- Original: χρεία - Transliteration: Chreia - Phonetic: khri'-ah - Definition: 1. necessity, need 2. duty, business - Origin: from the base of G5530 or G5534 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From the base of G5530 or G5534 ; employment that is an affair; also (by implication) occasion demand requirement or destitution: - business lack necessary (-ity) need (-ful) use want. Total KJV Occurrences: 36 • business, 1 Act 6:3 • lack, 1 1 Thessalonians 4:12 • necessary, 1 Act 28:10 • necessities, 1 Act 20:34 • necessity, 2 Romans 12:13; Philippians 4:16 • need, 24 Mat 3:14; Mat 26:65; Mar 14:63; Luke 9:11; Luke 19:34; Luke 22:71; Joh 13:29; Act 2:45; Act 4:35; 1 Corinthians 12:21(2); 1 Corinthians 12:24; Philippians 4:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:1; Hebrews 5:12(2); Hebrews 7:11; Hebrews 10:36; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 3:17; Revelation 21:23; Revelation 22:5 • needed, 1 Joh 2:25 • needest, 1 Joh 16:30 • needeth, 1 Eph 4:28 • use, 1 Eph 4:29 • uses, 1 Titus 3:14 • wants, 1 Philippians 2:25