Necessary
ἐπιτήδειοςStrong’s G2006epitēdeios
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Epitēdeios is the Greek word usually translated “needful things”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?”
Meaning
Usually translated “needful things”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- needful things 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἐπιτήδειος epitēdeios · necessary
ἐπιτήδειος, -α, -ον [in LXX: 1Ch.28:2, Wis.4:5, 1Ma.4:46, al. ;] 1. suitable, convenient, 2. useful, necessary: τὰ ἐ., necessaries, Jas.2:16,† (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.