191b

ἐγκωμι-άζω, [tense] impf.

A

ἐνεκωμίαζον Aeschin.3.86

: [tense] fut. - άσω Pl.Grg. 518e, 519a, Isoc.12.111, but - άσομαι Pl.Smp. 198d, Aeschin.1.33: [tense] aor.

ἐνεκωμίασα Pl.La. 191b

: [tense] pf.

ἐγκεκωμίακα Id.Lg. 629c

, Isoc.7.71: —[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐγκωμιασθείς Hdt.5.5

: [tense] pf.

ἐγκεκωμίασμαι Pl.Smp. 177c

(the tenses being formed as if the Verb were a compound of ἐν and Κωμιάζω, and not derived directly from ἐγκώμιος):—praise, laud, extol, c. dupl. acc.,

ταῦτα τὴν δικαιοσύνην Id.R. 363d

;

τινὰ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ Id.Euthphr.9b

;

κατὰ τοῦτο Id.La. 191b

;

περὶ τὴν μάχην Id.Tht. 142b

;

τὴν τέχνην τινός Id.Grg. 448e

: abs., Phld.Herc.1457.8:—[voice] Pass., to be praised, Hdt.5.5, Pl.Smp. 181a; to be said in panegyric, Phld.Herc. 1457 Fr.14, etc.

δείκ-της, ου, ὁ,

A exhibitor, Orph.H.8.16; τῶν ἱερῶν ἀγώνων prob. in CIG 2932 ([place name] Tralles); ὁ λόγος δ. ἐστὶ πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν Zos.Alch.p.191B.

καλλῐτεχν-ία, ἡ,

A beauty of workmanship, Plu.Per.13, Ath. 5.191b.

καταιδέομαι, [tense] fut. - έσομαι: [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. - ῃδέσθην in act. sense:—

A feel shame or reverence before another, stand in awe of him, c. acc., Hdt.3.72,77, S.OT 654, E.Or. 682;

δαίμονα καταιδεσθεῖσα Id.Hipp. 772

(lyr.);

καταιδέσθητι πατρῷον Δία Ar.Nu. 1468

(paratrag.): c. inf., to be ashamed to do a thing, E.Heracl. 1027: abs., Id.Hel. 805, D.C. 38.3.

II later in [voice] Act., [full] καταιδέω, put to shame, Hld.4.18, Them. Or.15.191b, f.l. in Plu.2.801f, cf. Hsch., Phot.

μετατίθημι, [tense] fut. - θήσω:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. -

A

θήσομαι D.19.341

:

I place among, τῷ κ' οὔ τι τόσον κέλαδον μετέθηκε (v.l. μεθέηκεν ) then he would not have caused so much noise among us, Od.18.402.

II place differently,

1 in local sense, transpose, change the place of,

τὰ αἰδοῖα εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν Pl.Smp. 191b

;

εἰς βελτίω τόπον Id.Lg. 903d

;

μ. τὰς θύρας PSI5.546.5

(iii B. C.); μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν (sc. τὸν Ἑνώχ)

ὁ θεός LXX Ge.5.24

:—[voice] Pass., Arist.Int. 20b10; to be transferred, OGI338.20 (Pergam., ii B. C.), Act.Ap.7.16, etc.

2 in Logic, μ. τὸ συμπέρασμα alter a conclusion to its contrary, Arist.APr. 59b1.

3 change, alter, of a treaty, μεταθεῖναι ὅπῃ ἂν δοκῇ ἀμφοτέροις Foed. ap. Th.5.18;

τὸ νυνδὴ ῥηθέν Pl.Plt. 297e

, cf. X.Mem.3.14.6;

μ. τινὰ ἐς πτηνὴν φύσιν AP11.367

(Jul.); ἐπὶ ὑὸς τὰς ἐπωνυμίας μ. change their names and call them after swine, Hdt.5.68; substitute,

προφάσεις ἀντὶ τῶν ἀληθῶν ψευδεῖς μ. D.18.225

, cf. Pl.Lg. 683b ([voice] Pass.); correct,

τοὺς ἠγνοηκότας Plb.1.67.5

; but, pervert,

μετ έθηκεν αὐτὸν ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ LXX 3 Ki.20(21).25

.

4 [voice] Med., change what is one's own or for oneself,

μ. τὰ εἰρημένα X.Mem.4.2.18

; νόμους ib.4.4.14;

τὴν δόξαν D.18.229

;

τὸν τρόπον Id.19.341

;

τοὔνομα Arist.Fr. 549

; ὀνόματα change the use of words, Epicur.Nat.95 G. (also in [voice] Act., Nat.28.5); [ τὸ νόμισμα] Arist. Pol. 1257b11: abs., change one's opinion, retract, Pl.R. 345b, etc.; μεταθέσθω let him change his mind, Men.Pk.48; also in political sense, change sides,

μεταθέσθαι πρὸς τὴν Ῥωμαίων αἵρεσιν Plb.24.9.6

; Dionysius of Heraclea, who went over from the Stoics to the Cyrenaics, was called μεταθέμενος, turn-coat, D.L.7.37, 166;

μ. ἀπὸ τῶν πατρίων LXX 2 Ma.7.24

;

ἐξ ἀδικίας Corn.ND11

.

b τὴν γνώμην μετατίθεσθαι change to or adopt a new opinion, Hdt.7.18 (but τῆς γνώμης μ. change from.., App.BC3.29); μετέθου λύσσαν ἄρτι σωφρονῶν thou hast changed to madness, E.Or. 254; μ. τὸ ὄνομα τὸ νῦν ἀπὸ τῶν αἰγῶν adopted their present name, Paus.7.26.3.

c μ. [τὸν φόβον] transfer one's fear, D.18.177; τῇ μισθαρνίᾳ ταῦτα μετατιθέμενος τὰ ὀνόματα transferring.., ib.284.

d c. inf., μ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπλήστως.. ἔχοντος βίου τὸν κοσμίως.. ἔχοντα βίον ἑλέσθαι change one's mind and determine to choose.., Pl.Grg. 493c.

e c. dupl. acc., τὸ κείνων κακὸν τῷδε κέρδος μ. turning their misdeeds into his gain, S.Ph. 515 (lyr.).

5 [voice] Pass., to be changed, alter,

μετετέθην εὐβουλίᾳ E.IA 388

(troch.); μ. ἐς Ῥωμαίους pass over, App.Hisp.17; μ. ἀπὸ τοῦ καλέσαντος ὑμᾶς are turned away from.., Ep.Gal.1.6.

μηχᾰν-ή, [dialect] Dor. [full] μᾱχᾰνά, ἡ, ([etym.] μῆχος):

I contrivance, esp. machine for lifting weights and the like , crane, Hdt.2.125, IG11(2).161 A69, al. (Delos, iii B. C.); μ. τετράκωλος, δίκωλος, Rev.Phil.44.251 (Didyma, ii B. C.);

μ. λιθαγωγός Poll. 10.148

; ἰχθυβόλῳ μ., of Poseidon's trident, A.Th. 132 (lyr.); λαοπόροις μ., of Xerxes' bridge of boats, Id.Pers. 114 (lyr.), cf. 722; freq. of irrigation machines, POxy. 985 (i A. D.), etc.; also of oil-presses, Wilcken Chr.176.10 (i/ii A. D.), etc.

2 engine of war,

μηχανὰς προσάγειν Th.2.76

, etc.;

ἑλεῖν μηχαναῖς Id.4.13

.

3 theatrical machine by which gods, etc., were made to appear in the air, Pl.Cra. 425d, Clit. 407a;

αἴρειν μ. Antiph.191.15

, Alex.126.19: hence, prov. of anything sudden and unexpected,

ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεὸς ἐπεφάνης Men. 227

;

ὥσπερ ἀπὸ μ. D.40.59

, cf. Arist.Po. 1454b1.

4 area of land irrigated by a machine, POxy.1830.13 (vi A. D.), PLond.5.1765 (vi A. D.), PSI1.77.14 (vi A. D.).

II any artificial means or contrivance for doing a thing,

ἤτοι κλήρῳ.., ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ μ. Hdt.3.83

;

εἴ τίς ἐστι μ., ἴθι καὶ πειρῶ Id.8.57

, etc.; esp. in pl. μηχαναί, shifts, devices, wiles, Hes.Th. 146;

πάντα σοφίσματα καὶ πάσας μ. ἐπεποιήκεε ἐς αὐτοὺς Δαρεῖος Hdt. 3.152

; μηχαναῖς Διός by the arts of Zeus, A.Ag. 677; χερὸς.. ἐκτίνοντα μηχανάς acts of violence, ib. 1582;

Ὀρέστην μηχαναῖσι μὲν θανόντα, νῦν δὲ μηχαναῖς σεσωσμένον S.El. 1228

;

κρατεῖ μαχαναῖς.. θηρός Id.Ant. 349

(lyr.);

σοφιστῶν μ. Pl.Lg. 908d

: prov.,

μηχαναὶ Σισύφου Ar.Ach. 391

:—Phrases:

πάσας προσφέροντε μ. E.IT 112

;

μηχανὴν προσοιστέον Ar.Th. 1132

;

