any+longer

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `end, boundary, outcome, goal, decision'; ep. also `rope, cable' (from `rope-end, cable-end'?; also `knot'?; s.bel.).

Other forms: mostly pl. - ατα n. (Il., περ(ρ)άτων Alc.), younger πεῖρας (Pi.), πέρας (Att.).

Compounds: As 2. member in ἀ-πείρων (Il.), with transiion in the ο-stems ἄ-πειρος (Pi., Ion., trag., Pl., Arist.) `endless, unlimited', also ἀ-πε(ί)ρατος `id.' (Pi., Ph.); here also ἀπειρέσιος, ἀπείριτος with suffixtranfer (diff. s.v.)?; ἀπέρονα πέρας μη ἔχοντα H.; πολυ-πείρων `with many (wide) boundaries' (h. Cer. 296, Orph.).

Derivatives: 1. πειραίνω (Hom.), περαίνω (Att.), aor. πειρῆναι, περᾶναι, also w. δια-, συν- a.o., `to bring to an end, to finish, to conclude' with ἀ-πέραντος (- εί-) `unlimited' (Pi., Att.), περαντικός `conclusive' (Ar., Arist.), συμπέρασ-μα n. `end, finishing, conclusion' (Arist.) with - ματικός (Arist.). 2. περατόομαι, - όω, also w. ἀπο-, συν-, `to end, to bring to an end, to limit' (Arist.) with ἀποπεράτ-ωσις (medic.). 3. ἀπο-περατίζω `to end' (sch.). 4. περατεύει ὁρίζει H. -- Also περάτη f. `extremity of the heavens' (ψ 243, Arat., Call.), after the superlatives (cf. Schwyzer 503 c); here περάτ-ηθεν `from the boundary, from beyond' (A. R.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [811] *per-u̯-r̥\/n̥ `end'?

Etymology: Basis *πέρϜαρ with old ρ \/ ν-flexion; from ν-stem ἀ-πείρων; through innovation πεῖρας, πέρας (cf. Schwyzer 514). -- A remarkable similarity shows Skt. pár-van- n. `knot, joint, section'. Schulze Q. 109f., 116ff. concludes from this a special word πεῖραρ with the meaning `knot' (μ 51 a.o., h. Ap. 129), with the ptc. πειρήναντε `knotting, kn. confirming' (χ 175, 192); very attractive, but with the in other places (e.g. Ν 358) hardly rejectable meaning `rope, line' (from `rope-, line-end'?) one finds even so no solution. After Krause Glotta 25, 148 stands beside πεῖραρ `end' a special πεῖραρ `line' to σπεῖρα, σπάρτον; to be rejected. For a uniform πεῖραρ (s. Bq w. older lit.) a.o. Niedermann Glotta 19, 7, Björck Mél. Bq 1, 143ff. -- In the sense of `end, frontier' πεῖραρ \< *πέρ-Ϝαρ belongs in any case to the great group πείρω, πέρᾱ etc. (prob. also πεῖρα); the orig. function of the element περ-, whether verbal or nominal, can no longer be decided. Also πεῖραρ = pár-van- `knot' can perh. be united (prop. `end, section, knot of a stalk'?; WP. 2, 32; doubts in Mayrhofer s. páruḥ).

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αὐξάνω/αὔξω (both forms as early as Pindar with the shorter predominating, as usu. in the earlier lit.; later the longer form becomes more freq. [e.g., Just., D. 88, 2] and the shorter one [Epict.; Heraclit. Stoic. p. 2, 7; 78, 12; Hierocles the Stoic—II A.D.—in BKT IV pap 9780 col. 6, 16 p. 28f; SIG index; OGI 51, 12; 56, 9 and 22; POxy 1450, 3; 21; 4 Macc 13:22; OdeSol 11:19; *TestZeb 1:3; TestJos 19:4, based on the Armenian version, as rendered by Charles; GrBar; ParJer 9:16; EpArist 208; Philo, Aet. M. 71; Jos., Ant. 1, 61; 4, 59; Ar. 6, 3; Mel., Fgm. 8b, 8] becomes rare; both in the same sentence Aëtius 132, 13 αὐξανομένου τ. πάθους αὔξει κ. τὰ συμπτώματα) B-D-F §101; W-S. §15; Meisterhans³-Schw. 176; Mayser 465. Impf. ηὔξανον; fut. αὐξήσω and αὐξανῶ Gen 48:4; Lev 26:9; 1 aor. ηὔξησα. Pass.: fut. αὐξηθήσομαι LXX, En 5:9; aor. ηὐξήθην.

① to cause to become greater in extent, size, state, or quality, grow someth., cause to grow, increase trans. (Pind., Hdt., Pla. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Jos., Ant. 2, 205 [Nägeli 35]) the fruits of righteousness 2 Cor 9:10. Abs. 1 Cor 3:6f=God made it grow; Hv 1, 1, 6; 3, 4, 1.

② to become greater, grow, increase intr.

ⓐ pass. used actively (Hes., Hdt.+; LXX; En oft.; on GrBar s. under b; Jos., Ant. 18, 129, Vi. 193; Ar. 6:3; Mel., HE 4, 26, 7; Did., Gen. 190, 25). Of humans and plants: the human race 1 Cl 33:6; B 6:12, 18 (Gen 1:28); children (Hdt. 5, 92, 5; Gen 21:8; 25; 27) 1 Pt 2:2; plants (Ps.-Phocyl. 38) Mt 13:32; Mk 4:8; καρπὸς αὐξανόμενος ibid. v.l. (Diosc., Mat. Med. 2, 199 add. πρὸ τοῦ τὸν καρπὸν αὐξηθῆναι).—Of nonphysical entities (Pind., N. 8, 40 αὔξεται δʼ ἀρετά = ἀρετή grows; Did., Gen. 119, 8 [of the soul]) the gospel Col 1:6; faith 2 Cor 10:15; knowledge Col 1:10; unrighteousness D 16:4. Cp. Lk 22:28 D.

