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  • 1 μέγας

    μέγᾰς, μεγάλη [pron. full] [ᾰ], me/ga?μέγαςX, gen. μεγάλου, ης, ου, dat. μεγάλῳ, ῃ, ῳ, acc. μέγᾰν, μεγάλην, μέγᾰ; dual μεγάλω, α, w; pl. μεγάλοι, μεγάλαι, μεγάλα, etc.: the stem μεγάλο- is never used in sg. nom. and acc. masc. and neut., and only once in voc. masc.,
    A

    ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ A.Th. 822

     (anap.).
    I big, of bodily size: freq. of stature,

    εἶδος.. μ. ἦν ὁράασθαι Od.18.4

    ;

    κεῖτο μ. μεγαλωστί Il.16.776

    ;

    ἠΰς τε μ. τε Od.9

    . 508; φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλόν ib. 513;

    καλή τε μεγάλη τε 15.418

    ;

    κάρτα μεγάλη καὶ εὐειδής Hdt.3.1

    ; φύσιν τίν' εἶχε φράζε; Answ.

    μέγας S.OT 742

    .
    b full-grown, of age as shown by stature,

    νῦν δ' ὅτε δὴ μ. εἰμί Od.2.314

    ;

    μήτε μέγαν μήτ' οὖν νεαρῶν τινα A.Ag. 358

     (anap.); later, elder of two persons of the same name, Wilcken Chr. 305 (iii B. C.);

    Σκιπίων ὁ μ. Plb.18.35.9

    .
    c of animals, μ. ἵπποι, βοῦς, σῦς, Il.2.839, 18.559, Od.19.439;

    αἰετός Pi.I.6(5).50

    .
    2 generally, vast, high, οὐρανός, ὄρος, πύργος, Il.1.497, 16.297, 6.386; wide, πέλαγος, λαῖτμα θαλάσσης, Od.3.179, 5.174; long, ἠϊών, αἰγιαλός, Il.12.31,2.210: sts. opp.

    ὀλίγος, κῦμα οὔτε μέγ' οὔτ' ὀ. Od.10.94

    ; but usu. opp. μικρός or

    σμικρός, πρὸς ἑαυτὸ ἕκαστον καὶ μ. καὶ σμικρόν Anaxag. 3

    ;

    τὸ ἄπειρον ἐκ μεγάλου καὶ μικροῦ Arist.Metaph. 987b26

    , etc.
    II of quality or degree, great, mighty, freq. epith. of gods,

    ὁ μ. Ζεύς A. Supp. 1052

     (lyr.), etc.; μεγάλα θεά, of Demeter and Persephone, S. OC 683 (lyr.); θεοὶ μεγάλοι, of the Cabiri, IG12(8).71 ([place name] Imbros), etc.; Μήτηρ μ., of Cybele, SIG1014.83 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), 1138.3 (Delos, ii B. C.);

    Μήτηρ θεῶν μ. OGI540.6

     ([place name] Pessinus), etc.;

    Ἴσιδος μ. μητρὸς θεῶν PStrassb.81.14

     (ii B.C.);

    μ. ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων Act.Ap.19.28

    ; τίς θεὸς μ. ὡς ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν; LXX Ps.76(77).13;

    ὁ μ. θεός Ep.Tit.2.13

    ; of men,

    μ. ἠδὲ κραταιός Od.18.382

    ;

    ὀλίγος καὶ μ. Callin.1.17

    , etc.; μέγας ηὐξήθη rose to greatness, D.2.5; ἤρθη μ. ib.8; βασιλεὺς ὁ μ., i. e. the King of Persia, Hdt.1.188, etc. (θεῶν β. ὁ μ., of Zeus, Pi.O. 7.34);

    βασιλεὺς μ. A.Pers.24

     (anap.); as a title of special monarchs,

    Ἀρδιαῖος ὁ μ. Pl.R. 615c

    ;

    ὁ μ. Ἀλέξανδρος Ath.1.3d

    ;

    ὁ μ. ἐπικληθεὶς Ἀντίοχος Plb.4.2.7

    , etc.;

    μ. φίλος E.Med. 549

    ;

    πλούτῳ τε κἀνδρείᾳ μ. Id.Tr. 674

    ;

    ἐπὶ μέγα ἦλθεν ἰσχύος Th.2.97

    .
    2 strong, of the elements, etc., ἄνεμος, λαῖλαψ, Ζέφυρος, Od.19.200, 12.408, 14.458; of properties, passions, qualities, feelings, etc., of men, θάρσος, πένθος, ποθή, etc., 9.381, Il.1.254, 11.471, etc.;

    ἀρετή Od.24.193

    , Pi. O.8.5;

    θυμός Il.9.496

    , E.Or. 702;

    κλέος Il.6.446

    ;

    ἄχος 9.9

    ;

    πυρετός Ev.Luc.4.38

     (incorrect acc. to Gal.7.275); ἡ μ. νοῦσος epilepsy, Hp. Epid.6.6.5, cf. Gal.17(2).341.
    3 of sounds, great, loud, ἀλαλητός, ἰαχή, πάταγος, ὀρυμαγδός, Il.12.138, 15.384, 21.9, 256; θόρυβοι, κωκυτός, S.Aj. 142 (anap.), E.Med. 1176;

    οὐκ ἔστι ὅκως τι νεῖκος ἔσται ἢ μέγα ἢ σμικρόν Hdt.3.62

    ;

    μὴ φώνει μέγα S.Ph. 574

    .
    4 generally, great, mighty,

    ὅρκος Il.19.113

    ; ὄλβος, τιμά, Pi.O.1.56, P.4.148; μ. λόγος, μῦθος, a great story, rumour, A.Pr. 732, S.Aj. 226 (lyr.); ἐρώτημα a big, i. e. difficult, question, Pl.Euthd. 275d, Hp.Ma. 287b; weighty, important,

    τόδε μεῖζον Od.16.291

    ; μέγα ποιέεσθαί τι to esteem of great importance, Hdt.3.42, cf. 9.111;

    μέγα γενέσθαι εἴς τι X.HG7.5.6

    ;

    μ. ὑπάρχειν πρός τι Id.Mem.2.3.4

    ;

    μέγα διαφέρειν εἴς τι Pl.Lg. 78o

    c; οὐκ ἂν εἴη παρὰ μέγα τὸ δικολογεῖν not of great importance, Phld.Rh.2.85 S.; τὸ δὲ μέγιστον and what is most important, Th.4.70, cf. 1.142; οἱ μέγιστοι καιροί the most pressing emergencies, D.20.44; μ. ὠνησάμενοι χρημάτων for large sums, Plb. 4.50.3, etc.
    5 with a bad sense, over-great, μέγα εἰπεῖν to speak big, and so provoke divine wrath, Od.22.288;

    λίην μέγα εἶπες 3.227

    , 16.243;

    μέγα ἔργον 3.261

    , Pi.N.10.64;

    ἔργων μ. A.Ag. 1546

     (anap.);

    ὠμὸν τὸ βούλευμα καὶ μ. Th.3.36

    ; ἔπος μ., μ. λόγοι, S.Aj. 423 (lyr.), Ant. 1350 (anap.); μ. γλῶσσα ib. 127 (anap.);

    μηδὲν μέγ' εἴπῃς Id.Aj. 386

    ;

    μὴ μέγα λέγε Pl.Phd. 95b

    ;

    μὴ μεγάλα λίαν λέγε Ar.Ra. 835

    ;

    μέγα φρονεῖν S.OT 1078

    , E.Hipp.6;

    μεγάλα φρονεῖν Ar.Ach. 988

    ; μεγάλα, μεῖζον ἢ δικαίως πνεῖν, E.Andr. 189, A.Ag. 376 (lyr.);

    μέγα τι παθεῖν X.An.5.8.17

    ;

    μὴ μέγα λέγων μεῖζον πάθῃς E. HF 1244

    .
    6 of style. impressive, Demetr.Eloc. 278; μεῖζον more striking, ib. 103.
    7 of days, long, Gal.12.714.
    B Adv. μεγάλως [ᾰ] greatly, mightily, Od.16.432, Hes.Th. 429, Hdt.1.16,30, al., X.Cyr.8.2.10, Parth.28.1, etc.; strengthd.,

    μάλα μ. Il.17.723

    ;

    δμαθέντες μ. A.Pers. 907

     (lyr.); with Adjs., Hdt. 1.4, 7.190.
    II more freq. neut. sg. μέγα as Adv., very much, exceedingly, μ. χαῖρε all hail!, v. l. for μάλα in Od.24.402; esp. with Verbs expressing strong feeling,

    μ. κεν κεχαροίατο Il.1.256

    ;

    μ. κήδεται 2.27

    , etc.: with Verbs expressing power, might,

    μ. πάντων.. κρατέει 1.78

    ;

    ὃς μ. πάντων.. ἤνασσε 10.32

    ;

    πατρὸς μ. δυναμένοιο Od.1.276

    , cf. Hom.Epigr.15.1, A.Eu. 950 (anap.), E.Hel. 1358 (lyr.), Ar.Ra. 141, Pl.R. 366a;

    μ. δύνασθαι παρά τινι Th.2.29

    ;

    πλουτέειν μ. Hdt.1.32

    ; or those expressing sound, loudly, μ. ἰάχειν, ἀῧσαι, βοῆσαι, εὔξασθαι, ἀμβῶσαι, Il.2.333, 14.147, 17.334, Od.17.239, Hdt.1.8 (also pl.,

    μεγάλ' εὔχετο Il.1.450

    ; μ. αὐδήσαντος, μ. ἤπυεν, Od.4.505, 9.399): strengthd.,

    μάλα μ. Il.15.321

    ;

    μ. δ' ἔβραχε φήγινος ἄξων 5.838

    , etc.: so in Trag. with all kinds of Verbs, μ. στένειν, σθένειν, χλίειν, A.Ag. 711 (lyr.), 938, Ch. 137: also in pl.,

    μεγάλα.. δυστυχεῖς Id.Eu. 791

     (lyr.).
    3 with Adjs., as μέγ' ἔξοχος, μέγα νήπιος, Il.2.480, 16.46; μ. νήπιε Orac. ap. Hdt.1.85;

    μ. πλούσιος Id.1.32

    , 7.190;

    ὦ μέγ' εὔδαιμον κόρη A.Pr. 647

    : with [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup., by far, μέγ' ἀμείνονες, ἄριστος, φέρτατος, Il.4.405, 2.82, 16.21.
    C degrees of Comparison (regul. μεγαλώτερος, -ώτατος late, EM780.1,2):
    1 [comp] Comp. μείζων, ον, gen. ονος, [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Att. (also Delph., SIG 246 H 260 (iv B. C.)); [dialect] Ion., Arc., [dialect] Dor., [dialect] Aeol. μέζων, ον, Heraclit. 25, Hp.Acut.44, Hdt.1.26, IG7.235.16 ([place name] Oropus), 5(2).3.18 ([place name] Tegea), Epich.62 (also early [dialect] Att., IG12.22.65, but [με] ίζων ib.6.93, by analogy of ὀλείζων ib.76,95); dat. pl.

    μεζόνεσσι Diotog.

     ap. Stob.4.7.62: written μέσδων in Sapph.Supp.7.6, Plu.Lyc.19: cf. [full] μέττον· μεῖζον, Hsch. (dub.); later

    μειζότερος 3 Ep.Jo.4

     (used as title, elder, POxy. 943.3 (vi A. D.), etc.);

    μειζονώτερος A.Fr. 434

    :—greater, longer, taller, Il.3.168, 9.202, etc.; freq. also, too great,

    γέρας Pl.Sph. 231a

    ; Μηνόφιλος μείζων M. the elder, Ostr.Bodl.vC 2 (ii A. D.); as title, μειζων κώμης headman of a village, POxy.1626.5 (iv A. D.), etc.: generally, the higher authority, PLond.2.214.22 (iii A. D.), POxy.1204.17 (pl., iii A. D.); οὔτε μεῖζον οὔτε ἔλαττον, a strong form of denial, nothing whatever, D.H.Comp.4;

    οὐδαμὰ προὔφηνεν οὔτε μείζον' οὔτ' ἐλάττονα S.Tr. 324

    . Adv.

    μειζόνως E.Hec. 1121

    , Th.1.130, X.Cyn.13.3, Isoc.9.21, etc.; [dialect] Ion.

    μεζόνως Hdt.3.128

    , Herod.4.80, etc.: neut. as Adv.,

    μεῖζον σθένειν S.Ph. 456

    , E.Supp. 216;

    μ. ἰσχύειν D.Ep.3.28

    ;

    ἐπὶ μ. ἔρχεται S.Ph. 259

    .
    2 [comp] Sup. μέγιστος, η, ον, Il.2.412, etc.: neut. as Adv.,

    μέγιστον ἴσχυσε S.Aj. 502

    ; δυνάμενος μ., c. gen., Hdt.7.5, 9.9: with another [comp] Sup.,

    μέγιστον ἐχθίστη E.Med. 1323

    : in pl.,

    χαῖρ' ὡς μέγιστα S.Ph. 462

    ;

    θάλλει μ. Id.OC 700

     (lyr.);

    τὰ μέγιστ' ἐτιμάθης Id.OT 1203

     (lyr.); ἐς μέγιστον ib. 521;

    ἐς τὰ μ. Hdt.8.111

    :—late [comp] Sup.

    μεγιστότατος PLond.1.130.49

     (i/ii A. D.). (Cf. Skt. majmán- 'greatness', Lat. magnus, Goth. mikils 'great'.)

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  • 2 πρῶτος

    πρῶτος, η, ον (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.).
    ① pert. to being first in a sequence, inclusive of time, set (number), or space, first of several, but also when only two persons or things are involved (=πρότερος; exx. in Hdb. on J 1:15; Rdm.2 71f; Thackeray 183; s. also Mlt. 79; 245; B-D-F §62; Rob. 516; 662; and s. Mt 21:31 v.l.).
    ⓐ of time first, earliest, earlier
    α. as adj. ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν Phil 1:5; cp. Ac 20:18 (on the absence of the art. [also Phil 1:5 v.l.] s. B-D-F §256; Rob. 793). ἡ πρώτη ἀπολογία 2 Ti 4:16 (MMeinertz, Worauf bezieht sich die πρώτη ἀπολογία 2 Ti 4:16?: Biblica 4, 1923, 390–94). ἡ πρ. διαθήκη Hb 9:15. τὰ πρῶτα ἔργα Rv 2:5. ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ πρώτη 20:5f. ἡ πρώτη ὅρασις Hv 3, 10, 3; 3, 11, 2; 4. ἡ ἐκκλησία ἡ πρ. 2 Cl 14:1.—Subst. τὰ πρ. … τὰ ἔσχατα (Job 8:7): γίνεται τὰ ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων Mt 12:45; cp. Lk 11:26; 2 Pt 2:20; Hv 1, 4, 2. οἱ πρῶτοι (those who came earlier, as Artem. 2, 9 p. 93, 19 those who appeared earlier) Mt 20:10; cp. vs. 8. ἀπέστειλεν ἄλλους δούλους πλείονας τῶν πρώτων 21:36. Cp. 27:64. πρῶτος ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν the first to rise from the dead Ac 26:23. ὁ πρῶτος the first one J 5:4; 1 Cor 14:30. On the self-designation of the Risen Lord ὁ πρ. καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος Rv 1:17; 2:8; 22:13; s. ἔσχατος 2b (πρ. of God: Is 44:6; 48:12).—As a predicate adj., where an adv. can be used in English (ParJer 1:8 εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ πρῶτος ἀνοίξω τὰς πύλας; B-D-F §243; Rob. 657), as the first one = first ἦλθεν πρῶτος he was the first one to come = he came first J 20:4; cp. vs. 8. πρῶτος Μωϋσῆς λέγει Ro 10:19. Ἀβραὰμ πρῶτος περιτομὴν δούς Abraham was the first to practice circumcision B 9:7. οἱ ἄγγελοι οἱ πρῶτοι κτισθέντες the angels who were created first Hv 3, 4, 1; Hs 5, 5, 3.—1 Ti 2:13; 1J 4:19; AcPlCor 2:9.—ἐν ἐμοὶ πρώτῳ in me as the first 1 Ti 1:16.—Used w. a gen. of comparison (Ocelus Luc. 3 ἐκεῖνο πρῶτον τοῦ παντός ἐστιν=prior to the All; Manetho 1, 329; Athen. 14, 28 p. 630c codd.) πρῶτός μου ἦν he was earlier than I = before me J 1:15, 30 (PGM 13, 543 σοῦ πρῶτός εἰμι.—Also Ep. 12 of Apollonius of Tyana: Philostrat. I p. 348, 30 τὸ τῇ τάξει δεύτερον οὐδέποτε τῇ φύσει πρῶτον). So perh. also ἐμὲ πρῶτον ὑμῶν μεμίσηκεν 15:18 (s. β below) and πάντων πρώτη ἐκτίσθη Hv 2, 4, 1.—As a rule the later element is of the same general nature as the one that precedes it. But it can also be someth. quite different, even its exact opposite: τὴν πρώτην πίστιν ἠθέτησαν 1 Ti 5:12. τὴν ἀγάπην σου τὴν πρώτην ἀφῆκες Rv 2:4.—Used elliptically ἡ πρώτη (i.e. ἡμέρα sim. Polyb. 5, 19, 1; 18, 27, 2 τῇ πρώτῃ) τῶν ἀζύμων Mt 26:17. πρώτῃ σαββάτου on the first day of the week Mk 16:9. In some of the passages mentioned above the idea of sequence could be predom.
    β. the neuter πρῶτον as adv., of time first, in the first place, before, earlier, to begin with (Peripl. Eryth. 4; Chariton 8, 2, 4; ApcEsdr 3:11; Just., D. 2, 4) πρῶτον πάντων first of all Hv 5:5a. ἐπίτρεψόν μοι πρῶτον ἀπελθεῖν καὶ θάψαι let me first go and bury Mt 8:21. συλλέξατε πρῶτον τὰ ζιζάνια gather the weeds first 13:30. Cp. 17:10, 11 v.l.; Mk 7:27; 9:11f; 13:10; Lk 9:59, 61; 12:1 ( first Jesus speaks to his disciples, and only then [vs. 15] to the people. If one prefers to take πρ. w. what follows, as is poss., it has mng. 2a); 14:28, 31; J 7:51; 18:13; Ac 26:20; Ro 15:24 al. in NT; B 15:7; Hv 3, 1, 8; 3, 6, 7; 3, 8, 11; 5:5b. τότε πρῶτον then for the first time Ac 11:26 D. πρῶτον … καὶ τότε first … and then (Sir 11:7; Jos., Ant. 13, 187) Mt 5:24; 7:5; 12:29; Mk 3:27; Lk 6:42; IEph 7:2. τότε is correlative w. πρῶτον without καί J 2:10 v.l. Likew. πρῶτον … εἶτα (εἶτεν) first … then (Just., D. 33, 2 al.; s. εἶτα 1) Mk 4:28; 1 Ti 3:10; B 6:17. πρῶτον … ἔπειτα (ἔπειτα 2) 1 Cor 15:46; 1 Th 4:16. πρῶτον … μετὰ ταῦτα Mk 16:9, s. vs. 12. πρῶτον … εἶτα … μετὰ ταῦτα 1 Cl 23:4; 2 Cl 11:3 (in both cases the same prophetic saying of unknown origin). πρῶτον … ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ Ac 7:12.—Pleonastically πρῶτον πρὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου Lk 11:38.—W. gen. (Chariton 5, 4, 9 cod. πρῶτον τ. λόγων=before it comes to words) ἐμὲ πρῶτον ὑμῶν μεμίσηκεν it hated me before ( it hated) you J 15:18 (but s. 1aα).—W. the art. τὸ πρῶτον (Hom. et al.; Jos., Ant. 8, 402; 14, 205) the first time J 10:40; 19:39; at first (Diod S 1, 85, 2; Jos., Ant. 2, 340) 12:16; 2 Cl 9:5. τὰ πρῶτα (Hom. et al.; Appian, Syr. 15 §64; Ps.-Phoc. 8) the first time, at first MPol 8:2.
    ⓑ of number or sequence (the area within which this sense is valid cannot be marked off w. certainty from the area 1aα)
    α. as adj. Mt 21:28; 22:25; Mk 12:20; Lk 14:18; 16:5; 19:16; 20:29; J 19:32; Ac 12:10; 13:33 v.l.; Rv 4:7; 8:7; 21:19; Hs 9, 1, 5. τὸ πρῶτον … τὸ δεύτερον (Alex. Aphr., An. p. 28, 9 Br.) Hb 10:9. On πρώτης τῆς μερίδος Μακεδονίας πόλις Ac 16:12 s. μερίς 1 and RAscough, NTS 44, ’98, 93–103.—Since πρῶτος can stand for πρότερος (s. 1 at beg.; also Mlt-Turner 32), it by no means follows from τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον Ac 1:1 that the writer of Luke and of Ac must have planned to write a third book (Zahn, NKZ 28, 1917, 373ff, Comm. 1919, 16ff holds that he planned to write a third volume; against this view s. EGoodspeed, Introd. to the NT ’37, 189; Haenchen, et al.—Athenaeus 15, 701c mentions the first of Clearchus’ two books on proverbs with the words ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ περὶ παροιμιῶν, but 10, 457c with ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ περὶ παροιμιῶν. Diod S 1, 42, 1 the first half of a two-part work is called ἡ πρώτη βίβλος and 3, 1, 1 mentions a division into πρώτη and δευτέρα βίβ. In 13, 103, 3 the designation for the first of two works varies between ἡ πρώτη σύνταξις and ἡ προτέρα ς. See Haenchen on Ac 1:1).—πρῶτος is also used without any thought that the series must continue: τὸν πρῶτον ἰχθύν the very first fish Mt 17:27. αὕτη ἀπογραφὴ πρώτη ἐγένετο Lk 2:2, likewise, does not look forward in the direction of additional censuses, but back to a time when there were none at all (Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 227 D. παράκλησις αὕτη [=challenge to a sea-fight] πρώτη ἐγένετο; for interpolation theory s. JWinandy, RB 104, ’97, 372–77; cp. BPearson, CBQ, ’99, 262--82).—τὰ τείχη τὰ πρῶτα Hs 8, 6, 6 does not contrast the ‘first walls’ w. other walls; rather it distinguishes the only walls in the picture (Hs 8, 7, 3; 8, 8, 3) as one edifice, from the tower as the other edifice.
    β. adv., the neuter πρῶτον of sequence in enumerations (not always clearly distinguished fr. sense 1aβ) first πρῶτον ἀποστόλους, δεύτερον προφήτας, τρίτον … 1 Cor 12:28 (Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 20 II, 10ff [II A.D.] τὸ πρ. … τὸ δεύτερον … τὸ τρίτον. Without the art. 480, 12ff [II A.D.]; Diod S 36, 7, 3; Tat. 40, 1). See Hb 7:2; Js 3:17.—Not infrequently Paul begins w. πρῶτον μέν without continuing the series, at least in form (B-D-F §447, 4; Rob. 1152. For πρ. without continuation s. Plat., Ep. 7, 337b, Plut., Mor. 87b; Jos., Ant. 1, 182; Ath. 27, 1 πρῶτα μέν) Ro 1:8; 3:2; 1 Cor 11:18. S. also 2 Cl 3:1.
    ⓒ of space outer, anterior σκηνὴ ἡ πρώτη the outer tent, i.e. the holy place Hb 9:2; cp. vss. 6, 8.
    ② pert. to prominence, first, foremost, most important, most prominent
    ⓐ adj.
    α. of things (Ocellus [II B.C.] 56 Harder [1926] πρώτη κ. μεγίστη φυλακή; Ael. Aristid. 23, 43 K.=42 p. 783 D.: πόλεις; Ezk 27:22; PsSol 17:43; χρυσίον τὸ πρῶτον τίμιον; JosAs 15:10) ἡ μεγάλη καὶ πρώτη ἐντολή Mt 22:38; cp. Mk 12:29. ἐντολὴ πρώτη πάντων vs. 28 (OLehmann, TU 73, ’59, 557–61 [rabb.]; CBurchard, ZNW 61, ’70, cites JosAs 15:10; 18:5). Without superl. force ἐντολὴ πρώτη ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ a commandment of great importance, with a promise attached Eph 6:2 (the usual transl. ‘first commandment w. a promise’ [NRSV, REB et al.] loses sight of the fact that Ex 20:4–6=Dt 5:8–10 has an implied promise of the same kind as the one in Ex 20:12=Dt 5:16. πρ. here is best taken in the same sense as in Mk 12:29 above). στολὴν τὴν πρώτην the special robe Lk 15:22 (JosAs 15:10).—ἐν πρώτοις among the first = most important things, i.e. as of first importance 1 Cor 15:3 (Pla., Pol. 522c ὸ̔ καὶ παντὶ ἐν πρώτοις ἀνάγκη μανθάνειν; Epict., Ench. 20; Mitt-Wilck I/2, 14 II, 9 ἐν πρώτοις ἐρωτῶ σε; Josh 9:2d).
    β. of persons (Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 35 πρ. καὶ μέγιστος θεός; TestAbr B 4 p. 108, 18 [Stone p. 64]; ApcSed 5:2; Jos., Ant. 15, 398; Just., A I, 60, 5 al. τὸν πρῶτον θεόν) ὸ̔ς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος whoever wishes to be the first among you Mt 20:27; Mk 10:44; cp. 9:35. πρῶτος Σίμων Mt 10:2 is not meant to indicate the position of Simon in the list, since no other numbers follow, but to single him out as the most prominent of the twelve. W. gen. ὧν (=τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν) πρῶτός εἰμι 1 Ti 1:15. Pl. (οἱ) πρῶτοι in contrast to (οἱ) ἔσχατοι Mt 19:30; 20:16; Mk 9:35; 10:31; Lk 13:30; Ox 654, 25f (cp. GTh 4; sim. Sallust. 9 p. 16, 21f τοῖς ἐσχάτοις … τοῖς πρώτοις; s. ἔσχατος 2).—αἱ πρώται prominent women (in the phrase γυναικῶν τε τῶν πρώτων οὐκ ὀλίγαι) Ac 17:4 (s. New Docs 1, 72). οἱ πρῶτοι the most prominent men, the leading men w. gen. of place (Jos., Ant. 7, 230 τῆς χώρας) οἱ πρ. τῆς Γαλιλαίας Mk 6:21; cp. Ac 13:50 (in phrasing sim. to πολλὰς μὲν γυναῖκας εὐγενεῖς καὶ τῶν πρώτων ἀνδρῶν ἤισχυναν=‘they dishonored many well-born women as well as men of high station’ Theopomp.: 115 Fgm. 121 Jac. p. 563, 33f), or of a group (Strabo 13, 2, 3 οἱ πρ. τῶν φίλων; Jos., Ant. 20, 180) οἱ πρ. τοῦ λαοῦ (Jos., Ant. 11, 141) Lk 19:47; cp. Ac 25:2; 28:17. On ὁ πρῶτος τῆς νήσου vs. 7 (πρῶτος Μελιταίων IGR I, 512=IG XIV, 601; cp. CB I/2, 642 no. 535 ὁ πρῶτος ἐν τῇ πόλει; p. 660 no. 616; SEG XLI, 1345, 14f; cp. CIL X, 7495, 1; s. Hemer, Acts 153, n. 152; Warnecke, Romfahrt 119ff) s. Πόπλιος.
    ⓑ adv. πρῶτον of degree in the first place, above all, especially (Jos., Ant. 10, 213) ζητεῖτε πρῶτον τὴν βασιλείαν Mt 6:33. Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι Ro 1:16; cp. 2:9f.—Ac 3:26; 2 Pt 1:20; 3:3. Of the Macedonian Christians ἑαυτοὺς ἔδωκαν πρῶτον τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν they gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and (then) to us 2 Cor 8:5. παρακαλῶ πρῶτον πάντων first of all I urge 1 Ti 2:1.—B. 939. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

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  • 3 μαρτύρομαι

    μαρτύρομαι aor. inf. μαρτύρασθαι 1 Macc 2:56 (Trag., Thu. et al.; pap, LXX, Did.)
    ① to affirm someth. with solemnity, testify, bear witness (Pla., Phileb. 47d; Jos., Bell. 3, 354; POxy 1120, 11; PAmh II, 141, 17; PStras I, 5, 14; 1 Macc 2:56 τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ) τινί to someone μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ to great and small Ac 26:22. τινί w. ὅτι foll. 20:26; Gal 5:3.
    ② to urge someth. as a matter of great importance, affirm, insist, implore (someone Polyb. 13, 8, 6; Jdth 7:28; Jos., Ant. 10, 104) w. λέγειν and acc. w. inf. foll. Eph 4:17. τινά foll. by εἰς and subst. inf. w. acc. παρακαλοῦντες ὑμᾶς καὶ παραμυθούμενοι καὶ μαρτυρόμενοι εἰς τὸ περιπατεῖν ὑμᾶς ἀξίως 1 Th 2:12.—DELG s.v. μάρτυς. M-M. TW.

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  • 4 οἰκουμένη

    οἰκουμένη, ης, ἡ (the pres. fem. part. pass. of οἰκέω; sc. γῆ. Hdt.+; loanw. in rabb.).
    ① the earth as inhabited area, exclusive of the heavens above and nether regions, the inhabited earth, the world (Ps 23:1 and often; Iren., Orig., Hippol., Did., Theoph. Ant.): πάσας τ. βασιλείας τ. οἰκουμένης Lk 4:5. Cp. 21:26; Ro 10:18 (Ps 18:5); Hb 1:6 (but s. FSchierse, Verheissung u. Heilsvollendung ’55: ‘heavenly realm’). ὅλη ἡ οἰκ. the whole inhabited earth (Diod S 12, 2, 1 καθʼ ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην; EpArist 37.—Diod S 3, 64, 6 and Jos., Bell. 7, 43 πᾶσα ἡ οἰκ.) Mt 24:14; Ac 11:28; Rv 3:10; 16:14; GJs 4:1. W. πᾶσα as qualifier AcPl Ha 9, 5. οἱ κατὰ τὴν οἰκ. ἄνθρωποι PtK 15:20. αἱ κατὰ τὴν οἰκ. ἐκκλησίαι the congregations throughout the world MPol 5:1; cp. 8:1; 19:2.
    ② the world as administrative unit, the Roman Empire (in the hyperbolic diction commonly used in ref. to emperors, the Rom. Emp. equalled the whole world [as e.g. Xerxes’ empire: Ael. Aristid. 54 p. 675 D., and of Cyrus: Jos., Ant. 11, 3]: OGI 666, 4; 668, 5 τῷ σωτῆρι κ. εὐεργέτῃ τῆς οἰκουμένης [Nero]; 669, 10; SIG 906 A, 3f τὸν πάσης οἰκουμένης δεσπότην [Julian]; cp. Artapanus: 726 Fgm. 3, 22 Jac., in Eus., PE 9, 27, 22: God as ὁ τῆς οἰκ. δεσπότης; POxy 1021, 5ff; Sb 176, 2.—Cp. 1 Esdr 2:2; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 16; Jos., Bell. 4, 656, Ant. 19, 193; Just., A I, 27, 2; Ath. 1, 1)
    ⓐ as such Ac 24:5 (as Jos., Ant. 12, 48 πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην Ἰουδαίοις, except that οἰκ. here is used in the sense of 1 above as surface area. Cp. PLond VI, 1912, 100).
    ⓑ its inhabitants 17:6.—GAalders, Het Romeinsche Imperium en het NT ’38.
    ③ all inhabitants of the earth, fig. extension of 1 (cp. γῆ): world, humankind Ac 17:31 (cp. Ps 9:9; Artapanus: 726 Fgm. 3:22 Jac., God as ὁ τῆς οἰκ. δεσπότης); 19:27. Of Satan: ὁ πλανῶν τὴν οἰκ. ὅλην who deceives all humankind Rv 12:9. The passage ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην (cp. κόσμον … πάντα LBW II, 1192, 6) Lk 2:1 belongs here also. For the evangelist considers it of great importance that the birth of the world’s savior coincided w. another event that also affected every person in the ‘world’. But it can also be said of Augustus that he ruled the οἰκ., because the word is used also in the sense of 2 above. For connection of the birth of a ruler with the fortunes of humanity s. IPriene 105, 4–11 on the significance of the birth of Caesar Augustus.
    ④ an extraordinary use: τὴν οἰκ. ἔκτισας 1 Cl 60:1, where οἰκ. seems to mean the whole world (so far as living beings inhabit it, therefore the realm of transcendent beings as well). S. Johnston s.v. κόσμος.—Also ἡ οἰκ. ἡ μέλλουσα Hb 2:5=ὁ μέλλων αἰών (6:5); JMeier, Biblica 66, ’85, 504–33; s. αἰών 2b.—JKaerst, Die antike Idee der Oekumene 1903; JVogt, Orbis terrarum 1929; MPaeslack, Theologia Viatorum II, ’50, 33–47.—GHusson, ΟΙΚΙΑ: Le vocabulaire de la maison privée en Égypte d’après les papyrus Grecs ’83; Pauly-W. XVII 2123–74; Kl. Pauly IV 254–56; B. 13.—DELG s.v. οἶκο C. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

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  • 5 Ἠλίας

    Ἠλίας, ου, ὁ (edd. also-είας, Ἡλείας, Ἡλίας; אֵלִיָּה or אֵלִיָּהוּ) Elijah (or, following the Gk., Elias) the Tishbite, a prophet (3 Km 17–20; 4 Km 1f; 2 Ch 21:12; Mal 3:22; Sir 48:1, 4, 12; ApcEl [PSI 7 verso, 4]; AscIs 2:14; SibOr 2, 247; Joseph., ApcEsdr, Just.), whose life and deeds were invested w. great importance by the compatriots of Jesus (Schürer II 515f; 604f; Billerb. IV 764–98) Mt 11:14; 16:14; 17:3f (PDabeck, Biblica 23, ’42, 175–89), 10ff; 27:47, 49; Mk 6:15; 8:28; 9:4f, 11ff; 15:35f; Lk 1:17; 4:25f; 9:8, 19, 30, 33, 54 v.l.; J 1:21, 25; Js 5:17; 1 Cl 17:1. ἐν Ἠλίᾳ in the story of Elijah Ro 11:2.—JRobinson, Elijah, John and Jesus: 12 NT Studies ’62, 28–52; GFohrer, Elia ’68.2—EDNT. TW.

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  • 6 μέγας

    μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα (Hom.+) comp. μείζων and beside it, because of the gradual disappearance of feeling for its comp. sense, μειζότερος 3J 4 (APF 3, 1906, 173; POxy 131, 25; BGU 368, 9; ApcSed 1:5 [cp. J 15:13]; s. B-D-F §61, 2; W-S. §11, 4; Mlt-H. 166; Gignac II 158). Superl. μέγιστος (2 Pt 1:4).
    ① pert. to exceeding a standard involving related objects, large, great
    ⓐ of any extension in space in all directions λίθος Mt 27:60; Mk 16:4. δένδρον Lk 13:19 v.l. (TestAbr B 3 p. 107, 6 [Stone p. 62]). κλάδοι Mk 4:32. Buildings 13:2. Fish J 21:11. A mountain (Tyrtaeus [VII B.C.], Fgm. 4, 8 D.2; Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 138; Theopomp. [IV B.C.]: 115 Fgm. 78 Jac.) Rv 8:8. A star vs. 10. A furnace 9:2 (ParJer 6:23). A dragon (Esth 1:1e; Bel 23 Theod.) 12:3, 9. ἀετός (Ezk 17:3; ParJer 7:18 [RHarris; om. Kraft-Purintun]) vs. 14. μάχαιρα a long sword 6:4. ἅλυσις a long chain 20:1. πέλαγος AcPl Ha 7, 23 (first hand).
    ⓑ with suggestion of spaciousness ἀνάγαιον a spacious room upstairs Mk 14:15; Lk 22:12. θύρα a wide door 1 Cor 16:9. A winepress Rv 14:19 (ληνός μ. ‘trough’ JosAs 2:20); χάσμα a broad chasm (2 Km 18:17) Lk 16:26. οἰκία (Jer 52:13) 2 Ti 2:20.
    ⓒ with words that include the idea of number ἀγέλη μ. a large herd Mk 5:11. δεῖπνον a great banquet, w. many invited guests (Da 5:1 Theod.; JosAs 3:6) Lk 14:16. Also δοχὴ μ. (Gen 21:8) Lk 5:29; GJs 6:2.
    ⓓ of age (Jos., Ant. 12, 207 μικρὸς ἢ μέγας=‘young or old’); to include all concerned μικροὶ καὶ μεγάλοι small and great (PGM 15, 18) Rv 11:18; 13:16; 19:5, 18; 20:12. μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ Ac 26:22. ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου (Gen 19:11; 4 Km 23:2; 2 Ch 34:30; POxy 1350) 8:10; Hb 8:11 (Jer 38:34). μέγας γενόμενος when he was grown up 11:24 (Ex 2:11). ὁ μείζων the older (O. Wilck II, 144, 3 [128 A.D.]; 213, 3; 1199, 2; LXX; cp. Polyb. 18, 18, 9 Σκιπίων ὁ μέγας; 32, 12, 1) Ro 9:12; 13:2 (both Gen 25:23).
    ② pert. to being above average in quantity, great πορισμός a great means of gain 1 Ti 6:6. μισθαποδοσία rich reward Hb 10:35.
    ③ pert. to being above standard in intensity, great δύναμις Ac 4:33; 19:8 D. Esp. of sound: loud φωνή Mk 15:37; Lk 17:15; Rv 1:10; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ (LXX; TestAbr A 5 p. 82, 20f [Stone p. 12]; ParJer 2:2; ApcMos 5:21) Mt 27:46, 50; Mk 1:26; 5:7; 15:34; Lk 4:33; 8:28; 19:37; 23:23 (Φωναῖς μεγάλαις), 46; J 11:43; Ac 7:57, 60; 8:7; Rv 5:12; 6:10 al.; μεγ. φωνῇ (ParJer 5:32); Ac 14:10; 16:28; μεγ. τῇ φωνῇ (ParJer 9:8; Jos., Bell. 6, 188) 14:10 v.l.; 26:24; ἐν φωνῇ μ. Rv 5:2. μετὰ σάλπιγγος μεγάλης with a loud trumpet call Mt 24:31. κραυγή (Ex 11:6; 12:30) Lk 1:42; Ac 23:9; cp. μεῖζον κράζειν cry out all the more Mt 20:31. κοπετός (Gen 50:10) Ac 8:2.—Of natural phenomena: ἄνεμος μ. a strong wind J 6:18; Rv 6:13. λαῖλαψ μ. (Jer 32:32) Mk 4:37. βροντή (Sir 40:13) Rv 14:2. χάλαζα Rv 11:19; 16:21a. χάλαζα λίαν μ. σφόδρα AcPl Ha 5, 7. σεισμὸς μ. (Jer 10:22; Ezk 3:12; 38:19; Jos., Ant. 9, 225) Mt 8:24; 28:2; Lk 21:11a; Ac 16:26. γαλήνη μ. a deep calm Mt 8:26; Mk 4:39; φῶς μ. a bright light (JosAs 6:3; ParJer 9:18 [16]; Plut., Mor. 567f: a divine voice sounds forth from this light; Petosiris, Fgm. 7, ln. 39 τὸ ἱερὸν ἄστρον μέγα ποιοῦν φῶς) Mt 4:16a; GJs 19:2 (Is 9:1). καῦμα μ. intense heat Rv 16:9 (JosAs 3:3).—Of surprising or unpleasant events or phenomena of the most diverse kinds (ἀπώλεια Dt 7:23; θάνατος Ex 9:3; Jer 21:6; κακόν Philo, Agr. 47) σημεῖα (Dt 6:22; 29:2) Mt 24:24; Lk 21:11b; Ac 6:8. δυνάμεις 8:13. ἔργα μ. mighty deeds (cp. Judg 2:7) Rv 15:3. μείζω τούτων greater things than these J 1:50 (μείζονα v.l.); cp. 5:20; 14:12. διωγμὸς μ. a severe persecution Ac 8:1; θλῖψις μ. (a time of) great suffering (1 Macc 9:27) Mt 24:21; Ac 7:11; Rv 2:22; 7:14. πειρασμός AcPl Ha 8, 22. πληγή (Judg 15:8; 1 Km 4:10, 17 al.; TestReub 1:7; TestSim 8:4; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 134) 16:21b. θόρυβος GJs 21:1; AcPl Ha 1, 28f (restored, s. AcPlTh [Aa I 258, 6]) λιμὸς μ. (4 Km 6:25; 1 Macc 9:24) Lk 4:25; Ac 11:28; ἀνάγκη μ. Lk 21:23; πυρετὸς μ. a high fever (s. πυρετός) 4:38.—Of emotions: χαρά great joy (Jon 4:6; JosAs 3:4; 4:2 al.; Jos., Ant. 12, 91) Mt 2:10; 28:8; Lk 2:10; 24:52. φόβος great fear (X., Cyr. 4, 2, 10; Menand., Fgm. 388 Kö.; Jon 1:10, 16; 1 Macc 10:8; TestAbr B 13 p. 117, 18 [Stone p. 82]; JosAs 6:1; GrBar 7:5) Mk 4:41; Lk 2:9; 8:37; Ac 5:5, 11; AcPl Ha 3, 33. θυμὸς μ. fierce anger (1 Macc 7:35) Rv 12:12. μείζων ἀγάπη greater love J 15:13. λύπη profound (Jon 4:1; 1 Macc 6:4, 9, 13; TestJob 7:8) Ro 9:2. σκυθρωπία AcPl Ha 7, 36. πίστις firm Mt 15:28. ἔκστασις (cp. Gen 27:33; ParJer 5:8, 12) Mk 5:42.
    ④ pert. to being relatively superior in importance, great
