What does αὐτάρκης (autárkēs) mean in the Bible?
αὐτάρκης (autárkēs): Independence from external circumstances; contentment with what one possesses regardless of abundance or lack.
Greek · G842
αὐτάρκης
Self-sufficient
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αὐτάρκης G842
Pronunciation autárkēs
What does αὐτάρκης (autárkēs) mean in the Bible?
αὐτάρκης (autárkēs): Independence from external circumstances; contentment with what one possesses regardless of abundance or lack.
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How does the BSB render G842?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include content (1).
Where does αὐτάρκης (autárkēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 4:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (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 content 1× Philippians 4:11
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First aligned row Philippians 4:11
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Philippians 1
Source forms
αὐτάρκης 1x autarkēs Philippians 4:11
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Philippians 4:11
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek word. Independence from external circumstances; contentment with what one possesses regardless of abundance or lack.
Strong's G842
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 4:10–23 Source Gloss
self-sufficient
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Independence from external circumstances; contentment with what one possesses regardless of abundance or lack.
(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).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 4:11 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
αὐτάρκης autarkhv
self-sufficient, contented, satisfied
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Phil 4:11 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
content, sufficient
Word Origins
αὐτάρκης is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Reframes contentment as Christ-sufficiency. Philippians 4:10–23
Canonical Themes
Messiah
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain