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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 19 times in 19 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:49 - And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must G1163 be about my Father's business?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:43 - And he said unto them, I must G1163 preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:22 - Saying, The Son of man must G1163 suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye G1163 to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:12 - For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought G1163 to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought G1163 to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - And ought G1163 not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:33 - Nevertheless I must G1163 walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - It was meet G1163 that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:25 - But first must G1163 he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought G1163 always to pray, and not to faint;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:5 - And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must G1163 abide at thy house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:9 - But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must G1163 first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:7 - Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must G1163 be killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:37 - For I say unto you, that this that is written must G1163 yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:7 - Saying, The Son of man must G1163 be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:26 - Ought G1163 not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:44 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must G1163 be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:46 - And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved G1163 Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
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