Strong G2006ἐπιτήδειος
necessary
- Transliteration
- epitēdeios
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-tay'-di-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From ἐπιτηδές epitēdes (enough);
serviceable that is (by implication) requisite: - things which are needful.
serviceable that is (by implication) requisite: - things which are needful.
Detailed definition
ἐπιτήδειος, -α, -ον
[in LXX: 1Ch.28:2, Wis.4:5, 1Ma.4:46, al.;]
1. suitable, convenient,
2. useful, necessary: τὰ ἐ., necessaries, Jas.2:16,†
(AS)
[in LXX: 1Ch.28:2, Wis.4:5, 1Ma.4:46, al.;]
1. suitable, convenient,
2. useful, necessary: τὰ ἐ., necessaries, Jas.2:16,†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2006 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- needful1
First verses
- James 2:16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιτήδ-ειος, α, ον:
Ionic dialect ἐπιτήδ-εος, έη, εον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.158, +others (compare ἐπιταδεοτρώκτας))]: Doric dialect -τάδειος [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 524.36 (Praesus, 3rd c.BC): regular _comparative_ and _superlative_ -ειότερος, -ειότατος, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54, 7.86, etc.)]; -έστερος, -έστατος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Anonymus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see entry, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 121: _Ionic dialect_ -εότερος, -εότατος, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.2, 1.110, +others)]: (ἐπιτηδές):— made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient, νομαί [Refs ([prev. passage], etc.:—Constr.: ἐ. ἔς τι [prev. work] 115 (_superlative_))], etc.; πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 390b: with)]infinitive, χωρίον -ότατον ἐνιππεῦσαι most fit to ride in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.102, compare 9.2 (_comparative_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1228, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 508; ἄνδρα -ότατον..δέξαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 79; so ἐ. τῷ σώματι κινδυνεύειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.63)]; ἐ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι convenient to be put out of the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.70; τεθνάναι μᾶλλον ἢ σῴζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.25, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.24)]; ἐ. ξυνεῖναι a fit person to live with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 206)]; also ἐ. ὀστρακισθῆναι deserving to be ostracized, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.36; ἐ. πάσχειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.57)]; ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐ. ἔπαισεν ἄν struck him who deserved it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.11)]; but ἐ. ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐλθεῖν likely or inclined to come, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.63; also ὑμῖν ἐπιτήδεόν [ἐστι] οἰκέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.158, etc.)]
II useful, serviceable, necessary,
II.1 of things, ὀλιγαρχία ἐ. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις fit or serviceable for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.81; ἐ. τῷ δήμῳ πράττειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.51)]; καταστήσειν ἐς τὸ ἐ. to their advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.76)]; οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐ. no advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.58; οὐκ ἐ. καταγνῶναί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.97)]; ἱερὰ οὐκ ἐ., opposed to καλά, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.37: especially as)] substantive, τὰ ἐ. things requisite, necessaries, especially of provisions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.174, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.2, etc.)]: also in singular, what is requisite, needful, [Refs ([prev. author] “Vect.” 4.38.)]
II.2 of persons, serviceable, friendly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72 (_superlative_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40)]; τινί to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.78, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.14; ἐ. ποιεῖν τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.41)]; ἐ. τῷ πατρί conformable to his will, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52)]; ἐ. τοῖς πρασσομένοις favourable to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.54)]: also as substantive, a close friend, οἱ ἐ. one's friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.64; Ἀθηναίων ἐ. [prev. author] 7.73; μοι ἐ. καὶ φίλος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.22.)]
II.3 with genitive, ={ἄξιος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 1073.19 (Olympia, 2nd c.AD).)]
III adverb -είως, Ionic dialect -έως, studiously, carefully, ὑπηρετέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 4.139.)]
III.2 suitably, conveniently, fitly, ποιέειν ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] 9.7.β᾽)]; ἐ. σφίσιν αὐτοῖς πολιτεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19; ἐ. ἔχειν [prev. author] 5.82)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.54; -οτέρως, διαιτᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.32.)]
III.3 ἐ. ἔχειν τινί to be on friendly terms with.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.9.3.)]
Ionic dialect ἐπιτήδ-εος, έη, εον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.158, +others (compare ἐπιταδεοτρώκτας))]: Doric dialect -τάδειος [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 524.36 (Praesus, 3rd c.BC): regular _comparative_ and _superlative_ -ειότερος, -ειότατος, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.54, 7.86, etc.)]; -έστερος, -έστατος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Anonymus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see entry, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 121: _Ionic dialect_ -εότερος, -εότατος, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.2, 1.110, +others)]: (ἐπιτηδές):— made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient, νομαί [Refs ([prev. passage], etc.:—Constr.: ἐ. ἔς τι [prev. work] 115 (_superlative_))], etc.; πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 390b: with)]infinitive, χωρίον -ότατον ἐνιππεῦσαι most fit to ride in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.102, compare 9.2 (_comparative_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1228, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 508; ἄνδρα -ότατον..δέξαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 79; so ἐ. τῷ σώματι κινδυνεύειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.63)]; ἐ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι convenient to be put out of the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.70; τεθνάναι μᾶλλον ἢ σῴζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.25, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.24)]; ἐ. ξυνεῖναι a fit person to live with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 206)]; also ἐ. ὀστρακισθῆναι deserving to be ostracized, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.36; ἐ. πάσχειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.57)]; ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐ. ἔπαισεν ἄν struck him who deserved it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.11)]; but ἐ. ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐλθεῖν likely or inclined to come, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.63; also ὑμῖν ἐπιτήδεόν [ἐστι] οἰκέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.158, etc.)]
II useful, serviceable, necessary,
II.1 of things, ὀλιγαρχία ἐ. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις fit or serviceable for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.81; ἐ. τῷ δήμῳ πράττειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.51)]; καταστήσειν ἐς τὸ ἐ. to their advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.76)]; οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐ. no advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.58; οὐκ ἐ. καταγνῶναί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.97)]; ἱερὰ οὐκ ἐ., opposed to καλά, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.37: especially as)] substantive, τὰ ἐ. things requisite, necessaries, especially of provisions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.174, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.2, etc.)]: also in singular, what is requisite, needful, [Refs ([prev. author] “Vect.” 4.38.)]
II.2 of persons, serviceable, friendly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72 (_superlative_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40)]; τινί to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.78, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.14; ἐ. ποιεῖν τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.41)]; ἐ. τῷ πατρί conformable to his will, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52)]; ἐ. τοῖς πρασσομένοις favourable to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.54)]: also as substantive, a close friend, οἱ ἐ. one's friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.64; Ἀθηναίων ἐ. [prev. author] 7.73; μοι ἐ. καὶ φίλος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.22.)]
II.3 with genitive, ={ἄξιος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 1073.19 (Olympia, 2nd c.AD).)]
III adverb -είως, Ionic dialect -έως, studiously, carefully, ὑπηρετέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108, 4.139.)]
III.2 suitably, conveniently, fitly, ποιέειν ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] 9.7.β᾽)]; ἐ. σφίσιν αὐτοῖς πολιτεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19; ἐ. ἔχειν [prev. author] 5.82)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.54; -οτέρως, διαιτᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.32.)]
III.3 ἐ. ἔχειν τινί to be on friendly terms with.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.9.3.)]