σοφιστὴς+θρ+ῄξ

φῐλόσοφος, ὁ,

A lover of wisdom; Pythagoras called himself φιλόσοφος, not σοφός, Cic Tusc.5.3.9, D.L.Prooem.12;

τὸν φ. σοφίας φήσομεν ἐπιθυμητὴν εἶναι πάσης Pl.R. 475b

, cf. Isoc.15.271;

ὁ ὡς ἀληθῶς φ. Pl.Phd. 64e

sq.; φ. φύσει, τὴν φύσιν, Id.R. 376c; φ. τῇ ψυχῇ, opp. φιλόπονος τῷ σώματι, Isoc.1.40: used of all men of education and learning, joined with φιλομαθής and φιλόλογος, Pl.R. 376c, 582e; opp. σοφιστής, X.Cyn.13.6,9; later, academician, of the members of the Museum at Alexandria, OGI 712 (ii A. D.), etc.

2 philosopher, i. e. one who speculates on truth and reality, οἱ ἀληθινοὶ φ., defined as οἱ τῆς ἀληθείας φιλοθεάμονες, Pl.R. 475e; ὁ φιλόσοφος, of Aristotle, Plu.2.115b; ὁ σκηνικὸς φ., of Euripides, Ath.13.561a; as the butt of Com., Philem.71.1, Bato 5.11, Anaxipp.4, Phoenicid.4.16.

II as Adj., loving knowledge, philosophic,

ἄνδρες Heraclit.35

;

ἀνήρ Pl.Phd. 64d

;

τὸ φ. γένος Id.R. 501e

; φ. φύσις ib. 494a; ψυχή ib. 486b; διάνοια ib. 527b;

πειθώ Phld.Rh.1.269

S.; σύνεσις ib.p.211S. ([comp] Comp.);

οἱ φιλοσοφώτατοι Pl.R. 498a

, cf. IG5(1).598 ([place name] Sparta).

2 of arguments, sciences, etc., scientific, philosophic,

λόγοι Pl.Phdr. 257b

; λόγοι -ώτεροι, of instructive speeches, Isoc.12.271;

- ώτερον ποίησις ἱστορίας Arist.Po. 1451b5

; τὸ φ., opp. τὸ θυμοειδές, as an element of the soul, Pl.R. 411e, but = φιλοσοφία, Plu.2.355b.

3 ingenious, Ar.Ec. 571 (hex.).

III Adv.

-φως, διακεῖσθαι πρός τι Isoc. 15.277

;

φ. ἔχειν περί τινος Pl.Phd. 91a

, cf. Cic.Att.13.20.4, etc.; opp. ῥητορικῶς, Phld. Rh.2.134S.; [comp] Comp.

- ωτέρως Arist.Sens. 436a20

;

- ώτερον Cic.Att.7.8.3

. [Ar. l. c. has the penult. long, nowhere else found in poetry.]

φῦλον, τό, ([etym.] φύω)

A race, tribe, or class,

οὔ ποτε φ. ὁμοῖον ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ' ἀνθρώπων Il.5.441

;

γυναικῶν φῦλον Hes.Th. 1021

; θεῶν ἐς φῦλον ib. 202, cf. 965, Op. 199:

φῦλον ἀοιδῶν Od.8.481

: in [dialect] Ep. more freq. in pl., φῦλα ἀνθρώπων, θεῶν, Il. 14.361, 15.54; φῦλα γυναικῶν, ἐπικούρων, Γιγάντων, 9.130, 17.220, Od.7.206;

ἄγρια φῦλα, μυίας Il.19.30

; φῦλα μελισσέων, of a swarm of bees, Hes. Fr.14.5; in later Poets and Prose usu. in sg. (but pl.,

φ. ποικίλα θηρῶν Ar.Av. 777

(lyr.); φῦλα πόντου, of fishes, E.Fr.27 (lyr.)),

φ. ματαιότατον Pi.P.3.21

;

ἓν φ. ἀνθρώπων S.Fr.591.1

(lyr.); τὸ ἄλλο φ. the rest of the people, Id.OT19; φῦλον ὀρνίθων the race of birds, Id.Ant. 342 (lyr.), cf. Ar.Av. 231, 253 (both lyr.): πτηνῶν ib. 1088 (lyr.);

τὸ πτηνὸν φ. Pl.Sph. 220b

;

