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Strong's G1163 δεῖ (dei)

Dei means “behoved” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1163 — baat (“kick”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1163
Language Greek
Linked Usages 145
Books 41

Strong's G1163 Quick Answer

Strong's G1163 δεῖ (dei) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. dei (dei`) (also deon deh-on') v. 1. it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding) [third person singular active present of G1210, neuter active participle of the same, both used impersonally] It has 145 linked Bible usages across 41 books. Visible English usage signals include also, third, and persons. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
dei (dei`) (also deon deh-on') v. 1. it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding) [third person singular active present of G1210, neuter active participle of the same, both used impersonally]
Usage
145 linked usages
Books
41 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
also, third, and persons

Meaning and Definition

dei (dei`) (also deon deh-on') v. 1. it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding) [third person singular active present of G1210, neuter active participle of the same, both used impersonally] KJV: behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should Root(s): G1210

Original Word
δεῖ
Transliteration
dei
Derivation
Root: δέω R1: 1210
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1163. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

be necessary

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G1163 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dei, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

also Matthew 18:33 12× third Matthew 16:21 persons 2 Peter 3:11

How Strong's G1163 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 104 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1163 (δεῖ) appears 46 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1163 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1163 in the New Testament

104 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 16:21 KJV

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

Matthew 17:10 KJV

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

Matthew 18:33 KJV

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

Strong's G1163 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 16:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass on the sixth day, they gathered double what was needed, two omers for one man; and all the chiefs of the synagogue went in and reported it to Moses.

Exodus 21:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship with him.

Leviticus 4:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin unwillingly before the Lord, in any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which he ought not to do, and shall do some of them;

Strong's G1163 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

15 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G1163 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1163.

