What does ἀρκετός (arketós) mean in the Bible?
ἀρκετός (arketós) is a Greek word meaning "satisfactory".
Greek · G713
ἀρκετός
Satisfactory
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ἀρκετόςG713
Pronunciationarketós
What does ἀρκετός (arketós) mean in the Bible?
ἀρκετός (arketós) is a Greek word meaning "satisfactory".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G713?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [has] enough (1), [It is] enough (1), [you have spent] enough (1).
Where does ἀρκετός (arketós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:34. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), 1 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[has] enough1×Matthew 6:34
[It is] enough1×Matthew 10:25
[you have spent] enough1×1 Peter 4:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 6:34
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Matthew21 Peter1
Source forms
ἀρκετὸν2xarketonMatthew 6:34, Matthew 10:25
ἀρκετὸς1xarketos1 Peter 4:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular2xMatthew 6:34, Matthew 10:25
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1x1 Peter 4:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. satisfactory
Strong'sG713
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
satisfactory
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:34Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀρκετὸνarketon
sufficient
Read verseMatthew 10:25Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀρκετὸνarketon
sufficient
Read verse1 Peter 4:3Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀρκετὸςarketov
sufficient
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternNominative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterMatt 6:34 · Matt 10:252×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine1 Pet 4:31×
Word Origins
ἀρκετός is built from this root: