Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to lend
Usage: χράω, κίχρημι [in LXX for לָוָה, etc. ;] to lend: Luk.11:5.† (AS)
Chrao means “lend” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5531 — cikluth (“folly”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5531 χράω (chrao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. chrao (khrah'-o) v. 1. to loan [probably the same as the base of G5530] It has 30 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include lend. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
chrao (khrah'-o) v. 1. to loan [probably the same as the base of G5530] KJV: lend Root(s): G5530
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to lend
Usage: χράω, κίχρημι [in LXX for לָוָה, etc. ;] to lend: Luk.11:5.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chrao, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5531 (χράω) appears 30 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
20 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and mules, and camels.
that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.
And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as a harlot?
9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea’s priests.
then certain persons, bringing in new things contrary to the general unanimity, in various ways fell into calamities.
First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5531.
And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and mules, and camels.
that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.
And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as a harlot?
And the Lord gave his people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and the man Moses was very great before the Egyptians, and before Pharaoh, and before his servants.
And the Lord gave his people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and they spoiled the Egyptians.
it: and let not the queen come in to him anymore; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.
And the damsel pleased him, and she found favor in his sight; and he hastened to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.
And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be done for thee?
And Mordecai established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province.
Renewing against me my torture: And thou hast dealt with me in great anger, And thou hast brought trials upon me.
But grant me two things: Then I will not hide myself from thy face.
In his anger he has cast me down; He has gnashed his teeth upon me: The weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
And has counted me for an enemy.
Though he should come on me in his great strength, Then he would not threaten me;
But it shall turn out vanity to them, to cry and beseech a man; For they dealt unlawfully, the poor being turned aside from their right.
Poverty brings a man low: But the hands of the vigorous make rich. And shall use the fool for a servant.
And I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.
The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodly men, and shall be in the Valley of Gibeon; he shall perform his works with wrath, even a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall be strange.
So I went to the river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I had buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing.
even this great pride of the men that will not hearken to my words, and have gone after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them: and they shall be as this girdle, which can be used for nothing.
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea’s priests.
then certain persons, bringing in new things contrary to the general unanimity, in various ways fell into calamities.
O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
And we should be disgracing our fathers if we did not obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide.
And one and all, looking on each other serene and confident, said, Let us sacrifice with all our heart our souls to God who gave them, and employ our bodies for the keeping of the law.
Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: And let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth.
If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, Lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.
Whose gold, and silver, and garments wherewith they are clothed, they that are strong do take, and go away withal: neither are they able to help themselves.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5531, grouped by book.
Chrao (Strong's G5531) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lend". chrao (khrah'-o) v. 1. to loan [probably the same as the base of G5530]
This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's G5531 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5531 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lend. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 20 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5531, with linked reader references where each row is available.