way of raising

πόρος, ὁ, ([etym.] πείρω, περάω)

A means of passing a river, ford, ferry, Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο π. Thryum the ford of the Alphëus, Il.2.592, h.Ap. 423, cf. h.Merc. 398;

πόρον ἷξον Ξάνθου Il.14.433

;

Ἀξίου π. A.Pers. 493

; ἀπικνέεται ἐς τὸν π.τῆς διαβάσιος to the place of the passage, Hdt.8.115;

π. διαβὰς Ἅλυος A.Pers. 864

(lyr.);

τοῦ κατ' Ὠρωπὸν π. μηδὲν πραττέσθω IG12.40.22

.

2 narrow part of the sea, strait,

διαβὰς πόρον Ὠκεανοῖο Hes.Th. 292

;

παρ' Ὠκεανοῦ.. ἄσβεστον π. A.Pr. 532

(lyr.); π. Ἕλλης ([dialect] Dor. Ἕλλας), = Ἑλλήσποντος, Pi.Fr. 189, A.Pers. 875(lyr.), Ar.V. 308(lyr.); Ἰόνιος π. the Ionian Sea which is the passage-way from Greece to Italy, Pi.N.4.53;

πέλαγος αἰγαίου πόρου E.Hel. 130

; Εὔξεινος, ἄξενος π. (cf.

πόντος 11

), Id.Andr. 1262, IT 253; διάραντες τὸν π., i.e. the sea between Sicily and Africa, Plb.1.37.1; ἐν πόρῳ in the passage-way (of ships), in the fair-way, Hdt.7.183, Th. 1.120, 6.48;

ἐν π. τῆς ναυμαχίης Hdt.8.76

;

ἕως τοῦ π. τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ὅρμον τὸν Ἀφροδιτοπολίτην PHib.1.38.5

(iii B.C.).

3 periphr., πόροι ἁλός the paths of the sea, i.e. the sea, Od.12.259;

Αἰγαίου πόντοιο πλατὺς π. D.P.131

;

ἐνάλιοι π. A.Pers. 453

; π.ἁλίρροθοι ib. 367, S.Aj. 412(lyr.); freq. of rivers, π. Ἀλφεοῦ, Σκαμάνδρου, i.e. the Alphëus, Scamander, etc., Pi.O.1.92, A.Ch. 366(lyr.), etc.;

ῥυτοὶ π. Id.Eu. 452

, cf. 293; Πλούτωνος π. the river Pluto, Id.Pr. 806: metaph., βίου π. the stream of life, Pi.I.8(7).15;

π. ὕμνων Emp.35.1

.

4 artificial passage over a river, bridge, Hdt.4.136, 140, 7.10.

γ;

aqueduct,

IG7.93

(Megara, V A.D., restd.), Epigr.Gr.1073.4 ([place name] Samos).

5 generally, pathway, way, A.Ag. 910, S.Ph. 705(lyr.), etc.; track of a wild beast, X.Cyr.1.6.40; αἰθέρα θ' ἁγνὸν πόρον οἰωνῶν their pathway, A.Pr. 284(anap.); ἐν τῷ π.εἶναι to be in the way, Sammelb.7356.11(ii A.D.): metaph.,

πραπίδων πόροι A.Supp.94

(lyr.).

6 passage through a porous substance, opening, Epicur.Ep.1pp.10,18 U.; esp. passage through the skin, οἱ πόροι the pores or passages by which the ἀπορροαί passed, acc. to Empedocles,

πόρους λέγετε εἰς οὓς καὶ δι' ὧν αἱ ἀπορροαὶ πορεύονται Pl.Men. 76c

, cf. Epicur. Fr. 250, Metrod. Fr.7,Ti.Locr.100e;

νοητοὶ π. S.E.P.2.140

; opp. ὄγκοι, Gal. 10.268; so of sponges, Arist. HA 548b31; of plants, Id.Pr. 905b8, Thphr.CP1.2.4, HP1.10.5.

b of other ducts or openings of the body, π. πρῶτος, of the womb, Hp. ap. Poll.2.222; πόροι σπερματικοί, θορικοὶ π., Arist.GA 716b17, 720b13; π.

ὑστερικοί

the ovaries.

Id.HA 570a5

, al.; τροφῆς π., of the oesophagus, Id.PA 650a15, al.; of the rectum, Id.GA 719b29; of the urinal duct, ib. 773a21; of the arteries and veins, Id.HA 510a14, etc.

c passages leading from the organs of sensation to the brain,

ψυχὴ παρεσπαρμένη τοῖς π. Pl.Ax. 366a

;

οἱ π. τοῦ ὄμματος Arist.Sens. 438b14

, cf. HA 495a11, PA 656b17; ὤτων, μυκτήρων, Id.GA 775a2, cf. 744a2; of the optic nerves, Heroph. ap. Gal.7.89.

II c. gen. rei, way or means of achieving, accomplishing, discovering, etc.,

οὐκ ἐδύνατο π. οὐδένα τούτου ἀνευρεῖν Hdt.2.2

;

οὐδεὶς π. ἐφαίνετο τῆς ἁλώσιος Id.3.156

;

τῶν ἀδοκήτων π. ηὗρε θεός E.Med. 1418

(anap.); π. ὁδοῦ a means of performing the journey, Ar. Pax 124;

π. ζητήματος Pl.Tht. 191a

; but also π. κακῶν a means of escaping evils, a way out of them, E.Alc. 213 (lyr.): c. inf.,

πόρος νοῆσαι Emp.4.12

;

π. εὐθαρσεῖν And.2.16

;

π. τις μηχανή τε.. ἀντιτείσασθαι E.Med. 260

: with Preps.,

π. ἀμφί τινος A.Supp. 806

codd. (lyr.); περί τινος dub. in Ar.Ec. 653;

πόροι πρὸς τὸ πολεμεῖν X. An.2.5.20

.

2 abs., providing, means of providing, opp. ἀπορία, Pl. Men. 78d sq.; contrivance, device,

οἵας τέχνας τε καὶ π. ἐμησάμην A.Pr. 477

; δεινὸς γὰρ εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον ib.59, cf. Ar.Eq. 759;

μέγας π. A.Pr. 111

;

τίνα π. εὕρω πόθεν; E.IA 356

(troch.).

3 π. χρημάτων a way of raising money, financial provision, X.Ath.3.2, HG1.6.12, D.1.19, IG7.4263.2 (Oropus, iii B.C.), etc.;

ὁ π. τῶν χρ. D.4.29

, IG12(5).1001.1 (Ios, iv B.C.); without χρημάτων, SIG284.23 (Erythrae, iv B.C.), etc.;

μηχανᾶσθαι προσόδου π. X.Cyr.1.6.10

, cf. PTeb.75.6 (ii B.C.): in pl., 'ways and means', resources, revenue,

πόροι χρημάτων D. 18.309

: abs.,

πόρους πορίζειν Hyp.Eux.37

, cf. X.Cyr.1.6.9 (sg.), Arist. Rh. 1359b23; πόροι ἢ περὶ προσόδων, title of work by X.: sg., source of revenue, endowment, OGI544.24 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), 509.12,14 (Aphrodisias, ii A.D.), etc.

b assessable income or property, taxable estate, freq. in Pap., as BGU1189.11 (i A.D.), etc.; liability, PHamb.23.29 (vi A.D.), etc.

III journey, voyage,

μακρᾶς κελεύθου π. A. Th. 546

;

παρόρνιθας π. τιθέντες Id.Eu. 770

, cf. E.IT 116, etc.; ἐν τῷ π. πλοῖον ἀνατρέψαι on its passage, Aeschin.3.158.

IV Π personified as father of Ἔρως, Pl.Smp. 203b.

πίστις, εως, ἡ (Hes., Hdt.+; ranging in meaning from subjective confidence to objective basis for confidence).

① that which evokes trust and faith

ⓐ the state of being someone in whom confidence can be placed, faithfulness, reliability, fidelity, commitment (X., An. 1, 6, 3; 3, 3, 4; Aristot., Eth. Eud, 7, 2, 1237b, 12; Polyb. 7, 12, 9; 38, 1, 8 al.; Herodian 2, 14, 4 al.; SIG 675, 22; OGI 557, 16; PTebt 27, 6; 51 [II B.C.]; POxy 494, 9; 705, 32; other pap M-M. s.v.; Ps 32:4; Pr 12:22; Jos., Ant. 2, 61; TestAsh 7:7) w. κρίσις and ἔλεος Mt 23:23. (Opp. ἀπιστία as Hes., Op. 370) τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ καταργεῖν nullify the faithfulness/commitment of God (cp. Ps 32:4; Hos 2:22) Ro 3:3. πᾶσαν π. ἐνδείκνυσθαι ἀγαθήν show all good faith(fulness) Tit 2:10 (cp. BGU 314, 19 μετὰ πίστεως ἀγαθῆς). W. other virtues Gal 5:22 (on πίστις, πραΰτης cp. Sir 45:4; 1:27). W. ὑπομονή 2 Th 1:4. τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα I have remained faithful or loyal (πίστιν τηρεῖν as Polyb. 6, 56, 13; 10, 37, 5; Jos., Bell. 2, 121; 6, 345; OGI 339, 46f; IBM III, 587b, 5f [Dssm., LO 262=LAE 309, esp. note 3]) 2 Ti 4:7, though this would be classified by some under 3 below. S. also 1c below.

ⓑ a solemn promise to be faithful and loyal, assurance, oath, troth (X., Cyr. 7, 1, 44; 8, 8, 3, Hell. 1, 3, 12; Diod S 14, 9, 7; Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 86 §362 μεγάλας πίστεις ἔδωκεν=solemn assurances; 3 Macc 3:10; Jos., Ant. 12, 382) τὴν πρώτην πίστιν ἠθέτησαν 1 Ti 5:12 (s. also ἀθετέω 1 and cp. CIA app. [Wünsch, Praef. p. xv] of a woman who πρώτη ἠθέτησεν τὴν πίστιν to her husband). Cp. Rv 2:3.

ⓒ a token offered as a guarantee of someth. promised, proof, pledge (Pla., Phd. 70b; Isocr. 3, 8; Aristot., Rhet. 1, 1; 3, 13; Epicurus in Diog. L. 10, 63; 85: πίστις βεβαία=dependable proof; Polyb. 3, 100, 3; Περὶ ὕψους 39, 3=p. 74, 20 V.; Epict. 1, 28, 3; Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 119 §500; Jos., Ant. 15, 69) πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν ἀναστήσας αὐτόν (God has appointed a man [Jesus] to be judge of the world, and) he has furnished proof (of his fitness for this office) to all people by raising him (on πίστιν παρέχειν cp. Jos., Ant. 2, 218 πίστιν παρεῖχε; 15, 260; Polyb. 2, 52, 4 πίστιν παρέσχετο=gave a pledge, security; Vett. Val. 277, 29f) Ac 17:31. JBarton, Biblica 40, ’59, 878–84: π. in 2 Ti 4:7= bond deposited by an athlete. But see 3 below.—WSchmitz, ῾Η Πίστις in den Papyri, diss. Cologne, ’64.

② state of believing on the basis of the reliability of the one trusted, trust, confidence, faith in the active sense=‘believing’, in ref. to deity (Soph. Oed. R. 1445 νῦν γʼ ἂν τῷ θεῷ πίστιν φέροις; Pla., Leg. 12, 966de; Plut. Mor. 402e; 756b; Dio Chrys. 3, 51 παρὰ θεῶν τιμὴ κ. πίστις; Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 226 D.: πίστιν ἐν τ. θεοῖς ἔχειν; Appian, Liby. 57 §248 ἐς θεοὺς πίστις; Ep. 33 of Apollonius of Tyana [Philostrat. I 352, 14]; Herm. Wr. 9, 10 ἐπίστευσε καὶ ἐν τῇ καλῇ πίστει ἐπανεπαύσατο; Porphyr., Ad Marcellam 21 τῆς βεβαίας πίστεως, τὸ μεμαθηκέναι, ὅτι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ προνοεῖται πάντα. The divinity Πίστις in Plut., Num. 70 [16, 1] and in magic [exx. in Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 234f, among them Aberciusins. 12; PGM 4, 1014 ἀλήθεια καὶ πίστις; 12, 228]; Wsd 3:14; 4 Macc 15:24; 16:22; 17:2; Philo, Abr. 270; 271; 273, Mut. Nom. 182, Migr. Abr. 43f, Conf. Lingu. 31, Poster. Cai. 13 [on faith in Philo s. the lit. given under πιστεύω 2aα]; Jos, C. Ap. 2, 163; 169; Just., A I, 52, 1 πίστιν ἔχειν; 53, 11 πειθὼ καὶ πίστιν … ἐμφορῆσαι), in our lit. directed toward God and Christ, their revelations, teachings, promises, their power and readiness to aid.

ⓐ God: πίστις θεοῦ (cp. Jos., Ant. 17, 179.—Cp. π. καὶ φόβος ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ Theoph. Ant. 1, 7 [p. 72, 26]) faith, trust, confidence in God Mk 11:22; cp. Ac 19:20 D; 1 Cl 3:4; 27:3. π. θείου πνεύμαπος faith in the divine spirit Hm 11:9. ἡ π. τοῦ κυρίου Hs 6, 3, 6. π. (καὶ ἐλπὶς) εἰς θεόν 1 Pt 1:21. π. ἐπὶ θεόν Hb 6:1. ἡ πίστις ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεόν 1 Th 1:8 (on the constr. w. πρὸς τ. θ. cp. Philo, Abr. 268; 271; 273; Just., D. 121, 2 διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον π.).—πίστις can also be characterized as faith in God by the context, without the addition of specific words; so in connection w. OT personalities: Abraham Ro 4:5, 9, 11–13, 16, 19f (s. also 2dα below); 1 Cl 10:7; 31:2; of Rahab 12:1, 8; of Esther 55:6 (ἡ τελεία κατὰ πίστιν). The OT heroes of faith Hb 11:4–33, 39 (w. this catalogue of heroes cp. Il. 4, 457–538; 2 Km 23:8–39; 1 Ch 11:10–12:18; CGordon, Homer, and the Bible: HUCA 26, ’55, 83).—But in Hb it is also true that God is specifically the object of the Christian’s faith, and Christ 12:2 is ὁ τῆς πίστεως ἀρχηγὸς καὶ τελειώτης. Cp. 10:38; 11:3; 13:7. (On faith in Hb s. Schlatter, Der Glaube im NT⁴ 1927, 520ff; BHeigl, Verfasser u. Adresse des Hb 1905, 109–18; GHoennicke, Die sittl. Anschauungen des Hb: ZWT 45, 1902, 26ff; Windisch, Hdb. exc. on Hb 11; Riggenbach and Michel on Hb 11; Strathmann on 10:38. S. ὑπόστασις end.)—ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν Mt 17:20. Opp. doubt 21:21. αἰτεῖν ἐν πίστει μηδὲν διακρινόμενος Js 1:6. ἡ εὐχὴ τῆς πίστεως 5:15 (εὐχή 1). ἡ πίστις τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead Col 2:12.

ⓑ Christ

α. of belief and trust in the Lord’s help in physical and spiritual distress; oft. in the synopt. gospels: Mt 8:10; 9:2, 22, 29 (κατὰ τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν); 15:28; Mk 2:5; 4:40; 5:34; 10:52; Lk 5:20; 7:9, 50; 8:25, 48; 17:19; 18:42.—Cp. ἔχει πίστιν τοῦ σωθῆναι (the lame man) had faith that he would be cured Ac 14:9.

β. of faith in Christ, designated by the addition of certain words. By the obj. gen. (s. Just., D. 52, 4 διὰ τῆς πίστεως τῆς τοῦ χριστοῦ) πίστις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ faith in Jesus Christ (and sim. exprs. On interp. as obj. gen. s. AHultgren, NovT 22, ’80, 248–63 [lit.]; response SWilliams, CBQ 49, ’87, 431–47.) Ro 3:22, 26; Gal 2:16ab, 20; 3:22; Eph 3:12; Phil 3:9a; Js 2:1; Rv 14:12; cp. 2:13 (ἡ πίστις μου=faith in me, the Human One [Son of Man]); IMg 1:1. (The πίστις Χριστοῦ in Paul is taken as a subj. gen. by JHaussleiter, Der Glaube Jesu Christi 1891, Was versteht Paulus unter christlichem Glauben?: Greifswalder Studien für HCremer 1895, 161–82 and GKittel, StKr 79, 1906, 419ff. See also Schläger, ZNW 7, 1906, 356–58; BLongenecker, NTS 39, ’93, 478–80 [lit. since ’81]; DCampbell, JBL 113, ’94, 265–85; response BDodd, 114, ’95, 470–73.—ADeissmann, Paulus² 1925, 125f [Paul, tr. WWilson, 1926, 162ff], speaks of the mystical gen., ‘faith in Christ’. Likew. HWeber, Die Formel ‘in Christo Jesu’: NKZ 31, 1920, 213ff, esp. 231, 3; WWeber, Christusmystik 1924, 82. S. also LAlbrecht, Der Glaube Jesu Christi 1921; OSchmitz, Die Christusgemeinschaft des Pls im Lichte seines Genetivgebr. 1924, 91–134; OHoltzmann, D. Glaube an Jes.: Stromata 1930, 11–25; GTaylor, JBL 85, ’66, 58–76: the passages in Gal=Christ’s reliability as a trustee. Cp. GHoward, HTR 60, ’67, 459–65; MHooker, NTS 35, ’89, 321–42.)—By prepositional phrases: πίστις εἰς Χριστόν (and sim. exprs.) faith in Christ Ac 20:21; 24:24; 26:18; Col 2:5 (Just., D. 40, 1).—Also πίστις ἐν Χριστῷ (and sim.) Gal 3:26; Eph 1:15; Col 1:4; 1 Ti 3:13; 2 Ti 3:15; 1 Cl 22:1. In ἱλαστήριον διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι Ro 3:25, ἐν κτλ. prob. goes not w. πίστις, but w. ἱλαστήριον (s. Ltzm., Hdb. ad loc.; W-S. §20, 5d).—πίστις, ἣν ἔχεις πρὸς τ. κύριον Ἰησοῦν Phlm 5.—πίστις διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰ. Χριστοῦ Ac 20:21 D; sim. ἡ πίστις ἡ διʼ αὐτοῦ 3:16b (cp. 1 Pt 1:21).—Jesus Christ is called ἡ τελεία πίστις ISm 10:2.

ⓒ πίστις can also be characterized by an objective gen. of the thing: ἡ πίστις τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ faith in his (Jesus’) name Ac 3:16a. ἡ πίστις τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Phil 1:27. εὐαγγελίων πίστις Dg 11:6. πίστις ἀληθείας 2 Th 2:13.

ⓓ πίστις is found mostly without an obj., faith, firm commitment

α. as true piety, genuine devotion (Sextus 7a and 7; ParJer 6:7), which for our lit. means being a Christian (τὸ ἀληθινὸν πάσχα … πίστει νονούμενον Hippol., Ref. 8, 18, 1; Did., Gen. 54, 11) Lk 18:8 (s. Jülicher, Gleichn. 288); 22:32; Ac 6:5=vs. 8 v.l.; cp. 11:24.—6:7; 13:8; 14:22; 15:9; 16:5; Ro 1:5, 8, 12, 17ab (ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν does not mean a gradation [as, in a way, Appian, Mithrid. 40 §154: Sulla came upon ἕτερον ὅμοιον ἐξ ἑτέρου=one wall, i.e. fortification, after another similar one] or a transition from one kind to another [Himerius, Or.=Ecl. 10, 6 ἐκ ᾠδῆς εἰς ᾠδὴν ἄλλην μετέβαλον=they changed from one kind of song to another], but merely expresses in a rhetorical way that πίστις is the beginning and the end; s. Ltzm., Hdb. ad loc., and a grave-ins [ANock, Sallust. p. xxxiii, 94] ἐκ γῆς εἰς γῆν ὁ βίος οὗτοσ=‘dust is the beginning and the end of human life’.—AFridrichsen, ConNeot 12, ’48, 54); 17c (here and in Gal 3:11 the LXX of Hab 2:4 [DCampbell, JBL 116, ’97, 713–19] is not followed literally, since it has ἐκ πίστεώς μου=‘as a result of my faithfulness’; even in Hb 10:38, where μου does occur, it goes w. δίκαιος, not w. πίστεως); Ro 3:27f (Luther’s addition of the word ‘alone’ in vs. 28 is hard to contest linguistically. Cp., e.g., Diog. L. 9, 6: Heraclitus wrote his work in very obscure language ὅπως οἱ δυνάμενοι προσίοιεν αὐτῷ=in order that only the capable might approach it. S. also Fitzmyer, ABComm. 360–64), 30f; 4:5–20 (s. also 2a above); 5:1f; 9:30, 32; 10:6, 17; 11:20 (opp. ἀπιστία); 12:3, 6 (s. ἀναλογία; for a difft. view 3 below); 14:1, 22 (s. ἐνώπιον 2b; others would place in 2dε), 23ab (but s. ε below); 16:26; 1 Cor 2:5; 15:14, 17; 16:13; 2 Cor 1:24ab; 4:13; 10:15; 13:5; Gal 3:7–26; 5:5, 6 (s. ἐνεργέω 1b); 6:10 (οἱ οἰκεῖοι τῆς πίστεως, s. οἰκεῖος b); Eph 2:8; 3:17; 4:5, 13; 6:16; Phil 1:25 (χαρὰ τῆς πίστεως); 2:17; 3:9b; Col 1:23; 2:7; 1 Th 3:2, 5, 7, 10; 2 Th 1:3, 11; 3:2; 1 Ti 1:2, 4, 5 (π. ἀνυπόκριτος), 19ab; 4:1; 5:8; 6:10, 12, 21 (but s. 3 below); 2 Ti 1:5 (ἀνυπόκριτος π.); 2:18; 3:8; Tit 1:1, 4, 13; 3:15; Phlm 6 (s. κοινωνία 4); Hb 6:12; 10:22, 39 (opp. ὑποστολή); Js 1:3; 2:5; 1 Pt 1:5, 7, 9; 5:9; 2 Pt 1:1; 1J 5:4; 1 Cl 1:2 (ἡ πανάρετος κ. βεβαία π.); ISm 1:1 (ἀκίνητος π.); Hm 5, 2, 1; 12, 5, 4 (both πλήρης ἐν τῇ πίστει full of faith); 5, 2, 3 (π. ὁλόκληρος); 9:6 (ὁλοτελὴς ἐν τ. π.), 7 (opp. διψυχία), 12 (π. ἡ ἔχουσα δύναμιν); 12, 6, 1; Hs 9, 19, 2 (ἀπὸ τῆς π. κενοί); 9, 26, 8 (κολοβοὶ ἀπὸ τῆς π. αὐτῶν).—τὸ ῥῆμα τ. πίστεως Ro 10:8. οἱ λόγοι τῆς π. 1 Ti 4:6. τὸ μυστήριον τῆς π. 3:9. ὁ θεὸς ἤνοιξεν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν θύραν πίστεως God has opened the door of faith to the Gentiles, i.e. opened the way for them to participate in a new relationship w. God Ac 14:27 (s. also θύρα 1bγ). ἀκοὴ πίστεως Gal 3:2, 5 (s. ἀκοή 2 and 4b). (τὸ) ἔργον (τῆς) π. 1 Th 1:3; 2 Th 1:11 (s. ἔργον 1b). οἱ ἐκ πίστεως the people of faith (s. ἐκ 3b) Gal 3:7, 9. πῶς οὐν [πίστιν εὑρ]ίσκομεν; Ox 1081, 25f (but here [ταῦτα γιγν]ώ̣σκομεν is the preferable restoration w. Till after the Coptic SJCh 90, 2); 32. Of gnostics τοῦ ὄφεως πίστιν ἔχουσιν AcPlCor 2:20.—If the principal component of Christianity is faith, then π. can be understood as the Gospel in terms of the commitment it evokes (cp. SIG 932, 7 [II/I B.C.]) νῦν εὐαγγελίζεται τὴν πίστιν ἥν ποτε ἐπόρθει Gal 1:23 (s. 3 below). Perh. also Ro 1:5.

β. Hb 11:1 defines πίστις as ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις, πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων. There is here no qu. about the mng. of π. as confidence or assurance (s. 2a above), but on its relation to ὑπόστασις as its predication s. under that word.—(Ps.-Aristot., De Mundo 6, 18 interprets πιστεύειν in someth. as incapability to see someth. that is apparent only to God.) Paul contrasts walking διὰ εἴδους (εἶδος 3) as the lower degree, with διὰ πίστεως περιπατεῖν 2 Cor 5:7 (s. KDeissner, Pls. u. die Mystik seiner Zeit² 1921, 101ff). On the other hand πίστις is on a higher level than merely listening to Christian preaching Hb 4:2.

γ. πίστις abs., as a Christian virtue, is often coupled w. others of the same kind, esp. oft. w. ἀγάπη: 1 Th 3:6; 5:8; 1 Ti 1:14; 2 Ti 1:13; Phlm 5; B 11:8; IEph 1:1; 9:1; 14:1; 20:1; IMg 1:2; 13:1; IRo ins; ISm ins; 6:1; 13:2; AcPl Ha 8, 35. W. ἀγάπη and other abstracts 2 Cor 8:7; Gal 5:22; Eph 6:23; 1 Ti 2:15; 4:12; 6:11: 2 Ti 2:22; 3:10; Tit 2:2; Rv 2:19; IPhld 11:2; Pol 4:2; Hm 8:9; cp. v 3, 8, 2–5. The triad πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη 1 Cor 13:13; cp. also Col 1:4f; 1 Th 1:3; 5:8; B 1:4 (on this triad see s.v. ἀγάπη 1aα). W. ἐλπίς only (cp. 1 Pt 1:21) 1 Cl 58:2. The ζωῆς ἐλπίς is called ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος πίστεως ἡμῶν B 1:6.—W. ἀλήθεια (TestLevi 8:2) 1 Ti 2:7 (cp. the combination POxy 70, 4f [III A.D.]); 1 Cl 60:4. W. δικαιοσύνη Pol 9:2. W. ὑπομονή Rv 13:10; w. ὑπομ. and other abstracts 2 Pt 1:5f; Pol 13:2 (cp. also the following passages already referred to in this section: 1 Ti 6:11; 2 Ti 3:10; Tit 2:2 and Js 1:3 [α above]). W. γνῶσις (Just., D. 69, 1) et al. 2 Pt 1:5f [s. above]; D 10:2. ἵνα μετὰ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν τελείαν ἔχητε τὴν γνῶσιν B 1:5. W. φόβος and ἐγκράτεια Hm 6, 1, 1.—(Distinguished from θεία σοφία: Orig., C. Cels. 6, 13, 23.)

δ. faith as fidelity to Christian teaching. This point of view calls for ἔργα as well as the kind of πίστις that represents only one side of true piety: Js 2:14ab, 17, 18abc, 20, 22ab, 24, 26 (ἔργον 1a); Hv 3, 6, 5; Hs 8, 9, 1ab.

ε. Ro 14:22 and 23 π. as freedom or strength in faith, conviction (s. Ltzm., Hdb. ad loc.; but s. α above).

ζ. In addition to the πίστις that every Christian possesses (s. 2dα above) Paul speaks of a special gift of faith that belongs to a select few 1 Cor 12:9. Here he understands π. as an unquestioning belief in God’s power to aid people with miracles, the faith that ‘moves mountains’ 13:2 (cp. Mt 17:20.—21:21; s. 2a above). This special kind of faith may be what the disciples had in mind when they asked πρόσθες ἡμῖν πίστιν Lk 17:5; cp. vs. 6. τῇ πίστει φερόμενος ὁ Παυλος AcPl Ha 5, 1.

③ that which is believed, body of faith/belief/teaching (Diod S 1, 23, 8 ἰσχυρὰν πίστιν καὶ ἀμετάθετον=an article of faith that was firm and unshakable [concerning Orpheus and Dionysus]; Mel., HE 4, 26, 13; Ath. 8, 1; Iren., 1, 10, 2 [Harv. I, 92, 1]; Orig., C. Cels., 1, 42, 26; Did., Gen. 156, 23). So clearly Jd 3 (τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ τοῖς ἁγίοις πίστει), 20 (τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει.—ἅγιος 1aα). πίστις θεοῦ=that which, acc. to God’s will, is to be believed IEph 16:2.—This objectivizing of the term πίστις is found as early as Paul: Ro 1:5; Gal 1:23 (s. 2dα end) and perh. Gal 3:23–25 (s. Ltzm., Hdb. ad loc.). ASeeberg, D. Katechismus der Urchristenheit 1903, 110f, understands 1 Ti 1:19; 4:1, 6; 6:10, cp. 21; 2 Ti 2:18 in this manner. Ro 12:6 (but s. ἀναλογία) and 2 Ti 4:7 are also interpreted in this way by many.—EBurton, ICC Gal 1921, 475–86; ASchlatter, D. Glaube im NT⁴ 1927; APott, Das Hoffen im NT in seiner Beziehung zum Glauben1915; ANairne, The Faith of the NT 1920; RGyllenberg, Pistis 1922; WKümmel, D. Glaube im NT: ThBl 16, ’38, 209–21; Dodd 65–68; TTorrance, ET 68, ’57, 111–14; CMoule, ibid. 157.—Synoptics: TShearer, ET 69, ’57, 3–6.—Esp. for Paul: BBartmann, Pls, die Grundzüge seiner Lehre u. die moderne Religionsgeschichte 1914; WMorgan, The Religion and Theology of Paul 1917; WHatch, The Pauline Idea of Faith in Its Relation to Jewish and Hellenistic Religion 1917; Ltzm., Hdb. exc. after Ro 4:25; FKnoke, Der christl. Glaube nach Pls 1922; ERohde, Gottesglaube u. Kyriosglaube bei Pls: ZNW 22, 1923, 43–57; EWissmann, Das Verh. v. πίστις und Christusfrömmigkeit bei Pls 1926; MDibelius, Glaube u. Mystik b. Pls: Neue Jahrb. f. Wissensch. u. Jugendbildg. 7, ’31, 683–99; WMundle, D. Glaubensbegriff des Pls ’32 (p. xi–xvi extensive bibliog.); RGyllenberg, Glaube b. Pls: ZWT 13, ’37, 612–30; MHansen, Om Trosbegrebet hos Pls ’37; LMarshall, Challenge of NT Ethics, ’47, 270–77; 298–300; RBultmann, Theologie des NT ’48, 310–26 (Engl. tr. KGrobel I ’51, 314–30; for the Johannines II, 70–92, ’55); MMassinger, BiblSacra 107, ’50, 181–94 et al. S. also δικαιοσύνη 3a.—For the Fourth Gosp.: JBuswell, The Ethics of ‘Believe’ in the Fourth Gospel: BiblSacra 80, 1923, 28–37; JHuby, De la connaissance de foi chez S. Jean: RSR 21, ’31, 385–421; RSchnackenburg, D. Glaube im 4. Ev., diss. Breslau ’37; WHatch, The Idea of Faith in Christ. Lit. fr. the Death of St. Paul to the Close of the Second Century 1926.—EGraesser, D. Glaube im Hebräerbrief, ’65.—ABaumeister, D. Ethik des Pastor Hermae, 1912, 61–140.—ESeidl, π. in d. griech. Lit. (to Peripatetics), diss. Innsbruck, ’53; HLjungman, Pistis, ’64; DLührmann, Pistis im Judent., ZNW 64, ’73, 19–38. On faith in late Judaism s. Bousset, Rel.³ 534a (index); also DHay, JBL 108, ’89, 4611–76; DLindsay, Josephus and Faith ’93. On the Hellenistic concept πίστις Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 234–36.—DELG s.v. πείθομαι. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

κλίνω [pron. full] [ῑ], [tense] fut.

A

κλῐνῶ Lyc.557

, ( ἐγκατα-) Ar.Pl. 621: [tense] aor. 1

ἔκλῑνα Il.5.37

, etc.: [tense] pf.

κέκλῐκα Plb.30.13.2

:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.

ἐκλινάμην Od.17.340

, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. κλῐθήσομαι συγ-) E.Alc. 1090, ( κατα-) D.S.8 Fr.19: [tense] fut. 2

κατα-κλῐνήσομαι Ar.Eq.98

, Pl.Smp. 222e, also κεκλίσομαι dub. in A.D.Pron.22.7: [tense] aor. 1 ἐκλίθην [ῐ] Od.19.470, S.Tr. 101 (lyr.), 1226, E.Hipp. 211 (anap.), freq. in Prose; poet. also ἐκλίνθην, v. infr. 11.1,2,3: [tense] aor. 2 ἐκλίνην [ῐ] only in compds.,

κατακλῐνῆναι Ar.V. 1208

, 1211, X.Cyr.5.2.15, etc.;

ξυγκατακλῐνείς Ar.Ach. 981

: [tense] pf. κέκλῐμαι (v. infr.); inf.

κεκλίσθαι A.D.Synt.325.3

, but κεκλίνθαι v.l. ib.47.1. ( κλῐ-ν-ψω, for. root κλῐ: κλει-, cf. κλειτύς; Skt. śráyati 'cause to lean', 'support', Lat.clinare, clivus.):—cause to lean, make to slope or slant, ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τάλαντα Ζεύς when he inclines or turns the scale, Il.19.223; Τρῶας δ' ἔκλιναν Δαναοί made them give way, 5.37, cf. Od.9.59;

ἐπεί ῥ' ἔκλινε μάχην Il.14.510

;

ἔκλινε γὰρ κέρας.. ἡμῶν E.Supp. 704

; also

ἐκ πυθμένων ἔκλινε.. κλῇθρα S.OT 1262

:— [voice] Med., Περσῶν κλινάμενοι [δύναμιν] IG12.763.

