adjective

autarkos

Greekαὐτάρκης (autarkēs)

Strong’sG842

self-sufficient, contented, satisfied

stem autark-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

content1×

What it means

αὐτάρκης, -ες

(< αὐτός, ἀρκέω), [in LXX: Pr 24:31 (30:8) (חֹק), Si 5:1 11:24 34 (31):28 40:18, IV Mac 9:9*;]

as in cl., in philosophical sense, self-sufficient, independent; subjectively, contented: Phl 4:11 (in non-lit. π., the word means simply enough, sufficient; MM, s.v.).†

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

Strong’s G842 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidow-tar'-kace

self-complacent, i.e. contented

Fromfrom G846 and G714;

King Jamescontent.

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	autarkos1×αὐτάρκης	autarkas	autarkem	autarkois	autarkais	autarkeim
object accusative	autarkon	autarkan		autarkoin	autarkain
direct address vocative	autarkor	autarkar		autarkoir	autarkair
of, belonging to genitive	autarkou	autarkau	autarkeu	autarkoiu	autarkaiu	autarkeiu
to, for dative	autarko	autarka	autarke	autarkoi	autarkai	autarkei

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

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

autark 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

autarkos“content”subjectnominative singular1×

Philippians 4:11“content”ouk hoti kata husterēsian legamō, mis gar mathama en hei amō autarkos arō;I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.