πᾶσαν σπουδὴν καὶ μ. προσφερόμενος Plb.1.18.11

;

ἐπεισήγαγον μ. Id.29.25.1

;

μηχανὰς εὑρήσομεν, ὥστε ἀπαλλάξαι A.Eu.82

;

πλέκειν E.Andr.66

;

πορίζεσθαι Pl.Smp. 191b

;

ἐκπορίζειν Ar.V. 365

; ζητεῖν ib. 149; ἀντλεῖν μαχανάν exhaust one's resources, Pi.P.3.62; κατ' ἐμὰν μ. ib. 109: c. gen. objecti, ἔξευρε μ. τιν' Ἀδμήτῳ κακῶν contrivance against ills, E.Alc. 221 (lyr.); but μ. σωτηρίας a way, means of procuring or providing safety, A. Th. 209;

μυρίων οὐσῶν μ. ἀπαλλαγῆς X.Cyr.5.1.12

; οὐδεμία μ. [ ἐστι] ὅκως οὐ c. [tense] fut. ind., Hdt.2.160; μὴ οὐ c. inf., ib. 181, 3.51; τὸ μὴ οὐ (prob.) Id.1.209; τίς μ. μὴ οὐχὶ .. ; Pl.Phd. 72d.

2 freq. in adverb. phrases, μηδεμιῇ μ. by no means whatsoever, by no contrivance, Hdt. 7.51, etc.;

οὓς οὐδεμιῇ μ. δεῖ τιτρώσκειν Hp.Art.11

; so μήτε τέχνῃ μήτε μ. μηδεμιᾷ Foed. ap. Th.5.18, cf. IG12.39.23; opp.

πάσῃ τέχνῃ καὶ μ. Lys. 19.53

;

πάσῃ μ. Ar.Lys. 300

(lyr.); τρόπῳ ἢ μ. ᾑτινιοῦν Lex ap.D.21.113.

πορ-ίζω, [dialect] Att. [tense] fut.

A

ποριῶ Ar.Eq. 1079

, 1101, Th.6.29, etc., late

πορίσω Artem.2.68

: [tense] aor.

ἐπόρισα Pl.Lg. 966e

: [tense] pf.

πεπόρικα Id.Phlb. 30d

:— [voice] Med., [tense] fut. [dialect] Att.

ποριοῦμαι D.35.41

: [tense] aor.

ἐπορισάμην Ar.Ra. 880

, etc.: —[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

πορισθήσομαι Th.6.37.94

: [tense] aor. ἐπορίσθην ib.37, etc., [dialect] Dor.

- ίχθην Lysis

ap.Iamb.VP 17.75: [tense] pf.

πεπόρισμαι Isoc.15.278

, D. 44.3 (in med. sense, Lys.29.7, Aeschin.3.209, Philem.123): [tense] plpf.

ἐπεπόριστο Th.6.29

: ([etym.] πόρος):—rarely, like πορεύω, carry, bring, σὲ θεὸς ἐπόρισεν ἁμέτερα πρὸς μέλαθρα (prob. for ἐπῶρσεν, ἔπορσεν) S.El. 1267(lyr.).

II bring about, furnish, provide,

κακά τινι Hom.

Epigr. 14.10; νίκην, χρήματα, etc., Ar.Eq. 593, Ec. 236, Democr.78, IG22.834.14, etc.;

ἀρχὴν πολέμου Ar.Fr.81

;

τροφὴν τοῖς στρατιώταις Isoc.12.82

;

τοῖς μαθηταῖς δόξαν, οὐκ ἀλήθειαν Pl.Phdr. 275a

: abs.,

θεῶν ποριζόντων καλῶς E.Med. 879

: freq. with a notion of contriving or inventing, μηχανὰν κακῶν, πόρους, Id.Alc. 222 (lyr.), Ar.Eq. 759, etc.;

τοῖσι φιλτάτοις τέχνας E.IA 745

;

π. τριβάς Ar.Ach. 386

;

διαβολήν Th.6.29

;

σωτηρίαν τῷ γένει Pl.Prt. 321b

;

τῇ ζητήσει ἀπόκρισιν Id.Phlb. 30d

, etc.:—[voice] Med., furnish oneself with, procure,

ῥήματα Ar.Ra. 880

; δαπάνην, χρήματα, ὅπλα, Th.1.83, 142, 4.9; τὰς ἡδονάς, τἀγαθά, τἀπιτήδεια, etc., Pl.Grg. 501b, La. 199e, Ax. 368b, etc.;

μηχανήν Id.Smp. 191b

;

τὰ δεῖπνα Alex.257.2

; καινὰ ῥήματα Philem.l.c.;

φῶς ποθέν Pl.R. 427d

;

ἐκ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων π. τὸν βίον Isoc.12.116

; also

π. μάρτυρας Lys. 29.7

;

πρόφασιν Id.8.3

;

λόγους περὶ ἀδίκων πραγμάτων D.35.41

;

αἰτίας χρηστὰς ἐπὶ πράγμασι φαύλοις Plu.2.868d

: sts. also

πορίζεσθαί τι ἑαυτοῖς X.HG5.1.17

, Pl.Smp. 208e; σημεῖα πεπορίσθαι to have acquired the signs, i.e. know them, Hp.Medic. 14; also, have provided for one, receive, Men.Prot.p.16D.:—[voice] Pass., to be provided,

τὰ τῆς παρασκευῆς ἐπεπόριστο Th.6.29

; ῥᾳδίως αἱ ἐπαγωγαὶ.. ἐπορίζοντο inducements were easily provided, Id.3.82;

δύναμις ἐκ θεῶν π. Pl.R. 364b

;

πίστεις ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου πεπορισμέναι Isoc. 15.278

, cf. Arist.Rh. 1356a1;

τὸ γηροβοσκοὺς κεκτῆσθαι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πορίζεται X.Oec.7.19

; πράξεις πρὸς τὰ φύ χη καὶ τὰς ἀλέας πεπορισμέναι behaviour adapted to.., Arist.HA 596b22, cf. PA 665b3.

2 [voice] Act. in med. sense, find money, raise a loan, PCair.Zen.477.16(iii B.C.); obtain,

προστάγματα εἰς τὸ τιμωρηθῆναι αὐτούς PMich.Zen.57.9

(iii B.C.); earn,

τὸ ζῆν ἀπὸ τῆς γερδιακῆς PLond.3.846.11

(ii A.D.):—[voice] Pass., ἀπ' ἄλλων συντόμως σοι πορισθὲν ἀποδοθήσεται (sc. τὸ ἀργύριον) PMich.Zen. 56.8 (iii B.C.).

III Math., find something, opp. proving it (as in a theorem) and constructing it (as in a problem), Papp.650.22, al.; cf.

πόρισμα 11

.

τέως, [dialect] Ep. prob. [full] τῆος (not in codd. of Hom., v. sub fin.):—Adv. of Time,

A so long, in the meantime, correlat. to

ἕως, ἧος ἐγὼ.. ἠλώμην, τῆός μοι ἀδελφεὸν ἄλλος ἔπεφνεν Od.4.91

, cf. Il.20.42; to ὄφρα, 19.189; so in [dialect] Att.,

ἐσθίων τ. ἕως.. Ar. Pax32

: sts. without a Relat., until then, during that time, referring to a time already indicated,

ἐς γάμου ὥρην.. · τῆος δὲ.. παρὰ μητρὶ κεῖσθαι ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ Od.15.127

; τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν.. · ὁ δὲ τῆος (Nauck, for τέως μὲν) .. δέδετο ib. 231, cf.S.Aj. 558; ποσσῆμαρ μέμονας.., ὄφρα τ... μένω, i.e. for that number of days, Il.24.658, cf. Od.16.370; ἐγὼ δ' οἴσω τ. E.Heracl. 725, cf. Ar. Pax 687, 729 (anap.).

2 rarely for ἕως, Hdt.4.165, Hp.Int.26, Mul.2.165, Pl.Smp. 191e, D.19.326, 21.16, A.R.4.821, 1617, Sardis7(1)No. 1 ii 12,19.

II for a time, a while (cf. ἕως B), mostly with some answering word or phrase, as

τῆος μὲν.., αὐτὰρ νῦν Od.16.139

;

τῆος.., ἀλλ' ὅτε δή 24.162

(Nauck, for τέως μὲν.. )

; φίλον τ., νῦν δ' ἐχθρόν A.Ch. 1001(993)

;

τ. μὲν.., ὡς δὲ.. Th.6.61

, Pl.Phd. 117c; τ. μὲν.., ἐπεὶ or ἐπειδὴ δὲ.. , X.Cyr.5.3.17, Lys.31.8;

τ. μὲν.., ἡνίκα δὲ.. X.HG4.3.17

;

τ. μὲν.., μετὰ δὲ.. Hdt.1.11

;

τ. μὲν.., ἔπειτα δὲ.. Id.6.83

;

τ. μὲν.., τέλος δὲ.. Id.1.82

;

τ. μὲν.., νῦν δὲ.. Ar.Th. 449

; τ. μὲν.., ἔπειτα or εἶτα.., without δέ, Th.5.7, X.HG 2.2.17, Ar.Nu.66:—without answering phrase, A.R.2.132.

