χρή
chrḗ
“it needs (must or should) be”
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
it needs (must or should) be
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
impersonal verb, there is need or occasion, it is necessary, it is requisite; it becomes, it is proper, Jas. 3:10*
Translated in KJV as
ought
Etymology
third person singular of the same as G5530 (χράομαι) or G5531 (χράω) used impersonally;
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