μέτοχος

μέτοχος, ον,

A sharing in, partaking of, c. gen., [

τῆς συμφορῆς] τὸ πλεῦν μέτοχος Hdt.3.52

; μ. ἐλπίδων, τέχνης, E. Ion 698 (lyr.), Pl.Phdr. 262d; τοῦ βίου, of a wife, Diod.Com.3.5;

δίκης Arist.Mu. 401b29

.

II Subst., partner, accomplice in,

τοῦ φόνου E.HF 721

, Antipho 3.3.11: abs., Th.8.92; partner in business, PHib.1.109.3 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen.176.102 (iii B. C.), Ostr.Bodl. i92, 251 (ii B. C.), Ev.Luc.5.7, etc.

2 member of a board of officials, freq. in phrase ὁ δεῖνα καὶ μέτοχοι πράκτορες, ἐπιτηρηταί, ἀγορανόμοι, τραπεζῖται, etc., PFlor.358.5 (ii A. D.), PSI2.160.4 (ii A. D.), PStrassb.52.17 (ii A. D.), POxy.96.4 (ii A. D.), etc.

3 joint owner of a house, CPHerm. 119 A iv 20 (iii A. D.).

III θεῶν μέτοχοι, of the demigods, Arist.Fr. 640.20, cf. IG14.2117 ([place name] Rome).

μέτοχος, ον (s. μετέχω and prec. entry; Eur., Hdt. et al.; pap, LXX, En; TestBenj 2:5)

① sharing/participating in, as adj. w. gen. of the pers. or thing (Hdt. 3, 52; Pr 29:10; EpArist 207; SibOr 12, 174; Iren. 1, 13, 1 [Harv. I 118, 1]; Theoph. Ant. 3, 30 [p. 268, 21]) κλήσεως ἐπουρανίου sharing in a heavenly calling Hb 3:1. In the Lord’s discipline 12:8. In the Holy Spirit 6:4. In the promises 1 Cl 34:7. Share in prayer IEph 11:2. μ. εἶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ you share in his sin Hm 4, 1, 9.—μ. τοῦ Χριστοῦ sharing in Christ (cp. Kaibel 654, 5 πρόσθεν μὲν θνητή, νῦν δὲ θεῶν μέτοχος) Hb 3:14. But perh. this pass. belongs under 2.

② subst. ὁ μ. (business) partner, companion (Ps.-Demosth. 61, 31; PPetr III, 37a II, 7 [259 B.C.]; BGU 1123, 4; BASP XXXIII p. 131 ln. 5 of ‘associate’ census clerks [189 A.D.]; et al. pap; En 104:6; TestBenj 2:5; Orig., C. Cels. 6, 79, 25; Did., Gen. 213, 20 [perh. at 1 above]) Lk 5:7 in the business sense common in pap; cp. Hb 1:9 (Ps 44:8). WWuellner, The Meaning of ‘Fishers of Men’ ’67.—New Docs 1, 84f. DELG s.v. 1 ἔχω. M-M. TW. Spicq.

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem nom sg

-ος,-ον ⁺ A 0-1-1-4-1=7 Hos 4,17; Ps 44(45),8; 118(119),63; Prv 29,10; 3 Mc 3,21

companion of [τινος] Ps 44(45),8; com-panion of, being in the companionship of, partaking in the cult of

(idols) [τινος] Hos 4,17; accomplice with [τινι] 1 Sm 20,30

ἄνδρες αἱμάτων μέτοχοι men who participate in bloodshed, bloodthirsty men Prv 29,10 Cf. HORSLEY 1981, 84-85; SPICQ 1978a, 555-559

shareholder

μέτοχος

sharing in: adverbial

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem acc pl (doric)

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem acc sg

μέτοχος

sharing in: neut nom /voc /acc sg

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem /neut dat pl

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem /neut gen sg

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem acc pl

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem /neut gen pl

μέτοχος

sharing in: neut nom /voc /acc pl

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem nom /voc pl

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem /neut dat sg

μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem /neut dat sg

μετόχῳ, μέτοχος

sharing in: masc /fem /neut dat sg

μοῖρα, ας ([dialect] Ion. μοῖρα, acc. μοῖραν, gen. ης), ([etym.] μείρομαι)

A part, opp. whole, τριτάτη μ. [νυκτός] Il.10.253; [

ἐσθλῶν] τριτάτην.. μ. Od.4.97

;

μενέτω τριτάτῃ ἐνὶ μ. Il.15.195

.

