deeds

ἔργον, ου, τό (Hom.+) work.

① that which displays itself in activity of any kind, deed, action

ⓐ in contrast to rest Hb 4:3, 4 (Gen 2:2), 10. In contrast to word: freq. used to describe people of exceptional merit, esp. benefactors (X., Hier. 7, 2, Cyr. 6, 4, 5; Cebes 2, 2 λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ Πυθαγόρειος; Lucian, Tox. 35. Oft. in Epict.; GDI 5039, 20 [Crete] οὔτε λόγῳ οὔτε ἔργῳ; Sir 3:8; 16:12; 4 Macc 5:38; En 14:22 πᾶς λόγος αὐτοῦ ἔργον; TestAbr A 9 p. 86, 26 [Stone p. 20] ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ; Philo; Jos., Ant. 17, 220, C. Ap. 2, 12; Larfeld I 497f) δυνατὸς ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ mighty in word and deed Lk 24:19; cp. Ac 7:22; ἐν λόγῳ ἢ ἐν ἔ. in word and deed Col 3:17; cp. Ro 15:18; 2 Cor 10:11; 2 Th 2:17; Tit 1:16a; 1J 3:18; 2 Cl 17:7, also 4:3. A similar contrast betw. the ποιητὴς ἔργου doer who acts and the forgetful hearer Js 1:25, and betw. ἔργα and a πίστις that amounts to nothing more than a verbal statement 2:14–26 (s. JRopes, Exp. 7th ser., 5, 1908, 547–56 and his comm. 1916 ad loc.; HPreisker, ThBl 4, 1925, 16f; ETobac, RHE 22, 1926, 797–805; AMeyer, D. Rätsel des Jk 1930, 86ff; ASchlatter, D. Brief des Jak. ’32, 184–207).

ⓑ manifestation, practical proof τὸ ἔ. τῆς πίστεως 1 Th 1:3; 2 Th 1:11. ἔ. διακονίας Eph 4:12. τὸ ἴδιον ἔργον τῆς προσευχῆς AcPl Ha 4, 27. τὸ ἔ. τοῦ νόμου acting in accordance with the law Ro 2:15 (perh. also the bringing of the law into effect, as Polyaenus 1, 19 τοῦ λογίου τὸ ἔργον=realization or fulfilment of the oracular response). ἡ ὑπομονὴ ἔ. τέλειον ἐχέτω let endurance show itself perfectly in practice Js 1:4.

ⓒ deed, accomplishment

α. of the deeds of God and Jesus, specif. miracles (Epict. 3, 5, 10 ἰδεῖν ἔργα τὰ σά [=τοῦ θεοῦ]; Ael. Aristid. 50, 17 K.=26 p. 506 D.: ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ θαυμαστόν; Quint. Smyrn. 9, 481 ἔργον ἀθανάτων of the healing of Philoctetes; Josh 24:29; Ps 45:9; 65:5; 85:8; JosAs 9:5; Jos., Bell. 5, 378 τ. ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ, C. Ap. 2, 192) Mt 11:2; J 5:20, 36; 7:3, 21 (Diod S 5, 33, 5 ἓν ἔργον=just one practice); 9:3; 10:25, 37f; 14:10, 11, 12; 15:24; Ac 13:41 (Hab 1:5); 15:18 v.l.; Hb 3:9 (Ps 94:9); Rv 15:3. On Mt 11:19 s. δικαιόω 2bα.

β. of the deeds of humans, exhibiting a consistent moral character, referred to collectively as τὰ ἔργα (Ps 105:35; Job 11:11; Jon 3:10) J 3:20 f; 7:7; Js 3:13; 1J 3:12; Rv 2:2, 19; 3:1, 8, 15. σωτῆρος ἡμῶν τὰ ἔ. Qua. τὰ πρῶτα ἔ. Rv 2:5. πάντα τὰ ἔργα (Am 8:7; Mi 6:16) Mt 23:5. κατὰ τὰ ἔργα in accordance w. the deeds (Ps 27:4; 61:13; Pr 24:12; En 100:7; PsSol 2:16) Mt 23:3; Ro 2:6; 2 Ti 1:9; 4:14; Rv 2:23; 20:12f. Also κατὰ τὸ ἔργον 1 Pt 1:17. The collective τὸ ἔργον is used for the pl. (Sir 11:20) Gal 6:4; Hb 6:10; Rv 22:12. The ἔργον or ἔργα is (are) characterized by the context as good or bad Lk 11:48; 1 Cor 5:2; 2 Cor 11:15; 2 Ti 4:14; Js 2:25; 3J 10; Rv 14:13; 16:11; 18:6 (since in all these passages except Rv 14:13 ἔ. refers to something bad, it is well to point out that ἔργον when used alone also means an evil or disgraceful deed, e.g., Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 22 §83 ἔργον οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς ἀπῆν=they abstained from no shameful deed; Apollon. Rhod. 4, 476; 742; Arrian, Anab. 3, 21, 4). Or they are characterized by an added word: ἔ. ἀγαθόν Ro 2:7; 13:3; 2 Cor 9:8; Phil 1:6; Col 1:10; 1 Ti 5:10; 2 Ti 2:21; 3:17; Tit 1:16b; 3:1; Hb 13:21 v.l. Pl. Eph 2:10 (misunderstood by JSanders, Ethics in the NT, ’75, 78; cp. Phil 1:6); 1 Ti 2:10. πλήρης ἔργων ἀγαθῶν rich in good deeds Ac 9:36. ἔ. καλόν Mt 26:10; Mk 14:6; J 10:33. Pl. (GrBar 15:2; Dio Chrys. 3, 52) Mt 5:16; J 10:32; 1 Ti 5:10a, 25; 6:18; Tit 2:7, 14; 3:8, 14, Hb 10:24; 1 Pt 2:12 (WvanUnnik, NTS 1, ’54/55, 92–110; cp. Diod S 16, 1, 1); 2 Pt 1:10 v.l.; 2 Cl 12:4. ἔργα ὅσια, δίκαια 6:9. ἔ. δικαιοσύνης B 1:6 (PsSol 18:8). ἐξ ἔργων τῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ righteous deeds Tit 3:5. τὰ ἔ. τοῦ θεοῦ the deeds that God desires (Jer 31:10; 1 Esdr 7:9, 15) J 6:28; cp. vs. 29. τὰ ἔ. μου (i.e. Χριστοῦ) Rv 2:26. ἔργα πεπληρωμένα ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ 3:2. ἔ. ἄξια τ. μετανοίας Ac 26:20. ἔ. τῆς πίστεως the deeds that go with faith Hs 8, 9, 1. ἔ. αἰώνιον an imperishable deed IPol 8:1. τὰ. ἔ. τοῦ Ἀβραάμ deeds like Abraham’s J 8:39. τὰ ἔ. τ. πέμψαντός με 9:4.—ἔργα πονηρά evil deeds (1 Esdr 8:83; En 98:6; Tat. 23:2) Col 1:21; 2J 11; cp. J 3:19; 7:7; 1J 3:12 and ἀπὸ παντὸς ἔ. πονηροῦ 2 Ti 4:18. Also ἔ. τῆς πονηρᾶς ὁδοῦ B 4:10. νεκρά dead works, i.e. those that lead to death Hb 6:1; 9:14. ἄκαρπα unfruitful actions Eph 5:11. ἄνομα lawless deeds 2 Pt 2:8. Also ἔ. τῆς ἀνομίας B 4:1; Hs 8, 10, 3. ἔργα ἀσεβείας impious deeds Jd 15 (ἀσεβῆ ἔ. Just., A I, 23, 3). τοῦ σκότους deeds of darkness (i.e. unbelief) Ro 13:12; cp. Eph 5:11. ἔ. τῆς σαρκός deeds that originate in the flesh (i.e. sin) Gal 5:19. τὰ ἔ. τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν deeds such as your father (the devil) commits J 8:41. τῶν Νικολαϊτῶν Rv 2:6.—κρύφια, φανερὰ ἔ. secret, open deeds 2 Cl 16:3. Freq. in Paul ἔργα νόμου deeds that the law commands you to do Ro 3:20, 28; cp. 27; Gal 2:16; 3:2, 5, 10 (cp. 4Q MMT 3, 27 [=A Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls, ed. REisenman/JRobinson, I ’91, xxxi, fig. 8, c line 29]; MAbegg, Paul, ‘Works of the Law’ and MMT: Bar 20/6, ’94, 52–55; JDunn, NTS 43, ’97, 147–53). Also simply ἔργα, w. the same meaning Ro 4:2, 6; 9:12, 32; 11:6; Eph 2:9; s. ELohmeyer, ZNW 28, 1929, 177–207.—S. δικαιοσύνη 3 end.

