Content (to be), Contentment
Content (to be), Contentment
primarily signifies “to be sufficient, to be possessed of sufficient strength, to be strong, to be enough for a thing;” hence, “to defend, ward off;” in the Middle Voice, “to be satisfied, contented with,” Luk 3:14, with wages; 1Ti 6:8, with food and raiment; Heb 13:5, with “such things as ye have;” negatively of Diotrephes, in 3Jo 1:10, “not content therewith.” See ENOUGH, SUFFICE, SUFFICIENT.
in 1Co 7:12-13, RV, signifies “to be content:” see CONSENT, No. 6.
as found in the papyri writings, means “sufficient in oneself” (autos, “self,” arkeo, “see” A), “self-sufficient, adequate, needing no assistance;” hence, “content,” Phi 4:11.
“sufficient,” used with poieo, “to do,” in Mar 15:15, is translated “to content (the multitude),” i.e., to do sufficient to satisfy them. See ABLE.
“contentment, satisfaction with what one has,” is found in 1Ti 6:6. For its other meaning “sufficiency,” in 2Co 9:8, see SUFFICIENCY.