Autarkes means “content” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H842 — asherah in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G842 αὐτάρκης (autarkes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. autarkes (au-tar'-kace) adj. 1. self-complacent, i.e. contented [from G846 and G714] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include content. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
autarkes (au-tar'-kace) adj. 1. self-complacent, i.e. contented [from G846 and G714] KJV: content Root(s): G846, G714
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G842. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
self-sufficient
Usage: αὐτάρκης, -ες (αὐτός, ἀρκέω), [in LXX: Pro.30:8 (חֹק), Sir.5:1 11:24 31:28 40:18, 4Ma.9:9 * ;] as in cl., in philosophical sense, self-sufficient, independent; subjectively, contented: Php.4:11 (in non-lit. π., the word means simply enough, sufficient; MM, see word).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render autarkes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G842 (αὐτάρκης) appears 6 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But thou, for the wicked and despotic slaughter of us, shalt, from the Divine vengeance, endure eternal torture by fire.
Set not thy heart upon thy goods; And say not, I have enough for my life.
Again, say not, I have enough, and possess many things, And what evil can come to me hereafter?
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G842.
Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
But thou, for the wicked and despotic slaughter of us, shalt, from the Divine vengeance, endure eternal torture by fire.
Set not thy heart upon thy goods; And say not, I have enough for my life.
Again, say not, I have enough, and possess many things, And what evil can come to me hereafter?
To labor, and to be content with that a man hath, is a sweet life: But he that findeth a treasure is above them both.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G842, grouped by book.
Autarkes (Strong's G842) is a Greek word most simply glossed "content". autarkes (au-tar'-kace) adj. 1. self-complacent, i.e. contented [from G846 and G714]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G842 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G842 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as content. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G842, with linked reader references where each row is available.