② that which one does as regular activity, work, occupation, task (cp. Aristoph., Av. 862; X., Mem. 2, 10, 6; Arrian, Anab. 5, 23, 1; Epict. 1, 16, 21; Sir 11:20; TestSol 1:2 al.; Just., A II, 3, 5 βασιλικόν) w. gen. of the one who assigns the task τοῦ κυρίου 1 Cor 15:58; 16:10; Phil 2:30. διδόναι τινὶ τὸ ἔ. αὐτοῦ assign his task to someone Mk 13:34; πληροῦν ἔ. accomplish a task Ac 14:26. τ. ἔ. τελειοῦν finish the work (Dionys. Hal. 3, 69, 2 τ. οἰκοδομῆς τ. πολλὰ εἰργάσατο, οὐ μὴν ἐτελείωσε τὸ ἔργον; 2 Esdr 16:3, 16) J 17:4; cp. 4:34. ἡ κυρίου τοῦ ἔργου shop superintendent GJs 2:2 (s. deStrycker ad loc.) Of the task and work of the apostles Ac 13:2; 15:38. οἱ πιστευθέντες παρὰ θεοῦ ἔργον τοιοῦτο those who were entrusted by God with so important a duty 1 Cl 43:1. καρπὸς ἔργου fruit of work Phil 1:22. To love someone διὰ τὸ ἔ. αὐτοῦ because of what the person has done 1 Th 5:13. Of an office 1 Ti 3:1 (4 is also poss.). ἔ. ποιεῖν εὐαγγελιστοῦ do the work of an evangelist 2 Ti 4:5.—ἔ. συγγενικὸν ἀπαρτίζειν accomplish a proper, natural task IEph 1:1.

③ that which is brought into being by work, product, undertaking, work (Hom. et al.; Gen 2:2; 3 Km 7:15, 19; Jer 10:3; 1 Esdr 5:44; TestAbr A 13 p. 93, 11 [Stone p. 34] εἴ τινος κατακαύσει τὸ πὺρ; Just., D. 88, 8; Mel., P. 36, 244) work in the passive sense. W. special ref. to buildings (Aristoph., Av. 1125; Polyb. 5, 3, 6; Diod S 1, 31, 9; Appian, Mithrid. 30 §119; Arrian, Anab. 6, 18, 2; Dionys. Byz. §27; IG IV²/1, 106, 56; 114, 31 al.; PPetr III, 43 [2] I, 2 [III B.C.] εἰς τὰ ἔργα=for the buildings al.; 1 Macc 10:11; SibOr 4, 59; EPeterson, Biblica 22, ’41, 439–41) 1 Cor 3:13, 14, 15. Perh. a building is also meant in 1 Cor 9:1 and Ro 14:20 (s. καταλύω 2b). γῆ κ. τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔ. 2 Pt 3:10 (FDanker, ZNW 53, ’62, 82–86, would read καὶ γῇ κατὰ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα). Images of deities as ἔργα ἀνθρώπων 2 Cl 1:6 (Herodas 4, 26 ἔργα καλά of works of sculpture; Ath. 17:3f); sim. in the formulation ἔργον χειρός (cp. En 98:5; ApcEsdr 1:10; Herodas 7, 2f τῶν σῶν … χειρέων νοῆρες ἔργον; Epict. 3, 7, 24 τὰ χειρὸς ἔργα; Jos., Bell. 3, 268 of courageous deeds χειρῶν ἔργα; cp. Just., D. 23, 5 of circumcision not as ἔργον δικαιοσύνης) τὸ ἔ. τῶν χειρῶν τινος the work of someone’s hands=what someone has made Ac 7:41; Rv 9:20 (cp. Is 17:8; Just., A I, 20, 5 al.). Of the world as created by God (Celsus 4, 99) Hb 1:10 (Ps 101:26; Ar 4:24 al.); 2:7 v.l.; B 5:10; 15:3. τὰ ἔ. τοῦ διαβόλου the devil’s undertakings or enterprises (Arrian, Anab. 1, 11, 7 Τρωικὸν ἔ.=the Trojan undertaking, of the Trojan War) 1J 3:8. τὰ ἔργα τῆς θηλείας the works of the female (w. ref. to sensual desire like Horapollo 1, 11 p. 18 θηλείας ἔργον and Longus 4, 19, 5 ἔργα γυναικῶν) GEg 252, 56. Of adultery Rv 2:22.

④ someth. having to do with someth. under discussion, thing, matter (Hom. et al.) Ac 5:38. κρεῖττον IRo 2:1 (cp. GrBar 5:3 μείζονα τούτων ἔργα). ἔ. εὐφροσύνης a joyful thing B 10:11; οὐ πεισμονῆς τὸ ἔ. not a matter of persuasion IRo 3:3. οὐ νῦν ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἔ. it is not a matter of what we now profess IEph 14:2. Perh. also 1 Ti 3:1 (s. 2 above).—JKleist, ‘Ergon’ in the Gospels: CBQ 6, ’44, 61–68. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres ind mp 2nd sg

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres ind act 3rd sg

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres ind mp 2nd sg

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres ind act 3rd sg

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres part act neut nom /voc /acc pl

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres part act masc acc sg

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres part act neut nom /voc /acc pl

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres part act masc acc sg

δικαιοσύνη, ης, ἡ (s. δίκαιος; Theognis, Hdt.+) gener. the quality of being upright. Theognis 1, 147 defines δ. as the sum of all ἀρετή; acc. to Demosth. (20, 165) it is the opp. of κακία. A strict classification of δ. in the NT is complicated by freq. interplay of abstract and concrete aspects drawn from OT and Gr-Rom. cultures, in which a sense of equitableness combines with awareness of responsibility within a social context.

① the quality, state, or practice of judicial responsibility w. focus on fairness, justice, equitableness, fairness

ⓐ of human beings (a common theme in honorary ins, e.g. IPriene 71, 14f; 22f of a judge named Alexis; Danker, Benefactor 346–48; cp. Aristot., EN 5, 1, 8, 1129a τὸ μὲν δίκαιον ἄρα τὸ νόμιμον καὶ τὸ ἴσον ‘uprightness consists of that which is lawful and fair’; Ath. 34:2 ἔστι δὲ δ. ἴσα ἴσοις ἀμείβειν ‘uprightness means to answer like with like’; for association of δ. with judgment s. also Diog. L. 3, 79; in contexts of praise δ. suggests authority involving juridical responsibility FX 7, ’81, 255 n. 229) δ. κρίσεως ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος uprightness is the beginning and end of judgment B 1:6. Melchizedek as βασιλεὺς δικαιοσύνης Hb 7:2. ἐργάζεσθαι δικαιοσύνην administer justice Hb 11:33; κρίνειν ἐν δ. (Ps 71:2f; 95:13; Sir 45:26; PsSol 8:24) judge justly Ac 17:31, cp. Mk 16:14 v.l. (Freer ms. line 5 in N. app.); Ro 9:28 v.l. (Is 10:22). ποιεῖν κρίμα καὶ δ. practice justice and uprightness 1 Cl 13:1 (Jer 9:23). καθιστάναι τοὺς ἐπισκοπούς ἐν δ. appoint overseers in uprightness= who will serve justly 1 Cl 42:5 (Is 60:17). David rejoices in God’s δ. 1 Cl 18:15 (Ps 50:16; s. ἀγαλλιάω, end).

ⓑ of transcendent figures (Pla. τὴν δ. θεοῦ νόμον ὑπελάμβανεν ‘considered divine justice [i.e. apportionment of reward or retribution in accordance with behavior] a principle’ or ‘system’ that served as a deterrent of crime Diog. L. 3, 79). Of an apocalyptic horseman ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ κρινεῖ Rv 19:11.

② quality or state of juridical correctness with focus on redemptive action, righteousness. Equitableness is esp. associated w. God (cp. Paradoxogr. Vat. 43 Keller αἰτεῖται παρὰ τ. θεῶν οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν δικαιοσύνης), and in our lit. freq. in connection w. exercise of executive privilege in conferring a benefit. Hence God’s δ. can be the opposite of condemnation 2 Cor 3:9 (s. below); in it God is revealed as judge Rom 3:5—in contrast to human wrath, which beclouds judgment—displaying judicial integrity 3:25 (on this pass. s. also below). Cp. ἐκάλεσά σε ἐν δ. B 14:7 (Is 42:6). Also of equitable privilege allotted by God 2 Pt 1:1.—In Pauline thought the intimate association of God’s interest in retaining a reputation for justice that rewards goodness and requites evil, while at the same time working out a plan of salvation for all humanity, complicates classification of his use of δικαιοσύνη. On the one hand, God’s δ. is pardoning action, and on the other a way of sharing God’s character with believers, who then exhibit righteousness in the moral sense. God achieves this objective through exercise of executive privilege in dispensing justice equitably without reference to νόμος by making salvation available to all humanity (which shares a common problem of liability to wrath by being unanimously in revolt against God Ro 3:9–18, 23) through faith in God’s action in Jesus Christ. The genitival constr. δ. θεοῦ accents the uniqueness of this δ.: Ro 1:17; 3:21f, 25, 26 (s. these pass. also below; Reumann, 3c end); 10:3, and δ. alone 5:21; 9:30 (3 times); 2 Cor 3:9 (opp. κατάκρισις; cp. Dg 9:3; 5). 2 Cor 5:21 may belong here if δ. is viewed as abstract for concrete=δικαιωθέντες (but s. below). All these refer to righteousness bestowed by God cp. ἡ δωρεὰ τῆς δ. Ro 5:17, also 1 Cor 1:30 (sim. 1QS 11, 9–15; 1QH 4, 30–37). In this area it closely approximates salvation (cp. Is 46:13; 51:5 and s. NSnaith, Distinctive Ideas of the OT ’46, 207–22, esp. 218–22; EKäsemann, ZTK 58, ’61, 367–78 [against him RBultmann, JBL 83, ’64, 12–16]). According to some interpreters hunger and thirst for uprightness Mt 5:6 perh. offers (but s. 3a below) a related eschatological sense (‘Kingdom of God’, FNötscher, Biblica 31, ’50, 237–41=Vom A zum NT, ’62, 226–30).—Keeping the law cannot bring about uprightness Ro 3:21; Gal 2:21; 3:21, because δ. ἐκ τοῦ νόμου uprightness based on the law Ro 10:5 (cp. 9:30f), as ἰδία δ. one’s own (self-made) upr. 10:3, is impossible. God’s δ. without ref. to νόμος is to be apprehended by faith Ro 1:17; 3:22, 26; 4:3ff, 13; 9:30; 10:4, 6, 10 (cp. Hb 11:7 ἡ κατὰ πίστιν δ. righteousness based on faith; s. B-D-F §224, 1), for which reason faith is ‘calculated as righteousness’ (Gen 15:6; Ps 105:31; 1 Macc 2:52) Ro 4:3, 5f, 9, 11, 13, 22; Gal 3:6 (cp. Hb 11:7; Js 2:23; AMeyer, D. Rätsel des Jk 1930, 86ff; 1 Cl 10:6; B 13:7). Of Jesus as our righteousness 1 Cor 1:30.—As gift and power Ro 5:17, 21, and because it is intimately associated with the δύναμις of Christ’s resurrection Phil 3:9f (s. below), this righteousness enables the redeemed to respond and serve God faithfully Ro 6:13 (in wordplay opp. of ἀδικία), 16, 18ff; cp. 1 Cor 1:30 of Christ as instrument of God’s gift of δ.; 2 Cor 3:9. Thus God’s δ. functions as δύναμις 6:7 within Christians 5:21 (i.e. the way God acts in justifying or restoring people to a relationship with God’s self serves as a model for Christian interaction; for a difft. view, s. above) through the Spirit (Ro 8:9) and assures them they will have life that will be fully realized at the end of the age Ro 8:10f; for the time being it is a matter of hope ἐλπὶς δικαιοσύνης Gal 5:5 (cp. Is 51:5); cp. ἡ ἐκ θεοῦ δ. Phil 3:9. Pol 8:1 shares Paul’s view: Christ as ἀρραβὼν τῆς δ.—God’s uprightness as gift τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς στάξαντος τὴν δ. who distills uprightness on you Hv 3, 9, 1.—Such perspectives offer a transition to specific ways in which the redeemed express uprightness.