2 make one thing slope against another, i.e. lean, rest it,

τι πρός τι Il.23.171

, cf. 510;

ἅρματα δ' ἔκλιναν πρὸς ἐνώπια 8.435

: c.dat., ἔστησαν σάκε' ὤμοισι κλίναντες, i.e. raising their shields so that the upper rim rested on their shoulders, 11.593.

3 turn aside,

μηκέτι τοῦδε βήματος ἔξω πόδα κλίνῃς S.OC 193

(lyr.); ὄσσε πάλιν κλίνασα having turned back her eyes, Il.3.427; τὰς ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν [φλέβας] ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ κ. turn to.., Pl.Ti. 77e.

4 make another recline, ἐν κλίνῃ κλῖναί τινας make them lie down at table, Hdt.9.16;

κλῖνόν μ' ἐς εὐνήν E. Or. 227

;

κλίνατ', οὐ σθένω ποσίν Id.Alc. 267

(lyr.): metaph., ἡμέρα κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια puts to rest, lays low, S. Aj. 131.

5 in Magic, make subservient,

ψυχήν PMag.Par.1.1718

.

6 Gramm., inflect,

τὰ ῥήματα A.D.Synt.212.20

:—[voice] Pass., Id.Pron.12.7.

II [voice] Pass., lean,

ἂψ δ' ὁ πάϊς πρὸς κόλπον ἐϋζώνοιο τιθήνης ἐκλίνθη Il.6.467

; ὁ δ' ἐκλίνθη, καὶ ἀλεύατο κῆρα μέλαιναν he bent aside, 7.254; of a brasen foot-pan, ἂψ δ' ἑτέρωσ' ἐκλίθη it was tipped over, Od.19.470; of battle, turn,

ἐκλίνθη δὲ μάχη Hes.Th. 711

; of a body in equilibrium,

οὐδαμόσε κλιθῆναι Pl.Phd. 109a

, cf. Archim. Fluit.1.8,al.

2 lean, stay oneself upon or against a thing, c. dat.,

ἀσπίσι κεκλιμένοι Il.3.135

; κίονι, κλισμῷ κεκλιμένη, Od.6.307, 17.97;

ἠέρι δ' ἔγχος ἐκέκλιτο καὶ ταχἔ ἵππω Il.5.356

(s.v.l.);

ἐν δορὶ κεκλιμένος Archil.2

(also in [voice] Med.,

κλινάμενος σταθμῷ Od.17.340

);

κεκλιμένοι καλῇσιν ἐπάλξεσιν Il.22.3

;

πρὸς τοῖχον ἐκλίνθησαν Archil.34

;

ξύλα ἐς ἄλληλα κεκλιμένα Hdt.4.73

; ὅταν τύχωσι (sc. αἱ ἄτομοἰ τῇ περιπλοκῇ κεκλιμέναι when they chance to be propped (i.e. checked) by the interlacing with others, Epicur.Ep.1p.8U.

3 lie down, fall,

ἐν νεκύεσσι κλινθήτην Il.10.350

, etc.; παραὶ λεχέεσσι κλιθῆναι lie beside her on the bed, Od.18.213, cf. S.Tr. 1226: in [tense] pf., to be laid, lie,

ἔντεα.. παρ' αὐτοῖσι χθονὶ κέκλιτο Il.10.472

; φύλλων κεκλιμένων of fallen leaves, Od.11.194 ( φύλλα κεκλ. in Thphr.HP3.9.2, slanting leaves);

Ληθαίῳ κεκλιμένη πεδίῳ Thgn.1216

; Ἀλφεοῦ πόρῳ κλιθείς laid by Alpheus' stream, Pi.O.1.92; ἐπὶ γόνυ κέκλιται has fallen on her knee, i.e.is humbled, A.Pers. 931 (lyr.);

ὑπτία κλίνομαι S.Ant. 1188

;

τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐρρήγνυτο τὸ τεῖχος, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ ἐκλίνετο X.HG5.2.5

;

οὐ νούσῳ.. οὐδ' ὑπὸ δυσμενέων δούρατι κεκλίμεθα AP7.493

(Antip. Thess.), cf. 315 (Zenod. or Rhian.), 488 (Mnasalc.), Epic.Oxy.214r.3.

4 recline at meals,

κλιθέντες ἐδαίνυντο Hdt.1.211

, cf. E.Cyc. 543, SIG 1023.48 (Cos, iii/ii B.C.); κλίθητι καὶ πίωμεν cj. in Com.Adesp.1203, cf. E.Fr. 691.

5 of Places, lie sloping towards the sea, etc., lie near,

ἁλὶ κεκλιμένη Od.13.235

; [νῆσοι] αἵ θ' ἁλὶ κεκλίαται ([dialect] Ep. for κέκλινται) 4.608: hence, of persons, lie on, live on or by, [

Ὀρέσβιος] λίμνῃ κεκλιμένος Κηφισίδι Il.5.709

;

ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης κεκλίαται 16.68

, cf. 15.740;

δισσαῖσιν ἀπείροις κλιθείς S.Tr. 101

(lyr.); πλευρὰ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς κεκλιμένη, τὸ εἰς τὰς ἄρκτους κ., Plb.2.14.4, 1.42.5;

ὄρος Κοῖον ὃ κέκλιται πρὸς Παρνασσόν SIG826

Eiii 37 (Delph., ii B.C.).

6 metaph., τῷδε μέλει κλιθείς having devoted himself to.., Pi.N.4.15 (also in [voice] Act., incline towards,

τῶν πραγμάτων ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους κεκλικότων Plb. 30.13.2

).

7 wander from the right course,

κεκλιμένη ναῦς Thgn. 856

.

III [voice] Med., decline, wane, καὶ κλίνεται (sc. τὸ ἦμαρ) S.Fr.255.6.