III up to this time, hitherto, Hdt.6.112, Ar.Pl. 834, Pl.Smp. 191b, IG12.57.21, 108.48;

ἐν τῷ τ. χρόνῳ Lys.7.12

, 27.16 (but ἐν τῷ τ. in the meantime, Polyaen.1.39.4, 8.47.1, Ael.NA2.25, 11.38, Steph. in Hp. 1.217 D., condemned by Hdn.Philet.p.434 P.; διὰ τὸ τ. for the present, Zos.Alch.p.231 B.);

φίλοι τ. ὄντες Is.1.9

.

IV τ. εἰδέναι χρή you must know to begin with, Gp.9.11.1, 9.19.1;

νυνὶ δ' αὐτὸ τὸ κεφάλαιον.. ἄκουσον εἰς ὀλίγους τ. ἀνενηνεγμένον σκοπούς Gal.15.764

. [As a trochee before a vowel, Il.20.42, Od.16.370; as a trochee (spondee) before a consonant, Il.15.277 (Zenod.), Od.4.91, 15.127, 16.139; as an iambus, only Il.19.189 (sed leg. αὐτόθι τῆος, om. περ), 24.658, Od.18.190; as a monosyll., 15.231, 24.162, never in Il.; in codd. of Hom. written τείως, Od.4.91, al. (so in A.R.2.132, al.);

τέως Il.24.658

, al.; rarely τεῖος, one cod. in Il.20.42.] (Cret. [full] τάως Hsch.: but the dialect forms of the correlative ἕως (ἇς etc.) indicate a primitive Gr. Τᾱος, Old [dialect] Ion. Τῆος (cf. Skt. tāvat 'so great, so long'), whence later [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Att. τέως.)

ψευδ-αριθμός [pron. full] [ᾰ], ὁ,

A false number, Sch.Pl.Tht. 191b.

δύναμις, εως, ἡ (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.) gener. ‘capability’, with emphasis on function.

① potential for functioning in some way, power, might, strength, force, capability

ⓐ general, λαμβάνειν δ. receive power Ac 1:8 (cp. Epict. 1, 6, 28; 4, 1, 109; Tat. 16, 1 δραστικωτέρας δ.); ἰδίᾳ δ. by one’s own capability 3:12. Of kings τὴν δύναμιν καὶ ἐξουσίαν αὐτῶν τῷ θηρίῳ διδόασιν Rv 17:13 (cp. Just., A I, 17, 3 βασιλικῆς δ.).—Of God’s power (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 66, 33 Jac. θεῶν δ., Diod S 1, 20, 6 τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν of Osiris’ function as benefactor to humanity; 5, 71, 6; 27, 12, 1; 34 + 35 Fgm. 28, 3; Dio Chrys. 11 [12], 70, 75; 84; 23 [40], 36; Herm. Wr. 14, 9 ὁ θεὸς …, ἡ [ᾧ v.l.] πᾶσα δύναμις τοῦ ποιεῖν πάντα; PGM 4, 641; 7, 582; 12, 250; LXX; Aristobulus in Eus., PE 13, 12, 4; 7 [Fgm. 4, ln. 22 p. 164; ln. 84 p. 172]; EpArist; Jos., Ant. 8, 109; 9, 15; SibOr 3, 72; Just., A I, 32, 11 al.) Mt 22:29; Mk 12:24; Lk 22:69; Ro 1:16, 20 (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 167 God is known through his δ.); 9:17 (Ex 9:16); 1 Cor 1:18, 24; 2:5; 6:14; 2 Cor 4:7; 6:7; 13:4; Eph 3:7; 2 Ti 1:8; 1 Pt 1:5; Rv 1:16; 11:17; 12:10; 15:8; cp. 2 Cor 12:9a; Rv 5:12; 1 Cl 11:2; 33:3; Dg 7:9; 9:1f; δ. ὑψίστου Lk 1:35. In doxology (1 Ch 29:11f; on the doxol. in the Lord’s Prayer HSchumaker, Cath. World 160, ’45, 342–49) Mt 6:13 v.l.; D 8:2; 9:4; 10:5. Cp. Rv 4:11; 7:12; 19:1.—IMg 3:1; ISm 1:1; Hv 3, 3, 5; m 5, 2, 1; PtK 2. Hence God is actually called δ. (Philo, Mos. 1, 111, Mut. Nom. 29; Ath. 16, 2) Mt 26:64; Mk 14:62 (cp. Wsd 1:3; 5:23 and Dalman, Worte 164f). Christ possesses a θεία δ. (this expr. in Aristot., Pol. 4 [7], 4, 1326a 32; PGM 12, 302 al.; s. Orig., C. Cels. 3, 40, 20 al.; Did., Gen. 60, 8; s. θεῖος 1a) 2 Pt 1:3; cp. 1:16 and 1 Cor 5:4; of Christ’s potential to achieve someth. through Paul 2 Cor 12:9b (cp. SEG XXXIV, 1308, 5f [50 B.C.–50 A.D.]). In Hs 9, 26, 8, the potential associated with the women in black leads to destruction. δ. leaves Christ at his death GPt 5:19 (s. LVaganay, L’Évangile de Pierre 1930, 108; 254ff). ἐν τῇ τοῦ κυρίου δ. AcPlCor 2:39.— Power of the Holy Spirit (Jos., Ant. 8, 408; Just., D. 87, 4f al.) Lk 4:14; Ac 1:8; Ro 15:13, 19 (ἐν δ. πν. [θεοῦ]); Hm 11:2, 5. ἐν ἀποδείξει πνεύματος καὶ δυνάμεως 1 Cor 2:4; cp. ἐγείρεται ἐν δ. 15:43, foll. by σῶμα πνευμάτικον. δυνάμει κραταιωθῆναι be strengthened in power (i.e. with ability to function) by the Spirit Eph 3:16. Hence the Spirit given the Christian can be called πνεῦμα δυνάμεως, i.e. in contrast to an unenterprising spirit, πνεῦμα δειλίας, God offers one that functions aggressively, 2 Ti 1:7; cp. 1 Pt 4:14 v.l.; AcPl Ha 8, 25/BMM 32f/Ox 1602, 39. The believers are ἐν πάσῃ δ. δυναμούμενοι equipped w. all power Col 1:11; cp. Eph 1:19; 3:20 (for Eph 1:19 cp. 1QH 14:23; 11:29 al.; for Eph 3:16, 6:10 cp. 1QH 7:17, 19; 12:35; 1QM 10:5; see KKuhn, NTS 7, ’61, 336); esp. the apostles and other people of God Lk 24:49; Ac 4:33; 6:8; cp. AcPl Ha 6, 21. ἐν πνεύματι καὶ δ. Ἠλίου Lk 1:17.—Of the devil’s destructive capability Lk 10:19; cp. Rv 13:2. ἡ δύναμις τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ νόμος what gives sin its power to function is the law 1 Cor 15:56.

