕτως χ. ἔχομεν τῆς χ. παρὰ τῶν φίλων ὡς.. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 34: proverbial, χ. διδάσκει, κἂν βραδύς τις ᾖ, σοφόν)] 'necessity is the mother of invention', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 715, compare “El.” 376, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 263: _plural_, αἱ χρεῖαι τολμᾶν βιάζονται 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.1; αἱ τοῦ σώματος χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.5; πρώτη γε καὶ μεγίστη τῶν χ. ἡ τῆς τροφῆς παρασκευή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; αἱ ἀναγκαῖαι χ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.148, compare 45.67 (_sing._); πολεμικαὶ χ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1328b11.)]
2 want, poverty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 175 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 420, etc.; διὰ τὴν χ. καὶ τὴν πενίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 534 (_anapaest meter_).)]
3 a request of necessity, opposed to ἀξίωσις (a claim of merit), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37, compare 33)]: generally, request, τὴν πρίν γε χ. ἠνύσασθ᾽ ἐμοῦ πάρα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 700)]; κἀγὼ.. τοιάνδε σου χ. ἔχω make such a request of or to thee, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 481.)]
II business, ὡς πρὸς τί χρεία; for what purpose? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1174, compare 1435; χρῆσθαί τινι χρείαν ἣν ἂν ἐθέλωσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 868b; δοῦναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν χ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.16.11.)]
II.b especially military or naval service, ἡ πολεμικὴ χ. καὶ ἡ εἰρηνική the employments of war and of peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1254b32)]; αἱ κατὰ θάλατταν [χ.], ἡ ἐν τῇ γῇ χ., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.52.1, 31.21.3)]; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν χ.[LXX+1st c.BC+ (Aristeas 110, LXX.1Mac.12.45; οἱ πρὸς ταῖς χ. LXX.Jdt.12.10; οἱ ἐπὶ χρειῶν τεταγμένοι “BGU” 543.1 (1st c.BC))]; in military sense, action, engagement, αἱ κατὰ μέρος χ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.84.7, +others)]
II.c generally, business, employment, function, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.45.2, etc.)]; ἡ ἐγκεχειρισμένη χ. the duty assigned, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 741.11 (2nd c.BC))]; οὓς καταστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς χ. ταύτης [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.6.3; χ. πολιτικαί 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 32, etc.)]
II.d a business, affair, matter, like{χρέος}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.49.9, +others)]; τὴν ὑπὲρ τούτων χ. the study of these things, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.29U.)]
II.e χ. ἀναγκαία need of nature, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.33; τροφῆς χ. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.472.)]
III use,
III.1 as a property, use, advantage, service, χρείης εἵνεκα μηδεμιῆς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 62; τῆς χ. τοῦ παιδὸς ἀποστερηθῆναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4; ἡ χ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480a; πωλοῦντες τὴν τῆς ἰσχύος χ. [prev. author] “R.” 371e)]; χρείαν ἔχειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις to be of service to mankind, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 204c)]; τὰ οὐδὲν εἰς χρείαν things of no use or service, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 56.3)]; χρείαν ἔχει εἴς τι is of service towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.41; for 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 725, see at {ἐρευνάω} 1: _plural_, χρεῖαι.. φίλων ἀνδρῶν)] services rendered by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.42)]; χρείας παρέχεσθαι render services, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.84, “IG” 22.654.15, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.16.8 (_sing._))]; ἵνα σοι τὰς χ. παρέσχωμαι (sic) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 498 (3rd c.BC))]; μεγάλην παρεῖχε χ. τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.97.4)]; παρέχειν χ. to be serviceable, useful, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Aristo Stoic. 1.79; ἑξήκοντα καὶ τριακόσια χρειῶν γένη παρέχον δένδρον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.724e; χ. ναυτικαί)]equipments, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.10.)]
