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Strong's #841 - αὐτάρκεια
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- a perfect condition of life in which no aid or support is needed
- sufficiency of the necessities of life
- a mind contented with its lot, contentment
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αὐτάρκ-εια, ἡ,
I self-sufficiency, independence, Democr. 246, Hp. 17, Pl. Phlb. 67a, Arist. EN 1097b7, Epicur. Ephesians 3 p.63U., etc.; αὐ. ζωῆς Arist. Rh. 1360b15; κτήσεως Id. Pol. 1256b32; ἡ τῆς τροφῆς αὐ. Id. GA 776b8.
II concrete, a sufficiency, PFlor. 242.8 (iii A. D.); a competence, Vett.Val. 289.32.
αὐτάρκεια, αὐταρκείας, ἡ (αὐτάρκης, which see), a perfect condition of life, in which no aid or support is needed; equivalent to τελειότης κτήσεως ἀγαθῶν, Plato, def., p. 412 b.; often in Aristotle, (defined by him (pol. 7, 5 at the beginning, p. 1326{b}, 29) as follows: τό πάντα ὑπάρχειν καί δεῖσθαι μηθενός ἀυταρκες; cf. Lightfoot on Philippians 4:11); hence, a sufficiency of the necessaries of life: 2 Corinthians 9:8; subjectively, a mind contented with its lot, contentment: 1 Timothy 6:6; ((Diogenes Laërtius 10, 130).
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* αὐτάρκεια , -ας , ἡ
(< αὐτάρκης , q.v.),
(a) sufficiency (MM, s.v.): in subjective sense (v. Milligan, NTD, 57), 2 Corinthians 9:8;
(b) contentment: 1 Timothy 6:6.†
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αὐτάρκεια occurs in P Oxy IV. 729.10 (A.D. 137) τὴν δὲ αὐτάρκιαν κόπρον περιστερῶν , ";guano, the necessary amount,"; P Flor II. 122.11 (A.D. 253–4) πάρεχε τ ̣ὸ [ὀψώνιον ?] κατ᾽ αὐτά [ρκειαν ?, ib. 242.8 (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. 289.32) has the noun, apparently with the meaning ";a competence.";
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