③ the quality or characteristic of upright behavior, uprightness, righteousness

ⓐ of uprightness in general: Mt 5:6 (cp. 6:33; some interpret 5:6 in an eschatological sense, s. 2 above; on desire for δ. cp. ἐπιθυμία τῆς δ. Hm 12, 2, 4); Mt 5:10, 20 (s. b, below); Hm 10, 1, 5; Dg 10:8; λόγος δικαιοσύνης Hb 5:13; Pol 9:1 (s. also Epict., Fgm. Stob. 26; when a man is excited by the λόγος in meetings, he should give expression to τὰ τῆς δικαιοσύνης λόγια). πάσχειν διὰ δ. 1 Pt 3:14. ἄγγελος τῆς δ. Hm 6, 2, 1; 3; 8; 10. ῥήματα δ. 8:9. 10, 1, 5; Dg 10:8; Pol 2:3; 3:1; ἐντολὴ δ. commandment of upr. Pol 3:3; 9:1.—Mt 6:33 of the kind of δ. God expects (on δ. as characteristic required by God acc. to Jewish perspective s. Bousset, Rel.³ 387ff; 379ff; 423; cp. KFahlgren, Sẹdāḳā, nahestehende u. entgegengesetzte Begriffe im Alten Testament, diss. Uppsala ’32.—S. Diog. L. 3, 83 on Plato’s view of δικαιοσύνη περὶ θεούς or δ. πρὸς τοὺς θεούς=performance of prescribed duties toward gods; s. also ref. to 3, 79 at 1b above). Christ’s δ. Dg 9:3, 5. διαλέγεσθαι περὶ δ. Ac 24:25. Opp. ἀδικία (Hippol., Ref. 4, 43, 12; Did., Gen. 20, 27) 2 Cl 19:2; Dg 9:1. As ἀρετή Hm 1:2; Hs 6, 1, 4; 8, 10, 3. Opp. ἀνομία 2 Cor 6:14; cp. 2 Cor. 11:15 (ironical); Hb 1:9 (Ps 44:8); ἁμαρτία, which is the dominating power before δ. θεοῦ comes into play Ro 6:16, 18–20; cp. 1 Pt 2:24. ἐργάζεσθαι δ. (Ps 14:2) do what is right Ac 10:35; accomplish righteousness Js 1:20 (W-S. §30, 7g); Hv 2, 2, 7; 2, 3, 3; m 5, 1, 1; 12, 3, 1; 12, 6, 2; Hs 9, 13, 7. Also ἔργον δικαιοσύνης ἐργάζεσθαι 1 Cl 33:8. Opp. οὐδὲν ἐργάζεσθαι τῇ δ. Hs 5, 1, 4; ποιεῖν (τὴν) δ. (2 Km 8:15; Ps 105:3; Is 56:1; 58:2; 1 Macc 14:35 al.) do what is right 1J 2:29; 3:7, 10; Rv 22:11; 2 Cl 4:2; 11:7. Also πράσσειν τὴν δ. 2 Cl 19:3; διώκειν τὴν δ. (cp. Sir 27:8 διώκ. τὸ δίκαιον) seek to attain/achieve upr. Ro 9:30; 1 Ti 6:11; 2 Ti 2:22; 2 Cl 18:2; δ. ἀσκεῖν Hm 8:10. ὁδὸς (τῆς) δ. (ὁδός 3ab) Mt 21:32; 2 Pt 2:21; B 1:4; 5:4. προπορεύσεται ἔμπροσθεν σου ἡ δ. 3:4 (Is 58:8); cp. 4:12. κατορθοῦσθαι τὰς ὁδοὺς ἐν δ. walk uprightly Hv 2, 2, 6; τῇ δ. ζήσωμεν live uprightly 1 Pt 2:24. πύλη δ. gate of upr. 1 Cl 48:2 (Ps 117:19), cp. vs. 4. ἐν οἷς δ. κατοικεῖ (cp. Is 32:16) in which righteousness dwells 2 Pt 3:13. Of Christ’s body δικαιοσύνης ναο͂ς AcPlCor 2:17. παιδεία ἡ ἐν δ. training in uprightness 2 Ti 3:16. ἔργα τὰ ἐν δ. righteous deeds Tit 3:5. λαμπρότης ἐν δ. rejoicing in uprightness 1 Cl 35:2; ἐχθρὸς πάσης δ. enemy of every kind of upr. Ac 13:10. W. ὁσιότης (Wsd 9:3): holiness and upr. (as the relig. and moral side of conduct; cp. 1QS 1:5; 8:2; 11:9–15; 1QH 4:30f) Lk 1:75 (λατρεύειν ἐν δ. as Josh 24:14); Eph 4:24; 1 Cl 48:4. W. πίστις (OGI 438, 8; 1 Macc 14:35; Just., D. 110, 3) Pol 9:2; cp. 2 Pt 1:1. With εἰρήνη (Is 39:8; 48:18) and χαρά Ro 14:17; cp. 1 Cl 3:4; Hb 7:2 (but s. 1a, above). W. ἀλήθεια (Is 45:19; 48:1) Eph 5:9; 1 Cl 31:2; 62:2; Hs 9, 25, 2. W. ἀγάπη 2 Cl 12:1. W. ἀγαθωσύνη Eph 5:9. W. ἁγνεία Hs 9, 16, 7. W. γνῶσις κυρίου (cp. Pr 16:8) D 11:2. ὅπλα (τῆς) δ. tools or weapons of uprightness Ro 6:13; 2 Cor 6:7; Pol 4:1; θῶραξ τῆς δ. (Is 59:17; Wsd 5:18) breastplate of upr. Eph 6:14. τέκνα δικαιοσύνης (opp. ὀργῆς) AcPlCor 2:19. διάκονοι δικαιοσύνης servants of upr. 2 Cor 11:15; Pol 5:2; μισθός δ. D 5:2; B 20:2; μέρος δ. portion in (eternal salvation) which is meant for righteousness ApPt Rainer 6; καρπὸς δικαιοσύνης (Pr 3:9; 11:30; 13:2) produce of uprightness (ApcSed 12:5) Phil 1:11; Hb 12:11; Js 3:18; Hs 9, 19, 2; GJs 6:3. ὁ τῆς δ. στέφανος the crown of upr. (w. which the upright are adorned; cp. TestLevi 8:2; Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 258; a common theme in honorary ins recognizing distinguished public service, s. indexes SIG, OGI and other ins corpora; Danker, Benefactor 345–47; s. also the boast of Augustus, s.v. δίκαιος 1aα) 2 Ti 4:8; cp. ἡ τ. δικαιοσύνης δόξα the glory of upr. ending of Mk in the Freer ms. ln. 11f. Described as a characteristic to be taught and learned, because it depends on a knowledge of God’s will: κῆρυξ δ. preacher of upr. 2 Pt 2:5 (cp. Ar. 15:2 τῇ δ. τοῦ κηρύγματος). διδάσκειν δ. teach upr. (of Paul) 1 Cl 5:7. μέρος τι ἐκ τῆς δ. a portion of uprightness Hv 3, 1, 6; cp. 3, 6, 4; δ. μεγάλην ἐργάζεσθαι m 8:2.—ἐλέγχειν περὶ δικαιοσύνης convict w. regard to uprightness (of Jesus) J 16:8, 10 (s. WHatch, HTR 14, 1921, 103–5; HWindisch: Jülicher Festschr. 1927, 119f; HTribble, Rev. and Expos. 32, ’37, 269–80; BLindars, BRigaux Festschr., ’70, 275–85).

ⓑ of specific action righteousness in the sense of fulfilling divine expectation not specifically expressed in ordinances (Orig., C. Cels. 7, 18, 39; Did., Gen. 188, 27: οἱ κατὰ δ. ζῶντες) Mt 3:15=ISm 1:1; of a superior type Mt 5:20 (s. JMoffatt, ET 13, 1902, 201–6, OOlevieri, Biblica 5, 1924, 201ff; Betz, SM 190f); not to win plaudits 6:1. To please outsiders as well as oneself 2 Cl 13:1. W. characteristic restriction of mng. mercy, charitableness (cp. Tob 12:9) of God, whose concern for the poor 2 Cor 9:9 (Ps 111:9) is exemplary for the recipients of the letter vs. 10; participation in such activity belongs, according to Mt 6:1f (cp. δίκαιος 1:19: Joseph combines justice and mercy), to the practice of piety (on the development of the word’s mng. in this direction s. Bousset, Rel.³ 380). Pl. (B-D-F §142; W-S. §27, 4d; Rob. 408 δικαιοσύναι righteous deeds (Ezk 3:20; 33:13; Da 9:18) 2 Cl 6:9. δικαιοσύναι righteous deeds (Ezk 3:20; 33:13; Da 9:18; TestAbr A 12 p. 91, 12 [Stone p. 30]) 2 Cl 6:9. ἀρετὴ δικαιοσύνης Hm 1:2; Hs 6, 1, 4; cp. 8, 10, 3.

