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need

Meaning of “need”

Sense 1: Want: occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief. Sense 2: To require or lack something necessary.

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49 occurrences47 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 15:8

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Deuteronomy 15:8
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:8 · retained source text

But thou shalt open thine hand wide vnto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his neede, in that which he wanteth.

1611 marginal noteMat. 5.42 luke 6.34.

1 Samuel 21:15
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 21:15 · retained source text

Haue I need of mad-men, that ye haue brought this fellow to play the mad-man in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?

2 Chronicles 2:16
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 2:16 · retained source text

And wee will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need, and wee will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Ioppa, and thou shalt carie it vp to Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to all thy need.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Iapho

2 Chronicles 20:17
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 20:17 · retained source text

Yee shall not neede to fight in this battell; set your selues, stand yee still, and see the saluation of the LORD with you, O Iudah and Ierusalem: feare not, nor be dismayed; to morow goe out against them, for the LORD will bee with you.

Ezra 6:9
And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezra 6:9 · retained source text

And that which they haue need of, both yong bullocks, and rammes, and lambes, for the burnt offerings of the God of heauen, wheat, salt, wine, and oyle, according to the appoyment of the priests which are at Ierusalem, let it be giuen them, day by day without faile:

Proverbs 31:11
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 31:11 · retained source text

The heart of her husband doeth safely trust in her, so that he shall haue no need of spoile.

Matthew 3:14
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 3:14 · retained source text

But Iohn forbade him, saying, I haue need to bee baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?

Matthew 6:8
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:8 · retained source text

Be not yee therefore like vnto them: For your father knoweth what things yee haue neede of, before yee aske him.

Matthew 6:32
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:32 · retained source text

(For after all these things doe the Gentiles seeke:) for your heauenly father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these things.

Matthew 9:12
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
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1611 witness · Matthew 9:12 · retained source text

But when Iesus heard that, hee said vnto them, They that be whole neede not a Physicion, but they that are sicke.

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