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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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Showing verses 21–30 of 47 · 49 word occurrences in this result

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 19:34 · retained source text

And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

John 13:29
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 13:29 · retained source text

For some of them thought, because Iudas had the bagge, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that wee haue need of against the feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.

Acts 2:45
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 2:45 · retained source text

And solde their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as euery man had need.

Romans 16:2
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 16:2 · retained source text

That ye receiue her in the Lord as becommeth Saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer businesse she hath need of you: for she hath beene a succourer of many, and of my selfe also.

1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 7:36 · retained source text

But if any man thinke that he behaueth himselfe vncomely toward his virgin, if she passe the floure of her age, and neede so require, let him doe what hee will, hee sinneth not: let them marry.

1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 12:21 · retained source text

And the eye cannot say vnto the hand, I haue no need of thee: nor againe, the head to the feete, I haue no neede of you.

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