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Koine Greek wordlink #89870

SR GNT Acts 10:24 ἀναγκαίους (anagkaious) ‘relatives of him and close friends’ Strongs=3160 Lemma=anagkaios
Word role=adjective case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=41 AD Event=Peter_meets_Cornelius TimeSeries=Peter_meets_Cornelius

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Only use of identical word form ἀναγκαίους (A-AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀναγκαίους’ (A-AMP) is always and only glossed as ‘close’.

Acts 10:24 ‘relatives of him and close friends’ SR GNT Acts 10:24 word 25

OET-LV: 24 And on _the day of _next, he _came _in into the Kaisareia. And the Kornaʸlios was expecting them, having _called _together the relatives of _him and the close friends. (ACT_10:24)

OET-RV: 24 and they arrived in Caesarea the following day. Cornelius was expecting them and had also invited some relatives and close friends to join them. (ACT 10:24)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘anagkaios’ have 2 different glosses: ‘close’, ‘necessary’.

Key: A=adjective AMP=accusative,masculine,plural