Word

ἀρκέω

arkéō · G714 · Greek · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

to be sufficient, to be adequate, to be enough

To be sufficient or adequate for a particular purpose, with the implication of leading to satisfaction

Examples
Matthew 25:9 “However, the prudent ones answered, ‘No, there most certainly would not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.’
John 6:7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, for each to receive just a little!”
John 14:8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
to be content, to be satisfied

To be happy or content as the result of having what one desires or needs to be

Examples
Luke 3:14 And soldiers also were questioning him, saying, “What are we to do, we as well?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone, nor harass anyone, and be content with your wages.”
1 Timothy 6:8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.
Hebrews 13:5 Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER ABANDON YOU,”

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

8 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 2
Not stated (participle) 2
χάριςgrace, favor, thanks 1
ἄρτοςbread, loaf 1
Not stated: we 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐπίon+ οὗτοςthis 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

οὐnot 2
μήnot 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ἔπωto say 2
λέγωto say 1
ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To be content, to be satisfied25.81: In Luke 3:14, John the Baptist tells soldiers, “do not extort money from anyone, nor harass anyone, and be content (arkeĩsthe) with your wages,” describing an inward satisfaction with what one already has.
To be sufficient, to be adequate, to be enough59.46: In 2 Corinthians 12:9, the Lord tells Paul, “My grace is sufficient (arkeĩ) for you, for power is perfected in weakness,” describing an objective adequacy rather than a subjective feeling.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀρκέωarkéō · G714ἀρκετός arketós · G713 · sufficient, adequate · 3×ἐπαρκέω eparkéō · G1884 · to help, to provide for, to support · 3×αὐτάρκεια autárkeia · G841 · self-content, contentment, contentment with what one has · 2×αὐτάρκης autárkēs · G842 · content with what one has · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἄρκῳ; 1 aorist ἠρκεσα; (passive, present ἀρκοῦμαι); 1 future ἀρκεσθήσομαι; to be…

ἄρκῳ; 1 aorist ἠρκεσα; (passive, present ἀρκοῦμαι); 1 future ἀρκεσθήσομαι; to be possessed of unfailing strength; to be strong, to suffice, to be enough (as against any danger; hence, to defend, ward off, in Homer; (others make this the radical meaning, cf. Latarceo; Curtius, § 7)): with the dative of person, Mt 25:9; Jn 6:7; ἀρκεῖ σοι ἡ χάρις my grace is sufficient for thee, namely, to enable thee to bear the evil manfully; there is, therefore, no reason why thou shouldst ask for its removal, 2 Cor 12:9; impersonally, ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν 'tis enough for us, we are content, Jn 14:8. Passive (as in Greek writings) to be satisfied, contented: τίνι, with a thing, Lk 3:14; Heb 13:5; 1 Tim 6:8; (2 Macc. 5:15); ἐπί τίνι, 3 Jn 1:10. (Compare: ἐπαρκέω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Content, Satisfied4 occurrences Enough, Sufficient4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0