adverb

anankastōs

Greekἀναγκαστῶς (anankastōs)

Strong’sG317

by force, necessarily

stem anankastō-once in the New Testament

Translated as

under compulsion1×

What it means

* ἀναγκαστῶς

adv.,

necessarily or by constraint: opp. to ἑκουσίως, I Pe 5:2 (rare).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G317 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan-ang-kas-toce'

compulsorily

Fromadverb from a derivative of G315;

King Jamesby constraint.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

anankastōs1×

1 Peter 5:2“under compulsion”poimainavar tem en vi poimniem tou theou, episkoparōtois mē anankastōs alla hekousiōs kata theon, mēde aischrokerdōs alla prothumōs,Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;