2 portion of land, of a country, etc.,

χώρης ὀλίγην ἔτι μοῖραν ἔχοντες 16.68

;

μ. πατρῴας γῆς διαιρετόν S.Tr. 163

;

ἡ Περσέων μ. Hdt.1.75

; [ἐς] δυώδεκα μοίρας δασάμενοι

Αἴγυπτον Id.2.147

;

Πελοποννήσουτῶν πέντε τὰς δύο μοίρας Th.1.10

.

3 division of a people, Hdt.1.146; of an army, Hdn.6.6.3; in codd. of X., freq.f.l. for μόρα.

4 political party,

τὸν δῆμον πρὸς τὴν ἑωυτοῦ μ. προσεθήκατο Hdt.5.69

;

τριῶν δὲ μ. ἡ 'ν μέσῳ σῴζει πόλεις E.Supp. 244

.

5 degree, in the astron. and geog. sense, Hipparch.1.7.11, Gem.1.6, Cleom.2.5, etc.: division of the zodiac, Arat.716, cf. 560 (pl.), Procl.Hyp.3.52.

II lot, portion or share which falls to one, esp. in the distribution of booty,

ἴση μ. Il.9.318

;

μ. καὶ γέρας ἐσθλὸν ἔχων Od.11.534

; of a meal,

μοίρας ἔνεμον 8.470

, cf. 14.448, etc.;

μ. ἔχειν γαίης Hes.Th. 413

;

σπλάγχνων μ. Ar. Pax 1105

(hex.); τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς μοῖραν λαγχάνειν one's inheritance, patrimony, Lexap.D.43.51, cf. AP11.382.22 (Agath.).

2 generally, part, lot, οὐδ' αἰδοῦς μ. ἔχουσιν have no part in shame, Od.20.171;

εὐθυμίης μείζω μ. μεθέξει Democr.258

, cf. 263;

ἐν παντὶ παντὸς μ. ἔνεστι Anaxag.11

, cf. 6;

μ. ἔχειν ἀχέων A.Th. 945

(lyr.);

μ. Ἀφροδίτας Id.Supp. 1041

(lyr.); ἔχουσι μ. οὐκ εὐπέμπελον an office, Id.Eu. 476; τέσσαρας μ. ἔχον ἐμοί filling the place of four relations to me, Id.Ch. 238;

μ. ἡδονῆς πορεῖν Id.Pr. 631

; κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ἑκάστου μ., pro virili parte, Lycurg.64;

οὐκ ἐλαχίστην συμβάλλεσθαι μ. πρός τι Plu.2.9f

, cf. Arist.Ath.19.

III one's portion in life, lot, destiny,

ἐπὶ γάρ τοι ἑκάστῳ μοῖραν ἔθηκαν ἀθάνατοι Od.19.592

, etc.;

μ. βροτῶν A.Eu. 105

; mostly of ill fortune, but also of good, e. g. opp. ἀμμορίη, Od.20.76;

ἡ πεπρωμένη μ. Hdt.1.91

;

ἐξιστορῆσαι μ. A.Th. 506

, cf. Ag. 1314, etc.; μ. (sc. ἐστι) c. inf., 'tis one's fate,

οὐ γάρ τοι πρὶν μ. φίλους ἰδέειν Od.4.475

;

οὐ γάρ πώ τοι μ. θανεῖν Il.7.52

, cf. 15.117: c. acc. et inf.,

εἰ μ... δαμῆναι πάντας ὁμῶς 17.421

, cf. 16.434;

ἔσχε μοῖρ' Ἀχιλλέα θανεῖν S.Ph. 331

;

ὡς αὐτὸν ἥξοι μ. πρὸς παιδὸς θανεῖν Id.OT 713

; εἴ μοι ξυνείη φέροντι μοῖρα ib. 863 (lyr.); μ. βιότοιο one's portion or measure of life, Il.4.170 (as v. l. for πότμον) ; ὑπὲρ μοῖραν (v. μόρος) Il.20.336; ἀγαθᾷ μοίρᾳ by good luck, E. Ion 153 (lyr.); θείᾳ μοίρᾳ by divine providence, X.Mem.2.3.18;

κατά τινα θείαν μ. Arist.EN 1099b10

, cf. Pl. Men. 99e, Ap. 33c; opp.

παρὰ μοῖραν Δίος Alc.Supp.14.10

.