III.2 as an action, using, use, κτῆσις καὶ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.4.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451c)]; ἐν χρείᾳ εἶναι in use, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 87c)]; κατὰ τὴν χ. for use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 330c; πρὸς τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.25)]; ἡ χ. τῶν λόγων the employment of words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 239d, compare “Plt.” 272d: _plural_, λάμπει γὰρ ἐν χρείαισιν ὥσπερ.. χαλκός)] is made bright by constant use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 864.)]
IV of persons, familiarity, intimacy, τινος with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.63)]: generally, any relation of business or intercourse, ἐν χρείᾳ τινὶ τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372a; ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους χ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1376b13; [Νικόμαχος] συνεβίω Ἀμυντᾳ.. ἰατροῦ καὶ φίλου χρείᾳ)]in the relationship, capacity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 5.1.)]
V Rhet., pregnant sentence, maxim, frequently illustrated by an anecdote, Sen.[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Ep.” 33.7, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 3, Aphthon, “Prog.” 3, 1st-2nd c.AD(?): Theon Rhetor “Progymnasmata - Rhet.” 5, etc.)]: plural, title of works by Zeno [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.91), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristippus Philosophus, etc.; by 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus)], a collection of sayings of courtesans, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.577d; ἡ τοῦ Κλεομένους χ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.218a; χρεῖαι καὶ ἱστορίαι [prev. work]78f.)]
(written χρέα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 25.2, 148 (3rd c.BC)))], Ionic dialect χρείη [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus in “PSI” 11.1216.43)], ἡ: (χράομαι, κέχρημαι):— need, want, χρείας ὕπο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 287)]; ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν χρείας considering in what great need we are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1443)]; χρείᾳ πολεμεῖν to war with necessity, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 191 (_anapaest meter_))]: with genitive, want of.., φαρμάκων χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 481; ἐν χρείᾳ τύχης [prev. author] “Th.” 506)]; ἐν χρείᾳ δορός in the need or stress of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 963; φορβῆς χρείᾳ [prev. author] “Ph.” 162 (_anapaest meter_), compare 1004: ἵππων ἡμῖν χρεία μὲν οὔτε τις πολλῶν οὔτε πολλή [ἐστιν] 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834b)]; ἦ μὴν ἔτ᾽ ἐμοῦ χρείαν ἕξει will have need of my help, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 170 (_anapaest meter_))], cf. Call.[same place]; ἀφίκοντο εἰς χρείαν τῆς πόλεως came to feel the need of its assistance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 244d)]; ἰατρῶν ἐν χρείαις ἐσόμεθα, ἐν χρείᾳ ἡγεμόνος εἶναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373d, 566e; ὅτου σε χ. ἔχει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 646)]; so τίς χ. σ᾽ ἐμοῦ [ἔχει]; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 976, compare χρεώ 1.2: χρείαν ἔχω,)] with infinitive, [NT (NT.Matt.3.14)] (followed by (ίνα, [NT+4th c.BC+ (NT.John.2.25); significations 1.1 and 111 in the same sentence, οὐχ οὕτως χ. ἔχομεν τῆς χ. παρὰ τῶν φίλων ὡς.. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 34: proverbial, χ. διδάσκει, κἂν βραδύς τις ᾖ, σοφόν)] 'necessity is the mother of invention', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 715, compare “El.” 376, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 263: _plural_, αἱ χρεῖαι τολμᾶν βιάζονται 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.1; αἱ τοῦ σώματος χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.5; πρώτη γε καὶ μεγίστη τῶν χ. ἡ τῆς τροφῆς παρασκευή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; αἱ ἀναγκαῖαι χ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.148, compare 45.67 (_sing._); πολεμικαὶ χ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1328b11.)]
2 want, poverty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 175 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 420, etc.; διὰ τὴν χ. καὶ τὴν πενίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 534 (_anapaest meter_).)]
3 a request of necessity, opposed to ἀξίωσις (a claim of merit), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37, compare 33)]: generally, request, τὴν πρίν γε χ. ἠνύσασθ᾽ ἐμοῦ πάρα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 700)]; κἀγὼ.. τοιάνδε σου χ. ἔχω make such a request of or to thee, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 481.)]
