** ἀναγκαῖος, -αῖα, -αῖον
(< ἀνάγκη), [in LXX: Es 8:13, Wi 16:3, Sir prol. 22, II Mac 4:23 9:21, IV Mac 1:2*;]
1. necessary: Ac 13:46, I Co 12:22, II Co 9:5, Phl 2:25, Tit 3:14, He 8:3; comp. -αιότερον, Phl 1:24.
2. Of persons connected by bonds of nature or friendship, near, intimate (Field, Notes, 118; ΜΜ, VGT, s.v.): ἀ. φίλοι, Ac 10:24.†