Greek noun (feminine) · G318
ἀνάγκη
anankean-ang-kay'
necessity; force, violence, hence pain, distress
17 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: anánkē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G318is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G318
constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
The King James renders it: distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ananke is rendered "necessity; force, violence, hence pain, distress". It stands 17 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Four of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "necessity".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:7Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
Matthew 18:7ἀνάγκη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: necessity, and force, violence, hence pain, distress.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| necessityἔχειν ἀ- | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 14:18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said… |
| force, violence, hence pain, distress | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 21:23How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀναγινώσκω | anaginosko | to read | Uses32 |
| ἀνάγω | anago | to lead | Uses23 |
| ἀναγγέλλω | anangello | to report | Uses14 |
| ἀναγκάζω | anankazo | to compel | Uses9 |
| ἀναγκαῖος | anankaios | necessary | Uses8 |
| ἀνάγνωσις | anagnosis | reading | Uses3 |
| ἀναγεννάω | anagennao | to beget | Uses2 |
| ἀναγκαστῶς | anankastos | necessarily | Uses1 |
| ἀναγνωρίζομαι | anagnorizomai | to recognize | Uses1 |
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀνάγκη6
- ἀνάγκην6
- ἀνάγκαις2
- ἀνάγκης2
- ἀνάγκῃ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular6N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular6N-NSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural2N-DPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
Matthew
one use
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
- ἀνάγκηanagkenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Necessary
Luke
two uses
But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
- ἀνάγκηνanagkennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: need
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
- ἀνάγκηanagkenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: distress
Romans
one use
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
- ἀνάγκηanagkenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: necessary
1 Corinthians
three uses
Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
- ἀνάγκηνanagkennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: necessity
But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
- ἀνάγκηνanagkennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: necessity
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
- ἀνάγκηanagkenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: necessity
2 Corinthians
three uses
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
- ἀνάγκαιςanagkaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hardships
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
- ἀνάγκηςanagkesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: necessity
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- ἀνάγκαιςanagkaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: hardships
1 Thessalonians
one use
For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith.
- ἀνάγκῃanagkenoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: distress
Philemon
one use
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
- ἀνάγκηνanagkennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: necessity
Hebrews
four uses
For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.
- ἀνάγκηςanagkesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: necessity
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
- ἀνάγκηνanagkennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: need
In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,
- ἀνάγκηanagkenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: necessary
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Ἀνάγκηanagkenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: necessary
Jude
one use
Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
- ἀνάγκηνanagkennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: necessity
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.