ἀνάγκη

ἀνάγκη, -ης, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for מָצוֹק, צַר ;]

1. necessity: ἔχειν ἀ-, with inf., to be compelled, Luk 14,18; 23,17 (Rec., R, mg.), 1 Kor 7,37, Jud 3, Hebr 7,27; ἐξ ἀ., κατ᾽ ἀ., of necessity, 2 Kor 9,7, Hebr 7,12, Phm 14; ἀ. μοι ἐπίκειται, n. is laid on me, 1 Kor 9,16 with inf. (= ἀναγκαῖον ἐστι), Matt 18,7, Rom 13,5, Hebr 9,16, 23

2. force, violence, hence pain, distress (Diod., al.; LXX; see M, Th., 41; MM, VGT, see word; cf. θλίψις): Luk 21,23, 1 Kor 7,26, 1 Thess 3,7; pl. (see B1., § 32, 6; Swete, Mk., 153), ἐν ἀ., 2 Kor 6,4; 12,10.†