"it is binding, it is necessary, it is proper; it is inevitable, Acts 21:22"
Definition and meaning
it is binding, it is necessary, it is proper; it is inevitable, Acts 21:22
In the original Greek the word is written: δεῖ
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of dei (G1163) across the King James Bible.
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
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Common questions
Strong's G1163 (dei) is a Greek word that means: it is binding, it is necessary, it is proper; it is inevitable, Acts 21:22 It appears 104 times in the King James Bible.
The word dei (G1163) appears 104 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1163 is dei, a Greek word defined as: it is binding, it is necessary, it is proper; it is inevitable, Acts 21:22. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
dei is a Greek word found in the New Testament.