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Necessity
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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signifies (a) "a necessity," what must needs be (see NEEDS), translated "necessity" (in some mss. in Luke 23:17 ) in 1 Corinthians 7:37; 9:16; 2 Corinthians 9:7 (with ek "out of"); Philemon 1:14 (with kata, "according to"); Hebrews 7:12; 9:16; (b) "distress, pain," translated "necessities" in 2 Corinthians 6:4; 12:10 . See DISTRESS , No. 1, and the synonymous words there, and NEEDS, NEEDFUL (also CONSTRAIN, Note).
"a need," and almost always so translated, is used in the plural in Acts 20:34 , "necessities;" Romans 12:13 , RV (AV, "necessity"); in Philippians 4:16 , AV, "necessity," RV, "need." See NEED , NEEDFUL.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Necessity'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​n/necessity.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Necessity'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​n/necessity.html. 1940.