δεῖ

G1163 G:V

be necessary

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)