Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
properly, to ward off, i.e. (by implication) to avail (figuratively, be satisfactory)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. to ward off; thence; to be of service, avail; to suffice, be enough, Mt. 25:9; pass. to be contented, satisfied, Lk. 3:14; 1 Tim. 6:8; Heb. 13:5; 3 Jn. 10
Translated in KJV as
be contentbe enoughsufficebe sufficient
Etymology
apparently a primary verb (but probably akin to G142 (αἴρω) through the idea of raising a barrier);
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