ⓑ The use of the act. in the same intr. sense belongs to later Gk. (Aristot.; Polyb.; Diod S; Maximus Tyr. 6, 4f; Olympiodor., Comm. in Alcib. Plat. 18 ed. Creuzer 1821: αὐξούσης τ. σελήνης; PGM 4, 2553; 13, 65; EpArist 208; GrBar; Jos., Ant. 2, 189; 4, 59; Ar. 12, 2; POxy 1778, 13; Just., D. 88, 2; not LXX) lit. of plants Mt 6:28; Lk 12:27; Ox 655, 9f (ASyn. 67, 33; on the last 3 passages s. ξαίνω); Lk 13:19. ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα fr. one ( grain) many grow 1 Cl 24:5. Of children Lk 1:80; 2:40. Of a people Ac 7:17. Of a house εἰς ναόν Eph 2:21. Of the word of God Ac 6:7; 12:24; 19:20 (on the theme of growth s. DBalch, SBLSP ’89, 354; cp. Polyb. 6, 43, 2). αὐ. τὴν αὔξησιν Col 2:19; ἔν τινι 2 Pt 3:18; αὐ. εἰς Χριστόν grow up into (union w.) Christ Eph 4:15. Abs. Mt 20:28 v.l. = Agr 22; ὡ̣ς … αὔξι̣ν̣ [=αὔξειν] … τὴν̣ ψ̣υ̣χ̣ὴν τοῦ Παῦλου so that … Paul’s spirits rose AcPl Ha 6, 10. Of Jesus increase J 3:30. This is usu. considered a direct ref. to success in attracting followers, but αὐ. can also be used of the increase of sunlight (Calendarium of Antiochus [c. 200 A.D.] on Dec. 25 Ἡλίου γενέθλιον• αὔξει φῶς [FBoll, SBHeidAk 1910, 16; Abh. p. 40ff]; Cosmas of Jerusalem [FCumont, Natalis Invicti: Extr. des compt. rend. de l’Ac. des Inscr. et Bell. Lett. 1911, 292f]). Cp. 3:19–21, where φῶς occurs five times, and marks the leading concept. May this not also be true of 3:30? At any rate the Gk. and Lat. fathers understood 3:30 in the solar sense. S. also on ἐλαττοῦσθαι and s. ENorden, D. Geburt des Kindes 1924, 99–112.—DELG s.v. αὔξω. M-M. TW.

αὐξάνω/αὔξω (both forms as early as Pindar with the shorter predominating, as usu. in the earlier lit.; later the longer form becomes more freq. [e.g., Just., D. 88, 2] and the shorter one [Epict.; Heraclit. Stoic. p. 2, 7; 78, 12; Hierocles the Stoic—II A.D.—in BKT IV pap 9780 col. 6, 16 p. 28f; SIG index; OGI 51, 12; 56, 9 and 22; POxy 1450, 3; 21; 4 Macc 13:22; OdeSol 11:19; *TestZeb 1:3; TestJos 19:4, based on the Armenian version, as rendered by Charles; GrBar; ParJer 9:16; EpArist 208; Philo, Aet. M. 71; Jos., Ant. 1, 61; 4, 59; Ar. 6, 3; Mel., Fgm. 8b, 8] becomes rare; both in the same sentence Aëtius 132, 13 αὐξανομένου τ. πάθους αὔξει κ. τὰ συμπτώματα) B-D-F §101; W-S. §15; Meisterhans³-Schw. 176; Mayser 465. Impf. ηὔξανον; fut. αὐξήσω and αὐξανῶ Gen 48:4; Lev 26:9; 1 aor. ηὔξησα. Pass.: fut. αὐξηθήσομαι LXX, En 5:9; aor. ηὐξήθην.

① to cause to become greater in extent, size, state, or quality, grow someth., cause to grow, increase trans. (Pind., Hdt., Pla. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Jos., Ant. 2, 205 [Nägeli 35]) the fruits of righteousness 2 Cor 9:10. Abs. 1 Cor 3:6f=God made it grow; Hv 1, 1, 6; 3, 4, 1.

② to become greater, grow, increase intr.

ⓐ pass. used actively (Hes., Hdt.+; LXX; En oft.; on GrBar s. under b; Jos., Ant. 18, 129, Vi. 193; Ar. 6:3; Mel., HE 4, 26, 7; Did., Gen. 190, 25). Of humans and plants: the human race 1 Cl 33:6; B 6:12, 18 (Gen 1:28); children (Hdt. 5, 92, 5; Gen 21:8; 25; 27) 1 Pt 2:2; plants (Ps.-Phocyl. 38) Mt 13:32; Mk 4:8; καρπὸς αὐξανόμενος ibid. v.l. (Diosc., Mat. Med. 2, 199 add. πρὸ τοῦ τὸν καρπὸν αὐξηθῆναι).—Of nonphysical entities (Pind., N. 8, 40 αὔξεται δʼ ἀρετά = ἀρετή grows; Did., Gen. 119, 8 [of the soul]) the gospel Col 1:6; faith 2 Cor 10:15; knowledge Col 1:10; unrighteousness D 16:4. Cp. Lk 22:28 D.

