necessary

Greek Adjective

ἀναγκαῖος, -αῖα, -αῖον (ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Est.8:13, Wis.16:3, Sir prol.22, 2Ma.4:23 2Mac 9:21, 4Ma.1:2 *;] 1) necessary: Act.13:46, 1Co.12:22, 2Co.9:5, Php.2:25, Tit.3:14, Heb.8:3; comp. -αιότερον, Php.1:24. 2) Of persons connected by bonds of nature or friendship, near, intimate (Field, Notes, 118; ΜΜ, VGT, see word): ἀ. φίλοι, Act.10:24. (AS)

necessary

Greek Adjective

ἀναγκ-αῖος, α, ον, in Attic dialect also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of, with, or by force: I) active, constraining, applying force, μῦθος ἀ. a word of force, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρειὼ ἀ. urgent necessity, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦμαρ ἀ. day of constraint, i.e. life of slavery, [Refs]; ἀ. τύχη a doom imposed by fate, or fateful chance, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but, fatal chance, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀρχῆς τῷ ἀ. παροξυνομένους by the compulsory nature of our rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἀναγκαίου under stress of circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) forcible, cogent, πειθώ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ-ότερα τῶν ἀντιγράφων the more authoritative copies, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) passive, constrained, forced, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+] soldiers perforce, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so δμῶες ἀ.[Refs] trusty, serviceable, see below [Refs] II.2) necessary (physically or morally), οὐκ ἀ. unnecessary (on its different senses in philosophy see [Refs 4th c.BC+] it is necessary to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γίνεταί μοι ἀναγκαιότατον, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. κακόν a necessary evil, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also with infinitive, ἔνιαι τῶν ἀποκρίσεων ἀναγκαῖαι διὰ μακρῶν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; [μαθήματα] ἀναγκαῖα προμεμαθηκέναι necessary for us to have learnt them before, [Refs] II.3) τὰ ἀ. necessaries of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3.b) τὰ ἀ. things necessary to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐκ θεοῦ ἀ. the appointed order of things, HG[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) indispensable, i. e. a bare minimum, frequently in superlative, τὸ ἀναγκαιότατον ὕψος the least height that was absolutely necessary, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀναγκαιοτάτη πόλις the least that could be called a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτὰ τἀναγκαιότατ᾽ εἰπεῖν give a bare outline of the facts, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. συγγένεια the most distant degree of kinship recognized by law, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, scanty, makeshift, παρασκευή[Refs] II.5) of persons, connected by necessary or natural ties, i. e. related by blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]kinsfolk, [NT+5th c.BC+] II.6) Astrology texts, efficacious, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] line of fate, [Refs] II.7) costly, ὄξος[Refs 5th c.AD+]; ἐσθής[Refs] III) adverb -ως of necessity, perforce, ἀ. ἔχει it must be so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. φέρειν, opposed to ἀνδρείως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as best might be, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) γελοίως καὶ ἀ. λέγειν in a narrow sense (compare [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—superlative ἀναγκαιότατα, λέγεις[Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) strictly, κελεύειν[Refs 1st c.AD+] IV) οἱ ἀ. τόποι privy parts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V) see {ἀναγκαῖον}, τό

Greek

Adjective

necessary; by implication, close (of kin); near, necessary, necessity, needful; from g318 (ἀνάγκη)