Genesis 37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
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3 John 1:10
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
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יָאַל
yâʼal · yaw-al'
7 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
Strong's KJV usage: assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, × willingly, would.
Strong's first: Exodus 2:21Strong's last: Job 6:28
Open full H2974 profile →ἀρκέω
arkéō · ar-keh'-o
4 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to ward off, i.e. (by implication) to avail (figuratively, be satisfactory)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be content, be enough, suffice, be sufficient.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 3:14Strong's last: 3 John 1:10
Open full G714 profile →αὐτάρκης
autárkēs · ow-tar'-kace
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
self-complacent, i.e. contented
Strong's KJV usage: :--content.
Strong's first: Philippians 4:11Strong's last: Philippians 4:11
Open full G842 profile →ποιέω
poiéō · poy-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form603 total Strong's occurrences
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.
Strong's first: Mark 15:15Strong's last: Mark 15:15
Open full G4160 profile →אָבָה
ʼâbâh · aw-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form54 total Strong's occurrences
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
Strong's KJV usage: consent, rest content will, be willing.
Strong's first: Proverbs 6:35Strong's last: Proverbs 6:35
Open full H14 profile →יָטַב
yâṭab · yaw-tab'
1 times translated as this KJV form110 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 10:20Strong's last: Leviticus 10:20
Open full H3190 profile →שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'
1 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 37:27Strong's last: Genesis 37:27
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H8085
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
H2974
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
H3190
And when Moses heard that, he was content.
H2974
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
H2974
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
H2974
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
H2974
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
H2974
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
H2974
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
H14
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
G4160
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
G714
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
G842
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
G714
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
G714
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
G714
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
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content
CONTENT, adjective [Latin , to be held; to hold.] Literally, held, contained within limits; hence, quiet; not disturbed; having a mind at peace; easy; satisfied, so as not to repine, object, or oppose.
CONTENT with science in the vale of peace.
Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content 1 Timothy 6:8.
CONTENT, verb transitive
1. To satisfy the mind; to make quiet, so as to stop complaint or opposition; to appease; to make easy in any situation; used chiefly with the reciprocal pronoun.
Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be obtained.
Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas. Mark 15:15.
2. To please or gratify.
It doth much content me, to hear him so inclined.
CONTENT, noun
1. Rest or quietness of the mind in the present condition; satisfaction which holds the mind in peace, restraining complaint, opposition, or further desire, and often implying a moderate degree of happiness.
A wise content his even soul securd; By want not shaken, nor by wealth allurd.
2. Acquiescence; satisfaction without examination.
The style is excellent; the sense they humbly take upon content
3. The term used in the House of Lords in England, to express an assent to a bill or motion.
CONTENT, noun
1. Often in the plural, contents. That which is contained; the thing or things held, included or comprehended within a limit or line; as the contents of a cask or bale; of a room or a ship; the contents of a book or writing.
2. In geometry, the area or quantity of matter or space included in certain lines.
3. The power of containing; capacity; extent within limits; as a ship of great content
[But in this sense the plural is generally used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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