STRONGS G1884:
ἐπαρκέω,
-ῶ; 1 aorist [
ἐπήρκεσα], subjunctive
ἐπαρκέσω; properly,
to avail or
be strong enough for... (see
ἀρκέω); hence,
a. to ward off or
drive away, τί τινι, a thing for another's advantage equivalent to
a thing from anyone (Homer),
to defend.
b. to aid, give assistance, relieve, (Herodotus, Aeschylus, others):
τινί,
1 Timothy 5:10; middle,
to give aid from one's own resources, 1 Timothy 5:16 according to the reading
ἐπαρκείσθω (L text T Tr WH marginal reading) for
ἐπαρκείτω (R G L marginal reading WH text); (
κατὰ δύναμιν ἀλλήλοις ἐπαρκεῖν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 1).
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