II business, ὡς πρὸς τί χρεία; for what purpose? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1174, compare 1435; χρῆσθαί τινι χρείαν ἣν ἂν ἐθέλωσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 868b; δοῦναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν χ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.16.11.)]
II.b especially military or naval service, ἡ πολεμικὴ χ. καὶ ἡ εἰρηνική the employments of war and of peace, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1254b32)]; αἱ κατὰ θάλατταν [χ.], ἡ ἐν τῇ γῇ χ., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.52.1, 31.21.3)]; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν χ.[LXX+1st c.BC+ (Aristeas 110, LXX.1Mac.12.45; οἱ πρὸς ταῖς χ. LXX.Jdt.12.10; οἱ ἐπὶ χρειῶν τεταγμένοι “BGU” 543.1 (1st c.BC))]; in military sense, action, engagement, αἱ κατὰ μέρος χ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.84.7, +others)]
II.c generally, business, employment, function, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.45.2, etc.)]; ἡ ἐγκεχειρισμένη χ. the duty assigned, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 741.11 (2nd c.BC))]; οὓς καταστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς χ. ταύτης [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.6.3; χ. πολιτικαί 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 32, etc.)]
II.d a business, affair, matter, like{χρέος}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.49.9, +others)]; τὴν ὑπὲρ τούτων χ. the study of these things, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.29U.)]
II.e χ. ἀναγκαία need of nature, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.33; τροφῆς χ. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.472.)]
III use,
III.1 as a property, use, advantage, service, χρείης εἵνεκα μηδεμιῆς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 62; τῆς χ. τοῦ παιδὸς ἀποστερηθῆναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4; ἡ χ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480a; πωλοῦντες τὴν τῆς ἰσχύος χ. [prev. author] “R.” 371e)]; χρείαν ἔχειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις to be of service to mankind, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 204c)]; τὰ οὐδὲν εἰς χρείαν things of no use or service, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 56.3)]; χρείαν ἔχει εἴς τι is of service towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.41; for 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 725, see at {ἐρευνάω} 1: _plural_, χρεῖαι.. φίλων ἀνδρῶν)] services rendered by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.42)]; χρείας παρέχεσθαι render services, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.84, “IG” 22.654.15, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.16.8 (_sing._))]; ἵνα σοι τὰς χ. παρέσχωμαι (sic) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 498 (3rd c.BC))]; μεγάλην παρεῖχε χ. τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.97.4)]; παρέχειν χ. to be serviceable, useful, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Aristo Stoic. 1.79; ἑξήκοντα καὶ τριακόσια χρειῶν γένη παρέχον δένδρον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.724e; χ. ναυτικαί)]equipments, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.10.)]
III.2 as an action, using, use, κτῆσις καὶ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.4.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451c)]; ἐν χρείᾳ εἶναι in use, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 87c)]; κατὰ τὴν χ. for use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 330c; πρὸς τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.25)]; ἡ χ. τῶν λόγων the employment of words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 239d, compare “Plt.” 272d: _plural_, λάμπει γὰρ ἐν χρείαισιν ὥσπερ.. χαλκός)] is made bright by constant use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 864.)]
IV of persons, familiarity, intimacy, τινος with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.63)]: generally, any relation of business or intercourse, ἐν χρείᾳ τινὶ τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372a; ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους χ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1376b13; [Νικόμαχος] συνεβίω Ἀμυντᾳ.. ἰατροῦ καὶ φίλου χρείᾳ)]in the relationship, capacity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 5.1.)]
V Rhet., pregnant sentence, maxim, frequently illustrated by an anecdote, Sen.[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Ep.” 33.7, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 3, Aphthon, “Prog.” 3, 1st-2nd c.AD(?): Theon Rhetor “Progymnasmata - Rhet.” 5, etc.)]: plural, title of works by Zeno [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.91), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristippus Philosophus, etc.; by 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus)], a collection of sayings of courtesans, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.577d; ἡ τοῦ Κλεομένους χ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.218a; χρεῖαι καὶ ἱστορίαι [prev. work]78f.)]