Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power. 2. (n.) Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess. 3. (n.) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. 4. (n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.

Multi-Version Concordance Competency (1 Occurrence) 2 Corinthians 3:5 not that of ourselves we are competent to decide anything by our own reasonings, but our competency comes from God. (WEY DBY)