ⓑ specif., the power that works wonders (SEG VIII, 551, 39 [I B.C.]; POxy 1381, 206ff; PGM 4, 2449; 12, 260ff; Just., D. 49, 8 κρυφία δ.; s. JZingerle, Heiliges Recht 1926, 10f; JRöhr, D. okkulte Kraftbegriff im Altertum 1923, 14f) Mt 14:2; Mk 6:14; Hv 1, 3, 4. ἔχρισεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός δυνάμει (God endowed him to perform miracles) Ac 10:38 (Dio Chrys. 66 [16], 10 of Jason: χρισάμενος δυνάμει τινί, λαβὼν παρὰ τῆς Μηδείας; Diod S 4, 51, 1 τ. τρίχας δυνάμεσί τισι χρίσασα=she anointed her hair with certain potions; 4, 51, 4; 17, 103, 4 ὁ σίδηρος κεχριμένος ἦν φαρμάκου δυνάμει=with a poisonous potion. Diod S 1, 97, 7 a powerful medium=φάρμακον; s. ἐξουσία 7; also RAC II 415–58). τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ δ. ἐξελθοῦσαν potency emanated from him Mk 5:30; cp. Lk 8:46; δ. παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐξήρχετο 6:19; cp. 5:17; perh. also (but s. 3 below) Gal 3:5; 1 Cor 12:28f (on the pl. δυνάμεις s. X., Cyr. 8, 8, 14; Herm. Wr. 13, 8 al.; on this ADieterich, E. Mithraslit. 1903, 46f; cp. PKöhn VI, 245, 18 Athena; for parallels and lit. s. Ptocheia [=ASP 31] ’91, 55). ἐν δ. with power, powerful(ly) (TestJob 47:9; Synes., Ep. 90 p. 230d τοὺς ἐν δ.) Mk 9:1; Ro 1:4; Col 1:29; 2 Th 1:11; μετὰ δυνάμεως Mt 24:30; Mk 13:26; Lk 21:27.—κατὰ δύναμιν w. gen. (Lucian, Imag. 3) by the power of Hb 7:16. Hebraist.=δυνατός (but readily understood in the Greek world as a defining gen., e.g. λόγου ἄνοια=vocal frenzy Soph. Antig. 603; s. Judg 3:29; 20:46 [ἄνδρες δυνάμεως B =ἄνδρες δυνατοί A]; Wsd 5:23): τῷ ῥήματι τῆς δ. αὐτοῦ by his powerful word 1:3; μετʼ ἀγγέλων δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ w. messengers of his power i.e. angels who exercise Jesus’ power 2 Th 1:7 (unless this is to be rendered with KJV et al. his mighty angels) (cp. En 20:1; GrBar 1:8; 2:6); μὴ ἔχων δ. powerless Hv 3, 11, 2; m 9:12. ἰσχυρὰν δ. ἔχειν be very powerful m 5, 2, 3; cp. 9:11; ἐν ποίᾳ δ.; by what power? (s. under 5) Ac 4:7. ὕψος δυνάμεως pride in (one’s) power B 20:1.—Effectiveness in contrast to mere word or appearance 1 Cor 4:19f; 1 Th 1:5. ἔχοντες μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι they have the outward appearance of piety, but deny its function 2 Ti 3:5 (cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 409 τὸ ὄνομα τ. βασιλείας εἶχεν, τ. δὲ δύναμιν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι=[Alexandra] bore the title queen, but the Pharisees were in control). δ. πίστεως the power of faith in contrast to verbal profession IEph 14:2. Sim. δ. w. ἐξουσία (Dio Chrys. 11 [12], 65) potent authority i.e. the word of Jesus is not only authoritative but functions effectively ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ, for the unclean spirits depart Lk 4:36; 9:1.—W. ἰσχύς 2 Pt 2:11 (Ath. 24, 2); w. ἐνέργεια Hm 6, 1, 1 (cp. Galen X, 635); τὴν δ. τῆς ἀναστάσεως the effectiveness of his (Christ’s) resurrection, which brings about the resurrection of the believers Phil 3:10.—Of the peculiar power inherent in a thing (of the healing power of medicines since Hippocr.; cp. Diod S 1, 20, 4; 1, 97, 7; 17, 103, 4; Plut., Mor. 157d al.; Dio Chrys. 25 [42], 3; Galen, Comp. Med. XIII 707 K.). δ. πυρός Hb 11:34 (Diod S 15, 50, 3 δ. τοῦ φωτός=the intensity of the light).

