χρεία

χρείας, ἡ (χρή), from Aeschylus and Sophocles down;
1. necessity, need: τά πρός τήν χρείαν (L T Tr WH πρός τάς χρείας (cf. below)), such things as suited the exigency, such things as we needed for sustenance and the journey, Acts 28:10; εἰς τάς ἀναγκαίας χρείας (A. V. for necessary uses), i. e. to supply what is absolutely necessary for life ((cf. Babrius fab. 136, 9); others understand the 'wants' here as comprising those of charity or of worship), Tit 3:14; πρός οἰκοδομήν τῆς χρείας, for the edification of souls, of which there is now special need, Eph 4:29 (cf. R. V. and marginal reading); ἐστι χρεία, there is need, followed by an accusative with infinitive Heb 7:11; ἐστι χρεία τίνος, there is need of something, Rev 22:5 Griesbach; Lk 10:42 ((but not WH marginal reading)); ἔχω χρείαν τίνος, to have need of (be in want of) something (often in the Greek writings from Aeschylus down, cf. Passow, under the word, 1; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 1)), Mt 6:8; Mt 21:3; Mk 11:3; Luke (Lk 9:11; ); Mark 19:31,34; 22:71>; Jn 13:29; 1 Cor 12:21, 1 Cor 12:24; 1 Thess 4:12; Heb 10:36; Rev 3:17 R G (see below); Rev 21:23; (not Griesbach); τοῦ with an infinitive Heb 5:12 (Winers Grammar, § 44, 4 a.; cf. τίς, 2 b., p. 626a bottom); the genitive of the thing is evident from the context, Acts 2:45; Acts 4:35; with the genitive of a person whose aid, testimony, etc., is needed, Mt 9:12; Mt 26:65; Mk 2:17; Mk 14:63; Lk 5:31; ἔχω χρείαν, followed by an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, § 140, 3), I, etc. have need to etc., Mt 3:14; Mt 14:16; Jn 13:10; 1 Thess 1:8; 1 Thess 4:9 (with which cf. 5:1 (see Winers Grammar, 339 (318); Buttmann, § 140, 3)); followed by ἵνα (see ἵνα, II. 2 c. (Buttmann, § 139, 46; cf. Epictetus diss. 1, 17, 18)), Jn 2:25; Jn 16:30; 1 Jn 2:27; χρείαν ἔχω, absolutely, to have need: Mk 2:25; (Eph 4:28); 1 Jn 3:17; οὐδέν χρείαν ἐηξω, to have need as to nothing (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 10), Rev 3:17 L T Tr WH. ἡ χρεία with a genitive of the subjunctive the condition of one deprived of those things which he is scarcely able to do without, want, need: λειτουργός τῆς χρείας μου (see λειτουργός, 2 at the end), Phm 2:25; πληροῦν τήν χρείαν τίνος (Thucydides 1. 70), Phm 4:19; (add, εἰς (Lachmann brackets εἰς) τήν χρείαν μοι ἐπέμψατε, unto (i. e. to relieve, cf. εἰς, B. II. 3 c. γ., p. 185b top) my need, Phm 4:16); plural one's necessities: ταῖς χρείαις... ὑπηρέτησαν, to provide for one's necessities, Acts 20:34; κοινωνεῖν ταῖς χρείαις (cf. p. 352{a} top), Rom 12:13.
2. duty, business (so especially from Polybius down (cf. Judith 12:10; 1 Macc. 12:45 1 Macc. 13:37; 2 Macc. 7:24, etc.)): Acts 6:3.