adjective

arketos

Greekἀρκετός (arketos)

Strong’sG713

sufficient

stem arket-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

enough3×

What it means

**† ἀρκετός, -ή, -όν

(< ἀρκέω), [in Aq.: De 25:2*;]

sufficient: Mt 6:34 (on the neut., v. Bl., § 31, 2); seq. ἵνα (M, Pr., 210), Mt 10:25; c. inf., I Pe 4:3 (for exx., v. Deiss., BS, 257; MM, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G713 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidar-ket-os'

satisfactory

Fromfrom G714;

King Jamesenough, suffice (-ient).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	arketos1×ἀρκετὸς	arketas	arketem2×ἀρκετὸν	arketois	arketais	arketeim
object accusative	arketon	arketan		arketoin	arketain
direct address vocative	arketor	arketar		arketoir	arketair
of, belonging to genitive	arketou	arketau	arketeu	arketoiu	arketaiu	arketeiu
to, for dative	arketo	arketa	arkete	arketoi	arketai	arketei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

arketstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

arket is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

arketos“enough”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Peter 4:3“enough”arketos gar tos parercharētos chronos tem boulēmem teiu ethneiu katergazerē, poreuerētoin en aselgeiai, epithumiai, oinoflugiai, kōmoi, potoi, kai athemitai eidōlolatriai.For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

arketem“enough”subject or objectdirect singular2×

Matthew 6:34“enough”mē oun merimnaveia eis tan aurion, tas gar aurion merimnati heautau; arketem ta hēmera tas kakias autau.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.[’’]

Matthew 10:25“enough”arketem to mathēto hina gineteia hōs tos didaskalos autou, kai tos doulos hōs tos kurios autou. ei ton oikodespoton Beelzeboul epikalala, pose mallon toin oikiakoin autou.It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!