G318 ἀνάγκη
anánkē — constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
KJV: distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful
Built from ἀνά aná (up) + ἀγκάλη ankálē (an arm)
Occurs 57 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Matthew 18:7 — “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person…
- Luke 14:18 — They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please…
- Luke 21:23 — Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the…
- Romans 13:5 — Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
- 1 Corinthians 7:26 — Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 — But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his…
- 1 Corinthians 9:16 — For if I proclaim the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I…
- 2 Corinthians 6:4 — but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in…
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 — Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a…
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Messiah’s…