IV intr. in [voice] Act., κ. πρὸς τὸ ξανθὸν χρῶμα incline towards.., Arist.Phgn. 812b3; κλίνοντος ὑπὸ ζόφον ἠελίοιο as the sun was declining, A.R.1.452; ἅμα τῷ κλῖναι τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς νυκτός as it came to an end, Plb.3.93.7;

ἡ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν Ev.Luc.9.12

;

ἡ πόλις ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ἔκλινεν X.Mem.3.5.13

;

τὸ κλῖνον ἀναλήμψεσθαι PFay.20.14

(iii/iv A.D.).

2 of soldiers, κ. ἐπ' ἀσπίδα, ἐπὶ δόρυ, turn to left, to right, Plb.3.115.9, etc.;

κ. πρὸς φυγήν Id.1.27.8

; also, wheel, Ascl. Tact.10.4.

τόν-ος, ὁ, ([etym.] τείνω)

A that by which a thing is stretched, or that which can itself be stretched, cord, brace, band, οἱ τ. τῶν κλινέων the cords of beds or chairs, Hdt.9.118, cf. Ar.Eq. 532 (anap.), Philippid.12, Michel 832.48 (Samos, iv B.C.); sg., bedcords, Ar.Lys. 923;

ὠμολίνου μακροὶ τόνοι A.Fr. 206

; ἐκ τριῶν τ. of three plies or strands, of ropes, X.Cyn.10.2.

2 in animals, τόνοι are sinews or tendons, Hp.Art.11 ( = nerves acc. to Gal.18(1).380):—of pneumogastric nerves, Ruf.Onom. 158.

3 in machines, twisted skeins of gut in torsion-engines, Ph.Bel.65.34, al., Hero Bel.83.4, Plu.Marc. 15.

b in the γαστραφέτης, = αἱ ἐκ τῶν ἄκρων κάμψεις, Hero Bel. 75.7.

c in dockyard equipment,

ὑποζωμάτων τέτταρας τόνους ἐγ νεωρίων IG22.1673.12

; τ. αἰχμάλωτοι ib.1610.23; τ. αἰχμάλωτος ἀδόκιμος ib.1613.282.

4 row or line of pillars, ib.1668.48.

II stretching, tightening, straining, strain, tension,

ὁ τ. τῶν ὅπλων Hdt. 7.36

; power of contracting muscles, Sor.1.112;

τ. καὶ ῥώμη Id.2.48

; τὸν τῆς ὁλκῆς τ. ὑπεκλῦσαι diminish the strength of the pull, ib. 61.

2 of sounds, raising of the voice, Aeschin.3.209,210, D.18.280, Phld.Lib.p.19 O., etc.: hence,

a pitch of the voice, Pl.R. 617b, Arist.Phgn. 807a17, etc.; including volume,

τόνοι φωνῆς· ὀξύ, βαρύ, μικρόν, μέγα X.Cyn.6.20

; κλαυθμυρίσαι μετὰ τόνου τοῦ προσήκοντος, of a new-born baby, Sor.1.79;

τῷ αὐτῷ τ. εἰπεῖν Arist.Rh. 1413b31

;

ἐν τ. ἀνιεμένοις καὶ βαρέσι Id.Aud. 804a26

; τὴν φωνὴν καὶ τὸν τ. ἐξάραντα Hieronym. ap. D.H.Isoc.13 (cf. Phld.Rh.1.198 S.);

σῴζειν τὸν τ. Longin.9.13

: pl., Phld.Rh.1.196S.; of a musical instrument, Plu.2.827b, etc.; diatonic scale, APl.4.220 (Antip.): metaph. of colour, 'values', Plin.HN35.29.

b pitch or accent of a word or syllable, Arist.Rh. 1403b29, D.T.629.27, A.D.Pron.8.8, al., Gal.16.495 (the meaning of the Adv. τόνῳ mentioned by A.D. Adv.167.2 is not given by him ( = λίαν, Hsch.); τόνῳ, = μετὰ προθυμίας ἰσχυρᾶς, was read by Gal. (16.585) in Hp.Prorrh.1.36 ( ξὺν τόνῳ or ξὺν πόνῳ codd.Hp.)).

c measure or metre,

ἐν ἑξαμέτρῳ τ. Hdt. 1.47

,62, 5.60;

ἐν τριμέτρῳ τ. Id.1.174

.

d in Musical writers, key, Aristox.Harm.2p.37M., Plu.2.1134a, 1135a, etc.

3 mental or physical exertion, τ. ἀμφ' ἀρετῆς, i.e. in praising it, Xenoph.1.20; bodily energy,

ἰσχὺς καὶ τ. Luc.Anach.25

, cf. 27; συστρέψαι τὸν τ. (by massage) Gal.6.91: generally, force, intensity, Plu.Demetr.21, 2.563f, etc.;

τ. ὀργῆς Id.Brut.34

;

τ. πνεύματος Luc.Dem.Enc.7

; ὁ τ. τῆς φαρμακείης its efficiency, Hp.Ep.16; τ. δυνάμεων, title of a work by Heras, Gal.13.416;

τ. σοφιστικός Eun.VSp.497B.

4 in Stoic Philos., 'tension', force, in Nature and Man,

πληγὴ πυρὸς ὁ τόνος ἐστί, κἂν ἱκανὸς ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ γένηται πρὸς τὸ ἐπιτελεῖν τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα, ἰσχὺς καλεῖται καὶ κράτος Cleanth.Stoic.1.128

;

ὁ ζωτικὸς τ. Stoic.2.235

, Gal.6.321;

αἰσθητικὸς τ. Stoic.2.215

; συνεκτικὸς τ. the tension which holds the universe together, ib.134.

III metaph., tenor of one's way, course,

εὐθὺν τ. τρέχειν Pi.O.10(11).64

;

ἕνα τόνον ἔχειν Plu.Dem.13

.

IV quarter of a city, IG12(5).872.36, al. ([place name] Tenos).