King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G316
Transliteration: anankaios
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ang-kah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: necessary
Meaning: necessary
ἀναγκαῖος, , (ἀνάγκη) (from Homer down (in various senses)), necessary;
Word 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.