Strong’s G317 · Greek
ἀναγκαστῶς
anankastōs · an-ang-kas-toce'
Origin adverb from a derivative of ἀναγκάζω (G315);
Meaning compulsorily
In the King James Version by constraint.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- 1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.