ⓒ uprightness as determined by divine/legal standards δ. θεοῦ upr. that meets God’s standard Js 1:20 (W-S. 30, §7g).—Ro 10:5; Gal 2:21; 3:21; Phil 3:6; 3:9.—ASchmitt, Δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ: JGeffcken Festschr. ’31, 111–31; FHellegers, D. Gerechtigkeit Gottes im Rö., diss. Tüb. ’39; AOepke, TLZ 78, ’53, 257–64.—Dodd 42–59; ADescamps, Studia Hellenistica, ’48, 69–92.—S. also JRopes, Righteousness in the OT and in St. Paul: JBL 22, 1903, 211ff; JGerretsen, Rechtvaardigmaking bij Pls 1905; GottfrKittel, StKr 80, 1907, 217–33; ETobac, Le problème de la Justification dans S. Paul 1908; EDobschütz, Über d. paul. Rechtfertigungslehre: StKr 85, 1912, 38–87; GWetter, D. Vergeltungsged. b. Pls 1912, 161ff; BWestcott, St. Paul and Justification 1913; WMacholz, StKr 88, 1915, 29ff; EBurton ICC, Gal. 1921, 460–74; WMichaelis, Rechtf. aus Glauben b. Pls: Deissmann Festschr. 1927, 116–38; ELohmeyer, Grundlagen d. paul. Theologie 1929, 52ff; HBraun, Gerichtsged. u. Rechtfertigungslehre b. Pls. 1930; OZänker, Δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ b. Pls: ZST 9, ’32, 398–420; FFilson, St. P.’s Conception of Recompense ’31; WGrundmann, ZNW 32, ’33, 52–65; H-DWendland, D. Mitte der paul. Botschaft ’35; RGyllenberg, D. paul. Rechtfertigungslehre u. das AT: Studia Theologica (Riga) I ’35, 35–52; HJager, Rechtvaardiging en zekerheid des geloofs (Ro 1:16f; 3:21–5:11) ’39; HHofer, D. Rechtfertigungsverk. des Pls nach neuerer Forschg. ’40; VTaylor, Forgiveness and Reconciliation ’41; RBultmann, Theologie des NT ’48, 266–80, Eng. tr. KGrobel ’51, I 270–85; SSchulz, ZTK 56, ’59, 155–85 (Qumran and Paul); CMüller, FRL 86, ’64 (Ro 9–11); JBecker, Das Heil Gottes, ’64; PStuhlmacher, Gerechtigkeit Gottes b. Paulus, ’65; JReumann, Int 20, ’66, 432–52 (Ro 3:21–31); HBraun, Qumran II, ’66, 165–80; JZiesler, The Mng. of Righteousness in Paul, ’72; ESanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism, ’77 (s. index 625; appendix by MBrauch 523–42 rev. of discussions in Germany); SWilliams, JBL 99, ’80, 241–90.—CPerella, De justificatione sec. Hb: Biblica 14, ’33, 1–21; 150–69. S. also the lit. on πίστις and ἁμαρτία.—On the whole word s. RAC X 233–360; AKöberle, Rechtfertigung u. Heiligung 1930; EDNT I 325–30.—DELG s.v. δίκη. M-M. EDNT.TW. Sv.

μεγαλεῖος, α, ον (s. next entry; X. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; comp. μεγαλειότερος Just., A II, 10, 1) ‘magnificent, splendid, grand’ in our lit. only subst. of what impresses mind or spirit: τὸ μ. greatness, sublimity (Polyb. 3, 87, 5; 8, 1, 1; Artem. 3 p. 169, 1 τὸ μ. τῆς σοφίας; SIG 798, 4 [37 A.D.]; Sir 17:8; TestJob; TestLevi 11:6; Philo; Jos., Ant. 8, 49; 15, 187; Just., A II, 3, 3) τῆς ἐπαγγελίας 1 Cl 26:1. τὸ μ. τῆς καλλονῆς αὐτοῦ its (or God’s) sublime beauty 49:3.—Pl. τὰ μ. the mighty deeds (Dt 11:2; Ps 70:19; Sir 36:7; 42:21) τὰ μ. τοῦ θεοῦ Ac 2:11; cp. Hv 4, 2, 5; Hs 9, 18, 2. Abs. v 4, 1, 8. Of the great and good deeds of God (TestJob 51:4) Lk 1:49 v.l. (cp. Ps 70:19). πηλίκα μεγαλεῖα ἐδόθη αὐτῷ what great deeds he was granted to perform (by God’s grace) AcPl Ha 6, 13. μ. τῶν δωρεῶν the greatness of (God’s) gifts 1 Cl 32:1.—DELG s.v. μέγας. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ἀνομία, ας, ἡ (Eur., Hdt., Pre-Socr. et al.; pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo; Jos., Bell. 1, 493, Ant. 15, 348; Ar. 11, 7; Just., D. 14, 1; 18, 2; 24, 3; Ath., R. 71, 6; Mel., P. 68, 486; Orig., C. Cels. 6, 44, 31; Did., Gen. 44, 17)

① state or condition of being disposed to what is lawless, lawlessness, opp. δικαιοσύνη (Hdt. 1, 96; X., Mem. 1, 2, 24 ἀνομίᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ δικαιοσύνῃ χρώμενοι) Ro 6:19a; 2 Cor 6:14; Dg 9:5; Hm 4, 1, 3; w. ὑπόκρισις Mt 23:28; oft. (as Ps 58:3) w. ἁμαρτία, w. which it is identified 1J 3:4: cp. 1 Cl 8:3; 18:3 (Ps 50:4; 30:19; 102:10); Hs 7:2. ἔργα τῆς ἀ. lawless deeds, which originate in a lawless frame of mind B 4:1; Hs 8, 10, 3. υἱοὶ τῆς ἀ. lawless pers., those who despise the law (cp. Ps 88:23) Hv 3, 6, 1; ApcPt 1:3; διὰ τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀ. AcPl Ha 2, 27. ἀ. characterizes this aeon as Satan’s domain, ending of Mk in the Freer ms. 2. ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀ. (v.l. ἁμαρτίας) of the Lawless One 2 Th 2:3 (regarded as transl. of Beliar by Bousset, D. Antichr. 1895, 86; s. also Ps 93:20 θρόνος ἀνομίας and cp. 1QH 5:36; but see BRigaux, Les Épîtres aux Thess. ’56, 656–67). μυστήριον τῆς ἀ. the secret of lawlessness, secret because (and as long as) the Antichrist has not made his appearance vs. 7 (cp. Genesis Apocryphon col. I, 2; JFitzmyer, Essays on the Semitic Background of the NT ’71, 103f, n. 9); on the ἀ. in the last days Mt 24:12; D 16:4. μέθυσμα ἀνομίας wanton drunkenness Hm 8:3. ἡ τῆς πλάνης ἀ. lawless deceit B 14:5. ὁ καιρὸς ὁ νῦν τῆς ἀ. the present time, when lawlessness reigns 18:2; cp. 15:7 (cp. TestDan 6:6). Of God μισεῖν ἀ. (Ps 44:8) Hb 1:9 (v.l. ἀδικίαν).

② the product of a lawless disposition, a lawless deed Ro 6:19b. λυτρώσασθαι ἀπὸ πάσης ἀ. (Ps 129:8) redeem fr. all lawlessness, i.e. l. deeds Tit 2:14. ἐργάζεσθαι ἀ. (oft. LXX) Mt 7:23; Hm 10, 3, 2; ἐργάτης ἀ. 2 Cl 4:5; ἀ. ποιεῖν (Hos 6:9; Is 5:7 al.; TestDan 3:2; TestGad 2:5 v.l.; cp. πράττειν ἀ. Ar. 11, 7) Mt 13:41; 1J 3:4; 1 Cl 16:10 (Is 53:9); more specif. ἐν στόματι commit sin with the mouth B 10:8; λαλεῖν ἀ. κατά τινός 1 Cl 15:5 (Ps 34:19); ἁρπάζειν ἐν ἀ. seize lawlessly 10:4. Of Salome woe is me for my sin and unbelief! GJs 20:1 (not pap). Pl. lawless deeds, trangressions (POxy 1121, 20; Herm. Wr. 1, 23; oft. LXX; Just., D. 18, 2) Ro 4:7 (Ps 31:1); Hb 8:12 v.l.; 10:17; 1 Cl 16:5, 9 (Is 53:8); 18:5, 9 (Ps 50:7, 11); 50:6 (Ps 31:1); 60:1; B 5:2 (Is 53:5); Hv 2, 2, 2; 3, 6, 4; Hs 5, 5, 3. (In ms. tradition ἀ. is oft. interchanged w. synonyms; so Hb 1:9 [ἀδικία]; 2 Th 2:3 [ἁμαρτία]; 1 Cl 35:5 as v.l. for πονηρία.)—AcPl BMM recto 26 restored fr. POxy 1602, 27 [ἀν]ομίας (for this ἐπιθυμίας AcPl Ha 8, 20), cp. AcPlCor 2:11.—Dodd 76–81. DELG s.v. νέμω. M-M. TW.