Exodus 16:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the sixth day, they gathered double what was needed, two omers for one man; and all the chiefs of the synagogue went in and reported it to Moses.
Exodus 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship with him.
Leviticus 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin unwillingly before the Lord, in any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which he ought not to do, and shall do some of them;
Leviticus 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the soul which shall sin, and do one thing against any of the commandments of the Lord, which it is not right to do, and has not known it, and shall have transgressed, and shall have contracted guilt,
Ruth 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Boaz said, In the day of thy buying the field of the hand of Naomi and of Ruth the Moabitess the wife of the deceased, thou must also buy her, so as to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
2 Kingdoms 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and slew him in Ziklag, to whom I ought, as he thought, to have given a reward for his tidings.
3 Kingdoms 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these were the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,
4 Kingdoms 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast taken all this trouble for us; what should I do for thee? Hast thou any request to make to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she said, I dwell in the midst of my people.
4 Kingdoms 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to Gehazi, What must we do for her? and Gehazi his servant said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband is old.
Esther 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
Job 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Reasoning with improper sayings, And with words wherein is no profit?
Job 19:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea verily, I have erred in truth (But the error abides with myself) to speak; And my words err, and are unseasonable.
Proverbs 22:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. And he does not like to turn away from them; But it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.
Proverbs 22:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
one diligent in his business Should attend on kings, And not attend on slothful men.
Proverbs 23:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And apply thy hand, Knowing that it behooves thee to prepare such meats: But if thou art very insatiable,
Proverbs 30:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
Isaiah 30:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Must ye always rejoice, and go into my holy places continually, as they that keep a feast? and must ye go with a pipe, as those that rejoice, into the mountain of the Lord, to the God of Israel?
Isaiah 50:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord even God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear:
Ezekiel 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they have dishonored me before my people for a handful of barley, and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls which should not die, and to save alive the souls which should not live, while ye speak to a people hearing vain speeches.
Daniel 2:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But there is a God in heaven revealing mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what things must come to pass in the last days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are as follows,
Daniel 2:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O king: thy thoughts upon thy bed arose as to what must come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals mysteries has made known to thee what must come to pass.
Daniel 2:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereas thou sawest that a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it beat to pieces the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold; the great God has made known to the king what must happen hereafter: and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Daniel 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then those men said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that we must not change any decree or statute which the king shall make.
Daniel 11:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they shall eat his provisions, and shall crush him, and he shall carry away armies as with a flood, and many shall fall down slain.
Matthew 16:21 New Testament, KJV
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Matthew 17:10 New Testament, KJV
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Matthew 18:33 New Testament, KJV
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Matthew 23:23 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Matthew 24:6 New Testament, KJV
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matthew 25:27 New Testament, KJV
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Matthew 26:35 New Testament, KJV
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
Matthew 26:54 New Testament, KJV
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Mark 8:31 New Testament, KJV
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark 9:11 New Testament, KJV
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Mark 13:7 New Testament, KJV
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
Mark 13:10 New Testament, KJV
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
Mark 13:14 New Testament, KJV
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Mark 14:31 New Testament, KJV
But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
Luke 2:49 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
Luke 4:43 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
Luke 9:22 New Testament, KJV
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Luke 11:42 New Testament, KJV
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke 12:12 New Testament, KJV
For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
Luke 13:14 New Testament, KJV
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Luke 13:16 New Testament, KJV
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Luke 13:33 New Testament, KJV
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
Luke 15:32 New Testament, KJV
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke 17:25 New Testament, KJV
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Luke 18:1 New Testament, KJV
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 19:5 New Testament, KJV
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
Luke 21:9 New Testament, KJV
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
Luke 22:7 New Testament, KJV
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
Luke 22:37 New Testament, KJV
For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
Luke 24:7 New Testament, KJV
Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Luke 24:26 New Testament, KJV
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Luke 24:44 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Luke 24:46 New Testament, KJV
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
John 3:7 New Testament, KJV
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
John 3:14 New Testament, KJV
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
John 3:30 New Testament, KJV
He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 4:4 New Testament, KJV
And he must needs go through Samaria.
John 4:20 New Testament, KJV
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
John 4:24 New Testament, KJV
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 9:4 New Testament, KJV
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
John 10:16 New Testament, KJV
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
John 12:34 New Testament, KJV
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
John 20:9 New Testament, KJV
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
Acts 1:16 New Testament, KJV
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Acts 1:21 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
Acts 3:21 New Testament, KJV
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Acts 4:12 New Testament, KJV
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 5:29 New Testament, KJV
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts 9:6 New Testament, KJV
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Acts 9:16 New Testament, KJV
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Acts 10:6 New Testament, KJV
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
Acts 14:22 New Testament, KJV
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 15:5 New Testament, KJV
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 16:30 New Testament, KJV
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts 17:3 New Testament, KJV
Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Acts 18:21 New Testament, KJV
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
Acts 19:21 New Testament, KJV
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
Acts 19:36 New Testament, KJV
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
Acts 20:35 New Testament, KJV
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Acts 21:22 New Testament, KJV
What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
Acts 23:11 New Testament, KJV
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Acts 24:19 New Testament, KJV
Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
Acts 25:10 New Testament, KJV
Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
Acts 25:24 New Testament, KJV
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
Acts 26:9 New Testament, KJV
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 27:21 New Testament, KJV
But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
Acts 27:24 New Testament, KJV
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Acts 27:26 New Testament, KJV
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
Romans 1:27 New Testament, KJV
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Romans 8:26 New Testament, KJV
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans 12:3 New Testament, KJV
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
1 Corinthians 8:2 New Testament, KJV
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians 11:19 New Testament, KJV
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
1 Corinthians 15:25 New Testament, KJV
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
1 Corinthians 15:53 New Testament, KJV
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
2 Corinthians 2:3 New Testament, KJV
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 5:10 New Testament, KJV
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
2 Corinthians 11:30 New Testament, KJV
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
Ephesians 6:20 New Testament, KJV
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Colossians 4:4 New Testament, KJV
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Colossians 4:6 New Testament, KJV
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 New Testament, KJV
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2 Thessalonians 3:7 New Testament, KJV
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
1 Timothy 3:2 New Testament, KJV
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:7 New Testament, KJV
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:15 New Testament, KJV
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
1 Timothy 5:13 New Testament, KJV
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
2 Timothy 2:6 New Testament, KJV
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
2 Timothy 2:24 New Testament, KJV
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Titus 1:7 New Testament, KJV
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Titus 1:11 New Testament, KJV
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Hebrews 2:1 New Testament, KJV
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Hebrews 9:26 New Testament, KJV
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 11:6 New Testament, KJV
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
1 Peter 1:6 New Testament, KJV
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
2 Peter 3:11 New Testament, KJV
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1163, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 8 usages, New Testament
Mark 6 usages, New Testament
Luke 19 usages, New Testament
John 10 usages, New Testament
Acts 25 usages, New Testament
Romans 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 4 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 4 usages, New Testament
2 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
Titus 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 3 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 8 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1163 FAQ

What does dei (δεῖ) mean?

Dei (Strong's G1163) is a Greek word most simply glossed "behoved". dei (dei`) (also deon deh-on') v. 1. it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding) [third person singular active present of G1210, neuter active participle of the same, both used impersonally]

How many times is dei (δεῖ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 145 linked usages for Strong's G1163 across 41 books.

Where can I study dei (δεῖ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1163 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate dei (δεῖ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as also, third, and persons. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1163 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 24 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 15 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1163, with linked reader references where each row is available.