ΑΝΑΓΚΕΝ, αναγκεν
ANAGKEN, anagken
Sounds Like: ah-NANG-ken
Translations: necessity, compulsion, distress, trouble, constraint, a necessity, a compulsion
From the root: ΑΝΑΓΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of necessity, compulsion, or distress. It can describe an unavoidable obligation or a difficult situation that one is forced to endure. It often implies a strong, external pressure or an inherent requirement. In some contexts, it can also refer to physical or moral constraint.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0318 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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.
- ἈΑΝ — necessity, a necessity, need, distress, compulsion
- 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
- 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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