② ability to carry out someth., ability, capability (cp. Democrit, Fgm. B 234; Pla., Philb. 58d; cp. Aristot., Metaph. 4, 12, 1019a 26; Epict. 2, 23, 34; 4 Km 18:20; Ruth 3:11; Jos., Ant. 10, 54; Just., D. 4, 1) δύναμιν εἰς καταβολὴν σπέρματος Hb 11:11 (s. entry καταβολή). κατὰ δύναμιν according to ability (Diod S 14, 81, 6 v.l.; SIG 695, 9; 44 [129 B.C.]; PGM 4, 650; POxy 1273, 24; BGU 1050, 14; Sir 29:20; Jos., Ant. 3, 102; Just., A II, 13, 6; also ὅση δ. A I, 13, 1; 55, 8 al.; ὡς δ. μου D. 80, 5) 2 Cor 8:3a; ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν δ. to each according to his special capability (cp. SIG 695, 55) Mt 25:15; AcPl Ha 7, 17. Opp. beyond one’s ability ὑπὲρ δύναμιν (Demosth. 18, 193; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 1 §3; 2, 13 §49; POxy 282, 8; Sir 8:13) 2 Cor 1:8 or παρὰ δ. (Thu. 3, 54, 4; PPetr II, 3b, 2 [III B.C.]; POxy 1418, 3; Jos., Ant. 14, 378) 8:3b.

③ a deed that exhibits ability to function powerfully, deed of power, miracle, wonder (Ael. Aristid. 40, 12 K.=5 p. 59 D.: δυνάμεις ἐμφανεῖς; 42, 4 K.=6 p. 64 D. al.; Eutecnius 4 p. 41, 13; POxy 1381, 42; 90f τ. δυνάμεις ἀπαγγέλλειν; Steinleitner, nos. 3, 7f and 17; 8, 10 [restored] al.; Ps 117:15; Just., A I, 26, 22 al.) w. σημεῖα 2 Th 2:9; also in pl. Ac 2:22; 2 Cor 12:12; Hb 2:4; in this sense δ. stands mostly in pl. δυνάμεις Mt 7:22; 11:20f, 23; 13:54, 58; Mk 6:2; 9:39; Lk 10:13; 19:37; Ac 8:13; 19:11; 1 Cor 12:10, 28f; Gal 3:5 (on the two last pass. s. 1b above); Hb 6:5. Sg. Mk 6:5.

