Lexical Summary autarkēs: self-sufficient, sufficient Original Word: αὐτάρκηςTransliteration: autarkēs Phonetic Spelling: (ow-tar'-kace) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: self-sufficient, sufficient Meaning: self-sufficient, sufficient Strong's Concordance content. From autos and arkeo; self-complacent, i.e. Contented -- content. see GREEK autos see GREEK arkeo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 842: αὐτάρκηςαὐτάρκης (on the accent see Chandler § 705), ἀυταρκες, (αὐτός, ἀρκέω) (from Aeschylus down), "sufficient for oneself, strong enough or possessing enough to need no aid or support; independent of external circumstances"; often in Greek writings from (Aeschylus and) Herodotus 1, 32 down. Subjectively, contented with one's lot, with one's means, though the slenderest: Philippians 4:11 (so Sir. 40:18; Polybius 6, 48, 7; (Diogenes Laërtius 2, 24 of Socrates, αὐτάρκης καί σεμνός). (Cf. αὐτάρκεια). |
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