τὸ κηρυκικὸν φ. Id.Plt. 260d

, cf. Cra. 398e; τὸ φ... οὐ.. ῥᾷστον συλλαβεῖν τί ποτ' ἐστίν, ὁ σοφιστής the sophist tribe, Id.Sph. 218c; κατὰ Ὅμηρον καὶ Ἡράκλειτον καὶ πᾶν τὸ τοιοῦτον φ. and all the tribe of them, Id.Tht. 160d;

φ. ἀμφορεαφόρων Eup.187

; φ. βουλευτικόν, = Lat. ordo senatorius, D.C.59.9: metaph.,

φ. τῶν ἡδονῶν Luc.Nigr.16

.

2 sex,

τὸ γυναικεῖον φ. Ar.Th. 786

(anap.); τὸ θῆλυ, τὸ ἄρρεν, X.Lac.1.4.

II nation,

φῦλα Πελασγῶν Il.2.840

; κελαινὸν φ., of the Aethiopians, A.Pr. 808, cf. Supp. 544 (lyr.);

βάρβαρα φ. E.IT 887

(lyr.);

Σύρους, φῦλον πάμπολυ X.Cyr.1.5.2

;

πολεμικώτατα φ. Plu.Sull.29

.

III = φυλή 11.1, clan or tribe, acc. to blood or descent,

κρῖν' ἄνδρας κατὰ φῦλα, κατὰ φρήτρας Il.2.362

, cf. 363; φῦλον Ἑλένης, φῦλον Ἀρκεισίου, Od.14.68, 181;

φ. τρία τριῶν στρατευμάτων E.Supp. 653

.

ἀδο-λέσχης, ου, ὁ,

A prater, idle talker, esp. of reputed sophists:

Σωκράτην, τὸν πτωχὸν ἀ. Eup.352

, cf. Ar.Nu. 1485;

ἢ Πρόδικος ἢ τῶν ἀ. εἷς γέ τις Id.Fr. 490

;

ἀ. τις σοφιστής Pl.Plt. 299b

, cf. Tht. 195b, R. 488e: generally, talker, babbler, Thphr.Char.3.2, Arist.EN 1117b35, etc.

II in good sense, subtle reasoner, Pl.Cra. 401b. [ᾱ- in Eup. and Ar. ll. c.; cf. ἁδέω, λέσχη.]

ἀσθεν-ής, ές,

A without strength, weak,

1 in body, feeble, sickly,

τοὺς ἀσθενέας τῆς στρατιῆς Hdt.4.135

, cf. Hp.VM12;

ἀσθενεῖ χρωτὶ βαίνων Pi.P.1.55

, etc.;

ὁ παντάπασιν ἀ. τῷ σώματι D.21.165

;

ἀ. περὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν Luc. Nigr.4

; τοὺς ἀσθενεστάτους ἐς τὰς ταλαιπωρίας least able to bear hardship, Hdt.4.134; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν too weak to.., D.23.54. Adv.

ἀσθενῶς, ἴσχειν Pl.Lg. 659e

, cf. OGI751.8 (Amblada, ii B.C.).

2 in mind, and the like ,

τὸ ἀ. τῆς γνώμης

the weakness,

Th. 2.61

.

3 in power, weak, feeble,

ἀ. δύναμις Hdt.7.9

.ά, cf. 1.58;

τέχνη δ' ἀνάγκης-εστέρα μακρῷ A.Pr. 514

;

πόλιν ἑνὸς-εστέραν S.OC 1033

;

εἰς ὠφέλειαν ἀ. D.Ep.2.15

.

4 in property, weak, poor,

οἱ χρήμασιν ἀσθενέστεροι Hdt.2.88

: abs.,

ὅ τ' ἀ. ὁ πλούσιός τε E.Supp. 433

; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι the weaker sort, i.e. the poor, X.Cyr.8.1.30, cf. Lys.1.2.

5 insignificant,

οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστὴς Ἑλλήνων Hdt.4.95

; paltry,

ἀ. σόφισμα A.Pr. 1011

; of streams, petty, small, Hdt.2.25; of fluids, of small specific gravity, Id.3.23; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται comes to nothing, Id.1.120. Adv.

- νῶς

feebly, without energy,

Pl. R. 528b

; on slight evidence,

ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι Onos.

Praef.: [comp] Comp.

ἀσθενεστέρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν Pl.Phdr. 255e

;

- έστερον Id.Chrm. 172b

;

- έστερα Th.1.141

.

ἐπιτᾰφ-ιος, ον, ([etym.] τάφος)

A over or at a tomb, ἀγὼν ἐ. funeral games, Arist.Ath.58.1, D.S.17.117 ; ἐπιτάφιον (sc. ἀγῶνα)

ἀγωνίσασθαι IG5(1).660

, Plu. Pyrrh.31, Luc.Eun.4 ; esp. ἐ. λόγος a funeral oration, such as was spoken at Athens over the citizens who had fallen in battle, Pl.Mx. 236b, D.20.141 (pl.) ; also ὁ ἐ. (sc. λόγος) Arist.Rh. 1365a31 ; title of work by Gorgias ; applied to Pl.Mx. by D.H.Comp.9 ;

ἐ. ἔπαινος Plu.2.218a

; ἐ. σοφιστής, of one who makes such speeches, Ach.Tat.3.25.

II ἐπιτάφια, τά, = ἐπιτάφιος ἀγών, IG22.1006.22, 12(5).946.16 ([place name] Tenos).

ἐργολαβ-έω,

A contract for the execution of work, opp. ἐργοδοτέω, CIG3467.24 ([place name] Sardes ) (also in [voice] Med., Polyaen.6.51): c. acc.,

ἐ. ἀνδριάντας X.Mem.3.1.2

, cf. Philoch.97 ;

τὸ ἱερὸν ἢ δαμόσιον ἔργον SIG2940.7

(Cos, i B. C.);

τὸ ἰατρικὸν ἔργον BCH25.235

([place name] Amphissa);

τὸ μακρὸν τεῖχος Plu.Per.13

: c. inf., SIG2588.220 (Delos, ii B.C.), IG12(8).640.6 (Peparethus, ii B.C.).

II make profit out of,

τὰ ἰατρικά Phld.Rh.1.329S.

; so of Sophists,

ἐ. τὰ μειράκια Alciphr.3.55

: so abs., freq. in Oratt.,

σοφιστὴς ἐργολαβῶν Aeschin.2.112

, cf. D.22.49 ; ἔν τινι in a matter, Aeschin.3.33 ; τινι for one, D.25.47 ; ἐπί τινα or κατά τινος against one, Aeschin.1.173, D.Ep.3.34.

ἰᾱτρο-σοφιστής, οῦ, ὁ,

A professor of medicine, Dam. ap. Suid. s.v. Γέσιος.

ἱκᾰν-ός [ῐ], ή, όν, ([etym.] ἱκνέομαι)

A sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose Adj., used two or three times by Trag. (v. infr.):

I of persons, sufficient, competent to do a thing, c. inf., Hdt.3.45, Antipho 1.15, etc.; ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι sufficient to prove a point, Th.1.9;

-ώτατος [εἰπεῖν] καὶ γνῶναι Lys.2.42

; τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσαι; X.Cyr.1.4.12; ἱ. ζημιοῦν with sufficient power to punish, Id.Lac.8.4;

ἱ. βοηθεῖν Pl. Phdr. 277a

, cf. R. 365a;

ἱ. ὥστε γνῶναι Id.Lg. 875a

, cf. Phdr. 258b;

ἱ. κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Plb.25.3.6

, al.: c. acc. rei, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of sufficient prudence, Hdt.3.4; ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν sufficiently versed in medicine, X.Cyr.1.6.15: c. dat. rei,

ἱ. ἐμπειρίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ Pl.R. 467d

;

οἱ τοῖς χρήμασιν -ώτατοι X.Eq.2.1

: c. dat. pers., a match for, equivalent to,

εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις Pl.Prt. 322c

, cf. Tht. 169a: abs.,

ἱ. Ἁπόλλων S.OT 377

;

οἱ -ώτατοι τῶν πολιτῶν Isoc. 12.132

;

κριτὴς -ώτερος Id.10.38

;

ἱ. σοφιστής Pl.Ly. 204a

; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας very tolerable in comparison with.., Id.Prt. 327c;

γυνὴ ἱ. μέν, ἄγροικος δέ Luc.DDeor.20.3

; ὁ Ἱ. the Almighty, LXXRu. 1.21.