ⓑ The use of the act. in the same intr. sense belongs to later Gk. (Aristot.; Polyb.; Diod S; Maximus Tyr. 6, 4f; Olympiodor., Comm. in Alcib. Plat. 18 ed. Creuzer 1821: αὐξούσης τ. σελήνης; PGM 4, 2553; 13, 65; EpArist 208; GrBar; Jos., Ant. 2, 189; 4, 59; Ar. 12, 2; POxy 1778, 13; Just., D. 88, 2; not LXX) lit. of plants Mt 6:28; Lk 12:27; Ox 655, 9f (ASyn. 67, 33; on the last 3 passages s. ξαίνω); Lk 13:19. ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα fr. one ( grain) many grow 1 Cl 24:5. Of children Lk 1:80; 2:40. Of a people Ac 7:17. Of a house εἰς ναόν Eph 2:21. Of the word of God Ac 6:7; 12:24; 19:20 (on the theme of growth s. DBalch, SBLSP ’89, 354; cp. Polyb. 6, 43, 2). αὐ. τὴν αὔξησιν Col 2:19; ἔν τινι 2 Pt 3:18; αὐ. εἰς Χριστόν grow up into (union w.) Christ Eph 4:15. Abs. Mt 20:28 v.l. = Agr 22; ὡ̣ς … αὔξι̣ν̣ [=αὔξειν] … τὴν̣ ψ̣υ̣χ̣ὴν τοῦ Παῦλου so that … Paul’s spirits rose AcPl Ha 6, 10. Of Jesus increase J 3:30. This is usu. considered a direct ref. to success in attracting followers, but αὐ. can also be used of the increase of sunlight (Calendarium of Antiochus [c. 200 A.D.] on Dec. 25 Ἡλίου γενέθλιον• αὔξει φῶς [FBoll, SBHeidAk 1910, 16; Abh. p. 40ff]; Cosmas of Jerusalem [FCumont, Natalis Invicti: Extr. des compt. rend. de l’Ac. des Inscr. et Bell. Lett. 1911, 292f]). Cp. 3:19–21, where φῶς occurs five times, and marks the leading concept. May this not also be true of 3:30? At any rate the Gk. and Lat. fathers understood 3:30 in the solar sense. S. also on ἐλαττοῦσθαι and s. ENorden, D. Geburt des Kindes 1924, 99–112.—DELG s.v. αὔξω. M-M. TW.

μηκέτι adv. (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, En, TestSol, TestJob; TestReub; Joseph., Just., Tat.) no longer, not from now on in the same usages as μή.

ⓐ in purpose clauses; after ἵνα (Just., A II, 7, 1; POxy 528, 23) 2 Cor 5:15; Eph 4:14; AcPl Ha 2, 32.

ⓑ in result clauses; after ὥστε (2 Macc 4:14) Mk 1:45; 2:2. W. the inf. of result 1 Pt 4:2.

ⓒ w. ptc. (Tob 5:10 S; Jos., Ant. 13, 399; TestReub 3:15; Just., D. 24, 3; 45, 4; Tat. 9:3) Ac 13:34; Ro 15:23; 1 Th 3:1, 5; 15:7; IMg 9:1; Hv 3, 11, 3; AcPl Ha 5, 14.

ⓓ w. the inf. (Josh 22:33; 2 Ch 16:5; 2 Macc 10:4; En 103:10; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 9 Jac.; Jos., Ant. 8, 45; 47; Just., D. 6, 2 al.) Ac 4:17; 25:24; Ro 6:6; Eph 4:17; Hm 4, 1, 11; 4, 3, 2; Hs 9, 9, 6.

ⓔ in a relative clause MPol 2:3; Hs 8, 11, 3.

ⓕ in independent clause

α. w. the impv. (Ex 36:6; 1 Macc 13:39) Lk 8:49; J 5:14; 8:11; Eph 4:28; 1 Ti 5:23; Hv 3, 3, 2; 16, 9; 61, 4.—Instead of this the aor. subj. (Tob 14:9 BA) Mk 9:25. μ. ἐκ σοῦ καρπὸς γένηται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα no fruit shall ever come from you again Mt 21:19; Hv 2, 3, 1. W. piling up of negatives (cp. β and γ below) οὐ μηκέτι Mt 21:19 v.l. μηκέτι μηδὲν αἰτήσεις περὶ ἀποκαλύψεως don’t ask me any more questions about the revelation Hv 3, 13, 4.

β. w. the opt., in double negation μ. … μηδεὶς καρπὸν φάγοι may no one ever eat fruit from you again Mk 11:14 (cp. μηδείς 2a).

γ. w. the hortatory subjunctive (Sir 21:1 μὴ προσθῇς μηκέτι) Ro 14:13.—M-M.

πλοιάριον, ου, τό (Aristoph., X.+; Diod S 14, 30, 4; PEdg 39 [=Sb 6745], 3 [253/252 B.C.]; BGU 812, 5; PGen 14, 8; Ostraka II 1051, 4) dim. of πλοῖον, any kind of relatively small boat, small ship, boat, skiff Mk 3:9 (πλοῖον is used for the same kind of vessel 4:1; hence it is prob. no longer thought of as a dim.; this is plainly the case in Ael. Aristid. 50, 35 K.=26 p. 512 D., where there are nothing but πλοιάρια in the harbor); 4:36 v.l.; Lk 5:2 v.l. (for πλοῖα); πλοιάριον ἄλλο J 6:22; 23 (s. the text and vv.ll. with interchange of πλοῖα and πλοιάρια), 24. οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ πλοιαρίῳ (comitative-instrum. dat.; s. Kühner-G. I 430ff. Locative, perh. instrum.: Rob. 520f; 533) 21:8.—Dalman, Arbeit VI 351–56, 363–70.—DELG s.v. πλέω. M-M.

① maker of stage properties (acc. to Pollux 7, 189 the Old Comedy used the word as a synonym for μηχανοποιός=either a ‘stagehand’ who moved stage properties [as Aristoph., Pax 174] or a ‘manufacturer of stage properties’. Associated terms include σκηνογράφος Diog. L. 2, 125 and σκηνογραφία Arist., Poet. 1449a and Polyb. 12, 28a, 1, in ref. to painting of stage scenery) Ac 18:3. But if one understands σκηνή not as ‘scene’ but as ‘tent’ and considers it improbable that Prisca, Aquila, and Paul would have practiced such a trade in the face of alleged religious objections (s. Schürer II 54–55 on Jewish attitudes towards theatrical productions), one would follow the traditional rendering

② tentmaker. This interpretation has long enjoyed favor (s. Lampe s.v.; REB, NRSV; Hemer, Acts 119, 233), but several considerations militate against it. The term σκηνοποιός is not used outside the Bible (and its influence), except for Pollux (above) and Herm. Wr. 516, 10f=Stob. I, 463, 7ff. There it appears as an adj. and in a figurative sense concerning production of a dwelling appropriate for the soul. The context therefore clearly indicates a structure as the primary component, but in the absence of such a qualifier in Ac 18:3 it is necessary to take account of words and expressions that similarly contain the terms σκηνή and ποιεῖν. A survey of usage indicates that σκηνή appears freq. as the obj. of ποιέω in the sense ‘pitch’ or ‘erect a tent’ (s. ποιέω 1a; act. σκηνοποιέω Is 13:20 Sym. οὐδὲ σκηνοποιήσει ἐκεῖ ῎ Αραψ; 22:15 Sym.; mid. σκηνοποιέομαι Aristot., Meteor. 348b, 35; Clearch., Fgm. 48 W.; Polyb. 14, 1, 7; Diod S 3, 27, 4; Ps.-Callisth. 2, 9, 8.—Cp. σκηνοποιί̈α Aeneas Tact. 8, 3; Polyb. 6, 28, 3; ins, RevArch 3, ’34, 40; and acc. to the text. trad. of Dt 31:10 as an alternate expr. for σκηνοπηγία.—Ex 26:1, it is granted, offers clear evidence of use of the non-compounded σκηνή + ποιέω in the sense ‘produce’ or ‘manufacture [not pitch] a tent’, but the context makes the meaning unmistakable; cp. Herodian 7, 2, 4 on the building of rude housing). Analogously σκηνοποιός would mean ‘one who pitches or erects tents’, linguistically a more probable option than that of ‘tentmaker’, but in the passages cited for σκηνοποιέω and σκηνοποιί̈α components in the context (cp. the case for provision of housing in the Hermetic pass.) clearly point to the denotation ‘pitching of tents’, whereas Ac 18:3 lacks such a clear qualifier. Moreover, it is questionable whether residents of nomadic areas would depend on specialists to assist in such a common task (s. Mt 17:4 par. where a related kind of independent enterprise is mentioned).—That Prisca, Aquila, and Paul might have been engaged in the preparation of parts for the production of a tent is also improbable, since such tasks would have been left to their hired help. That they might have been responsible for putting a tent together out of various pieces is ruled out by the availability of the term σκηνορράφος (Ael., VH 2, 1 et al.; Bull. Inst. Arch. Bulg. 8, 69) in the sense of stitching together (the verb ἐπιτελεῖν Hb 8:5 does not support such a view, for it is not an alternate expr. for ‘production’ of a tent but denotes ‘completion’ of a project, connoting a strong sense of religious commitment; see ἐπιτελέω 2) in which the component ῥαφ-provides an unmistakable qualifier.—In modern times more consideration has been given to identification of Paul’s trade as ‘leather-worker’, an interpretation favored by numerous versions and patristic writings (s. Zahn, AG, ad loc.; L-S-J-M Suppl., s.v., as replacement for their earlier ‘tentmaker’; Haenchen, ad loc., after JJeremias, ZNW 30, ’31; Hock, s. below). As such he would make tents and other products from leather (Hock [s. below] 21). But this and other efforts at more precise definition, such as weaver of tent-cloth (a view no longer in fashion) may transmit reflections of awareness of local practice in lieu of semantic precision.—In the absence of any use of the term σκηνοποιός, beyond the pass. in Pollux and the Herm. Wr., and the lack of specific qualifiers in the text of Ac 18:3, one is left with the strong probability that Luke’s publics in urban areas, where theatrical productions were in abundance, would think of σκηνοποιός in ref. to matters theatrical (s. 1). In addition, Ac 20:34; 1 Cor 4:12; 1 Th 2:9; 2 Th 3:8 indicate that Paul’s work was of a technical nature and was carried out in metropolitan areas, where there would be large demand for such kind of work. What publics in other areas might understand is subject to greater question, for the evidence is primarily anecdotal.—JWeiss, Das Urchristentum 1917, 135; FGrosheide, Παῦλος σκηνοποιός: TSt 35, 1917, 241f; Zahn, AG II 632, 10; 634; Billerb. II 745–47; Beginn. IV, 223; PLampe, BZ 31, ’87, 211–21; RHock, The Social Context of Paul’s Ministry: Tentmaking and Apostleship ’80.—M-M. TW.

ἀρνίον, ου, τό dim. of ἀρήν, but no longer felt to be such in NT times. (Lysias et al.; pap since III B.C., e.g. BGU 377, 2; 7; PStras 24, 7f; PGen 68, 7; LXX [rare]; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 362; Jos., Ant. 3, 221; 226; Just., D. 72, 2f; Mel., P. 63, 454 [both Jer 11:19]) a sheep of any age, sheep, lamb, in our lit. only in imagery: in Rv a designation of Christ 5:6, 8, 12f; 6:1, 16; 7:9f, 14, 17; 12:11; 13:8; 14:1, 4, 10; 15:3; 17:14; 19:7, 9; 21:9, 14, 22f, 27; 22:1, 3; cp. the parody figure 13:11. τὰ ἀ. (as πρόβατα elsewh.) of the Christian community J 21:15. As a type of weakness 2 Cl 5:2ff. Cp. Boll 45, 6; FSpitta, Streitfragen d. Gesch. Jesu 1907, 174; HWindisch, D. messian. Krieg 1909, 70; ELohmeyer, Hdb., exc. on Rv 5:6; THoltz, D. Christologie der Apokalypse, diss. Halle ’59.—B. 159. DELG s.v. ἀρήν. M-M. TW.

