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Strong G318ἀνάγκη

necessity

Transliteration
anagkē
Pronunciation
an-ang-kay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G303 and the base of G43; constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication distress: - distress must needs (of) necessity (-sary) neededth needful.

Detailed definition

ἀνάγκη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for מָצוֹק, צַר;]
1. necessity: ἔχειν ἀ-, with inf., to be compelled, Luk.14:18 23:17 (Rec., R, mg.), 1Co.7:37, Ju 3, Heb.7:27; ἐξ ἀ., κατ᾽ ἀ., of necessity, 2Co.9:7, Heb.7:12, Phm 14; ἀ. μοι ἐπίκειται, n. is laid on me, 1Co.9:16; with inf. (= ἀναγκαῖον ἐστι), Mat.18:7, Rom.13:5, Heb.9:16, 23

2. force, violence, hence pain, distress (Diod., al.; LXX; see M, Th., 41; MM, VGT, see word; cf. θλίψις): Luk.21:23, 1Co.7:26, 1Th.3:7; pl. (see B1., § 32, 6; Swete, Mk., 153), ἐν ἀ., 2Co.6:4 12:10.†
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In the Bible

Strong G318 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • necessity8
  • distress3
  • need3
  • necessary1
  • needeth1
  • needful1

First verses

  1. Matthew 18:7
    Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
  2. Luke 14:18
    And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
  3. Luke 21:23
    But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
  4. Luke 23:17
    (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
  5. Romans 13:5
    Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
  6. 1 Corinthians 7:26
    I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
  7. 1 Corinthians 7:37
    Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
  8. 1 Corinthians 9:16
    For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
  9. 2 Corinthians 6:4
    But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
  10. 2 Corinthians 9:7
    Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
  11. 2 Corinthians 12:10
    Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
  12. 1 Thessalonians 3:7
    Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
  13. Philemon 1:14
    But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
  14. Hebrews 7:12
    For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
  15. Hebrews 7:27
    Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
  16. Hebrews 9:16
    For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
  17. Hebrews 9:23
    It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  18. Jude 1:3
    Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
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ἀνάγκη,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἀναγκαίη, ἡ, force, constraint, necessity, κρατερὴ δ᾽ ἐπικείσετ᾽ ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.458)]; ἀναγκαίη γὰρ ἐπείγει[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 85; ἀναγκαίῃ πολεμίζειν 4.300; τίς τοι ἀνάγκη πτώσσει; 5.633; οἷσιν ἀ. (i.e. φυλάσσειν) 10.418, +others: but in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus usually in _dative_ as)]adverb, ἀνάγκῃ perforce, of necessity, ἀείδειν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.154; φεύγειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.150)]: in active sense, forcibly, by force, ἴσχειν, ἄγειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.557, 22.353; μνήσασθαι 7.217: strengthened by καί, 10.434; ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκης 19.156)]; opposed to ἑκόντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 231a; ὑπ᾽ ἀναγκαίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.172, +others; ἐξ ἀνάγκης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 73, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40, etc.; δι᾽ ἀνάγκης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 47e; σὺν ἀνάγκᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.51; πρὸς ἀνάγκαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 569 codices (Lyric poetry), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 29.2; κατ᾽ ἀνάγκην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.7: ἀνάγκη ἐστί,)] with infinitive, it must be that.., is necessary that..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” above quoted; πᾶσα ἀ. ἐστὶ ὗσαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22; τρέφειν τοὺς τοκέας τοῖσι μὲν παισὶν οὐδεμία ἀ., τῇσι δὲ θυγατράσι πᾶσα ἀ. [prev. work] 35)]: with dative person, ἀ. μοι σχεθεῖν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 16, compare “Pers.” 293:)] —in Trag. frequently in answers and arguments, πολλή γ᾽ ἀνάγκη, πολλή᾽ στ᾽ ἀνάγκη, or πολλή μ᾽ ἀνάγκη, with which an infinitive may always be supplied, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1013, “Hec.” 396, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 295; so πᾶσ᾽ ἀνάγκη “El.” 1497, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 441d)]; ἀνάγκη μεγάλη [ἐστί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (] [prev. work] 485e, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.9; ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ἐστί 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.8: later ἀνάγκην ἔχω,)] with infinitive, [NT (NT.Luke.14.18.)]
2 necessity in the philosophical sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 94b37, “Metaphorical” 1026b28, “Ph.” 199b34)]; logical necessity, Metaphorical[Refs (1064b33: in _plural_,)]laws of nature, τίσιν ἀνάγκαις ἕκαστα γίγνεται τῶν οὐρανίων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.11, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 21.)]
2.b natural need, γαστρὸς ἀνάγκαις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 726, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1075, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 7.1; ὑπ᾽ ἀ. τῆς ἐμφύτου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 458d; ἐρωτικαῖς ἀ. [prev. work], etc.)]
2.c ἡ ἀ. τοῦ τόπου the lie of the ground as a necessary condition, [Refs (PLille 4.14.)]
2.d ἀνάγκη δαιμόνων, αἱ ἐκ θεῶν ἀνάγκαι, fate, destiny, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1000, 1763)]: frequently personified in Poets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.30, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 116, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 105, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 256; Ἀνάγκᾳ δ᾽ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.21.)]
3 compulsion exerted by a superior, ἀ. προστιθέναι, ἐπιτιθέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.4, “Lac.” 10.7.)]
3.b violence, punishment, especially of torture, mostly plural, ἐς ἀνάγκας ἄγεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.25, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.5; προσάγειν τινὶ τὰς ἀνάγκας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99)]; τὰ πρὸς ἀνάγκας ὄργανα instruments of torture, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.28.2)]: later in singular, ἡ ἀ. τῶν βασάνων[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.305e; πρὸς ἀνάγκην)]under torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Publ.” 17: _metaphorically_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 13)]; δολοποιὸς ἀ., i. e. the stratagem of Nessus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 832; βρόχων πλεκταῖς ἀνάγκαις 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 1.9.)]
3.c duress, 'force majeure', ὅρκους οὓς ποιέονται ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὄντες[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 239)]; stress of circumstances, ἀκούσιοι ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82.)]
3.d treatment by mechanical force, τῶν ἀναγκῶν τινὰ προσφέρειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 15, compare “Art.” 73.)]
4 bodily pain, anguish, κατ᾽ ἀνάγκην ἕρπειν painfully, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 206 (Lyric poetry))]; ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκης βοᾶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 215; ὠδίνων ἀνάγκαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 89 (Lyric poetry))]: generally, distress, ἐν ἀνάγκαις γλυκὺ γίνεται καὶ τὸ σκληρόν[NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 226; frequently in LXX, LXX.Job.15.24, +others; ἡ ἐνεστῶσα ἀ. NT.1Cor.7.26: especially in _plural_, “IG” 12 (7).386.23 (Amorgos, 3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.43, NT.2Cor.6.4, etc.)]
II tie of blood, kindred, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.5.)]
III ={ἡ δικαστικὴ κλεψύδρα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]