εἰς τοὺς ὄχλους

ἐφίστημι, [dialect] Ion. [pref] ἐπ-:

A causal in [tense] pres., [tense] impf., [tense] fut., and [tense] aor. 1 (also in the later [tense] pf. and [tense] plpf. ἐφέστᾰκα, ἐφεστάκειν [ᾰ], v. infr. 11.1, VI. 2):

I set, place upon,

τεῖχος τείχει Th.2.75

;

τι ἐπί τινος Pl.Criti. 116a

;

τι ἐπί τινι X.HG3.1.7

;

ὅρους ἐπὶ οἰκίαν D.41.6

: metaph.,

ἐ. τὴν ἐκεῖ μοῖραν βίῳ Pl.R. 498c

;

ἀνάγκην τινί D.H.1.16

.

II set over,

μ' Ἀπόλλων τῷδ' ἐπέστησεν τέλει A.Ag. 1202

;

φύλακ' ἐπέστησεν βοτ Id.Supp. 303

;

ἐ. τινὰ ὕπαρχόν τισι Hdt.5.27

;

τινὰ παιδαγωγόν τινι Pl. Alc.1.122b

, cf. X.Lac.2.1;

τινὰ πεντηκοντόρῳ Id.An.5.1.15

;

τινὰ τοῖς πράγμασι Isoc.2.27

;

τὸν νόμον Arist.Pol. 1292b28

;

ἐπὶ [συμμάχων] τινά Plb.2.65.9

;

ἐφεστάκει τινὰς πρὸς χρείαν Id.10.20.5

;

κύνα ἐπὶ ποίμνην D.26.22

;

τινὰ ἐπὶ τὰς εὐθύνας Id.18.112

: c. inf.,

βουλὴν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι τῆς εὐκοσμίας Isoc.7.37

:—[voice] Pass., to be appointed, instituted, PTeb.61 (b).358 (ii B. C.), etc.

2 bring in,

ἡ τύχη ἐπιστήσασα Ῥωμαίους Plb.15.20.6

; Φίλιππον ἐ. τοῖς πράγμασι to let him have a hand in the business, D.19.34.

3 bring in, cause, occasion,

κατάπληξίν τισι D.S.14.62

; κίνδυνον, ἀγῶνά τινι, App.Hann.55, Syr.10;

ἡ τύχη λοιμικὴν διάθεσιν ἐπέστησε Γαλάταις Plb.2.20.7

.

III set up, establish,

ἀγῶνα Hdt.1.167

, 6.38: c. acc. et inf., ordain, prescribe,

ὁ νόμος ἐφίστησι τὰ λοιπὰ κρίνειν τοὺς ἄρχοντας Arist.Pol. 1287a26

; ἐπιστήσατε quid facere debeamus, Plin.Ep.6.31.12.

IV set by or near to,

ἐπιστήσαντες κύκλῳ τὸ σῆμα ἱππέας Hdt.4.72

; esp. place in rear, of troops,

τὴν φάλαγγα τούτοις κατόπιν ἐ. Plb.1.33.6

, cf. 1.26. 14.

V stop, cause to halt,

ἐπιστῆσαι τὸ στράτευμα X.Cyr.4.2.18

; τὴν ὁδόν, τὴν πορείαν, D.S.17.112, Plu.Cim.1;

τοὺς ἱππέας τοῦ πρόσω Arr.An.5.16.1

; ἐ. τὴν ὁρμήν check it, Plb.16.34.2; τὴν διήγησιν interrupt it, Id.7.11.1; check,

ἔμμηνα Dsc.1.125

, cf. POxy.1088.20 (i A. D.): abs., ἐπιστήσας (sc. ἑαυτόν) having halted, X.An.1.8.15:—[voice] Pass., to be checked, stopped, PPetr.2p.62 (iii B. C.);

ἐὰν ἐφίστηται ἡ κοιλία Sor.1.122

.

VI ἐφίστημι τὴν διάνοιαν κατά τι, περί τινος, fix one's mind upon it, attend to it, Isoc.9.69, Arist.Metaph. 987b3, Thphr. Char.Prooem., etc.;

τὴν σκέψιν περί τινος Arist.Metaph. 1090a2

;

τὸν λόγον Id.Juv. 470b5

;

τὸν νοῦν τινι D.S.12.1

;

αὑτὸν ἐπιστήσας ἐπί τι Arist.Top. 135a26

: ἐπιστῆσαι abs., give attention,

τούτοις ἐπιστήσαντες Id.Mu. 391a26

;

περί τινος Id.GC 315b18

;

περί τι Id.HA 487a13

;

ἐπί τι Plb.1.65.5

, etc.; ἐπιστήσασι μᾶλλον λεκτέον one must speak with more care and accuracy, Arist.Pol. 1335b3, cf. EN 1144a22;

πότερον.. ἤ Jul.

ad Them.265b; ὅτι .. Sor.1.97 (hence ἐπίσταμαι, ἐπιστήμη, qq.v.).

2 c. acc. pers., arrest the attention of, Plu.TG17, cf. 2.17e, Gal.18(2).105; ἐπιστῆσαί τινα ἐπί τι call his attention to, Plb. 2.61.11, cf. 4.34.9; τοῦ καιροῦ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν διήγησιν ἐφεστακότος ἡμᾶς ἐπί τι having led us to.., Id.10.21.2, cf. 31.23.1: hence, object, Plot. 1.4.5.

B intr. in [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., ἐφίσταμαι, [tense] aor. 1 ἐπεστάθην [S.] Fr. [1127.5], E.Hipp. 819, IT 1375, etc., with [tense] pf., [tense] plpf. ([dialect] Aeol. [tense] plpf. [ per.] 3sg.

ἐπήστᾱκε Schwyzer 646.16

(Cyme, ii B. C.): [dialect] Dor. [tense] plpf. [ per.] 3pl. ἐφεστάκεον [ᾱ] SIG241.146 (Delph., iv B. C.)), and [tense] aor. 2 [voice] Act.: (the causal tenses are not found in Hom., the [voice] Med. or [voice] Pass. only in [tense] impf.

ἐφίστατο Il.11.644

; elsewh. always [tense] aor. 2 or [tense] pf. [voice] Act. with [dialect] Ep. inf.

ἐφεστάμεναι Od.24.380

):— stand upon,

τεῖχος.. ῥύατ' ἐφεσταότες Il.18.515

;

πύργῳ ἐφεστήκει 6.373

;

δίφρῳ ἐφεσταότος 17.609

, etc.;

ἐπέστη βηλῷ ἔπι λιθέῳ 23.201

;

ἡ.. ἐπισταθεῖσα ὀρθή Arist.Metaph. 1051a28

;

ἐπὶ τὰς.. σχεδίας Plb.3.46.8

.

2 to be imposed upon,

μόχθων τῶν ἐφεστώτων ἐμοί S.Tr. 1170

.

3 stand on the top or surface, τὸ ἐπιστάμενον [τοῦ γάλακτος], i. e. cream, Hdt.4.2;

λιπαρότητες ἄνω ἐφιστάμεναι Hp.Prog.12

; ἐ. καθάπερ ὀρρὸς [γάλακτι] Dsc.1.72; of vapour, form, Arist.Juv. 469b31.

II to be set over,

ἐφίσταται πύλαις A.Th. 538

;

οἷός τε πολλοῖς προβατίοις ἐφεστάναι Ar.V. 955

;

οἷοι νῷν ἐφεστᾶσι σκοποί S.Aj. 945

;

ἄρχοντες ἐφ' ἑκάστῳ μέρει ἐ. X. Hier.9.5

;

ἐπί τινος Pl.R. 460b

;

ἐπὶ τῆς πολιτείας D.19.298

: rarely c. gen.,

τὸν ἐπεστεῶτα τῆς διώρυχος Hdt.7.117

;

ὅσοι θεοῦ χρημάτων ἐφέστασαν E.Andr. 1098

: abs. in part., ὁ ἐφεστηκώς the person in authority, the officer in command, X.Oec.21.9; οἱ ἐφεστῶτες, [dialect] Ion. οἱ ἐπεστεῶτες, Hdt.2.148, S.Aj. 1072, X.Mem.3.5.19.

