θηριῶ

θηριόω

make into a wild beast: pres subj act 1st sg

θηριόω

make into a wild beast: pres ind act 1st sg

θηριόω

make into a wild beast: pres subj act 1st sg

θηριόω

make into a wild beast: pres ind act 1st sg

θηρίον

wild animal: neut dat sg

θηρίον

wild animal: neut dat sg

θηρίῳ, θηρίον

wild animal: neut dat sg

θηρίον, τό (in form Dim. of θήρ),

A wild animal, esp. of such as are hunted, μάλα γὰρ μέγα θηρίον ἦεν, of a stag, Od.10.171, 180 (never in Il.); in Trag. only in Satyric drama, S.Ichn.147 (dub. in A.Fr.26): used in Prose for θήρ, X.An.1.2.7, Isoc.12.163, etc.; of the spider's prey, Arist.HA 623a27; freq. of elephants, Plb.11.1.12, al.: pl., beasts, opp. men, birds, and fishes, h.Ven.4, Hdt.3.108.

2 generally, animal, Id.1.119;

νενόμισται πῦρ θ. εἶναι ἔμψυχον Id.3.16

; of men,

ἄνθρωπος πάντων θ. θεειδέστατον Antipho Soph.48

;

εἰς θηρίου βίον ἀφικνεῖσθαι Pl.Phdr. 249b

; also

θ. ὕειον Id.R. 535e

; of the dog, Theoc.25.79; of fishes, Arist.HA 598b1; of eels, Antiph.147.7; of leeches, IG4.951.101 (Epid.); of other small creatures, Arist.HA 552b11, 625b32, Hp. ap. Gal.19.103, Theoc.19.6;

οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν θ. τῶν ἰχθύων ἀτυχέστερον Antiph.161.1

; opp. plants, Pl.Smp. 188b: prov., ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός, either above or below the nature of man, Arist. Pol. 1253a29, cf. EN 1145a25.

3 beast, esp. as hostile and odious to man, θηρία τε καὶ βοτά carnivora and graminivora, Pl.Mx. 237d; monster, creature, of sharks, etc., Hdt.6.44; of Typhon, etc., Pl. Phdr. 230a, R. 588e; of the Satyrs, S.Ichn. l.c.; ταυτὶ ποδαπὰ τὰ θ.; Ar.Nu. 184, cf. Av.93.

b poisonous animal, Dsc.1.75, Act.Ap. 28.4.

II Medic.,= θηρίωμα, Hp.Coac. 459, Loc.Hom.29, cf. Gal. l.c.

III as a term of reproach, beast, creature,

ὦ δειλότατον σὺ θηρίον Ar.Pl. 439

, cf. Eq. 273;

κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ Pl.Phdr. 240b

;

Κρῆτες, κακὰ θ. Epimenid.1

; δυσνουθέτητον θ., of poverty, Men. Georg.78;

ἡ μουσικὴ ἀεί τι καινὸν θηρίον τίκτει Anaxil.27

, cf. Eup.132; τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατε; said by Aeschines of Demosthenes, Plin.Ep.2.3.10; θ. συνεστιώμενον, of woman, Secund. Sent.8.

IV Astron., the constellation Lupus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20, Vett. Val.6.13.

προσφθείρομαι,

A meet to one's own or another's hurt, meet in an evil hour, ἤν σοι λοιδορῆται προσφθαρείς if he, curse him, meet and insult you, Ar.Ec. 248; θεούσῃ νηῒ προσφθαρείς mischievously meeting a ship in full course, Ael.NA2.17; θηρίῳ (of a person)

προσέφθαρσαι Alciphr.1.32

, cf. 34; also, make an acquaintance in an evil hour, Plu. 2.482b:—dub. sens. in POxy.1100.20 (iii A.D.).

συμπίπτω, [dialect] Ion. Iterat.

A

συμπίπτεσκον Emp.59

:—fall together, meet violently, of winds,

σὺν δ' Εὖρός τε Νότος τ' ἔπεσον Od.5.295

; of two champions beginning to fight, fall to, fight hand to hand,

σύν ῥ' ἔπεσον Il.7.256

, 21.387; opp. distant fighting,

συμπεσόντας αἰχμῇσι καὶ ἐγχειριδίοισι συνέχεσθαι Hdt.1.214

, cf. 5.112, Pi.I.4(3).51(69), Luc.Tox.36; ἐς νείκεα ς. Hdt.3.120, 9.55; of a hound,

σὺν δὲ πεσών PCair.Zen.532.7

(iii B.C.): c. dat. pers.,

ξυμπεσὼν μόνος μόνοις S.Aj. 467

;

εἰς ἀγῶνα τῷδε συμπεσών Id.Tr.20

;

σ. πολεμίοις X.Cyr.2.1.11

;

εἰς μάχην θηρίῳ D.S.3.35

;

ἀντίοι σ. τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις Plb.3.51.5

; of ships, λάβρῳ κλύδωνι ς. E.IT 1393;

ξυμπεσούσης νηΐ νεώς Th.7.63

;

ξ. πρὸς ἀλλήλας τὰς ναῦς Id.2.84

.

2 generally, fall in with, meet with, esp. with accidents or misfortunes, c. dat. rei,

ἀσιτίῃσι Hdt.3.52

;

φόνῳ S.OT 113

;

κακοῖς τοιοῖσδε Id.Aj. 429

; but simply, fall in with, meet, τινι UPZ62.10 (ii B.C.), PTeb.58.56 (ii B.C.).

