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G0318ἀνάγκηanagkē

necessityPart of speech: Greek Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. Mark: 0
  3. 3
  4. John: 0
  5. Acts: 0
  6. 1
  7. 3
  8. 3
  9. Galatians: 0
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. Philippians: 0
  12. Colossians: 0
  13. 1
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 2 Timothy: 0
  17. Titus: 0
  18. 1
  19. 4
  20. James: 0
  21. 1 Peter: 0
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. 1
  27. Revelation: 0

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18 occurrences in 18 verses

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  1. Matthew 18:7

    "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

    ἀνάγκη anagkē “Necessary [are]”

  2. Luke 14:18

    They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

    ἀνάγκην anagkēn “need”

  3. Luke 21:23

    Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

    ἀνάγκη anagkē “distress”

  4. Luke 23:17

    Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

    ἀνάγκην anagkēn “necessity”

  5. Romans 13:5

    Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

    ἀνάγκη anagkē “necessary [it is]”

  6. 1 Corinthians 7:26

    I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

    ἀνάγκην, anagkēn “necessity,”

  7. 1 Corinthians 7:37

    But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

    ἀνάγκην, anagkēn “necessity,”

  8. 1 Corinthians 9:16

    For if I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't preach the Gospel.

    ἀνάγκη anagkē “necessity”

  9. 2 Corinthians 6:4

    but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

    ἀνάγκαις, anagkais “hardships,”

  10. 2 Corinthians 9:7

    Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

    ἀνάγκης· anagkēs “necessity;”

  11. 2 Corinthians 12:10

    Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

    ἀνάγκαις, anagkais “hardships,”

  12. 1 Thessalonians 3:7

    for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

    ἀνάγκῃ anagkē “distress”

  13. Philemon 1:14

    But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

    ἀνάγκην anagkēn “necessity”

  14. Hebrews 7:12

    For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

    ἀνάγκης anagkēs “necessity”

  15. Hebrews 7:27

    who doesn't need, like those high priests, to daily offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.

    ἀνάγκην anagkēn “need”

  16. Hebrews 9:16

    For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.

    ἀνάγκη anagkē “[it is] necessary”

  17. Hebrews 9:23

    It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

    Ἀνάγκη Anagkē “[It was] necessary”

  18. Jude 1:3

    Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

    ἀνάγκην anagkēn “necessity”