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, as distinct from δεῖ, denoting logical necessity and χρή, a need which results from the fitness of things (see Tr., Syn., § cvii, 10; Westc. on Heb.2:1, 1Jn.2:6; Hort on Jas.3:10). (AS)
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G1163 — δεῖ
dei · be necessary · Greek
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Matthew 16:21 · δεῖFrom that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.Matthew 17:10 · δεῖHis disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”Matthew 18:33 · ἔδειShouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’Matthew 23:23 · ἔδει“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.Matthew 24:6 · δεῖYou will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.Matthew 25:27 · ἔδειYou ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.Matthew 26:35 · δέῃPeter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” All of the disciples also said likewise.Matthew 26:54 · δεῖHow then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”Mark 8:31 · δεῖHe began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.Mark 9:11 · δεῖThey asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”Mark 13:7 · δεῖ“When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.Mark 13:10 · δεῖThe Good News must first be preached to all the nations.Mark 13:14 · δεῖ,But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,Mark 14:31 · δέῃBut he spoke all the more, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” They all said the same thing.Luke 2:49 · δεῖHe said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”Luke 4:43 · δεῖBut he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.”Luke 9:22 · δεῖsaying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”Luke 11:42 · ἔδειBut woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.Luke 12:12 · δεῖfor the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”Luke 13:14 · δεῖThe ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”Luke 13:16 · ἔδειOught not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”Luke 13:33 · δεῖNevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.’Luke 15:32 · ἔδει,But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”Luke 17:25 · δεῖBut first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.Luke 18:1 · δεῖνHe also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,Luke 19:5 · δεῖWhen Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”Luke 21:9 · δεῖWhen you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.”Luke 22:7 · ἔδειThe day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed.Luke 22:37 · δεῖFor I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: ‘He was counted with transgressors.’ For that which concerns me has an end.”Luke 24:7 · δεῖsaying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?”Luke 24:26 · ἔδειDidn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”Luke 24:44 · δεῖHe said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”John 3:7 · δεῖDon’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’John 3:14 · δεῖAs Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,John 3:30 · δεῖHe must increase, but I must decrease.John 4:4 · ἔδειHe needed to pass through Samaria.John 4:20 · δεῖ.¶Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”John 4:24 · δεῖGod is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”John 9:4 · δεῖI must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.John 10:16 · δεῖI have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.John 12:34 · δεῖThe multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up?’ Who is this Son of Man?”John 20:9 · δεῖFor as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.Acts 1:16 · ἔδει“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.Acts 1:21 · δεῖ“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,Acts 3:21 · δεῖwhom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.Acts 4:12 · δεῖThere is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”Acts 5:29 · δεῖBut Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.Acts 9:6 · δεῖBut rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”Acts 9:16 · δεῖFor I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”Acts 14:22 · δεῖconfirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.Acts 15:5 · δεῖBut some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”Acts 16:30 · δεῖand brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”Acts 17:3 · ἔδειexplaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”Acts 19:21 · δεῖNow after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”Acts 19:36 · δέονSeeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.Acts 20:35 · δεῖIn all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”Acts 23:11 · δεῖThe following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”Acts 24:19 · ἔδειThey ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.Acts 25:10 · δεῖBut Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.Acts 25:24 · δεῖνFestus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.Acts 26:9 · δεῖν“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 27:21 · ἜδειWhen they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.Acts 27:24 · δεῖsaying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’Acts 27:26 · δεῖBut we must run aground on a certain island.”Romans 1:27 · ἔδειLikewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.Romans 8:26 · δεῖIn the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.Romans 12:3 · δεῖFor I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.1 Corinthians 8:2 · δεῖBut if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.1 Corinthians 11:19 · δεῖFor there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.1 Corinthians 15:25 · δεῖFor he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.1 Corinthians 15:53 · δεῖFor this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.2 Corinthians 2:3 · ἔδειAnd I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.2 Corinthians 5:10 · δεῖFor we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.2 Corinthians 11:30 · δεῖ,If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.2 Corinthians 12:1 · δεῖ,It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.Ephesians 6:20 · δεῖfor which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.Colossians 4:4 · δεῖthat I may reveal it as I ought to speak.Colossians 4:6 · δεῖLet your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.1 Thessalonians 4:1 · δεῖFinally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.2 Thessalonians 3:7 · δεῖFor you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,1 Timothy 3:2 · δεῖThe overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;1 Timothy 3:7 · δεῖMoreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.1 Timothy 3:15 · δεῖbut if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.1 Timothy 5:13 · δέοντα.¶Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.2 Timothy 2:6 · δεῖThe farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.2 Timothy 2:24 · δεῖThe Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,Titus 1:7 · δεῖFor the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;Titus 1:11 · δεῖ · δεῖwhose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.Hebrews 2:1 · δεῖTherefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.Hebrews 9:26 · ἔδειor else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.Hebrews 11:6 · δεῖWithout faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.1 Peter 1:6 · δέονWherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,2 Peter 3:11 · δεῖTherefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,Revelation 1:1 · δεῖThis is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,Revelation 4:1 · δεῖAfter these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”Revelation 10:11 · δεῖThey told me, “You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”Revelation 11:5 · δεῖIf anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.Revelation 17:10 · δεῖThey are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.Revelation 20:3 · δεῖand cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.Revelation 22:6 · δεῖHe said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”