G2006 ἐπιτήδειος (epitḗdeios)

Greek

Adjective

Quick Definition

ἐπιτήδειος, α, ον Adj necessary

Strong's Definition

serviceable, i.e. (by implication) requisite

Derivation: from (enough);

KJV Usage: things which are needful

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιτήδειος (G2006)

adjc. | -α, -ον | ἐπιτηδειόομαι (make fit, capable)

57.48 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Need, Lack

needed, necessary, essential pertaining to being needed or necessary for some particular purpose

JAS 2:16

¹ In view of the more general meaning of ἐπιτήδειος in non-biblical Greek, one could classify ἐπιτήδειος under Domain 71 Mode, since the focus in so many contexts outside of the Scriptures is upon suitability and fitness, but in the one occurrence in the NT, namely JAS 2:16, the element of lack is focal, namely, poverty as a more or less continuous state of lack of needed possessions.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπιτήδειος, -εία, -etov, also -os, -ov, [cf. W. § 11, 1], (ene mes, adv., enough; and this acc. to Buttmann fr. ἐπὶ τάδε [? cf. Vaniéek p. 271]); 1. fit, suitable, convenient, advantageous. 2. needful; plur. ra ἐπιτήδεια esp. the necessaries of life (Thue. et sqq.): with addition of τοῦ σώματος. Jas. ii. 10.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπιτήδειος epitēdeios 1x

fit, suitable, necessary, Jas. 2:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐπιτήδειος, -α, -ον

[in LXX: I Ch 28:2, Wi 4:5, I Mac 4:46, al. ;]

suitable, convenient,

useful, necessary: τὰ ἐ., necessaries, Ja 2:16,†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπιτήδειος [page 248] For τὰ ἐπιτήδεια , the necessaries of life, as in Jas_2:16 , cf. P Hib I. 110 .10 ( c. B.C. 270) where payments are made εἰς τὰ ἐπιτήδ [ε ]ι̣α̣, and P Lond 1159 .3 (A.D. 145 7) (= III. p. 112) ἐπὶ παροχῆς τῶν ἑτοιμαζομε̣νων ἐπιτηδείων with reference to furnishing provisions and other supplies in view of an impending official visit. See also P Ryl II. 238 .5 (A.D. 262) παρασχεῖν τὰ ἐπιτήδια πάντα , to provide all that is necessary for certain huntsmen, P Giss I. 85 .13 τὰ ἐπιτήδια̣ τῇ σχολῇς ( l. σχολῇ ), and for the superlative P Oxy III. 472 .8 ( c. A.D. 130) ὁ υἱὸς ἐπιτηδειότ̣α̣τος . P Strass I. 32 .13 (A.D. 261) ζυγὸν δὲ ἐνάγων παρά σοι τὸν ἐπιτηδειότερον αὐτῷ παράσχες shows the comparative where the context demands a superlative : see Proleg. p. 78. In P Fay 22 .24 (i/A.D.) a husband undertakes to provide for his divorced wife τὰ ἐπειτήδεια , in a manner befitting her rank. The adj. is common along with εὔπορος , e.g. BGU I. 235 .12 (ii/A.D. ?) εὐπόρους καὶ ἐπιδηδίο [υς ] ( l. ἐπιτηδείους ) γνώμῃ καὶ κινδύ [ν ]ων ( l. ύνῳ ), P Oxy IX. 1187 .11 (A.D. 254) ὄ [ν ]τα εὔπορον καὶ ἐπιτήδειον , being a person of means and suited for the post (Ed.), of a phylarch. For the meaning convenient cf. P Hib I. 83 .10 ( c. B.C. 258 7) οὐ γὰρ ἐπιτήδειός ( l. όν ?) ἐστιν , P Tebt II. 409 .11 (A.D. 5) εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐπι̣τ̣[ήδιό ]ν [σο ]ι . The adv. may be illustrated by P Oxy VI. 938 .6 (iii/iv A.D.) ἠπείχθην καὶ νῦν σοι γράψαι ὅπως αὐτῆς ὥρας γομωσασθῆναι ( l. γομωθῆναι ) ἐπιτηδείως τὰς σαργάνας ποιήσας ἀποστείλῃς I hasten to write to you now once more and beg you instantly to get the baskets properly laden and send them off (Edd.), and the subst. ἐπιτήδευμα (common in the LXX) by Vett. Val. p. 73 .20 τοὺς δὲ ἐκ τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων καρποὺς οὐ λαμβάνουσι .

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπιτήδειος (epitēdeios) — necessary. ἐπιτήδ-ειος, α, ον: Ionic dialect ἐπιτήδ-εος, έη, εον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Doric dialect -τάδειος [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστερος, -έστατος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ἐπιτηδές):— made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient, νομαί [Refs], etc.; πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, χωρίον -ότατον ἐνιππεῦσαι most fit to ride in, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ὑπεξαιρεθῆναι convenient to be put out of the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ξυνεῖναι a fit person to live with, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐ. ὀστρακισθῆναι deserving to be ostracized, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκλεγόμενος τὸν ἐ. ἔπαισεν ἄν struck him who deserved it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐ. ἐς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐλθεῖν likely or inclined to come, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. useful, serviceable, necessary,

II.1. of things, ὀλιγαρχία ἐ. τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις fit or serviceable for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταστήσειν ἐς τὸ ἐ. to their advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐ. no advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱερὰ οὐκ ἐ., opposed to καλά, [Refs] substantive, τὰ ἐ. things requisite, necessaries, especially of provisions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in singular, what is requisite, needful, [Refs]

II.2. of persons, serviceable, friendly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινί to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τῷ πατρί conformable to his will, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τοῖς πρασσομένοις favourable to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also as substantive, a close friend, οἱ ἐ. one's friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. with genitive, ={ἄξιος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. adverb -είως, Ionic dialect -έως, studiously, carefully, ὑπηρετέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. suitably, conveniently, fitly, ποιέειν ἐ. [Refs]; ἐ. σφίσιν αὐτοῖς πολιτεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.3. ἐ. ἔχειν τινί to be on friendly terms with.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐπιτήδειος, -α, -ον [in LXX: 1Ch.28:2, Wis.4:5, 1Ma.4:46, al. ;] __1. suitable, convenient, __2. useful, necessary: τὰ ἐ., necessaries, Jas.2:16,† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

2:16