θεῖοι

θεῖος 1

of: masc nom /voc pl

θεῖος 2

one's father's: masc nom /voc pl

θεῖος 1

of: masc nom /voc pl

θεῖος 2

one's father's: masc nom /voc pl

θείοιο, θεάομαι

gaze at: pres opt mp 2nd sg (epic doric ionic)

θείοιο, θεάω

gaze at: pres opt mp 2nd sg (epic doric ionic)

θεί̱οιο, θεῖος 1

of: masc /neut gen sg (epic)

θεί̱οιο, θεῖος 2

one's father's: masc gen sg (epic)

βᾰσῐλ-εύς, ὁ, gen. έως, [dialect] Ep. ῆος, Cypr. ῆϝος Inscr.Cypr.104,135H.: acc. βασιλέα, [var] contr. -ῆ Orac. ap. Hdt.7.220, E.Fr.781.24 (lyr.): nom. pl. βασιλεῖς, [dialect] Aeol.

A

- ηες Sapph.Supp.6.4

, IG12(2).6 (Mytil.), - ειες ib. 646a45, al., [dialect] Ep. -ῆες, old [dialect] Att.

- ῆς S.Aj. 188

, 960 (both lyr.), cf. Hdn. Gr.1.430: acc. pl.

βασιλέας IG12.115

, later βασιλεῖς ib.2.243, etc.:— king, chief, Hom., etc.: freq. with collat. sense of captain or judge, Hes. Op. 202;

διοτρεφέες β. Il.2.445

, etc.;

θεῖοι Od.4.691

, etc.; later, hereditary king, opp. τύραννος, Arist.EN 1160b3, etc.; but also of tyrants, as Hiero, Pi.O.1.23; of Gelo, Hdt.7.161; of Pisistratus, Eup.123, cf. Sch. Ar.Ach.61: joined with a Subst.,

βασιλεὺς ἀνήρ Il.3.170

, etc.;

ἀνὴρ β. Hdt.1.90

; ἄναξ β. lord king, A.Pers.5, cf. B.17.1: c. gen.,

β. νεῶν A. Ag. 114

(anap.); οἰωνῶν β., of the eagle, ibid., Pi.O.13.21: [comp] Comp.

βασιλεύτερος

more kingly,

Il.9.160

, 392, Od.15.533, Tyrt.12.7: [comp] Sup.

βασιλεύτατος Il.9.69

.

b of the gods,

Ζεὺς θεῶν β. Hes.Th. 886

, cf. Pi.O.7.34, Emp.128.2, etc. (in this sense Hom. uses ἄναξ); as cult title of Zeus, IG7.3073.90 (Lebad.), SIG1014.110 ([place name] Erythrae), etc. (but Ζεὺς β., = Ahuramazda, X.Cyr.3.3.21, al., Arr.An.4.20.3); ὁ μέγας β., of God, LXX Ps.47(48).2, Ph.2.107: [comp] Sup.

βασιλεύτατοι τῶν θεῶν Max.Tyr.29.5

.

2 as a title of rank, prince,

β. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἐν.. Ἰθάκῃ Od.1.394

, cf. 8.390, etc.; of Cyrus, X.Oec. 4.16.

b descendant of a royal house, esp. in Ionia, Arist.Ath. 41.3; βασιλέων οἶκοι 'estates of the royal house', name of a district in Chios,

Ἀθηνᾶ 20.168

.

3 generally, lord, master, Il.18.556, Pi.O.6.47.

4 metaph.,

πόλεμος πάντων β. Heraclit.53

;

νόμος ὁ πάντων β. Pi.Fr. 169

.

II at Athens, the second of the nine Archons, IG12.76, al., Antipho 6.38, Lys.6.4, Arist.Pol. 1285b17, Ath. 57, etc.;

ἡ τοῦ β. στοά Pl.Euthphr.2a

.

2 title of magistrates in other Greek states, as βασιλᾶες at Elis, GDI1152, cf. IG12(2).6 (Mytil.), etc., Arist.Pol. 1322b29.

3 at Rome, β. τῶν ἱερῶν, = rex sacrorum, D.H.5.1, cf. D.C.54.27.

III after the Persian war (without Art.), the king of Persia, Hdt.7.174,al.;

ἄναξ Ξέρξης β. A.Pers.5

, cf. 144, Ar.Ach.61, Th.8.48, IG22.141 (βασιλῆς βασιλέως ὕποχοι μεγάλου, of the Satraps, A.Pers.24, cf. 44, S.E.M.2.22); less freq.

ὁ βασιλεύς Hdt.1.132

, 137, Arist.Pol. 1304b13;

β. ὁ μέγας Hdt. 1.188

.

2 of Alexander and his successors, usually with Art., IG22.641,687, Men.293, 340(pl.);

Σέλευκος Antiph.187

; Ἀντίγονος Alex.III;

Πτολεμαῖος Id.244

;

Ὀσυμανδύας βασιλεὺς βασιλέων D.S. 1.47

; title used by Parthian kings, Plu.Pomp.38, D.C.37.6, etc.; by Antony, Plu.Ant.54; of God, Apoc.17.14,19.16.

3 of the Roman emperors, AP10.25 (Antip. Thess.);

β. Ῥωμαίων BGU588.10

(i A.D.), etc., cf. 1 Ep.Ti.2.2, J.AJ14.15.14;

β. αὐτοκράτωρ IG3.13

([place name] Hadrian), Hdn.1.6.5; without Art., Paus.10.32.19.

IV of any great man,

πένησί τε καὶ βασιλεῦσιν Ps.-Phoc.113

.

2 first or most distinguished of any class,

Ἡρώδην τὸν β. τῶν λόγων Philostr. VS2.10.1

, cf. Luc.Rh.Pr.II; winner at a game, Poll.9.106, Sch.Pl. Tht. 146a; Stoic sage,

μόνος β. Luc.Herm.16

; βασιλέως ἐγκέφαλος 'morsel fit for a king', Clearch.5; β. σῦκα, name of a choice kind, Philem.Lex. ap. Ath.3.76f., cf. Poll.6.81.

V = συμποσίαρχος, Plu.2.622a, Luc.Sat.4.

VI wren, Arist.HA 592b27.

VII queen-bee, ib. 623b9, GA 759a20, etc. (The form βασιλέα is scanned ?βασιλεύςX ?βασιλεύςX ¯ in Pi.N.1.39; codd. βασίλεια.)

κίνδυν-ος, ὁ, heterocl. dat. κίνδῡνι (as if from κίνδυν) Alc.138, cf. Sapph.161:—

A danger, hazard, venture, whether abstract or concrete,

πᾶσίν τοι κ. ἐπ' ἔργμασιν Thgn.585

, cf. 637;

ὁ μέγας κ. ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει Pi.O.1.81

; κ. γαλέης danger of or from her, Batr.9;

κ. ἀϋτᾶς Pi. N.9.35

;

τὸν κ. τῆς μάχης Th.2.71

; κίνδυνον ἀναρριπτέειν to run a risk, Hdt.7.50, etc.;

ῥῖψαι E.Rh. 154

;

κἀνὰ κίνδυνον βαλῶ A.Th. 1033

; κίνδυνον ἀναλαβέσθαι, ὑποδύεσθαι, Hdt.3.69, X.Cyr.1.5.12; αἴρεσθαι, ἄρασθαι, ἀρεῖσθαι, E.Heracl. 504, Antipho 5.63, And.1.11; ξυνάρασθαι Th.l.c.;

ἐγχειρίσασθαι Id.5.108

, etc.;

ὑπομεῖναι X.Cyr.1.2.1

;

μετὰ τοῦ δικαίου ποιούμενος τοὺς κ. Isoc.14.42

;

κινδύνῳ περιπίπτειν Th.8.27

; ἐν κινδύνῳ αἰωρεῖσθαι, εἶναι, Id.7.77, Antipho 5.7;

ἐπὶ κινδύνους χωρεῖν Th.2.39

;

πρὸς αὐθαιρέτους κ. ἰέναι Id.8.27

;

ἐς κ. ἐμβαίνειν X. Cyr.2.1.15

;

ἐς κ. καταστῆσαί τινα Th.5.99

;

κινδύνῳ βάλλειν τινά A. Th. 1053

;

τὸν ἐπιόντα κίνδυνον Aeschin.3.148

; τοὺς ἐπιφερομένους ἑαυτῷ κ. ib.163;

τὸν κατειληφότα κ. τὴν πόλιν D.18.220

;

οὐ περὶ τῶν ἴσων ὁ κ. X.HG7.1.7

;

ἔνι κ. ἐν τῷ πράγματι Ar.Pl. 348

; κ. [ ἐστι] c. inf., Pi.N.8.21, Lys.13.27, Pl.Cra. 436b, etc.;

πόλιν κ. ἔσχε πεσεῖν E.Hec.5

;

κ. ἀσφαλέστερος Antipho 2.2.9

;

κ. ἀνθρώπινοι.., θεῖοι And. 1.139

; ἐπὶ τῷ αὑτοῦ κ. at his own risk, Arist.Pol. 1286a14;

ἰδίῳ ἡμῶν κ. PLond.2.356.4

(i A.D.);

καθαρὸς ἀπὸ παντὸς κ. PIand.35.10

(ii/iii A.D.).

