verb
kichrēamō
Strong’sG5531
I lend
stem kichrē-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κίχρημι, v.s. χράω.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5531 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhrah'-o
to loan
Fromprobably the same as the base of G5530;
King Jameslend.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Aused in Epic dialect only in aorist 2, fall upon, attack, assail, with dative person, στυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δαίμων Refs 8th c.BC+
A.II with accusative of things, inflict upon a person, κακὸν δέ οἱ ἔχραε κοῖτον Refs 2nd c.BC+
A.III with infinitive, conceive a desire to.., τίπτε σὸς υἱὸς ἐμὸν ῥόον ἔχραε κήδειν ἐξ ἄλλω; why did he want (or needed he) to vex my stream of all others? Refs 8th c.BC+; μνηστῆρες.., οἳ τόδε δῶμα ἐχράετ᾽ ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν ye suitors.., who have become so eager to.., Refs 8th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| kichrēasarχρῆσόν | happened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singular | lend | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kichrēamō | kichrēame | kichrēami | kichrēama | kichrēamē | kichrēamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kichrēasō | kichrēase | kichrēasi | kichrēasa | kichrēasē | kichrēaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kichrēatō | kichrēate | kichrēati | kichrēata | kichrēatē | kichrēatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kichrēanō | kichrēane | kichrēani | kichrēana | kichrēanē | kichrēanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kichrēavō | kichrēave | kichrēavi | kichrēava | kichrēavē | kichrēavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kichrēalō | kichrēale | kichrēali | kichrēala | kichrēalē | kichrēalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kichrēameiō | kichrēameia | kichrēameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kichrēaseiō | kichrēaseia | kichrēaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kichrēateiō | kichrēateia | kichrēateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kichrēaneiō | kichrēaneia | kichrēaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kichrēaveiō | kichrēaveia | kichrēaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kichrēaleiō | kichrēaleia | kichrēaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kichrēasōr | kichrēasar1×χρῆσόν | kichrēasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kichrēatōr | kichrēatar | kichrēatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kichrēavōr | kichrēavar | kichrēavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kichrēalōr | kichrēalar | kichrēalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kichrēamoiō | kichrēamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kichrēasoiō | kichrēasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kichrēatoiō | kichrēatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kichrēanoiō | kichrēanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kichrēavoiō | kichrēavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kichrēaloiō | kichrēaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kichrēarō | kichrēari | kichrēara | kichrēarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kichrēarōntos | kichrēarintos | kichrēarantos | kichrēarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
kichrē is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
kichrēasar“lend”happened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singular1×
Luke 11:5… auton mesonuktieu kai legateia auto; Filor, kichrēasar mi treis artoin,… friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,