Strong G841αὐτάρκεια
self-sufficiency
- Transliteration
- autarkeia
- Pronunciation
- ow-tar'-ki-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G842; self satisfaction that is (abstractly) contentedness or (concretely) a competence: - contentment sufficiency.
Detailed definition
αὐτάρκεια, -ας, ἡ
(αὐτάρκης, which see),
__(a) sufficiency (MM, see word): in subjective sense (see Milligan, NTD, 57), 2Co.9:8;
__(b) contentment: 1Ti.6:6.†
(AS)
(αὐτάρκης, which see),
__(a) sufficiency (MM, see word): in subjective sense (see Milligan, NTD, 57), 2Co.9:8;
__(b) contentment: 1Ti.6:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G841 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- contentment1
- sufficiency1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
- 1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐτάρκ-εια, ἡ,
self-sufficiency, independence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 246, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 67a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097b7, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.63U., etc.; αὐ. ζωῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1360b15; κτήσεως [prev. author] “Pol.” 1256b32; ἡ τῆς τροφῆς αὐ. [prev. author] “GA” 776b8.)]
II concrete, a sufficiency, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PFlor. 242.8 (3rd c.AD))]; a competence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 289.32.)]
self-sufficiency, independence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 246, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 67a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097b7, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.63U., etc.; αὐ. ζωῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1360b15; κτήσεως [prev. author] “Pol.” 1256b32; ἡ τῆς τροφῆς αὐ. [prev. author] “GA” 776b8.)]
II concrete, a sufficiency, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PFlor. 242.8 (3rd c.AD))]; a competence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 289.32.)]