Quick Definition
αὐτάρκης, ες Adj self-sufficient, contented, satisfied
Strong's Definition
from 846 and 714; self-complacent, i.e. contented
KJV Usage: content
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ες | αὐτός + ἀρκέω
25.84 · Attitudes and Emotions · Content, Satisfied
content with what one has, content with the circumstances in which one exists pertaining to being happy or content with what one has
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αὐτάρκης [on the accent see Chandler § 705],-es, (αὐτός, dpxew), [fr. Aeschyl. down ], sufficient for one’s self, strong enough or possessing enough to need no aid or support; independent of external circumstances; often in Grk. writ. fr. [Aeschyl. and] Hdt. 1, 32 down. Subjectively, contented with one’s lot, with one’s means, though the slenderest: Phil. iv. 11, (so Sir. xl. 18; Polyb. 6, 48, 7; Diog. Laért. 2, 24 of Socrates, αὐτάρκης καὶ σεμνός). [CE. αὐτάρκεια.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αὐτάρκης autarkēs 1x
pr. sufficient or adequate in one’s self; contented with one’s lot, Phil. 4:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αὐτάρκης. We have several quotations, but only in the simple sense of ‘“‘enough.’’ Thus P Oxy LV. 72919 (A.D. 137) τὸν αὐτάρκη κέραμον, ‘‘a sufficient number of jars,’ P Lond 11668 (a.p. 42) (=III., p. 104) τὰ αὐτάρκη καύματα for a bath house, P Flor I, 25% (ii/A.D.) χ]ορηγοῦντος τὰ αὐτάρκη σπέρματα, ᾽ a αὐυτοπτῆς P Strass I. 22°F (iii/A.p.) ἡ [δ] ἐνιαυτοῦ νομὴ αὐτάρκης ἐστίν, ‘“‘the tenure of one year is sufficient,” P Lond 9481 (A.D. 236) παρεχόμενος ὁ κυβερνήτης τοὺς αὐτάρκεις ναύτας, ‘the full number of men,” 726. 1171 verso’ ® (A.D. 42) τὰ αὐταάρκει ἐπιδήτια (so Wilcken—for αὐτάρκη ἐπιτήδεια) (severally = III., p. 220, 107), P Lips I. 2912 (A.D. 295) αἸὐτάρκης yap kal ὑπ᾽ αὐ[τ]ῆς ἔπαθον : this is for αὔταρκες (or αὐτάρκη) --““1 have suffered enough from her,’’ etc. So in the adverb BGU II. 665-18 (i/a.p.) ἡτοιμάσθη αὐτῇ πάντα [π]ρὸς [τ]ὴν Aox[e]lav αὐταρκῶς, P Flor II. 2471} (A.D. 256) αὐταρκῶς δὲ ἔχεις ἅπαξ ἐπιστέλλων κτλ.» “it will be sufficient if you . .᾿᾿ The participle of the derived verb is given in BGU IV. 112218 (Aug.) τὰ αὐταρκ(οῦντα). The record lends some emphasis to the Pauline use of the word in the philosophic sense of ‘‘ self-sufficient, contented.” For all his essentially popular vocabulary, on which Nageli rightly lays stress, Paul could use the technical words of thinkers in their own way (cf. Nageli’s summing up, p. 41 Ἐς and Milligan, Documents, p. 56 f.). We have to go to literary sources for parallels to Phil 44 and Sir 4o'* : Kennedy EGT on Phil 411 well quotes Plato Rep 369 B οὐκ αὐτάρκης ἀλλὰ πολλῶν ἐνδεής, “we are not individually independent, but have many wants’”’ (Davies and Vaughan). In Marcus Aurelius (115) τὸ αὔταρκες ἐν παντί is mentioned as a characteristic of Antoninus Pius.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αὐτάρκης (autarkēs) — self-sufficient. αὐτάρκ-ης, ες, (ἀρκέω) sufficient in oneself, self-supporting, independent of others, ἀνθρώπου σῶμα ἓν οὐδὲν αὔ. ἐστιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς εὐδαιμονίαν, of ἀρετή, [Refs 5th c.BC+]helping itself, acting instinctively, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐ. βοή a self-reliant shout, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκία -έστερον ἑνός, πόλις δ᾽ οἰκίας[Refs 4th c.BC+]; σῶμα αὔ. πρός τι strong enough for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, able of oneself to do a thing, εἰ γὰρ αὐτάρκη τὰ ψηφίσματα ἦν ἢ ὑμᾶς ἀναγκάζειν κτλ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -κως, ἔχειν[Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα, ζῆν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. sufficient in quantity, ἀργύριον αὔ. εἰς σιτωνίαν[Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὄξους τὸ -έστατον[Refs 2nd c.AD+]adverb -κως sufficiently, [Refs 1st c.AD+]