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Lexicon :: Strong's G1163 - dei

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δεῖ
Transliteration
dei (Key)
Pronunciation
die
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Third person singular active present of δέω (G1210)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:21,140

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

†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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 106x

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'.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 106x
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'.

  1. it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper

    1. necessity lying in the nature of the case

    2. necessity brought on by circumstances or by the conduct of others toward us.

    3. necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end

    4. a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity

    5. 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

      1. concerning what Christ was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†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.
STRONGS G1163:
δεῖ; subjunctive present δέῃ; imperfect ἔδει; an impersonal verb [cf. Buttmann, § 132, 12; cf. § 131, 3; from Homer down]; (δέω, namely, τινός, to have need of, be in want of; cf. German es bedarf), it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper; followed either by the infinitive alone (cf. our one ought), or by the accusative with an infinitive [cf. Buttmann, 147 (129)], it denotes any sort of necessity; as
a. necessity lying in the nature of the case: John 3:30; 2 Timothy 2:6.
b. necessity brought on by circumstances or by the conduct of others toward us: Matthew 26:35 (κἄν δέῃ με ἀποθανεῖν), cf. Mark 14:31; John 4:4; Acts 27:21; 2 Corinthians 11:30; [2 Corinthians 12:1 L T Tr WH text]; or imposed by a condition of mind: Luke 2:49; Luke 19:5.
c. necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end: Luke 12:12; John 3:7; Acts 9:6; Acts 16:30; 1 Corinthians 11:19; Hebrews 9:26 (on this cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); [also Buttmann, 216 (187); 225 (195)]); Hebrews 11:6.
d. a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity: Matthew 18:33; Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42; Luke 13:14; Luke 15:32; Luke 18:1; Luke 22:7; John 4:20; Acts 5:29; Acts 15:5; Romans 1:27 (ἀντιμισθίαν, ἣν ἔδει, namely, ἀπολαμβάνεσθαι, the recompense due by the law of God); Romans 8:26; Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 8:2, etc. or of office: Luke 4:43; Luke 13:33; John 9:4; John 10:16; Ephesians 6:20; Colossians 4:4; 2 Timothy 2:24.
e. 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 O. T. prophecies: Matthew 17:10; Matthew 24:6; Mark 9:11; Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 15:53; in this use, especially of what Christ was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension: Luke 24:46 [R G L brackets]; Matthew 26:54; John 3:14; Acts 3:21, etc. (of the necessity of fate in Herodotus 5, 33; with the addition κατὰ τὸ θεοπρόπιον, 8, 53; Thucydides 5, 26.) [Synonyms: δεῖ, χρή: δεῖ seems to be more suggestive of moral obligation, denoting especially that constraint which arises from divine appointment; whereas χρή signifies rather the necessity resulting from time and circumstance. Schmidt, chapter 150.]

Related entry:
δέον, -οντος, τό, (participle of δεῖ, which see), from [Sophocles and] Herodatus down, that of which there is need, which is requisite, due, proper: δέον ἐστί there is need, 1 Peter 1:6 [T Tr text WH omits Tr marginal reading in brackets ἐ.]; followed by accusative with an infinitive Acts 19:36; τὰ μὴ δέοντα that are not proper, 1 Timothy 5:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
17:10; 18:33; 23:23; 24:6; 26:35; 26:54
Mark
9:11; 14:31
Luke
2:49; 4:43; 11:42; 12:12; 13:14; 13:33; 15:32; 18:1; 19:5; 22:7; 24:46
John
3:7; 3:14; 3:30; 4:4; 4:20; 9:4; 10:16
Acts
3:21; 4:12; 5:29; 9:6; 15:5; 16:30; 19:36; 27:21
Romans
1:27; 8:26; 12:3
1 Corinthians
8:2; 11:19; 15:53
2 Corinthians
11:30; 12:1
Ephesians
6:20
Colossians
4:4
1 Timothy
5:13
2 Timothy
2:6; 2:24
Hebrews
9:26; 11:6
1 Peter
1:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1163 matches the Greek δεῖ (dei),
which occurs 101 times in 100 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Act 15:5–Rev 22:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:5 - But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:30 - Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:3 - explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:21 - Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:36 - Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:11 - The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:19 - they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:10 - But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:9 - “I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:21 - Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:24 - and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:26 - But we must run aground on some island.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:27 - and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:26 - Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:3 - For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:2 - If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:19 - for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:25 - For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:53 - For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:3 - And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:30 - If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1 - I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:20 - for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:4 - that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:6 - Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:1 - Finally, then, brothers,[fn] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:7 - For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:2 - Therefore an overseer[fn] must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,[fn] sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:7 - Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:15 - if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:13 - Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:24 - And the Lord’s servant[fn] must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:7 - For an overseer,[fn] as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:11 - They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:1 - Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:26 - for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:6 - In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:11 - Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:1 - The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants[fn] the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:1 - After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11 - And I was told, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:5 - And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:10 - they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:6 - And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

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