Vocabulary Form
δεῖ
Definition

it is necessary

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
101
GK
1256
Forms
(ἔδει), -, -, -, -, -
Mnemonics

Today it is necessary to die.

Notes

This verb is always third person singular, does not change its form, and its subject is always neuter. (It has a different form for the past tense.)

Biblical Concordance

Ephesians 6:20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to speak.
Colossians 4:4 that I may make it known as I should (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg).
Colossians 4:6 Your speech Your should always be winsome, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) answer each person.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to live so as to please God (even as you are doing), that you do so more and more.
2 Thessalonians 3:7 For you yourselves know how our example should (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) be followed, because we did not lead disorderly lives among you,
1 Timothy 3:2 Therefore, it is necessary (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) for an overseer to be above reproach: a man of one woman, clear-minded, self-controlled, dignified, hospitable, skilled in teaching,
1 Timothy 3:7 And it is also necessary (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) for an overseer to have a good reputation with those outside, lest he fall into reproach, which is the snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:15 but if I wait, so that you may know how it is necessary (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) for people to conduct themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
1 Timothy 5:13 But at the same time they also learn to be idlers, flitting about among houses, but not only idlers but also gossips and busybodies, speaking about things that they (deonta | δέοντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut) should (deonta | δέοντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut) not.
2 Timothy 2:6 The hardworking farmer must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) be the first to receive the fruit.
2 Timothy 2:24 But it (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) is (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) necessary (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) that a servant of the Lord not be quarrelsome but be gentle to all, skilled in teaching, patient even in the midst of evil,
Titus 1:7 For it is necessary (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) for an overseer to be above reproach as a steward of God, not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain,
Titus 1:11 It is therefore necessary (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to muzzle those who are upsetting entire households by teaching what is (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) not proper (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) for shameful gain.
Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
Hebrews 9:26 for then he would have had (edei | ἔδει | imperf act ind 3 sg) to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the climax of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.
Hebrews 11:6 and without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
1 Peter 1:6 In this you rejoice, even if it (deon | δέον | pres act ptcp nom sg neut) is (deon | δέον | pres act ptcp nom sg neut) necessary (deon | δέον | pres act ptcp nom sg neut) for a short time to be made sorrowful by various trials,
2 Peter 3:11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what kind of people ought (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
Revelation 1:1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) take place after this.”
Revelation 10:11 Then they said to me, “You must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”
Revelation 11:5 And if anyone tries to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone tries to harm them, he must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) be killed in this way.
Revelation 17:10 five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he does come, he must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) remain for only a brief time.
Revelation 20:3 Then he threw him into the abyss, locked and sealed it over him, so he could not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were finished. After that he must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) be set loose for a short time.
Revelation 22:6 And he said to me, “These words are reliable and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show to his servants what must (dei | δεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) soon take place.”