adverb

epanankes

Greekἐπάναγκες (epanankes)

Strong’sG1876

necessarily

stem epananke-once in the New Testament

Translated as

requirements1×

What it means

* ἐπανάγκης, -ες

(< ἀνάγκη), only in neut.;

1. ἐπάναγκες (sc. ἐστί), it is compulsory, necessary.

2. As adv., of necessity: Ac 15:28.†

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

Strong’s G1876 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-an'-ang-kes

(adverbially) on necessity, i.e. necessarily

Fromneuter of a presumed compound of G1909 and G318;

King Jamesnecessary.

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

epanankes1×

Acts 15:28“requirements”dokata gar te pneume te hagie kai ni mēdenem polloterem epitithirō vi barem plēn houteiu teiu epanankes,It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: