very much

πολύς, πολλή, πολύ, gen. πολλοῦ, ῆς, οῦ (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., apolog.) ‘much’.—Comparative πλείων, πλεῖον (18 times in the NT, 4 times in the Apost. Fathers [including Hv 3, 6, 4; Hs 8, 1, 16] and Ath. 12, 3) or πλέον (Lk 3:13 and Ac 15:28 μηδὲν πλέον; otherwise, πλέον in the NT only J 21:15; 14 times in the Apost. Fathers [incl. μηδὲν πλέον Hs 1, 1, 6]; Ar. twice; Just. 6 times; Tat. once; Ath. 7 times), ονος; pl. πλείονες, and acc. πλείονας contracted πλείους, neut. πλείονα and πλείω (the latter Mt 26:53 [πλεῖον, πλείου vv.ll.]; B-D-F §30, 2; Mlt-H. 82; Thackeray p. 81f; Mayser p. 68f) ‘more’ (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr B 7 p. 111, 27=Stone p. 70 [πλείον]; TestJob 35:2; TestGad 7:2 [πλεῖον]; AscIs 3:8; [πλέον]; EpArist; apolog. exc. Mel.).—Superlative πλεῖστος, η, ον ‘most’ (Hom.+).

① pert. to being a large number, many, a great number of

ⓐ positive πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

α. adj., preceding or following a noun (or ptc. or adj. used as a noun) in the pl. many, numerous δυνάμεις πολλαί many mighty deeds Mt 7:22b. δαιμονιζόμενοι πολλοί 8:16. Cp. vs. 30; 9:10; 13:17; 24:11; 27:52, 55; Mk 2:15a; 6:13; 12:41; Lk 4:25, 27; 7:21b; 10:24; J 10:32; 14:2; Ac 1:3; 2:43; 8:7b; 14:22; Ro 4:17f (Gen 17:5); 8:29; 12:4; 1 Cor 8:5ab; 11:30; 12:12a, 20; 1 Ti 6:12; 2 Ti 2:2; Hb 2:10; 1J 4:1; 2J 7; Rv 5:11; 9:9; 10:11; 1 Cl 55:3ab. ἔτη πολλά many years: Lk 12:19b (εἰς ἔτη π.); Ac 24:10 (ἐκ π. ἐτῶν); Ro 15:23 (ἀπὸ π. [v.l. ἱκανῶν] ἐτῶν).—αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αἱ πολλαί Lk 7:47a. αἱ εὐεργεσίαι αἱ π. 1 Cl 21:1.—πολλὰ καὶ βαρέα αἰτιώματα many serious charges Ac 25:7 (cp. Ps.-Pla., Sisyph. 1, 387a πολλά τε καὶ καλὰ πράγματα; B-D-F §442, 11; Rob. 655). πολλὰ καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα J 20:30 (on the form X., Hell. 5, 4, 1 πολλὰ μὲν οὖν … καὶ ἄλλα λέγειν καὶ Ἑλληνικὰ καὶ βαρβαρικά; Dionys. Hal. 2, 67, 5; Ps.-Demetr. 142 πολλὰς κ. ἄλλας χάριτας; Jos., Ant. 3, 318; Tat. 38, 1. On the subject-matter Bultmann 540, 3; also Porphyr., Vi. Pyth. 28 after a miracle-story: μυρία δʼ ἕτερα θαυμαστότερα κ. θειότερα περὶ τἀνδρὸς … εἴρηται κτλ.).—ἄλλοι πολλοί many others IRo 10:1. ἄλλαι πολλαί Mk 15:41. ἄλλα πολλά (Jos., Bell. 6, 169, Ant. 9, 242; Just., D. 8, 1) J 21:25. ἕτεροι πολλοί Ac 15:35. ἕτερα πολλά (Jos., Vi. 39) Lk 22:65.—Predicative: πολλοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐισερχόμενοι Mt 7:13.—Mk 5:9; 6:31; Gal 4:27 (Is 54:1). AcPl Ha 5, 16.—οὐ πολλοί not many=( only) a few οὐ πολλαὶ ἡμέραι (Jos., Ant. 5, 328, Vi. 309) Lk 15:13; J 2:12; Ac 1:5; AcPl Ha 11, 1. οὐ πολλοὶ σοφοί not many wise (people) 1 Cor 1:26a; cp. bc. οὐ πολλοί πατέρες not many fathers 4:15.

β. subst.

א. πολλοί many i.e. persons—without the art. Mt 7:22; 8:11; 12:15; 20:28; 24:5ab; 26:28; Mk 2:2; 3:10 (Mt 12:15 has ascensive πάντας; other passages to be compared in this connection are Mk 10:45=Mt 20:28 πολλῶν and 1 Ti 2:6 πάντων. Cp. the double tradition of the saying of Bias in Clem. of Alex., Strom. 1, 61, 3 πάντες ἄνθρωποι κακοὶ ἢ οἱ πλεῖστοι τ. ἀνθρώπων κακοί.—On Mk 10:45 s. OCullmann, TZ 4, ’48, 471–73); 6:2; 11:8; Lk 1:1 (cp. Herm. Wr. 11, 1, 1b and see JBauer, NovT 4, ’60, 263–66), 14; J 2:23; 8:30; Ac 9:42; Ro 16:2; 2 Cor 11:18; Gal 3:16 (πολλοί= a plurality); Tit 1:10; Hb 12:15; 2 Pt 2:2. AcPl Ha 5, 8; 7, 5; 11, 3. Opp. ὀλίγοι Mt 22:14; 20:16 v.l. (cp. Pla., Phd. 69c ναρθηκοφόροι μὲν πολλοί, βάκχοι δέ τε παῦροι=the thyrsus-bearers [officials] are many, but the truly inspired are few)—W. a partitive gen. πολλοὶ τῶν Φαρισαίων Mt 3:7. π. πῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ Lk 1:16.—J 4:39; 12:11; Ac 4:4; 8:7a; 13:43; 18:8; 19:18; 2 Cor 12:21; Rv 8:11.—W. ἐκ and gen. (AscIs 3:1; Jos., Ant. 11, 151) πολλοὶ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν J 6:60, 66.—10:20; 11:19, 45; 12:42; Ac 17:12. ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου πολλοί J 7:31 (Appian, Iber. 78 §337 πολλοὶ ἐκ τοῦ πλήθους).

ב. πολλά—many things, much without the art.: γράφειν write at length B 4:9. διδάσκειν Mk 4:2; 6:34b. λαλεῖν Mt 13:3. μηχανᾶσθαι MPol 3. πάσχειν (Pind., O. 13, 63 al.; Jos., Ant. 13, 268; 403) Mt 16:21; Mk 5:26a; 9:12; Lk 9:22; 17:25; B 7:11; AcPl Ha 8, 19. ποιεῖν Mk 6:20 v.l. United w. another neut. by καί (Lucian, Icar. 20 πολλὰ κ. δεινά; Ael. Aristid. 46 p. 345 D.: πολλὰ κ. καλά; Ps.-Demetr., El. 70 πολλὰ κ. ἄλλα; likew. Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 13 §53; Arrian, Anab. 6, 11, 2) πολλὰ κ. ἕτερα many other things Lk 3:18. πολλὰ ἂν κ. ἄλλα εἰπεῖν ἔχοιμι Dg 2:10 (Eur., Ep. 3, 2, πολλὰ κ. ἕτερα εἰπεῖν ἔχω; Diod S 17, 38, 3 πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα … διαλεχθείς). ἐν πολλοῖς in many ways (Diod S 26, 1, 2; OGI 737, 7 [II B.C.]; Just., D. 124, 4 [of line of proof]) 2 Cor 8:22a. ἐπὶ πολλῶν (opp. ἐπὶ ὀλίγα) over many things Mt 25:21, 23.—W. art. (Pla., Apol. 1, 17a) τὰ πολλὰ πράσσειν transact a great deal of business Hs 4:5b.

γ. elliptical δαρήσεται πολλά (sc. πληγάς) will receive many (lashes) Lk 12:47 (B-D-F §154; 241, 6).

ⓑ comparative πλείων, πλεῖον

α. adj. w. a plural (Diod S 14, 6, 1 μισθοφόρους πλείους=many mercenaries) πλείονας πόνους (opp. οὐχ ἕνα οὐδὲ δύο) 1 Cl 5:4. ἐπὶ ἡμέρας πλείους for a (large) number of days, for many days (Jos., Ant. 4, 277; cp. Theophr. in Apollon. Paradox. 29 πλείονας ἡμ.) Ac 13:31.—21:10 (Jos., Ant. 16, 15); 24:17; 25:14; 27:20. οἱ μὲν πλείονές εἰσιν γεγονότες ἱερεῖς the priests of former times existed in greater numbers Hb 7:23. ἑτέροις λόγοις πλείοσιν in many more words (than have been reported) Ac 2:40. ταῦτα καὶ ἕτερα πλείονα MPol 12:1.—W. a gen. of comparison (Just., A I 53, 3; Tat. 3, 2) ἄλλους δούλους πλείονας τῶν πρώτων other slaves, more than (he had sent) at first Mt 21:36. πλείονα σημεῖα ὧν more signs than those which J 7:31. Also w. ἤ: πλείονας μαθητὰς ἤ more disciples than 4:1. After πλείονες (-α) before numerals the word for ‘than’ is omitted (B-D-F §185, 4; Kühner-G. II 311; Rob. 666; Jos., Ant. 14, 96) ἐτῶν ἦν πλειόνων τεσσεράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος the man was more than 40 years old Ac 4:22. πλείους τεσσεράκοντα 23:13, 21. Cp. 24:11; 25:6 (Jos., Ant. 6, 306 δέκα οὐ πλείους ἡμέρας).—The ref. is to relative extent (cp. 2bα) in τὰ ἔργα σου τὰ ἕσχατα πλείονα τῶν πρώτων your deeds, the latter of which are greater than the former Rv 2:19.

β. subst.

א. (οἱ) πλείονες, (οἱ) πλείους the majority, most (Diog. L. 1, 20; 22; Jos., Ant. 10, 114) Ac 19:32; 27:12. W. ἐξ: ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείονες most of whom 1 Cor 15:6. W. gen. and a neg. (litotes) οὐκ ἐν τ. πλείοσιν αὐτῶν ηὐδόκησεν ὁ θεός God was pleased with only a few of them 10:5. This is perh. (s. ג below) the place for 1 Cor 9:19; 2 Cor 2:6; 9:2. Phil 1:14; MPol 5:1.

ב. (οἱ) πλείονες, (οἱ) πλείους (even) more πλείονες in even greater numbers Ac 28:23. πολλῷ πλείους ἐπίστευσαν many more came to believe J 4:41.—διὰ τῶν πλειόνων to more and more people=those who are still to be won for Christ 2 Cor 4:15.

ג. (οἱ) πλείονες, (οἱ) πλείους. In contrast to a minority οἱ πλείονες can gain the sense the others, the rest (so τὰ πλείονα Soph., Oed. Col. 36; τὸ πλέον Thu. 4, 30, 4; Jos., Ant. 12, 240; B-D-F §244, 3). So perh. (s. א above) ἵνα τ. πλείονας κερδήσω (opp. the apostle himself) 1 Cor 9:19; 2 Cor 2:6 (opp. the one who has been punished too severely.—In this case [s. א above] his punishment would have been determined by a unanimous vote of the Christian assembly rather than by a majority). Cp. 9:2; Phil 1:14; MPol 5:1.

ד. πλείονα (for πλεῖον) more Mt 20:10 v.l.; various things Lk 11:53. ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς πλείονα 1 Cl 24:5 (s. as adv. ParJer 7:26).

ⓒ superl. adj. πλείστη w. a plural most of αἱ πλεῖσται δυνάμεις Mt 11:20 (difft. B-D-F §245, 1).

② pert. to being relatively large in quantity or measure, much, extensive

ⓐ positive πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

α. adj. preceding or following a noun (or ptc. or adj. used as a noun)

א. in the sg. much, large, great πολὺς ἀριθμός Ac 11:21. W. words that in themselves denote a plurality (Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 80 §338 στρατὸς πολύς) πολὺς ὄχλος (s. ὄχ. 1a) Mt 14:14; 20:29; 26:47; Mk 5:21, 24; 6:34a; 8:1; 9:14; 12:37 (ὁ π. ὄχ.); Lk 5:29; 6:17a; 8:4; J 6:2, 5 (for the expression ὁ ὄχλος πολύς, in which π. follows the noun, J 12:9, 12, cp. Arrian, Anab. 1, 9, 6 ὁ φόνος πολύς); Ac 6:7; Rv 7:9; 19:1, 6. πολὺ πλῆθος (s. pl. 2bα) Mk 3:7f; Lk 5:6; 6:17b; 23:27; Ac 14:1; 17:4; 1 Cl 6:1. λαὸς πολύς many people Ac 18:10. Of money and its value, also used in imagery μισθὸς πολύς Mt 5:12; Lk 6:23, 35 (all three predicative, as Gen 15:1). ἐργασία π. Ac 16:16. π. κεφάλαιον 22:28. χρυσοῦ πολλοῦ … τρυφῆς πολλῆς AcPl Ha 2, 19.—Of things that occur in the mass or in large quantities (Diod S 3, 50, 1 πολλὴ ἄμπελος) γῆ πολλή Mt 13:5; Mk 4:5; θερισμὸς π. Mt 9:37; Lk 10:2 (both pred.). χόρτος π. J 6:10; καρπὸς π. (Cyranides p. 121, 11) 12:24; 15:5, 8.—λόγος π. a long speech (Diod S 13, 1, 2; Just., D. 123, 7) Ac 15:32; 20:2. περὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος about this we have much to say Hb 5:11 (cp. Pla., Phd. 115d).—Of time: πολὺς χρόνος a long time (Hom. et al.; Demetr.(?): 722 Fgm. 7; Jos., Ant. 8, 342; 19, 28; Just., A II, 2, 11) J 5:6 (s. ἔχω 7b); Hs 6, 4, 4 (pred.). μετὰ πολὺν χρόνον (Jos., Ant. 12, 324) Mt 25:19. Differently Mk 6:35ab (s. 3aα).

ב. adj. w. a noun in the pl. many, large, great, extensive, plentiful ὄχλοι πολλοί great crowds or probably better many people (as Diod S 20, 59, 2; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 10, 3. For the corresponding mng. of ὄχλοι s. ὄχλος 1a) Mt 4:25; 8:1; 13:2; 15:30a; 19:2; Lk 5:15; 14:25. κτήματα πολλά a great deal of property Mt 19:22; Mk 10:22 (cp. Da 11:28 χρήματα π.). ὕδατα πολλά much water, many waters (Maximus Tyr. 21, 3g of the Nile ὁ πολὺς ποταμός, likew. Procop. Soph., Ep. 111) J 3:23; Rv 1:15; 14:2; 17:1; 19:6b. θυμιάματα πολλά a great deal of incense 8:3. τὰ πολλὰ γράμματα Ac 26:24. πολλοὶ χρόνοι long periods of time (Plut., Thes. 6, 9). πολλοῖς χρόνοις for long periods of time (SIG 836, 6; pap) Lk 8:29; 1 Cl 44:3. χρόνοις πολλοῖς AcPlCor 2:10. ἐκ πολλῶν χρόνων (Diod S 3, 47, 8; Jos., Ant. 14, 110; 17, 204) 1 Cl 42:5.

β. subst.

א. πολλοί many i.e. pers.—w. the art. οἱ πολλοί the many, of whatever appears in the context Mk 6:2 v.l. (the many people who were present in the synagogue); 9:26b (the whole crowd). Opp. ὁ εἷς Ro 5:15ac, 19ab; the many who form the ἓν σῶμα the one body 12:5; 1 Cor 10:17. Paul pays attention to the interests of the many rather than to his own vs. 33 (cp. Jos., Ant. 3, 212).—The majority, most (X., An. 5, 6, 19; Appian, Maced. 7, Bell. Civ. 4, 73 §309; 2 Macc 1:36; En 104:10; AscIs 3:26; Jos., Ant. 17, 72; Just., D. 4, 3) Mt 24:12; Hb 12:15 v.l. W. a connotation of disapproval most people, the crowd (Socrat., Ep. 6, 2; Dio Chrys. 15 [32], 8; Epict. 1, 3, 4; 2, 1, 22 al.; Plut., Mor. 33a; 470b; Plotinus, Enn. 2, 9, 9; Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 42) 2 Cor 2:17; Pol 2:1; 7:2.—Jeremias, The Eucharistic Words of Jesus³, tr. NPerrin, ’66, 179–82; 226–31, and TW VI 536–45: πολλοί.

ב. πολύ much ᾧ ἐδόθη πολύ, πολὺ ζητηθήσεται παρʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾧ παρέθεντο πολὺ κτλ. Lk 12:48 (Just., A I, 17, 4 twice πλέον). Cp. 16:10ab; 2 Cl 8:5; καρποφορεῖν π. bear much fruit Hs 2:3. πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον much in every way Ro 3:2 (Ael. Aristid. 34, 43 K.=50 p. 562 D. gives answer to a sim. quest. asked by himself: πολλὰ καὶ παντοῖα).—Js 5:16.—As gen. of price πολλοῦ for a large sum of money (Menand., Fgm. 197 Kö.; PRyl 244, 10. S. στρουθίον.) Mt 26:9.—Of time: ἐπὶ πολύ ( for) a long time (JosAs 19:3; Ar. 65, 3; s. also ἐπί 18cβ) Ac 28:6; AcPl Ha 10, 21. μετʼ οὐ πολύ soon afterward Ac 27:14 (μετά B 2c).—ἐπὶ πολύ more than once, often (Is 55:7) Hm 4, 1, 8.—Before a comp. (as Hom. et al.; B-D-F §246; Rob. 664) in the acc. πολὺ βέλτιον much better Hs 1:9. π. ἐλάττων v 3, 7, 6 (Ar. 6, 2). π. μᾶλλον much more, to a much greater degree (Dio Chrys. 2, 10; 17; 64 al.; Ael. Aristid. 34, 9 K.=50 p. 549 D.; Just., A II, 8, 3; D. 95, 1 al.) Hb 12:9, 25 (by means of a negative it acquires the mng. much less; cp. Diod S 7, 14, 6 πολὺ μᾶλλον μὴ … =even much less); Dg 2:7b. π. πλέον 2:7a (Ar. 11, 7). π. σπουδαιότερος 2 Cor 8:22b. Cp. π. τιμώτερον 1 Pt 1:7 v.l.; in the dat. of degree of difference πολλῷ μᾶλλον (Thu. 2, 51, 4; UPZ 42, 48 [162 B.C.]; EpArist 7; 24 al.; Sir prol. ln. 14; Jos., Ant. 18, 184; Just., A I, 68, 9; Tat. 17, 4) Mt 6:30; Mk 10:48b; Lk 18:39; Ro 5:9f, 15b, 17; 1 Cor 12:22; 2 Cor 3:9, 11; Phil 2:12. πολλῷ μᾶλλον κρείσσον 1:23 (v.l. without μᾶλλον). πολλῷ πλείους J 4:41. πολλῷ στρουθίων as v.l. Mt 20:31 and Lk 12:7 (both N.²⁵ app.; on the strong ms. support for this rdg. s. RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 21–24).—W. the art. τὸ πολύ (opp. τὸ ὀλίγον as X., An. 7, 7, 36) 2 Cor 8:15 (cp. Ex 16:18).

ג. πολύς (Diod S 14, 107, 4 πολὺς ἦν ἐπὶ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ=he was strongly inclined toward punishing) μὴ πολὺς ἐν ῥήμασιν γίνου do not be profuse in speech, do not gossip 1 Cl 30:5 (Job 11:3).—Παπίας ὁ πολύς Papias (7), prob. to be understood as ὁ πάνυ; s. πάνυ d.

ⓑ comp. πλείων, πλεῖον; adv. πλειόνως

α. adj., w. a singular (TestJob 35:2 διὰ πλείονος εὐωδίας) καρπὸν πλείονα more fruit J 15:2, 8 P⁶⁶; Hs 5, 2, 4. τὸ πλεῖον μέρος τοῦ ὄχλου the greater part of the throng 8, 1, 16. ἐπὶ πλείονα χρόνον for a longer time (PTebt 6:31 [II B.C.]) Ac 18:20. Foll. by gen. of comparison: πλείονα τιμήν more honor Hb 3:3b.—IPol 1:3a. Foll. by παρά τινα for comparison Hb 3:3a; 11:4; Hs 9, 18, 2. ὅσῳ πλείονος κατηξιώθημεν γνώσεως, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον 1 Cl 41:4.—τὸ πλεῖον μέρος as adv. acc. for the greater part Hv 3, 6, 4a.

β. as subst. πλεῖον, πλέον more τὸ πλεῖον the greater sum (cp. Diod S 1, 82, 2=the greater part; Ps 89:10) Lk 7:43. πλεῖον λαμβάνειν receive a larger sum Mt 20:10. W. partitive gen. ἐπὶ πλεῖον προκόψουσιν ἀσεβείας they will arrive at an ever greater measure of impiety=become more and more deeply involved in impiety 2 Ti 2:16. W. a gen. of comparison πλεῖον τῆς τροφῆς someth. greater (more important) than food Mt 6:25; Lk 12:23. πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ Mt 12:41; cp. vs. 42; Lk 11:31, 32. ἡ χήρα πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν the widow put in more than all the rest Mk 12:43; Lk 21:3. μηδὲν πλέον nothing more (Jos., Bell. 1, 43; cp. Just., D. 2, 3 οὐδὲν πλέον); the words than, except following are expressed by παρά and the acc. Lk 3:13 or by πλήν w. gen. Ac 15:28, w. εἰ μή Hs 1:6.—The acc. is used as an adv. more, in greater measure, to a greater degree (Herm. Wr. 13, 21 Nock after the mss.) Lk 7:42; IRo 1:1; IEph 6:2; w. a gen. of comparison Mt 5:20 (περισσεύω 1aβ); J 21:15; IPol 5:2 (s. Ad’Alès, RSR 25, ’35, 489–92). τριετίαν ἢ καὶ πλεῖον for three years or even more Ac 20:18 D (cp. TestAbr B 7 p. 111, 27 [Stone p. 70, 27]).—ἐπὶ πλεῖον any farther (of place) Ac 4:17 (TestGad 7:2; Ath. 12 [ἐπί 4bβ]); (of time) at length Ac 20:9 (ἐπί 18cβ) or any longer, too long 24:4; 1 Cl 55:1 (ἐπί 18cβ); any more, even more (ἐπί 13) 2 Ti 3:9; 1 Cl 18:3 (Ps 50:4). Strengthened πολὺ πλέον much more, much rather (4 Macc 1:8; cp. X., An. 7, 5, 15; BGU 180, 12f [172 A.D.] πολλῷ πλεῖον; Ar. 11, 7 πολλῷ πλεῖον) Dg 2:7; 4:5.—Also w. indications of number (s. 1bα) πλεῖον ἢ ἄρτοι πέντε Lk 9:13 (the words πλ. ἤ outside the constr. as X., An. 1, 2, 11). In πλείω δώδεκα λεγιῶνας ἀγγέλων more than twelve legions of angels Mt 26:53 the text is uncertain (B-D-F §185, 4; s. Rob. 666).—The adv. can also be expressed by πλειόνως (Aeneas Tact. 237; Jos., Ant. 17, 2; Leontios 24, p. 52, 10) more ὅσον … πλειόνως the more … the more IEph 6:1.

ⓒ superl. πλεῖστος, ον

α. adj.

א. superlative proper τὸ πλεῖστον μέρος the greatest part w. partitive gen. Hs 8, 2, 9; 9, 7, 4. As adv. acc. for the greatest part 8, 5, 6; 8, 10, 1 (s. μέρος 1d).

ב. elative (s. Mayser II/1, 1926, 53) very great, very large (ὁ) πλεῖστος ὄχλος Mt 21:8 (ὁ πλεῖστος ὄχλος could also be the greatest part of the crowd, as Thu. 7, 78, 2; Pla., Rep. 3, 397d); Mk 4:1.

β. subst. οἱ πλεῖστοι the majority, most Ac 19:32 D (Just., D. 1, 4; cp. D. 48, 4 πλεῖστοι).

③ pert. to being high on a scale of extent

ⓐ positive πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

α. as simple adj., to denote degree much, great, strong, severe, hard, deep, profound (Diod S 13, 7, 4 πολὺς φόβος; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 4, 57; 58 p. 265, 3 πολλὴ δικαιοσύνη; Eccl 5:16 θυμὸς π.; Sir 15:18 σοφία; TestAbr A 20 p. 103, 4 [Stone p. 54] ἀθυμία; Just., D. 3, 1 ἠρεμία) ἀγάπη Eph 2:4. ἀγών 1 Th 2:2. ἄθλησις Hb 10:32. ἁπλότης Hv 3, 9, 1. ἀσιτία Ac 27:21. βία 24:6 [7] v.l. γογγυσμός J 7:12. διακονία Lk 10:40. δοκιμή 2 Cor 8:2. δόξα Mt 24:30; Hv 1, 3, 4; 2, 2, 6. δύναμις Mk 13:26. ἐγκράτεια strict self-control Hv 2, 3, 2. εἰρήνη complete or undisturbed peace (Diod S 3, 64, 7; 11, 38, 1) Ac 24:2. ἔλεος 1 Pt 1:3. ἐπιθυμία 1 Th 2:17. ζημία Ac 27:10. ζήτησις 15:7. θλῖψις 2 Cor 2:4a; 1 Th 1:6. καύχησις 2 Cor 7:4b (pred.). μακροθυμία Ro 9:22. ὀδυρμός Mt 2:18. παράκλησις 2 Cor 8:4. παρρησία (Wsd 5:1) 3:12; 7:4a (pred.); 1 Ti 3:13; Phlm 8. πεποίθησις 2 Cor 8:22c. πλάνη 2 Cl 1:7. πληροφορία 1 Th 1:5. πόνος Col 4:13. σιγή a great or general hush (X., Cyr. 7, 1, 25; Arrian, Anab. 5, 28, 4) Ac 21:40. στάσις 23:10. τρόμος 1 Cor 2:3. φαντασία Ac 25:23. χαρά 8:8; Phlm 7. ὥρα πολλή late hour (Polyb. 5, 8, 3; Dionys. Hal. 2, 54; Jos., Ant. 8, 118) Mk 6:35ab.

β. subst. πολλά in the acc. used as adv. greatly, earnestly, strictly, loudly, often etc. (X., Cyr. 1, 5, 14; Diod S 13, 41, 5; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 19, 2; Aelian, VH 1, 23; 4 Km 10:18; Is 23:16; TestSol 1:1; GrBar; ApcMos; Jos., Ant. 14, 348) ἀλαλάζειν πολλά Mk 5:38 (s. ἀλαλάζω). πολλὰ ἁμαρτάνειν Hs 4:5c (ApcMos 32). π. ἀνακρίνειν Ac 28:18 v.l. π. ἀπορεῖν Mk 6:20 (Field, Notes 29). π. ἀσπάζεσθαι 1 Cor 16:19 (s. ἀσπάζομαι 1a). δεηθῆναι π. (GrBar 4:14; Jos., Vi. 173; 343) Hs 5, 4, 1. διαστέλλεσθαι Mk 5:43 (s. διαστέλλω). π. ἐπιτιμᾶν 3:12. π. ἐρωτᾶν earnestly pray Hv 2, 2, 1. κατηγορεῖν π. Mk 15:3 (s. κατηγορέω 1a). κηρύσσειν π. talk freely 1:45. κλαίειν bitterly Ac 8:24 D (ApcMos 39). κοπιᾶν (ApcMos 24; CIG IV 9552, 5 … μοι πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν, cp. Dssm., LO 266, 5 [LAE 317]) work hard Ro 16:6, 12; 2 Cl 7:1b. νηστεύειν π. fast often Mt 9:14a. ὀμνύναι π. Mk 6:23. παρακαλεῖν Mk 5:10, 23; Ac 20:1 D; 1 Cor 16:12. π. πταίειν make many mistakes Js 3:2. π. σπαράσσειν convulse violently Mk 9:26a.—W. the art. ἐνεκοπτόμην τὰ πολλά I have been hindered these many times (cp. Ro 1:13 πολλάκις) Ro 15:22 (v.l. πολλάκις here too).

γ. subst. πολύ in the acc. used as adv. greatly, very much, strongly (Da 6:15, 24 Theod.) ἀγαπᾶν πολύ show much affection, love greatly Lk 7:47b. κλαίειν π. weep loudly Rv 5:4.—Mk 12:27; Ac 18:27.

ⓑ superlative, the neut. acc. πλεῖστον, α as adv. (sing. Hom. et al.; pl. Pind. et al.)

α. pl. πλεῖστα in the formula of greeting at the beginning of a letter πλεῖστα χαίρειν (POxy 742; 744; 1061 [all three I B.C.]; PTebt 314, 2 [II A.D.] and very oft. in pap.—Griech. pap ed. Ltzm.: Kl. Texte 14², 1910, p. 4, 5, 6, 7 al.; Preis. II s.v. πλεῖστος) heartiest greeting(s) IEph ins; IMg ins; ITr ins; IRo ins; ISm ins; IPol ins.

β. sing. τὸ πλεῖστον at the most (Aristoph., Vesp. 260; Diod S 14, 71, 3 πεμπταῖοι ἢ τὸ πλ. ἑκταῖοι; POxy 58, 17; PGiss 65:9) κατὰ δύο ἢ τὸ πλ. τρεῖς (word for word like Περὶ ὕψους 32, 1) 1 Cor 14:27.—B. 922f. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

πολύς, [dialect] Att. πολλή, πολύ; gen. πολλοῦ, ῆς, ou=; dat. πολλῷ, ῇ, ῷ; acc. πολύν, πολλήν, πολύ:—[dialect] Ion. [full] πολλός Anacr.43.3,

A

πολλή, πολλόν Xenoph.9

, Democr.219, Hp.VM1, Herod.3.19; also in Trag., S.Ant.86, Tr. 1196; acc. πολλόν, πολλήν, πολλόν: Hdt. uses the [dialect] Ion. forms, but codd. have

πολύν 2.121

.δ, 3.57, v.l. in 6.125,

πολύ 2.106

,3.38,6.72,7.46, 160 ( πολύ also in Heraclit.114, Democr. 244):—both sets of forms are found in [dialect] Ep., also gen. sg.

πολέος Il.4.244

, etc.: nom. pl.

πολέες 2.417

, al., once [var] contr.

πολεῖς 11.708

; gen. πολέων (trisyll.) 5.691, (disyll.) 16.655; dat.

πολέσι 10.262

,al.;

πολέσσι 13.452

, al.;

πολέεσσι 9.73

, Od.5.54, Hes.Op. 119, etc.; acc. πολέας (trisyll.) Il.3.126, etc., (disyll.) 1.559,2.4, Hes.Op. 580 (freq. with v.l. πολεῖς Il.15.66, etc.); in later [dialect] Ep. πολέες is used as fem., Call.Del.28, also

πολέας Id.Dian.42

, A.R.3.21; neut.

πολέα Q.S.1.74

(v. infr.):—[dialect] Ep. also have [full] πουλύς (once in Hes., Th. 190, also Thgn. 509, sts. fem. in Hom.,

πουλὺν ἐφ' ὑγρήν Il.10.27

,

ἠέρα πουλύν 5.776

), neut.

πουλύ Od.19.387

; these forms are found in codd. of Hp. and Aret. (who uses πολύ, πουλύ and πολλόν in neut.), but not in Hdt.:— Lyr. and Trag. (lyr.) sts. use [dialect] Ep. forms, dat. sg.

πολεῖ A.Supp. 745

; nom. pl.

πολέες B.10.17

; neut.

πολέα A.Ag. 723

;

πολέων E.Hel. 1332

(fem., B.5.100); dat. pl.

πολέσι E.IT 1263

. [ῠalways.]

I of Number, many, Il.2.417, etc.; ἐκ πολλῶν, opp. ἐξὀλίγων, Hes.Th. 447; τριηκόντων ἐτέων πόλλ' ἀπολείπων wanting many of thirty years, Id.Op. 696;

παρῆσάν τινες, καὶ πολλοί γε Pl.Phd. 58d

;

οὐ πολλοί τινες A.Pers. 510

: with Nouns of multitude,

πουλὺς ὅμιλος Od.8.109

;

πλῆθος πολλόν Hdt.1.141

;

ἔθνος πολλόν Id.4.22

; later πουλὺ.. ἐπ' ἔτος many a year, AP6.235 (Thall.);

π. ἦν ὁ καταπλέων Plb.15.26.10

; of anything often repeated,

περὶ σέο λόγος ἀπῖκται π. Hdt.1.30

;

πολλὸν ἦν τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος Id.2.2

, cf. 3.137, etc.;

πολὺ.. τὸ σὸν ὄνομα διήκει πάντας S.OC 305

;

τούτῳ πολλῷ χρήσεται τῷ λόγῳ

often,

D.21.29

; τοῦτο ἐπιεικῶς πολὺ νῦν ἐστι is fairly frequent, Luc.Hist.Conscr.15.

2 of Size, Degree, Intensity, much, mighty, ὄμβρος, νιφετός, Il.10.6;

π. ὕπνος Od.15.394

;

πῦρ.. π. 10.359

; π. ὑμέναιος a loud song, Il.18.493; π. ὀρυμαγδός, ῥοῖζος, etc., 2.810, Od.9.315, etc.; π. ἀνάγκη strong necessity, E.Ph. 1674; π. γέλως, βοή, much or great, S.Aj. 303, 1149; μωρία ib. 745; ὄλβος, αἰδώς, A.Pers. 251, Ag. 948;

ἀσφάλεια Th.2.11

; ἀλογία, εὐήθεια, Pl.Phd. 67e, Phdr. 275c, etc.

b rarely of a single person, great, mighty,

μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἐγένεο Hdt.7.14

, cf. E.Hipp.1; ὁ π. σοφιστής, στρατηγός, Chor.p.23 B., Id.in Rev.Phil.1.68;

ὁ πάντα π. Id.p.27

B.; ὁ πολύς alone, of Hippocrates, Gal.19.530; of Trajan, Lyd.Mag.2.28;

ῥώμην σώματος πολύς D.H.2.42

.

c joined with a Verb, Κύπρις γὰρ οὐ φορητός, ἢν πολλὴ ῥυῇ if she flow with full stream, metaph. from a river, E.Hipp. 443;

θρασυνομένῳ καὶ πολλῷ ῥέοντι D. 18.136

; from the wind, ὡς π. ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός was blowing strong and fresh, Id.25.57, cf. Ar.Eq. 760, AP11.49 (Even.): generally, with might or force,

ὅταν ὁ θεὸς.. ἔλθῃ πολύς E.Ba. 300

;

ἢν π. παρῇ Id.Or. 1200

;

π. καὶ τολμηρὸς ἅνθρωπος D.40.53

: with part. and εἰμί, πολλὸς ἦν λισσόμενος was all entreaties, Hdt.9.91;

ἦν πολλὸς ὑπὸ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς αἰνεόμενος Id.1.98

;

Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς π... ὑμνοῖθ' A.Th.6

;

π. ἐνέκειτο λέγων Hdt.7.158

;

π. τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν ἔγκειται D.18.199

; also

π. ἦν ἐν τοῖσι λόγοισι Hdt.8.59

;

πρὸς ταῖς παρασκευαῖς Plb.5.49.7

;

ἐπὶ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ D.S.14.107

: without a Prep.,

π. ἦν τοῖς ἐπαίνοις καὶ ἐπαχθής Aeschin.2.41

; π. μὲν γὰρ ὁ Φίλιππος ἔσται will be often mentioned, Id.1.166.

3 of Value or Worth,

πολέος δέ οἱ ἄξιος ἔσται Il.23.562

, cf. Od.8.405;

πολλοῦ ἄξιος X.An.4.1.28

, etc.;

πολλῶν ἄξιος Ar. Pax 918

; περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαί τι, Lat. magni facere, cf.

περί A.

IV; ἐπὶ πολλῷ at a high price, D.8.53;

ἐπὶ π. ἐρραθυμηκότες Id.1.15

; πολύ ἐστί τι it is worth much, of great conscquence, X.Oec.18.7.

4 of Space, large, wide, π. χώρη, πεδίον, Il.23.520,4.244, etc.; πόντος, πέλαγος, Hes.Op. 635, S.Ph. 635;

χῶρος πλατὺς καὶ π. Hdt.4.39

; λίμνη μεγάλη τε καὶ π. ib. 109;

π. ἡ Σικελία Th. 7.13

;

π. ἡ Ἑλλάς Pl.Phd. 78a

, etc.; πολλὸς ἔκειτο he lay outstretched wide, Il.7.156, cf. 11.307; π. κέλευθος a far way, A.Pers. 748 (troch.): without

ὁδός, πολλὴ μὲν εἰς Ἡράκλειαν.., πολλὴ δὲ εἰς Χρυσόπολιν.. X.An.6.3.16

: διὰ πολλοῦ, ἐκ πολλοῦ, v. infr. IV.

5 of Time, long,

χρόνος S.Aj. 1402

(anap.), etc.;

πολὺν χρόνον Il.2.343

, etc.;

οὐ π. χρ. S.Ph. 348

, etc.; so

πολλοῦ χρόνου Ar.Pl.98

;

χρόνῳ πολλῷ S.Tr. 228

; διὰ πολλοῦ (sc. χρόνου) Luc.Nec.15;

ἐκ πολλοῦ Th.1.58

, D. 21.41; πρὸ πολλοῦ long before, D.S.14.43;

οὐ μετὰ πολύ Luc.Tox.54

; ἔτι πολλῆς νυκτός while still quite night, Th.8.101; πολλῆς ὥρας late in the day, Plb.5.8.3;

ἤδη ὥρα πολλή Ev.Marc.6.35

;

ἔτι ἔστιν ἡμέρα πολλή LXX Ge.29.7

.

II Special usages:

1 c. partit.gen., e.g. πολλοὶ Τρώων, for πολλοὶ Τρῶες, Il.18.271, etc.; neut., πολλὸν σαρκός, for πολλὴ σάρξ, Od.19.450: in Prose, the Adj. generally takes the gender of the gen.,

τὸν πολλὸν τοῦ χρόνου Hdt.1.24

; τῆς γῆς οὐ πολλήν Th.6.7;

τῆς ἀθάρης πολλήν Ar.Pl. 694

;

πολλὴν τῆς χώρας X.Cyr. 3.2.2

;

ὁ π. τοῦ λόγου D.44.6

; v. infr. 3.

2 joined with another Adj.,

πολλὰ δυστερπῆ κακά A.Ch. 277

, cf. 585 (lyr.), etc.: more freq. joined to another Adj. by καί, πολέες τε καὶ ἐσθλοί many men and good, Il.6.452, etc.;

πολέες τε καὶ ἄλκιμοι 21.586

;

πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά Od.2.312

; παλαιά τε πολλά τε ib. 188;

ἄκοσμά τε π. τε Il.2.213

;

πολλαί γε.. καὶ ἄλλαι Hes.Th. 363

;

π. τε καὶ κακά Hdt.4.167

, etc.;

π. κἀγαθά Ar.Th. 351

(but

π. ἀγαθά IG12.76.45

);

π. καὶ ἀνόσια Pl.R. 416e

;

π. καὶ μακάρια Id.Plt. 269d

;

π. καὶ πονηρά X.Mem.2.9.6

;

πολλά τε καὶ δεινά Id.An.5.5.8

;

μεγάλα καὶ π. D.36.22

; π. καὶ καλοὺς (s.v.l.) κινδύνους, π. καὶ καλὰ παραδείγματα, Din.1.109.

3 with the Art. (in Hom. without the Art., Il.2.483, 5.334, 22.28), of persons or things well known, Ἑλένα μία τὰς πολλάς, τὰς πάνυ π. ψυχὰς ὀλέσασ' those many lives, A.Ag. 1456 (lyr.), cf. S.OT 845, Th.3.87, Pl.Phd. 88a, Ti. 54a, Act.Ap.26.24: with abstract Nouns,

τᾶς πολλᾶς ὑγιείας A. Ag. 1001

(lyr., dub.);

τὸ πολλόν

numbers,

Hdt.1.136

.

b οἱ π. the many, i.e. the greater number,

Ἀθηναῖοι.. ἀπῆλθον οἱ πολλοί Th. 1.126

, cf. 3.32, etc. (so in sg., ὁ πολλὸς λόγος the prevailing report, Hdt.1.75);

τοῖς π. κριταῖς S.Aj. 1243

: with gen., τοῖς π. βροτῶν ib. 682;

οἱ π. τῶν ἀνθρώπων X.Cyr.8.2.24

;

οἱ πολλοὶ ἅπαντες

far the most,

Hp.

Aër.20 (v.l. μάλιστα for ἅπαντες); for τὰ πολλὰ πάντα, v. infr. 111.1a: hence οἱ πολλοί the people, the commonalty, opp. οἱ μείζω κεκτημένοι, Th.1.6; opp. οἱ κομψότεροι, Pl.R. 505b; οἱ π., = Lat. plebs, D.S.20.36; τῶν πολλῶν εἷς one of the multitude, D.21.96; also

ὁ π. λεώς Luc.JTr.53

, cf. Rh.Pr.17;

ὁ π. ὅμιλος Id.Luct.2

. Hdn.1.1.1, etc.;

ὁ π. δῆμος Luc.Apol.15

;

ὁ π. ὄχλος Ph. 2.4

; ὁ π. alone, = vulgus, v.l. in D.S.2.29; the ordinary man, Epicur.Fr. 478, Phld.Rh.2.154S.;

νίμμα ὁ π. λέγει, ἡμεῖς ἀπόνιπτρον λέγομεν Phryn.170

, cf.369; ὁ ἐμπαθὴς καὶ π. ἄνθρωπος 'l'homme moyen sensuel', Herm.in Phdr.p.146A.; ὁ π. ἄνθρωπος (with pl. Verb) the average man, opp. τὸ ἐξαίρετον, Eun.Hist.p.216 D.

c τὸ πολύ, c. gen.,

τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ πολλόν Hdt.8.100

;

τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου Hp.

Aër. 20;

τῶν λογάδων τὸ π. Th.5.73

;

τῶν ὅπλων τὸ π. Pl.Plt. 288b

; also

ὁ στρατὸς ὁ πολλός Hdt.1.102

;

ἡ δύναμις ἡ π. Th.1.24

; ὁ π. βίοτος the best part of life, S.El. 185 (lyr.).

d

τὰ πολλά

the most,

Od.22.273

, and perh. 2.58, 17.537 (elsewh. in Hom. πολλά, as Subst., means much riches, great possessions, Il.11.684, Od.19.195);

τὰ π. τοῦ πολέμου Th.2.13

; πρὸς τὸ τῶν π. μέγεθος in regard to the size of the average, Arist.Rh. 1363b11.

4 pl. πολλά very much, too much, πολλὰ πράσσειν, = πολυπραγμονεῖν, E.Supp. 576, Ar.Ra. 228;

π. ἔπαθεν Pi.O.13.63

, etc.; π. ἔρξαι τινά to do one much harm, A. Th. 923 (lyr.).

5 πολλάς with Verbs of beating ( πληγάς being omitted), v. πληγή 1.

6 πολύς repeated,

ἦ πολλὰ πολλοῖς εἰμι διάφορος βροτῶν E.Med. 579

, cf. A.Supp. 451;

τὰ μὲν οὖν πολλὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου διηγήσασθαι Pl.R. 615a

, etc.; πολλοῦ πολύς, v. infr. 111.1b: with Advbs. πολλάκις, πολλαχῇ, etc. (qq. v., cf. 111.1 e).

III Adverbial usages:

a neut. πολύ ([dialect] Ion. πολλόν) , πολλά, much,

πόλλ' ἀεκαζομένη Il.6.458

, etc.; strengthd.,

μάλα πολλά 8.22

, al.;

πάνυ πολύ Pl.Alc.1.119c

;

πολύ τι Id.R. 484d

; esp. of repetition, often, Il.2.798, Od.13.29, Hes.Op. 322; so of earnest commands and entreaties, πολλὰ κελεύων, πόλλ' ἐπέτελλον, πολλὰ λισσομένη, πολλὰ μάλ' εὐχομένω, Il.5.528, 11.782, 5.358, 9.183: with the Art.,

τὸ πολύ

for the most part,

Pl.Prt. 315a

, etc. (but with numerals, at most, Vett. Val.9.5);

ὡς τὸ π. X.Mem.1.1.10

, etc.;

τὰ πολλά Th.1.13

, 2.11,87, etc.;

ὡς τὰ π. Id.5.65

, etc.;

τὰ π. πάντα Hdt.1.203

, 2.35, 5.67.

b of Degree, far, very much,

ἀπέφυγε πολλὸν τοὺς διώκοντας Id.6.82

: also abs. gen. πολλοῦ very,

θρασὺς εἶ πολλοῦ Ar.Nu. 915

, cf. Eup.74;

πολλοῦ δύνασθαι Alciphr.1.9

(s.v.l.); πολλοῦ πολύς, πολλὴ πολλοῦ, much too much, Ar.Eq. 822,Ra. 1046.

c of Space, a great way, far,

οὐ πολλόν Hdt.1.104

;

πολὺ οὐκ ἐξῄεσαν Th.1.15

, etc.

d of Time, long,

ὡς πολλὸν τοῦτο ἐγίνετο Hdt.4.126

, cf. 6.129.

e of Probability, ἐὰν πολλὰ πολλῶν τέκῃς, perh. = ἐὰν πολλάκις τέκῃς,POxy. 744.9 (i B.C./i A.D.);

ἐάν τι πολλὰ πολλάκις πάθω Ar.Ec. 1105

.

2 πολύ is freq. joined with Adjs. and Advbs.,

a with a [comp] Comp. to increase its comp. force, πολὺ μεῖζον, πολλὸν παυρότεροι, Il.1.167, Od.14.17; πολὺ μᾶλλον much more, Il.9.700; πολύ τι μᾶλλον f.l. in D.H. Comp.4 (p.22 U.-R.): with words, esp. Preps., between πολύ and its Adj., π. ἐν πλέονι, π. ἐπὶ δεινοτέρῳ, Th.1.35, Pl.R. 589e;

πολὺ ἔτι ἐκ λαμπροτέρων Id.Phd. 110c

;

π. σὺν φρονήματι μείζονι X.An.3.1.22

, cf.3.2.30, Smp.1.4 (but the Prep. freq. comes first,

ἐκ π. ἐλάττονος And.1.109

, etc.); so πολλῷ is freq. used with the [comp] Comp., by far, A.Pr. 337, Hdt. 1.134, etc.;

π. μᾶλλον S.OT 1159

, Pl.Phd. 80e; οὐ πολλῷ τεῳ ἀσθενέστερον not a great deal weaker, Hdt.1.181, cf. 2.48,67, etc.: πολύ with all words implying comparison, πολὺ πρίν much sooner, Il.9.250;

π. πρό 4.373

: with the comp. Verb

φθάνω, ἦ κε πολὺ φθαίη 13.815

; so πολὺ προβέβηκας ἁπάντων, πολὺ προμάχεσθαι ἁπάντων, 6.125, 11.217;

προὔλαβε πολλῷ Th.7.80

: with βούλομαι, = prefer,

ἡμῖν πολὺ βούλεται ἢ Δαναοῖσι νίκην Il.17.331

, cf. Od.17.404; πολύ γε in answers, after a [comp] Comp. or [comp] Sup., ἀργὸς.. γενήσεται μᾶλλον; Answ.

πολύ γε Pl.R. 421d

, cf. 387e, etc.

b with a [comp] Sup., πολὺ πρώτιστος, πολλὸν ἄριστος, far the first, etc., Il.2.702, 1.91, etc.;

προθυμία π. τολμηροτάτη Th.1.74

, etc.;

πολλόν τι μάλιστα Hdt.1.56

;

π. δή, π. δὴ γυναῖκ' ἀρίσταν E.Alc. 442

(lyr.), cf. Ar.Av. 539, Archestr.Fr.34.9; also

πολλῷ πλεῖστοι Hdt.5.92

.έ, 8.42;

π. μεγίστους Id.4.82

.

c with a Positive, to add force to the Adj.,

ὦ πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα, πολλὰ δ' αὖ σοφή A.Ag. 1295

; also

ἐς πόλλ' ἀθλία πέφυκ' ἐγώ E.Ph. 619

(troch.);

πολὺ ἀφόρητος Luc.DMeretr. 9.3

; cf. πλεῖστος.

IV with Preps.,

1 διὰ πολλοῦ at a great interval of Space or Time, v. διά A.1.5, 11.2.

2 εἰς πολύ for a long time, Plot.2.1.3.

3 ἐκ πολλοῦ from a great distance, Th.4.32, etc.; for a long time, v. ἐκ 11.1.

4 ἐπὶ πολύ,

a over a great space, far,

οὐκ ἐπὶ πολλόν Hdt.2.32

; ἐπὶ π. τῆς θαλάσσης, τῆς χώρας, Th.1.50,4.3, etc.; to a great extent, Id.1.6,18,3.83; cf.

ποιέω B.11.2

.

b for a long time, long, Id.5.16;

τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπὶ π. Id.7.38

, cf. 39.

c

ὡς ἐπὶ π.

very generally,

Id.1.12

(v.l.), Archyt. ap. Stob.3.1.195;

ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π.

for the most part,

Th.2.13

, Pl.Plt. 294e, etc.;

μὴ καθ' ἓν ἕκαστον, ἀλλ' ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. Isoc.4.154

;

τό γ' ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π. Id.8.35

.

5 παρὰ πολύ by far, v. παρά C.111.5.

6 περὶ πολλοῦ, v. supr. 1.3.

7 πρὸ πολλοῦ far before,

τῆς πόλεως D.H.9.35

; also of Time, οὐ πρὸ π. not long before, Id.5.62.

8 σὺν πολλῷ in no small degree, only too much or too well, Hld.2.8,9.20, 10.9 (cf. CR41.53).

V for [comp] Comp. πλείων, πλέων, [comp] Sup. πλεῖστος, v. sub vocc. (Cf. Skt. purú-, Goth. filu 'much'.)

⁺ A 61-107-142-241-271=822 Gn 6,1; 13,6; 15,1.14; 17,5

many, numerous Gn 6,1; great, populous Gn 18,18; much Gn 15,14; abundant Prv 6,8; abundant in [ἔν τινι] 1 Sm 2,5; great (of size) Gn 41,29; great, high (of worth, value) Gn 15,1; long (of time) Jb 12,12; long, large, wide (of distance) Jos 9,13; πολύ widely Est 8,12k; greatly, very much, strongly Dn^Th 6,15; τὸ πολύ much (as adv.) Ex 16,17; πολλοί many Ps 3,2; οἱ πολλοί the majority, most (people) 2 Mc 1,36

πολλῷ μᾶλλον much more Sir prol.,14; ἐπὶ πολύ more than once, often Is 55,7; very, much Neh 3,33;

μετ’ οὐ πολύ a little after 1 Ezr 3,22; πολὺ νῦν it is enough 2 Sm 24,16

ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡμέρα πολλή it is still broad daylight Gn 29,7; ἀετὸς πολὺς ὄνυξιν an eagle with great talons Ez 17,7; ἡ βόμβησις ἡ μεγάλη ἡ πολλὴ αὕτη this very great multitude Bar 2,29; μὴ πολὺς ἴσθι πρὸς ἀλλοτρίαν be not intimate with a strange woman Prv 5,20

*Dn^LXX 11,10 ἐπὶ πολύ for much? corr.? ἐπὶ πόλιν against the town for MT עד־מעזה to the fortified town; *Is 14,11 ἡ πολλή great, much-המון? (multitude) for MT המית sound; *Jer 3,3 πολλούς many-

⋄רבב for MT רבבים showers; *Hab 2,13 πολλά many-די/ב? ⋄די for MT בדי for

Cf. DORIVAL 1994, 477; JEANSONNE 1988 75-76(Dn 11,10)

πάνῠ [pron. full] [ᾰ], Adv., ([etym.] πᾶς)

A altogether, first in Xenoph.1.18, then in Trag. and [dialect] Att., mostly in Prose:

1 with Verbs, A.Ch. 861 (anap.), Pl. Cra. 386c, Euthd. 272d, etc.; π. μανθάνω perfectly, Ar.Ra.65, 195;

ὡς π. εἰδῆτε X.An.6.1.31

: with Adjs., very, exceedingly, π. πολλοί, ὀλίγοι, μικρός, etc., very many or few, very small, A.Ag. 1456 (anap.), Pl. Ap. 25b, Arist.HA 542a5;

π. ταρφύς A.Pers. 926

(anap.);

π. πλούσιοι Lys.19.15

. etc.: freq. in opposed clauses,

οὐ πονηρός, ἀλλὰ καὶ π. χρηστός D.21.83

; οὐκ ὀρθῶς, οὐδὲ δικαίως, ἀλλὰ καὶ π. αἰσχρῶς ibid.: after the Adj., ὀλίγοι π., σπάνιος π., X.An.4.7.14 (v.l.), 1.9.27, cf. Pl.Cra. 402a; separated from it,

ἐκτὸς π. τινῶν ὀλίγων Id.R. 605c

, cf. Euthd. 287b: with Nouns in adj. sense,

π. εἶναι ὑβριστής Id.Ap. 26e

: in late writers with [comp] Sup., π. φαυλότατος Sch.Ar.Ra. 1363, cf. Ath.1.22d (π. γάρ ἐστιν ὡρικωτάτη is dub. in Crates Com.40): with Advbs.,

π. ταχύ Eup.311

;

ταχὺ π. Ar.Pl.57

; π. σφόδρα ib.25, 745, Pl.Ap. 25a;

σφόδρα π. Aeschin.2.36

; π. πολύ very much, Pl.Chrm. 157d, X.Cyr.6.1.41, etc.;

μόγις π. Pl.Ap. 21b

; π. μόλις or μόλις π., Philem.88, Eub.30; εὖ π. Theopomp. Com.14, etc.: with adverbial phrases, π. σπουδῇ in very great haste, D.20.105;

σπουδῇ π. Th.8.89

; π. ἐν τῷ μεγίστῳ κινδύνῳ ib.50;

π. ἐξ εἰκότος λόγου Pl.Euthd. 305e

;

ἐν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ π. Id.Hp.Ma. 282e

;

π. παρὰ πολλοῖς Id.Euthd. 305c

;

π. ἐπὶ σμικροῖς Id.Ap. 40a

;

ἀπὸ σμικροῦ π. Ar.Pl. 377

: with part., π. ἀδικῶν if ever so criminal, Th.3.44.

2 strengthd.,

καὶ πάνυ Id.2.11

, X.Mem.1.3.13, Pl.Ap. 17c, Euthd. 276d, Cra. 400c; δοκεῖ μοι.. καὶ π. οὐδὲ εἶναι ἡ ἐπίκλησις αὕτη I believe this name actually did not exist, Th.1.3.

3 οὐ πάνυ not quite,

οὐ π. τι μανθάνω Pl.Euthd. 286e

, cf. Phd. 63a, Prt. 331e, X.An.6.1.26, etc.; ἡ οὐσία οὐδὲ τριῶν ταλάντων π. τι ἦν not quite so much.., D.59.7;

οὐ π. εὐδαιμονικὸς.., ἔτι δ' ἴσως ἧττον Arist.EN 1099b3

: sts. with litotes, not quite, implying 'not at all',

ταῦτα νεκρῷ μὲν οἷόν τε ποιεῖν, ζῶντι δὲ οὐ π. Hp.Art. 46

; εὐφόρως δὲ οὐ π. ἔχει it is not very (or not at all) easy, ib.77; οὐ π. μοίρας εὐδαιμονίσαι πρώτης hardly to be congratulated.., S.OC 144 (anap.);

οὐ π. προσίεμαι X.Mem.2.8.5

.

4 in affirmative answers, by all means, no doubt, Ar.Pl. 393: mostly with a Particle added,

πάνυ γε Pl.Alc.1.107e

, etc.;

καὶ πάνυ γε Id.Chrm. 154e

; π. γε, a)lla/ .. very well, but.., D.21.89;

πάνυ μὲν οὖν Ar.Pl.97

, Pl.Euthphr. 13d, al.; πάνυ καλῶς no I thank you, Ar.Ra. 512.

II ὁ πάνυ the real, the very (

τοῦ π. Διός Luc.Icar.2

): hence, the excellent, the famous,

οἱ π. τῶν στρατιωτῶν Th.8.1

, D.C.Fr.70.6;

ὁ π. Περικλῆς X. Mem.3.5.1

;

οἱ π. ἐπ' ἀξιώματος IG12(7).407.14

([place name] Amorgos); οἱ π. alone, prob. in Th.8.89 (omitting στρατηγῶν)

; ἡ π. Luc.Vit.Auct. 22

.

καταλγύ̱νει, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: aor subj act 3rd sg (epic)

καταλγύ̱νει, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: pres ind mp 2nd sg

καταλγύ̱νει, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: pres ind act 3rd sg

καταλγύ̱νεσθε, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: pres imperat mp 2nd pl

καταλγύ̱νεσθε, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: pres ind mp 2nd pl

καταλγύ̱νεσθε, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: imperf ind mp 2nd pl (homeric ionic)

καταλγύ̱νουσιν, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic)

καταλγύ̱νουσιν, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: pres part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

καταλγύ̱νουσιν, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: pres ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σφόδρ-ᾰ, Adv., properly neut. pl. of σφοδρός,

A very much, exceedingly:

I with Verbs, ἐμήδιζον γὰρ ς. Hdt.9.17;

σ. ἱμείρουσα S. El. 1053

; καὶ σ. πείθει persuades them too well, Id.Aj. 150 (anap.); σ. λέγειν with vehemence, Antipho 6.15; σ. κολάζειν severely, Th.3.46; σ. ὁρίσασθαι exactly, Pl.Phdr. 263d, cf. Phlb. 58d, Phd. 68a, 73a; σ. χαίρω I am exceedingly glad, POxy.41.17 (iii/iv A.D.).

2 with Adjs., σ. ὑπέρτεροι far superior, Pi.N.4.37; μισόδημον ς. Ar.Fr. 108;

σ. ἄδικος Pl.R. 361a

; ἁλμυρὸν ς. Arist.Mete. 359a13; κακοδαίμων ς. Antiph.56;

σ. γενναῖος Men.223.14

; πολλοῦ ς. at a very high price, very dear, Id.197; πολλοὶ ς. Bato 7.1;

ἐνιαυτοὺς σ. ὀλίγους Men.481.6

; χαρὰ μεγάλη ς. Ev.Matt.2.10:—with Adjs. it most freq. follows, and in Com. Poets it usu. stands at the end of the verse.

3 with a Subst.,

τὴν σ. φιλίαν Pl.Lg. 731e

; τινῶν σ. γυναικῶν very womanish women, ib. 639b; τῆς σ. προθυμίας ib. 952c;

τῆς σ. μανίας Id.Phdr. 251a

;

ἐν τοῖς σ. ψύχεσιν Arist.HA 599a19

.

4 with other Advbs., ἐπάταξε πῶς οἴει ς. Ar.Ra.54; θαυμαστῶς ὡς σ., ἀμηχάνως ὡς ς., Pl.R. 331a, Phdr. 263d; μάλα ς. Id.Alc.1.124d; πάνυ ς. Ar.Pl.25, 745;

σ. πάνυ Aeschin.2.36

; πάνυ καὶ ς. Pl.Lg. 627a; οὐ ς. not very much, Hp.Aër.15, Antiph.204.11, Pl.Phd. 100a;

οὕτω σ. ἦν ἀρχαῖος Antiph.273

;

οὕτω σ. ἐστὶ.. Βοιώτιος Eub.39

.

5 τὸ σ., = σφοδρότης, Pl.Smp. 210b, al.

6

σφόδρα, σφοδρῶς LXX Ge.7.19

.

II σ. γε or καὶ σ. γε, in answers, strongly affirmative, freq. in Pl., πάνυ γε ς. Men. 82b;

πάνυ σ. ταῦτα λέγω Ap. 25a

.

λίαν adv. (Hom. et al. as λίην; as λίαν Pind.+) to a high degree, very (much), exceedingly.

ⓐ used w. verbs: preceding them (EpArist 312; Jos., Vi. 404) λ. ἀντέστη he vehemently opposed 2 Ti 4:15. λ. πρόσεχε be scrupulously on your guard D 6:3. λ. ἐκκέχυμαι ἀγαπῶν ὑμᾶς I pour out my love over you IPhld 5:1. ὅταν … λ. πικρανθῇ when the person becomes very bitter Hm 10, 2, 3; cp. 9:9b; 12, 1, 2; 12, 4, 1; Hs 5, 2, 7; 6, 2, 7; 7:1; 8, 3, 8; 9, 11, 3. Following the verb (Gen 4:5) ἐθυμώθη λ. he became very angry Mt 2:16. θαυμάζειν … λ. 27:14; ἔκλαυσα λ. I wept bitterly Hm 3:3; ἐχάρη λ. he was very glad Lk 23:8; Hs 5, 2, 5; 8, 1, 16; also λ. ἐχάρη 5, 2, 11. In a letter ἐχάρην λ. I was very glad (BGU 632, 10; PGiss 21, 3) 2J 4; 3J 3. ἐλυπήθη λ. (Cain) was filled with grief 1 Cl 4:3 (cp. Gen. 4:5). Strengthened λίαν ἐκ περισσοῦ altogether Mk 6:51.

ⓑ used w. adjs., which

α. serve as attribute (SIG 1102, 12 αἱ λίαν ἄκαιροι δαπάναι): preceding the adj(s).: καὶ γε λ. πιστοὺς κ. ἱσχυρούς also very committed and steadfast Hs 9, 9, 9a; λ. ὑψηλός grown very high Hs 8, 1, 2; λ. εὐειδής very charming AcPl Ha 3, 13. Following the adj.: ὄρος ὑψηλὸν λ. very high Mt 4:8; χαλεποὶ λ. very dangerous 8:28. ἀψινθίου μικρὸν λ. only a little bit Hm 5, 1, 5. πρόβατα πολλὰ λ. very many sheep Hs 6, 1, 6a. ῥάβδον σκληρὰν λ. a very sturdy stick 6, 2, 5. πικρὸν λ. AcPl Ha 4, 20 very fierce.

β. serve as predicate: preceding (Diod S 14, 58, 2 λίαν ὀχυρός; PTebt 315, 18 ὁ ἄνθρωπος λείαν ἐστὶν αὐστηρός; TestJob 13:6 λ. μου χρηστοῦ ὄντος) αἰσχρὰ καὶ λ. αἰσχρά shameful, very shameful 1 Cl 47:6. λ. ἄφρων εἰμί Hm 4, 2, 1; cp. κἂν λ. σύνετος ἦν τις Hs 5, 5, 4. ὤφθη … μοι … λ. πρεσβυτέρα a very elderly woman v 3, 10, 3; cp. m 8, 6; Hs 2:5; 5, 3, 5; 6, 1, 6bc; 6, 2, 3; 8, 1, 17f; 9, 1, 7b; 10a; 9, 2, 4; 9, 3, 1; 9, 6, 8; 9, 9, 2; 7. Following (Gen 1:31; Tob 6:12 S) ἐγένετο λευκὰ λ. Mk 9:3. ὸ̔ν ἀγαπητὸν λ. ἔχετε for whom you have a special affection 1 Pol 7:2. περίλυπος ἤμην λ. I was extremely unhappy Hv 3, 10, 6. ἐντολαὶ … σκληραὶ … σκληραί εἰσι very demanding or severe m 12, 3, 4; (λίθοι) σκληροὶ … λ. εὑρέθησαν turned out to be too hard to dress/shape Hs 9, 8, 6. αὐθάδης εἶ λ. you are very stubborn 5, 4, 2. Cp. 9, 1, 7a; 10b; 9, 9, 4.

ⓒ used w. an adv., following it (Da 11:25) πρωὶ̈ ἔννυχα λ. early in the morning, when it was still quite dark Mk 1:35. Preceding it (2 Macc 11:1; EpArist 230; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 286; 2, 3; Tat. 2, 1; 21, 3; PMich 154, 17 λ. νυκτός) λ. πρωί̈ very early in the morning 16:2. λ. ὀργίλως ἐλάλησεν with vehement anger Hm 12, 4, 1. S. ὑπερλίαν.—DELG. M-M.

ἄγαν

very much: indeclform (adverb)

ἄγᾱν, ἄγη

wonder: fem acc sg (doric aeolic)

ἄ̱γᾱν, ἀγάω

imperf ind act 3rd pl (doric aeolic)

ἄ̱γᾱν, ἀγάω

imperf ind act 1st sg (doric aeolic)

ἄγᾱν, ἀγάω

imperf ind act 3rd pl (doric aeolic)

ἄγᾱν, ἀγάω

imperf ind act 1st sg (doric aeolic)

ἄγαν, ἄγαν

very much: indeclform (adverb)

ἄγᾱν, ἄγη

wonder: fem acc sg (doric aeolic)

ἄ̱γᾱν, ἀγάω

imperf ind act 3rd pl (doric aeolic)

ἄ̱γᾱν, ἀγάω

imperf ind act 1st sg (doric aeolic)

καταλγύ̱νεται, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: aor subj mid 3rd sg (epic)

καταλγύ̱νεται, καταλγύνω

grieve very much: pres ind mp 3rd sg

περ (A), enclit. Particle, adding force to the word to which it is added, prob. a shortd. form of περί (q. v.) in the sense of

A very much, however much.—Chiefly [dialect] Ep. and Lyr.; also in Trag. with relats. and parts.:

1 in Hom. freq. with Adj. and part. ὤν, ἐπεί μ' ἔτεκές γε μινυνθάδιόν π. ἐόντα all shortlived as I am, Il.1.352 ; φίλην π. ἐοῦσαν ib. 587 ;

Ἰθάκης κραναῆς π. ἐούσης 3.201

: mostly concessive like καίπερ (q. v.), ἀγαθός π. ἐών however brave thou art, 1.131, al.;

κρατερός π. ἐών 15.164

;

κύνεός π. ἐών 9.373

; δουρικτητήν π. ἐοῦσαν ib. 343;

μέγαν π. ἐόντα 5.625

: so in Trag.,

ἄελπτά π. ὄντα A.Supp.55

(lyr.);

γενναῖός π. ὤν S.Ph. 1068

: with a Subst.,

ἀλόχῳ π. ἐούσῃ Il.1.546

;

γυνή π. οὖσα A.Th. 1043

: with Adj. and Subst.,

λιγύς π. ἐὼν ἀγορητής Il.2.246

: with καί preceding,

καὶ κρατερός π. ἐών 15.195

, etc.: with the part. ὤν omitted, φράδμων π. ἀνήρ however shrewd, 16.638;

κρατερός π. 21.63

; χερείονά π. 17.539 ; καὶ θεός π. A.Ag. 1203, cf. 1084 : with parts., ἱεμένων π. however eager, Il.17.292 ; καὶ ἀχνύμενός π. ἑταίρου grieved though he was for.., 8.125.

2 intens., ἐλεεινότερός π. more pitiable by far, 24.504 ; μίνυνθά π. for a very little, 1.416, 13.573 ; ὀλίγον π. 11.391 ; πρῶτόν π. first of all, 14.295 ; ὑστάτιόν π. 8.353 ; ὀψέ π. Pi.N.3.80 : to strengthen a negation, οὐδὲ.. π. not even, not at all,

οὐδ' ὑμῖν ποταμός π. ἐΰρροος ἀρκέσει Il.21.130

, cf. 8.201, 11.841, 21.410, Od.1.59, 3.236 ;

μή ποτε καὶ σὺ γυναικί π. ἤπιος εἶναι 11.441

; ἢν μή π. Hdt.6.57.

3 to give emphasis,

ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοί π. πονεώμεθα Il.10.70

;

ἡμεῖς δ' αὐτοί π. φραζώμεθα 17.712

;

σθένος ἀνέρος ἀμφότεροί π. σχῶμεν 21.308

: esp. at any rate, τιμήν π. μοι ὄφελλεν ἐλλυαλίξαι honour ( whatever else) he owed me, 1.353, cf. 2.236, 17.121, 239 ;

τόδε π. μοι ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ 8.242

: in imper. clauses with the pers. Pron., ἀλλὰ σύ π. μιν τῖσον at all events, 1.508 : in the apodosis of a conditional sentence,

εἰ δέ τοι Ἀτρεΐδης μὲν ἀπήχθετο.., σὺ δ' ἄλλους π... ἐλέαιρε 9.301

, cf. 11.796, 12.349.

II after Conjs. and relat. words, with which it commonly coalesces:

1 after hypothetical Conjs., v. εἴπερ.

2 after temporal Conjs., ὅτε π. just when, Il.4.259, 5.802, etc.; ἦμος.. π. 11.86; ὅταν π. S.OC 301, etc.; πρίν π. before even, Il.15.588.

3 after causal Conjs., v. ἐπείπερ, ἐπειδήπερ ; δι' ὅ τι π. just because, Hdt.4.186.

4 after relats., v. ὅσπερ, οἷός περ, ὅσοσπερ, ἔνθαπερ, ὅθιπερ, οὗπερ, ᾗπερ, ὥσπερ.

5 after the comp. particle, v. ἤπερ, ἠέπερ.

6 after καί, v. καίπερ.

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περ (B), [dialect] Aeol. for περί.

φοβέω (φέβομαι ‘flee in terror’; Hom. et al.; Wsd 17:9; Jos., Ant. 14, 456), in our lit. only pass. φοβέομαι (Hom.+; OGI 669, 59; SIG 1268 II, 17; pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., Just.; Mel., P. 98, 746 al.; Ath. 20, 2; R. 21 p. 75, 1) impf. ἐφοβούμην; 1 fut. φοβηθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐφοβήθην (Plut., Brut. 1002 [40, 9]; M. Ant. 9, 1, 7; Jer 40:9; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 277; s. B-D-F §79).

① to be in an apprehensive state, be afraid, the aor. oft. in the sense become frightened

ⓐ intr., abs. (Iren. 1, 4, 2 [Harv. I 36, 4]) ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα they were terribly frightened (Ex 14:10; 1 Macc 12:52) Mt 17:6; 27:54. ἐπεστράφην φοβηθείς I turned around in terror Hv 4, 3, 7.—Mt 9:8; 14:30; 25:25; Mk 5:33; Ac 16:38. ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ for they were afraid Mk 16:8 (Mk 16:9–20 is now rarely considered a part of the original gospel of Mk, though many scholars doubt that the gosp. really ended w. the words ἐφ. γάρ. The original ending may have been lost; among the possible reasons given are the accidental loss of the last page of Mark’s own first copy [the same defect, at a very early stage, in the case of the 18th book of the Κεστοί of Jul. Africanus: WBauer, Orthodoxy etc. (Engl. tr. of 2d German ed. ’64) ’71, 159ff. S. also FKenyon, Papyrus Rolls and the Ending of St. Mk: JTS 40, ’39, 56f; CRoberts, The Ancient Book and the Ending of St. Mk: ibid. 253–57] or by purposeful suppression, perh. because it may have deviated fr. the other accounts of the resurrection [for the purposeful omission of the end of a document cp. Athen. 4, 61, 166d on the 10th book of Theopompus’ Philippica, ἀφʼ ἧς τινες τὸ τελευταῖον μέρος χωρίσαντες, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν τὰ περὶ τῶν δημαγωγῶν. S. also Diog. L. 7, 34: a report of Isidorus of Pergamum on the systematic mutilation of books in the library there by Athenodorus the Stoic].—Those who conclude that nothing ever came after ἐφ. γάρ must either assume that the evangelist was prevented fr. finishing his work [Zahn et al.], or indeed intended to close the book w. these words [s. γάρ 1a]. For a short sentence, composed of a verb + γάρ s. also Epict. 3, 9, 19; 4, 8, 4; Artem. 4, 64; 1, 33 p. 35, 6; Plotinus, Ennead 5, 5, a treatise ending in γάρ [PvanderHorst, JTS 23, ’72, 121–24]; Musonius Rufus, Tr. XII; Oenomaus in Eus., PE 6, 7, 8; Libanius, Or. 53 p. 65, 20 F.; PMich 149 VI, 37 [II A.D.]. Among those favoring an ending w. γάρ: Wlh., Loisy, Lohmeyer ad loc.; ABauer, WienerStud 34, 1912, 306ff; LBrun, D. Auferst. Christi 1925, 10ff; OLinton, ThBl 8, 1929, 229–34; JCreed, JTS 31, 1930, 175–80; MGoguel, La foi à la résurr. de Jésus ’33, 176ff; HMosbech, Mkevangeliets Slutning: SEÅ 5, ’40, 56–73; WAllen, JTS 47, ’46, 46–49 [‘feel reverential awe’]; ibid. 48, ’47, 201–3. S. also EGoodspeed, Exp. 8th ser., 18, 1919, 155–60; reconstruction of the ‘lost’ ending, in Engl., by Goodsp. in his Introd. to the NT ’37, 156; HProbyn, Exp. 9th ser., 4, 1925, 120–25; RKevin, JBL 45, 1926, 81–103; MEnslin, ibid. 46, 1927, 62–68; HCadbury, ibid. 344f; MRist, ATR 14, ’32, 143–51; WKnox, HTR 35, ’42, 13ff; EHelzle, Der Schluss des Mk, ’59, diss. Tübingen; FDanker, CTM 38, ’67, 26f; JLuzarraga, Biblica 50, ’69, 497–510; KAland, MBlack Festschr., ’69, 157–80, NTEntwürfe, ’79, 246–83). φοβοῦμαι μᾶλλον I am all the more fearful IPhld 5:1. μὴ φοβηθῆτε do not be afraid Mt 10:31 v.l. (μή 1cεא). μὴ φοβοῦ, μὴ φοβεῖσθε you must no longer be afraid, stop being afraid (μή 1cγא) Mt 10:31; 14:27; 17:7; Mk 5:36; Lk 1:13, 30; 2:10; 5:10; 8:50; 12:7 al. LKöhler, D. Offenbarungsformel ‘Fürchte dich nicht!’: SchTZ 36, 1919, 33ff.—W. acc. of inner obj. (B-D-F §153; Rob. 468; Pla., Prot. 360b; Ael. Aristid. 30 p. 586 D.: φοβοῦμαι φόβον; Did., Gen. 230, 1; on LXX usage s. Johannessohn, Kasus 73) ὁ φόβος ὸ̔ν δεῖ σε φοβηθῆναι the fear which you must have Hm 7:1c. ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν (Jon 1:10; 1 Macc 10:8; TestAbr. B 13 p. 117, 17f [Stone p. 82]; JosAs 6:1) they were very much afraid Mk 4:41; Lk 2:9. If the nouns are to be taken in the pass. sense, this is also the place for τὸν φόβον αὐτῶν (objective gen.) μὴ φοβηθῆτε 1 Pt 3:14 (cp. Is 8:12) and μὴ φοβούμεναι μηδεμίαν πτόησιν vs. 6 (πτόησις 2); s. 1bγ below.—A recognizable Hellenic expr. (cp. ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων φόβος=fear in the face of the enemy), though encouraged by OT usage (Lev 26:2; Dt 1:29; Jer 1:8, 17; Jdth 5:23; 1 Macc 2:62; 8:12; En 106:4; Helbing 29; B-D-F §149; Rob. 577) φοβ. ἀπό τινος be afraid of someone Mt 10:28a; Lk 12:4; 1 Cl 56:11 (Job 5:22).—Foll. by gen. absol. 56:10. Foll. by μή and the aor. subj. to denote that which one fears (Thu. 1, 36, 1; Aesop, Fab. 317 H.=356a P.; Alex. Aphr. 31, II/2 p. 203, 20 τὸν Ἀπόλλω φοβεῖσθαι μή τι παρελθῇ τούτων ἄπρακτον=Apollo is concerned [almost as much as ‘sees to it’] that nothing of this remains undone; Jos., Ant. 10, 8, Vi. 252) Ac 23:10; 27:17; ITr 5:1; Hs 9, 20, 2. Foll. by μήποτε (Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 2, 4 Jac. p. 1172, 30 φοβοῦμαι περὶ ὑμῶν, μήποτε; JosAs 7:3; ApcMos 16 al.): Hm 12, 5, 3. φοβηθῶμεν μήποτε δοκῇ τις Hb 4:1; μήπου (v.l. μήπως; ParJer 5:5) Ac 27:29; 2 Cor 11:3; 12:20. A notable feature is the prolepsis of the obj. (cp. Soph., Oed. R. 767; Thu. 4, 8, 7) φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς μήπως εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς I am afraid my work with you may be wasted Gal 4:11 (B-D-F §476, 3; Rob. 423).—W. inf. foll. be afraid to do or shrink from doing someth. (B-D-F §392, 1b.—X., An. 1, 3, 17 al.; Gen 19:30; 26:7; ApcMos 10:18) Mt 1:20; 2:22; Mk 9:32; Lk 9:45; 2 Cl 5:1.—φοβεῖσθαι abs. in the sense take care (Just., D. 78, 4) πλέον φοβεῖσθαι be more careful than usually ITr 4:1.

ⓑ trans. fear someone or someth.

α. pers. τινά someone (X., An. 3, 2, 19 al.; PGM 4, 2171; Num 21:34; Dt 3:2; Jos., Ant. 13, 26; Just., D. 83, 1) μὴ φοβηθῆτε αὐτούς Mt 10:26. Ἡρῴδης ἐφοβεῖτο τὸν Ἰωάννην Mt 6:20. τοὺς Ἰουδαίους J 9:22.—Gal 2:12; 2:5b (saying of Jesus). God (Did., Gen. 64, 15; Theoph. Ant. 1, 14 [p. 92, 11]) Mt 10:28b; Lk 12:5abc; 23:40; 2:5c (saying of Jesus). The crowd Mt 14:5; 21:26, 46; Mk 11:32; 12:12; Lk 20:19; 22:2; Ac 5:26 (foll. by μή). τὴν ἐξουσίαν (ἐξουσία 5a) Ro 13:3. The angel of repentance Hm 12, 4, 1; Hs 6, 2, 5. The Christian is to have no fear of the devil Hm 7:2a; 12, 4, 6f; 12, 5, 2.

β. animals (in imagery) μὴ φοβείσθωσαν τὰ ἀρνία τοὺς λύκους 2:5a (saying of Jesus, fr. an unknown source).

γ. things τὶ someth. (X., Hell. 4, 4, 8 al.; En 103:4; ApcEsdr 7:2 τὸν θάνατον; Just., D. 1, 5 κόλασιν; Ath., R. 21 p. 75, 1 οὐδέν; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 90; 2, 232) τὸ διάταγμα τοῦ βασιλέως Hb 11:23. τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ βασιλέως vs. 27. τὴν κρίσιν 2 Cl 18:2. τὸν ὄντως θάνατον Dg 10:7. φοβοῦμαι τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην, μὴ … IRo 1:2. τὰ ὅπλα (in imagery) Hm 12, 2, 4.—1 Pt 3:14 and 6 belong here if the nouns in them are to be taken in an act. sense; s. 1a above.—Fear, avoid, shun τὶ someth. (Ps.-Callisth. 1, 41, 9 Δαρεῖος τὸ ἅρμα φοβηθείς) τὴν πλάνην τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν B 12:10. τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου Hm 7:3ac.—AVStröm, Der Hirt des Hermas, Allegorie oder Wirklichkeit? Ntl. Sem. Uppsala 3, ’36.

② to have a profound measure of respect for, (have) reverence, respect, w. special ref. to fear of offending

ⓐ God: fear (differently 1bα) in the sense reverence (Aeschyl., Suppl. 893 δαίμονας; Isocr. 1, 16 τοὺς μὲν θεοὺς φοβοῦ, τοὺς δὲ γονεῖς τίμα; Pla., Leg. 11, 927a; Lysias 9, 17; 32, 17; Plut., De Superstit. 2, 165b; LXX; PsSol 4:21; TestJob 43:9 [τὸν κύριον]; JosAs 2:5 [deities]; Philo, Migr. Abr. 21 [after Gen 42:18]. Cp. PTebt 59, 10 [II B.C.] φοβεῖσθαι καὶ σέβεσθαι τὸ ἱερόν) Lk 1:50 (anticipates the οἱ φοβούμενοι in Ac: H-JKlauck, NTS 43, ’97, 134–39); 18:2, 4 (was Ex 23:1–3 his motto: even God could not bribe him?); Ac 10:35; 1 Pt 2:17; Rv 14:7; 19:5; 1 Cl 21:7; 23:1; 28:1; 45:6; B 10:10f (τὸν κύριον); 19:2, 7; Hm 1:2; 7:1, 4f; Hs 5, 1, 5; 8, 11, 2; D 4:10. Also τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ (2 Esdr 11) Rv 11:18.—φοβούμενοι τὸν θεόν as a t.t.=σεβόμενοι τὸν θεόν (σέβω 1b; t.t. disputed by MWilcox, JSNT 13, ’81, 102–22; cp. TFinn, CBQ 47, ’85, 75–84; ILevinskaya, The Book of Acts in Its Diaspora Setting [BAFCS V] ’96, 51–126; BWander, Gottesfürchtige und Sympathisanten [WUNT 104] ’98, esp. 80–86; 180–203) Ac 13:16, 26 (Just., D. 10, 4 al.; sing. 10:2, 22).—τὸν κύριον (PsSol 2:33; 3:12 al.; JosAs 8:9) Christ: Col 3:22.—WAllen (s. 1a above) interprets Mk 16:8 to mean reverence for the divine.

ⓑ pers. who command respect (Plut., Galba 1054 [3, 4]; Herodian 3, 13, 2; Lev 19:3 φοβ. πατέρα καὶ μητέρα; Jos., Ant. 19, 345): of a wife ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα Eph 5:33. τὸν ἐπίσκοπον IEph 6:1.—RAC VIII 661–99; TRE XI 756–59; Schmidt, Syn. III 507–36. DELG s.v. φέβομαι II. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

κάρτᾰ (cf. κράτος), Adv., freq. in [dialect] Ion. and Trag., rare in Com. and [dialect] Att. Prose (v. infr.):—with Adjs. and Advbs.,

A very, extremely; with Verbs, very much;

κ. κακῶς ῥιγῶ Hippon.16

;

ἐσθλοὺς κ. μαχητάς Aristeas Epic.Fr.3

; κ. ἀπὸ θερμέων Χωρέων very hot, Hdt.2.27; κ. θεραπεύειν τινά, opp. μετρίως, Id.3.80;

κ. δεόμενος Id.8.59

;

κ. ὀξύ Hp. Acut.58

;

κ. πρευμενεῖς A.Ag. 840

;

κ. ἰδεῖν ὁμόπτερος Id.Ch. 174

;

εἰ καὶ μακρὰ κ. ἐστίν S.Tr. 1218

;

ὥς σου κ. νῦν μνείαν ἔχω E.Med. 328

, cf. 222, etc.; once in Pl.,

πηλοῦ κ. βραχέος Ti. 25d

; ληρεῖς ἔχων κ. Ar. Av. 342 (troch.).

2 surely, in very deed,

κ. δ' ἔστ' ἐγχώριος A.Th. 413

; κ. δ' ὢν ἐπώνυμος true to thy name, Id.Eu.90, cf. Th. 658; κ. δ' εἰμὶ τοῦ πατρός all on the father's side, Id.Eu. 738;

κ. δ' εἴσ' ὅμαιμοι Id.Th. 939

(lyr.); ἦ κ. Id.Ag. 592, 1252, S.El. 312, 1278, etc.;

σὺ δὲ κ. φείδῃ Amips.22

.

3 καὶ κ., used to increase the force of a previous statement,

τὰ ἀνέκαθεν λαμπροί, ἀπὸ δὲ Ἀλκμέωνος.. καὶ κ. λαμπροί Hdt.6.125

; esp. in dialogue, yes, verily, ἦ γάρ τινες ναίουσι.. ; Answ.

καὶ κ... S.OC65

; ἆρ' ἄν τί μου δέξαιο.. ; Answ.

καὶ κάρτα γ E.Hipp. 90

; once in Ar.,

καὶ κ. μέντἂν.. καθείλκετε Ach. 544

; in Hdt. also, τὸ κ. 1.71, 4.181; esp. with a slightly iron. sense, with a vengeance,

ἐς ὂ δὴ καὶ τὸ κ. ἐπύθοντο 1.191

, cf. 3.104, 6.52.

⁺ D 2-2-4-5-9=22 Gn 1,31; 4,5; 1 Sm 11,15; 2 Sm 2,17; Jer 24,3

very [+adv.] 2 Mc 11,1; id. [+adj.] Gn 1,31; extremely [+adj.] 4 Mc 8,17; very much, exceedingly [+verb] Gn 4,5

*Jb 29,5 λίαν very-מאד for MT עמדי with me

λίαν [v. fin.], [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [full] λίην, Adv.

A very, exceedingly, in Hom. with an Adv.,

λ. ἑκάς Od.14.496

;

λ. ἀεικελίως 8.231

: with an Adj.,

λ. μέγα εἶπες 3.227

, 16.243;

νήπιος λ. τόσον 4.371

, cf. 13.238;

λ. λυπρός 13.243

; λ. ἐνθύμιος ib. 421: alone with a Verb, very much, overmuch,

κεχολώατο λ. 14.282

;

λ. ἄχθομαι ἕλκος Il.5.361

; οὔ τι λ. ποθὴ ἔσσεται not exceedingly, 14.368;

μή τι λ. προκαλίζεο Od.18.20

, cf. Il.6.486; also, in Hom., καὶ λίην, which always begins the sentence or verse, surely, aye surely,

καὶ λ. κεῖνός γε ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ Od.1.46

, cf. 3.203, Il.1.553, al.

II after Hom.,

ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην Archil.66.7

, cf. Sol.6;

λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις Anacr.

ap. Ptol.Ascal. p.409 H.; λ. πιστεύειν to believe implicitly, Hdt.4.96;

μὴ κάμνε λ. Pi. P.1.90

;

μὴ λ. στένε S.El. 1172

, cf. E.Med. 158 (lyr.);

ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. POxy.936.13

(iii A.D.);

καὶ λ. σαφῶς Ar.Eq. 1231

;

λ. ἀσελγῶς Lys. 24.15

;

λ. πόρρω Pl.Prt. 310c

;

ἐντὸς λ. τῶν τειχῶν Th.7.5

: with other words of like sense,

πολὺ λ. Isoc.9.48

;

λ. πάνυ Antiph.184.2

(dub.), cf. Eust.972.46; κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος, opp. πεπλασμένος (compare our very and verily), A.Pr. 1031:—in Trag.and Com.freq.betw.Art.and Noun, ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν his too great love.., A.Pr. 123 (anap.);

τὸ λ. ποτόν Cratin.187

;

ἡ λ. τρυφή Men.587

; τὰ λ. μειράκια Theopomp. Com.29;

αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι D.6.21

; τὸ λ. excess, violence, E.Andr. 866, Pl.Cra. 415c. [Hom. has [pron. full] ῐ nine times, [pron. full] ῑ thirty-two times; the latter is found both in arsi and in thesi. In later [dialect] Ep.and Trag. both quantities are found: [pron. full] ᾱ always.]

πάμ-πολυς, πόλλη (v. infr.), πολυ,

A very great, large, or numerous,

κατάγελως Ar.Eq. 320

;

γῆς πλῆθος Pl.Lg. 677e

;

στράτευμα X.An.2.4.26

;

τύχη Pl.Lg. 640d

(but πάμπολλος as fem., Luc.Cyn.1, Ael.VH4.8, A.D.Pron.89.12, Synt.36.27): in pl., very many, Ar. Pax 694, Pl.R. 373c, etc.

II neut. πάμπολυ, as Adv., very much, Id.Sph. 255d, etc.; cf. foreg.

Χριστός, οῦ (as an adj. in Trag. and LXX; TestReub 6:8; Just., D. 141, 3 [the compound νεόχριστος=newly plastered: Diod S, 38 and 39, Fgm. 4, 3; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1. 74 §342]; in our lit. only as a noun; pl. Just., D. 86, 3.—CTorrey, Χριστός: Quantulacumque ’37, 317–24), ὁ.

① fulfiller of Israelite expectation of a deliverer, the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Christ, appellative (cp. Ps 2:2; PsSol 17:32; 18:5, 7; TestSol 1:12 D; TestLevi 10:2; ParJer 9:19; Just. A I, 15, 7 al.; Mel., P. 102, 779 al.—ESellin, Die israel-jüd. Heilandserwartung 1909; EBurton, ICC Gal 1920, 395–99; AvGall, Βασιλεία τ. θεοῦ 1926; HGressmann, D. Messias 1929; PVolz, D. Eschatol. der jüd. Gemeinde im ntl. Zeitalter ’34; Dalman, Worte 237–45; Bousset, Rel.³ 227, Kyrios Christos² 1921, 3f; Billerb. I 6–11; MZobel, Gottes Gesalbter: D. Messias u. d. mess. Zeit in Talm. u. Midr. ’38; J-JBrierre-Narbonne, Le Messie souffrant dans la littérature rabbinique ’40; HRiesenfeld, Jésus Transfiguré ’47, 54–65; 81–96; TNicklin, Gospel Gleanings ’50, 265–67; WCvUnnik, NTS 8, ’62, 101–16; MdeJonge, The Use of ‘Anointed’ in the Time of Jesus, NovT 8, ’66; TRE XXII 630–35) ἐπυνθάνετο ποῦ ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται he inquired where the Messiah was to be born Mt 2:4. Cp. 16:16, 20; 22:42; 23:8 v.l., 10; 24:5, 23; 26:63; Mk 1:34 v.l.; 8:29; 12:35; 13:21; 14:61; Lk 3:15; 4:41; 20:41; 22:67; 23:2, 35, 39; 24:26, 46; J 1:20, 25; 3:28; 4:29, 42 v.l.; 6:69 v.l.; 7:26f, 31, 41ab, 42; 9:22; 10:24; 11:27; 12:34 (WCvUnnik, NovT 3, ’59, 174–79); 20:31; Ac 2:30 v.l., 31, 36; 9:22; 17:3; 18:5, 28; 26:23; 1J 2:22; 5:1 (OPiper, JBL 66, ’47, 445). J translates Μεσσίας as Χριστός 1:41; 4:25. ὁ Χριστὸς κυρίου Lk 2:26; cp. 9:20; Ac 3:18; 4:26 (Ps 2:2); Rv 11:15; 12:10.—Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός Jesus the Messiah (Mel., P. 10, 68) Ac 5:42 v.l.; 9:34 t.r.; 1 Cor 3:11 v.l.; 1J 5:6 v.l.; 1 Cl 42:1b; IEph 18:2. [Ἰησοῦν] τὸν Χριστὸν [καὶ σωτῆρα] ἡμῶν Jesus the Messiah, our Savior AcPl Ha 8, 28f. ὁ Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς Ac 5:42; 19:4 v.l. Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός Jesus, the so-called Messiah Mt 27:17, 22.—The transition to sense 2 is marked by certain passages in which Χριστός does not mean the Messiah in general (even when the ref. is to Jesus), but a very definite Messiah, Jesus, who now is called Christ not as a title but as a name (cp. Jos., Ant. 20, 200 Ἰησοῦ τοῦ λεγομένου Χριστοῦ; Just., D. 32, 1 ὁ ὑμέτερος λεγόμενος Χριστός. On the art. w. Χρ. s. B-D-F §260, 1; Rob. 760f) ἀκούσας τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ Mt 11:2; cp. Ac 8:5; 9:20 v.l.; Ro 9:3, 5; 1 Cor 1:6, 13, 17; 9:12; 10:4, 16; 2 Cor 2:12; 4:4; Gal 1:7; 6:2; Eph 2:5; 3:17; 5:14; Phil 1:15; Col 1:7; 2:17; 2 Th 3:5; 1 Ti 5:11; Hb 3:14; 9:28; 1 Pt 4:13; 2J 9; Rv 20:4 al.

② the personal name ascribed to Jesus, Christ, which many gentiles must have understood in this way (to them it seemed very much like Χρηστός [even in pronunciation—cp. Alex. of Lycopolis, III A.D., C. Manich. 24 Brinkmann 1905 p. 34, 18f ], a name that is found in lit. [Appian, Mithrid. 10 §32 Σωκράτης …, ὅτῳ Χρηστὸς ἐπώνυμον ἦν; 57 §232 Σωκράτη τὸν Χρηστόν; Diod S 17, 15, 2 Φωκίων ὁ Χρηστός; Chion, Ep. 4, 3; Philostrat., Vi. Soph. 2, 11, 2: a pupil of Herodes Att.; Memnon Hist., I B.C./I A.D.: 434, Fgm. 1, 4, 8; 1, 22, 5 Jac. as surname or epithet of a beneficent ruler], in ins [e.g. fr. Bithynia ed. FDörner ’41 no. 31 a foundation by Chrestos for the Great Mother; Sb 8819, 5] and pap [Preisigke, Namenbuch]; cp. v.l. εἶδος τοῦ Χριστοῦ TestAsh 7:2f for ὕδωρ ἄχρηστον; s. also Suetonius, Claud. 25.—TLL, Suppl. 1, 407f; B-D-F §24 [lit.]; Rob. 192) Ἰησοῦς Χριστός Mt 1:1, 18; Mk 1:1; J 1:17; 17:3; Ac 2:38; 3:6; 4:10; 8:12; 9:34 al. Very oft. in the epistles Ro 1:4, 6, 8; 3:22; 5:15 (see s.v. Ἀδάμ); 1 Cor 2:2; Col 2:19 v.l. (in effect negating the metaph. force of κεφαλή) etc.; Hb 10:10; 13:8, 21; Js 1:1; 2:1; 1 Pt 1:1–3, 7; 2 Pt 1:1ab; 1J 1:3; 2:1; 3:23; 2J 7; Jd 1ab; Rv 1:1, 2, 5; 1 Cl 21:6 (GrBar 4:15); AcPl Ha 8, 24; AcPlCor 2:4 (GrBar 4:15; Ar., Just.; Mel., P. 45, 322).—Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς (SMcCasland, JBL 65, ’46, 377–83) Ac 24:24; Ro 3:24; 6:3, 11; 8:1f, *11 v.l.; 1 Cor 1:2, 4, 30 etc.; 1 Cl 32:4; 38:1; IEph 1:1; 11:1; 12:2; IMg ins.; ITr 9:2; IRo 1:1; 2:2; IPhld 10:1; 11:2; ISm 8:2; Pol 8:1 (s. Ltzm., Hdb. exc. on Ro 1:1); AcPl Ha (throughout, exc. 8, 24) ; AcPlCor, exc. 2:4 (Just., D. 35, 8; Mel., P. 6, 42).—Χριστός Mk 9:41; Ro 5:6, 8; 6:4, 9; 8:10 etc.; Col 3:16 λόγος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, perh.= the story of Christ; Hb 3:6; 9:11; 1 Pt 2:21; 3:18; AcPlCor 2:10 and 35; AcPl Ha 2, 30 and 33; 8, 9 and 18 (Ar. 15, 10; Just., A I, 4, 7; Mel., P. 65, 465).—On the combination of Χριστός w. κύριος s. κύριος (II) 2bγג. On the formula διὰ Χριστοῦ (Ἰησοῦ) s. διά A 4b; on ἐν Χριστῷ (Ἰησοῦ) s. ἐν 4c (also Goodsp, Probs. 146f); on σὺν Χριστῷ s. σύν 1bβ.—OSchmitz, D. Christusgemeinsch. des Pls im Lichte s. Genetivgebrauchs 1924.—SMowinckel, He that Cometh, tr. GAnderson ’54; HRiesenfeld, The Mythological Background of NT Christology: CHDodd Festschr. ’64, 81–95. θεὸς χριστός Jd 5 P⁷².—On the question of Jesus’ Messianic consciousness s. the lit. s.v. Ἰησοῦς 3; υἱός 2, esp. d; also J-BFrey, Le conflit entre le Messianisme de Jésus et le Messianisme des Juifs de son temps: Biblica 14, ’33, 133–49; 269–93; KGoetz, Hat sich Jesus selbst für den Messias gehalten u. ausgegeben? StKr 105, ’33, 117–37; GBornkamm, Jesus von Naz. ’56, 155–63 (Engl. transl. JRobinson ’60, 169–78).—LCerfaux, Christ in the Theol. of St. Paul, tr. GWebb and AWalker, ’59; JMorgenstern, VetusT 11, ’61, 406–31; RFuller, The Foundations of NT Christology, ’65; WThüsing, Per Christum in Deum, ’65; HBraun, Qumran u. d. NT II ’66, 75–84; DJones, The Title ‘Christos’ in Lk-Ac, CBQ 32, ’70, 69–76; JKingsbury, Matthew: Structure, Christology, Kingdom ’75; RAC II 1250–62; TRE XXII 617–35; TLL Suppl. 1, 409–15.—DELG s.v. χρίω. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

⁺ D 1-1-0-0-5=7 Gn 7,19; Jos 3,16; 4 Mc 5,32; 6,11; 13,22

very much Gn 7,19; σφοδρότερον much more 4 Mc 5,32

ἄγαν, Adv.

A very much, chiefly [dialect] Aeol. [dialect] Dor. and Trag., not in Hom., rare in [dialect] Ion., as Hdt.2.173, Hp.Art.4, al., Democr.222; freq. in bad sense, too much:—prov.,

μηδὲν ἄ. Pi.Fr. 216

(attributed to Chilo by Arist.Rh. 1389b4);

μηδὲν ἄ. σπεύδειν Thgn.335

:—with Verbs,

ἄ. διαστρέψαι Hp.Fract.8

;

ἄ. ἐλευθεροστομεῖς A.Pr. 182

;

ἄ. τι ποιεῖν Pl.R. 563e

:—with Adjs. either preceding or following,

ἄ. κοῦφος Hp.Art.4

;

ἄ. βαρύς A.Pers. 515

;

πιθανὸς ἄ. Id.Ag. 485

; with [comp] Sup., ἄ. ἀγριωτάτους far the most savage, Ael.NA1.38, cf. 8.13:—with Adv.,

ὑπερθύμως ἄ. A.Eu. 824

;

ἄ. οὕτω S.Ph. 598

;

ὠμῶς ἄ. X.Vect. 5.6

:—with a Subst.,

ἡ ἄ. χρημάτων συναγωγή Democr.222

;

ἡ ἄ. σιγή S.Ant. 1251

;

ἡ ἄ. ἐλευθερία Pl.R. 564a

; without Art., εἰς ἄ. δουλείαν ib. (Cf. ἀγα-.)

[ᾰγᾱν Thgn.219

, Orac. ap. Hdt.4.157, A.Eu. 121, etc.; in late poets, ᾰγᾰν AP5.215.6 (Agath.), 10.51 (Pall.), cf. Eust.1433 fin.]