2 in bad sense, capable,

ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα Men.Sam.69

.

II of things, in amount, sufficient, adequate,

τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ' ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν E.Ph. 554

;

ἱ. τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὰ παρακείμενα Ar.Lys. 1047

; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται they have had successes enough, Th.7.77; ἱ. εἴς, ἐπί, πρός τι, X.Hier.4.9, Pl.R. 371e, Prt. 322b; [

πρόβατα] ἱ. ἐς φορβήν Hdt.4.121

; of size, large enough,

οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς Th.1.2

; οὐδ' ἦν ἱκανά σοι.. μέλαθρα.. ἐγκαθυβρίζειν not large enough to riot in, E.Tr. 996;

χώρα ἱ. τρέφειν τοὺς τότε Pl.R. 373d

, al.; of number or magnitude, considerable,

λῦπαι Antipho 2.2.2

; μέρος τῶν ὄντων ib.2.1.6, etc.; of Time, considerable, long,

ἱ. χρόνον Ar. Pax 354

(lyr.);

ἱ. χρόνος τινὶ ἐπιλαθέσθαι Lys.3.10

;

ἱκανόν ἐστί τινι Damox.1.1

: with personal constr.,

ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι Is.2.7

.

2 sufficient, satisfactory,

ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι Pl.Smp. 179b

;

ἱ. λόγῳ ἀποδεῖξαι Id.Hp.Mi. 369c

; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν to take security or bail, Act.Ap.17.9, OGI629.100 (Palmyra, ii A.D.); τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν give security, Plb.32.3.13, D.L.4.50, Just.Nov.86.4 (but simply, satisfy,

τῷ ὄχλῳ Ev.Marc.15.15

);

ἱ. δοῦναι PSI6.554.23

(iii B.C.), POxy.294.23 (i A.D.); ἐφ' ἱκανόν,= ἱκανῶς, Plb.11.25.1, D.S.11.40.

III Adv. - νῶς sufficiently, adequately, Th.6.92, etc.; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. X.Cyn.5.30, cf. Arist.Phgn. 807b26;

ἱ. εἴρηται περί τινος Id.EN 1096a3

, al.; later, considerably, amply, Philostr.VA3.6, VS1.8.3, Ant.Lib.7.7; fully,

μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης Ptol.Alm.4.6

.

b excessively, οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστι not too moist, Gal.6.765, cf. 767,768;

ἱ. βλαβερά Id.Vict.Att.8

; παχὺ ἱ. αἷμα ibid.

2 ἱ. ἔχειν to be sufficient, Th.1.91, etc.; ἱ. ἐχέτω let this be enough, Pl.Sph. 245e;

ἱ. ἔχει πρός τι Id.R. 430c

, cf. X.Cyr.6.3.22;

περί τινος Pl.R. 402a

; ἱ. ἔχειν τινί to be sufficiently supplied with.., Id.Grg. 493c;

ἱ. ἔχειν τοῦ βάθους Id.Tht. 194d

;

ἐπιστήμης Id.Phlb. 62a

;

ἱ. πεφυκέναι πρὸς τἆλλα Id.Chrm. 158b

: abs., Antipho 2.1.1: [comp] Sup.

- ωτάτως Hp. de Arte12

;

- ώτατα Pl.Phlb. 67a

.

καθέδρα, ας, ἡ (κατά + ἕδρα ‘seat’, s. next entry; Thu. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, En; Jos., Ant. 5, 130; 19, 100; loanw. in rabb.) chair, seat (so Polyb. 1, 21, 2; Herodian 2, 3, 7; Lucian, Jupp. Tr. 11; BGU 717, 14; LXX; κ. θρόνου En 24:3) Hv 1, 2, 2; 1, 4, 1 and 3; 3, 10, 3; 3, 11, 2 and 4. καθέδρα λοιμῶν B 10:10 (after Ps 1:1). Seat of those selling someth. (but s. Dalman, Arbeit VII 192) Mt 21:12; Mk 11:15; the teacher’s chair (SIG 845, 2f ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς καθέδρας σοφιστής) Hm 11:1; ἡ Μωϋσέως κ. Mt 23:2 (cp. PJ 23, 1927, 44; ill. NAvigad, Chorazin: Enc. of Arch. Excavations in the Holy Land I, 1975, 302; LRahmani, Israel Exploration Journal 40, ’90, 192–214). κ. κρίσεως judge’s seat GPt 3:7 (cp. Ps 106:32 ἐν καθέδρᾳ [καθέδραις SA] πρεσβυτέρων).—B. 482. DELG s.v. ἕζομαι B2. M-M. TW.

