2001 Translation

DEI, dei

Sounds Like: DEH-ee

Translations: it is necessary, one must, it is proper, it behooves

From the root: ΔΕΙ

Part of Speech: Impersonal Verb

Explanation: This is an impersonal verb meaning 'it is necessary' or 'one must'. It expresses a strong sense of obligation, necessity, or inevitability. It is often used with an infinitive to indicate what must be done or what is destined to happen.

Inflection: Impersonal, 3rd person singular, Present, Indicative, Active

Strong’s number: G1163 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 9:11

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:138, 1:159, 1:170, 1:206, 1:208, 1:219, 1:227, 1:228, 1:245, 1:251, 1:254, 1:256, 1:264, 1:268, 1:270, 1:279, 1:280, 1:281, 1:283, 1:284, 1:286

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 4:1, 7:5, 7:11, 12:5

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:39, 2:35, 4:47, 4:48, 6:1, 6:6, 10:38, 10:76
• To the Newly Baptized — 1:1, 1:2

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 46:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• Tobit — 6:11
• 4 Maccabees — 7:8
• Proverbs — 22:14, 22:29, 23:2
• Job — 15:3
• Wisdom — 12:19
• Isaiah — 30:29
• Matthew — 16:21, 17:10
• Mark — 8:31, 13:7, 13:10
• Luke — 4:43, 9:22, 12:12, 13:14, 13:33, 17:25, 21:9, 22:37, 24:7, 24:44
• John — 3:30, 4:20, 4:24, 9:4, 10:16, 12:34, 20:9
• Acts of the Apostles — 4:12, 9:6, 9:16, 14:22, 15:5, 16:30, 19:21, 20:35, 21:22, 23:11, 27:24, 27:26
• Romans — 8:26, 12:3
• 1 Corinthians — 8:2, 11:19, 15:25, 15:53
• 2 Corinthians — 5:10, 11:30
• Ephesians — 6:20
• Colossians — 4:6
• 1 Thessalonians — 4:1
• 2 Thessalonians — 3:7
• 1 Timothy — 3:7, 3:15
• 2 Timothy — 2:6, 2:24
• Titus — 1:7, 1:11
• Hebrews — 2:1, 11:6
• 2 Peter — 3:11
• Revelation — 1:1, 13:10
• Epistle of Barnabas — 4:1
• Shepherd of Hermas — 16:11, 66:1

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 4:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 6:1, 7:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 3:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 2:3, 4:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:6, 3:18, 4:22, 5:27, 6:29, 7:31, 10:53, 18:127, 22:161, 29:270, 1:3, 2:18, 3:28, 4:39, 14:144, 20:181, 25:201, 38:267
• Book Two — 1:3, 2:18, 3:28, 4:39, 14:144, 20:181, 25:201, 38:267

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 21:339
• Book 2 — 4:43, 6:154, 6:165
• Book 3 — 4:67, 5:91, 6:107, 8:189, 11:262, 15:316, 15:322
• Book 4 — 8:177, 8:230, 8:293
• Book 5 — 1:74, 2:171, 8:238, 8:317, 9:333
• Book 6 — 1:8, 2:20, 7:146, 12:265, 13:284, 13:285, 13:287, 14:335, 14:348
• Book 7 — 9:213, 14:345, 15:385
• Book 8 — 8:215, 11:268, 11:278, 13:337, 13:351, 15:406, 15:418
• Book 9 — 1:12, 10:206
• Book 10 — 3:44, 6:89, 8:142, 9:167, 10:199, 11:243
• Book 11 — 2:22, 3:55
• Book 12 — 2:54, 2:102, 3:146, 3:149, 7:307, 9:380, 11:425
• Book 13 — 3:64, 6:200
• Book 14 — 1:2, 10:232
• Book 15 — 5:131, 5:135, 5:140
• Book 16 — 2:53, 4:108, 8:256, 11:384
• Book 20 — 2:44, 11:257

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 8:1, 14:24, 30:10
• Book Two — 16:52, 20:24, 21:25
• Book Three — 10:14, 10:34
• Book Four — 3:36, 3:44, 3:45, 3:57, 3:64, 4:31, 4:44
• Book Five — 9:47, 9:53, 11:20, 13:38, 13:41
• Book Six — 1:35, 3:23
• Book Seven — 8:32, 8:99

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 9:1, 16:1, 17:1, 42:1, 57:1, 63:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:11
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:2, 32:4, 44:4, 49:1, 68:2, 76:7, 84:4, 100:3, 102:5, 102:6, 106:1, 114:1, 125:2, 130:3, 135:6

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 42:210, 69:386

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 6:2
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 2:1, 5:2, 12:3

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 1:1, 2:5, 4:4, 6:5, 7:4, 9:3, 17:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Leviticus — 4:2, 5:17
• Ruth — 4:5
• 2 Kings — 4:13, 4:14
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:22
• Esther — 1:15
• Tobit — 6:11, 12:1
• 3 Maccabees — 1:12, 5:37
• 4 Maccabees — 7:8, 14:18
• Proverbs — 22:14, 22:29, 23:2
• Job — 15:3
• Wisdom — 12:19, 16:28
• Isaiah — 30:29, 50:4
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:5
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:28, 2:29, 2:45, 6:15
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:28, 2:29
• Enoch — 9:11

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 1:8
• Mandate 6 — 2:7
• Mandate 7 — 1:1
• Mandate 8 — 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 1:7, 1:8
• Mandate 12 — 2:2, 3:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 7 — 1:1, 1:4, 1:5
• Parable 9 — 1:3, 7:6, 9:2, 10:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 1:2, 8:11, 10:2
• Vision 4 — 3:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 16:21, 17:10, 24:6, 26:54
• Mark — 8:31, 9:11, 13:7, 13:10, 13:14
• Luke — 2:49, 4:43, 9:22, 12:12, 13:14, 13:33, 17:25, 19:5, 21:9, 22:37, 24:7, 24:44
• John — 3:7, 3:14, 3:30, 4:20, 4:24, 9:4, 10:16, 12:34, 20:9
• Acts — 1:21, 3:21, 4:12, 5:29, 9:6, 9:16, 14:22, 15:5, 16:30, 19:21, 20:35, 21:22, 23:11, 25:10, 27:24, 27:26
• Romans — 8:26, 12:3
• 1 Corinthians — 8:2, 11:19, 15:25, 15:53
• 2 Corinthians — 5:10, 11:30, 12:1
• Ephesians — 6:20
• Colossians — 4:4, 4:6
• 1 Thessalonians — 4:1
• 2 Thessalonians — 3:7
• 1 Timothy — 3:2, 3:7, 3:15
• 2 Timothy — 2:6, 2:24
• Titus — 1:7, 1:11
• Hebrews — 2:1, 11:6
• 2 Peter — 3:11
• Revelation — 1:1, 4:1, 10:11, 11:5, 13:10, 17:10, 20:3, 22:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΙ.

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.

• ΔΕΙΝ — to be necessary, to be needful, to be proper, to be right, to be fitting, to be binding, to be obligatory, to be due, to be destined, to be fated, to be required, to be compelled, to be obliged, to need, to have to, must, ought
• ΔΕΟΝΤΩΣ — fittingly, properly, suitably, as is necessary, as is right
• ἘΔΕΙ — it was necessary, it had to be, it behooved, one had to
• ΕΔΕΙ — it was necessary, it was proper, it was fitting, one had to, one ought to
• ΕΔΙ — it was necessary, it ought, it had to, it behooved

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