χρήματα [2 verses] (noun pl neut nom/acc) "Riches" is chrema, which means "need", "goods", "property", "money", "merchandise", "substance", "thing", "matter", "affair", "a deal," and "a heap of." -- "Riches" is the noun that means "need", "goods", "property", "money", and so on. It is plural with an article so "these properties"