II of accidents, ailments, symptoms, events, fall upon, happen to,

τοῖσιν αὐτουργίαι ξυμπέσωσιν μάταιοι A.Eu. 337

(lyr.);

ἐάν ποτέ σοι σ. καιρός Isoc.1.32

;

εὐπαιδίας τυχεῖν ἅμα καὶ πολυπαιδίας.. καὶ τοῦτ' αὐτῷ συνέπεσεν Id.9.72

; ἀσθένεια, νοσήματα σ. τινί, Pl.Ti. 17a, 82c; συμπίπτει τοῖσι πλείστοισι τοιάδε· ἐρυθήματα προσώπου κτλ. Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 6;

πάθη D.26.18

;

ἡμῖν σ. πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς φιλία Pl.Lg. 698c

;

σ. τι ἔς τινας Hdt.7.137

.

2 abs., happen, occur,

τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμέρης συμπιπτούσης τοῦ τε ἐν Πλαταιῇσι καὶ τοῦ ἐν Μυκάλῃ.. τρώματος Id.9.100

;

τοιούτων καιρῶν συμπεσόντων Lys.19.24

;

τῶν κακῶν τῶν σ. Philem.101

.[4]; of heavenly bodies, coincide, Vett.Val.190.9 (sed leg. συνεμπέσῃ).

3 c. part., like τυγχάνω, καὶ τόδε ἕτερον συνέπεσε γενόμενον Hdt.9.101;

συνεπεπτώκεε ἔρις ἐοῦσα Id.1.82

;

Ἀρισταγόρῃ συνέπιπτε τοῦ αὐτοῦ Χρόνου πάντα ταῦτα συνελθόντα Id.5.36

; but part. is sts. omitted, ἐὰν ἴσοι συμπέσωσιν (sc. ὄντες) Arist.Pol. 1318a39.

4 freq. impers. or with neut. pron., it happens, comes to pass, folld. by inf.,

τόδε σφι ὧδε συμπέπτωκε γίνεσθαι Hdt.1.139

; by ὥστε c. inf., Id.8.15, 132, 141; ξυνέπεσεν ἐς τοῦτο ἀνάγκης ὥστε .. matters came to such a pass that.., Th.1.49: or c. acc. et inf., συνέπιπτε [ αὐτὸν]

ἀπῖχθαι Hdt.5.35

, cf. Th.4.68, etc.;

πρὸ ρκ' ἐτῶν συνέπεσε κατ' αὐτὰς τὰς Χειμερινὰς τροπὰς ἄγεσθαι τὰ Ἴσια Gem.8.21

: c. dat. et inf.,

ὅσαις ἂν.. συμπέσῃ ἐμέσαι Arist.HA 588a1

;

ὅταν ἀτυχεῖν σοι συμπέσῃ τι Philippid.18

;

εἴ τινι συνέπεσε τὸν ἀδελφεὸν ἀπολέσθαι SIG306.7

(Tegea, iv B.C.): abs., ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, ἀπὸ τύχης, διὰ τύχην ς., Arist.Cael. 289b22, Rh. 1385b2, Pol. 1270b20; τὰ συμπίπτοντα one's lot or fortune, E.Fr. 572, cf. lsoc.2.35;

πρὸς τὸ συμπῖπτον ἀεὶ διατάττων X.Cyr.8.5.16

; τὸ συμπεσόν the incident, Arist.Pol. 1284a32;

καθάπερ ἐν κατάρροις ἐνίοτε συμπίπτει Gal.16.527

, cf. 18(2).185, al.

III coincide, agree or be in accordance with,

σ. τούτοισι τόνδε τὸν λόγον Hdt. 7.151

; ὥστε σ. τὸ πάθος τῷ χρηστηρίῳ turned out in accordance with it, Id.6.18: abs., agree by chance, Id.2.49; εἰς ταὐτὸν ς. agree in one, Pl. Tht. 160d, R. 473d, etc.; ἐμοὶ σὺ συμπέπτωκας ἐς ταὐτὸν λόγου have come to exactly the same point with me, E.Tr. 1036.

IV fall together, i.e. fall in, esp. of a house,

συμπίπτει στέγη Id.HF 905

;

πόλις ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ ξυμπεπτωκυῖα Th.8.41

;

οἰκία σ. X.An.5.2.24

; φοβουμένη μὴ συμπέσῃ [ τὸ ἰσιεῖον] PEnteux.6.3 (iii B.C.); esp. of the vessels of the body, fall in, collapse, Hp.Off.13, Sor.1.16, al.;

οἱ κρόταφοι συμπίπτουσι Gal.18(2).29

; μυκτῆρες συμπεπτωκότες, opp. ἀναπεπταμένοι, X.Eq.1.10; σῶμα συμπεσόν a frame fallen in or emaciated, Pl.Phd. 80c; ὀφθαλμοὶ ς. Arist.HA 561a21;

αἱ κοιλίαι σ. τοῦ νέφους Id.Pr. 940b31

, al.; of plant-structures, Thphr.CP1.4.4; collapse, of animals, PSI6.584.25 (iii B.C.); of the heart, contract, Ruf.Syn.Puls.3.6; συνέπεσε τῷ προσώπῳ his face fell, LXX Ge.4.5; τὸ πρόσωπον συνέπεσεν ib.1 Ki.1.18; - πέπτωκα τῇ καρδίᾳ ἀπὸ μερίμνης ib.1 Ma.6.10.

2 σταφυλὴ λευκὴ συμπεπτωκυῖα dried grapes, Aët.9.30; πάντα δεδομένα κρέα συμπεπτωκότα ἔστω μέχρι δυοῖν ἡμερῶν hung, ibid.

V fall together, fall into the same line, σ. ἐπ' ἀλλήλων ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας impinge one on another, Pl.Tht. 195a; converge, meet,

τὸ τὰς παραλλήλους σ. οἴεσθαι Arist.APo. 77b23

, cf. Euc.1Def.23, Archim.Spir.20, al.; οἱ πόροι παρ' ἀλλήλους εἰσὶ καὶ οὐ ς. Arist.HA 495a15; of the sides of a triangle, Plb.2.14.5; of a river,

σ. τῷ Κηφισῷ Plu.Sull.16

.