ἄξιος, ία, ον (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.) adj. for *ἄγ-τιος, cp. ἄγω in the sense ‘draw down’ in the scale, ‘weigh’, hence ἄξιος of someone or someth. that is evaluated. Whether the evaluation results in an advantage or a penalty depends on the context or use of a negative particle.

① pert. to having a relatively high degree of comparable worth or value, corresponding, comparable, worthy, of things, in relation to other things,

ⓐ of price equal in value (Eur., Alc. 300; Ps.-Demosth. 13, 10; Herodian 2, 3 [of the value of a thing]; Pr 3:15; 8:11; Sir 26:15; s. Nägeli 62) οὐκ ἄξια τὰ παθήματα πρὸς τ. μέλλουσαν δόξαν the sufferings are not to be compared w. the glory to come Ro 8:18 (Arrian, Anab. 6, 24, 1 οὐδὲ τὰ ξύμπαντα … ξυμβληθῆναι ἄξια εἶναι τοῖς … πόνοις=all [the trials] are not worthy to be compared with the miseries). οὐδενὸς ἄ. λόγου worthy of no consideration Dg 4:1 (λόγου ἄ. Hdt. 4, 28; Pla., Ep. 7, 334e; Diod S 13, 65, 3 οὐδὲν ἄξιον λόγου πράξας; Dionys. Hal. 1, 22, 5; Dio Chrys. 22 [39], 1; Vit. Hom. et Hes. 4); cp. vs. 4.

ⓑ gener., of any other relation (Diod S 4, 11, 1 ἄξιον τῆς ἀρετῆς=worthy of his valor; Jos., Vi. 250 βοὴ εὐνοίας ἀξία; Just., A I, 4, 8 οὐδὲν ἄ. τῆς ὑποσχέσεως) καρποὶ ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας fruits in keeping with your repentance i.e. such as show that you have turned from your sinful ways Lk 3:8; Mt 3:8. For this ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα Ac 26:20. καρπὸς ἄ. οὗ ἔδωκεν fruit that corresponds to what he gave us 2 Cl 1:3. ἄ. πρᾶγμα ISm 11:3 (cp. Just., A I, 19, 5 ἀ. θεοῦ δύναμιν). ἄκκεπτα IPol 6:2. ἔργα ἄ. τῶν ῥημάτων deeds corresponding to the words 2 Cl 13:3. πάσης ἀποδοχῆς ἄ. worthy of full acceptance 1 Ti 1:15; 4:9 (Heraclid. Crit. [III B.C.] Fgm. I 17 πάσης ἄξιος φιλίας; Just., D. 3, 3 ἀποδοχῆς ἄξια). οὐδὲν ἄ. θανάτου nothing deserving death (cp. ἄξιον … τι θανάτου Plut., Marcus Cato 349a [21]) Lk 23:15; Ac 25:11, 25. θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν ἄ. nothing deserving death or imprisonment 23:29; 26:31 (cp. Hyperid. 3, 14; Appian, Iber. 31 §124 ἄξια θανάτου; Jos., Ant. 11, 144; Herm. Wr. 1, 20 ἄ. τοῦ θανάτου). Foll. by rel. clause ἄ. ὧν ἐπράξαμεν Lk 23:41.

ⓒ impers. ἄξιόν ἐστι it is worthwhile, fitting, proper (Hyperid. 2, 3; 6, 3; 4 Macc 17:8; EpArist 4; 282; Just., A II, 3, 2) w. articular inf. foll. (B-D-F §400, 3; Rob. 1059) τοῦ πορεύεσθαι 1 Cor 16:4. καθὼς ἄ. ἐστιν 2 Th 1:3.

② pert. to being correspondingly fitting or appropriate, worthy, fit, deserving of pers.

ⓐ in a good sense, but one which is sometimes negated. The negative particle in such cases generates the equivalent of ἀνάξιος ‘unworthy’. W. gen. of the thing of which one is worthy τῆς τροφῆς entitled to his food Mt 10:10; D 13:1f. τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς Ac 13:46. τοῦ μισθοῦ Lk 10:7; 1 Ti 5:18. πάσης τιμῆς 6:1 (Dio Chrys. 14 [31], 93; Lucian, Tox. 3 τιμῆς ἄ. παρὰ πάντων). ἄ. μετανοίας Hs 8, 6, 1.—W. gen. of the pers. οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄ. he is not worthy of me=does not deserve to belong to me (perh. ‘is not suited to me’, s. 1 above) Mt 10:37f; cp. PtK 3 p. 15, 17; D 15:1; ἄ. θεοῦ (Wsd 3:5; Just., D. 5, 3) IEph 2:1; 4:1; cp. 15:1; IRo 10:2; ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄ. ὁ κόσμος of whom the world was not worthy=‘they were too good for this world’ (New Life version) Hb 11:38.—W. inf. foll. (M. Ant. 8, 42 οὔκ εἰμι ἄξιος with inf.; BGU 1141, 15 [13 B.C.]; Jos., Ant. 4, 179; Just., A I, 22, 1) οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄ. κληθῆναι υἱός σου I am no longer fit to be called your son Lk 15:19, 21; cp. Ac 13:25; Rv 4:11; 5:2, 4, 9, 12 (WvUnnik, BRigaux Festschr. ’70, 445–61); B 14:1; IEph 1:3; Mg 14; Tr 13:1; Sm 11:1; Hs 8, 2, 5.—W. gen. of the inf. (ParJer 4:5) MPol 10:2. Foll. by ἵνα (B-D-F §393, 4; Rob. 658) ἄ. ἵνα λύσω τὸν ἱμάντα good enough to untie the thong J 1:27 (ἱκανός P^{66, 75}; s. ἱκανός end). Foll. by a rel. clause ἄ. ἐστιν ᾧ παρέξῃ τοῦτο Lk 7:4 (B-D-F §5, 3b; 379; Rob. 724). Abs. (PPetr II, 15 [3], 8 ἄ. γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος; 2 Macc 15:21; Just., D. 39, 2 ὡς ἀξιοί εἰσι) ἄ. εἰσιν they deserve to Rv 3:4; 16:6. Cp. Mt 10:11, 13; 22:8; IEph 2:2; Mg 12; Tr 4:2; IRo 9:2; ISm 9:2; IPol 8:1; B 9:9; 21:8; with a negative or negative implication in the context Hs 8, 11, 1; B 9:9; 14:4. ἄ. τινα ἡγεῖσθαι (Job 30:1) Hv 2, 1, 2; 3, 3, 4; 4, 1, 3; m 4, 2, 1; Hs 7:5; Hs 9, 28, 5 (w. ἵνα foll. in some of these pass. fr. Hermas). ὁ σωτὴρ ἀξίαν αὐτὴν ἡγήσατο the Savior considered her worthy GMary 463, 22. As an epithet of persons IMg 2. Subst. ἀκούει τῶν ἀξίων (God) heeds the deserving AcPt Ox 849, 28 (cp. Just., A I, 52, 3).—Comp. ἀξιώτερος (SIG 218, 25) Hv 3, 4, 3.—Ins: Larfeld I, 493f.

ⓑ in a context in which the evaluation is qualified by unpleasant consequences to the one evaluated (Ael. Aristid. 34 p. 650 D. ἄ. ὀργῆς) ἄ. πληγῶν (Dt 25:2; cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 294) deserving blows Lk 12:48. ἄ. θανάτου (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 4 p. 335, 12f Jac.; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 108 §452; Mel., HE 4, 26, 6) Ro 1:32. καθώς τις ἄξιός ἐστιν as each deserves Hs 6, 3, 3 of punishments.—JKleist, ‘Axios’ in the Gospels: CBQ 6, ’44, 342–46; KStendahl, Nuntius 7, ’52, 53f.—EDNT. M-M. TW.

ὑπέρ (Hom.+) prep. w. gen. and acc. (lit. s.v. ἀνά, beg. In addition to this, for ὑπέρ: LWenger, Die Stellvertretung im Rechte der Papyri 1896; ARobertson, The Use of ὑπέρ in Business Documents in the Papyri: Exp. 8th ser., 28, 1919, 321–27). The loc. sense ‘over, above’ is not found in our lit. (not in the LXX either, but in JosAs 14:4; ApcEsdr 1:9; Just., Tat., Ath.) but does appear in nonliteral senses. The mss. oft. fluctuate between ὑπέρ and περί; see A3 below.

A. w. gen.

① a marker indicating that an activity or event is in some entity’s interest, for, in behalf of, for the sake of someone/someth.

ⓐ w. gen. of pers. or human collective

α. after words that express a request, prayer, etc. After the verbs δέομαι (q.v. b), εὔχομαι (q.v. 1), προσεύχομαι (q.v.), ἐντυγχάνω (q.v. 1a; cp. b), ὑπερεντυγχάνω (q.v.), λιτανεύω (q.v.) etc. After the nouns δέησις (q.v., end) and προσευχή (q.v. 1). S. also 1 Ti 2:1f.

β. after words and expressions that denote working, caring, concerning oneself about. After the verbs ἀγρυπνέω (q.v. 2), ἀγωνίζομαι (q.v. 2b), μεριμνάω (q.v. 2), πρεσβεύω (q.v.) etc. After the nouns ζῆλος (q.v. 1), σπουδή (q.v. 2), ἔχειν πόνον (πόνος 1). ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διάκονος Col 1:7.

γ. after expressions having to do w. sacrifice: ἁγιάζω (q.v. 2), ἁγνίζομαι (s. ἁγνίζω 3). τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἑτύθη Χριστός 1 Cor 5:7 v.l. ἕως οὗ προσηνέχθη ὑπὲρ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου αὐτῶν ἡ προσφορά Ac 21:26 (προσφέρω 2a).—Eph 5:2; Hb 9:7.

δ. gener. εἶναι ὑπέρ τινος be for someone, be on someone’s side (PIand 16, 8 τὸ νόμιμον ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐστιν.—Opp. εἶναι κατά τινος) Mk 9:40; Lk 9:50; Ro 8:31.—ἐπιτρέπεταί σοι ὑπὲρ σεαυτοῦ λέγειν Ac 26:1 v.l. (for περί). ἵνα μὴ εἷς ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἑνὸς φυσιοῦσθε κατὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου 1 Cor 4:6b. Cp. 2 Cor 1:11ab; 5:20b (δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ=as helpers of Christ we beg you. Also prob. is we beg you by or in the name of Christ [Apollon. Rhod. 3, 701 λίσσομʼ ὑπὲρ μακάρων=by the gods, in imitation of Il. 22, 338.—Theaetetus, III B.C.: Anth. Pal. 7, 499, 2]). τοῦτο φρονεῖν ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν to be thus minded in behalf of you all Phil 1:7 (perh. simply=about; s. 3 below); cp. 4:10 (think of me = care for, be interested in me).

