Strong's Number 318

Transliteration:
anagke {an-ang-kay'}
Word Origin:
from 303 and the base of 43
TDNT:
1:344,55
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
necessity 7, must needs 3, distress 3, must of necessity 2, need 2192 1, necessary 1, needful 1

Total: 18
Definition:
  1. necessity, imposed either by the circumstances, or by law of duty regarding to one's advantage, custom, argument
  2. calamity, distress, straits