ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑ, ἀναγκαια
ANAGKAIA, anagkaia
Sounds Like: ah-nahg-KAI-ah
Translations: necessary, essential, important, urgent, unavoidable, a necessity, the necessities
From the root: ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is necessary, essential, or unavoidable. It can refer to things that are required for survival or for a particular purpose, or to circumstances that are compelling. It is often used to describe what is indispensable or crucial.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0316 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:5
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 12:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑΙΣ — (to) necessary, (for) necessary, (to) things necessary, (for) things necessary
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑΝ — necessary, essential, urgent, a necessary thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΝ — necessary, important, essential, fitting, a necessary thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ — necessary, essential, important, a necessity, a relative, a kinsman, a friend
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΗ — most necessary, very necessary, most important, very important, a most necessary thing, a most important thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΙΣ — to the most necessary, to the most important, to the most urgent, to the most essential
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most necessary, most important, most urgent, a most necessary thing, a most important thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΣ — most necessary, most important, most urgent, most essential
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΥΣ — most necessary, most important, most urgent, most essential
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΩΝ — of the most necessary, of the most important, of the most essential, of the most urgent, of the most indispensable
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more necessary, more important, more urgent, a more necessary thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΩΝ — of necessary things, of essential things, of important things, of urgent things, of indispensable things
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΩΣ — necessarily, of necessity, by constraint, inevitably, urgently, indispensably
- ΤἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑ — necessary things, necessities, needs, a necessity
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