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G5532 · χρεία

chreía

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution

KJV gloss list in the source

business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want

Derivation recorded by Strong

from the base of G5530 (χράομαι) or G5534 (χρή);

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