Found nine times in the New Testament (Mt. 14:22Mt. 14:22
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22 And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away.

WP-Bible plugin; Mk. 6:45Mk. 6:45
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45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he himself sendeth the multitude away.

WP-Bible plugin; Lk. 14:23Lk. 14:23
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23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.

WP-Bible plugin; Acts 26:11; 28:19Acts 26:11; 28:19
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11 And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities. ¹⁹ But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught whereof to accuse my nation.

WP-Bible plugin; 2 Cor. 12:112 Cor. 12:11
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11 I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

WP-Bible plugin; Gal. 2:3, 14; 6:12Gal. 2:3, 14; 6:12
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3 But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: ¹⁴ But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? ¹² As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

WP-Bible plugin), the Greek verb “anankazo” meant “constrain” or “compel.”

This term is first used in Mt. 14:22Mt. 14:22
English: American Standard Version (1901) - ASV
22 And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away.

WP-Bible plugin to say Jesus “constrained” His disciples to get into a ship.  Paul said he “strove” to make Christians blaspheme Christ (Acts 26:11Acts 26:11
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11 And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

WP-Bible plugin).  Titus was not “compelled” to be circumcised” (Gal. 2:3Gal. 2:3
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3 But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

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