Lexical Summary epanankes: necessary, of necessity Original Word: ἐπάναγκεςTransliteration: epanankes Phonetic Spelling: (ep-an'-ang-kes) Part of Speech: Adverb Short Definition: necessary, of necessity Meaning: necessary, of necessity Strong's Concordance necessary. Neuter of a presumed compound of epi and anagke; (adverbially) on necessity, i.e. Necessarily -- necessary. see GREEK epi see GREEK anagke Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1876: ἐπάναγκεςἐπάναγκες (ἀνάγκη (hence, literally, on compulsion)), necessarily: πλήν τῶν ἐπάναγκες τούτων, besides these things which are necessarily imposed, Acts 15:28 (Buttmann, 27. (24)). (Herodotus, Andocides ( |