2 trial, venture,

κ. ἀνεῖται σοφίας Ar.Nu. 955

.

3 battle, Plb.1.87.10, etc.

ἀνθρώπ-ινος, η, ον, also ος, ον Pl.Lg. 737b:—

A of, from, or belonging to man, human,

ἀ. βίος Philol.11

, cf. Hdt.7.46; ἅπαν τὸ ἀ. all mankind, Id.1.86; τὸ ἀ. γένος (v.l. φῦλον) Antipho 4.1.2, Pl.Phd. 82b; ἀ. κίνδυνοι, opp. θεῖοι, And.1.139;

ἀ. δίκη Lys.6.20

; ἀ. τεκμήρια, opp. omens, Antipho 5.81;

τἀνθρώπινα

human affairs,

Pl.Tht. 170b

, Arist.EN 1102b3 (v.l. -ικά) ἀνθρώπινόν τι παθεῖν die, IG5(2), 266.20 (Mantinea, i B. C.), cf. PPetr.1p.33 (iii B. C.), PRyl.153.39 (ii A. D.); so

ἐάν τι τῶν ἀ. περί τινα γένηται Epicur.Fr. 217

.

2 human, suited to man, ἀνθρωπίνη δόξα fallible, human understanding, Pl.Sph. 229a; οὐκ ἀ. ἀμαθία super-human, monstrous folly, Id.Lg. 737b, etc.; ἀ. καὶ μετρία σκῆψις

D 21.41;

οὐ χρὴ ἀνθρώπινα φρονεῖν ἄνθρωπον ὄντα Arist.EN 1177b32

;

ἀ. νοῦς Men.482

;

ἀ. τὸ γεγενημένον X.Cyr.5.4.19

.

3 ἀνθρώπινα, τά, secular revenues, SIG527.133; secular rites, opp.θῖνα, Leg.Gort.10.43.

II Adv. ἀνθρωπίνως, ἁμαρτάνειν commit human, i.e. venial, errors, Th.3.40;

ἀνθρωπινώτερον

more within the range of human faculty,

Pl.Cra. 392b

, D.18.252; ἀνθρωπίνως ἐκλογίζεσθαι, i.e. with fellow-feeling, And.2.6; humanely, gently, D.23.70;

ἀ. χρὴ τὰς τύχας φέρειν

with moderation,

Men.816

;

εὐτυχίαν D.S.1.60

.—Of the three forms, ἀνθρώπειος is used exclusively in Trag. and generally in Th. (but cf.1.22); ἀνθρώπινος prevails in Comedy and in Prose from Pl. downwds. (though he uses ἀνθρώπειος no less frequently); ἀνθρωπικός is freq. in Arist. [suff] ἀνθρώπ-ιον, τό, = sq., E.Cyc. 185, Anaxandr. 34; paltry fellow,

ὦ πόνηρ' ἀνθρώπια Ar. Pax 263

, cf. X.Mem.2.3.16, Cyr.5.1.14, D.18.242.

θεῖος, θεία, θεῖον (Hom.+.; adv. θείως Just., A I, 20, 3.—RMuquier, Le sens du mot θεῖος chez Platon 1930; JvanCamp and PCanart, Le sens du mot theios chez Platon ’56).

① pert. to that which belongs to the nature or status of deity, divine

ⓐ adj. divine δύναμις (Pla., Leg. 3, 691e φύσις τις ἀνθρωπίνη μεμιγμένη θείᾳ τινὶ δυνάμει; Dio Chrys. 14 [31], 95; decree of Stratonicea CIG II 2715ab [Dssm., B 277ff-BS 360ff]; EpArist 157 al.; Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 83 al.; SibOr 5, 249; Just., A I, 32, 9) 2 Pt 1:3. φύσις (Diod S 5, 31, 4; Dio Chrys. 11 [12], 29; Ael. Aristid. 37, 9 K.=2 p. 16 D.; Manetho: 609 Fgm. 10 p. 92, 16 Jac. [Jos., C. Ap. 1, 232]; SIG 1125, 8; Philo, Decal. 104 τῶν θείας φύσεως μετεσχηκότων; Jos., Ant. 8, 107) vs. 4. κρίσις (Simplicius in Epict. p. 20, 30; Philo, Spec. Leg. 3, 12, 1) 2 Cl 20:4. γνῶσις (cp. 4 Macc 1:16) 1 Cl 40:1. πνεῦμα (Menand., Fgm. 417, 3 Kö. [=482, 3 Kock]; PGM 4, 966; Aristobulus p. 218, 5 Denis [Eus., PE 8, 10, 4=Holladay p. 136 ln. 28]; ApcSed 14:6; Philo; Jos., Ant. 6, 222; 8, 408; 10, 239; Just., A I, 32, 2 al.; Tat. 13, 2; cp. 4:2 θειοτέρου) Hm 11:2, 5, 7ff, 12, 21 (TestSol 1:10 L). ἔργα of the deeds of the Virtues v 3, 8, 7.

ⓑ subst. τὸ θεῖον divine being, divinity, freq. simply = ‘the numinous’ (Hdt. 3, 108; Thu. 5, 70; X., Cyr. 4, 2, 15, Hell. 7, 5, 13, Mem. 1, 4, 18; Pla., Phdr. p. 242c; Polyb. 31, 15, 7; Diod S 1, 6, 1; 13, 3, 2; 16, 60, 2; Epict. 2, 20, 22; Lucian, e.g. De Sacrif. 1, Pro Imag. 13; 17; 28; Herm. Wr. 11, 21b codd.; ins [SIG index p. 377f]; UPZ 24, 11; 36, 13 and 22; 39, 5; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 70, 14; 116, 2 σέβου τὸ θεῖον; PGM 3, 192.—Philo, Op. M. 170, Agr. 80, Leg. ad Gai. 3; Jos., Ant. 1, 85 and 194; 2, 275; 5, 133; 11, 127; 12, 281 and 302; 13, 242 and 300; 14, 183; 17, 41, Bell. 3, 352; 4, 190; Just., D. 3, 7 al.; Tat. 16, 2; Ath. 1, 2 al.—LXX, En, EpArist, SibOr and other pseudepigr. do not have τὸ θεῖον) Ac 17:27 D, 29; Tit 1:9 v.l.—New Docs 3, 68 (ins).

② of persons who stand in close relation to, or reflect characteristics of, a deity, including esp. helpfulness to one’s constituencies, divine (Diog. L. 7, 119: the Stoa says of the σοφοί: θείους εἶναι• ἔχειν γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς οἱονεὶ θεόν; cp. Pla., Rep. 366c.—Cp. on ἄνθρωποι θεῖοι Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 25f; 237ff; 298; HWindisch, Pls u. Christus ’34, 1–114; BGildersleeve, Essays and Studies 1896, 251–96 [Apollonius of Tyana]; LBieler, Θεῖος Ἀνήρ I ’35; II ’36; CHolladay, Theios Aner in Hellenistic Judaism ’72; JKingsbury, Int 35, ’81, 243–57 [Mark’s Christology]; EKoskenniemi, Apollonios von Tyana in der neutestamentlichen Exegese ’94) in the superl. (Oenomaus in Eus., PE 5, 28, 2 Lycurgus as ὁ θειότατος ἀνθρώπων; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 29, 161 ὁ θειότατος Πυθαγόρας; used of the emperors in ins [SIG index p. 378a] and pap [PLond III, 1012, 4 p. 266]) οἱ θειότατοι προφῆται the prophets, those people so very near to God IMg 8:2 (cp. TestSol 1:4 C ὦ θεῖε βασιλεῦ; Philo, Mos. 2, 188; Jos., Ant. 10, 35 ὁ προφήτης θεῖος, C. Ap. 1, 279 [Moses]). Of angels Papias (4).

③ gener., of that which exceeds the bounds of human or earthly possibility, supernatural (Lucian, Alex. 12 θεῖόν τι καὶ φοβερόν) of a monster ὑπενόησα εἶναί τι θεῖον I suspected that it was some other-worldly thing Hv 4, 1, 6.—RAC XIII 155–366. DELG s.v. θεός. M-M. TW. Sv.

πάλαι adv. denoting past time in contrast to the present (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Just.; Tat. 6, 2, Ant. 4, 153).

① pert. to a point of time in the past, long ago, formerly (Philo, Sacr. Abel. 134 πάλαι, νῦν, αὖθις, ἀεί; Jos., Ant. 16, 40 and Just., A I, 14, 2 π. … νῦν) πάλαι ἂν μετενόησαν they would have repented long ago Mt 11:21; Lk 10:13; Hb 1:1. ταῦτα πάλαι ἠκούσαμεν these things we heard long ago 2 Cl 11:2 (prophetic quot. of unknown origin). ἐκεῖνοι οἱ π. ἠρνημένοι those who denied in time past Hs 9, 26, 6. ἄνθρωποι οἱ π. προγεγραμμένοι Jd 4 (mng. 2 is also poss.). αἱ π. ἁμαρτίαι the former sins, sins committed in time past 2 Pt 1:9 (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 124 §521 ὁ πάλαι Καῖσαρ; BGU 747, 9 [II A.D.] οἱ πάλαι στρατιῶται). οἱ π. θεῖοι ἄγγελοι angels who were originally holy Papias (4).

② pert. to a relatively long period of time, looking back fr. the present to a point of time in the past, for a long time (Pla., Phd. 8, 63d; Esth 3:13g; Jos., Ant. 11, 32, Vi. 226; Just., D. 13, 1; 51, 3) πάλαι δοκεῖτε you imagine all along 2 Cor 12:19 (v.l. πάλιν). Perh. Jd 4 (s. 1 above) and Mk 6:47 v.l. (s. 3 below).

③ pert. to a point of time within a relatively short time looking back from the present (somewhat longer than the time span suggested by the use of ἤδη, q.v.), already (Appian, Syr. 66, 348) Mk 6:47 v.l. (looks back to the moment of departure.—Mng. 2 is also prob.). εἰ πάλαι ἀπέθανεν (looks back to the moment of crucifixion) whether he was already dead Mk 15:44 (v.l. ἤδη).—DELG. M-M. TW.

ἄγγελος, ου, ὁ (Hom.+) ‘messenger’.

① a human messenger serving as an envoy, an envoy, one who is sent

ⓐ by humans (Hom.+; ins, pap; Gen 32:4, 7; Jdth 1:11; 3:1; 1 Macc 1:44; 7:10; Jos., Ant. 14, 451, Vi. 89): in his earthly ministry Jesus ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους (Diod S 2,18,1 the king of India to Semiramis; 4, 65, 4) Lk 9:52; of John the Baptist’s disciples 7:24; of Joshua’s scouts Js 2:25 (cp. Josh 7:22).

ⓑ by God (prophets Hg 1:13; Mal subscr.; a priest Mal 2:7.—1 Esdr 1:48f. S. also Theognis 1, 769, where the poet is Μουσέων ἄγγελος; Epict. 3, 22, 23; 38; Ael. Aristid. 37 K.=1 p. 15 D.; Maximus Tyr. 11, 9c Plato, as the one who brings us information about God, is called ὁ ἐξ Ἀκαδημίας ἄγγ.; Oenomaus in Eus., PE 5, 20, 3; 5 Carnus the soothsayer is ἄγγ. of the gods) of John the Baptist as forerunner Mt 11:10; Mk 1:2; Lk 7:27 (all Mal 3:1; cp. Ex 23:20).

