Chrema denotes financial resources, whether possessed as wealth or given and offered in transactions.

The attested use refers to financial resources both as wealth someone has and as funds transferred, offered, or sought: it appears in warnings about those having such resources and in scenes of a field sale, an offered payment, and hoped-for funds.

1. Financial resources as wealth or payment · dominant

   The plural forms occur in Mark 10:23 and Luke 18:24 in sayings about those having such resources and entering the kingdom of God; in Mark 10:23 the APB renders the clause “those having money,” while Luke 18:24 renders “those who have wealth.” In Acts 4:37 the singular accusative is associated with selling a field and bringing the proceeds, while Acts 8:18, Acts 8:20, and Acts 24:26 place the plural forms in offering, seeking, or speaking of funds in connection with a proposed payment.

   Mark 10:23Luke 18:24Acts 4:37Acts 8:18Acts 8:20Acts 24:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term with “money” in transfer, offering, and payment contexts, while Luke 18:24 renders the surrounding statement with “wealth.” This variation should not be treated as separate lexical senses.