11 occurrences

'Necessity' in the Bible

'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that it is good for a man that the matter be thus: --

And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart -- not having necessity -- and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart -- to keep his own virgin -- doth well;

and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

for the priesthood being changed, of necessity also, of the law a change doth come,

who hath no necessity daily, as the chief priests, first for his own sins to offer up sacrifice, then for those of the people; for this he did once, having offered up himself;

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

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Root Form
Definition
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ἀναγκή 
Anagke 
Usage: 15

ἀναγκαῖος 
Anagkaios 
Usage: 8

χρεία 
Chreia 
Usage: 36