epitēdeiem

Strong’sG2006

necessary

stem epitēdei-once in the New Testament1 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.

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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐπιτήδ-ειος, α, ον:
Ionic dialect ἐπιτήδ-εος, έη, εον Refs 5th c.BC+: Doric dialect -τάδειος [ᾱ] Refs 5th c.BC+; -έστερος, -έστατος, Refs 5th c.BC+: (ἐπιτηδές):— made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient, νομαί Refs, etc.; πρός τι Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, χωρίον -ότατον ἐνιππεῦσαι most fit to ride in, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι convenient to be put out of the way, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. ξυνεῖναι a fit person to live with, Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἐ. ὀστρακισθῆναι deserving to be ostracized, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐ. ἔπαισεν ἄν struck him who deserved it, Refs 5th c.BC+; but ἐ. ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐλθεῖν likely or inclined to come, Refs 5th c.BC+
II useful, serviceable, necessary,
II.1 of things, ὀλιγαρχία ἐ. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις fit or serviceable for.., Refs 5th c.BC+; καταστήσειν ἐς τὸ ἐ. to their advantage, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐ. no advantage, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἱερὰ οὐκ ἐ., opposed to καλά, Refs substantive, τὰ ἐ. things requisite, necessaries, especially of provisions, Refs 5th c.BC+: also in singular, what is requisite, needful, Refs
II.2 of persons, serviceable, friendly, Refs 5th c.BC+; τινί to one, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. τῷ πατρί conformable to his will, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. τοῖς πρασσομένοις favourable to.., Refs 5th c.BC+: also as substantive, a close friend, οἱ ἐ. one's friends, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 with genitive, ={ἄξιος}, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III adverb -είως, Ionic dialect -έως, studiously, carefully, ὑπηρετέεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 suitably, conveniently, fitly, ποιέειν ἐ. Refs; ἐ. σφίσιν αὐτοῖς πολιτεύειν Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ότερονRefs 5th c.BC+
III.3 ἐ. ἔχειν τινί to be on friendly terms with.., Refs 2nd c.AD+

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.

needs1×

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	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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epitēdeieim“needs”subject or objectdirect plural1×

James 2:16… chortazovōr, mē dōaveia de autoi teim epitēdeieim teu sōmeu, tinem ofelem?… does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?