To need
χρῄζωStrong’s G5535chrēzō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chrēzō is the Greek word usually translated “need”, “needs” and “have need”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”
Meaning
Usually translated “need”, “needs” and “have need”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- you need 1
- he needs 1
- you have need 1
- she may need 1
- we need 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 11:8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
- Luke 12:30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
- Romans 16:2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
- 2 Corinthians 3:1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
Greek dictionary
χρῄζω chrēzō · to need
χρῄζω (χρή) [in LXX Jdg.11:7, 1Ki.17:18 A * ;] to need, have need of: with genitive of thing(s), Mat.6:32, Luk.11:8 12:30, 2Co.3:1; with genitive of person(s) before ἐν, Rom.16:2.† (AS)
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.