2 like μόρος, man's appointed doom, i.e. death, Il.6.488, Od.11.560; in full,

θάνατος καὶ μ. Il.17.672

, etc.;

μ. ὀλοή.. θανάτοιο Od.2.100

;

θανάτου μ. A.Pers. 917

, Ag. 1462 (both anap.); πρὸ μοίρας before the appointed time, S.Fr. 686, Isoc.11.8;

ἐξέπλησε μ. τὴν ἑωυτοῦ Hdt.4.164

,3.142, cf. 1.91; τῇ σεωυτοῦ μ. περίεις ib. 121; also, the cause of death, Od. 21.24.

IV that which is meet and right, in Hom. mostly in phrase κατὰ μοῖραν in order, rightly, Il.16.367;

κατὰ μ. ἔειπες 1.286

, al.;

ἐν μοίρῃ πάντα διίκεο 19.186

, cf. Od.22.54, Pl.Lg. 775c, 958d; opp.

παρὰ μοῖραν Od.14.509

; ἔχει μ. it is meet and right, E.Hipp. 988.

2 respect, esteem,

οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μ. νείμαιμ' ἤ σοι A.Pr. 294

(anap.), cf. S.Tr. 1239; ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ μεγάλῃ ἄγειν τινά hold one in no great respect, Hdt.2.172;

ἐν μείζονι μ. εἶναι Pl.Cri. 51b

;

ἀτιμοτάτῃ ἐνὶ μ. Theoc.14.49

;

μεγάλην μ. καὶ τιμὴν ἔχει Pl.Cra. 398b

;

κατατιθέναι τι ἐν μοίραις ἐλάττοσι Id.Lg. 923b

;

τοὺς θεοὺς μοίραις ποεῖσθε μηδαμῶς S. OC 278

is prob. corrupt.

V c. gen. almost periphr., ἐν τῇ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοίρᾳ ἐκεῖνό ἐστι is a good, of the order of the good, Pl.Phlb. 54c; ἄγειν ἢ φέρειν ἐν πολεμίου μ. as if an enemy, D.23.61; νόστοιο μ. for νόστος, Pi.P.4.196; ὡς ἐν παιδιᾶς μοίρᾳ playfully, Pl.Lg. 656b;

ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου μ. Plu.2.6e

;

ὥσπερ ἐν προσθήκης μ. Luc.Zeux.2

; μέτοχος εἶναι τῆς τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοίρας, i. e. τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ, Pl.Phlb. 60b;

ἡ φιλοσόφου μ. Id.Ep. 329b

;

ἡ τελειότης τἀγαθοῦ μ. τίς ἐστιν Procl.Inst.25

; θείας μ. μετέχειν, i. e. τοῦ θείου, Pl.Prt. 322a, cf. Phdr. 230a; τὸ ἐμπλήκτως ὀξὺ ἀνδρὸς μοίρᾳ προσετέθη was accounted manly, Th.3.82.

B [full] Μοῖρα, as pr. n., the goddess of fate, Hom. always (exc. Il. 24.49) in sg., Il.24.209, al., cf. Orph.Fr.33, etc.: three first in Hes. Th. 905, etc.; as the goddess of death, Il.4.517, 18.119: generally of evil, 5.613; ἐγὼ δ' οὐκ αἴτιός εἰμι ἀλλὰ Ζεὺς καὶ M.

καὶ ἠεροφοῖτις Ἐρινύς 19.87

: with epithets, M. κραταιή, ὀλοή, 5.629, 21.83;

κακή 13.602

;

δυσώνυμος 12.116

:—Trag. use sts. sg., A.Ag. 130, Ch. 910, etc.: sts. pl., Id.Pr. 516, 895, Ch. 306, etc.; of the Furies, Id.Eu. 172: later as objects of worship, SIG1044.8 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.).—In the phrases

θεοῦ μ. Od.11.292

,

μ. θεῶν 3.269

, μοῖρα is Appellat., = destiny.

πλείων, [full] πλέων, ὁ, ἡ, neut. πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν, [comp] Comp. of πολύς (on the forms v. sub fin.),

A more, of number, size, extent, etc.,

οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι Il.13.739

;

πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη Hes. Op. 380

; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν govern for the interest of the majority, Th. 2.37; πλέον' ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν greater than.., Pi.N.7.21; τὸν πλείω λόγον all further speech, S.Tr. 731;

ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει X.Cyr.7.5.39

; πλείω τὸν πλοῦν.. ποιησάμενοι having made the voyage longer, Th.8.39; ὁ π. βίος a longer life, Pl.Ti. 75c;

μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός Id.R. 435d

, etc.; of Time, longer,

π. χρόνος Hdt. 9.111

, S.Ant.74;

πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων Il.10.252

.

