δεῖ dei · G1163

be necessary

δεῖ impersonal (δέω), ; [in LXX chiefly for infin. with לְ ; ] ; one must, it is necessary: with inf., Mat.26:54, Mrk.13:7, Act.5:29, al.; with accusative and inf., Mat.16:21, Mrk.8:31, Jhn.3:7, Act.25:10, al.; with ellipse of accusative, Mat.23:23; of accusative, and inf., Mrk.13:14, Rom.1:27 8:26; οὐ (μὴ) δεῖ (non licet), ought not, must not: Act.25:24, 2Ti.2:24; impf., ἔδει, of necessity or obligation in past time regarding a past event (Bl., § 63, 4), Mat.18:33, Luk.15:32, Jhn.4:4, Act.27:21, al.; periphr., δέον ἐστίν (as in Attic, χρεών ἐστι = χρή, see: δέον), Act.19:36; id., with ellipse of ἐστίν, 1Pe.1:6 τὰ μὴ δέοντα (= ἃ οὐ δεῖ 1Ti.5:13.; SYN.: ὀφείλει, expressing moral obligation, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

δεῖ: ; subjunctive δέη, sometimes contraction δῆ (in codices of Comedy texts, as []; ὁπόσου κα δῆ []; infinitive δεῖ; participle δέον (see. infr. IV): imperfect ἔδει, Ionic dialect ἔδεε: future δεήσει []: aorist I ἐδέησε [] —Impers. from δέω (A), there is need (the sense of moral obligation, properly belonging to χρή, is later, []; I c.accusative person et infinitive, it is needful for one to do, one must, once in [] why need the Argives fight? []: with nominative of the pronoun, ἡγούμην.. …

Where it's used 106 times

Matthew 16:21 · Matthew 17:10 · Matthew 18:33 · Matthew 23:23 · Matthew 24:6 · Matthew 25:27 · Matthew 26:35 · Matthew 26:54 · Mark 8:31 · Mark 9:11 · Mark 13:7 · Mark 13:10 · Mark 13:14 · Mark 14:31 · Luke 2:49 · Luke 4:43 · Luke 9:22 · Luke 11:42 · Luke 12:12 · Luke 13:14 · Luke 13:16 · Luke 13:33 · Luke 15:32 · Luke 17:25 · Luke 18:1 · Luke 19:5 · Luke 21:9 · Luke 22:7 · Luke 22:37 · Luke 24:7 · Luke 24:26 · Luke 24:44 · Luke 24:46 · John 3:7 · John 3:14 · John 3:30 · John 4:4 · John 4:20 · John 4:24 · John 9:4 · John 10:16 · John 12:34 · John 20:9 · Acts 1:16 · Acts 1:21 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 4:12 · Acts 5:29 · Acts 9:6 · Acts 9:16 · Acts 10:6 · Acts 14:22 · Acts 15:5 · Acts 16:30 · Acts 17:3 · Acts 18:21 · Acts 19:21 · Acts 19:36 · Acts 20:35 · Acts 21:22 … and 46 more

Source: TBESG G1163; TFLSJ G1163

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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