# G318 ἀνάγκη

ἀνάγκη (anánkē), Strong’s G318: constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress KJV: distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful. Occurs 57 times.

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*anánkē* — constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress

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

Built from [ἀνά aná](https://besorah.bible/word/G303) (up) + [ἀγκάλη ankálē](https://besorah.bible/word/G43) (an arm)

Occurs 57 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 18:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/14?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/21?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/13?v=5) — Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
- [1 Corinthians 7:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/9?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/6?v=4) — but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in…
- [2 Corinthians 9:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/9?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/12?v=10) — Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Messiah’s…