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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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Hebrews 5:12
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 5:12 · retained source text

For when for the time yee ought to bee teachers, yee haue neede that one teach you againe which be the first principles of the Oracles of God, and are become such as haue need of milke, and not of strong meat.

Hebrews 7:11
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 7:11 · retained source text

If therefore perfection were by the Leuiticall Priesthood (for vnder it the people receiued the Law) what further neede was there, that another Priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not bee called after the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 10:36 · retained source text

For ye haue need of patience, that shall after ye haue done the will of God ye might receiue the promise.

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