Luke 23:17
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
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Necessity
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Hebrews 9:16
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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ἀνάγκη
anánkē · an-ang-kay'
6 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
Strong's KJV usage: :--distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 23:17Strong's last: Hebrews 7:12
Open full G318 profile →χρεία
chreía · khri'-ah
2 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.
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Strong's first: Romans 12:13Strong's last: Philippians 4:16
Open full G5532 profile →ἀναγκαῖος
anankaîos · an-ang-kah'-yos
1 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: Hebrews 8:3Strong's last: Hebrews 8:3
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G318
Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
G318
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
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necessity
NECESSITY, noun
1. That which must be and cannot be otherwise, or the cause of that which cannot be otherwise. It is of necessity that a thing cannot be and not be at the same time. It is of necessity that two contradictory propositions cannot both be true.
2. Irresistible power; compulsive force, physical or moral. If mans actions are determined by causes beyond his control, he acts from necessity and is not a free agent. necessity compelled the general to act on the defensive.
3. Indispensableness; the state of being requisite. The necessity of funds to support public credit, no man questions. The necessity of economy in domestic concerns is admitted. No man can plead necessity in excuse for crimes.
4. Extreme indigence; pinching poverty; pressing need.
The cause of all the distractions in his court or army proceeded from the extreme poverty and necessity his majesty was in.
5. Unavoidableness; inevitableness; as the necessity of a consequence from certain premises.
6. In the plural, things requisite for a purpose.
These should be hors for necessities, Not for delights.
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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