ὅμως, Conj. (from ὁμῶς, with changed accent),

A all the same, nevertheless, used to limit whole clauses, once in Hom. (unless it is read in Od.11.565),

Σαρπήδοντι δ' ἄχος γένετο.., ὅ. δ' οὐ λήθετο χάρμης Il.12.393

;

ὅ. πιθοῦ μοι S.OT 1064

, cf. Ant. 519 ; κοὐκ ἐπίδηλος ὅ. and yet not so as to be observed, Thgn.442 ;

νῦν δὲ ὅ. θαρρῶ Pl. Smp. 193e

, etc.: freq. strengthd. by other words, ἀλλ' ὅ. but still, but for all that, Pi.P.1.85, Ar.V. 1085, etc. ; ὅ. μήν ([dialect] Dor. μάν) Pi.P. 2.82, Pl.Plt. 297d ;

ὅ. μέντοι Id.Cri. 54d

;

ὅ. γε μήν Ar.Nu. 631

, 822 ;

ὅ. γε μέντοι Id.V. 1344

, Ra.61 : used elliptically, πάντως μὲν οἴσεις οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλ' ὅ. (sc. οἰστέον) Id.Ach. 956, cf. E.Hec. 843, Ba. 1027 (prob.).

II freq. in apodosi after καὶ εἰ ([etym.] κεἰ ) or καὶ ἐάν ([etym.] κἄν),

κεἰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξερῶ, φράσω δ' ὅ. S.Ant. 234

, cf. A.Ch. 933 ; but ὅ., though it belongs in sense to the apodosis, is freq. closely attached to the protasis, μέμνησ' Ὀρέστου, κεἰ θυραῖός ἐσθ' ὅ., i.e. κεἰ θ. ἐστι, ὅμως μέμνησο, ib. 115 ; λέξον.., κεἰ στένεις ὅ., i.e. κεἰ στένεις, ὅ. λέξον, Id.Pers. 295 ;

κἂν ἄποπτος ᾖς ὅ., φώνημ' ἀκούω S.Aj.15

: sts. it even stands in the protasis,

ἐρημία με, κεἰ δίκαι' ὅ. λέγω, σμικρὸν τίθησι Id.OC 957

;

ἐγὼ μὲν εἴην, κεἰ πέφυχ' ὅ. λάτρις, ἐν τοῖσι γενναίοισιν ἠριθμημένος E.Hel. 728

.

2 the protasis is freq. replaced by a part.,

ὕστεροι ἀπικόμενοι ἱμείροντο ὅ. Hdt.6.120

; κλῦθί μου νοσῶν ὅ. (i. e. εἰ νοσεῖς ὅ. κλῦθι) S.Tr. 1115 : strengthd.,

πιθοῦ, καίπερ οὐ στέργων ὅ. A. Th. 712

;

ἱκνοῦμαι, καὶ γυνή περ οὖσ' ὅ. E.Or. 680

;

τάδ' ἔρδω, καὶ τύραννος ὢν ὅ. S.OC 851

;

ἐρήσομαι δέ, καὶ κακῶς πάσχουσ' ὅ. E.Med. 280

: sts. it precedes, τόλμα.., ὅ. ἄτλητα πεπονθώς, for καίπερ πεπονθώς, ὅ. τόλμα, Thgn.1029 : in Prose,

οἱ δὲ.. ὅ. ταῦτα πυνθανόμενοι ἀρρώδεον Hdt.8.74

;

οἱ τετρακόσιοι.. ὅ. καὶ τεθορυβημένοι ξυνελέγοντο Th.8.93

, cf. Hdt.5.63, X.Cyr.8.2.21 : exceptionally,

ἡ ἰσομοιρία τῶν κακῶν, ἔχουσά τινα ὅμως.. κούφισιν, οὐδ' ὧς ῥᾳδία ἐδοξάζετο Th.7.75

.

3 where the protasis does not contain a verb, ἀπάλαμόν περ ὅ. (v.l. ὁμῶς)

ἐπὶ ἔργον ἐγείρει Hes.Op.20

;

βαρέα δ' οὖν ὅ. φράσον A.Th. 810

;

κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ, ὅ. ἐπέμειξεν ἡ φύσις ἡδονήν Pl.Phdr. 240b

.

III used to break off a speech, however.., A.Eu.74 ; to refer to something previously said or to the general situation, after all, in spite of all, Th.1.105, 3.28,80,7.1.

δύναμις, εως, ἡ (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.) gener. ‘capability’, with emphasis on function.

① potential for functioning in some way, power, might, strength, force, capability

ⓐ general, λαμβάνειν δ. receive power Ac 1:8 (cp. Epict. 1, 6, 28; 4, 1, 109; Tat. 16, 1 δραστικωτέρας δ.); ἰδίᾳ δ. by one’s own capability 3:12. Of kings τὴν δύναμιν καὶ ἐξουσίαν αὐτῶν τῷ θηρίῳ διδόασιν Rv 17:13 (cp. Just., A I, 17, 3 βασιλικῆς δ.).—Of God’s power (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 66, 33 Jac. θεῶν δ., Diod S 1, 20, 6 τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν of Osiris’ function as benefactor to humanity; 5, 71, 6; 27, 12, 1; 34 + 35 Fgm. 28, 3; Dio Chrys. 11 [12], 70, 75; 84; 23 [40], 36; Herm. Wr. 14, 9 ὁ θεὸς …, ἡ [ᾧ v.l.] πᾶσα δύναμις τοῦ ποιεῖν πάντα; PGM 4, 641; 7, 582; 12, 250; LXX; Aristobulus in Eus., PE 13, 12, 4; 7 [Fgm. 4, ln. 22 p. 164; ln. 84 p. 172]; EpArist; Jos., Ant. 8, 109; 9, 15; SibOr 3, 72; Just., A I, 32, 11 al.) Mt 22:29; Mk 12:24; Lk 22:69; Ro 1:16, 20 (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 167 God is known through his δ.); 9:17 (Ex 9:16); 1 Cor 1:18, 24; 2:5; 6:14; 2 Cor 4:7; 6:7; 13:4; Eph 3:7; 2 Ti 1:8; 1 Pt 1:5; Rv 1:16; 11:17; 12:10; 15:8; cp. 2 Cor 12:9a; Rv 5:12; 1 Cl 11:2; 33:3; Dg 7:9; 9:1f; δ. ὑψίστου Lk 1:35. In doxology (1 Ch 29:11f; on the doxol. in the Lord’s Prayer HSchumaker, Cath. World 160, ’45, 342–49) Mt 6:13 v.l.; D 8:2; 9:4; 10:5. Cp. Rv 4:11; 7:12; 19:1.—IMg 3:1; ISm 1:1; Hv 3, 3, 5; m 5, 2, 1; PtK 2. Hence God is actually called δ. (Philo, Mos. 1, 111, Mut. Nom. 29; Ath. 16, 2) Mt 26:64; Mk 14:62 (cp. Wsd 1:3; 5:23 and Dalman, Worte 164f). Christ possesses a θεία δ. (this expr. in Aristot., Pol. 4 [7], 4, 1326a 32; PGM 12, 302 al.; s. Orig., C. Cels. 3, 40, 20 al.; Did., Gen. 60, 8; s. θεῖος 1a) 2 Pt 1:3; cp. 1:16 and 1 Cor 5:4; of Christ’s potential to achieve someth. through Paul 2 Cor 12:9b (cp. SEG XXXIV, 1308, 5f [50 B.C.–50 A.D.]). In Hs 9, 26, 8, the potential associated with the women in black leads to destruction. δ. leaves Christ at his death GPt 5:19 (s. LVaganay, L’Évangile de Pierre 1930, 108; 254ff). ἐν τῇ τοῦ κυρίου δ. AcPlCor 2:39.— Power of the Holy Spirit (Jos., Ant. 8, 408; Just., D. 87, 4f al.) Lk 4:14; Ac 1:8; Ro 15:13, 19 (ἐν δ. πν. [θεοῦ]); Hm 11:2, 5. ἐν ἀποδείξει πνεύματος καὶ δυνάμεως 1 Cor 2:4; cp. ἐγείρεται ἐν δ. 15:43, foll. by σῶμα πνευμάτικον. δυνάμει κραταιωθῆναι be strengthened in power (i.e. with ability to function) by the Spirit Eph 3:16. Hence the Spirit given the Christian can be called πνεῦμα δυνάμεως, i.e. in contrast to an unenterprising spirit, πνεῦμα δειλίας, God offers one that functions aggressively, 2 Ti 1:7; cp. 1 Pt 4:14 v.l.; AcPl Ha 8, 25/BMM 32f/Ox 1602, 39. The believers are ἐν πάσῃ δ. δυναμούμενοι equipped w. all power Col 1:11; cp. Eph 1:19; 3:20 (for Eph 1:19 cp. 1QH 14:23; 11:29 al.; for Eph 3:16, 6:10 cp. 1QH 7:17, 19; 12:35; 1QM 10:5; see KKuhn, NTS 7, ’61, 336); esp. the apostles and other people of God Lk 24:49; Ac 4:33; 6:8; cp. AcPl Ha 6, 21. ἐν πνεύματι καὶ δ. Ἠλίου Lk 1:17.—Of the devil’s destructive capability Lk 10:19; cp. Rv 13:2. ἡ δύναμις τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ νόμος what gives sin its power to function is the law 1 Cor 15:56.

ⓑ specif., the power that works wonders (SEG VIII, 551, 39 [I B.C.]; POxy 1381, 206ff; PGM 4, 2449; 12, 260ff; Just., D. 49, 8 κρυφία δ.; s. JZingerle, Heiliges Recht 1926, 10f; JRöhr, D. okkulte Kraftbegriff im Altertum 1923, 14f) Mt 14:2; Mk 6:14; Hv 1, 3, 4. ἔχρισεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός δυνάμει (God endowed him to perform miracles) Ac 10:38 (Dio Chrys. 66 [16], 10 of Jason: χρισάμενος δυνάμει τινί, λαβὼν παρὰ τῆς Μηδείας; Diod S 4, 51, 1 τ. τρίχας δυνάμεσί τισι χρίσασα=she anointed her hair with certain potions; 4, 51, 4; 17, 103, 4 ὁ σίδηρος κεχριμένος ἦν φαρμάκου δυνάμει=with a poisonous potion. Diod S 1, 97, 7 a powerful medium=φάρμακον; s. ἐξουσία 7; also RAC II 415–58). τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ δ. ἐξελθοῦσαν potency emanated from him Mk 5:30; cp. Lk 8:46; δ. παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐξήρχετο 6:19; cp. 5:17; perh. also (but s. 3 below) Gal 3:5; 1 Cor 12:28f (on the pl. δυνάμεις s. X., Cyr. 8, 8, 14; Herm. Wr. 13, 8 al.; on this ADieterich, E. Mithraslit. 1903, 46f; cp. PKöhn VI, 245, 18 Athena; for parallels and lit. s. Ptocheia [=ASP 31] ’91, 55). ἐν δ. with power, powerful(ly) (TestJob 47:9; Synes., Ep. 90 p. 230d τοὺς ἐν δ.) Mk 9:1; Ro 1:4; Col 1:29; 2 Th 1:11; μετὰ δυνάμεως Mt 24:30; Mk 13:26; Lk 21:27.—κατὰ δύναμιν w. gen. (Lucian, Imag. 3) by the power of Hb 7:16. Hebraist.=δυνατός (but readily understood in the Greek world as a defining gen., e.g. λόγου ἄνοια=vocal frenzy Soph. Antig. 603; s. Judg 3:29; 20:46 [ἄνδρες δυνάμεως B =ἄνδρες δυνατοί A]; Wsd 5:23): τῷ ῥήματι τῆς δ. αὐτοῦ by his powerful word 1:3; μετʼ ἀγγέλων δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ w. messengers of his power i.e. angels who exercise Jesus’ power 2 Th 1:7 (unless this is to be rendered with KJV et al. his mighty angels) (cp. En 20:1; GrBar 1:8; 2:6); μὴ ἔχων δ. powerless Hv 3, 11, 2; m 9:12. ἰσχυρὰν δ. ἔχειν be very powerful m 5, 2, 3; cp. 9:11; ἐν ποίᾳ δ.; by what power? (s. under 5) Ac 4:7. ὕψος δυνάμεως pride in (one’s) power B 20:1.—Effectiveness in contrast to mere word or appearance 1 Cor 4:19f; 1 Th 1:5. ἔχοντες μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι they have the outward appearance of piety, but deny its function 2 Ti 3:5 (cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 409 τὸ ὄνομα τ. βασιλείας εἶχεν, τ. δὲ δύναμιν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι=[Alexandra] bore the title queen, but the Pharisees were in control). δ. πίστεως the power of faith in contrast to verbal profession IEph 14:2. Sim. δ. w. ἐξουσία (Dio Chrys. 11 [12], 65) potent authority i.e. the word of Jesus is not only authoritative but functions effectively ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ, for the unclean spirits depart Lk 4:36; 9:1.—W. ἰσχύς 2 Pt 2:11 (Ath. 24, 2); w. ἐνέργεια Hm 6, 1, 1 (cp. Galen X, 635); τὴν δ. τῆς ἀναστάσεως the effectiveness of his (Christ’s) resurrection, which brings about the resurrection of the believers Phil 3:10.—Of the peculiar power inherent in a thing (of the healing power of medicines since Hippocr.; cp. Diod S 1, 20, 4; 1, 97, 7; 17, 103, 4; Plut., Mor. 157d al.; Dio Chrys. 25 [42], 3; Galen, Comp. Med. XIII 707 K.). δ. πυρός Hb 11:34 (Diod S 15, 50, 3 δ. τοῦ φωτός=the intensity of the light).

② ability to carry out someth., ability, capability (cp. Democrit, Fgm. B 234; Pla., Philb. 58d; cp. Aristot., Metaph. 4, 12, 1019a 26; Epict. 2, 23, 34; 4 Km 18:20; Ruth 3:11; Jos., Ant. 10, 54; Just., D. 4, 1) δύναμιν εἰς καταβολὴν σπέρματος Hb 11:11 (s. entry καταβολή). κατὰ δύναμιν according to ability (Diod S 14, 81, 6 v.l.; SIG 695, 9; 44 [129 B.C.]; PGM 4, 650; POxy 1273, 24; BGU 1050, 14; Sir 29:20; Jos., Ant. 3, 102; Just., A II, 13, 6; also ὅση δ. A I, 13, 1; 55, 8 al.; ὡς δ. μου D. 80, 5) 2 Cor 8:3a; ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν δ. to each according to his special capability (cp. SIG 695, 55) Mt 25:15; AcPl Ha 7, 17. Opp. beyond one’s ability ὑπὲρ δύναμιν (Demosth. 18, 193; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 1 §3; 2, 13 §49; POxy 282, 8; Sir 8:13) 2 Cor 1:8 or παρὰ δ. (Thu. 3, 54, 4; PPetr II, 3b, 2 [III B.C.]; POxy 1418, 3; Jos., Ant. 14, 378) 8:3b.

③ a deed that exhibits ability to function powerfully, deed of power, miracle, wonder (Ael. Aristid. 40, 12 K.=5 p. 59 D.: δυνάμεις ἐμφανεῖς; 42, 4 K.=6 p. 64 D. al.; Eutecnius 4 p. 41, 13; POxy 1381, 42; 90f τ. δυνάμεις ἀπαγγέλλειν; Steinleitner, nos. 3, 7f and 17; 8, 10 [restored] al.; Ps 117:15; Just., A I, 26, 22 al.) w. σημεῖα 2 Th 2:9; also in pl. Ac 2:22; 2 Cor 12:12; Hb 2:4; in this sense δ. stands mostly in pl. δυνάμεις Mt 7:22; 11:20f, 23; 13:54, 58; Mk 6:2; 9:39; Lk 10:13; 19:37; Ac 8:13; 19:11; 1 Cor 12:10, 28f; Gal 3:5 (on the two last pass. s. 1b above); Hb 6:5. Sg. Mk 6:5.

④ someth. that serves as an adjunct of power, resource μικρὰν ἔχειν δ. have few resources Rv 3:8. Also wealth (X., An. 7, 7, 36, Cyr. 8, 4, 34; Dt 8:17f) ἐκ τῆς δ. τοῦ στρήνους fr. the excessive wealth Rv 18:3. Esp. of military forces (Hdt. et al. very oft.; cp. OGI ind. VIII; LXX; Jos., Ant. 18, 262; Just., D 131, 3), even of the heavenly bodies thought of as armies δ. τῶν οὐρανῶν the armies of heaven (Is 34:4 v.l.; 4 Km 17:16; Da 8:10 Theod.; En 18:14) Mt 24:29; Lk 21:26; cp. Mk 13:25.

