affair; also (by implication) occasion

, ; (RV, txt., ; but v. Field, , 192), ; , , ; , c. gen., , , , , , , , , , ; seq. , c. inf. (Bl., § 71, 3), ; absol. (sc. gen.), ; c. gen. pers., , , ; c. inf. (Bl., § 69, 5), , , ; seq. , , ; absol., , , ; , ; , c. gen. subjc., , ; pl., , . need, necessity: for edifying as the need may be Ac 28:10 Tit 3:14 Eph 4:29 Lk 10:42 He 7:11 Mt 6:8 21:3 Mk 11:3 Lk 9:11 15:7 19:31 34 22:71 Jo 13:29 I Co 12:21 24 I Th 4:12 He 10:36 Re 21:23 22:5 He 5:12 Ac 2:45 4:35 Mt 9:12 26:65 Mk 2:17 14:63 Lk 5:31 Mt 3:14 14:16 Jo 13:10 I Th 1:8 4:9 Jo 2:25 16:30 I Jo 2:27 Mk 2:25 Eph 4:28 I Jo 3:17 Re 3:17 Phl 2:25 4:16 19 Ac 20:34 Ro 12:13 πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χ. ἕστι χ. χ. ἔχειν τοῦ ἵνα οὐδὲν χ. ἔχειν ἡ χ. Notes (so esp. in late writers, Polyb., al.; , al.): .† matter, business I Mac 12:45 Ac 6:3

employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution

business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want