- Transliteration: Anagke

- Phonetic: an-ang-kay'

- Definition:

1. necessity, imposed either by the circumstances, or by law of duty regarding to one's advantage, custom, argument

2. calamity, distress, straits

- Origin: from G303" class="dictionary-topic-link">G303 and the base of G43" class="dictionary-topic-link">G43

- TDNT entry: 06:44,6

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G303" class="dictionary-topic-link">G303 and the base of G43" class="dictionary-topic-link">G43; constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication distress: - distress must needs (of) necessity (-sary) neededth needful.