Suffice, Sufficient - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Suffice, Sufficient

[ A-1,Verb,G714, arkeo ]
to suffice," is rendered "is sufficient" in John 6:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9; "it sufficeth" in John 14:8. See CONTENT, ENOUGH.

Note: For 1 Peter 4:3, See B, No. 2.

[ A-2,Verb,G2427, hikanoo ]
"to make sufficient, render fit," is translated "made (us) sufficent" in 2 Corinthians 3:6, RV (AV, "hath made ... able"). See ABLE, B, No. 6, Note.

[ B-1,Adjective,G2425, hikanos ]
akin to A, No. 2, "enough, sufficient, fit," etc. is translated "sufficient" in 2 Corinthians 2:6, 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 3:5. See ABLE, C, No. 2.

[ B-2,Adjective,G713, arketos ]
akin to A, No. 1, used with eimi, "to be," translated "may suffice" in 1 Peter 4:3. See ENOUGH, A, No. 1.

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