King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1884
Transliteration: eparkeō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ar-keh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: accursed
Meaning: accursed
ἐπαρκέω, ἐπάρκω; 1 aorist (ἐπηρκεσα), subjunctive ἐπαρκέσω; properly, to avail or be strong enough for ... (see ἀρκέω); hence,
Word Summary
eparkeō: accursed
Original Word: ἐπαρκέωTransliteration: eparkeō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ar-keh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: accursed
Meaning: accursed
Strong's Concordance
relieve, assistFrom epi and arkeo; to avail for, i.e. Help -- relieve.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK arkeo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1884: ἐπαρκέωἐπαρκέω, ἐπάρκω; 1 aorist (ἐπηρκεσα), subjunctive ἐπαρκέσω; properly, to avail or be strong enough for ... (see ἀρκέω); hence,
a. to ward off or drive away, τί τίνι, a thing for another's advantage equivalent to a thing from anyone (Homer), to defend.
b. to aid, give assistance, relieve (Herodotus, Aeschyl, others): τίνι, 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); (κατά δύναμιν ἀλλήλοις ἐπάρκειν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 1).