Necessary
ἀναγκαῖοςStrong’s G0316anagkaios
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anagkaios is the Greek word usually translated “necessary”, “close” and “indispensable”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.”
Meaning
Usually translated “necessary”, “close” and “indispensable”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- necessary 5
- close 1
- indispensable 1
- more necessary 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Philippians 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Titus 1
- Hebrews 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 10:24And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- 1 Corinthians 12:22Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
- 2 Corinthians 9:5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
- Philippians 1:24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
- Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
Greek dictionary
ἀναγκαῖος anagkaios · necessary
ἀναγκαῖος, -αῖα, -αῖον (ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Est.8:13, Wis.16:3, Sir prol.22, 2Ma.4:23 2Mac 9:21, 4Ma.1:2 * ;] 1. necessary: Act.13:46, 1Co.12:22, 2Co.9:5, Php.2:25, Tit.3:14, Heb.8:3; comp. -αιότερον, Php.1:24. 2. Of persons connected by bonds of nature or friendship, near, intimate (Field, Notes, 118; ΜΜ, VGT, see word): ἀ. φίλοι, Act.10:24.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “necessary” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NECESSARY, adjective
- That must be; that cannot be otherwise; indispensably requisite.
- Indispensable; requisite; essential; that cannot be otherwise without preventing the purpose intended.
- Unavoidable; as a necessary inference or consequence from facts or arguments.
- Acting from necessity or compulsion; opposed to free.
All definitions and other forms of “necessary”
NECESSARY, noun
A privy.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.