To need
προσδέωStrong’s G4326prosdeō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Prosdeō is the Greek word usually translated “as needing”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”
Meaning
Usually translated “as needing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- as needing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
προσδέω prosdeō · to need
προσ-δέομαι [in LXX: Pro.12:9 חָסֵר חָסֵר Sir.6:1-37 * ;] to want further, need in addition: Act.17:25.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “need” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEED, noun
[to be in want. The primary sense is to press.]
- Want; occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief.“What further need have we of witnesses?” Matthew 26:65
- Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence.“I know how to abound and to suffer need” Philippians 4:12
All definitions and other forms of “need”
NEED, verb transitive
[ to compel]
To want; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
- “They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick” Matthew 9:12
NEED, verb intransitive
To be wanted; to be necessary.
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.