2 with Art., οἱ πλέονες the greater number, the mass or crowd, 5.673, Od.2.277;

οἱ πλεῦνες Hdt.1.106

, etc.: c. gen., τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν ib.1; the people, opp. the chief men, Id.7.149, Th.8.73, 89, etc.; euphem. of the dead,

ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων Ar.Ec. 1073

;

εὖτ' ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων AP11.42

(Crin.); ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην ib. 7.731 (Leon.); τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο the greater part of.., Il.1.165; ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει, opp. τοῦ μετρίου, S.OC 1211 (lyr.);

τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται Th.4.17

, cf. 92.

II pecul. usages of neut.:

1 as a Noun, more,

πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου Hdt.2.19

, etc.;

εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον Id.1.89

; τὸ δὲ π. nay, what is more, E.Supp. 158 (Musgr. for τί δὲ.. ); to a greater extent, Th.1.90, 7.57, etc.; πλέον or τὸ πλέον τινός a higher degree of a thing,

τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει; S.OT 1189

(lyr.);

τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου Th.1.118

, etc.; also τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει the excess which he reports, PCair.Zen. 661 (iii B.C.); ᾧ πλεῖον the excess, prob. in PPetr.2p.42 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen.742.26 (iii B. C.); πλέον ἔχειν to have the advantage, have the best of it, like πλεονεκτέω, c. gen., Hdt.9.70, Pl.R. 343d, 349b, etc.;

τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν X.Cyr.1.3.18

: more fully,

μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν Thgn.606

;

π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι Hdt.8.29

;

π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων And.4.4

, etc.; π. ποιεῖν do some good, be successful,

βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον Pl.Ap. 19a

; οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι, And.1.149, 4.7, cf. Pl.Phd. 115c, etc.;

παραινοῦσ' οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ S.OT 918

;

οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις Ath.8.344b

;

οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. E.Hipp. 284

;

οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι Id.IA 1373

, And.4.20, etc.; οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π. have no superior knowledge, Pl.Tht. 161b; τί πλέον; what more, i.e. what good or use is it? Antipho 5.95, etc.;

τί π. πλουτεῖν.. πάντων ἀποροῦντας; Ar.Pl. 531

;

τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ' ἄν; E.Hel. 322

;

τί π. ἔστ' εἰς τέκνα πονεῖν; Supp.Epigr.1.567.1

(Karanis, iii B.C.), cf. AP7.261.1 (Diotim.); also

οὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν Lys.19.4

(= And.1.7), cf. D.35.31;

ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε Isoc.15.28

;

οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται Pl.R. 341a

;

τί τὸ π.; Epigr.Gr.306

a.3; ἐπὶ πλέον as Adv., more, further, Hdt.2.171, 5.51, Th.6.54, Pl.Phdr. 261b, etc.: c. gen., beyond,

ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας Th.1.9

(but,

ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας

to surpassing height in..,

Theoc.1.20

); also

ὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος S.OC 1219

codd. (lyr.); περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι, v. περί A. IV.

2 as Adv., more, rather, π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα he inclined rather to the belief.., Hdt.8.100;

οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.; A.Pr.41

;

σέ.. τῶνδ' ἐς πλέον σέβω S.OT 700

;

ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον D.18.125

; π. ἔλαττον more or less, BGU402.9 (vi A. D.), IG14.177 ([place name] Syracuse); also τὸ π., [dialect] Ion. τὸ πλεῦν, for the most part, Th.1.81, etc.; αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι have the larger share, Hdt.3.52; τὸ π., = μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ Th.1.9, cf. 2.37; ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης not so much.., as.., Id.1.83.

b with Numerals,

τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας X.Cyr.2.1.6

;

οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων Is.10.23

; ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι v.l. in D.24.141 (fort. πλεῖν, v. infr.);

π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ X.Oec.21.3

:—in this sense a short form πλεῖν is used by [dialect] Att. writers (cf. Moer.p.294 P., but the rule is not universal, cf. IG22.657.25 (iii B. C.), etc.),

πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ' ἡμέρας Ar.Ach. 858

; πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (sc. δραχμάς) Id.Eq. 444;

στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια Id.Av.6

, cf. Nu. 1041, 1065, al.;

πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν Id.Lys. 589

;

πλεῖν ἢ 'νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος Id.Ra.18

, cf. 91; πλεῖν ( πλεῖον codd.)

ἢ πέντε τάλαντα D.21.173

;

πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν Eub.119.10

; ἤ is freq. omitted,

πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας Ar.Av. 1251

; ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα v.l. in Pl.Ap. 17d; but δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι for ten years more, Id.Lg. 932c;

τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω X.HG2.2.16

;

λίθους.. ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον Id.Eq.Mag.1.16

: with number in gen.,

κώμας.. οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας Id.An.3.2.34

, cf. 7.3.12.

c Com., πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι more than to madness, Ar. Ra. 103, 751.

d pl. πλείω used like πλέον, Th.1.3, Pl.R. 417b, D. 23.213, etc.;

τὰ π. Th.1.81

;

πλέω A.Ag. 868

codd.

e regul. Adv.

πλειόνως Aen.Tact.7.4

, J.AJ17.1.1.

B FORMS: [dialect] Ep. use πλείων or πλέων as metre requires, also nom. and acc. pl. πλέες, πλέᾰς, Il.2.129, 11.395, Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.85 (so, with ι from ε, Cret. πλίες, πλίας, Leg.Gort.7.18,24, GDI 5125 B8, also πλίαδ ([etym.] δὲ) Leg.Gort.7.29, πλίανς ib.5.54; πλέας also [dialect] Aeol., IG12(2).1.9 (Mytil., iv B. C.)); dat. pl.

πλεόνεσσι Il.13.739

( πλεόνεσιν is f.l. in Hdt.7.224); Cret. also acc. sg. neut.

πλίον Leg.Gort.1.37

, al., gen. πλίονος ib.2.39, al., neut. pl. πλίονα ib.4.51, πλία ib.10.17; [dialect] Aeol. [full] πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late [dialect] Dor., IPE12.79.18 (Byzant., i A. D.); [dialect] Att. Inscrr. have - ει- always before - ου- and -ω-, IG12.76.7, 22.657.25, 2498.22, etc., but - ε- and - ει- before -ο-, ib.12.94.33,40.3,4, 22.2670.4 (but always πλέον).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `possess, get(back-), have', aor. `conquer, take (in possession)', intr. `hold oneself', med. `id.';

Other forms: also ἴσχω, aor. σχεῖν, ἔσχον, fut. ἕξω, σχήσω (Il.), perf. act. ἔσχηκα (Pl. Lg. 765a), med. ἔσχημαι, aor. pass. ἐσχέθην (late).

Dialectal forms: Myc. e-ke (= ἔχει)

Compounds: very often with prefix in various meanings, ἀν-, ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, μετ-, προσ-, συν- etc. As 1. member in e. g. ἐχέ-φρων, ἐχ-έγγυος, ἐχεπευκής (s. v.), ἐκεχειρία (s. v.); also ἰσχέ-θυρον a. o. (hell.); cf. Schwyzer 441; as 2. member e. g. in προσ-, συν-εχής with προσ-, συν-έχεια.

Derivatives: From the ε-grade (= present-stem): ἔχμα `obstacle, support, defence' (Il.) with ἐχμάζω (H., Sch.; cf. ὀχμάζω below); Myc. e-ka-ma?; ἕξις `attitude, situation etc.', often in derivv. of prefix-compp., e. g. πρόσ-, κάθ-εξις from προσ-, κατ-έχειν (Ion.-Att.); with ( προσ-, καθ-) ἑκτικός (s. also s. v.); ἑξῆς s. v.; ἐχέ-τλη, - τλιον `plough-handle' (cf. καὶ ἡ αὖλαξ, καὶ ἡ σπάθη τοῦ ἀρότρου Η. and ἐχελεύειν ἀροτριᾶν H.); ἕκτωρ `the holder' (Lyc. 100; also Pl. Kra. 393a as explanation of the PN [s. v.]; Sapph. 157 as surname of Zeus); ἐχυρός s. v. From εὖ ἔχειν: εὑεξία `good condition' (Ion.-Att.; opposite καχεξία from κακῶς ἔχειν) with εὑέκ-της, - τικός, - τέω, also - τία (Archyt.); retrograde formation εὔεξος εὑφυής H. (not with Schwyzer 516 σο-Suffix). From the reduplicated present (s. below): ἰσχάς f. `anchor' (S. Fr. 761, Luc. Lex. 15); lengthened forms ἰσχάνω, - νάω (Il.). From the zero grade (= aorist-stem): σχέσις `situation, character, relation, holding back' (Ion.-Att.), often in derivv. from prefix-compp., e. g. ἀνά-, ἐπί-, ὑπό-, κατά-σχεσις from ἀνα-σχεῖν, - έσθαι etc.; σχῆμα (cf. σχ-ήσω) `attitude, form, appearance' (Ion.-Att.; Schwyzer 523); secondarily σχέμα (H.) Lat. schĕma f. (Leumann Sprache 1, 206); with σχηματίζω with σχημάτ-ισις, - ισμός etc.; verbal adjective ἄ-σχετος `not to hold, irresistable' (Il.); from virtual verbal adjectives come also the abstract-formations ἐπισχεσίη `attitude, pretext' (φ 71), ὑποσχεσίη `promise' (Ν 369, A. R.), cf. Schwyzer 469, Holt Les noms d'action en - σις 86f.; here also *σχερός (s. ἐπισχερώ), σχεδόν, σχέτλιος, σχολή, σκεθρός (s. vv.); (not to ἰσχύς). From the o-grade: ὄχοι m. pl. `holder, preserver' ( λιμένες νηῶν ὄχοι ε 404); ὀχός `fest, certain' (Ph. Byz.), further in verbal adjectives to the prefix-compp. like ἔξ-, κάτ-, μέτοχος (from ἐξ-έχειν etc.); ὀχή f. `holding, support' (Call., Lyc., Ath.); to the prefix-compp. συν-, μετ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-οχή etc. (from συν-έχειν etc.); ὀχεύς "holder", `helm-strap, girdle-clasp, door-bolt etc.' (Il.; cf. Boßhardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 30, also on ὀχεύω `pounce upon' etc.; cf. s. v.); ὄχανον `shield-holder' (Anakr., Hdt.), also ὀχάνη (Plu.; cf. Chantraine Formation 198); ὀχυρός, s. ἐχυρός; ὄχμος `fortress' (Lyc.), ὄχμα πόρπημα H.; with ὀχμάζω `hold fest' (A., E.); adv. ὄχα `widely, by far' (ὄχ' ἄριστος Il.), ἔξοχα `in front of' (ἔχω 1 πάντων; Il.). Reduplicated formation: ἀν-οκωχή s. v.; also (ἐν) συνεοχμῳ̃?; s. v., w. compositional lengthening: εὑωχέω, s. v. - On συνοκωχότε (Β 218) s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [888] *seǵh- `hold, have'

Etymology: ἔχω, with reduplication ἴ-σχ-ω (\< *ἵ-σχ-ω, ( σ)ί-σχ-ω), has an exact agreement in Skt. sáhate `force, conquer' (= ἔχεται, IE *séǵʰetoi); but the zero grade aorist and the other verbal forms are isolated (GAv. zaēma not = σχοῖμεν, s. Humbach Münch. Stud. 10, 39 n. 12). In Greek the word group knew a strong development; cf. Meillet Άντίδωρον 9ff., Porzig Gliederung 115f. On the other hand in Greek fail the neutral s-stem Skt. sáhas- `force, srength, victoy', Av. hazah- `id.', Goth. sigis (cf. on ἐχυρός). The group is also represented in Celtic, e. g. in the Gaulish names Σεγο-δουνον, Sego-vellauni. - Older lit. and further forms in Bq s. v., Pokorny 888f.

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μυστήριον, ου, τό ‘secret, secret rite, secret teaching, mystery’ a relig. t.t. (predom. pl.) applied in the Gr-Rom. world mostly to the mysteries w. their secret teachings, relig. and political in nature, concealed within many strange customs and ceremonies. The principal rites remain unknown because of a reluctance in antiquity to divulge them (Trag.+; Hdt. 2, 51, 2; Diod S 1, 29, 3; 3, 63, 2; Socrat., Ep. 27, 3; Cornutus 28 p. 56, 22; 57, 4; Alciphron 3, 26, 1; OGI 331, 54; 528, 13; 721, 2, SIG s. index; Sb 7567, 9 [III A.D.]; PGM 1, 131; 4, 719ff; 2477 τὰ ἱερὰ μ. ἀνθρώποις εἰς γνῶσιν; 5, 110; 12, 331; 13, 128 τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ θεοῦ. Only the perfected gnostic is τῶν μυστηρίων ἀκροατής Hippol., Ref. 5, 8, 29.—OKern, D. griech. Mysterien d. klass. Zeit 1927; WOtto, D. Sinn der eleusin. Myst. ’40; MNilsson, The Dionysiac Mysteries of the Hell. and Rom. Age, ’57; Kl. Pauly III 1533–42; WBurkert, Antike Mysterien ’90). Also LXX and other versions of the OT use the word, as well as En (of the heavenly secret) and numerous pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph. (C. Ap. 2, 189, 266), apolog. (exc. Ar.); it is a loanw. in rabb. Our lit. uses μ. in ref. to the transcendent activity of God and its impact on God’s people.

