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  "type": "word",
  "id": "G318",
  "lemma": "ἀνάγκη",
  "transliteration": "anánkē",
  "definition": "constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress",
  "kjv": "distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful",
  "occurrences": 57,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G303",
      "lemma": "ἀνά",
      "transliteration": "aná",
      "meaning": "up",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G303"
    },
    {
      "id": "G43",
      "lemma": "ἀγκάλη",
      "transliteration": "ankálē",
      "meaning": "an arm",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G43"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 18:7",
      "text": "“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 14:18",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/14?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 21:23",
      "text": "Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/21?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 13:5",
      "text": "Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/13?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Corinthians 7:26",
      "text": "Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/7?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Corinthians 7:37",
      "text": "But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/7?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Corinthians 9:16",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/9?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Corinthians 6:4",
      "text": "but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/6?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Corinthians 9:7",
      "text": "Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/9?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Corinthians 12:10",
      "text": "Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Messiah’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/12?v=10"
    }
  ],
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