④ someth. that serves as an adjunct of power, resource μικρὰν ἔχειν δ. have few resources Rv 3:8. Also wealth (X., An. 7, 7, 36, Cyr. 8, 4, 34; Dt 8:17f) ἐκ τῆς δ. τοῦ στρήνους fr. the excessive wealth Rv 18:3. Esp. of military forces (Hdt. et al. very oft.; cp. OGI ind. VIII; LXX; Jos., Ant. 18, 262; Just., D 131, 3), even of the heavenly bodies thought of as armies δ. τῶν οὐρανῶν the armies of heaven (Is 34:4 v.l.; 4 Km 17:16; Da 8:10 Theod.; En 18:14) Mt 24:29; Lk 21:26; cp. Mk 13:25.

⑤ an entity or being, whether human or transcendent, that functions in a remarkable manner, power as a personal transcendent spirit or heavenly agent/angel ([cp. Pla., Crat. 438c] Aristot., Met. 4, 12, 1019a, 26 divinities δυνάμεις [likewise TestAbr A 14 p. 94, 21=Stone p. 36] λέγονται; Eth. Epic. col. 9, 16, w. θεοι; Porphyr., Abst. 2, 2 p. 133 Nauck δαίμοσιν ἢ θεοῖς ἤ τισι δυνάμεσιν θῦσαι; Sallust. 15 p. 28, 15 αἱ ἄνω δυνάμεις; Herm. Wr. 1, 26; 13, 15; Synes., Ep. 57 p. 191b; PGM 4, 3051; 4 Macc 5:13; Philo, Conf. Lingu. 171, Mut. Nom. 59) Ro 8:38; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 1:21; 1 Pt 3:22; αἱ δ. τοῦ σατανᾶ IEph 13:1. (Cp. αἱ πονηραὶ δ., διάβολος καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ Did., Gen. 45, 4.) θεὸς ἀγγέλων καὶ δ. MPol 14:1 (cp. the ins in FCumont, Étud. syr. 1917, p. 321, 5 ὁ θεὸς τ. δυνάμεων=BCH 26, 1902, 176; Just., D. 85, 6 ἄγγελοι … καὶ δ.)—Desig. of a personal divine being as a power (i.e. an effective intermediary or expression; s. DDD 509–16) of the most high God (Ael. Aristid. 37, 28 K.=2 p. 27 D.: Athena as δ. τοῦ Διός; Just., A I, 14, 5 δ. θεοῦ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ἦν; cp. 23, 2; Tat. 5, 1) οὗτός ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη this man is what is called the Great Power of God Ac 8:10 (cp. ins of Saïttaï in Lydia εἷς θεὸς ἐν οὐρανοῖς μέγας Μὴν οὐράνιος, μεγάλη δύναμις τοῦ ἀθανάτου θεοῦ: ILydiaKP 110; PGM 4, 1275ff ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε τὴν μεγίστην δύναμιν τὴν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὑπὸ κυρίου θεοῦ τεταγμένην. S. New Docs 1, 107. Cp. HKippenberg, Garizim u. Synagoge: RVV ’71, 122–24.—GWetter, ‘D. Sohn Gottes’ 1916, 8f; WSpiegelberg, Die ägypt. Gottheit der ‘Gotteskraft’: Ztschr. f. äg. Sprache 57, 1922, 145ff; FPreisigke, D. Gotteskraft der frühchristl. Zeit 1922).

⑥ the capacity to convey thought, meaning (Pla., Crat. 394b; Polyb. 20, 9, 11; Dionys. Hal. 1, 68; Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 19; Cass. Dio 55, 3; Philo, Congr. Erud. Gr. 125; Just., D. 125, 1 ἡ δ. τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὀνόματος; 138, 1 ὀγδόης ἡμέρας … δυνάμει … πρώτης) of language 1 Cor 14:11; of stones Hv 3, 4, 3; cp. 3, 8, 6f.—OSchmitz, D. Begriff δ. bei Pls: ADeissmann Festschr. 1927, 139–67; WGrundmann, D. Begriff d. Kraft in d. ntl. Gedankenwelt ’32; Dodd 16–20; EFascher, Dynamis Theou: ZTK n. s. 19, ’38, 82–108; LBieler, Δύναμις u. ἐξουσία: Wiener Studien 55, ’38, 182–90; AForster, The Mng. of Power for St. Paul, ATR 32, ’50, 177–85; MBarré, CBQ 42, ’80, 216–27 (contrast w. ‘weakness’ in Qumran lit.)—DELG. Lampe s.v. δύναμις VI B and VII. RAC IV 441–51. EDNT. M-M. TW.