Lexicon anagkaios: necessary Original Word: ἀναγκαῖος, α, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anagkaios Phonetic Spelling: (an-ang-kah'-yos) Short Definition: necessary, essential Definition: necessary, essential, intimate, right, proper. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 316 anagkaíos – necessary. See 318 (anagkē). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anagkéDefinitionnecessary NASB Translationclose (1), more necessary (1), necessary (5), pressing (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 316: ἀναγκαῖοςἀναγκαῖος, , ( ἀνάγκη) (from Homer down (in various senses)), necessary; a. what one cannot do without, indispensable: 1 Corinthians 12:22 (τά μέλη); Titus 3:14 b. connected by the bonds of nature or of friendship: Acts 10:24 (ἀναγκαῖοι (A. V. near) φίλοι). c. what ought according to the law of duty to be done, what is required by the condition of things: Philippians 1:24. ἀναγκαῖον ἐστι followed by accusative with the infinitive, Acts 13:46; Hebrews 8:3. ἀναγκαῖον ἡγεῖσθαι to deem necessary, followed by an infinitive, Philippians 2:25; 2 Corinthians 9:5.
Strong's necessary, needful. From anagke; necessary; by implication, close (of kin) -- near, necessary, necessity, needful. see GREEK anagke |
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