G5536 χρῆμα (chrēma)

χρῆμα, -ros, τό, (χράομαι), in Grk. writ. whatever is for use, whatever one uses, a thing, matter, affair, event, | business; spec. money (rarely so in the sing. in prof. auth., as Hdt. 3, 38; Diod. 13, 106 [ef. L.and S.s.v. I. sub fin.]): Actsiv. 37; plur. riches (often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. Od. 2, 78; 16, 315 ete. down), Mk. x. 24 [T WH om. Tr mrg. br. the cl.]; of ra χρήματα ἔχοντες, they that have riches, Mk. x. 23; Lk. xviii. 24; money, Acts viii. 18, 20; xxiv. 26, (for 93, silver, Job xxvii. 17; for 0°03), riches, Josh. xxii. 8; 2 Chr. i. 11 sq.).

χρῆμα chrēma 6x

anything useful, or needful; pl. wealth, riches, Mk. 10:23; Lk. 18:24; money, Acts 8:18, 20; 24:26; sg. price, Acts 4:37*

χρῆμα, -τος, τό

(< χράομαι) [in LXX: Jos 22:8, II Ch 1:11, 12 (נְכָסׅים), Jb 27:17 (כֶּסֶף), etc.; freq. in (Si (5:1, 8, al.), II and IV Mac ;]

a thing that one uses or needs (and generally, a matter, event, business); hence in pl.,

wealth, riches: οἱ τά χ. ἔχοντες, Mk 10:23, 24, Lk 18:24;

money: Ac 8:18, 20 24:26; sing. (rare in cl.) of a special sum of money, Ac 4:37.†

χρῆμα (chrēma) — money. χρῆμα, ατος, τό: (χράομαι):— need, in the phrase παρὰ χ. or παραχρῆμα (which see); a thing that one needs or uses,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in plural, goods, property (χρήματα λέγομεν πάντα ὅσων ἡ ἀξία νομίσματι μετρεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of temple-treasures, heirlooms, etc., [Refs 6th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱρὰ χ. τῆς Ἀθηναίης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόβατα καὶ ἄλλα χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] a man's money is his life, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρήματ᾽ ἄνηρ 'money makes the man', [Refs 7th c.BC+]; even of debts, διαλῦσαι τὰ χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; for how much money.. ? Answ. ἐπ᾽ οὐδενί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in [Refs 6th c.BC+], χ. δ᾽ ὃ μὲν Διόθεν καὶ σὺν δίκῃ ἀνδρὶ γένητα; in Attic dialect, οὐδενὸς ἂν χ. δεξάμενοι at no price, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and in later Prose, fund, sum of money, Arch. f. Religionswiss.[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ χ. [NT+1st c.BC+]merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; property, substance, [Refs]

II. generally, thing, matter, affair, especially in Epic dialect and Ionic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀντὶ πάντων χ. on every account, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶν χ. ἐκίνεε 'left no stone unturned', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεκμαίρει χρῆμ᾽ ἕκαστον 'deeds show the man', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περαίνεται τὸ χ. the issue is being decided, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: plural, simply, things, ὁμοῦ πάντα χ. ἦν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. χρῆμα is frequently expressed where it might be omitted, δεινὸν χ. ἐποιεῦντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἀφανὲς χ. ἀποστέλλειν ἀποικίην to send out a colony without any certain destination, [Refs]; frequently in Trag., τί χρῆμ; ={τί}; what? τί χ. λεύσσ; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; or why? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in genitive, τοῦ χ. (i.e. ἕνεκα); [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δ᾽ ἐστὶ χρῆμ; what is the matter? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάλιστα χρημάτων most of anything, i. e. certainly, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II.3. used in periphrases to express something strange or extraordinary of its kind, ὑὸς χ. μέγα a huge monster of a boar, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χ. τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον what a business the nights are! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιπαρὸν τὸ χ. τῆς πόλεως what a grand city! [Refs]; κλέπτον τὸ χ. τἀνδρός a thievish sort of fellow, [Refs]; μακάριον.. λέγεις τυράννου χ. your tyrant-creature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: without a genitive, ἔλαφον, καλόν τι χ. καὶ μέγα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοφόν τοι χρῆμ᾽ ἄνθρωπος truly a clever creature is he! [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κοῦφον χ. ποιητής ἐστιν καὶ πτηνὸν καὶ ἱερόν, of the poet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. καλόν τι such a fine thing! [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also in a periphrastic use, οὐδὲν χ. τοῦ ἀγκῶνος κάμψαι δύνανται cannot bend the elbow at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. b so, to express a great number or mass, as we say, a deal, a heap of.., πολλόν τι χ. τῶν τέκνων, χ. πολλὸν ἀρδίων, νεῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον τὸ χ. παρνόπων what a lot of locusts! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χ. τῶν κόπων ὅσον what a lot of them! [Refs]; also of persons, χ. θηλειῶν womankind, [Refs 5th c.BC+] what a crowd.. ! [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. (χράω (B) A) oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]