ἐπιτήδειος, ἐπιτήδεια, ἐπιτηδειον, also ἐπιτήδειος, ἐπιτηδειον (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 11, 1) (ἐπιτηδές, adv, enough; and this according to Buttmann from ἐπί τάδε (? cf. Vanicek, p. 271)); 1. fit, suitable, convenient, advantageous. 2. needful; plural τά ἐπιτήδεια especially the necessaries of life (Thucydides and following): with addition of τοῦ σώματος, Jas_2:16.

ἐπιτήδειος epitēdeios 1x fit, suitable, necessary, Jas_2:16

ἐπιτήδειος , -α , -ον , [in LXX : 1Ch_28:2 , Wis_4:5 , 1Ma_4:46 , al. ;] 1. suitable, convenient, 2. useful, necessary: τὰ ἐ ., necessaries , Jas_2:16 ,†

ἐπιτήδειος [page 248] For τὰ ἐπιτήδεια , the necessaries of life, as in Jas_2:16 , cf. P Hib I. 110 .10 ( c. B.C. 270) where payments are made εἰς τὰ ἐπιτήδ [ε ]ι̣α̣, and P Lond 1159 .3 (A.D. 145 7) (= III. p. 112) ἐπὶ παροχῆς τῶν ἑτοιμαζομε̣νων ἐπιτηδείων with reference to furnishing provisions and other supplies in view of an impending official visit. See also P Ryl II. 238 .5 (A.D. 262) παρασχεῖν τὰ ἐπιτήδια πάντα , to provide all that is necessary for certain huntsmen, P Giss I. 85 .13 τὰ ἐπιτήδια̣ τῇ σχολῇς ( l. σχολῇ ), and for the superlative P Oxy III. 472 .8 ( c. A.D. 130) ὁ υἱὸς ἐπιτηδειότ̣α̣τος . P Strass I. 32 .13 (A.D. 261) ζυγὸν δὲ ἐνάγων παρά σοι τὸν ἐπιτηδειότερον αὐτῷ παράσχες shows the comparative where the context demands a superlative : see Proleg. p. 78. In P Fay 22 .24 (i/A.D.) a husband undertakes to provide for his divorced wife τὰ ἐπειτήδεια , in a manner befitting her rank. The adj. is common along with εὔπορος , e.g. BGU I. 235 .12 (ii/A.D. ?) εὐπόρους καὶ ἐπιδηδίο [υς ] ( l. ἐπιτηδείους ) γνώμῃ καὶ κινδύ [ν ]ων ( l. ύνῳ ), P Oxy IX. 1187 .11 (A.D. 254) ὄ [ν ]τα εὔπορον καὶ ἐπιτήδειον , being a person of means and suited for the post (Ed.), of a phylarch. For the meaning convenient cf. P Hib I. 83 .10 ( c. B.C. 258 7) οὐ γὰρ ἐπιτήδειός ( l. όν ?) ἐστιν , P Tebt II. 409 .11 (A.D. 5) εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐπι̣τ̣[ήδιό ]ν [σο ]ι . The adv. may be illustrated by P Oxy VI. 938 .6 (iii/iv A.D.) ἠπείχθην καὶ νῦν σοι γράψαι ὅπως αὐτῆς ὥρας γομωσασθῆναι ( l. γομωθῆναι ) ἐπιτηδείως τὰς σαργάνας ποιήσας ἀποστείλῃς I hasten to write to you now once more and beg you instantly to get the baskets properly laden and send them off (Edd.), and the subst. ἐπιτήδευμα (common in the LXX) by Vett. Val. p. 73 .20 τοὺς δὲ ἐκ τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων καρποὺς οὐ λαμβάνουσι .

ἐπιτήδειος ἐπιτήδειος, η, ον [Etym: ἐπιτηδές] "made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient", ἔς τι, πρός τι Hdt. , Plat. ; c. inf., χωρίον ἐπ. ἐνιππεῦσαι "fit" to ride in, Hdt. ; ἐπ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι "convenient" to be put out of the way, Thuc. ; ἐπ. ξυνεῖναι a "pleasant" person to live with, Eur. ; ἐπ. παθεῖν "deserving" to suffer, Dem. , also, ἐπιτήδεόν [ἐστί] μοι, c. inf., Hdt. "useful, serviceable, necessary", of things, "fit or serviceable for", c. dat., Thuc. ; ἐστὸ ἐπ. to their "advantage", id=Thuc. ; of treaties, omens, "favourable", Hdt. :—esp. as Subst., τὰ ἐπιτήδεια "necessaries, provisions", Lat. commeatus, id=Hdt. , Thuc. , etc. of persons, "serviceable, friendly", Hdt. , Thuc. ; τῷ πατρί "conformable to" his "will", Hdt. : as Subst., c. gen., "a close friend", Lat. necessarius, Thuc. adv. -είως, ionic -έως, "studiously, carefully", Hdt. "suitably, conveniently, fitly", id=Hdt. ;—comp. -ειότερον, id=Hdt.

ἐπιτήδειος, -α, -ον [in LXX: 1Ch.28:2, Wis.4:5, 1Ma.4:46, al. ;] __1. suitable, convenient, __2. useful, necessary: τὰ ἐ., necessaries, Jas.2:16,† (AS)