loaves of bread worth 200 denarii would not be enough

ἀρκέω (s. ἀρκετός) fut. 3 sg. ἀρκέσει LXX; 1 aor. ἤρκεσα. Pass.: 1 fut. pl. ἀρκεσθησόμεθα 1 Ti 6:8.; aor. 3 sg. ἠρκέσθη and ptc. ἀρκεσθείς LXX.

① act. be enough, sufficient, adequate (Trag., Thu.+; pap; Num 11:22; 3 Km 8:27; Wsd 14:22; PsSol 16:12; TestSol 14:5; TestJos 7:6; Jos., Ant. 9, 266; Ath., R 65, 17 al.) ἀρκεῖ τινί τι someth. is enough for someone (Epict. 2, 19, 19; Jos., Ant. 13, 291) ἀ. σοι ἡ χάρις μου my grace is sufficient for you (=you need nothing more than my grace) 2 Cor 12:9. ἀρκοῦσίν σοι αἱ ἀποκαλύψεις αὗται these revelations are enough for you Hv 3, 10, 8. μή ποτε οὐ μὴ ἀρκέσῃ (sc. τὸ ἔλαιον) ἡμῖν καὶ ὑμῖν there may not be enough for us and you Mt 25:9. διακοσίων δηναρίων ἄρτοι οὐκ ἀ. αὐτοῖς, ἵνα loaves of bread worth 200 denarii would not be enough (for each one to have a bite) J 6:7. τὰ ἀρκοῦντα αὐτῷ what was enough for him Hs 5, 2, 9 (cp. PLond V, 1833, 4 τὸ ἀρκοῦν=a sufficient quantity).—Impers. (Ael. Aristid. 47, 23 K.=23 p. 451 D. and Vi. Aesopi W 64: ἀρκεῖ P.) ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν it is enough for us J 14:8 (cp. PLond III, 964, 13f p. 212, ἵνα ἀρκέσῃ ἡμῖν).

② pass. ἀρκέομαί τινι be satisfied/content w. someth. (Hdt., X. et al.; Epict., pap [Nägeli 55]; Pr 30:15; 2 Macc 5:15; 4 Macc 6:28; Jos., Ant. 12, 294; Ar., Just.) 1 Ti 6:8. ἀρκεῖσθε τοῖς ὀψωνίοις ὑμῶν be content w. your wages Lk 3:14. ἀ. τοῖς παροῦσιν (this expr. in Democrit., Fgm. 191 Diels; Teles 11, 5; 38, 10; 41, 12; Dio Cassius 38, 8 and 38; 56, 33; s. GGerhard, Phoinix v. Kolophon 1909, 56f) be content w. what one has Hb 13:5; τοῖς ἐφοδίοις τ. θεοῦ (or τ. Χριστοῦ) ἀ. be satisfied w. the travel-allowance that God (or Christ) has given us 1 Cl 2:1; τοῖς συμβίοις ἀ. be content w. their husbands IPol 5:1.—W. ἐπί τινι (PLond I, 45, 13 p. 36; UPZ 162 II, 18 [117 B.C.] οὐκ ἀρκεσθέντες δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ ἐνοικεῖν ἐν τ. ἐμῇ οἰκίᾳ; B-D-F §235, 2): μὴ ἀρκούμενος ἐπὶ τούτοις (i.e. λόγοις) not being satisfied w. words (opp. deeds; an ironical personality sketch in view of Gr-Rom. expectations of pers. of merit) 3J 10 (UPZ 19, 20 [165 B.C.] οὐκ ἀρκεσθεῖσα ἐπὶ τούτοις).—DELG. M-M. TW.