ἀσέβεια, ας, ἡ (s. ἀσεβής; Eur., X., Pla.+; Antiphon 5:88 [=6:6] and Diod S 1, 44, 3 εἰς τοὺς θεοὺς ἀσέβεια; Epict., ins; PEleph 23, 1; 9f; PCairZen 11 verso I, 3; Sb 5680, 20; PSI 515, 18 [all III B.C.]; BGU 1578, 8; 1823, 23; PGrad 4, 20; LXX, En; EpArist 166; Philo; Jos., Ant. 9, 266, C. Ap. 2, 291; Test12Patr; Ar. 11, 7; Just.) in general ἀσέβεια is understood vertically as a lack of reverence for deity and hallowed institutions as displayed in sacrilegious words and deeds: impiety; its corollary ἀδικία refers horizontally to violation of human rights: ἐπὶ πλεῖον προκόπτειν ἀσεβείας progress further in impiety 2 Ti 2:16; ἀρνεῖσθαι τὴν ἀ. Tit 2:12; φυγεῖν τὴν ἀ. 2 Cl 10:1; ἔργα ἀσεβείας=‘impious deeds’, i.e. deeds that are the product of distorted views of God Jd 15 (En 1:9). Of polytheists, who are indicted for dishonoring God Ro 1:18 (cp. Dt 9:5). ἀσεβείας ὑπόδειγμα Papias (3:2). In imagery τῆς ἀ. πλησθήσονται they will be sated w. their impiety 1 Cl 57:6 (Pr 1:31).—Pl. (Pla., Leg. 890a; LXX; ViMi 1 [p. 81, 7 Sch.]; Jos., Bell. 7, 260) ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ Ἰακώβ Ro 11:26 (Is 59:20). ἐπιθυμίαι τ. ἀσεβειῶν profane desires Jd 18 (cp. En 13:2 ἔργα τ. ἀσεβειῶν).—Dodd 76–81; BGärtner, The Areopagus Speech and Natural Revelation ’55, 73ff.—M-M. TW. Sv.

ἄκαρπος, ον (Aeschyl. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; TestNaphth 3:5; ParJer 9:16; Jos., Ant. 2, 213; 15, 300; Just., D. 120, 2)

① lit. pert. to not bearing fruit, unfruitful, fruitless. πτελέα ξύλον ἄ. the elm is an unfruitful (i.e. bearing no edible fruit, s. Pollux I 234) tree Hs 2:3. δένδρα ἄ. (Theophyl. Sim., Ep. 11) unfruitful trees (w. φθινοπωρινά) as a type of dissident teachers Jd 12, cp. Hs 4:4. Of a mountain, on which nothing grows (Jos., Bell. 4, 452) ὄρος ἄ. unfruitful, barren Hs 9, 19, 2.

② fig. pert. to being useless, useless, unproductive (IPriene 112, 16; Jos., Bell. 6, 36) of seed (preaching) Mt 13:22; Mk 4:19 (Pla., Phdr. 277a λόγοι ἄ; Synes., Dion 3 p. 39c λόγος ἄ.). Of deeds ἔργα ἄ. τοῦ σκότους useless deeds of darkness Eph 5:11. Of people who do no good deeds (Philostrat., Gymn. 42 p. 284, 11) Tit 3:14; 2 Pt 1:8 (cp. OdeSol 11:23). Of speaking in tongues νοῦς ἄ. ἐστιν (my) mind is unproductive, because it is not active 1 Cor 14:14.—DELG s.v. 1. καρπός. M-M. TW. Spicq.

ἀθεμιτουργίᾱς, ἀθεμιτουργία

doing of unlawful deeds: fem acc pl

ἀθεμιτουργίᾱς, ἀθεμιτουργία

doing of unlawful deeds: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

ἀθεμιτουργίᾱς, ἀθεμιτουργία

doing of unlawful deeds: fem acc pl

ἀθεμιτουργίᾱς, ἀθεμιτουργία

doing of unlawful deeds: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

μεγαλοπράγμων

disposed to do great deeds: masc acc comp sg

μεγαλοπράγμων

disposed to do great deeds: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

μεγαλοπράγμων

disposed to do great deeds: neut nom /voc /acc pl

μεγαλοπράγμων

disposed to do great deeds: masc /fem acc sg

μεγαλοεργής

performing great deeds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

μεγαλοεργής

performing great deeds: masc /fem /neut dat sg

μεγαλοεργής

performing great deeds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

μεγαλοεργής

performing great deeds: masc /fem /neut dat sg

ὀβριμοεργός

doing strong deeds: masc /fem acc sg

ὀβριμοεργός

doing strong deeds: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ὀβριμοεργός

doing strong deeds: masc /fem acc sg

ὀβριμοεργός

doing strong deeds: neut nom /voc /acc sg

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres part act masc nom sg

συναριστεύω

do brave deeds together: pres part act masc nom sg

ἀγών-ισμα, τό,

A contest, conflict: in pl., deeds done in battle, brave deeds, Hdt.8.76; feats of horsemanship, X.Eq.Mag.3.5;

ἀ. κατὰ τὰ ἆθλα CIG 2741

.

2 in sg., feat, achievement, ἀ. τινος a feather in his cap, Th.8.12, cf. 17: c. inf., Id.7.59,86; ξυνέσεως ἀ. prize of sagacity, Id.3.82; ἀρᾶς ἀ. issue of the curse, E.Ph. 1355.

II ἀ. ποιεῖσθαί τι make it an object to strive for, Hdt.1.140;

οὐ μικρὸν τὸ ἀ. προστάττεις Luc.Im.12

.

III that with which one contends, declamation,

ἀ. ἐς τὸ παραχρῆμα Th.1.22

; of plays, Arist.Po. 1451b37.

IV in Law, plea, Antipho 5.36, Lys.13.77.

ἀρετή [ᾰ], ἡ,

A goodness, excellence, of any kind, in Hom. esp. of manly qualities,

ποδῶν ἀρετὴν ἀναφαίνων Il.20.411

;

ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι καὶ νόον 15.642

; so of the gods,

τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀ. τιμή τε βίη τε 9.498

; also of women, Od.2.206; ἀ. εἵνεκα for valour, Hdt.8.92: pl., ἀ. ἀπεδείκνυντο displayed brave deeds, Id.1.176, 9.40.

b later, of the gods, chiefly in pl., glorious deeds, wonders, miracles, SIG1172, Str.17.1.17;

ζῶσαι ἀ. IG14.966

, cf. 1 Ep.Pet.2.9: also in sg.,

ὄψιν ἰδοῦσα ἀρετὴν τῆς θεοῦ IG2.1426

b, cf. Isyll. 62, BSA21.169,180.

