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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 105 times in 104 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 16:21–Act 9:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:21 - From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:10 - And his disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:33 - shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - But ye will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not disturbed; for all these things must take place, but it is not yet the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:27 - thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:35 - Peter says to him, If I should needs die with thee, I will in no wise deny thee. Likewise said all the disciples also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:54

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:54 - How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:31 - And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and of the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:11 - And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:7 - But when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be not disturbed, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:10 - and the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:14 - But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not, (he that reads let him consider it,) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:31 - But he said so much exceedingly the more, If I should have to die with thee, I will in no wise deny thee. And likewise said they all too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:49 - And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:43 - But he said to them, I must needs announce the glad tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for for this I have been sent forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:12 - for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these 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 this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:32 - But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:25 - But first he must 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 spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:9 - And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end is not immediately.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:7 - And the day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover was to 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 yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned with the lawless: for also the things concerning me have an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:7 - saying, The Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and rise the third day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:26 - Ought not the 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 to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:46

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:7 - Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that *ye* should be born anew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:30 - He must increase, but I must decrease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:4 - And he must needs pass through Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:20 - Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:24 - God is a spirit; and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:4 - I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:16 - And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:34 - The crowd answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides for ever; and how sayest thou that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who *is* this, the Son of man?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:9 - for they had not yet known the scripture, that he must rise from among the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:16 - Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:21 - It is necessary therefore, that of the men who have assembled with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:21 - whom heaven indeed must receive till the times of the restoring of all things, of which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since time began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:12 - And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:6 - But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:16 - for *I* will shew to him how much he must suffer for my name.

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