⑤ an entity or being, whether human or transcendent, that functions in a remarkable manner, power as a personal transcendent spirit or heavenly agent/angel ([cp. Pla., Crat. 438c] Aristot., Met. 4, 12, 1019a, 26 divinities δυνάμεις [likewise TestAbr A 14 p. 94, 21=Stone p. 36] λέγονται; Eth. Epic. col. 9, 16, w. θεοι; Porphyr., Abst. 2, 2 p. 133 Nauck δαίμοσιν ἢ θεοῖς ἤ τισι δυνάμεσιν θῦσαι; Sallust. 15 p. 28, 15 αἱ ἄνω δυνάμεις; Herm. Wr. 1, 26; 13, 15; Synes., Ep. 57 p. 191b; PGM 4, 3051; 4 Macc 5:13; Philo, Conf. Lingu. 171, Mut. Nom. 59) Ro 8:38; 1 Cor 15:24; Eph 1:21; 1 Pt 3:22; αἱ δ. τοῦ σατανᾶ IEph 13:1. (Cp. αἱ πονηραὶ δ., διάβολος καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ Did., Gen. 45, 4.) θεὸς ἀγγέλων καὶ δ. MPol 14:1 (cp. the ins in FCumont, Étud. syr. 1917, p. 321, 5 ὁ θεὸς τ. δυνάμεων=BCH 26, 1902, 176; Just., D. 85, 6 ἄγγελοι … καὶ δ.)—Desig. of a personal divine being as a power (i.e. an effective intermediary or expression; s. DDD 509–16) of the most high God (Ael. Aristid. 37, 28 K.=2 p. 27 D.: Athena as δ. τοῦ Διός; Just., A I, 14, 5 δ. θεοῦ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ἦν; cp. 23, 2; Tat. 5, 1) οὗτός ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη this man is what is called the Great Power of God Ac 8:10 (cp. ins of Saïttaï in Lydia εἷς θεὸς ἐν οὐρανοῖς μέγας Μὴν οὐράνιος, μεγάλη δύναμις τοῦ ἀθανάτου θεοῦ: ILydiaKP 110; PGM 4, 1275ff ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε τὴν μεγίστην δύναμιν τὴν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὑπὸ κυρίου θεοῦ τεταγμένην. S. New Docs 1, 107. Cp. HKippenberg, Garizim u. Synagoge: RVV ’71, 122–24.—GWetter, ‘D. Sohn Gottes’ 1916, 8f; WSpiegelberg, Die ägypt. Gottheit der ‘Gotteskraft’: Ztschr. f. äg. Sprache 57, 1922, 145ff; FPreisigke, D. Gotteskraft der frühchristl. Zeit 1922).

⑥ the capacity to convey thought, meaning (Pla., Crat. 394b; Polyb. 20, 9, 11; Dionys. Hal. 1, 68; Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 19; Cass. Dio 55, 3; Philo, Congr. Erud. Gr. 125; Just., D. 125, 1 ἡ δ. τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὀνόματος; 138, 1 ὀγδόης ἡμέρας … δυνάμει … πρώτης) of language 1 Cor 14:11; of stones Hv 3, 4, 3; cp. 3, 8, 6f.—OSchmitz, D. Begriff δ. bei Pls: ADeissmann Festschr. 1927, 139–67; WGrundmann, D. Begriff d. Kraft in d. ntl. Gedankenwelt ’32; Dodd 16–20; EFascher, Dynamis Theou: ZTK n. s. 19, ’38, 82–108; LBieler, Δύναμις u. ἐξουσία: Wiener Studien 55, ’38, 182–90; AForster, The Mng. of Power for St. Paul, ATR 32, ’50, 177–85; MBarré, CBQ 42, ’80, 216–27 (contrast w. ‘weakness’ in Qumran lit.)—DELG. Lampe s.v. δύναμις VI B and VII. RAC IV 441–51. EDNT. M-M. TW.

προσκυνέω (κυνέω ‘to kiss’) impf. προσεκύνουν; fut. προσκυνήσω; 1 aor. προσεκύνησα (Trag., Hdt.+. Freq. used to designate the custom of prostrating oneself before persons and kissing their feet or the hem of their garment, the ground, etc.; the Persians did this in the presence of their deified king, and the Greeks before a divinity or someth. holy.) to express in attitude or gesture one’s complete dependence on or submission to a high authority figure, (fall down and) worship, do obeisance to, prostrate oneself before, do reverence to, welcome respectfully, in Attic Gk., and later (e.g. Appian, Mithrid. 104 §489), used w. the acc. (so Mt 4:10 and Lk 4:8 [Dt 6:13 v.l.]; J 4:22ab, 23b, 24a; Rv 9:20.—Gen 37:9; Ex 11:8; Judg 7:15 A; pseudepigr.; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 239, Ant. 2, 13; 7, 250; Just.; Tat.; Mel., P. 92, 690; Ath.); beside it the Koine uses the dat. (Phryn. p. 463 Lob.; JWittmann, Sprachl. Untersuchungen zu Cosmas Indicopl., diss. Munich 1913, 16; KWolf, Studien z. Sprache des Malalas II, diss. Munich 1912, 34; GKilpatrick in: Studies and Documents 29, ’67, 154–56; B-D-F §151, 2; Rob. 455; 476f), which the LXX (s. also JosAs; ApcMos 27:33) and our lit. prefer (s. also EpArist 135; Jos., Ant. 6, 55; Just., D. 30, 3; 78, 9; 88, 1.—Jos., Ant. 6, 154 πρ. τῷ θεῷ immediately after τὸν θεὸν πρ.). This reverence or worship is paid

