Strong G316ἀναγκαῖος
necessary
- Transliteration
- anagkaios
- Pronunciation
- an-ang-kah'-yos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G318; necessary; by implication close (of kin): - near necessary necessity needful.
Detailed definition
ἀναγκαῖος, -αῖα, -αῖον
(ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Est.8:13, Wis.16:3, Sir prol.22, 2Ma.4:23 2Mac 9:21, 4Ma.1:2 *;]
1. necessary: Act.13:46, 1Co.12:22, 2Co.9:5, Php.2:25, Tit.3:14, Heb.8:3; comp. -αιότερον, Php.1:24.
2. Of persons connected by bonds of nature or friendship, near, intimate (Field, Notes, 118; ΜΜ, VGT, see word): ἀ. φίλοι, Act.10:24.†
(AS)
(ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Est.8:13, Wis.16:3, Sir prol.22, 2Ma.4:23 2Mac 9:21, 4Ma.1:2 *;]
1. necessary: Act.13:46, 1Co.12:22, 2Co.9:5, Php.2:25, Tit.3:14, Heb.8:3; comp. -αιότερον, Php.1:24.
2. Of persons connected by bonds of nature or friendship, near, intimate (Field, Notes, 118; ΜΜ, VGT, see word): ἀ. φίλοι, Act.10:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G316 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- necessary5
- near1
- necessity1
- needful1
First verses
- Acts 10:24And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- 1 Corinthians 12:22Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
- 2 Corinthians 9:5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
- Philippians 1:24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
- Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
- Titus 3:14And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
- Hebrews 8:3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναγκ-αῖος, α, ον,
in Attic dialect also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 554a, etc.)]: of, with, or by force:
I active, constraining, applying force, μῦθος ἀ. a word of force, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.399)]; χρειὼ ἀ. urgent necessity, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.57)]; ἦμαρ ἀ. day of constraint, i.e. life of slavery, [Refs (16.836)]; ἀ. τύχη a doom imposed by fate, or fateful chance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 485, compare 803)] (but, fatal chance, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 48); πᾶν γὰρ ἀ. χρῆμ᾽ ἀνιηρὸν ἔφυ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 472, compare 297, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 230)]; τῆς ἀρχῆς τῷ ἀ. παροξυνομένους by the compulsory nature of our rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.99; δεσμὸς ἀ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.33)]; ἐξ ἀναγκαίου under stress of circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.60.)]
I.2 forcible, cogent, πειθώ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 265d; ἀποδείξεις “Ti.” 40e; διαλλακτὰς πολὺ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων ἀναγκαιοτέρους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.60)]; τὰ-ότερα τῶν ἀντιγράφων the more authoritative copies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 390.)]
II passive, constrained, forced, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, πολεμισταὶ ἀ.)] soldiers perforce, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.499)]; so δμῶες ἀ.[Refs ([prev. work] 210 (where however 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis explanation it χρειώδεις)] trusty, serviceable, see below [Refs (6).)]
II.2 necessary (physically or morally), οὐκ ἀ. unnecessary (on its different senses in philosophy see [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1015a20ff.), ἀ. [ἐστί])] it is necessary to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1317, etc.)]; γίνεταί μοι ἀναγκαιότατον, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.65)]; ἀ. κακόν a necessary evil, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 651, cf. Hybreasap. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.24)]: also with infinitive, ἔνιαι τῶν ἀποκρίσεων ἀναγκαῖαι διὰ μακρῶν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449b; ὁδὸν ἀναγκαιοτάτην εἶναι τρέπεσθαι “Sph.” 242b)]; [μαθήματα] ἀναγκαῖα προμεμαθηκέναι necessary for us to have learnt them before, [Refs (“Lg.” 643c.)]
II.3 τὰ ἀ. necessaries of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 848a; τὰ ἀ. τοῦ βίου 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.40; ἀ. τροφή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2.)]
II.3.b τὰ ἀ. things necessary to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.6)]; τὰ ἐκ θεοῦ ἀ. the appointed order of things, HG[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.7.33; θεῶν ἀναγκαῖον τόδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 584 codices: τὸ ἀ., ={ἀνάγκη}, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 200a31.)]
II.4 indispensable, i. e. a bare minimum, frequently in superlative, τὸ ἀναγκαιότατον ὕψος the least height that was absolutely necessary, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90)]; ἡ ἀναγκαιοτάτη πόλις the least that could be called a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; ἐκ τεττάρων ἀναγκαιοτάτων συγκεῖσθαι πόλιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291a12)]; αὐτὰ τἀναγκαιότατ᾽ εἰπεῖν give a bare outline of the facts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.126 compare 168)]; ἡ ἀ. συγγένεια the most distant degree of kinship recognized by law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (44.26: less frequently in Posit., οὐδὲ τἀναγκαῖα ἐξικέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]: hence, scanty, makeshift, παρασκευή[Refs (6.37.)]
II.5 of persons, connected by necessary or natural ties, i. e. related by blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574b; ἀ. δόμοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 533; οἱ ἀ.)]kinsfolk, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.1; ἀ. φίλοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 671; συγγενεῖς καὶ ἀ. ἄνθρωποι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.290; τοὺς συγγενεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀ. φίλους NT.Act.10.24, compare “PFlor.” 2.142.2 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.6 Astrology texts, efficacious, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 63.1 (_comparative_): ἀ. γραμμή)] line of fate, [Refs (Cat.Codex Astr. 7.238.)]
II.7 costly, ὄξος[Refs 5th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1870 (5th c.AD))]; ἐσθής[Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {βεστιάριον}.)]
III adverb -ως of necessity, perforce, ἀ. ἔχει it must be so, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 239, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 723, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91e, etc.; ἀ. ἔχει μοι ποιέειν ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.140.ά +others)]; ἀ. φέρειν, opposed to ἀνδρείως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64)]; as best might be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69d.)]
III.2 γελοίως καὶ ἀ. λέγειν in a narrow sense (compare [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (11.4, but probably with play on 111.1), [prev. author] “R.” 527a; πτωχῶς μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 55.2)]:—superlative ἀναγκαιότατα, λέγεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 40c.)]
III.3 strictly, κελεύειν[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.41 (1st c.AD).)]
IV οἱ ἀ. τόποι privy parts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 113.9.)]
V see {ἀναγκαῖον}, τό
in Attic dialect also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 554a, etc.)]: of, with, or by force:
I active, constraining, applying force, μῦθος ἀ. a word of force, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.399)]; χρειὼ ἀ. urgent necessity, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.57)]; ἦμαρ ἀ. day of constraint, i.e. life of slavery, [Refs (16.836)]; ἀ. τύχη a doom imposed by fate, or fateful chance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 485, compare 803)] (but, fatal chance, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 48); πᾶν γὰρ ἀ. χρῆμ᾽ ἀνιηρὸν ἔφυ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 472, compare 297, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 230)]; τῆς ἀρχῆς τῷ ἀ. παροξυνομένους by the compulsory nature of our rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.99; δεσμὸς ἀ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.33)]; ἐξ ἀναγκαίου under stress of circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.60.)]
I.2 forcible, cogent, πειθώ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 265d; ἀποδείξεις “Ti.” 40e; διαλλακτὰς πολὺ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων ἀναγκαιοτέρους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.60)]; τὰ-ότερα τῶν ἀντιγράφων the more authoritative copies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 390.)]
II passive, constrained, forced, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, πολεμισταὶ ἀ.)] soldiers perforce, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.499)]; so δμῶες ἀ.[Refs ([prev. work] 210 (where however 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis explanation it χρειώδεις)] trusty, serviceable, see below [Refs (6).)]
II.2 necessary (physically or morally), οὐκ ἀ. unnecessary (on its different senses in philosophy see [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1015a20ff.), ἀ. [ἐστί])] it is necessary to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1317, etc.)]; γίνεταί μοι ἀναγκαιότατον, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.65)]; ἀ. κακόν a necessary evil, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 651, cf. Hybreasap. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.24)]: also with infinitive, ἔνιαι τῶν ἀποκρίσεων ἀναγκαῖαι διὰ μακρῶν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449b; ὁδὸν ἀναγκαιοτάτην εἶναι τρέπεσθαι “Sph.” 242b)]; [μαθήματα] ἀναγκαῖα προμεμαθηκέναι necessary for us to have learnt them before, [Refs (“Lg.” 643c.)]
II.3 τὰ ἀ. necessaries of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 848a; τὰ ἀ. τοῦ βίου 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.40; ἀ. τροφή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2.)]
II.3.b τὰ ἀ. things necessary to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.6)]; τὰ ἐκ θεοῦ ἀ. the appointed order of things, HG[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.7.33; θεῶν ἀναγκαῖον τόδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 584 codices: τὸ ἀ., ={ἀνάγκη}, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 200a31.)]
II.4 indispensable, i. e. a bare minimum, frequently in superlative, τὸ ἀναγκαιότατον ὕψος the least height that was absolutely necessary, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90)]; ἡ ἀναγκαιοτάτη πόλις the least that could be called a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; ἐκ τεττάρων ἀναγκαιοτάτων συγκεῖσθαι πόλιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291a12)]; αὐτὰ τἀναγκαιότατ᾽ εἰπεῖν give a bare outline of the facts, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.126 compare 168)]; ἡ ἀ. συγγένεια the most distant degree of kinship recognized by law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (44.26: less frequently in Posit., οὐδὲ τἀναγκαῖα ἐξικέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]: hence, scanty, makeshift, παρασκευή[Refs (6.37.)]
II.5 of persons, connected by necessary or natural ties, i. e. related by blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574b; ἀ. δόμοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 533; οἱ ἀ.)]kinsfolk, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.1; ἀ. φίλοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 671; συγγενεῖς καὶ ἀ. ἄνθρωποι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.290; τοὺς συγγενεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀ. φίλους NT.Act.10.24, compare “PFlor.” 2.142.2 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.6 Astrology texts, efficacious, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 63.1 (_comparative_): ἀ. γραμμή)] line of fate, [Refs (Cat.Codex Astr. 7.238.)]
II.7 costly, ὄξος[Refs 5th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1870 (5th c.AD))]; ἐσθής[Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {βεστιάριον}.)]
III adverb -ως of necessity, perforce, ἀ. ἔχει it must be so, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 239, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 723, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91e, etc.; ἀ. ἔχει μοι ποιέειν ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.140.ά +others)]; ἀ. φέρειν, opposed to ἀνδρείως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64)]; as best might be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69d.)]
III.2 γελοίως καὶ ἀ. λέγειν in a narrow sense (compare [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (11.4, but probably with play on 111.1), [prev. author] “R.” 527a; πτωχῶς μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 55.2)]:—superlative ἀναγκαιότατα, λέγεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 40c.)]
III.3 strictly, κελεύειν[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.41 (1st c.AD).)]
IV οἱ ἀ. τόποι privy parts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 113.9.)]
V see {ἀναγκαῖον}, τό