① the unmanifested or private counsel of God, (God’s) secret, the secret thoughts, plans, and dispensations of God (SJCh 78, 9; τὸ μ. τῆς μοναρχίας τῆς κατὰ τὸν θεόν Theoph. Ant. 2, 28 [p. 166, 17]) which are hidden fr. human reason, as well as fr. all other comprehension below the divine level, and await either fulfillment or revelation to those for whom they are intended (the divine Logos as διδάσκαλος θείων μυστηρίων Orig., C. Cels. 3, 62, 9: the constellations as δεῖγμα καὶ τύπον … μεγάλου μυστηρίου Hippol. Ant. 2, 15 [p. 138, 7]; Abraham is τῶν θείων … μέτοχος μυστηρίων Did., Gen. 213, 20).

ⓐ In the gospels μ. is found only in one context, where Jesus says to the disciples who have asked for an explanation of the parable(s) ὑμῖν τὸ μυστήριον δέδοται τῆς βασιλείας τ. θεοῦ Mk 4:11; the synopt. parallels have the pl. Mt 13:11 (LCerfaux, NTS 2, ’55/56, 238–49); Lk 8:10.—WWrede, D. Messiasgeh. in den Evv. 1901; HEbeling, D. Messiasgeh. u. d. Botschaft des Mc-Evangelisten ’39; NJohansson, SvTK 16, ’40, 3–38; OPiper, Interpretation 1, ’47, 183–200; RArida, St Vladimar Theol. Qtly 38, ’94, 211–34 (patristic exegesis Mk 4:10–12 par.).

ⓑ The Pauline lit. has μ. in 21 places. A secret or mystery, too profound for human ingenuity, is God’s reason for the partial hardening of Israel’s heart Ro 11:25 or the transformation of the surviving Christians at the Parousia 1 Cor 15:51. Even Christ, who was understood by so few, is God’s secret or mystery Col 2:2, hidden ages ago 1:26 (cp. Herm. Wr. 1, 16 τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ κεκρυμμένον μυστήριον μέχρι τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας), but now gloriously revealed among the gentiles vs. 27, to whom the secret of Christ, i.e. his relevance for them, is proclaimed, 4:3 (CMitton, ET 60, ’48/49, 320f). Cp. Ro 16:25; 1 Cor 2:1 (cp. Just., D. 91, 1; 131, 2 al. μ. τοῦ σταυροῦ; 74, 3 τὸ σωτήριον τοῦτο μ., τοῦτʼ ἔστι τὸ πάθος τοῦ χριστοῦ). The pl. is used to denote Christian preaching by the apostles and teachers in the expr. οἰκονόμοι μυστηρίων θεοῦ 1 Cor 4:1 (Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 23, 104 calls the teachings of Pyth. θεῖα μυστήρια). Not all Christians are capable of understanding all the mysteries. The one who speaks in tongues πνεύματι λαλεῖ μυστήρια utters secret truths in the Spirit which the person alone shares w. God, and which others, even Christians, do not understand 1 Cor 14:2. Therefore the possession of all mysteries is a great joy 13:2 (Just., D. 44, 2). And the spirit-filled apostle can say of the highest stage of Christian knowledge, revealed only to the τέλειοι: λαλοῦμεν θεοῦ σοφίαν ἐν μυστηρίῳ we impart the wisdom of God in the form of a mystery (ἐν μυστηρίῳ=in a mysterious manner [Laud. Therap. 11] or =secretly, so that no unauthorized person would learn of it [cp. Cyr. of Scyth. p. 90, 14 ἐν μυστηρίῳ λέγει]) 2:7 (AKlöpper, ZWT 47, 1905, 525–45).—Eph, for which (as well as for Col) μ. is a predominant concept, sees the μ. τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ (sc. θεοῦ) 1:9 or μ. τ. Χριστοῦ 3:4 or μ. τ. εὐαγγελίου 6:19 in acceptance of the gentiles as Christians 3:3ff, 9ff. A unique great mystery is revealed 5:32, where the relation betw. Christ and the Christian community or church is spoken of on the basis of Gen 2:24 (cp. the interpretation of the sun as symbol of God, Theoph. Ant. 2, 15 [p. 138, 8], and s. WKnox, St. Paul and the Church of the Gentiles, ’39, 183f; 227f; WBieder, TZ 11, ’55, 329–43).

