Lexical Summary eparkeō: accursed Original Word: ἐπαρκέωTransliteration: eparkeō Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ar-keh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: accursed Meaning: accursed Strong's Concordance relieve, assistFrom epi and arkeo; to avail for, i.e. Help -- relieve. see GREEK epi see GREEK arkeo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1884: ἐπαρκέωἐπαρκέω, ἐπάρκω; 1 aorist (ἐπηρκεσα), subjunctive ἐπαρκέσω; properly, to avail or be strong enough for ... (see ἀρκέω); hence, a. to ward off or drive away, τί τίνι, a thing for another's advantage equivalent to a thing from anyone (Homer), to defend. b. to aid, give assistance, relieve (Herodotus, Aeschyl, others): τίνι, 1 Timothy 5:10; middle, to give aid from one's own resources, 1 Timothy 5:16 according to the reading ἐπαρκείσθω (L text T Tr WH marginal reading) for ἐπαρκείτω (R G L marginal reading WH text); (κατά δύναμιν ἀλλήλοις ἐπάρκειν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 1). |
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