δεῖ

δεῖ — deî

δεῖ; subjunctive present δέῃ; imperfect ἔδει; an impersonal verb (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 12; cf. § 131, 3; from Homer down); (δέω, namely, τίνος, to have need of, be in want of; cf. German esbedarf), it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper; followed either by the infinitive alone (cf. our one ought), or by the accusative with an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, 147 (129)), it denotes any sort of necessity; as a. necessity lying in the nature of the case: Joh 3:30; 2Ti 2:6.

b. necessity brought on by circumstances or by the conduct of others toward us: Mat 26:35 (κἄν δέῃ με ἀποθανεῖν), cf. Mar 14:31; Joh 4:4; Act 27:21; 2Co 11:30; (2Co 12:1 L T Tr WH text); or imposed by a condition of mind: Luk 2:49; Luk 19:5.

c. necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end: Luk 12:12; Joh 3:7; Act 9:6; Act 16:30; 1Co 11:19; Heb 9:26 (on this cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); (also Buttmann, 216 (187); 225 (195))); Heb 11:6.

d. a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity: Mat 18:33; Mat 23:23; Luk 11:42; Luk 13:14; Luk 15:32; Luk 18:1; Luk 22:7; Joh 4:20; Act 5:29; Act 15:5; Rom 1:27 (ἀντιμισθίαν, ἥν ἔδει, namely, ἀπολαμβάνεσθαι, the recompense due by the law of God); Rom 8:26; Rom 12:3; 1Co 8:2, etc. or of office: Luk 4:43; Luk 13:33; Joh 9:4; Joh 10:16; Eph 6:20; Col 4:4; 2Ti 2:24.

e. necessity established by the counsel and decree of God, especially by that purpose of his which relates to the salvation of men by the intervention of Christ and which is disclosed in the O. T. prophecies: Mat 17:10; Mat 24:6; Mar 9:11; Act 4:12; 1Co 15:53; in this use, especially of what Christ was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension: Luk 24:46 (R G L brackets); Mat 26:54; Joh 3:14; Act 3:21, etc. (of the necessity of fate in Herodotus 5, 33; with the addition κατά τό θεοπρόπιον, 8, 53; Thucydides 5, 26.) [SYNONYMS: δεῖ, χρή: δεῖ seems to be more suggestive of moral obligation, denoting especially that constraint which arises from divine appointment; whereas χρή signifies rather the necessity resulting from time and circumstance. Schmidt, chapter 150.]

STRONGS NT 1163: δέονδέον, δεοντος, τό (participle of δεῖ, which see), from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down, that of which there is need, which is requisite, due, proper: δέον ἐστι there is need, 1Pe 1:6 (T Tr text WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets ἐστι); followed by the accusative with an infinitive Act 19:36; τά μή δέοντα that are not proper, 1Ti 5:13.