ⓒ In Rv μ. is used in ref. to the mysterious things portrayed there. The whole content of the book appears as τὸ μ. τοῦ θεοῦ 10:7. Also τὸ μ. τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀστέρων 1:20; τὸ μ. τῆς γυναικός 17:7, cp. vs. 5, where in each case μ. may mean allegorical significance (so BEaston, Pastoral Epistles ’47, 215).

② that which transcends normal understanding, transcendent/ultimate reality, secret, with focus on Israelite/Christian experience.

ⓐ 1 Ti uses μ. as a formula: τὸ μ. τῆς πίστεως is simply faith 3:9. τὸ τ. εὐσεβείας μ. the secret of (our) piety vs. 16.—τὸ μ. τῆς ἀνομίας 2 Th 2:7 s. ἀνομία 1 (Jos., Bell. 1, 470 calls the life of Antipater κακίας μυστήριον because of his baseness practiced in secret. Cp. also SibOr 8, 58 τὰ πλάνης μυστήρια; 56).—PFurfey, CBQ 8, ’46, 179–91.

ⓑ in Ign.: the death and resurrection of Jesus as μ. IMg 9:1 (τὸ περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως μ. Orig., C. Cels. 1, 7, 9). The virginity of Mary, her childbearing, and the Lord’s death are called τρία μ. κραυγῆς three mysteries (to be) loudly proclaimed IEph 19:1 (they are mysteries because they go so contrary to human expectation). So also of the annunciation to Mary and her conception GJs 12:2f. The deacons are οἱ διάκονοι μυστηρίων Ἰ. Χρ. ITr 2:3.

ⓒ Quite difficult is the saying about the tried and true prophet ποιῶν εἰς μυστήριον κοσμικὸν ἐκκλησίας who acts in accord with the earthly mystery of (God’s) assembly D 11:11. This may refer to celibacy; the prophet lives in such a way as to correspond to the relation betw. Christ and the people of God; cp. Eph 5:32 (so Harnack, TU II 1; 2, 1884, 44ff; HWeinel, Die Wirkungen d. Geistes u. der Geister 1899, 131–38; PDrews, Hdb. z. d. ntl. Apokryphen 1904, 274ff; RKnopf, Hdb. ad loc.—Differently CTaylor, The Teaching of the Twelve Apost. 1886, 82–92; RHarris, The Teaching of the Ap. 1887; FFunk, Patr. Apostol.² 1901 ad loc.; Zahn, Forschungen III 1884, 301).

ⓓ μ. occurs oft. in Dg: τὸ τῆς θεοσεβείας μ. the secret of (our) piety 4:6 (what Dg means by μ. is detailed in ch. 5). Likew. of Christian teaching (cp. Ps.-Phocyl. 229 and comments by Horst 260–61) πατρὸς μυστήρια 11:2; cp. vs. 5. Hence the Christian can μυστήρια θεοῦ λαλεῖν 10:7. In contrast to ἀνθρώπινα μ. 7:1. οὗ (sc. τ. θεοῦ) τὰ μυστήρια whose secret counsels 7:2 (the divine will for orderly management of the universe). Of God keeping personal counsel κατεῖχεν ἐν μυστηρίῳ … τὴν σοφὴν αὐτοῦ βουλήν 8:10.—Lghtf., St. Paul’s Ep. to the Col. and Phlm. p. 167ff; JRobinson, St. Paul’s Ep. to the Eph. 1904, 234ff; GWobbermin, Religionsgesch. Studien 1896, 144ff; EHatch, Essays on Bibl. Gk. 1889, 57ff; HvSoden, ZNW 12, 1911, 188ff; TFoster, AJT 19, 1915, 402–15; OCasel, D. Liturgie als Mysterienfeier⁵ 1923; JSchneider, ‘Mysterion’ im NT: StKr 104, ’32, 255–78; TArvedson, D. Mysterium Christi ’37; KPrümm, ‘Mysterion’ v. Pls bis Orig.: ZKT 61, ’37, 391–425, Biblica 37, ’56, 135–61; RBrown, The Semitic Background of ‘Mystery’ in the NT, ’68; cp. KKuhn, NTS 7, 61, 366 for Qumran parallels to various passages in Eph and Ro; ABöhlig, Mysterion u. Wahrheit, ’68, 3–40; JFruytier, Het woord M. in de catechesen van Cyrillus van Jerusalem, ’50; ANock, Hellenistic Mysteries and Christian Sacraments, Essays on Religion and the Ancient World II, ’72, 790–820; AHarvey, The Use of Mystery Language in the Bible: JTS 31, ’80, 320–36.—DELG s.v. μύω. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.