② a transcendent power who carries out various missions or tasks, messenger, angel (ἄ. as a spirit-being, oft. connected w. the nether world in Gr-Rom. sources [EZiebarth, Neue attische Fluchtafeln: NGG 1899, 127ff no. 24; IG XII/3, 933–74. Other material in Dibelius, Geisterwelt 209ff. S. also the oracles: Theosophien 13 p. 169, 31; Ps.-Callisth. 1, 1, 3 ἐπεκαλεῖτο τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ θεὸν Ἄμμωνα; 2, 25, 1; Porphyr., Ad Marcellam 21 ἄγγελοι θεῖοί τε κ. ἀγαθοὶ δαίμονες; Hierocles 3, 424; 23, 468.—ἄ. w. θεοί and δαίμονες Damascius (V/VI A.D.) 183 Ruelle; ἄ. w. δαίμονες and ἥρωες Proclus, Rep. II 243 Kroll, Tim. III 109 Diehl.—FCumont, RHR 72, 1915, 159–82; FAndres, D. Engellehre d. griech. Apologeten 1914 and in Pauly-W. Suppl. III 1918, 101ff; Rtzst., Myst. 171, 2; Bousset, ARW 18, 1915, 170ff] and as a transcendent power in Judaism [LXX; En 10:7; 20:1; 99:3 al.; Essenes in Jos., Bell. 2, 142; Philo, cp. Schürer III 881–85 (on Philo) w. lit.; Joseph.; Test12Patr; prayers for vengeance fr. Rheneia (I B.C.) 9f κύριε ὁ πάντα ἐφορῶν καὶ οἱ ἄνγελοι θεοῦ; on this Dssm. LO 353f; 357=LAE 414; 418f; SIG 1181 w. note 2; PFouad 203, 3f (I A.D.); on this PBenoit, RB 58, ’51, 549–65; PKatz, TZ 10, ’54, 228–31. Loanw. in rabb.—Bousset, Rel. 320ff; J-BFrey, L’Angélologie juive au temps de J-Chr.: RSPT 5, 1911, 75–110; HKuhn, JBL 67, ’48, 217–32 Jewish apocalypses], likewise in the magical pap, w. their mixture of gentile and Jewish infl. [PGM 1, 76 an ἄ. as a star fr. heaven; 4, 570ff; 998; 1112; 13, 329; 585; 609; 744]. Cp. the ins APF 3, 1906, 445 no. 67; 451 no. 94. The more common term in polytheistic lit. for beings intermediate between gods and humans is δαίμων [q.v.], which monotheistic writers reserved for reference to a realm hostile to God’s interests, while retaining the term ἄ. for intermediate beings, either those loyal to God or those in rebellion [s. c].)

