Found just under twenty times in the New Testament and limited to the books of Matthew, Luke, Romans, First Corinthians, Second Corinthians, First Thessalonians, Philemon, Hebrews and Jude, the Greek noun “ananke” described what was “necessary.” In Mt. 18:7 Jesus said offences “must needs be.” A man declined to attend a “great supper” (Lk. 14:16) because he “must needs go” (Lk. 14:18) and see a field he had purchased. Paul felt a “necessity” to preach the gospel (1 Cor. 9:16) and Jude believed he was “constrained” to write the letter that bears his name (Jude 3).
The Greek word ananke
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