σκόλοψ, οπος, ὁ (Hom. et al.; Artem.; PGM 36, 152; 270; LXX) orig. ‘anything pointed’ such as a ‘(pointed) stake’, then someth. that causes serious annoyance thorn, splinter, etc., specif. of an injurious foreign body (SIG 1168, 92; Num 33:55 σκόλοπες ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς; Sext. Emp. in BGU 380, 8 τὸν πόδαν πονεῖς ἀπὸ σκολάπου; Aesop, Fab. 187 P.; 363 P.=Babrius no. 136, 18 L-P.; Artem. 3, 33; Cyranides p. 112, 24 a prescription for removing σκόλοπας κ. ἀκάνθας.—Field, Notes 187). Paul alludes to his illness (s. κολαφίζω 2 and also EMerrins, St. Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh: BiblSacr 64, 1907, 661–92. For varying viewpoints s. CBruston, L’Écharde de St. Paul: RTQR 21, 1912, 441ff; PJoüon, RSR 15, 1925, 532f; CNash, Paul’s ‘Thorn in the Flesh’: RevExp 28, ’31, 33–51; PMenoud, Studia Paulina [JdeZwaan Festschr.] ’53, 163–71; HClavier, ibid. 66–82; TMullins, JBL 76, ’57, 299–303; AHisey and JBeck, Journ. of Bible and Religion 29, ’61, 125–29; JThierry, D. Dorn im Fleisch, NovT 5, ’62, 301–10; MBarré, CBQ 42, ’80, 216–27; VFurnish, II Corinthians (AB) ’84, 547–50; DPark, NovT 22, ’80, 179–83; UHeckel, ZNW 84, ’93, 65–92. Lack of details makes impossible a truly scientific analysis of Paul’s σκ.) in ἐδόθη μοι σκ. τῇ σαρκί a thorn in the flesh was given to me 2 Cor 12:7. The fact that Celsus uses the word σκ. (2, 55; 68) w. evident scorn (Origen has σταυρός) to mean the cross of Jesus, can scarcely indicate that Paul is using it in that sense here, since he always says σταυρός elsewh. (against ASchlatter, Pls, d. Bote J. Chr. ’34, 666). Lucian also, in Peregr. 13, 337, contemptuously of the ἀνεσκολοπισμένος ἐκεῖνος σοφιστής. Cp. 11, 334 ἄνθρωπος ἀνασκολοπισθείς. A believer does not use that sort of language.—DELG. M-M. TW.

ὁμολογέω (ὁμόλογος ‘of one mind’) impf. ὡμολόγουν; fut. ὁμολογήσω; 1 aor. ὡμολόγησα. Pass.: aor. 3 sg. ὡμολογήθη (Just.); pf. ὡμολόγηται (Just.) (Soph., Hdt.+)

① to commit oneself to do someth. for someone, promise, assure (Hdt., Pla. et al.; IGR IV, 542, 6f [Phryg.] εὐχὴν …, ἣν ὡμολόγησεν ἐν Ῥώμη; Jos., Ant. 6, 40 ‘consent’) ἐπαγγελίας ἧς (by attr. of the rel. for ἥν) ὡμολόγησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ promise that God had made to Abraham Ac 7:17; μεθʼ ὅρκου ὁμ. w. aor. inf. foll. (B-D-F §350; Rob. 1031f) promise with an oath Mt 14:7. Solemnly promise, vow ὁ … ὁμολογήσας μὴ γῆμαι ἄγαμος διαμενέτω Agr 18.

