Strong's G318
ἀνάγκη(anánkē)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
Derivation
from G303 (ἀνά) and the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, ἀνάγκη is translated as: distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful.
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.