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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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Luke 5:31
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 5:31 · retained source text

And Iesus answering, said vnto them, They that are whole need not a physician: but they that are sicke.

Luke 9:11
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 9:11 · retained source text

And the people when they knew it, followed him, and he receiued them, and spake vnto them of the kingdome of God, and healed them that had need of healing.

Luke 12:30
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:30 · retained source text

For all these things doe the nations of the world seeke after: and your father knoweth that yee haue neede of these things.

Luke 15:7
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 15:7 · retained source text

I say vnto you, that likewise ioy shall be in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth, more then ouer ninety and nine iust persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 19:31
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 19:31 · retained source text

And if any man aske you, Why do ye loose him? Thus shall ye say vnto him, Because the Lord hath neede of him.

Luke 19:34
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 19:34 · retained source text

And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

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