Lexical Summary anankaios: necessary Original Word: ἀναγκαῖοςTransliteration: anankaios Phonetic Spelling: (an-ang-kah'-yos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: necessary Meaning: necessary Strong's Concordance necessary, needful. From anagke; necessary; by implication, close (of kin) -- near, necessary, necessity, needful. see GREEK anagke Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. |
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