ἀναγκαιότερον

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: adverbial comp

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: masc acc comp sg

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: adverbial comp

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: masc acc comp sg

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: adverbial comp

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: masc acc comp sg

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: adverbial comp

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: masc acc comp sg

ἀναγκαῑότερον, ἀναγκαῖος

of: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

ἀναγκαῖος, α, ον (Hom. et al., in var. mngs.)

① necessary (as meeting need) τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος ἀ. ἐστιν the members of the body are nec. 1 Cor 12:22; cp. 1 Cl 37:5; αἱ ἀ. χρεῖαι (Diod S 1, 34; IPriene 108, 80 [c. 129 B.C.]; POxy 56, 6; 1068, 16; Philo, Omn. Prob. Lib. 76; Ath. 22, 4 τῶν ἀναγκαίων ‘genitals’) pressing needs Tit 3:14.—Neut. ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν it is necessary w. inf. (and acc.) foll. (PFlor 132, 11 ὅπερ ἀναγκαῖόν σε ἦν γνῶναι. Philo, Migr. Abr. 82; Jos., Vi. 413; Just., D. 68, 4) Ac 13:46. ἀ. ἡγοῦμαι (PFay 111, 19; SIG 867, 9 ἀναγκαῖον ἡγησάμην … φανερὸν ποιῆσαι; 2 Macc 9:21) I consider it necessary 2 Cor 9:5; Phil 2:25. ἀ. ἐστιν, μηδὲν πράσσειν ὑμᾶς ITr 2:2. ὅθεν ἀναγκαῖον (w. ἐστίν to be supplied, as EpArist 197; 205) ἔχειν τι τοῦτον so this one must have someth. Hb 8:3.—Comp. (PLond I, 42, 31 p. 31; Witkowski 36, 21) ἀναγκαιότερόν ἐστιν it is more necessary Phil 1:24.—Subst. of defecation διʼ αὐτῶν μόνων τῶν ἀ. Papias (3:2).

② intimate, as Lat. necessarius of relatives and friends τοὺς ἀ. φίλους close friends Ac 10:24 (cp. Eur., Andr. 671; Dio Chrys. 3, 120; SIG 1109, 51; POslo 60, 5 [II A.D.]; PFlor 142, 2; BGU 625, 26; Jos., Ant. 7, 350; 11, 254).—EDNT. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.