III stand by or near,

ὣς πυκνοὶ ἐφέστασαν ἀλλήλοισιν Il.13.133

; ἐπ' ἄκρῳ χείλει ἐφεσταότες, ἐ. παρὰ τάφρῳ, 12.52, 199;

θύρῃσιν ἐφίστατο 11.644

; ἐπὶ τὰς πύλας, ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας, Hdt.3.77, Pl.Smp. 212d;

ἐπὶ τοῖς προθύροις Id.Phlb. 64c

; esp. of dreams or visions, appear to,

εὕδοντι ἐπέστη ὄνειρος Hdt.1.34

, cf. 7.14;

ὄναρ κεφαλῆφιν ἐπέστη Il.10.496

;

ἐπιστᾶσα τῆς νυκτός Isoc.10.65

;

ἄγγελος ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς Ev.Luc.2.9

: abs., stand by, Hdt.3.78;

πολλῶν ἐφεστώτων App.Syr.10

;

ἤμην ἐφεστώς Act.Ap.22.20

;

οἱ λέβητες ἐπεστεῶτες Hdt.1.59

;

ὁ ἀντίδικος ἐφέστηκε Pl.Tht. 172e

, cf. Aeschin.3.79; without hostile sense,

ἐπέστης S.OC 558

, cf. Ev.Luc.2.38, etc.; of troops, to be posted after or behind,

κατόπιν ἐ. τοῖς θηρίοις Plb.16.18.7

.

2 in hostile sense, stand against,

τὰ φρονέοντες ἐφέστασαν ἀλλήλοισιν Il.15.703

, cf.5.624;

ἔνθα μένος πνείοντες ἐφέστασαν Od.22.203

, cf. 24.380; appear before, of an army,

ἐπὶ τῇ πόλι Hdt.4.203

;

ἐπὶ τὸ βασίλειον Isoc.9.58

; come upon suddenly or by surprise, Th.8.69;

ἐξαίφνης ἐπιστὰς τοῖς γιγνομένοις Isoc.8.41

, cf. D.6.5, Luc.DDeor.17.1;

εἰς τοὺς ὄχλους Isoc.18.9

; so of events, etc.,

αἰφνίδιος αὐτοῖς ἐ. ὄλεθρος 1 Ep.Thess.5.3

, cf. Ev.Luc.21.34;

διὰ τὸν ἐφεστῶτα ζόφον Plb.18.20.7

;

διὰ τὸν ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα Act.Ap.28.2

.

3 metaph., of events, spring upon one, occur,

πρίν μοι τύχη τοιάδ' ἐπέστη S.OT 777

, cf. Th.3.82; in [tense] pf., impend, be at hand,

τὸν ἐφεστηκότα κίνδυνον τῇ πόλει D.18.176

;

ὁ καιρός.. ἐφέστηκε 2 Ep.Ti.4.6

;

περὶ τοῦ βασιλέως.. ὁ λόγος ἐφέστηκε νῦν Arist.Pol. 1287a2

, cf. Metaph. 999a25; of a more remote future, to be in store, lie in wait for,

κῆρες ἐφεστᾶσιν θανάτοιο Il.12.326

.

IV halt, stop, as in a march,

ἄλλοτε καὶ ἄλλοτε ἐφιστάμενος X.An.2.4.26

(cf. A. V);

ἐπιστὰς περιέμεινα Pl.Smp. 172a

: c. gen.,

ἐ. τοῦ πλοῦ Th.2.91

.

V fix one's mind on, give one's attention to,

σφαγῇ E.Andr. 547

;

τῇ τρύγῃ PFlor.236.4

(iii A. D.);

ἐπί τι Isoc.10.29

, D.18.60;

τοῖς πράγμασιν.. ἐπιστάντες Id.4.12

; ἐπιστάς abs. (sc. τοῖς πράγμασι), Id.18.233;

διὰ ταῦτ' ἐγρήγορεν, ἐφέστηκεν Id.6.19

.