ε. after expressions of suffering, dying, devoting oneself, etc. (JosAs 28:1 κύριος πολεμεῖ καθʼ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ Ἀσενεθ ‘against us in behalf of Aseneth’; ApcEsdr 6:18 p. 31, 28 Tdf. δικάζεσθαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ γένους τῶν ἀνθρώπων) ἀποθνῄσκειν ὑπέρ τινος die for someone or someth. (ἀποθνῄσκω 1aα; also Jos., Ant. 13, 6) J 11:50–52; 18:14; Ro 5:7ab. τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίθησιν ὑπὲρ τινος (cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 201; Sir 29:15; ApcSed 1:5; Ar. 15, 10; Mel., P. 103, 791) J 10:11, 15; 13:37f; 15:13; 1J 3:16b.—Ro 16:4; 2 Cor 12:15; Eph 3:1, 13; Col 1:24a.—So esp. of the death of Christ (already referred to at least in part in some of the passages already mentioned. S. also above 1aγ and below 1c) for, in behalf of humanity, the world, etc.: Mk 14:24; Lk 22:19f; Ro 5:6, 8; 8:32; 14:15; 1 Cor 1:13 (where the hypothetical question μὴ Παῦλος ἐσταυρώθη ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν; was chosen for no other reason than its ref. to the redeeming death of Christ); 11:24; 15:3; Gal 2:20; 3:13; Eph 5:25; 1 Th 5:10 (v.l. περί); 1 Ti 2:6; Tit 2:14; Hb 2:9; 6:20; 1 Pt 2:21 (v.l. περί); 3:18a v.l.; 18b; 1J 3:16a; MPol 17:2ab (Just., A I, 50, 1 ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν γενόμενος ἄνθρωπος).—AMetzinger, Die Substitutionstheorie u. das atl. Opfer, Biblica 21, ’40, 159–87, 247–72, 353–77; EBlakeney, ET 55, ’43/44, 306.

ⓑ w. gen. of thing, in which case it must be variously translated ὑπὲρ (τῶν) ἁμαρτιῶν in order to atone for (the) sins or to remove them 1 Cor 15:3; Gal 1:4; Hb 5:1b; 7:27; 9:7 (here ὑπὲρ … τῶν ἀγνοημάτων); 10:12; B 7:3, 4 (prophetic saying of unknown origin), 5f.—ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου ζωῆς to bring life to the world J 6:51. ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ to reveal the glory of God 11:4. ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ (cp. Sb 7681, 7 [312 A.D.] ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματός μου=in behalf of) to spread his name Ro 1:5; cp. 3J 7. ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας θεοῦ=in order to show that God’s promises are true Ro 15:8. ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν παρακλήσεως in order to comfort you 2 Cor 1:6ab. Cp. 12:19. ὑπὲρ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν for the strengthening of your faith 1 Th 3:2.

ⓒ in place of, instead of, in the name of (Eur.; Polyb. 3, 67, 7; ApcEsdr 1:11 p. 25, 3 Tdf.; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 142; Just., D. 95, 2.—In pap very oft. ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ to explain that the writer is writing ‘as the representative of’ an illiterate pers.; Dssm. LO 285, 2 [LAE 335, 4]; other exx. of pap in DWallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics ’96, 384–86) ἵνα ὑπὲρ σοῦ μοι διακονῇ Phlm 13. Somet. the mng. in place of merges w. on behalf of, for the sake of Ro 9:3. οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν 1 Cor 15:29a is debated; cp. 29b (s. the lit. s.v. βαπτίζω 2c; also KBornhäuser, Die Furche 21, ’34, 184–87; JWhite, JBL 116, ’97, 487–99 [esp. 497f] favors a causal sense). εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν 2 Cor 5:14; cp. 15ab, 21 (Eur., Alc. 701 κατθανεῖν ὑπέρ σου).

② marker of the moving cause or reason, because of, for the sake of, for (Diod S 10, 21, 2 τὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων τιμωρίαν; schol. on Pind., O. 6, 154b [=OxfT 91]), w. verbs of suffering, giving the reason for it ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ac 5:41; 9:16; 21:13; ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ Phil 1:29ab; cp. 2 Th 1:5; ὑπὲρ θεοῦ ἀποθνῄσκω IRo 4:1. Likew. used w. nouns that denote suffering ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ for Christ’s sake 2 Cor 12:10.—εὐχαριστεῖν ὑπέρ τινος give thanks for someth. 1 Cor 10:30; Eph 5:20; D 9:2; 10:2 (cp. Sb 3926, 12 [I B.C.] τὸ κατεσκευασμένον ὑπὲρ [=in gratefulness for] τῆς ἡμετέρας σωτηρίας Ἰσιδεῖον; Just., A I, 65, 3). δοξάζειν τὸν θεὸν ὑπέρ τινος praise God for someth. Ro 15:9.—ὑπὲρ τούτου with reference to someth. (Synes., Ep. 67 p. 209c) 2 Cor 12:8.—This is prob. the place for ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας with (God’s) good pleasure in view Phil 2:13 (εὐδοκία 1).

③ marker of general content, whether of a discourse or mental activity, about, concerning (about equivalent to περί [τινος], w. which it is freq. interchanged in the mss.; s. Kühner-G. I p. 487 [w. exx. fr. Hom., Pla. et al.]. Also quite common in Polyb., Diod S, Dionys. Hal., Joseph., ins [e.g. ISardGauthier 2, 3 ‘write about’] and pap [Schmidt 396]; but Ath. differentiates between λόγος ὑπὲρ [in defense of] τῆς ἀληθείας and λόγος περὶ [about] τῆς ἀληθείας R 1 p. 48, 19; Mlt. 105; Rdm.² p. 140; Johannessohn, Präp 216–21; LDeubner, Bemerkungen z. Text der Vita Pyth. des Iamblichos: SBBerlAk ’35, XIX 27; 71), oft. at the same time in the sense ‘in the interest of’ or ‘in behalf of’ οὗτός ἐστιν ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον J 1:30 (v.l. περί). Ἠσαί̈ας κράζει ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ Ro 9:27 (v.l. περί). Cp. 2 Cor 1:8 (v.l. περί); 5:12; 7:4, 14; 8:24; 9:2f; 12:5ab (in all the passages in 2 Cor except the first dependent on καυχάομαι, καύχημα, καύχησις); 2 Th 1:4 (ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι). With reference to (Demosth. 21, 121) 2 Cor 8:23; 2 Th 2:1. ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν βεβαία ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν our hope with reference to you is unshaken 2 Cor 1:7 (ἐλπὶς ὑ. τινος ‘for someth.’ Socrat., Ep. 6, 5 [p. 234, 28 Malherbe]).

