προσδέομαι

προσδέομαι (Hdt. et al.) pass. dep. fut. 3 sg. προσδεηθήσεται (Sir 13:3); 1 aor. 3 sg. προσεδεήθη (Sir 42:21) orig. ‘need in addition / further’ (so Thu. et al.; ins; pap; Pr 12:9; Sir; Jos., Ant. 7, 340; Ar. 10, 2—but the force of the προς is no longer felt e.g. in Epict. 1, 16, 1; SIG 313, 11 [IV B.C.]; UPZ 110, 154 [164 B.C.]; PTebt 59, 8 [99 B.C.]) to have need of someth., need, w. gen. of what is needed (Thu. 2, 41, 4 al.; EpArist 11; 113) Dg 3:4a. Of God, who has need of nothing 3:5; Ac 17:25 (s. New Docs 4, 86 for the view that the force of πρός may be felt here: ‘God needs nothing [beyond what he has] from anyone … ’.); cp. Dg 3:3, 4b (a Gr-Rom. commonplace: Pla., Tim. 34b; Aristot., Eth. Eud. 7, 12; ‘Onatas’ the Pythagorean in Stob., Ecl. 1, 1, 39 vol. I 49, 20 W. [Norden, Agn. Th. 14]; Philo, Op. M. 13; 46; cp. Eur., Herc. Furens 1345f: H. asks, δεῖται γὰρ ὁ θεὸς, εἴπερ ἔστʼ ὀρθῶς θεός, οὐδενός;=Is God, if he is indeed God, in need of anything?).—DELG s.v. 2 δέω. M-M. TW.