Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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Necessary
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Hebrews 9:23
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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ἀναγκαῖος
anankaîos · an-ang-kah'-yos
5 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
necessary; by implication, close (of kin)
Strong's KJV usage: :--near, necessary, necessity, needful.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 13:46Strong's last: Titus 3:14
Open full G316 profile →ἐπάναγκες
epánankes · ep-an'-ang-kes
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
(adverbially) on necessity, i.e. necessarily
Strong's KJV usage: :--necessary.
Strong's first: Acts 15:28Strong's last: Acts 15:28
Open full G1876 profile →χρεία
chreía · khri'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form47 total Strong's occurrences
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
Strong's KJV usage: :--business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 28:10Strong's last: Acts 28:10
Open full G5532 profile →חֹק
chôq · khoke
1 times translated as this KJV form127 total Strong's occurrences
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Strong's KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 23:12Strong's last: Job 23:12
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G316
Then 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.
G1876
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
G5532
Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
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necessary
NECESSARY, adjective
1. That must be; that cannot be otherwise; indispensably requisite. It is necessary that every effect should have a cause.
2. Indispensable; requisite; essential; that cannot be otherwise without preventing the purpose intended. Air is necessary to support animal life; food is necessary to nourish the body; holiness is a necessary qualification for happiness; health is necessary to the enjoyment of pleasure; subjection to law is necessary to the safety of persons and property.
3. Unavoidable; as a necessary inference or consequence from facts or arguments.
4. Acting from necessity or compulsion; opposed to free. Whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
NECESSARY, noun A privy.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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