χρῆμα, χρηματος, τό (χράομαι), in Greek writings whatever is for use, whatever one uses, a thing, matter, affair, event, business; specifically, money (rarely so in the singular in secular authors, as Herodotus 3, 38; Diodorus 13, 106 (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word I. under the end)): Act_4:37; plural riches (often in Greek writings from Homer, Odyssey 2, 78; 16, 315 etc. down), Mar_10:24 (T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); οἱ τά χρήματα ἔχοντες, they that have riches, Mar_10:23; Luk_18:24; money, Act_8:18; Act_8:20; Act_24:26 (for λΖΜρΖσ, silver, Job_27:17; for πΔλΘρΔιν, riches, Jos_22:8; 2Ch_1:11 f).

χρῆμα chrēma 6x anything useful, or needful; pl. wealth, riches, Mar_10:23 ; Luk_18:24 ; money, Act_8:18 ; Act_8:20 ; Act_24:26 ; sg. price, Act_4:37

χρῆμα , -τος , τό ( <χράομαι ), [in LXX : Jos_22:8 , 2Ch_1:11-12 ( H5233 ), Job_27:17 ( H3701 ), etc.; freq . in Sir (5:1, 8, al. ), 2 and 4 Mac;] a thing that one uses or needs (and generally, a matter, event, business ); hence in pl ., (a) wealth, riches: οἱ τά χ . ἔχοντες , Mar_10:23-24 , Luk_18:24 ; (b) money: Act_8:18 ; Act_8:20 ; Act_24:26 ; sing. (rare in cl .) of a special sum of money, Act_4:37 .†

χρῆμα [page 691] For the plur. = moneys, property, possessions, as in Mar. 10:23, al. , cf. the letter of a freedman to his patron, BGU IV. 1141 .21 (B.C. 13) θέλεις με εἶναι ἀνθρωπ . . . καὶ συνέστησας καὶ συνδούλοις καὶ συνεξελευθέροις , ὅπερ ἐμο̣ι̣, χρήματά ἐστιν παρὰ σοί , you wish me to be a man (?), and you have stood by both my fellow-slaves and fellow-freedmen, which for me means the same as money from you (?), P Oxy III. 473 .4 (A.D. 138 160) τά τε̣ [θε ]ωρικὰ χρήματα , funds for theatrical displays, ib. I. 55 .15 (A.D. 283) ἀξιοῦμεν ἐπιστεῖλέ σαι ( l. ἐπιστεῖλαί σε ) τῷ ταμίᾳ τῶν πολιτικῶν χρημάτων τὸν ἐξοδιασμὸν ἡμεῖν ποιήσασθαι κατὰ τὸ ἔθος , we beg you to instruct the public treasurer to pay us in full, as is usual (Edd.), and P Fay 20 .12 (iii/iv A.D.) ἀντἰ τῶν χρυσῶν στεφάνων χρήματα , the sums due in place of golden crowns (Edd.). The sing., as in Act. 4:37, appears in P Oxy III. 474 .41 (A.D. 184?) μὴ ἐφάπτεσθαι τοῦ κυριακοῦ χρήματος (with the editors note), P Tebt II. 353 .25 (A.D. 192) στεφανικοῦ χρήματος .

χρῆμα χρῆμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: χράομαι] "a thing that one uses" or needs: in pl. "goods, property, money, gear, chattels", Od. , Hes. , etc.; πρόβατα καὶ ἄλλα χρ. Xen. ; κρείσσων χρημάτων superior "to money", i. e. incorruptible, Thuc. ; χρημάτων ἀδωρότατος id=Thuc. :—rare in sg. in this sense, ἐπὶ κόσῳ χρήματι; for how much "money?" Answ. ἐπ᾽ οὐδενί, Hdt. generally, "a thing, matter, affair, event", Hes. , Hdt. ; κινεῖν πᾶν χρῆμα "to leave no stone unturned, " Hdt. :—of a battle, "an affair", Plut. χρῆμα is often expressed where it might be omitted, δεινὸν χρ. ἐποιεῦντο Hdt. ; ἐς ἀφανὲς χρ. ἀποστέλλειν ἀποικίαν to send out a colony without any certain destination, id=Hdt. ; τί χρῆμα; like τί; "what?" τί χρῆμα δρᾷς; Soph. ; τί χρῆμα πάσχω; τί δ᾽ ἐστὶ χρῆμα; what is "the matter?" Aesch. , etc. used in periphrases to express something strange or extraordinary, μέγα συὸς χρῆμα a "monster" of a boar, Hdt. ; τὸ χρ. τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον what a terrible length the nights are, Ar. : λιπαρὸν τὸ χρ. τῆς πόλεως what a grand city! id=Ar. ; κλέπτον τὸ χρ. τἀνδρός a thievish "sort" of fellow, id=Ar. ; σοφόν τοι χρῆμ᾽ ἄνθρωπος truly a clever "creature" is he! Theocr. :—so, to express a great number, as we say, "a lot, a deal, a heap", πολλόν τι χρ. τῶν ὀφίων, χρ. πολλὸν νεῶν Hdt. ; ὅσον τὸ χρ. παρνόπων what a "lot" of locusts! Ar. ; ὅσον τὸ χρ. πλακοῦντος id=Ar. ; τὸ χρ. τῶν κόπων ὅσον what a lot of them! id=Ar. ; —also of persons, χρῆμα θηλειῶν woman "kind", Eur. ; μέγα χρ. Λακαινᾶν Theocr.

χρῆμα, -τος, τό (χράομαι) [in LXX: Jos.22:8, 2Ch.1:11-12 (נֶכֶס), Job.27:17 (כֶּסֶף), etc.; frequently in Sir (5:1, 8, al.), 2 and 4 Mac ;] a thing that one uses or needs (and generally, a matter, event, business); hence in pl., __(a) wealth, riches: οἱ τά χ. ἔχοντες, Mrk.10:23-24, Luk.18:24; __(b) money: Act.8:18, 20 24:26; sing. (rare in cl.) of a special sum of money, Act.4:37.† (AS)