② to share a common view or be of common mind about a matter, agree (Hdt. 2, 81 of similarity in cultic rites; Pla., Sym. 202b ὁμολογεῖταί γε παρὰ πάντων μέγας θεὸς εἶναι=there is general agreement that [Love] is a great god; prob. Cleanthes in his definition of τὸ ἀγαθόν: Coll. Alex. p. 229, no. 3, 7; 4 Macc 13:5 reach a conclusion together; pap; Sext. Emp., Adv. Eth. 218 agreement on a subject; Iren. 1, 26, 2 [Harv. I 212, 5] οἱ … Ἐβιωναῖοι ὁμ. μὲν τον κόσμον ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄντως θεοῦ γεγονέναι; Theoph. Ant. 2, 4 [p. 102, 10]) ὁμολογοῦσιν τὰ ἀμφότερα they agree (with one another) on all of them Ac 23:8 (but s. 3a below). This meaning readily shades into

③ to concede that something is factual or true, grant, admit, confess (Just., D. 80, 1 admission of someth. in an argument; sim. 110, 1)

ⓐ gener., to admit the truth of someth. (Pla., Prot. 317b ὁμολογῶ σοφιστὴς εἶναι; Jos., Ant. 3, 322 an admission of factuality by enemies; Just., D. 2, 5 ὡμολόγησα μὴ εἰδέναι admission of ignorance) agree, admit καθάπερ καὶ αὐτὸς ὡμολόγησας Dg 2:1. ὁμολογήσαντες ὅτι ξένοι εἰσίν admitting that they were (only) foreigners Hb 11:13. ὁμολογοῦμεν χάριν μὴ εἰληφέναι we admit that we have not received grace IMg 8:1. For Ac 23:8 s. 2 above.

ⓑ w. a judicial connotation: make a confession, confess abs. MPol 6:1; 9:2. τί τινι: ὁμολογῶ δὲ τοῦτό σοι, ὅτι Ac 24:14. Foll. by acc. and inf. ὡμολόγησεν ἑαυτὸν Χριστιανὸν εἶναι MPol 12:1 (cp. w. inf. foll.: Just., A II, 13, 2 Χριστιανὸς εὑρεθῆναι … ὁμολογῶ; Theoph. Ant. 2, 8 [p. 118, 7] ὁμ. αὐτὰ τὰ πλάνα πνεύματα εἶναι δαίμονες). Cp. John the Baptist’s action in reply to questioning by the authorities καὶ ὡμολόγησεν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσατο καὶ ὡμολόγησεν ὅτι (dir. disc. follows) J 1:20 (cp. Plut., Mor. 509e in interrogation; the contrast ὁμ. and ἀρνεῖσθαι as Thu. 6, 60, 3; Phalaris, Ep. 147, 3 ὁμολογοῦμεν κ. οὐκ ἀρνησόμεθα; Aelian, NA 2, 43; Jos., Ant. 6, 151; cp. MPol 9:2 and many of the passages given below).

ⓒ w. focus on admission of wrongdoing (X., An. 1, 6, 7; Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 152 ὁμολογοῦντες ἃ ἐπιώρκησαν; Arrian, Anab. 7, 29, 2 [s. ἴασις 2]; Jos., Ant. 6, 151) ἐὰν ὁμολογῶμεν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν if we confess our sins 1J 1:9 (cp. Appian, Liby. 79 §369 ὁμολογοῦντες ἁμαρτεῖν; Sir 4:26; ApcSed 13:3 [abs.]; ὁμ. τὸ ἁμάρτημα Did., Gen. 93, 6; ins fr. Sardis: ὁμολογῶ τ[ὸ| ἁμάρτημ]α Μηνί=I confess my sin to Men, s. FSteinleitner, Die Beicht 1913, p. 46 no. 20, 4f=ILydiaKP p. 15, no. 25). S. ἐξομολογέω 2a.

④ to acknowledge someth., ordinarily in public, acknowledge, claim, profess, praise

ⓐ of a public declaration as such (Herodian. 4, 4, 5 [fr. Steinleitner, p. 109, s. 3c] expression of thanks) ὁμολογήσω αὐτοῖς ὅτι (w. dir. disc. foll.) I will say to them plainly Mt 7:23. W. inf. foll. (X., Mem. 2, 3, 9; Jos., Ant. 9, 254) θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι they claim to know God Tit 1:16 (opp. ἀρνεῖσθαι, s. 3b).