    ⓐ of rational entities: of God and other deities θεός (SIG 985, 34 θεοὶ μεγάλοι [LBlock, Megaloi Theoi: Roscher II 2523–28, 2536–40; SCole, Theoi Megaloi, The Cult of the Great Gods at Samothrace ’84]; 1237, 5 ὀργὴ μεγάλη τ. μεγάλου Διός; OGI 50, 7; 168, 6; 716, 1; PStras 81, 14 [115 B.C.] Ἴσιδος μεγάλης μητρὸς θεῶν; POxy 886, 1; PTebt 409, 11; 22 ὁ θεὸς μ. Σάραπις, al.; PGM 4, 155; 482; 778 and oft.; 3052 μέγ. θεὸς Σαβαώθ; 5, 474; Dt 10:17 al. in LXX; En 103:4; 104:1; Philo, Cher. 29 al.; Jos., Ant. 8, 319; SibOr 3, 19; 71 al.—Thieme 36f) Tit 2:13 (Christ is meant). Ἄρτεμις (q.v.) Ac 19:27f, 34f (cp. Ael. Aristid. 48, 21 K.=24 p. 471 D. the outcry: μέγας ὁ Ἀσκληπιός); s. New Docs 1, 106 on this epithet in ref. to deities. Simon the magician is called ἡ δύναμις τ. θεοῦ ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη Ac 8:10b (s. δύναμις 5). The angel Michael Hs 8, 3, 3; cp. 8, 4, 1.—Of people who stand in relation to the Divinity or are otherw. in high position: ἀρχιερεύς (s. ἀρχιερεύς 2a and ἱερεύς aβ.—ἀρχ. μέγ. is also the appellation of the priest-prince of Olba [s. PECS 641f] in Cilicia: MAMA III ’31 p. 67, ins 63; 64 [I B.C.]) Hb 4:14. προφήτης (Sir 48:22) Lk 7:16. ποιμήν Hb 13:20. Gener. of rulers: οἱ μεγάλοι the great ones, those in high position Mt 20:25; Mk 10:42. Of people prominent for any reason Mt 5:19; 20:26; Mk 10:43; Lk 1:15, 32; Ac 5:36 D; 8:9 (MSmith, HWolfson Festschr., ’65, 741: μ. here and Lk 1:32 may imply a messianic claim).—μέγας in the superl. sense (2 Km 7:9.—The positive also stands for the superl., e.g. Sallust. 4 p. 6, 14, where Paris calls Aphrodite καλή=the most beautiful. Diod S 17, 70, 1 πολεμία τῶν πόλεων=the most hostile [or especially hostile] among the cities) Lk 9:48 (opp. ὁ μικρότερος).—Comp. μείζων greater of God (Ael. Aristid. 27, 3 K.=16 p. 382 D.; PGM 13, 689 ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε, τὸν πάντων μείζονα) J 14:28; Hb 6:13; 1J 3:20; 4:4. More prominent or outstanding because of certain advantages Mt 11:11; Lk 7:28; 22:26f; J 4:12; 8:53; 13:16ab; 1 Cor 14:5. More closely defined: ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζων greater in power and might 2 Pt 2:11. μεῖζον τοῦ ἱεροῦ someth. greater than the temple Mt 12:6. μείζων with superl. mng. (Ps.-Apollod., Epit. 7, 8 Wagner: Ὀδυσσεὺς τρεῖς κριοὺς ὁμοῦ συνδέων … καὶ αὐτὸς τῷ μείζονι ὑποδύς; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 87 §366 ἐν παρασκευῇ μείζονι= in the greatest preparation; Vett. Val. 62, 24; TestJob 3:1 ἐν μείζονι φωτί) Mt 18:1, 4; 23:11; Mk 9:34; Lk 9:46; 22:24, 26.
    ⓑ of things: great, sublime, important μυστήριον (GrBar 1:6; 2:6; ApcMos 34; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 100 al.; Just., A I, 27, 4) Eph 5:32; 1 Ti 3:16. Of the sabbath day that begins a festival period J 19:31; MPol 8:1b. Esp. of the day of the divine judgment (LXX; En 22:4; ApcEsdr 3:3 p. 27, 7 Tdf.; Just., D. 49, 2 al.; cp. TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 11 [Stone p. 32]) Ac 2:20 (Jo 3:4); Jd 6; Rv 6:17; 16:14. Of Paul’s superb instructional ability μ̣ε̣γάλῃ καθ̣[ηγήσει] AcPl Ha 6, 30f.—μέγας in the superl. sense (Plut., Mor. 35a w. πρῶτος; Himerius, Or. 14 [Ecl. 15], 3 μέγας=greatest, really great; B-D-F §245, 2; s. Rob. 669) ἐντολή Mt 22:36, 38. ἡμέρα ἡ μ. τῆς ἑορτῆς the great day of the festival J 7:37 (cp. Lucian, Pseudolog. 8 ἡ μεγάλη νουμηνία [at the beginning of the year]); Mel., P. 79, 579; 92, 694 ἐν τῇ μ. ἐορτῇ; GJs 1:2; 2:2 (s. deStrycker on 1:2). Of Mary’s day of parturition ὡς μεγάλη ἡ σήμερον ἡμέρα what a great day this is GJs 19:2. μείζων as comp. (Chion, Ep. 16, 8 philosophy as νόμος μείζων=higher law; Sir 10:24) J 5:36; 1J 5:9. μ. ἁμαρτία J 19:11 (cp. schol. on Pla. 189d ἁμαρτήματα μεγάλα; Ex 32:30f). τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ μείζονα the more important spiritual gifts (in the sense Paul gave the word) 1 Cor 12:31. As a superl. (Epict. 3, 24, 93; Stephan. Byz. s.v. Ὕβλαι: the largest of three cities is ἡ μείζων [followed by ἡ ἐλάττων, and finally ἡ μικρά=the smallest]. The comparative also performs the function of the superlative, e.g. Diod S 20, 22, 2, where πρεσβύτερος is the oldest of 3 men) Mt 13:32; 1 Cor 13:13 (by means of the superl. μ. Paul singles out from the triad the one quality that interests him most in this connection, just as Ael. Aristid. 45, 16 K. by means of αὐτός at the end of the θεοί singles out Sarapis, the only one that affects him).—The superl. μέγιστος, at times used by contemporary authors, occurs only once in the NT, where it is used in the elative sense very great, extraordinary (Diod S 2, 32, 1) ἐπαγγέλματα 2 Pt 1:4.—On the adv. usage Ac 26:29 s. ὀλίγος 2bβ.—Neut. pl. μεγάλα ποιεῖν τινι do great things for someone Lk 1:49 (cp. Dt 10:21). λαλεῖν μεγάλα καὶ βλασφημίας utter proud words and blasphemies Rv 13:5 (Da 7:8; cp. En 101:3). ἐποίει μεγ̣[ά]λα καὶ [θα]υ̣[μά]σ̣ι̣α̣ (Just., A I, 62, 4) (Christ) proceeded to perform great and marvelous deeds AcPl Ha 8, 33/BMM verso 6.
    ⑤ pert. to being unusual, surprising, neut. μέγα εἰ … θερίσομεν; is it an extraordinary thing (i.e. are we expecting too much = our colloquial ‘is it a big deal’) if we wish to reap? 1 Cor 9:11. οὐ μέγα οὖν, εἰ it is not surprising, then, if 2 Cor 11:15 (on this constr. cp. Pla., Menex. 235d; Plut., Mor. 215f; Gen 45:28; s. AFridrichsen, ConNeot 2, ’36, 46).—B. 878f; 1309. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

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  • 7 πηλίκος

    πηλίκος, η, ον (Pla. et al.; LXX; EpArist 52; Jos., Ant. 13, 1) correlative pron. ‘how large?’ but in our lit., in both places where it occurs, in an exclamation (for the older ἡλίκος [Pla. et al]; s. B-D-F §304; Rob. 741).
    ① pert. to large size, how large ἴδετε πηλίκοις ὑμῖν γράμμασιν ἔγραψα see with what large letters I am writing to you Gal 6:11 (Dssm., B 264 [BS 358]. Against him KClarke, ET 24, 1913, 285 and JClemens, ibid. 380; s. the comm.—CStarcke, D. Rhetorik des Ap. Pls im Gal u. die ‘πηλίκα γράμματα’: Progr. Stargard i. P. 1911).
    ② pert. to extraordinary importance, how great, fig. ext. of 1: of Melchizedek θεωρεῖτε πηλίκος οὗτος consider how great this man must have been Hb 7:4. πηλίκα μεγαλεῖα ἐδόθη αὐτῷ what great deeds (God) did (in behalf of Paul) AcPl Ha 6, 12.—DELG. M-M.

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  • 8 ὄγκος

    ὄγκος (A), ὁ,
    A barb of an arrow, in pl., the barbed points,

    νεῦρόν τε καὶ ὄγκους Il.4.151

    , cf. 214 ;

    ὄγκοι τοῦ βέλους Philostr.Im.2.23

     : sg., Onos.19.3.
    2

    οἱ τῆς νεὼς ὄ.

     brackets,

    Moschio

     ap.Ath.5.208b.
    ------------------------------------
    ὄγκος (B), ὁ,
    A bulk, size, mass of a body,

    μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄ. Emp. 20.1

     ;

    ἀέρος ὄ. Id.100.13

     ;

    σφαίρης ἐναλίγκιον ὄγκῳ Parm.8.43

     : freq. in Pl.,

    μήτε ὄγκῳ μήτε ἀριθμῷ Tht. 155a

     ; τὸν.. ὄ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ their total number, Lg. 737c ; τὸν τῶν σαρκῶν ὄ. ib. 959c ; σμικρᾶς πόλεως ὄ. a city of small size, Plt. 259b ;

    ἔχθρας ὄ. μέγαν Lg. 843b

     ; θαυμαστὸν ὄ. ἀράμενοι τοῦ μύθου taking on my shoulders a monstrous great story, Plt. 277b, etc.: freq. also in Arist., the space filled by a body, opp. τὸ κενόν, Ph. 203b28, al. ;

    ἴσος τὸν ὄ.

     in bulk, GC

    326b20

     ;

    ὄγκῳ μικρόν EN 1178a1

    , etc.
    b flatulent distentions, Diocl.Fr.43 (pl.).
    2 bulk, mass, body, ὄ. φρυγάνων a heap of faggots, Hdt. 4.62 ; ὄ. μαλθακός mass or roll of something soft, Hp.Art.26 ; σμικρὸς ὄ. ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει, of a dead man's ashes, S.El. 1142 ; γαστρὸς ὄ., of a child in the womb, E. Ion15 ;

    ὄ. πλήρης φλεβίων Arist.HA 515b1

     : pl.,

    ὄγκοι

     bodies, material substances,

    Id.Metaph. 1085a12

    , 1089b14 ; also ὁ ὄ. τῆς φωνῆς the volume of the note, Id.Aud. 804a15.
    3 a bushy top-knot, Poll.4.133.
    4 the human body,

