Word

χρῄζω

chrḗizō · G5535 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to need, to lack, to be without

To lack something which is necessary and particularly needed

Examples
Matthew 6:32 “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Luke 11:8 “I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet because of his shamelessness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Luke 12:30 “For all these things are what the nations of the world eagerly seek; and your Father knows that you need these things.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 2
Not stated: he, she or it 2
Not stated: we 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 4 groups

οὗτοςthis 2
ἐπιστολήletter 1
ὅσοςas many as, as much as 1
σύyou 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πρᾶγμαhappening 1

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 3 groups

εἴδωto know 2
δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
ἐγείρωto raise, to get up 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To need, to lack, to be without57.39: Matthew 6:32 says, “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.”

Word family 17 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

χράομαι chráomai · G5530 · to treat, to behave toward, to deal with · 11×χρεία chreía · G5532 · need, lack, what is needed · 49×χρηστότης chrēstótēs · G5544 · that which is useful, what is benevolent, benevolence · 10×χρηστός chrēstós · G5543 · fine, better, good · 7×χρῄζωchrḗizō · G5535εὔχρηστος eúchrēstos · G2173 · useful, valuable · 3×ἀχρεῖος achreîos · G888 · useless, not useful, worthless · 2×καταχράομαι katachráomai · G2710 · to use, to employ, with · 2×χρῆσις chrēsis · G5540 · sexual function, sexual use · 2×ἀπόχρησις apóchrēsis · G671 · being used up, being con sumed, consumption · 1×ἀχρειόω achreióō · G889 · to go wrong, to become perverse · 1×ἄχρηστος áchrēstos · G890 · useless, not useful, worthless · 1×συγχράομαι synchráomai · G4798 · to associate, to be in the company of, to be involved with · 1×χρή chrḗ · G5534 · should, ought · 1×χρήσιμος chrḗsimos · G5539 · useful, use · 1×χρηστεύομαι chrēsteúomai · G5541 · to act kindly, to be kind, kindness · 1×χρηστολογία chrēstología · G5542 · attractive speech, fine language · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (χρή); from Homer down; to have need of, to be in want of: with a genitive of the object…

(χρή); from Homer down; to have need of, to be in want of: with a genitive of the object (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8 a.), Mt 6:32; Lk 11:8; Lk 12:30; Rom 16:2 (here with the genitive of a person); 2 Cor 3:1.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Need, Lack5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0