Sufficient
ἀρκετόςStrong’s G0713arketos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Arketos is the Greek word usually translated “sufficient”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sufficient”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sufficient 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- 1 Peter 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
- 1 Peter 4:3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Greek dictionary
ἀρκετός arketos · sufficient
ἀρκετός, -ή, -όν (ἀρκέω), [in Aq.: Deu.25:2 * ;] sufficient: Mat.6:34 (on the neut., see B1., § 31, 2); before ἵνα (M, Pr., 210), Mat.10:25; with inf., 1Pe.4:3 (for exx., see Deiss., BS, 257; MM, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sufficient” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUFFI'CIENT, adjective
[Latin sufficiens.]
Enough; equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; competent; as provision sufficient for the family; water sufficient for the voyage; an army sufficient to defend the country.
- “My grace is sufficient for thee” 2 Corinthians 12:9
- Qualified; competent; possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; as a man sufficient for an office.
- Fit; able; of competent power or ability.“Who is sufficient for these things?” 2 Corinthians 2:16
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.