G0316
ἀναγκαῖος
necessary
ἀναγκαῖος, -αῖα, -αῖον (ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Est.8:13, Wis.16:3, Sir prol.22, 2Ma.4:23 2Mac 9:21, 4Ma.1:2 * ;] __1. necessary: Act.13:46, 1Co.12:22, 2Co.9:5, Php.2:25, Tit.3:14, Heb.8:3; comp. -αιότερον, Php.1:24. __2. Of persons connected by bonds of nature or friendship, near, intimate (Field, Notes, 118; ΜΜ, VGT, see word): ἀ. φίλοι, Act.10:24.† (AS)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἀναγκαῖος — anankaîos
ἀναγκαῖος,, (ἀνάγκη) (from Homer down (in various senses)), necessary;
a. what one cannot do without, indispensable: 1Co 12:22 (τά μέλη); Tit 3:14 b. connected by the bonds of nature or of friendship: Act 10:24 (ἀναγκαῖοι (A. V. near) φίλοι).
c. what ought according to the law of duty to be done, what is required by the condition of things: Php 1:24. ἀναγκαῖον ἐστι followed by accusative with the infinitive, Act 13:46; Heb 8:3. ἀναγκαῖον ἡγεῖσθαι to deem necessary, followed by an infinitive, Php 2:25; 2Co 9:5.
8 occurrences
Acts (2), I Corinthians (1), II Corinthians (1), Philippians (2), Titus (1), Hebrews (1)