Luke 19:34:8Luke.19.34.W8TAB
χρείαν
khreian
“need”
- Transliteration
- KHREI-an
- Extended
- khrei-AHN
- IPA
- /ˈkʰrei.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- need
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHREI-an
- sentence
hoi de EI-pan HO-ti ho KY-ree-os au-TOU KHREI-an E-khei
Exegesis
Within the clause ho kyrios autou chreian echei {Ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει | hò kú-ri-os au-toû khreí-an é-khei}, the nominative ho kyrios {Ὁ κύριος | hò kú-ri-os} is the subject, explicitly titled “the Lord,” while autou {αὐτοῦ | au-toû} is a genitive referring back to the animal mentioned in the preceding verse, indicating that the Lord regards it as His.
The accusative chreian {χρείαν | khreí-an} functions as the internal object of echei {ἔχει | é-khei}, forming the idiom “to have need,” literally “need has.” English requires reordering this to “has need of it” or “needs it,” and it requires an explicit object pronoun “it” to convey the understood referent. The structure places “the Lord” first in the clause, foregrounding His authority and claim before the expression of necessity, which is reflected in translation by preserving “The Lord” as the prominent subject of the request.
Root and etymology
chre-chi–rho–eta
“need, use, necessity”
In context — Luke 19:34
But they said, “The Lord has need of it .”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 19:34, so the Greek word χρείαν (khreian) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.19.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.34.W8.S1) and character.