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Greek word study

ἀνάγκηanánkē — necessity, constraint, compulsion

necessity, constraint, compulsion; there is need to; force, violence.

Translated in the King James as: distress, must needs, (of) necessity(-sary), needeth, needful

Appears 17 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Matthew — 1×
Matt 18:7
Luke — 2×
Luke 14:18Luke 21:23
Romans — 1×
Rom 13:5
1 Corinthians — 3×
1 Cor 7:261 Cor 7:371 Cor 9:16
2 Corinthians — 3×
2 Cor 6:42 Cor 9:72 Cor 12:10
1 Thessalonians — 1×
1 Thess 3:7
Philemon — 1×
Philemon 1:14
Hebrews — 4×
Heb 7:12Heb 7:27Heb 9:16Heb 9:23
Jude — 1×
Jude 1:3

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.