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Nave Topical Bible
• Contentment
• Contention
Thompson Chain Reference
• Contentment
• Contention
• Content-Discontent
The Topic Concordance
• Contentment
• Contention
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Contentment
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Contentment
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Contentment
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Contentment
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Contentment
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Contentment
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• John, Gospel of (II. Contents)
King James Dictionary
• Contentment
• Contention
• Contented
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Contention, Contentious
• Content, Contentment
Webster Dictionary
• Contents
• Contentment
• Contently
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• ܚܶܪܝܳܢܳܐ
• ܡܰܨܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ἀγών
• ἀρκέω
• αὐτάρκεια
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• אָבָה
• יָאַל
• מָדוֹן
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kon -tent ´, kon -tent´ment ( יעל , ya‛al ; ἀρκέω , arkéō ): To be free from care because of satisfaction with what is already one's own. The Hebrew means simply "to be pleased." The Greek brings out the full force of the word in 1 Timothy 6:8; Hebrews 13:5 . Contentment (1 Timothy 6:6 ) is more inward than satisfaction; the former is a habit or permanent state of mind, the latter has to do with some particular occurrence or object.