Word Summary
epanankes: necessary, of necessity
Original Word: ἐπάναγκεςTransliteration: epanankes
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-an'-ang-kes)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: necessary, of necessity
Meaning: necessary, of necessity
Strong's Concordance
necessary.
Neuter of a presumed compound of epi and anagke; (adverbially) on necessity, i.e. Necessarily -- necessary.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK anagke
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1876: ἐπάναγκεςἐπάναγκες (
ἀνάγκη (hence, literally,
on compulsion)),
necessarily:
πλήν τῶν ἐπάναγκες τούτων, besides these things which are necessarily imposed,
Acts 15:28 (
Buttmann, 27. (24)). (
Herodotus,
Andocides (
), Plato, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Aelian, Epictetus.)