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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