Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 2:21,140
Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms
†δεῖ deî, die; 3rd person singular active present of G1210; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding):—behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.
The KJV translates Strong's G1163 in the following manner: must (58x), ought (31x), must needs (5x), should (4x), miscellaneous (7x), variations of 'ought 1'.
it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper
necessity lying in the nature of the case
necessity brought on by circumstances or by the conduct of others toward us.
necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end
a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity
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 Old Testament prophecies
concerning what Christ was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension
Strong's Number G1163 matches the Greek δεῖ (dei),
which occurs 105 times in 104 verses
in the TR Greek.
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