ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΝ, ἀναγκαιοτερον
ANAGKAIOTERON, anagkaioteron
Sounds Like: ah-nahg-KAI-oh-teh-ron
Translations: more necessary, more important, more urgent, a more necessary thing
From the root: ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ' (anagkaios), meaning 'necessary' or 'important'. As a comparative, it indicates a greater degree of necessity or importance. It is used to describe something that is 'more necessary' or 'more important' than something else, or simply 'quite necessary' in a general sense. It can function as a predicate adjective or an attributive adjective.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Comparative
Strong’s number: G0316 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Philippians — 1:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑ — necessary, essential, important, urgent, unavoidable, a necessity, the necessities
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑΙΣ — (to) necessary, (for) necessary, (to) things necessary, (for) things necessary
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑΝ — necessary, essential, urgent, a necessary thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΝ — necessary, important, essential, fitting, a necessary thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ — necessary, essential, important, a necessity, a relative, a kinsman, a friend
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΗ — most necessary, very necessary, most important, very important, a most necessary thing, a most important thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΙΣ — to the most necessary, to the most important, to the most urgent, to the most essential
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most necessary, most important, most urgent, a most necessary thing, a most important thing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΣ — most necessary, most important, most urgent, most essential
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΥΣ — most necessary, most important, most urgent, most essential
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΟΤΑΤΩΝ — of the most necessary, of the most important, of the most essential, of the most urgent, of the most indispensable
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΩΝ — of necessary things, of essential things, of important things, of urgent things, of indispensable things
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΩΣ — necessarily, of necessity, by constraint, inevitably, urgently, indispensably
- ΤἈΝΑΓΚΑΙΑ — necessary things, necessities, needs, a necessity
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