ἨΡΚΕΣΘΗΣ, ἠρκεσθης
ĒRKESTHĒS, ērkesthēs
Sounds Like: air-KES-thays
Translations: you were satisfied, you were content, you were sufficient, you were enough
From the root: ἈΡΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to be sufficient,' 'to be content,' or 'to be satisfied.' It describes a state of having enough or being pleased with what one has. It is often used in contexts where someone finds something adequate or acceptable.
Inflection: Second Person, Singular, Aorist, Indicative, Passive
Strong’s number: G0714 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 8:181
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΚΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΡΚΕΙ — it is enough, it suffices, it is sufficient, it is content
- ἈΡΚΕΙΣΘΩ — let it be enough, let it suffice, let him be content, let her be content, let it be content
- ἈΡΚΕΣΑΝΤΑ — sufficient, enough, having been sufficient, having been enough, having satisfied, having contented
- ἈΡΚΕΣΕΙΕΝ — would be sufficient, would suffice, would be content, would satisfy
- ἈΡΚΕΣΘΕΙΕΝ — they might be satisfied, they might be content, they might suffice
- ἈΡΚΕΣΟΥΣΑ — sufficient, enough, a sufficient, an enough
- ἈΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — being content, being satisfied, having enough
- ἈΡΚΟΥΣΙ — they are sufficient, they suffice, they are enough, they content, they satisfy
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