Strong's #316: anagkaios (pronounced an-ang-kah'-yos)

from 318; necessary; by implication, close (of kin):--near, necessary, necessity, needful.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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anagkaios

1) necessary

1a) what one can not do without, indispensable

1b) connected by bonds of nature or friendship

1c) what ought according to the law of duty be done, what is required by the circumstances

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: from G318

Citing in TDNT: 1:344, 55

Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

 

Acts 10:24: "and had called together his kinsmen and"
Acts 10:24: "and had called together his kinsmen and"
Acts 13:46: "waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first"
1 Corinthians 12:22: "to be more feeble, are necessary:"
2 Corinthians 9:5: "Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before"
Philippians 1:24: "in the flesh is more needful for you."
Philippians 2:25: "Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my"
Titus 3:14: "good works for necessary uses, that they be not"
Hebrews 8:3: "and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat"