ἀνάγκη anagkē

Greek word for “necessity” · Strong’s G318 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

ἀνάγκη, -ης, ἡ; 1. necessity: ἔχειν ἀ-, with inf., to be compelled, 23:17 (Rec., R, mg.), Ju 3;

How it is translated

Glosses given for anagkē in context, with how often each is used:

• necessity 7
• need 2
• distress 2
• hardships 2
• necessary 2
• necessary are 1
• necessary it is 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 7 (2), Hebrews 7 (2), Hebrews 9 (2), Matthew 18 (1), Luke 14 (1), Luke 21 (1), Romans 13 (1), 1 Corinthians 9 (1), 2 Corinthians 6 (1), 2 Corinthians 9 (1)

Forms

• ἀνάγκην 6
• ἀνάγκη 5
• ἀνάγκαις 2
• ἀνάγκης 2
• ἀνάγκῃ 1
• Ἀνάγκη 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anagkē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• οὐαί ouai “woe!” 3
• στενοχωρία stenochōria “hardship” 2
• θυσία thusia “sacrifice” 2
• ὀργή orgē “wrath” 2
• θλῖψις thlipsis “pressure” 2
• διό dio “therefore” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 3
• παρακαλέω parakaleō “to plead/comfort” 2
• ἴδιος idios “one's own/private” 2
• λαός laos “a people” 2
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 2
• καρδία kardia “heart” 2

Key verses

The verses using anagkē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 18:7 — Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
• Luke 14:18 — And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have…
• Luke 21:23 — But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
• 1 Corinthians 7:26 — I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
• 1 Corinthians 9:16 — For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
• 2 Corinthians 6:4 — But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
• 2 Corinthians 9:7 — Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
• 2 Corinthians 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:7 — Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
• Hebrews 7:27 — Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered…
• Hebrews 9:23 — It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices…
• Jude 1:3 — Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.