ΕΠΑΝΑΓΚΑΙΣ, επαναγκαις
EPANAGKAIS, epanagkais
Sounds Like: ep-an-ANG-kais
Translations: to necessity, to compulsion, to distress, to tribulation, to constraint, to obligation, to need, to pressure
From the root: ΑΝΑΓΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the dative plural form of the noun 'ἀνάγκη' (anagkē), meaning 'necessity,' 'compulsion,' or 'distress.' It indicates the recipients or circumstances to which something is directed, often implying a state of being under duress or obligation. It can refer to a binding force, whether physical, moral, or circumstantial.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0318 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 15:28
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
- ΑΝΑΓΚΕΝ — necessity, compulsion, distress, trouble, constraint, 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
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