ⓐ as messengers of God, angels (LXX; Philo, Somn. 1, 190; transcendent messengers of the gods in Hom. are not intermediate beings. Yet the description of Hermes, the κῆρυξ τῶν θεῶν, as their ἄγγελος ἄριστος [Diod S 5, 75, 2] may have made it easier for Gr-Romans in general to understand ἄ. as God’s heavenly messenger; cp. the messenger of the god Men: EA 18, ’91 p. 92f, no. 2, 5f [lit.]) mostly w. gen.: κυρίου (Gen 16:10f al.) Mt 1:20; 2:13, 19; Lk 1:11; 2:9; Ac 5:19; 12:7, 23. τοῦ θεοῦ (Gen 31:11; 32:2 al.; Philo, Deus Imm. 1; Jos., Bell. 5, 388) Lk 12:8f; 15:10; J 1:51 (HWindisch, ZNW 30, ’31, 215–33; also s. below on Lk. 2:15). ἄ. θεοῦ (Gen 21:17 A; Judg 13:6 B; Jos., Ant. 1, 73; Orig., C. Cels. 8, 31, 18) Gal 4:14; Hb 1:6 (Ps 96:7; Dt 32:43); 1 Cl 29:2 (Dt 32:8). Abs. (Num 20:16; Judg 13:11; Tob 6:4ff al.) Lk 1:13, 18, 38; 2:10, 13, 15, 21; J 20:12; Ac 7:53; 1 Ti 3:16; 1 Pt 1:12 (in wordplay on the superiority of human beings to angels s. Sextus 32; on their status and classification s. also Orig., C. Cels. 4, 29, 16) al. ἅγιοι ἄ. (PGM 4, 1934, 1938) Mk 8:38; Lk 9:26; Ac 10:22; Rv 14:10; 1 Cl 39:7 (Job 5:1); Hv 2, 2, 7; ἐκλεκτοὶ ἄ. 1 Ti 5:21 (ἄ. as witnesses so TestLevi 19:3 and SIG 1181, 10=Dssm. LO 351–62 [LAE 413–24]; cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 401); ἄ. ἰσχυρός (cp. Da 4:13; Ps 102:20) Rv 5:2; 18:21. Their abode is heaven, and so they are ἄ. τῶν οὐρανῶν Mt 24:36 (unless οὐρ.=θεοῦ); ἄ. ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς Mk 12:25; ἄ. ἐν οὐρανῷ 13:32; ἄ. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ Gal 1:8, cp. Mt 22:30; 28:2; Lk 22:43. They return to heaven when they have fulfilled their mission on earth 2:15. Hence ἄ. φωτός (cp. SJCh 78, 17) 2 Cor 11:14; ἄ. φωταγωγοί B 18:1. There the good are united w. them after death Hv 2, 2, 7; Hs 9, 27, 3. They appear in dazzling light Lk 2:9; Ac 7:30 (Ex 3:2); ISm 6:1; cp. the ‘shining face’ of Ac 6:15; or in white garments J 20:12; cp. Mt 28:3; Lk 24:4. Called πνεύματα Hb 1:7; 1 Cl 36:3 (both after Ps 103:4). πνεύματα λειτουργικά serving spirits Hb 1:14. Their voice is like thunder J 12:29; γλῶσσαι τῶν ἀ. language of angels 1 Cor 13:1 (after the analogy of the languages of the gods, Plato in Clem. Al., Strom. 1, 143; cp. 2 Cor 12:4; Rv 14:2f; TestJob 48–50; GSteindorff, Apk. d. Elias: TU 17, 3a, 1899, 153). They bring messages fr. God to men Lk 1:11f; Mt 28:2ff, and were also active in the giving of the law νόμος διαταγεὶς διʼ ἀγγέλων Gal 3:19; cp. Ac 7:38, 53; Hb 2:2 (Jos., Ant. 15, 136 τῶν ἐν τοῖς νόμοις διʼ ἀγγέλων παρὰ τ. θεοῦ μαθόντων; cp. Did., Gen. 110, 15 κἂν γὰρ διὰ ὑπουργῶν ἀγγέλων ποιῇ ἃ βούλεται θεός). As guardian angels of individuals (Tob 5:6, 22; cp. PGM 1, 172ff; Ael. Aristid. 50, 57 K.=26 p. 519 D.: ὁ σὸς Ἑρμῆς ἐστιν, to whom Aristid. has been entrusted since his birth) Mt 18:10 (PBarry, ET 23, 1912, 182); Ac 12:15 (JMoulton, JTS 3, 1902, 514–27, ET 14, 1903, 5ff); Lk 4:10 (Ps 90:11); Hv 5:1f. They conduct the blessed dead into heaven Lk 16:22 (Hermes does this acc. to Pythag. [Diog. L. 8, 31]); instruct humans to do good Hv 3, 5, 4; δικαιοσύνης m 6, 2, 1 (ParJer 8:12); rejoice at the repentance of a sinner Lk 15:10; cp. the ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας Hm 12, 4, 7; 12, 6, 1 al. They preside over various realms ἄ. ὁ ἔχων ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρός Rv 14:18; ἄ. τῶν ὑδάτων 16:5; the four winds 7:1. God assigns them διακόσμησις γῆς Pa (4) (cp. ἄγγελοι ἐπὶ τῶν ἐξουσιῶν GrBar 12:3). An angel, Thegri, rules the animal world Hv 4, 2, 4 (Synes., Ep. 57 p. 192b δαίμονες as leaders of the grasshoppers). ἄ. τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ προφητικοῦ m 11:9; τὸν ἄ. τὸν τιμωρητήν Hs 7:6; cp. ὁ ἄ. ὁ μέγας Hs 8, 4, 1.—As creator of the world AcPlCor 1:15. On ἄ. τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν Rv 1:20, cp. 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14 (on the textual problems associated w. these vss. s. RCharles, ICC Comm. 1920, I, clvii; clxf; II 244; RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 42f) and s. on ἀστήρ.—Subordinate to Christ Mt 4:11; 13:41; 16:27; Hb 1:4ff (Ps 96:7; B-D-F §254, 2); 1 Pt 3:22; Rv 5:11f; glorify him J 1:51 (JFritsch “… videbitis … angelos Dei ascendentes …,” VD 37, ’59, 1–11). δώδεκα λεγιῶνας ἀ. Mt 26:53; μυριάσιν ἀ. Hb 12:22; cp. Rv 5:11. Seven principal angels (Tob 12:15) Rv 8:2, 6; 15:1, 6; 16:1; 17:1; 21:9 (GDix, The Seven Archangels and the Seven Spirits: JTS 28, 1927, 233–50). Six angels, created first, to whom the management of all creation is entrusted Hv 3, 4, 1. Angels at the Parousia Mt 24:31; 2 Th 1:7. Μιχαὴλ καὶ οἱ ἄ. αὐτοῦ Rv 12:7. Revered by people (Celsus 1, 26 Ἰουδαίους σέβειν ἀγγέλους; 5, 6) θρησκείᾳ τῶν ἀ. worship of angels Col 2:18; λατρεύειν ἀγγέλοις as a sign of Jewish piety PtK 2 p. 14, 26=Clem. Al., Strom. 6, 41 p. 452, 9. Christ as σεμνότατος ἄ. Hv 5:2; m 5, 1, 7; cp. ὁ ἅγιος ἄ. Hs 5, 4, 4 v.l.; ὁ ἔνδοξος ἄ. Hs 5, 4, 4; 7:1ff; 8, 1, 2. ὁ ἄ. κυρίου Hs 7:5; 8, 1, 2ff; called Michael in Hs 8, 3, 3, where it is to be noted that Michael was the guardian angel of God’s people (WLueken, D. Erzengel Michael 1900; MDibelius, Hdb. exc. on Hs 5, 6, 8 p. 575f).

