δεῖ
deî
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
Lexicon
Derivation: 3rd person singular active present of G1210 (δέω);
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
- also, deon deh-on'
- neuter active participle of the same
- both used impersonally
- it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should
Usage
106 occurrences · 0 OT · 106 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- must55 · 56%
- ought12 · 12%
- ye ought3 · 3%
- ought ye2 · 2%
- oughtest2 · 2%
- should2 · 2%
- men ought2 · 2%
- we ought2 · 2%
- he ought2 · 2%
- they ought2 · 2%
- shouldest1 · 1%
- these things must1 · 1%
- it must1 · 1%
- such things must1 · 1%
- it ought1 · 1%
- meet1 · 1%
- to this end, that men ought1 · 1%
- it behoved1 · 1%
- he must needs1 · 1%
- it was needful1 · 1%
- must needs1 · 1%
- that he ought1 · 1%
- that i ought1 · 1%
- ye should1 · 1%
- was meet1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.