necessity

Greek Noun Female

ἀνάγκη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for מָצוֹק, צַר;] 1) necessity: ἔχειν ἀ, with inf, to be compelled, Luk.14:18 23:17 (Rec, R, mg.), 1Co.7:37, Ju 3, Heb.7:27; ἐξ ἀ, κατ᾽ ἀ, of necessity, 2Co.9:7, Heb.7:12, Phm 14; ἀ. μοι ἐπίκειται, n. is laid on me, 1Co.9:16; with inf. (= ἀναγκαῖον ἐστι), Mat.18:7, Rom.13:5, Heb.9:16, 23 2) force, violence, hence pain, distress (Diod, al; LXX; see M, Th., 41; MM, VGT, see word; cf. θλίψις): Luk.21:23, 1Co.7:26, 1Th.3:7; pl. (see B1, § 32, 6; Swete, Mk., 153), ἐν ἀ, 2Co.6:4 12:10. (AS)

necessity

Greek Noun Female

ἀνάγκη, Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἀναγκαίη, ἡ, force, constraint, necessity, κρατερὴ δ᾽ ἐπικείσετ᾽ ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀναγκαίη γὰρ ἐπείγει[Refs 8th c.BC+]adverb, ἀνάγκῃ perforce, of necessity, ἀείδειν[Refs 8th c.BC+]: in active sense, forcibly, by force, ἴσχειν, ἄγειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἑκόντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+] with infinitive, it must be that, is necessary that,[Refs 8th c.BC+]: with dative person, ἀ. μοι σχεθεῖν[Refs 4th c.BC+] —in Trag. frequently in answers and arguments, πολλή γ᾽ ἀνάγκη, πολλή᾽ στ᾽ ἀνάγκη, or πολλή μ᾽ ἀνάγκη, with which an infinitive may always be supplied, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνάγκη μεγάλη [ἐστί[Refs 5th c.BC+] with infinitive, [NT] 2) necessity in the philosophical sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; logical necessity, Metaphorical[Refs]laws of nature, τίσιν ἀνάγκαις ἕκαστα γίγνεται τῶν οὐρανίων[Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.b) natural need, γαστρὸς ἀνάγκαις[Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.c) ἡ ἀ. τοῦ τόπου the lie of the ground as a necessary condition, [Refs] 2.d) ἀνάγκη δαιμόνων, αἱ ἐκ θεῶν ἀνάγκαι, fate, destiny, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently personified in Poets, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) compulsion exerted by a superior, ἀ. προστιθέναι, ἐπιτιθέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3.b) violence, punishment, especially of torture, mostly plural, ἐς ἀνάγκας ἄγεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πρὸς ἀνάγκας ὄργανα instruments of torture, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: later in singular, ἡ ἀ. τῶν βασάνων[Refs 1st c.AD+]under torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δολοποιὸς ἀ, i. e. the stratagem of Nessus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3.c) duress, 'force majeure', ὅρκους οὓς ποιέονται ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὄντες[Refs 3rd c.AD+]; stress of circumstances, ἀκούσιοι ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+] 3.d) treatment by mechanical force, τῶν ἀναγκῶν τινὰ προσφέρειν[Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) bodily pain, anguish, κατ᾽ ἀνάγκην ἕρπειν painfully, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκης βοᾶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, distress, ἐν ἀνάγκαις γλυκὺ γίνεται καὶ τὸ σκληρόν[NT+4th c.BC+] II) tie of blood, kindred, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) ={ἡ δικαστικὴ κλεψύδρα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress; distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful; from g303 (ἀνά) and the base of g43 (ἀγκάλη)