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ἐπιτήδειος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἐπιτήδειος, εία, ον
Greek transliteration: 
epitēdeios
Simplified transliteration: 
epitedeios
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2006
GK Number: 
2201
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(1)
Gloss: 
needful, necessary, suitable
Definition: 
fit, suitable, necessary, Jas. 2:16*

Greek-English Concordance for ἐπιτήδειος

James 2:16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; stay warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not give them what their body needs (epitēdeia | ἐπιτήδεια | acc pl neut), what good is that?