ἀνάγκη

ἀνάγκη — anánkē

ἀνάγκη, (ης, ἡ;

1. necessity, imposed either by the external condition of things, or by the law of duty, regard to one's advantage, custom, argument: κατ' ἀνάγκην perforce (opposed to κατά ἑκούσιον), Phm 1:14; ἐξ ἀνάγκης of necessity, compelled, 2Co 9:7; Heb 7:12 (necessarily); ἔχω ἀνάγκην I have (am compelled by) necessity, (also in Greek writings): 1Co 7:37; Heb 7:27; followed by an infinitive, Luk 14:18; Luk 23:17 R L brackets; Jud 1:3; ἀν. μοι ἐπίκειται necessity is laid upon me, 1Co 9:16; ἀνάγκη (equivalent to ἀναγκαῖον ἐστι) followed by an infinitive: Mat 18:7; Rom 13:5; Heb 9:16; Heb 9:23 (also in Greek writings).

2. in a sense rare in the classics (Diodorus 4, 43), but very common in Hellenistic writings (also in Josephus, b. j. 5, 13, 7, etc.; see Winers Grammar, 30), calamity, distress, straits: Luk 21:23; 1Co 7:26; 1Th 3:7; plural ἐν ἀνάγκαις, 2Co 6:4; 2Co 12:10.