ⓐ to human beings, but by this act they are to be recognized as belonging to a superhuman realm (Appian, Mithrid. 104 §489: Pompey; Galen, Protr. 5 p. 12, 2ff ed. WJohn: Socrates, Homer, Hippocrates, Plato): to a king (so Hdt. et al.; cp. 2 Km 18:28; 24:20; 3 Km 1:16, 53. On proskynesis in the Hellenistic ruler cults s. LTaylor, JHS 47, 1927, 53ff, The Divinity of the Rom. Emperor ’31, esp. 256–66; against her WTarn, Alexander the Great II, ’50, 347–73) ὁ δοῦλος προσεκύνει αὐτῷ Mt 18:26 (of a female slave toward her κύριος PGiss 17, 11f=Mitt-Wilck, I/2, 481; s. Jos., Ant. 2, 11); to Peter by Cornelius Ac 10:25 (cp. Apollonius [c. 197 A.D.] in Eus., HE 5, 18, 6).—The church at Philadelphia προσκυνήσουσιν ἐνώπιον τῶν ποδῶν σου Rv 3:9 (on πρ. ἐνώπιόν τινος cp. Ps 21:28; 85:9; Is 66:23; TestAbr B 4 p. 108, 17 [Stone 64, 17]).—Jesus, who is rendered homage as Messianic king and helper: Mt 2:2, 8, 11.—8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; J 9:38.—Mt 20:20; GJs 20:4 (codd.); 21:1, 2 (codd.). A man possessed by an unclean spirit asks a favor of him Mk 5:6. Mock worship on the part of soldiers 15:19 (στέφανος 1). S. also bε below.

ⓑ to transcendent beings (God: Aeschyl. et al.; X., An. 3, 2, 9; 13; Pla., Rep. 3, 398a; Polyb. 18, 37, 10; Plut., Pomp. 626 [14, 4]; Lucian, Pisc. 21 τῇ θεῷ; PGM 4, 649. Of various divinities in the ins [s. OGI II 700a index VIII; Sb 7911ff]; PFlor 332, 11 θεούς; LXX; Philo, Gig. 54 τὸν θεόν al.; Jos., Ant. 6, 154; 20, 164 al.; Theoph. Ant. 1, 11 [p. 82, 3]).

α. of deity in monotheistic cult (Christians, Judeans, Samaritans) κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις (Dt 6:13 v.l.) Mt 4:10; Lk 4:8. πρ. τῷ πατρί J 4:21, 23a; cp. 23b. τῷ θεῷ (Jos., Ant. 6, 55; 9, 267; cp. Orig., C. Cels. 5, 11, 38 [w. λατρεύειν]) Rv 19:4 (w. πίπτειν), 10b; 22:9. See Hb 1:6 (Dt 32:43 LXX). τῷ ζῶντι Rv 4:10. τῷ ποιήσαντι τὸν οὐρανόν 14:7. πεσὼν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον προσκυνήσει τῷ θεῷ he will fall down and worship God (cp. 2 Km 9:6 of obeisance before David) 1 Cor 14:25; cp. Rv 7:11; 11:16. ἐνώπιόν σου (s. the Ps. reff. in a above) 15:4. Abs. (SIG 1173, 2; PTebt 416, 7; LXX) J 4:20ab, 24ab; Ac 8:27. Used w. ἀναβαίνειν (UPZ 62, 33 [161 B.C.] ἐὰν ἀναβῶ κἀγὼ προσκυνῆσαι; Jos., Ant. 20, 164) J 12:20; Ac 24:11; cp. Rv 11:1. W. πίπτειν (s. Jos., Ant. 8, 119) Rv 5:14. προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ he bowed in worship (or prayed) over the head of his staff Hb 11:21 (Gen 47:31).

β. of image worship in polytheistic cult (LXX; Ar. 3, 2; Just.; Ath. 15, 1 τὰ ἀγάλματα) προσκυνεῖν τοῖς νεκροῖς θεοῖς 2 Cl 3:1 or λίθους καὶ ξύλα κτλ. 1:6 (cp. EpArist 135 … οἷς πρ.). See Ac 7:43; Dg 2:5. τὰ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν προσκυνούμενα the things that are worshiped by you 2:4. Abs., w. θύειν MPol 12:2.

γ. the devil and Satanic beings (the eschatological opponent Iren. 5, 28, 2) Mt 4:9; Lk 4:7 (on πρ. ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ s. α above). τὰ δαιμόνια Rv 9:20. τῷ δράκοντι 13:4a; τῷ θηρίῳ 13:4b. τὸ θηρίον vss. 8 (αὐτόν), 12; 20:4. τῇ εἰκόνι (Da 3:5 al.) τοῦ θηρίου 13:15; cp. 16:2; 19:20. τὸ θηρίον καὶ τ. εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ 14:9, 11. See θηρίον 1b; also PTouilleux, L’Apocalypse et les cultes de Domitien et de Cybèle ’35.

δ. angels (TestAbr A 3 p. 79, 28 [Stone p. 6]) Rv 22:8; cp. 19:10a.

ε. The risen Lord is esp. the object of worship: Mt 28:9, 17; Lk 24:52 P⁷⁵ et al. Likewise the exalted Christ MPol 17:3. See also a above, end.—Lit. s.v. προσεύχομαι, end; Bolkestein [δεισιδαιμονία, end] 23ff; JHorst, Proskynein: Z. Anbetung im Urchristentum nach ihrer religionsgesch. Eigenart ’32; Berthe MMarti, Proskynesis and adorare: Language 12, ’36, 272–82; BReicke, Some Reflections on Worship in the NT: TWManson mem. vol. ’59, 194–209.—B. 1469; Kl. Pauly IV 1189. New Docs 2, 68; 3, 77–78; 4, 61f. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

ὅμοιος, οία, οιον (ὁμός, ‘common’; Hom.+.—On the accent s. B-D-F §13; Mlt-H. 58. On ἡ ὅμοιος Rv 4:3b s. a below and B-D-F §59, 2; Mlt-H. 157) of the same nature, like, similar.

