G1163 – dei – δεῖ – to be binding, necessary, must

Strong’s ID:: G1163
Greek Word:: δεῖ
Transliteration:: dei
Pronunciation:: die
Part of Speech:: verb
Etymology:: 3^rd person singular active present of G1210; also δεον deon deh-on’; neuter active participle of the same
Usage Count:: 105
Search:: Find “dei” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) to be binding
2) to be necessary
3) must

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

3^rd person singular active present of G1210; also δεον 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.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper
1a) necessity lying in the nature of the case
1b) necessity brought on by circumstances or by the conduct of others toward us.
1c) necessity in reference to what is required to attain some end
1d) a necessity of law and command, of duty, equity
1e) 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
1e1) concerning what Christ was destined finally to undergo, his sufferings, death, resurrection, ascension

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.