G1884

ἐπαρκέω

eparkeōG:V

to help

ἐπ-αρκέω, -ῶ [in LXX: 1Ma.8:26 1Mac 11:35 * ;] __1. to be strong enough for. __2. to ward off. __3. to aid, relieve: with dative of person(s), 1Ti.5:10 5:16 (mid., WH, mg.).† (AS)

The KJV translates G1884 in the following manner:

relieve (4x), relieved (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐπαρκέω — eparkéō

ἐπαρκέω, 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, 1Ti 5:10; middle, to give aid from one's own resources, 1Ti 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).

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