Greek verb · G714
ἀρκέω
arkeoar-keh'-o
to keep off; to suffice
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: arkéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G714is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G714
properly, to ward off, i.e. (by implication) to avail (figuratively, be satisfactory)
The King James renders it: be content, be enough, suffice, be sufficient.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
arkeo is rendered "to keep off; to suffice". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to keep off".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 25:9‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
Matthew 25:9ἀρκέσῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in John.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to keep off, and to suffice.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to keep offwith dative, to assist. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 25:9‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead… |
| to sufficewith dative of person(s), Jo 67, 2Co.12:9; impers., Mat.25:9, Jhn.14:8 (MM, see word). Pass., to be satisfied | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 25:9‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀρκετός | arketos | sufficient | Uses3 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀρκεῖ2
- ἀρκεῖσθε1
- ἀρκέσῃ1
- ἀρκεσθησόμεθα.¶1
- ἀρκούμενοι1
- ἀρκούμενος1
- ἀρκοῦσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-FPI-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present passive, command · 2nd person plural1V-PPM-2P
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PPP-NPM
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PPP-NSM
Matthew
one use
‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
- ἀρκέσῃarkeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it may suffice
Luke
one use
Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
- ἀρκεῖσθεarkeistheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be content
John
two uses
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
- ἀρκοῦσινarkousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are sufficient
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
- ἀρκεῖarkeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it is enough
2 Corinthians
one use
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- ἀρκεῖarkeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Suffices
1 Timothy
one use
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- ἀρκεσθησόμεθα.¶arkesthesomethaverb · future passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we will be content
Hebrews
one use
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- ἀρκούμενοιarkoumenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being satisfied
3 John
one use
So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.
- ἀρκούμενοςarkoumenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being satisfied
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.