B. w. acc. marker of a degree beyond that of a compared scale of extent, in the sense of excelling, surpassing, over and above, beyond, more than (so always PsSol; TestAbr A 4 p. 81, 29 [Stone p. 10] al.; TestJob 38:6 τὰ ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς; JosAs 1:6 al.; Ath. 17, 1; 32, 1) κεφαλὴ ὑπὲρ πάντα the supreme Head Eph 1:22 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 74 §314 ὑπὲρ ἅπαντα). ὑπὲρ δύναμιν beyond one’s strength 2 Cor 1:8; cp. 8:3 v.l. (OGI 767, 19f ὑπὲρ δύναμιν; Cyranides p. 63, 22 ὑπὲρ λόγον). Also ὑπὲρ ὸ̔ δύνασθε 1 Cor 10:13. μὴ ὑπὲρ ἃ γέγραπται not (to go) beyond what is written 1 Cor 4:6a (s. WLütgert, Freiheitspredigt u. Schwarmgeister in Korinth 1908, 97ff; ASchlatter, Die korinth. Theologie 1914, 7ff; OLinton, StKr 102, 1930, 425–37; LBrun, ibid. 103, ’31, 453–56; PWallis, TLZ 75, ’50, 506–8; ALegault, NTS 18, ’71/72, 227–31; PMarshall, Hybrists Not Gnostics in Corinth: SBLSP 23, 84, 275–87; on the prob. imagery of a school exercise in which children learn to stay between the lines, s. RTyler, CBQ 60, ’98, 97–103; a public foundational document containing bylaws, JHanges, JBL 117, ’98, 275–98 [pap and ins]). ὑπὲρ ἃ λέγω ποιήσεις you will do even more than I ask Phlm 21. ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι I feel an exceeding and overwhelming joy B 1:2.—After an adj. in comp. or superl. for ἤ than: mostly so after the comp. (Judg 11:25 B; 15:2 B; 18:26 B; 3 Km 19:4; Ps 18:11; Hab 1:8) τομώτερος ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν μάχαιραν Hb 4:12. Cp. Lk 16:8; J 12:43 v.l.; MPol 18:2. In an unusually compressed statement: τοὺς ἀποστόλους ὄντας ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν ἀνομωτέρους the apostles, who were more lawless than (people who commit) any and every sin B 5:9; rarely after the superl. (TestAbr A 2 p. 78, 25 [Stone p. 4]) γλυκυτάτη ὑπὲρ τὸ μέλι Hm 5, 1, 6. Likew. after verbs that express the idea of comparison ἡσσώθητε (=ἐγένεσθε ἥσσονες) ὑπὲρ τὰς λοιπὰς ἐκκλησίας, were you treated worse than the other churches? 2 Cor 12:13.—‘More than’ also takes on the sense more exalted or excellent or glorious than; as the timeless one (ἄχρονος), Christ is called ὁ ὑπὲρ καιρόν the one who is exalted beyond time IPol 3:2. ὑπὲρ θάνατον exalted above death ISm 3:2. οὐκ ἔστιν μαθητὴς ὑπὲρ τὸν διδάσκαλον a disciple is not superior to his teacher Mt 10:24a; Lk 6:40.—Mt 10:24b; Ac 26:13; Phil 2:9. οὐκέτι ὡς δοῦλον ἀλλὰ ὑπὲρ δοῦλον no longer as a slave, but as someth. better than a slave Phlm 16. τῷ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι to (God) who is able to do greater things than all (we can ask or imagine) Eph 3:20.— More than (PsSol 17:43; TestGad 7:1) ἀγαπᾶν ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ τὴν ψυχήν μου (JosAs 13:11) B 1:4; cp. 4:6; 19:5; D 2:7. φιλεῖν Mt 10:37ab. ἀρέσει αὐτῷ ὑπὲρ μόσχον 1 Cl 52:2 (Ps 68:32). λάμπειν IEph 19:2. προκόπτειν Gal 1:14. στίλβειν Hs 9, 2, 2.

C. adv. use even more. The adv. use of ὑπέρ is, so far, almost unknown outside the NT (but s. L-S-J-M s.v. ὑπέρ E; Schwyzer II 518; Ursing 49 cites fr. an Aesop-ms. ὅπερ ἔτι ὑπὲρ ἀπεδέξατο, where all the other mss. have μᾶλλον [Phil 3:4 ἐγὼ μᾶλλον]. On the adv. use of other prepositions s. Kühner-G. I p. 526f). διάκονοι Χριστοῦ εἰσιν; ὑπὲρ ἐγώ are they assistants of of Christ? I am so even more (than they) 2 Cor 11:23 (W-H. accent ὕπερ; s. Mlt-Turner 250). Wallis (s. B above) classes 1 Cor 4:6 here.—RBieringer: The Four Gospels, Festschr. FNeirynck, ed. FvanSegbroeck et al. ’92, I 219–48. On ὑπὲρ ἄγαν, ὑπὲρ ἐκεῖνα, ὑπὲρ ἐκπερισσοῦ, ὑπὲρ λίαν s. ὑπεράγαν, ὑπερέκεινα, ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ (-ῶς), ὑπερλίαν.—DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.