Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 1:344,55
ἀναγκαῖος anankaîos, an-ang-kah'-yos; from G318; necessary; by implication, close (of kin):—near, necessary, necessity, needful.
The KJV translates Strong's G316 in the following manner: necessary (5x), near (1x), more needful (1x), of necessity (1x).
necessary
what one can not do without, indispensable
connected by bonds of nature or friendship
what ought according to the law of duty be done, what is required by the circumstances
Strong's Number G316 matches the Greek ἀναγκαῖος (anagkaios),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses
in the TR Greek.