Strong's Concordance
Original word: ἀνάγκη
Transliteration: anagké
Definition (short): compulsion
Definition (full): necessity
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from ana and agchó (to compress, press tight)
Definition: necessity
NASB Translation: compulsion (3), constraint (1), distress (3), distresses (1), hardships (1), inevitable (1), necessary (2), necessity (3), need (2), obliged* (1).
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References
KJV:
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
NASB:
"Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!
KJV:
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
NASB:
"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'
KJV:
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
NASB:
"Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people;