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Strong's #841 - αὐτάρκεια
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αὐτάρκ-εια, ἡ,
I self-sufficiency, independence, Democr. 246, Hp. 17, Pl. Phlb. 67a, Arist. EN 1097b7, Epicur. Ephesians 3 p.63U., etc.; αὐ. ζωῆς Arist. Rh. 1360b15; κτήσεως Id. Pol. 1256b32; ἡ τῆς τροφῆς αὐ. Id. GA 776b8.
II concrete, a sufficiency, PFlor. 242.8 (iii A. D.); a competence, Vett.Val. 289.32.
* αὐτάρκεια , -ας , ἡ
(< αὐτάρκης , q.v.),
(a) sufficiency (MM, s.v.): in subjective sense (v. Milligan, NTD, 57), 2 Corinthians 9:8;
(b) contentment: 1 Timothy 6:6.†
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αὐτάρκεια occurs in P Oxy IV. 729.10 (A.D. 137) τὴν δὲ αὐτάρκιαν κόπρον περιστερῶν , ";guano, the necessary amount,"; P Flor II. 122.11 (A.D. 253–4) πάρεχε τ ̣ὸ [ὀψώνιον ?] κατ᾽ αὐτά [ρκειαν ?, ib. 242.8 (same date) ἵνα δυνηθῇς ἔχειν τὴν αὐτάρκιαν ἔστ᾽ ἂν τὰ σὰ ἐν ἑτοίμῳ γένηται . It is thus only concrete, ";a sufficiency"; : see next article. Vettius Valens (p. 289.32) has the noun, apparently with the meaning ";a competence.";
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