Strong's Greek · G5536

χρῆμα

chrēma

money, riches

Definition

something useful or needed, i.e. wealth, price

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Luke 18:24

Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

Acts 24:26

At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.

Acts 4:37

sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Mark 10:23

Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

Acts 8:18

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

Acts 8:20

But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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