Strong's G318

ἀνάγκη

Transliteration

anánkē

Definition

constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress

KJV usage

distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful

Derivation

from G303 (ἀνά) and the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.