δεῖ (impers.)

⁺ V 4-5-2-10-21=50 Ex 16,22; 21,10; Lv 4,2; 5,17; Jos 18,4

one must, it is needful to [+inf.] 2 Kgs 4,13; one must [τινα +inf.] Ru 4,5; it is proper to [+inf.] Jos 18,4; it is fit to [+inf.] Is 50,4; it must, it is fated, it is doomed to [+inf.] Dn^LXX 2,28; id. [abs., presupposing an inf.] Jb 15,3; τὰ δέοντα what is needed, necessaries Ex 16,22

δέον ἐστίν [+inf.] it ought to, it must Sir prol.,3; οὐ δεῖ [+inf.] it is not right to Lv 5,17

Cf. FASCHER 1954, 244-252; HELBING 1907, 110; LE BOULLUEC 1989, 185; →NIDNTT; TWNT