Quick Definition
χρῄζω v. I need
Strong's Definition
to make (i.e. have) necessity, i.e. be in want of
Derivation: from G5532 (χρεία);
KJV Usage: (have) need
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χρῄζω chrēzō 5x
to need, want, desire, Mt. 6:32; Lk. 11:8; 12:30; Rom. 16:2; 2 Cor. 3:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χρῄζω
(< χρή) [in LXX Jg 11:7, I Ki 17:18 A * ;]
to need, have need of: c. gen. rei, Mt 6:32, Lk 11:8 12:30, II Co 3:1; c. gen. pers. seq. ἐν, Ro 16:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χρῄζω (chrēzō) — to need. χρῄζω, [Refs 6th c.BC+]present and imperfect (but see below [Refs]: Epic dialect and Ionic dialect χρηΐζω, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; written χρηιίζω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χρεΐζω, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Doric dialect χρῄζω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χρήζω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; χρείζω [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: sicil. Doric dialect χρῄσδω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Megarian dialect Doric dialect χρῄδδω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future χρῄσω [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect χρηΐσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist Ionic dialect χρηΐσαι probably [Refs]; participle χρηΐσας[Refs]: (χρή):—want, lack, have need of, with genitive, χρηΐζοντα.. ἰητῆρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δύο χρῄσει [μεσοτάτων] [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]: absolutely in participle χρηΐζων needy, poor, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. desire, long for, crave, χρηΐζειν ἀπεόντος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ μακροῦ χ. βίου Soph.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; an infinitive may frequently be supplied, φράζε.. ὅ τι χρῄζεις (i.e. φράζειν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δῆτα χρῄζει;[Refs]
2. b with accusative person et infinitive, ask or desire that one should do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so with genitive person et infinitive, desire of one to do, [Refs]; in Trag., with infinitive only, desire to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. c with double genitive person et of things, τῶνδε ἐγὼ ὑμέων χρηΐζων συνέλεξα hdt.[Refs]
2. d χρῄζειν παρά τινος with infinitive, Ps.-[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. participle χρῄζων is used absolutely for εἰ χρῄζει, if one will, if one chooses, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἄλλα φανεῖ χρῄζων (i.e. Ἑρμῆς) if propitious, [Refs]; ἢν τὸν θεὸν χρῄζοντ᾽ ἔχῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποταγγελλέτω ὁ χρῄζων, ={ὁ βουλόμενος}, [Refs]; also τὸ χρῇζον your solicitation, E.IA 1017.
II. passive, χρησθείς is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]