ⓑ of profession of allegiance (ὁμολογῶ εἶναι χριστιανός Theoph. Ant. 1, 1 [p. 58, 11])—Esp. of confessing Christ, or the teaching of his community/church; w. double acc. (B-D-F §157, 2; 416, 3; Rob. 480.—Jos., Ant. 5, 52; Just., A II, 5, 1 εἰ θεὸν ὡμολογοῦμεν βοηθόν, D. 35, 2 Ἰησοῦν ὁμολογεῖν καὶ κύριον καὶ χριστόν) ἐὰν ὁμολογήσῃς κύριον Ἰησοῦν if you confess Jesus as Lord Ro 10:9 (cp. τὸν Δία ὁμ. θεόν Orig., C. Cels. 5, 46, 7). αὐτὸν ὁμ. Χριστόν confess that he is the Messiah J 9:22. ὁμ. αὐτὸν σαρκοφόρον ISm 5:2. ὁμ. Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh 1J 4:2; cp. 2J 7. W. acc. and inf. (Isocr., Or. 4, 100, 61d; Aelian, VH 1, 27; Orig., C. Cels. 1, 41, 9) ὁμ. Ἰησοῦν Χρ. ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθέναι Pol 7:1a; 1J 4:2 v.l. ὁμ. τὴν εὐχαριστίαν σάρκα εἶναι τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰ. Χρ. ISm 7:1. W. ὅτι foll. (Isocr., Or. 11, 5, 222d, but w. mng. 2; Just., D. 39, 6) ὁμ. ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ 1J 4:15. ὁμ. ὅτι κύριον ἔχετε Hs 9, 28, 7 (opp. ἀρν.). W. a single acc. of the pers. whom one confesses, or whom one declares to be someth. that is revealed by the context (Just., D. 35, 1, 2 Ἰησοῦν … ὁμολογεῖν; Did., Gen. 176, 13 ὁ γὰρ ὁμολογῶν τὸν θεὸν ἐν Χριστῷ τοῦτο ποιεῖ; Theoph. Ant. 3, 9 [p. 222, 13] θεὸν ὁμ.): ὁμ. τὸν υἱόν 1J 2:23 (opp. ἀρν. as Mel., P. 73, 537 ἀπαρνήσω τὸν ὁμολογήσαντά σε). μὴ ὁμ. τὸν Ἰησοῦν 4:3 (s. λύω 4, end). Cp. 2 Cl 3:2a. τινὰ ἔν τινι someone by someth. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις 4:3; cp. 3:4. ἐὰν ὁμολογήσωμεν διʼ οὗ ἐσώθημεν if we confess him through whom we were saved 3:3. The acc. (αὐτόν) is supplied fr. the context J 12:42; cp. Hs 9, 28, 4.—W. acc. of thing ὁμ. τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ σταυροῦ Pol 7:1b. ὁμ. τὴν καλὴν ὁμολογίαν 1 Ti 6:12 (ὁμ. ὁμολογίαν=‘make a promise’: Pla., Crito 52a; Jer 51:25; but = ‘bear testimony to a conviction’: Philo, Mut. Nom. 57, Abr. 203).—Instead of acc. of pers. we may have ἔν τινι confess someone, an Aramaism (s. Mlt-H. 463f; B-D-F §220, 2; EbNestle, ZNW 7,1906, 279f; 8, 1907, 241; 9, 1908, 253; FBurkitt, Earliest Sources for the Life of Jesus 1910, 19f). ὅστις ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων whoever confesses me before people Mt 10:32a; sim. Lk 12:8a. But 2 Cl 3:2 uses the acc. when it quotes this saying (s. above.—In these last three pass. opp. ἀρν.). Jesus’ acknowledgment of the believer on judgment day complements this confession: ἐν αὐτῷ Mt 10:32b; Lk 12:8b. αὐτόν 2 Cl 3:2b (opp. ἀρν. in all these pass.—GBornkamm, D. Wort Jesu vom Bekennen [Mt 10:32]: Pastoraltheologie 34, ’39, 108–18). τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Rv 3:5.—Abs. pass. στόματι ὁμολογεῖται with the mouth confession is made Ro 10:10.

ⓒ praise w. dat. ( Dio Chrys. 10 [11], 147; B-D-F §187, 4; Rob. 541. In the LXX ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τῷ θεῷ. S. ἐξομολογέω 4.) καρπὸς χειλέων ὁμολογούντων τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ the fruit of lips that praise his name Hb 13:15.—B. 1267. DELG s.v. ὁμό. M-M. TW. