Chreia denotes the condition of needing something — whether spiritual, physical, or practical — and by extension the thing needed or the service rendered. Jesus declares that 'those who are well have no need of a physician' (Matt 9:12), the Father 'knows what you need before you ask' (Matt 6:8), and the early church distributed 'as any had need' (Acts 2:45; 4:35). Paul expands the word into the theology of mutual dependence within the body of Christ: 'the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you' (1 Cor 12:21). Occasionally chreia shades toward 'task' or 'service' — the Lord 'has need of' the colt (Matt 21:3). Spanish 'necesidad,' French 'besoin,' and German 'Bedarf' all capture this core sense of lack pressing toward fulfillment.