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1 ἐλάχιστος
ἐλάχιστος, ίστη, ον (ἐλαχύς ‘small, little’; since Hom. Hymns, Merc. 573 and Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX; Test12Patr; JosAs 1:13 codd. AHPal. 364 for χεῖρον; ApcMos 16; Just., Ath.) used as superl. of μικρός. From it a vernac. comp. ἐλαχιστότερος is formed (B-D-F §61, 2; W-S. §11, 4; Mlt. 236; M-M. s.v. ἐλαχιστότερος).① pert. to being the lowest in status, least. In our lit. only rarely as a true superl. (Jos., Bell. 6, 198) smallest, least (PTebt 24, 67 [117 B.C.]; Josh 6:26) ὁ ἐ. τῶν ἀποστόλων the least of the apostles 1 Cor 15:9. Otherwise elative (s. B-D-F §60, 2; Mlt. 236) in this mng. and the succeeding ones, οὐδαμῶς ἐ. εἶ ἐν τ. ἡγεμόσιν Ἰούδα you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah Mt 2:6. Of pers. unimportant (SIG 888, 58; PsSol 2:26; TestJos 17:8) Mt 5:19b; 25:40, 45 (WBrandt, D. geringsten Brüder: Jahrb. d. Theol. Schule Bethel 8, ’37, 1ff; on the disguised beggar theme cp. Od. 14, 55ff and s. Od. 17, 485–87 [Old Testament, cp. 3 Km 17:8ff]; s. DFlückiger-Guggenheim, Göttliche Gäste ’84 [Gk. Mythology]; ABurnett, ClPh 65, ’70, 124–25 [lit]); comp. w. same sense as the superlative ἐμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ to me, the very least Eph 3:8.② pert. to being relatively the smallest in a specific class or group, very small/short (TestJud 15:6; Jos., Bell. 6, 330 ἐ. μέρος) ἐ. πηδάλιον very small rudder Js 3:4; ἐ. κοκκάριον a very small grain Hm 11:20, cp. 21; of animals the smallest 1 Cl 20:10.—Neut. as adv. in this sense (Polyaenus 8, 7, 2) ἐ. βασανίζεσθαι be tortured (punished) a very short time Hs 6, 4, 2 (restored fr. Lat. texts)=for too short a time. W. ref. to number very few (Diod S 1, 71, 3 ἐλάχιστα ἀγνοήματα=fewest mistakes [in contrast to many failures of others]) Hs 8, 5, 4 people; 9, 8, 7 stones. τὸ ἐ. ἀψίνθιον very little wormwood Hm 5, 1, 5. ἐ. τῶν ῥάβδων a very small section (w. ref. to being partially verdant or dry) of the sticks Hs 8, 1, 14f; 8, 5, 5f; 8, 10, 1 and 3.③ pert. to being considered of very little importance, insignificant, trivial (also elative). Of commandments (relatively) insignificant Mt 5:19a (FDibelius, ZNW 11, 1910, 188–90; GDalman, Jesus 1929, 62–65 [tr. PLevertoff]). Of parts of the body 1 Cl 37:5. κριτήρια ἐ. trivial cases 1 Cor 6:2. ἐλάχιστον a very little thing Lk 12:26; (opp. τὸ πολύ) 16:10; 19:17; 2 Cl 8:5 (on ἐν ἐ. cp. Mitt-Wilck. II/2, 372 V, 23f). ἐμοὶ εἰς ἐ. ἐστιν 1 Cor 4:3 (s. εἰμί 2cβ). Adv. ἐλάχιστον ἐξαμαρτεῖν sin a little Hs 8, 10, 1.—DELG s.v. ἐλαχύς. M-M. EDNT. TW. -
2 ἀψίνθιον
ἀψίνθιον, ου, τό (Hippocr. et al.; X., An. 1, 5, 1; PSI 1180, 55; StudPal XX, 27, 9; PRyl IV ind.; Pr 5:4 Aq.; Jer 9:15; 23:15; so in rabb.) and ἄψινθος, ου, ἡ (Aretaeus [II A.D.], χρονίων νούσων θερ. 1, 13 Hude; on the art. s. Mussies 197) a plant of the genus ‘Artemisia’, proverbially bitter to the taste, yielding a dark green oil (the rendering wormwood derives from its association with medicinal use to kill intestinal worms) τὸ ἐλάχιστον ἀ. a very little bit of wormwood Hm 5, 1, 5. In imagery, water changed to wormw., i.e. the water became bitter as wormw. Rv 8:11b. As name of a star, and (prob. because of ὁ ἀστήρ) masc. ὁ Ἄψινθος ibid. a (s. Boll 41f).—DELG s.v. ἄψινθος.
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