Lexicon autarkeia: self-satisfaction, i.e. self-sufficiency Original Word: αὐτάρκεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: autarkeia Phonetic Spelling: (ow-tar'-ki-ah) Short Definition: self-sufficiency, independence Definition: self-sufficiency, independence, contentment. HELPS word-Studies 841 autárkeia (from 846 /autós, "self" and 714 /arkéō, "to suffice, be sufficient") – properly, self-sufficient; used of the Spirit-filled Christian – having all they need within through the indwelling Christ. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom autarkésDefinitionself-satisfaction, i.e. self-sufficiency NASB Translationcontentment (1), sufficiency (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 841: αὐτάρκειααὐτάρκεια, 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).
Strong's contentment, sufficiency. From autarkes; self-satisfaction, i.e. (abstractly) contentedness, or (concretely) a competence -- contentment, sufficiency. see GREEK autarkes |
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