ἀναγκ-αῖος G0316
necessary, essential, indispensable; close, intimate (of persons)
Senses
1. necessary, essential, indispensable — Required by circumstances, essential or indispensable for a given purpose. Used in Acts 13:46 (it was necessary to speak God's word to you first), 1 Cor 12:22 (weaker members are more necessary), 2 Cor 9:5 (I thought it necessary to urge the brothers), Phil 1:24 (to remain in the flesh is more necessary), Phil 2:25 (I thought it necessary to send Epaphroditus), Titus 3:14 (devote themselves to meeting necessary needs), and Heb 8:3 (it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer). The comparative form anankaioteron ('more necessary') in Phil 1:24 is an inflectional variant of the same sense. Cross-linguistically uniform: Arabic daruri (ضَرورِيّ, 'necessary'), German notwendig, French necessaire, Korean pilyo-han (필요한), Hindi avashyak (आवश्यक), Spanish necesario. Hebrew uses hekrekhi (הֶכְרֵחִי) and nakhuts (נָחוּץ). 7×
AR["-الضَّروريَّةِ","أَلْزَمُ","ضَرورَةٌ","ضَرورِيًّا","ضَرورِيَّةٌ"]·ben["অধিক-প্রয়োজনীয়","আবশ্যক","প্রয়োজনীয়"]·DE["notwendig","ἀναγκαῖον"]·EN["more-necessary","necessary"]·FR["notwendig","nécessaire"]·heb["הֶכְרֵחִי","הַכְרֵחִיִּים","נְחוּצִים","נֶחֱרָץ","נַחוּץ","נָחוֹץ-יוֹתֵר"]·HI["अअवश्यक","अधिक-अअवश्यक","आवश्यक","ज़रोओरि"]·ID["lebih perlu","mendesak","perlu","sangat-perlu"]·IT["anagkaias","anagkaion","anagkaioteron","necessario"]·jav["langkung-prelu","perlu","prelu"]·KO["긴급한","더-필요하노라","필수이니","필요하다고","필요한"]·PT["mais-necessário","necessárias","necessário","necessários"]·RU["необходимо","необходимы","необходимым","необходимых","нужнее"]·ES["más-necesario","necesarias","necesario","necesarios"]·SW["lazima","muhimu","ni-lazima-zaidi","za-lazima"]·TR["daha-gerekli","gerekli","var","zorunlu"]·urd["زیادہ-ضرُوری","ضروری","ضروری-ہے","ضرُوری"]
2. close, intimate (of persons) — Of persons who are bound by ties of kinship or affection, close friends or intimate associates. In Acts 10:24, Cornelius had called together his relatives and close (anankaious) friends. Arabic uses al-aqrabin (ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ, 'the closest ones'), Hebrew uses yedidim (יְדִידִים, 'dear friends'), Korean uses gakkaun (가까운, 'close/near'), Hindi uses ghanishth (घनिष्ठ, 'intimate'), Spanish uses intimos ('intimate'). This is a distinct classical Greek sense of anankaios meaning 'connected by bonds of necessity/kinship,' semantically separate from the 'required/essential' meaning. 1×
AR["ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ"]·ben["ঘনিষ্ঠ"]·DE["ἀναγκαίους"]·EN["close"]·FR["nécessaire"]·heb["יְדִידִים"]·HI["घनिष्ठ"]·ID["karib"]·IT["necessario"]·jav["cedhak"]·KO["가까운"]·RU["близких"]·ES["íntimos"]·SW["wa-lazima"]·TR["yakın"]·urd["قریبی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀναγκ-αῖος, α, ον, in Attic dialect also ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+: of, with, or by force: __I active, constraining, applying force, μῦθος ἀ. a word of force, Refs 8th c.BC+; χρειὼ ἀ. urgent necessity, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἦμαρ ἀ. day of constraint, i.e. life of slavery, Refs; ἀ. τύχη a doom imposed by fate, or fateful chance, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but, fatal chance, Refs 6th c.BC+; τῆς ἀρχῆς τῷ ἀ.…