adjective

epitēdeiem

Greekἐπιτήδειος (epitēdeios)

Strong’sG2006

necessary

stem epitēdei-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

needs1×

What it means

ἐπιτήδειος, -α, -ον

[in LXX: I Ch 28:2, Wi 4:5, I Mac 4:46, al.;]

1. suitable, convenient,

2. useful, necessary: τὰ ἐ., necessaries, Ja 2:16,†

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

Strong’s G2006 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-tay'-di-os

serviceable, i.e. (by implication) requisite

Fromfrom ἐπιτηδές (enough);

King Jamesthings which are needful.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	epitēdeios	epitēdeias	epitēdeiem	epitēdeiois	epitēdeiais	epitēdeieim1×ἐπιτήδεια
object accusative	epitēdeion	epitēdeian		epitēdeioin	epitēdeiain
direct address vocative	epitēdeior	epitēdeiar		epitēdeioir	epitēdeiair
of, belonging to genitive	epitēdeiou	epitēdeiau	epitēdeieu	epitēdeioiu	epitēdeiaiu	epitēdeieiu
to, for dative	epitēdeio	epitēdeia	epitēdeie	epitēdeioi	epitēdeiai	epitēdeiei

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

epitēdeistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

epitēdei 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epitēdeieim“needs”subject or objectdirect plural1×

James 2:16“needs”legateia de tinos autoi ek vu; Hupagavōr en eirēna, thermainevōr kai chortazevōr, mē dōaveia de autoi teim epitēdeieim teu sōmeu, tinem ofelem?If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?