ἈΑΝ, ἀαν
AAN, aan
Sounds Like: ah-NAHG-kay
Translations: necessity, a necessity, need, distress, compulsion
From the root: ΑΝΑΓΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or a partial word. Based on the provided context "ἈΑΝ ΓΚΗΝ ἘΧΩ", it is highly probable that it is a typo for the word "ἀνάγκην" (anagkēn), which is the accusative singular form of "ἀνάγκη" (anagkē). "Ἀνάγκη" refers to a state of necessity, compulsion, or distress. It is often used to describe something that must be done or a difficult situation.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine (if referring to ἀνάγκην)
Strong’s number: G0318 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 4:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΑΓΚΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΤΩΣ — necessarily, by constraint, unwillingly, compulsorily
- ἈΝΑΓΚΩΝ — of necessities, of distresses, of constraints, of troubles, of compulsions
- ΑΝΑΓΚΑΙΣ — necessities, constraints, distresses, troubles, needs, compulsions, obligations
- ΑΝΑΓΚΑΣ — necessity, compulsion, distress, trouble, a necessity, a compulsion
- ΑΝΑΓΚΕΝ — necessity, compulsion, distress, trouble, constraint, a necessity, a compulsion
- ΑΝΑΓΚΗ — necessity, compulsion, distress, need, constraint, a necessity
- ΑΝΑΓΚΗΝ — necessity, a necessity, compulsion, a compulsion, distress, a distress, need, a need
- ΑΝΑΓΚΗΣ — of necessity, of compulsion, of distress, of trouble, of constraint, of tribulation
- ΑΝΑΓΚΩΝ — of necessity, of distress, of compulsion, of constraint, of trouble, of affliction, of need
- ΓΚΗΝ — necessity, a necessity, compulsion, distress, need, constraint
- ἘΠΑΝΑΓΚΕΣ — necessary, of necessity, necessarily, essential, unavoidable, urgent
- ΕΠΑΝΑΓΚΑΙΣ — to necessity, to compulsion, to distress, to tribulation, to constraint, to obligation, to need, to pressure
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