Need
χρείαStrong’s G5532chreia
Appears in 47 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chreia is the Greek word usually translated “need”, “needs” and “necessary”. It appears in 47 verses of the New Testament.
“And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.”
Meaning
Usually translated “need”, “needs” and “necessary”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- need 40
- needs 6
- necessary 1
- task 1
- need of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 7
- Matthew 6
- Acts 5
- Mark 4
- John 4
- 1 Thessalonians 4
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
All 47 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
χρεία chreia · 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., § 6 …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “need” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEED, noun
[to be in want. The primary sense is to press.]
- Want; occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief.“What further need have we of witnesses?” Matthew 26:65
- Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence.“I know how to abound and to suffer need” Philippians 4:12
All definitions and other forms of “need”
NEED, verb transitive
[ to compel]
To want; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
- “They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick” Matthew 9:12
NEED, verb intransitive
To be wanted; to be necessary.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.