C [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Med. in causal sense, set up,

τὰς θύρας X.Ages.8.7

; set, post,

φρουροὺς ἐπεστησάμην Id.Cyr.8.2.19

; τέλος ἐπιστήσασθαι, Lat. finem imponere, Pl.Lg. 802a: [tense] pres. is once so used, τοῦ με τήνδ' ἐφίστασαι βάσιν; why dost thou cause me to halt? S.Tr. 339.

2 ἐπιστησάμενος, intr., having been ἐπιστάτης, IGRom.4.1265 ([place name] Thyatira).

εἰσωθ-έω,

A thrust into,

τι ἐς τὸ ἔσω μέρος Hp.Art.34

;

χεῖρα Aret.SD 2.1

;

ἔνδον τὰς στάλικας Lib.Descr.10.4

:—[voice] Med., force oneself into, press in, X.An.5.2.18 ;

εἰς τοὺς ὄχλους Porph.Hist.Phil.Fr.12

.

πείθω (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, EpArist, Philo, Joseph., Test12Patr) impf. ἔπειθον; fut. πείσω; 1 aor. ἔπεισα, impv. πεῖσον; 1 pf. 3 sg. πέπεικε(ν) (Just., D. 53, 5; 58, 2); 2 pf. πέποιθα; plpf. ἐπεποίθειν Lk 11:22 and ἐπεποίθησα Job 31:24 (cp. Judg 9:26 A; Zech 3:3). Mid. and pass. impf. ἐπειθόμην. Pass.: 1 fut. πεισθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐπείσθην; pf. πέπεισμαι; plpf. 1 pl. (ἐ)πεπείσμεθα (Ath. 31, 2).

① act., except for 2 perf. and plpf.: to cause to come to a particular point of view or course of action.

ⓐ convince w. acc. of pers. (X., Mem. 1, 2, 45 al.) ISm 5:1. ἔπειθεν Ἰουδαίους καὶ Ἕλληνας he tried to convince Jews and Gentiles Ac 18:4. πείθων αὐτοὺς περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ trying to convince them about Jesus 28:23 (π. τινὰ περί τινος as Jos., C. Ap. 2, 153). Without acc. πείθων περὶ τῆς βασιλείας 19:8 v.l. With acc. of thing τὰ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ 28:23 v.l. and τῆς βασιλείας 19:8 (on acc. of thing cp. Hdt. 1, 163; Pla., Apol. 27, 37a). Abs. (Jos., Vi. 19) πείθων, οὐ βιαζόμενος convincing, not compelling Dg 7:4.—Also of convincing someone of the correctness of the objectionable teachings, almost= mislead (Ps.-Clem., Hom. 1, 22) Ac 19:26. τινά τινι someone with someth. Hs 8, 6, 5.

ⓑ persuade, appeal to, also in an unfavorable sense cajole, mislead (so TestDan 1:8; ApcMos 21; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 201) τινά someone ἀνθρώπους (Ael. Aristid. 34, 19 K.=50 p. 552 D.) 2 Cor 5:11; perh. also Gal 1:10 (but s. c below). Cp. MPol 3:1; 8:2, 3. τινά w. inf. foll. (X., An. 1, 3, 19; Polyb. 4, 64, 2; Diod S 12, 39, 2; 17, 15, 5; Herodian 2, 4, 2; Jos., Ant. 8, 256; Just., A II 2, 10, D. 112, 3; Tat. 21, 3) Ac 13:43; MPol 4; 5:1. ἔπειθεν (sc. αὐτὸν) ἀρνεῖσθαι he tried to induce him to deny 9:2. Perh. this is the place for the textually uncertain pass. Ac 26:28 ἐν ὀλίγῳ με πείθεις Χριστιανὸν ποιῆσαι you lose no time trying to make me play the Christian (cp. the tr. in Beginn. IV 322, w. reff. to 3 Km 20:7 and patristic authors cited in Soph., Lex. s.v. ποιέω 3; s. also Lampe s.v. ποιέω C). Because of apparent misunderstanding of the idiom, this wording is simplified in a widespread v.l. in which ποιῆσαι is replaced with γενέσθαι in a short time you are persuading (or trying to persuade) me to become a Christian (cp. Jos., Vi. 151 πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐπείθοντο=‘they were nearly persuaded’), prob. meant ironically. Bauer considered it prob. that the rdg. of the text be understood as a combination of the two expressions ‘in a short time you are persuading me to become a Christian’ and ‘in a short time you will make me a Christian’, so that the sense is someth. like you are in a hurry to persuade me and make a Christian of me (so Goodsp, Probs. 137f [but it is not clear whether “make” here is to be understood in the sense ‘play the part of’]. S. the lit. s.v. ὀλίγος 2bβ and under 3a below, also AFridrichsen, SymbOsl 14, ’35, 49–52, ConNeot 3, ’39, 13–16 [w. ref. to X., Mem. 1, 2, 49; cp. PBenoit, RB 53, ’46, 303]; DHesseling, Neophilol 20, ’37, 129–34; JHarry, ATR 28, ’46, 135 f; EHaenchen ad loc.). Instead of the inf. we have ἵνα (Plut., Mor. 181a πείθωμεν ἵνα μείνῃ) Mt 27:20 (B-D-F §392, 1e; Rob. 993).