    τῆς χολῆς ἀναχεομένης εἰς τὸν ὄ. Ruf.Anat.30

    , cf. Sor.1.26, Plu.2.653f, Gal.1.272.
    II metaph., bulk, weight, trouble,

    βραχεῖ σὺν ὄ. S.OC 1341

    .
    2 weight, dignity, pride, and in bad sense, self-importance, pretension, ὄ. ὀνόματος μητρῷος pride in the name of mother, Id.Tr. 817 ; ὄγκον αἴρειν exalt one's dignity, Id.Aj. 129 ;

    βραχὺν.. μῦθον οὐκ ὄγκου πλέων

     of pretension,

    Id.OC 1162

     ;

    μείζον' ὄ. δορὸς ἤ φρενῶν E. Tr. 1158

     ;

    ἔχει τιν' ὄ. Ἄργος Ἑλλήνων πάρα Id.Ph. 717

     ;

    ἐς ὄ. βλέπειν τύχης Id.Fr.81

     ;

    τοῖς ζῶσι δ' ὄγκος Id.Rh. 760

     ;

    ὁ τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄ. Isoc.1.30

     ;

    τῷ.. γένους ὄγκῳ Pl.Alc.1.121b

     ;

    πραγμάτων ὄ. Epicur. Fr. 548

     ;

    τῆς ἀρχῆς τὸ μέγεθος καὶ ὁ ὄ. Plu.Fab.4

     ;

    ὄγκον περιθεῖναί τινι Id.Per.4

    , etc.
    3 of style, loftiness, majesty,

    ὄ. τῆς λέξεως Arist. Rh. 1407b26

     ;

    ὁ τοῦ ποιήματος ὄ. Id.Po. 1459b28

    , cf. Demetr.Eloc.36, al.: in bad sense, bombast,

    ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὄ. Plu.2.79b

    .
    III in Philos., particle, mass, body, Epicur.Ep.1p.16U., Nat.12G., Asclep. Bith. ap. S.E.M.9.363 ; so in the physiology of the Methodics, ὄγκοι καὶ πόροι, = molecules and pores, Id. ap. Gal.1.499.
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    ὄγκος (C), ον, as Adj. ;
    A v. ὀγκηρός fin.

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  • 9 προστάτης

    προστάτης, ου, ὁ (cp. προστάτις; Aeschyl., Hdt.+; Eupolis, CGFP 96, 63–66 [twice, both restored]; ins, pap, LXX; ApcSed 14, 1 p. 135, 34 Ja.; EpArist 111; Jos., Bell. 1, 385; Just., D. 92, 2. Prim.: of one who ‘stands out in front’ [προί̈στημι]) one who looks out for the interest of others, defender, guardian, benefactor, of deities; an important term in a society that attached a great deal of importance to benefaction and patronage (Soph., Oed. Rex 881, Trach. 208; Cornutus 27 p. 51, 15 πρ. κ. σωτήρ; Heraclit. Sto. 11 p. 18, 9; 38 p. 55, 11; Ael. Aristid. 28, 156 K.=49 p. 542 D.; 33, 2 K.=51 p. 572 D.: Ἀσκληπιὸς πρ. ἡμέτερος; schol. on Pind., Isthm. 1, 11c πρ. ὁ θεός; Jos., Ant. 7, 380) of Christ, in each case w. ἀρχιερεύς: 1 Cl 64; πρ. καὶ βοηθός 36:1; προστάτης τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν 61:3.—S. next entry. DELG s.v. ἴστημι. New Docs 4, 242–44. Sv.

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  • 10 ἀσθενής

    ἀσθενής, ές (Pind., Hdt.+; loanw. in rabb.) adj., of that which lacks strength: ‘weak, powerless’.
    ① pert. to suffering from a debilitating illness, sick, ill ἄνθρωπος ἀ. Ac 4:9. Subst. ὁ ἀ. the sick person (Diod S 1, 34, 4) Mt 25:43f; Lk 9:2; 10:9; Ac 5:15f; 1 Cl 59:4 (ἀσεβεῖς cod. H); Pol 6:1. W. ἄρρωστος 1 Cor 11:30 (on the connection betw. wrongdoing and disease cp. PMich Inv. 3690, 7–11 [ZPE 4, ’69, 123]).
    ② pert. to experiencing some incapacity or limitation, weak
    ⓐ of physical weakness. Opp. ἰσχυρός (cp. Ael. Aristid. 36 p. 690 D.; Philo, Aet. M. 58) 1 Cl 38:2; cp. Hv 3, 11, 4; ἡ σὰρξ ἀ. the flesh is weak, gives up too easily Mt 26:41; Mk 14:38; Pol 7:2. ἀ. τῇ σαρκί Hs 9, 1, 2. Of woman (PAmh 141, 16 [restored]; PFlor 58, 14 γυνὴ ἀσθενής; cp. POxy 2713, 8f; EpArist 250) ἀσθενέστερον σκεῦος weaker vessel, i.e. sex 1 Pt 3:7; ἀ. τῷ σώματι physically weak (cp. PFlor 382, 41; abs. Tat. 32, 3) 1 Cl 6:2. ἡ παρουσία τοῦ σώματος ἀ. his personal presence is weak i.e. unimpressive 2 Cor 10:10 (cp. Demosth. 18, 152, s. FDanker, in: Persuasive Artistry [GAKennedy Festschr.] ’91, 276). Acc. to many modern scholars, of spirit beings that can do nothing (w. πτωχός) τὰ ἀ. στοιχεῖα the weak elementary spirits Gal 4:9 (s. στοιχεῖον 2). In imagery of the Christian community: comp., of inferior stones too weak, i.e. incapable of standing great strain Hs 9, 8, 4; 6.
    ⓑ of relative ineffectiveness, whether external or inward weak, feeble, ineffectual ἡμεῖς ἀ. 1 Cor 4:10; τὰ μέλη ἀσθενέστερα the weaker, less important members 12:22. W. φθαρτός the heart viewed as a shrine B 16:7.—τὸ ἀσθενές = ἡ ἀσθένεια (Thu. 2, 61, 2; POxy 71 II, 4 τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἀ.; Jos., Ant. 13, 430) w. τὸ ἀνωφελές Hb 7:18; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ the weakness of God: even what is weak acc. to human standards becomes effective as soon as it comes fr. God 1 Cor 1:25.—τὰ ἀ. τοῦ κόσμου what is weak in (the eyes of) the world 1:27.
    ⓒ of the inner life. ὄντων ἡμῶν ἀ. (=ἁμαρτωλῶν vs. 8) helpless in a moral sense Ro 5:6. Of a weakness in faith, which, through lack of advanced knowledge, considers externals of the greatest importance (cp. Epict. 1, 8, 8 ἀπαιδεύτοις κ. ἀσθενέσι) 1 Cor 8:7, 9f (WMcGarry, Eccl. Rev. 94, ’37, 609–17). ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἀ. ἀ. to those who are weak in faith I became as they are 1 Cor 9:22; ἀντέχεσθαι τῶν ἀ. take care of the weak 1 Th 5:14.—Weak, without influence συγγένεια 1 Cl 10:2. οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι Dg 10:5 (but here ἀ. could have the mng. economically weak, poor, as pap, e.g. UPZ 17, 23; BGU 1815, 6; 1843, 14; 1863, 10; PHib 113, 17; PThéad 20, 15 τὰς ἀσθενεστέρας κώμας; s. ἀσθενέω 3).—ERiggenbach, StKr 66, 1893, 649–78; MRauer, D. ‘Schwachen’ in Korinth u. Rom nach den Pls-briefen 1923.—B. 298. New Docs 4, 132–34. DELG s.v. σθένος. M-M.

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