Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
necessity, Mt. 18:7; constraint, compulsion, 2 Cor. 9:7; obligation of duty, moral or spiritual necessity, Rom. 13:5; distress, trial, affliction, Lk. 21:23; 1 Cor. 7:26; 2 Cor. 6:4; 12:10; 1 Thess. 3:7
Translated in KJV as
distressmust needs(of) necessity(-sary)needethneedful
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