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Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains is unavailable, but you can change that!

Louw-Nida Greek Lexicon is a modern Greek lexicon using the concept of "semantic domains." This lexicon differs from other lexicons in that it does not arrange words alphabetically and it does not give one listing of a word with all of that word's meanings after it. Instead, it breaks words down by their various shades of meaning. It then groups all of those entries together and organizes them by...

obligation of a compelling nature—‘complete obligation, necessary obligation.’ ἀνάγκη γάρ μοι ἐπίκειται ‘I have a necessary obligation’ 1 Cor 9:16; ἵνα μὴ ὡς κατὰ ἀνάγκην τὸ ἀγαθόν σου ᾖ ἀλλὰ κατὰ ἑκούσιον ‘in order that your helpfulness may not be based on obligation but on willingness’ Phm 14.