2 generally, excellence,

ἡ ἀ. τελείωσίς τις Arist. Metaph. 1021b20

, cf.EN 1106a15, etc.; of persons,

ἄνδρα πὺξ ἀρετὰν εὑρόντα Pi.O.7.89

, cf. P.4.187, B.9.13, etc.;

τὸ φρονεῖν ἀ. μεγίστη Heraclit. 112

: in pl., forms of excellence,

μυρίαι ἀνδρῶν ἀ. B.13.8

, cf. Gorg. Fr.8, etc.;

δικαστοῦ αὕτη ἀ. Pl.Ap. 18a

; esp. moral virtue, Democr. 179, 263, al., Gorg.Fr.6; opp. κακία, X.Mem.2.1.21, cf.Pl.R. 500d, Lg. 963a, 963c sq., D.60.17, Arist.EN 1102a6, Pol. 1295a37, etc.; good nature, kindness, etc., E.Fr. 163.

b of animals, things, as land, Hdt.4.198, 7.5, Th.1.2; ἡ ἐν ἀρετῇ κειμένη γῆ productive land, PTeb.5.165 (ii B. C.);

ἵππου Hdt.3.88

; κυνῶν, ἵππων, Pl.R. 335b; σκεύους ib. 601d; [ ἀστακοῦ] Archestr.Fr.24;

ἀ. βίου Pl.R. 618c

;

πολιτείας Lg. 886b

, etc.

3 prosperity, Od.13.45.

II ἀ. εἴς τινα active merit, good service done him,

ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας Th.3.58

, cf. 2.40;

ἀ. περί τινα X. An.1.4.8

;

ἀνταποδοῦναι ἀ. Th.4.19

;

ἀρετὰς παρασχέσθαι ὑπέρ τινος D.19.312

; ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα, freq. in honorary Inscrr., IG22.107.14, etc.

III reward of excellence, distinction, fame,

πλούτῳ δ' ἀρετὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ Hes.Op. 313

, cf. Sapph.80, Pi.N.5.53, al.;

ἀθάνατος ἀ. S.Ph. 1420

, Pl.Smp. 208d;

ἃ ἆθλα τοῦ πολέμου τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐστίν, ἐλευθερία καὶ ἀ. Lycurg.49

; of God,

δόξα καὶ ἀ. 2 Ep.Pet.1.3

: in pl., glories, Thgn.30, Pi.N.10.2, al.;

πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος Id.O. 2.53

;

γενναίων ἀ. πόνων E.HF 357

(lyr.), cf. Lys.2.26;

προγόνων ἀ. Pl.R. 618b

; in LXX freq. of the praises of God, Is.42.8, al.

IV Ἀρετή personified, Prodic.1, Arist.Fr. 675, Callix.2, CIG2786, SIG 985.10, etc.

V ἡ ἀ. σου as a title, Your worship, PLips.13 ii 20, etc.

VI an engine of war, Ath.Mech.38.11.

VII a plaster, Androm. ap. Gal.13.531.

ἔργον, [dialect] Dor. [full] ϝέργον IG4.800 (vi B. C.), Elean [full] ϝάργον SIG9 (vi B.C.), τό: (ἔρδω, OE.

A weorc (neut.) 'work', Avest. var[schwa]za-):— work, Il.2.436, etc.;

ἔ. οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδος Hes.Op. 311

;

πλεόνων δέ τε ἔ. ἄμεινον Il.12.412

;

ἔ. ἐποίχεσθαι 6.492

;

νῦν ἔπλετο ἔ. ἅπασι 12.271

; esp. in pl.,

ἄλλος ἄλλοισιν..ἐπιτέρπεται ἔργοις Od. 14.228

;

ἐπὶ ἔργα τράποντο Il.3.422

;

ἔργων παύσασθαι Od.4.683

; τὰ σ' αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε see to thine own tasks, Il.6.490 : esp. in the following relations,

1 in Il. mostly of works or deeds of war,

πολεμήϊα ἔ. Il.2.338

, al., Od.12.116 ;

ἔργον μάχης Il.6.522

; alone,

ἀτελευτήτῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ 4.175

, cf. 539 ;

ὑπέσχετο δὲ μέγα ἔργον 13.366

;

ἐπ' αὐτῷ δ' ἔργον ἐτύχθη ἀργαλέον 4.470

; later,

ἔργον.. Ἄρης κρινεῖ A.Th. 414

; ἐν τῷ ἔ. during the action, Th.2.89, cf.7.71 ;

τὸ ἐν Πλαταιαῖς ἔ. Pl.Mx. 241c

;

τῶν πρότερον ἔ. μέγιστον ἐπράχθη τὸ Μηδικόν Th.1.23

; ἔργου ἔχεσθαι to engage in battle, ib.49.

2 of peaceful contests,

κρατεῖν ἔ. Pi.O.9.85

;

ἔργου ἔχεσθαι Id.P.4.233

; also ἔργα θῆκε κάλλιστ' ἀμφὶ κόμαις placed [the reward of] noble deeds about his hair, Id.O.13.38.

3 of works of industry,

a of tillage, tilled lands,

ἀνδρῶν πίονα ἔ. Il.12.283

, etc. ;

ἔργ' ἀνθρώπων 16.392

, Od.6.259 ;

βροτῶν 10.147

; οὔτε βοῶν οὔτ' ἀνδρῶν φαίνετο ἔργα ib.98 ; ἔργα alone, 16.140, etc.; Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι—the title of Hesiod's work ; πατρώϊα ἔ. their father's lands, Od.2.22 ; οὔτ' ἐπὶ ἔργα..ἴμεν will neither go to our farms, ib. 127, cf. 252 ; Ἰθάκης..ἔργα the tilled lands of Ithaca, 14.344 ; ἀμφὶ.. Τιταρησσὸν ἔργ' ἐνέμοντο inhabited lands, Il.2.751 ;

τὰ τῶν Μυσῶν ἔ. Hdt.1.36

; so later, PBaden 40.5 (ii A.D.) : generally, property, wealth, possessions,

θεὸς δ' ἐπὶ ἔργον ἀέξῃ Od.14.65

, cf. 15.372.

b of women's work, weaving, Il.9.390, etc. ; ἀμύμονα ἔ. ἰδυίας ib. 128 ;

ἔργα ἐργάζεσθαι Od.22.422

, 20.72.

c of other occupations, θαλάσσια ἔ. fishing, 5.67 ; a seaman's life, Il.2.614 : periphr., δαιτὸς..ἔργα works of feasting, 9.228 ;

φιλοτήσια ἔ. Od.11.246

;

ἔργα γάμοιο Il.5.429

;

ἔργα Κυπρογενοῦς Sol.26

;

Ἀφροδίτης h.Ven.1

; also

τέκνων ἐς ἔ. A.Ag. 1207

: abs.,

ἔργον Luc.DDeor.17.1

, AP12.209 (pl., Strat., s.v.l.); also

ἔργα ἰσχύος καὶ τάχους X.Cyr.1.2.12

; φίλα ἔργα μελίσσαις, of flowers, Theoc.22.42 ; of mines, etc.,

ἔ. ἀργυρεῖα X.Vect.4.5

, D.21.167, etc.; ἔργα πίσσια dub. l. in Plu.Cat.Ma.21.

4 deed, action,

ἔργ' ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε Od.1.338

;

θέσκελα ἔ. Τρώων Il.3.130

;

ἀήσυλα ἔ. 5.876

; καρτερά, ἀεικέα ἔ., ib. 872,22.395; παλίντιτα, ἄντιτα ἔ., Od.1.379, 17.51 ;

ἔργα ἀποδέκνυσθαι Hdt.1.16

, cf. Pl.Alc.1.119e, D.C.37.52 ; opp. ἔπος, deed, not word (v.

