Definition

properly, to ward off, i.e. (by implication) to avail (figuratively, be satisfactory)

Etymology

apparently a primary verb (but probably akin to G142 (αἴρω) through the idea of raising a barrier);

Where the KJV renders it

• be content
• be enough
• suffice
• be sufficient

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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