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Content, Contentment

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ἀκάνθινος

(Strong's #174 — Adjective — arkeo — ak-an'-thee-nos )

primarily signifies "to be sufficient, to be possessed of sufficient strength, to be strong, to be enough for a thing;" hence, "to defend, ward off;" in the Middle Voice, "to be satisfied, contented with," Luke 3:14 , with wages; 1 Timothy 6:8 , with food and raiment; Hebrews 13:5 , with "such things as ye have;" negatively of Diotrephes, in 3 John 1:10 , "not content therewith." See ENOUGH , SUFFICE , SUFFICIENT.

A — 2: συνευδοκέω

(Strong's #4909 — Verb — suneudokeo — soon-yoo-dok-eh'-o )

in 1 Corinthians 7:12,13 , RV, signifies "to be content:" see CONSENT , No. 6.

B — 1: αὐτάρκης

(Strong's #842 — Adjective — autarkes — ow-tar'-kace )

as found in the papyri writings, means "sufficient in oneself" (autos, "self," arkeo, "see" A), "self-sufficient, adequate, needing no assistance;" hence, "content," Philippians 4:11 .

B — 2: ἱκανός

(Strong's #2425 — Adjective — hikanos — hik-an-os' )

"sufficient," used with poieo, "to do," in Mark 15:15 , is translated "to content (the multitude)," i.e., to do sufficient to satisfy them. See ABLE.

C — 1: αὐτάρκεια

(Strong's #841 — Noun Feminine — autarkeia — ow-tar'-ki-ah )

"contentment, satisfaction with what one has," is found in 1 Timothy 6:6 . For its other meaning "sufficiency," in 2 Corinthians 9:8 , see SUFFICIENCY.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Content, Contentment'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/content-contentment.html. 1940.
 
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