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Lexicon :: Strong's G318 - anagkē

Aa
ἀνάγκη
Transliteration
anagkē (Key)
Pronunciation
an-ang-kay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀνά (G303) and the base of ἀγκάλη (G43)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:344,55

Strong’s Definitions

†ἀνάγκη anánkē, an-ang-kay'; from G303 and the base of G43; constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress:—distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G318 in the following manner: necessity (7x), must needs (3x), distress (3x), must of necessity (2x), need (with G2192) (1x), necessary (1x), needful (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G318 in the following manner: necessity (7x), must needs (3x), distress (3x), must of necessity (2x), need (with G2192) (1x), necessary (1x), needful (1x).

  1. necessity, imposed either by the circumstances, or by law of duty regarding to one's advantage, custom, argument

  2. calamity, distress, straits

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἀνάγκη anánkē, an-ang-kay'; from G303 and the base of G43; constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress:—distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful.
STRONGS G318:
ἀνάγκη, -ης, ἡ;
1. necessity, imposed either by the external condition of things, or by the law of duty, regard to one's advantage, custom, argument: κατ’ ἀνάγκην perforce (opposed to κατὰ ἑκούσιον), Philemon 1:14; ἐξ ἀνάγκης of necessity, compelled, 2 Corinthians 9:7; Hebrews 7:12 (necessarily); ἔχω ἀνάγκην I have (am compelled by) necessity, (also in Greek writings): 1 Corinthians 7:37; Hebrews 7:27; followed by an infinitive, Luke 14:18; Luke 23:17 R L brackets; Jude 1:3; ἀν. μοι ἐπίκειται necessity is laid upon me, 1 Corinthians 9:16; ἀνάγκη (equivalent to ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστι) followed by an infinitive: Matthew 18:7; Romans 13:5; Hebrews 9:16, 23 (also in Greek writings).
2. in a sense rare in the classics (Diodorus 4, 43), but very common in Hellenistic writings (also in Josephus, b. j. 5, 13, 7, etc.; see Winers Grammar, 30), calamity, distress, straits: Luke 21:23; 1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Thessalonians 3:7; plural ἐν ἀνάγκαις, 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
18:7
Luke
14:18; 21:23; 23:17
Romans
13:5
1 Corinthians
7:26; 7:37; 9:16
2 Corinthians
6:4; 9:7; 12:10
1 Thessalonians
3:7
Philemon
1:14
Hebrews
7:12; 7:27; 9:16; 9:23
Jude
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G318 matches the Greek ἀνάγκη (anagkē),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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“Woe G3759 to the world G2889 because G575 of its [fn]stumbling G4625 blocks G4625! For it is inevitable G318 that [fn]stumbling G4625 blocks G4625 come G2064; but woe G3759 to the person G444 through G1223 whom G3739 the [fn]stumbling G4625 block G4625 comes G2064!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:18 - “And yet they all G3956 alike G575 G1520 began G757 to make G3868 excuses G3868. The first G4413 one G4413 said G3004 to him, ‘I purchased G59 a field G68 and I need G318 to go G1831 out G1831 to look G3708 at it; [fn]please G2065 consider G2192 me excused G3868.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - “Woe G3759 to those G3588 women G3588 who are pregnant G2192 G1722 G1064, and to those G3588 who are nursing G2337 babies G2337 in those G3588 days G2250; for there will be great G3173 distress G318 upon the [fn]land G1093, and wrath G3709 to this G3778 people G2992;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:5 - Therefore G1352 it is necessary G318 to be in subjection G5293, not only G3440 because G1223 of wrath G3709, but also G2532 for the sake G1223 of conscience G4893.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:26 - I think G3543, then G3767, that this G3778 is good G2570 in G1223 view G1223 of G1223 the [fn]present G1764 distress G318, that it is good G2570 for a man G444 [fn]to remain G1510 as he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But the one who G3739 stands G2476 firm G1476 in his heart G2588, [fn]if he is G2192 not under G2192 constraint G318, but has G2192 authority G1849 [fn]over G4012 his own G2398 will G2307, and has decided G2919 this G3778 in his own G2398 heart G2588, to keep G5083 his own G1438 virgin G3933, he will do G4160 well G2573.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16 - For if G1437 I preach G2097 the gospel G2097, I have nothing G3756 to boast G2745 about, for I am G1945 under G1945 compulsion G318; for woe G3759 to me if G1437 I do not preach G2097 the gospel G2097.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - but in everything G3956 commending G4921 ourselves G1438 as [fn]servants G1249 of God G2316, in much G4183 endurance G5281, in afflictions G2347, in hardships G318, in difficulties G4730,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:7 - Each G1538 one G1538 must do just G2531 as G2531 he has decided G4255 in his heart G2588, not reluctantly G1537 G3077 or G2228 under G1537 compulsion G318, for God G2316 loves G25 a cheerful G2431 giver G1395.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10 - Therefore G1352 I delight G2106 in weaknesses G769, in [fn]insults G5196, in distresses G318, in persecutions G1375, in difficulties G4730, in G5228 behalf G5228 of Christ G5547; for when G3752 I am G770 weak G770, then G5119 I am G1510 strong G1415.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:7 - for this G3778 reason G1223, brothers G80 and sisters, in all G3956 our distress G318 and affliction G2347 we were comforted G3870 about G1909 you through G1223 your faith G4102;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:14 - but I did not want G2309 to do G4160 anything G3762 without G5565 your consent G1106, so G2443 that G2443 your goodness G18 would not be, in G5613 effect G5613, by compulsion G318, but of your own free G1595 will G1595.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:12 - For when the priesthood G2420 is changed G3346, of necessity G318 there takes G1096 place G1096 a change G3331 of law G3551 also G2532.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:27 - who G3739 has G2192 no G3756 daily G2596 G2250 need G318, like G5618 those G3588 high G749 priests G749, to offer G399 up G399 sacrifices G2378, first G4387 for His own G2398 sins G266 and then G1899 for the sins of the people G2992, because G1063 He did G4160 this G3778 once G2178 for G2178 all G2178 time when He offered G399 up G399 Himself G1438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:16 - For where G3699 there is a [fn]covenant G1242, there must of necessity G318 [fn]be the death G2288 of the one who made G1303 it.

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Therefore G3767 it was necessary G318 for the copies G5262 of the things in the heavens G3772 to be cleansed G2511 with these G3778 things G3778, but the heavenly G2032 things G2032 themselves G846 with better G2909 sacrifices G2378 than G3844 these G3778.

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Beloved G27, while I was making G4160 every G3956 effort G4710 to write G1125 you about G4012 our common G2839 salvation G4991, I felt G2192 the necessity G318 to write G1125 to you appealing G3870 that you contend G1864 earnestly G1864 for the faith G4102 that was once G530 for G530 all G530 time handed G3860 down G3860 to the [fn]saints G40.

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