2001 Translation

EDEI, edei

Sounds Like: eh-DEH-ee

Translations: it was necessary, it had to be, it behooved, one had to

From the root: ΔΕΙ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is an impersonal verb meaning 'it was necessary' or 'it had to be'. It describes something that was obligatory, proper, or destined to happen. It is often used to express a divine or moral necessity, or what was fitting or appropriate in a given situation. It typically takes an infinitive or a clause as its subject.

Inflection: Impersonal, Aorist, Indicative, Active

Strong’s number: G1163 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 15:2

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:72, 1:120, 1:269, 1:301

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 5:6, 5:13

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:17

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 3:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 28:255, 28:259, 11:122, 13:136, 17:157
• Book Two — 11:122, 13:136, 17:157

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 13:232
• Book 3 — 8:199, 12:292
• Book 4 — 3:56
• Book 5 — 8:293, 8:312
• Book 6 — 12:243, 12:267
• Book 7 — 7:143, 15:390
• Book 8 — 4:103, 5:137, 8:216
• Book 12 — 2:37, 6:201
• Book 13 — 2:50
• Book 15 — 3:68, 4:106
• Book 16 — 1:3, 1:11, 2:12, 2:52, 9:285, 11:400

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 17:5
• Book Four — 4:9, 4:33, 4:41, 6:31, 7:25
• Book Five — 5:15, 9:2
• Book Six — 1:2
• Book Seven — 8:76, 8:100

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 43:1, 56:14, 87:5, 88:6, 141:1

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 44:227, 52:269

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 12:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Samuel — 4:10
• 2 Maccabees — 6:20, 11:18
• Job — 19:4
• Wisdom — 16:4
• Ezekiel — 13:19
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:19
• Enoch — 15:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 3 — 1:4
• Mandate 4 — 3:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 6 — 4:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 4:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 18:33, 23:23, 25:27
• Luke — 11:42, 13:16, 15:32, 22:7, 24:26
• John — 4:4
• Acts — 1:16, 17:3, 24:19, 27:21
• Romans — 1:27
• 2 Corinthians — 2:3
• Hebrews — 9:26

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.

• ΔΕΙ — it is necessary, one must, it is proper, it behooves
• 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
• 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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