G1163

δεῖ

dei

Verb · Third person singular active present of δέω (G1210)

3rd person singular active present of G1210; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding):—behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.

Outline

it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper

necessity lying in the nature of the case
necessity brought on by circumstances or by the conduct of others toward us.
necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end
a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity
necessity established by the counsel and decree of God, especially by that purpose of his which relates to the salvation of men by the intervention of Christ and which is disclosed in the Old Testament prophecies

concerning what Christ was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension

Usages (3/3)

Revelation 17:10

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

Breakdown

five are fallen Gauls (France), Greeks, Germania Major, Germania Minor, Spain. one is Roman Empire (when this was being written on the island of Patmos, the Romans were still in power). other is not yet come Great Britain (and then America).

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Revelation 20:3

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Breakdown

loosed a little season From the time of the Renaissance, i.e. around the 1400s.

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Revelation 22:6

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

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