ⓒ win over, strive to please (X., Cyr. 6, 1, 34; 2 Macc 4:45) Ac 12:20. τοὺς ὄχλους 14:19. So perh. also Gal 1:10 (s. b above.—π. τὸν θεόν=persuade God: Jos., Ant. 4, 123; 8, 256; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 3, 64).—BDodd, NTS 42, ’96, 90–104.

ⓓ conciliate, pacify, set at ease/rest (Hom. et al.) τὸν δῆμον (cp. X., Hell. 1, 7, 7 τοιαῦτα λέγοντες ἔπειθον τὸν δῆμον) MPol 10:2. τὴν καρδίαν (v.l. τὰ καρδία) ἡμῶν 1J 3:19 (but the text is not in good order). Conciliate, satisfy Mt 28:14 (unless π. ἀργυρίῳ bribe is meant: schol. on Pla. 18b; 2 Macc 10:20; Jos., Ant. 14, 281; 490).

② The 2 pf. (w. plpf.) has pres. mng. (B-D-F §341; Rob. 881), to be so convinced that one puts confidence in someth.

ⓐ depend on, trust in w. dat. of pers. or thing (Hom. et al.; 4 Km 18:20; Pr 14:16; 28:26; Sir 32:24; Wsd 14:29; Is 28:17) τίνι θεῷ (in) which God Dg 1 (here πέπ. w. dat. almost = believe in, a sense which πέπ. also approximates in the LXX; cp. Jos., Ant. 7, 122). τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου Phil 1:14. τῇ ὑπακοῆ σου Phlm 21. ἐπί τινι (in) someone or someth. (PSI 646, 3 ἐπὶ σοὶ πεποιθώς; LXX; SibOr 3, 545; Syntipas p. 52, 5; Just., D. 8, 2) Mt 27:43 v.l.; Mk 10:24 v.l.; Lk 11:22; 2 Cor 1:9; Hb 2:13 (Is 8:17); B 9:4; ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι 1 Cl 57:7; w. ὅτι foll. (Syntipas p. 32, 6; 35, 7) Lk 18:9. ἐπί τινα (Ps 117:8; Acta Christophori [ed. HUsener 1886] 68, 10) Mt 27:43; 1 Cl 60:1, cp. 58:1; Hm 9:6; Hs 9, 18, 5; w. ὅτι foll. 2 Cor 2:3; 2 Th 3:4. ἔν τινι (Jdth 2:5) (in) someone or someth. Phil 3:3f; w. ὅτι foll. 2:24. εἴς τινα (Wsd 16:24 v.l.) w. ὅτι foll. Gal 5:10.

