Strong G315ἀναγκάζω
to compel
- Transliteration
- anagkazō
- Pronunciation
- an-ang-kad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G318; to necessitate: - compel constrain.
Detailed definition
ἀναγκάζω
(ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Pro.6:7 (שֹׁטֵר), I Est.3:24, 1Ma.2:25, al.;]
to necessitate, compel by force or persuasion, constrain: with accusative, 2Co.12:11; id. with inf., Mat.14:22, Mrk.6:45, Luk.14:23, Act.26:11 (on the imperfect here, see Field, Notes, 141; M, Pr., 128 f., 247), Gal.2:14 6:12; pass., C. inf., Act.28:19, Gal.2:3 (for exx., see MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
(ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Pro.6:7 (שֹׁטֵר), I Est.3:24, 1Ma.2:25, al.;]
to necessitate, compel by force or persuasion, constrain: with accusative, 2Co.12:11; id. with inf., Mat.14:22, Mrk.6:45, Luk.14:23, Act.26:11 (on the imperfect here, see Field, Notes, 141; M, Pr., 128 f., 247), Gal.2:14 6:12; pass., C. inf., Act.28:19, Gal.2:3 (for exx., see MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G315 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- compel4
- constrain4
- thou1
First verses
- Matthew 14:22And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
- Mark 6:45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
- Luke 14:23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Acts 26:11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
- Acts 28:19But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
- Galatians 2:3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
- Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
- Galatians 6:12As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναγκ-άζω,
future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 337, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.35)] (later 2nd pers.plural -ᾶτε[Refs (“Arch.Papyrus” 6.286))]: perfect ἠνάγκακα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hipparchus” 232b)]: pluperfect -ειν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.28)]: (ἀνάγκη):—force, compel, mostly with accusative person et infinitive, ἀ. τινὰ κτείνειν, πόλισμα, συνθήκας ποιεῖσθαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, 98, 6.42)]; δρᾶν, λέγειν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 256, “OC” 979, etc.)]: so in passive, ἠναγκάζοντο ἀμύνεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.101: without)]infinitive, κἄμ᾽ ἀναγκάζεις τάδε (i.e. δρᾶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1368, compare “OT” 280)]; ἀναγκάζεσθαί τι to be forced [to do] a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242a, 254b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.4; ἀ. τινὰ ἐς τὸ πολεμεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23; ἐς τὸ ἔργον [prev. author] 2.75.)]
2 with accusative person only, constrain a person, τὸ συνδρῶν σ᾽ ἀναγκάσει χρέος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 337)]; especially by argument, opposed to ῥητορικῶς ἐλέγχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472b)]; δεινοῖς ἠναγκάσθην I was constrained, tortured, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 221, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.2)]; ἠναγκασμένος, ἀναγκασθείς under compulsion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.22, 8.99; ὑπὸ δεσμῶν ἀναγκασθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.2; φανεροὶ ἦσαν ἀναγκασθησόμενοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.19.)]
3 with accusative of things only, carry through by force, πόλις ἀναγκάζει τάδε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 595, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.5, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1392a27)]; ἠναγκασμένα λάχανα forced vegetables, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.21.)]
4 with accusative of things et infinitive, contend that a thing is necessarily so and so, μὴ ἀνάγκαζε ὃ μὴ καλόν ἐστιν αἰσχρὸν εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202b, compare “Cra.” 432c, “Tht.” 196b: followed by _conjunction_, οἱ λόγοι ἀναγκάσειαν ἂν ὅτι ἀθάνατον ψυχή “R.” 611b.)]
5 absolutely, apply compulsion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1304b9 (ἀναγκάζω is a gloss in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c.).)]
6 in surgery, use force to reduce dislocations, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 3, 5, +others)]
future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 337, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.35)] (later 2nd pers.plural -ᾶτε[Refs (“Arch.Papyrus” 6.286))]: perfect ἠνάγκακα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hipparchus” 232b)]: pluperfect -ειν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.28)]: (ἀνάγκη):—force, compel, mostly with accusative person et infinitive, ἀ. τινὰ κτείνειν, πόλισμα, συνθήκας ποιεῖσθαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, 98, 6.42)]; δρᾶν, λέγειν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 256, “OC” 979, etc.)]: so in passive, ἠναγκάζοντο ἀμύνεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.101: without)]infinitive, κἄμ᾽ ἀναγκάζεις τάδε (i.e. δρᾶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1368, compare “OT” 280)]; ἀναγκάζεσθαί τι to be forced [to do] a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242a, 254b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.4; ἀ. τινὰ ἐς τὸ πολεμεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23; ἐς τὸ ἔργον [prev. author] 2.75.)]
2 with accusative person only, constrain a person, τὸ συνδρῶν σ᾽ ἀναγκάσει χρέος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 337)]; especially by argument, opposed to ῥητορικῶς ἐλέγχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472b)]; δεινοῖς ἠναγκάσθην I was constrained, tortured, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 221, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.2)]; ἠναγκασμένος, ἀναγκασθείς under compulsion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.22, 8.99; ὑπὸ δεσμῶν ἀναγκασθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.2; φανεροὶ ἦσαν ἀναγκασθησόμενοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.19.)]
3 with accusative of things only, carry through by force, πόλις ἀναγκάζει τάδε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 595, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.5, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1392a27)]; ἠναγκασμένα λάχανα forced vegetables, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.21.)]
4 with accusative of things et infinitive, contend that a thing is necessarily so and so, μὴ ἀνάγκαζε ὃ μὴ καλόν ἐστιν αἰσχρὸν εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202b, compare “Cra.” 432c, “Tht.” 196b: followed by _conjunction_, οἱ λόγοι ἀναγκάσειαν ἂν ὅτι ἀθάνατον ψυχή “R.” 611b.)]
5 absolutely, apply compulsion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1304b9 (ἀναγκάζω is a gloss in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c.).)]
6 in surgery, use force to reduce dislocations, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 3, 5, +others)]