Dictionaries :: Content (To Be), Contentment

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Content (To Be), Contentment:

primarily signifies "to be sufficient, to be possessed of sufficient strength, to be strong, to be enough for a thing;" hence, "to defend, ward off;" in the Middle Voice, "to be satisfied, contented with," Luk 3:14, with wages; 1Ti 6:8, with food and raiment; Hbr 13:5, with "such things as ye have;" negatively of Diotrephes, in 3Jo 1:10, "not content therewith."
See ENOUGH, SUFFICE, SUFFICIENT.

Content (To Be), Contentment:

in 1Cr 7:12, 13, RV, signifies "to be content:" see CONSENT, No. 6.

Content (To Be), Contentment:

as found in the papyri writings, means "sufficient in oneself" (autos, "self," arkeo, see A), "self-sufficient, adequate, needing no assistance;" hence, "content," Phl 4:11.

Content (To Be), Contentment:

"sufficient," used with poieo, "to do," in Mar 15:15, is translated "to content (the multitude)," i.e., to do sufficient to satisfy them.
See ABLE.

Content (To Be), Contentment:

"contentment, satisfaction with what one has," is found in 1Ti 6:6. For its other meaning "sufficiency," in 2Cr 9:8, see SUFFICIENCY.