Strong's Concordance chré: it is necessary, fitting Original Word: χρήPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chré Phonetic Spelling: (khray) Short Definition: it is necessary, proper Definition: it is necessary, proper, fitting. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5534: χρήχρή; (from χράω, χραει contracted χρή); impors. verb, it is necessary; it behooves: followed by an infinitive James 3:10 ((Buttmann, §§ 131, 3; 132, 12). From Homer on. Synonym: see δεῖ, at the end.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance ought. Third person singular of the same as chraomai or chrao used impersonally; it needs (must or should) be -- ought. see GREEK chraomai see GREEK chrao Forms and Transliterations χρη χρή chre chrē chrḗLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 55341 Occurrence χρή — 1 Occ. James 3:10 V-PIA-3S GRK: κατάρα οὐ χρή ἀδελφοί μου NAS: these things ought not to be this way. KJV: brethren, these things ought not so INT: cursing Not ought brothers of me |