adjective
anankaios
Strong’sG316
necessary, essential
stem anankai-8 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἀναγκαῖος, -αῖα, -αῖον
(< ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Es 8:13, Wi 16:3, Sir prol. 22, II Mac 4:23 9:21, IV Mac 1:2*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G316 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan-ang-kah'-yos
necessary; by implication, close (of kin)
Fromfrom G318;
King Jamesnear, necessary, necessity, needful.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
in Attic dialect also ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+: of, with, or by force:
I active, constraining, applying force, μῦθος ἀ. a word of force, Refs 8th c.BC+; χρειὼ ἀ. urgent necessity, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἦμαρ ἀ. day of constraint, i.e. life of slavery, Refs; ἀ. τύχη a doom imposed by fate, or fateful chance, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but, fatal chance, Refs 6th c.BC+; τῆς ἀρχῆς τῷ ἀ. παροξυνομένους by the compulsory nature of our rule, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐξ ἀναγκαίου under stress of circumstances, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 forcible, cogent, πειθώRefs 5th c.BC+; τὰ-ότερα τῶν ἀντιγράφων the more authoritative copies, Refs 5th c.BC+
II passive, constrained, forced, twice in Refs 8th c.BC+ soldiers perforce, Refs 8th c.BC+; so δμῶες ἀ.Refs trusty, serviceable, see below Refs
II.2 necessary (physically or morally), οὐκ ἀ. unnecessary (on its different senses in philosophy see Refs 4th c.BC+ it is necessary to.., Refs 5th c.BC+; γίνεταί μοι ἀναγκαιότατον, with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. κακόν a necessary evil, Refs 4th c.BC+: also with infinitive, ἔνιαι τῶν ἀποκρίσεων ἀναγκαῖαι διὰ μακρῶν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαιRefs 5th c.BC+; [μαθήματα] ἀναγκαῖα προμεμαθηκέναι necessary for us to have learnt them before, Refs
II.3 τὰ ἀ. necessaries of life, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b τὰ ἀ. things necessary to be done, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἐκ θεοῦ ἀ. the appointed order of things, HGRefs 5th c.BC+
II.4 indispensable, i. e. a bare minimum, frequently in superlative, τὸ ἀναγκαιότατον ὕψος the least height that was absolutely necessary, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἀναγκαιοτάτη πόλις the least that could be called a city, Refs 5th c.BC+; αὐτὰ τἀναγκαιότατ᾽ εἰπεῖν give a bare outline of the facts, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ ἀ. συγγένεια the most distant degree of kinship recognized by law, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, scanty, makeshift, παρασκευήRefs
II.5 of persons, connected by necessary or natural ties, i. e. related by blood, Refs 5th c.BC+kinsfolk, NT+5th c.BC+
II.6 Astrology texts, efficacious, Refs 2nd c.AD+ line of fate, Refs
II.7 costly, ὄξοςRefs 5th c.AD+; ἐσθήςRefs
III adverb -ως of necessity, perforce, ἀ. ἔχει it must be so, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. φέρειν, opposed to ἀνδρείως, Refs 5th c.BC+; as best might be, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 γελοίως καὶ ἀ. λέγειν in a narrow sense (compare Refs 2nd c.AD+:—superlative ἀναγκαιότατα, λέγειςRefs 5th c.BC+
III.3 strictly, κελεύεινRefs 1st c.AD+
IV οἱ ἀ. τόποι privy parts, Refs 2nd c.AD+
V see {ἀναγκαῖον}, τό
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | anankaios | anankaias | anankaiem4×ἀναγκαῖον | anankaiois | anankaiais | anankaieim1×ἀναγκαῖά |
| object accusative | anankaion | anankaian | anankaioin1×ἀναγκαίους | anankaiain1×ἀναγκαίας | ||
| direct address vocative | anankaior | anankaiar | anankaioir | anankaiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | anankaiou | anankaiau | anankaieu | anankaioiu | anankaiaiu | anankaieiu |
| to, for dative | anankaio | anankaia | anankaie | anankaioi | anankaiai | anankaiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
anankai is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
anankaiem“necessary”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Acts 13:46… kai tos Barnabos legala; Vi ate anankaiem prōtem lalira ton logon tou theou; …… Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God …
2 Corinthians 9:5anankaiem oun hēgema parakalara toin adelfoin hina …So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit …
Philippians 2:25Anankaiem de hēgema Epafroditon ton adelfon kai …But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus …
Hebrews 8:3… dōreim tē kai thusiain katastēotō; hothen anankaiem echarō tinem kai houton hem prosferateia.… both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have …
anankaioin“close”objectaccusative plural1×
Acts 10:24… sunkalerantos toin sungenoin autou kai toin anankaioin filoin.… had called together his relatives and close friends.
anankaiain“urgent”objectaccusative plural1×
Titus 3:14“urgent”… hēmeterois kaleiu ergeiu prostēorō eis tain anankaiain chreiain, hina mē aleiō akarpois.And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
anankaieim“indispensable”subject or objectdirect plural1×
1 Corinthians 12:22… dokarōnteim meleim teu sōmeu asthenotereim huparcharō anankaieim atō,… that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
anankaioterem1×
Philippians 1:24tem de epimenarō en ta sarka anankaioterem dia vin.But it is more necessary for you that I remain in …