ⓐ w. dat. of pers. or thing compared (this is the rule Hom. et al.) ὅμ. αὐτῷ ἐστιν he looks like him J 9:9.—χρυσῷ ἢ ἀγρύρῳ … τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμ. divinity is like gold or silver Ac 17:29. τὰ ὅμ. τούτοις things like these Gal 5:21; cp. Hm 8:5, 10; 12, 3, 1; (w. παραπλήσιος) 6, 2, 5. ὅμ. ὁράσει λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι similar in appearance to jasper Rv 4:3a; cp. 3b (here ὁμ. is an adj. of two endings, as Aesop, Fab. 63a H.=59a, 4 Ch. στήλην ὅμοιον). ὅμ. τῇ ἰδέᾳ similar in appearance Hs 9, 3, 1.—Rv 1:15; 2:18; 4:6f; 9:7, 19; 11:1; 13:2; 21:11, 18; 1 Cl 35:9 (Ps 49:21); 7:10a; Dg 2:2f; Hs 9, 19, 2; 9, 21, 2. ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων σκεύη ὅμοια γενέσθαι τοῖς λοιποῖς to be made by human hands into vessels like the others Dg 2:4. ἄλλος ὅμ. ἐμοί any other like me Pol 3:2. ὅμ. τοῖς φαρμάκοις like the poisoners or magicians Hv 3, 9, 7 (cp. the vice list Physiogn. I 327, 15). ἡ καταστροφὴ ὁμ. καταιγίδι the downfall is like a wind-storm 1 Cl 57:4 (cp. Pr 1:27). ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα we shall be like (God) 1J 3:2 (cp. Herm. Wr. 11, 5 ὅμ. τῷ θεῷ; Orig., C. Cels. 4, 30, 10). ὁ τούτοις τὰ ὅμ. ποιῶν the one who does such things as these Hs 6, 5, 5. τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις in the same way as they Jd 7. ἔσομαι ὅμοιος ὑμῖν ψεύστης I should be like you, a liar J 8:55 (ὅ. αὐτῷ every living thing has affection for ‘what is akin to itself’ Sir 13:15; 28:4 of one who has no pity for a fellow human). Freq. in parables like ὁμ. ἐστίν it is like (Aristippus in Diog. L. 2, 79 in a parable: τὶς ὅμοιός ἐστί τινι; Philosoph. Max 485, 2 M ἡ παιδεία ὁμοία ἐστὶ χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ) Mt 11:16; 13:31, 33, 44f, 47, 52; 20:1; Lk 6:47–49; 7:31f; 12:36; 13:18f, 21. οἵτινές εἰσιν ὅμοιοι χοίροις (-ρων v.l.) like swine 10:3. In brachylogy Rv 9:10. κέρατα δύο ὅμοια ἀρνίῳ 13:11.—In a special sense equally great or important, as powerful as, equal (to) (Gen 2:20; Jos., Ant. 8, 364; cp. the Lat. motto ‘nec pluribus impar’) τίς ὅμ. τῷ θηρίῳ, καὶ τίς δύναται πολεμῆσαι μετʼ αὐτοῦ; who is a match for the beast, and who is able to fight it? Rv 13:4. τίς ὁμ. τῇ πόλει τῇ μεγάλῃ; 18:18. δευτέρα (i.e. ἐντολή) ὁμοία αὐτῇ (i.e. τῇ πρώτῃ) a second, just as great as this one Mt 22:39; Mk 12:31 v.l.

ⓑ w. gen. of comparison (Theophr., HP 9, 11, 11; Hero Alex. I p. 60, 16; Aelian, HA 8, 1 τέτταρας ὁμοίους ἐκείνου κύνας; PIand VI, 97, 9 [III A.D.]; Cat. Cod. Astr. VIII/3 p. 197, 16 ὅμ. ὄφεως; Sir 13:16; Tat. 14:2.—Kühner-G. I 413, 10; B-D-F §182, 4; Rob. 530) ἔσομαι ὅμ. ὑμῶν ψεύστης J 8:55 v.l. (for ὑμῖν; cp. a above; Rydbeck, 46–49). φεῦγε ἀπὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς ὁμοίου αὐτοῦ avoid evil of any kind, and everything resembling it D 3:1 v.l.; 10:3 s. above.

ⓒ The acc. of comparison appears to be a solecism and nothing more in ὅμ. υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου one like a human being Rv 1:13; 14:14 (both have υἱῷ as v.l.), but s. RCharles, comm. ad loc.—B-D-F §182, 4; Rob. 530.

ⓓ abs. τράγοι ὅμ. goats that are alike B 7:6, 10b (Just., D. 40, 4). ὅμοιοι ἐγένοντο λευκοί they all alike became white Hs 9, 4, 5. (τὰ δένδρα) ξηρά εἰσι καὶ ὅμοια (the trees) are all alike dry = one is as dry as the other 3:2a; cp. vs. 1b. ὅμοια ἦν πάντα they (the trees) were all alike 3:1a; cp. vs. 2b and 3ab. (Of dissidents: ὅμοια μὲν [viz. ἡμῖν, to us] λαλοῦντες, ἀνόμοια δὲ φρονοῦντες Iren. 1, prol. 2 [Harv. I 4, 5].)—B. 912. Schmidt, Syn. IV 471–87, cp. ἴσος. DELG. M-M. TW.