G841: αὐτάρκεια (autárkeia)

G841 αὐτάρκεια (autárkeia)

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Quick Definition

αὐτάρκεια, ας, ἡ n.f. self-sufficiency, independence

Strong's Definition

from 842; self-satisfaction, i.e. (abstractly) contentedness, or (concretely) a competence

KJV Usage: contentment, sufficiency

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

αὐτάρκεια (G0841)

noun, f. | -ας | αὐτός + ἀρκέω

25.83 · Attitudes and Emotions · Content, Satisfied

self-content, contentment, contentment with what one has the state of being content with one’s circumstances or lot in life

1TI 6:6

75.6 · Adequate, Qualified

what is adequate, what is sufficient, what is needed, adequacy a state of adequacy or sufficiency In a number of languages the equivalent of this expression in 2CO 9:8 may be ‘always having all that you need’ or, stated negatively, ‘not lacking in anything.’

2CO 9:8

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

αὐτάρκεια, -as, ἡ, (αὐτάρκης, 4. V-), α perfect condition of life, in which no aid or support is needed; equiv. to τελειότης κτήσεως ἀγαθῶν, Plat. def. p. 412 b.; often in Aristot. [defined by him (pol. 7, 5 init. p. 1326", 29) as follows: τὸ πάντα ὑπάρχειν x. δεῖσθαι μηθενὸς αὐτάρκες ; οἷ. Bp. Lghtft. on Phil. iv. 117; hence, α sufficiency of the (In Grk. writ. fr. necessaries of life: 2 Co. ix. 8; subjectively, a mind contented with its lot, contentment: 1 Tim. vi. 6; (Diog. Laért. 10, 130).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

αὐτάρκεια autarkeia 2x

a competence of the necessaries of life, 2 Cor. 9:8; a frame of mind viewing one’s lot as sufficient, contentedness, 1 Tim. 6:6*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* αὐτάρκεια, -ας, ἡ

(< αὐτάρκης, q.v.),

sufficiency (MM, s.v.): in subjective sense (v. Milligan, NTD, 57), II Co 9:8;

contentment: I Ti 6:6.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

αὐτάρκεια occurs in P Oxy IV. 72919 (A.D. 137) τὴν δὲ αὐτάρκιαν κόπρον περιστερῶν, “guano, the necessary amount,”’ P Flor 11. 1221} (A.D. 253-4) πάρεχε τὸ[ὀψώνιον 2] κατ᾽ αὐτά[ρκειαν ἢ, 16. 2428 (same date) ἵνα δυνηθῇς ἔχειν τὴν αὐτάρκιαν ἔστ᾽ ἂν τὰ σὰ ἐν ἑτοίμῳ γένηται. It is thus only concrete, ‘‘a sufficiency ’’: see next article. Vettius Valens ({p. 2892) has the noun, apparently with the meaning ‘‘a competence.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

αὐτάρκεια (autarkeia) — self-sufficiency. αὐτάρκ-εια, ἡ, self-sufficiency, independence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. concrete, a sufficiency, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; a competence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]