ⓑ be convinced, be sure, certain foll. by acc. and inf. Ro 2:19. W. ὅτι foll. Hb 13:18 v.l. πεποιθὼς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅτι being sure of this very thing, that Phil 1:6. τοῦτο πεποιθὼς οἶδα ὅτι convinced of this, I know that 1:25. εἴ τις πέποιθεν ἑαυτῷ Χριστοῦ εἶναι if anyone is convinced within of belonging to Christ 2 Cor 10:7 (cp. BGU 1141, 17 [14 B.C.] πέποιθα γὰρ ἐμαυτῷ).

③ pass. and mid., except for the pf.: to be won over as the result of persuasion.

ⓐ be persuaded, believe abs. (Pr 26:25) Lk 16:31; Ac 17:4; Hb 11:13 v.l. μὴ πειθομένου αὐτοῦ since he would not be persuaded Ac 21:14. πεισθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς γυναικὸς τοῦ Νάβαλ AcPl Ha 6, 23. W. dat. of the thing by which one is persuaded (opp. ἀπιστεῖν; τοῖς γραώδεσι μύθοις Iren. 1, 16, 3 [Harv. I 162, 8]) τοῖς λεγομένοις (Hdt. 2, 146, 1; Jos., Bell. 7, 415) Ac 28:24. πείθομαι I believe w. ὅτι foll. Hb 13:18; Hs 8, 11, 2. Ac 26:28 v.l. (s. 1b above), construed w. inf. ἐν ὀλίγῳ με πείθῃ Χριστιανὸν ποιῆσαι in too short a time you believe you are making a Christian of me (so Bachmann, Blass). οὐ πείθομαι w. acc. and inf. I cannot believe Ac 26:26.

ⓑ obey, follow w. dat. of pers. or thing (Hom. et al.; Diod S 4, 31, 5 τῷ χρησμῷ=the oracle; Maximus Tyr. 23, 2d τῷ θεῷ; 36, 6g τ. νόμῳ τοῦ Διός; Appian, Iber. 19 §73 θεῶ; pap; 4 Macc 10:13; 15:10; 18:1; Just., D. 9, 1; Mel., P. 93, 705; π. θεῷ Did., Gen. 225, 17; τῇ ἀδικίᾳ Theoph. Ant. 1, 14 [p. 92, 5]) Ro 2:8 (opp. ἀπειθεῖν, as Himerius, Or. 69 [=Or. 22], 7); Gal 3:1 v.l.; 5:7; Hb 13:17; Js 3:3; 2 Cl 17:5; Dg 5:10; IRo 7:2ab; Hm 12, 3, 3.

ⓒ Some passages stand betw. a and b and permit either transl., w. dat. be persuaded by someone, take someone’s advice or obey, follow someone Ac 5:36f, 39; 23:21; 27:11 (objection of a passenger, to which the crew paid no attention and suffered harm as a result: Chion, Ep. 4, 1 οἳ δʼ οὐκ ἐπείθοντο. Of relation between heretical leaders and their adherents Iren. 3, 12, 5 [Harv. II 58, 10]).

④ perf. pass. πέπεισμαι to attain certainty in ref. to something, be convinced, certain (Pla.+; pap, LXX) πεπεισμένος τοῦτο convinced of this B 1:4. πέπεισμαί τι περί τινος be convinced of someth. concerning someone Hb 6:9. περί τινος be sure of a thing IPol 2:3. Foll. by acc. and inf. (Diod S 12, 20, 2 πεπεῖσθαι θεοὺς εἶναι; PPetr II, 11, 4 [III B.C.]; EpArist 5; Just., D. 58, 2; Mel., HE 4, 26, 11; Ath. 36, 1f) Lk 20:6. W. περί τινος and acc. w. inf.: περὶ ὧν πέπεισμαι ὑμᾶς οὕτως ἔχειν concerning this I am certain that it is so with you ITr 3:2. W. ὅτι foll. (X., Oec. 15, 8; Just., D. 65, 2; Tat., 20, 2) Ro 8:38; 14:14 (w. οἶδα); 2 Ti 1:5, 12 (cp. w. ὡ foll. Did., Gen. 131, 8); Pol 9:2. πέπεισμαι περὶ ὑμῶν ὅτι Ro 15:14.—B. 1206; 1339. DELG s.v. πείθομαι. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq.