G318
ἀνάγκη
anánkē
constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
Lexicon
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη);
constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
- constraint (literally or figuratively)
- by implication, distress
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful
Usage
18 occurrences · 0 OT · 18 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- necessity5 · 28%
- distress3 · 17%
- necessities2 · 11%
- it must needs1 · 6%
- needs1 · 6%
- of necessity1 · 6%
- ye must needs1 · 6%
- needeth1 · 6%
- is, there must also of necessity1 · 6%
- necessary1 · 6%
- needful1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
ἀνάγκην5ἀνάγκη5ἀνάγκην,2ἀνάγκαις,2ἀνάγκης1ἀνάγκῃ1Ἀνάγκη1ἀνάγκης·1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.