ⓑ intermediate beings gener., w. no ref. to their relation to God (opp. ἄνθρωποι; s. 2 above immediately before a) 1 Cor 4:9 (cp. TestJos 19:9 ἔχαιρον ἐπʼ αὐτῷ οἱ ἄγγελοι κ. οἱ ἄνθρωποι κ. πᾶσα ἡ γῆ).—Ro 8:38 ἄ. as serving spirit-powers seem to be differentiated fr. the ἀρχαί, who rule.

ⓒ evil spirits (Lactant., Inst. 2, 15, 8 daemonas Trismegistus ἀγγέλους πονηρούς appellat. Cp. also Job 1:6; 2:1; Philo, Gig. 16; TestAsh 6:4; PGM 4, 2701; αἱ πονηραὶ δυνάμεις, διάβολος καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ Did., Gen. 45, 5; ADieterich, Nekyia 1893, 60f) τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ Mt 25:41; cp. Rv 12:9. ὁ δράκων καὶ οἱ ἄ. αὐτοῦ vs. 7; ἄ. τῆς ἀβύσσου 9:11 (s. Ἀβαδδών); ἄ. πονηρός B 9:4; ἄ. τῆς πονηρίας in contrast to guardian angels Hm 6, 2, 1; ἄ. Σατανᾶ, which causes physical pain 2 Cor 12:7; esp. called ἄ. τρυφῆς καὶ ἀπάτης Hs 6, 2, 1f; leading men into evil B 18:1. Of the angels’ fall and their punishment (cp., in the opinion of many, Gen 6:2; En 6ff; 54; Book of Jubilees 5; SyrBar 56:13; LJung, Fallen Angels in Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan Lit. 1926; ALods, Congr. d’Hist. du Christ. I 29–54) ὁ θεὸς ἀγγέλων ἁμαρτησάντων οὐκ ἐφείσατο 2 Pt 2:4; ἀ. τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀρχήν who did not keep to their proper domain (s. ἀρχή 7) Jd 6. From the pass. already quoted above w. Gen. 6:2 (cp. also TestReub 5:3; Jos., Ant. 1, 73 ἄγγελοι θεοῦ γυναιξὶ συνιόντες; and polytheists’ concept of erotic desires of transcendent beings: HUsener, Weihnachtsfest² 1911, 74f; Rtzst., Poim. 228ff. Herr der Grösse 14f; and GJs 14:1) some conclude that the angels were subject to erotic desires; this is held to explain the regulation that women are to wear a veil in church services, since angels are present (cp. Origen, Orat. 31 and Ps 137:1 ἐναντίον ἀγγέλων ψαλῶ σοι) 1 Cor 11:10 (for another view and for the lit. s. ἐξουσία 7; s. also JFitzmyer, [Qumran angelology] NTS 4, ’57/58, 48–58; LJervis, JBL 112, ’93, 243–45: angels mediate God’s presence). In 6:3 οὐκ οἴδατε, ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν; it is not certain whether only fallen angels are meant; θρησκείᾳ τῶν ἀ. worship of angels Col 2:18 polemicizes against what appears to be a type of gnostic reverence for angels. (On Qumran angelology s. Fitzmyer, cited above.)—OEverling, D. paulinische Angelologie u. Dämonologie 1888; Dibelius, Geisterwelt 1909; GKurze, D. Engels-u. Teufels-glaube d. Ap. Pls 1915; MJones, St Paul and the Angels: Exp. 8th ser., 16, 1921, 356–70; 412–25; EPeterson, D. Buch von den Engeln ’35; JMichl, D. Engelvorstellungen in Apk I ’37; ELangton, The Angel Teaching of the NT ’37; JBernardin, JBL 57, ’38, 273–79; ESchick, D. Botschaft der Engel im NT ’40; WMichaelis, Z. Engelchristol. im Urchristent. ’42; GHatzidakis, Ἄγγελος u. Verwandtes: SBWienAk 173, 1914.—B. 1486. DELG. DDD 81–96 (lit.). M-M. New Docs 5, 72f. TW. Sv.