Necessity (-ties) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Necessity (-ties)

[ 1,,G318, ananke ]
signifies
(a) a necessity," what must needs be (See NEEDS), translated "necessity" (in some mss. in Luke 23:17) in 1 Corinthians 7:37; 1 Corinthians 9:16; 2 Corinthians 9:7 (with ek "out of"); Philemon 1:14 (with kata, "according to"); Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 9:16;
(b) "distress, pain," translated "necessities" in 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10. See DISTRESS, No. 1, and the synonymous words there, and NEEDS, NEEDFUL (also CONSTRAIN, Note).

[ 2,,G5532, chreia ]
"a need," and almost always so translated, is used in the plural in Acts 20:34, "necessities;" Romans 12:13, RV (AV, "necessity"); in Philippians 4:16, AV, "necessity," RV, "need." See NEED, NEEDFUL.

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