ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣ, ἀναγκας
ANAGKAS, anagkas
Sounds Like: ah-nahg-KAS
Translations: necessities, constraints, distresses, troubles, compulsions, needs
From the root: ἈΝΑΓΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of necessity, constraint, or compulsion. It can denote physical or moral necessity, distress, trouble, or affliction. It is often used in the plural to refer to the various pressures or difficulties one might face.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0318 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 3:25
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΓΚΗ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙ — necessities, constraints, compulsions, distresses, troubles, of necessity, by necessity, by force, by compulsion
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΣ — to necessity, in necessity, by necessity, to distress, in distress, by distress, to compulsion, in compulsion, by compulsion, to affliction, in affliction, by affliction
- ἈΝΑΓΚΗ — necessity, compulsion, distress, trouble, need, a necessity
- ἈΝΑΓΚΗΝ — necessity, a necessity, compulsion, distress, constraint, need, trouble
- ἈΝΑΓΚΗΣ — of necessity, of distress, of compulsion, of trouble, of constraint
- ΤΗΝἈΝΑΓΚΗΝ — the necessity, a necessity, the need, a need, the compulsion, a compulsion, the distress, a distress
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