ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑΣ, ἀναγκαιας
ANAGKAIAS, anagkaias
Sounds Like: ah-nang-KAI-ahs
Translations: necessary, essential, urgent, important, unavoidable, a necessary thing
From the root: ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙ͂ΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is necessary, essential, or unavoidable. It can refer to things that are required by circumstances, duty, or nature. It is often used to indicate something that is indispensable or crucial for a particular purpose or situation.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Accusative
Strong’s number: G0316 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:150
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Titus — 3:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙ͂ΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΙ — necessary, essential, important, a necessary one, a relative, a kinsman, a friend
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