ἔπος 11.1

) ; opp. μῦθος, Il. 9.443, 19.242, A.Pr. 1080 (anap.), etc.; opp. λόγος, S.El. 358, E.Alc. 339 ; ἔργῳ, opp. λόγῳ, freq. in [dialect] Att., etc., Th.2.65, etc.: so in pl.,

λόγῳ μὲν..τοῖσι δ' ἔργοισιν S.OC 782

, cf. E.Fr.360.13 ;

λόγοισιν εἴτ' ἔργοισιν S.OT 517

; opp. ῥήματα, Id.OC 873 ; opp. ὄνομα, E.IA 128 (anap.), Th.8.78,89 ; in many phrases,

πέπρακται τοὔργον A.Pr.75

, cf. Ag. 1346 ;

χωρῶ πρὸς ἔργον S.Aj. 116

; τὸ μὲν ἐνθύμημα χαρίεν.., τὸ δὲ ἔ. ἀδύνατον its execution, X.An.3.5.12 ; ἐν ἔργῳ χέρνιβες ξίφος τε ready for action, E.IT 1190 ;

ἡ κατάρα ὑπὸ τοῦ δαίμονος εἰς ἔ. ἤγετο Jul.Or.7.228b

.

II thing, matter, πᾶν ἔ...ὑπείξομαι in every point, Il.1.294 ;

ἃ Ζεὺς μήδετο ἔ. 2.38

, etc.;

πάρος τάδε ἔ. γενέσθαι 6.348

, etc.;

ὅπως ἔσται τάδε ἔ. 2.252

, Od.17.78, etc. ;

μέμνημαι τόδε ἔ. Il.9.527

;

ἄκουε τοὔργον S.Tr. 1157

, cf. OT 847, Aj. 466 ; in bad sense, mischief, trouble, of disease,

αἰτίη τοῦ ἔ. Aret.SA1.9

; μέγα ἔ. a serious matter, Od.4.663, Th.3.3.

2 μέγα ἔ., like μέγα χρῆμα, χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ Τυδεΐδης, μέγα ἔ. a monstrous thing, Il.5.303, cf. 20.286 ; φυλόπιδος μέγα ἔ. a mighty call to arms, 16.208.

III [voice] Pass., that which is wrought or made, work, οἷ' ἐπιεικὲς ἔργ' ἔμεν ἀθανάτων, of the arms of Achilles, Il.19.22 ; ἔ. Ἡφαίστοιο metal-work, Od.4.617 ;

πέπλοι.., ἔργα γυναικῶν Il.6.289

, Od.7.97, cf. 10.223 ;

ὕφασμα, σῆς ἔ. χερός A.Ch. 231

;

κολεόν..λώτινον ἔ. Theoc.24.45

; of a wall, Ar.Av. 1125 ; of a statue, X.Mem.3.10.7 : in pl., of siege-works,

ἔ. καὶ μηχαναί Plb.5.3.6

; of a machine, Apollod.Poliorc.157.4, al., Ath.Mech.15.2, al.; of public buildings, Mon.Anc.Gr.18.20; of an author's works, D.H.Comp.25 ;

τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς ἔργον Ἀριστοτέλους AP11.354.8

(Agath.).

2 result of work, profit or interest, ἔργον [ χρημάτων] interest or profit on money, Is.11.42, cf. D.27.10.

IV special phrases:

1 ἔργον ἐστί,

a c. gen. pers., it is his business, his proper work,

ἀνδρῶν τόδ' ἐστὶν ἔ. A.Ch. 673

;

ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἔ. ἀγαθοῦ πολίτου Pl.Grg. 517c

; of things, φραδέος νόου ἔργα τέτυκται it is a matter (which calls) for a wary mind, Il.24.354 ; function,

ἅπερ νεῶν ἄμεινον πλεουσῶν ἔργα ἐστίν Th.2.89

;

οὐ θερμότητος ἔργον ψύχειν Pl.R. 335d

; τοῦτο ἑκάστου ἔ. ὃ ἂν ἢ μόνον τι ἢ κάλλιστα τῶν ἄλλων ἀπεργάζηται ib. 353a ;

ἔργα τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου

functions,

Gal.16.518

: c. dat. pers.,

οἷς τοῦτο ἔ. ἦν X.Cyr.4.5.36

, cf. 6.3.27: with the possessive Pron., σὸν ἔ. [ἐστί] c. inf., A.Pr. 635 ;

ἐμὸν τόδ' ἔ. κρῖναι Id.Eu. 734

;

σὸν ἔ., θῦε θεοῖς Ar.Av. 862

;

ὑμέτερον ἐντεῦθεν ἔ. Id. Pax 426

: with Art.,

νῦν ἡμέτερον τὸ ἔ. Hdt.5.1

.

b c. gen. rei, there is need of..,

τί δῆτα τόξων ἔ.; E.Alc.39

;

πολλῆς φυλακῆς ἔ. [ἐστί] Pl.R. 537d

: esp. with neg.,

οὐδὲν..ὀδόντων ἔ. ἐστ' Ar. Pax 1310

;

οὐ δόλου νῦν ἔ. Id.Pl. 1158

, cf. E.Hipp. 911 : c. dat. pers.,

ἐπέδρης μὴ εἶναι ἔ. τῇ στρατιῇ Hdt.1.17

: with Art.,

οὐκ ἂν μακρῶν λόγων ἡμῖν τόδ' εἴη τοὔργον S.El. 1373

: with a part. added,

οὐδὲν ἦν ἔ. αὐτοῦ κατατείνοντος Plu.Publ.13

: also c. inf., οὐδὲν ἔ. ἑστάναι there is no use in standing still, Ar.Lys. 424, cf. Av. 1308 ;

οὐδὲν ἔ. ταῦτα θρηνεῖσθαι S. Aj. 852

, cf. 12.

c c. inf., it is hard work, difficult to do,

πολὺ ἔ. ἂν εἴη διεξελθεῖν X.Mem.4.6.1

;

πολὺ ἔ. ἦν τῷ νομοθέτῃ πάντα γράφειν Lys.10.7

;

ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰ ἐροῦμεν D.24.51

;

ἔ. εὑρεῖν πρόφασιν Men.76

; also

μέγα ἔ. ταῖς..ἐπιθυμίαις καλῶς χρῆσθαι Pl.Smp. 187e

;

χαλεπὸν ἔ. διαιρεῖν Ar.Ra. 1100

(lyr.): also in gen.,

πλείονος ἔ. ἐστὶ..μαθεῖν Pl. Euthphr. 14b

: rarely with a part.,

οὐδὲν ἔ. μαχομένῳ Philippid.15.3

; ἔ. [ἐστί] c. acc. et inf., it can scarcely happen that..,

ἔ. ἅμα πάντας ὀργισθῆναι καὶ ἁμαρτεῖν Arist.Pol. 1286a35

.

2 ἔργον παρασχεῖν τινί give one trouble, Ar.Nu. 523, cf. AP9.161 (Marc. Arg., punning on Hesiod's Ἔργα) ; ἔργον ἔχειν take trouble, c. part., X.Cyr.8.4.6 ; c. inf., Id.Mem.2.10.6.

3 ἔ. γίγνεσθαι τῆς νόσου to be its victim, Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ἄτολμοι ;

κτεινόμενος ὑμέτερον ἔ. εἰμί Plu.Eum. 17

;

τῆς ὑμετέρας γέγονεν ἔ. ὀλιγωρίας Luc.Dem.Enc.29

.

4 ἔ. ποιεῖσθαί τι to make a matter one's business, attend to it, Pl.Phdr. 232a, X.Hier.9.10 ; so

ἐν ἔργῳ τίθεσθαι Ael.VH4.15

.

V = ἐργασία III,

τὸ ἔ. βαφέων CIG3498

([place name] Thyatira).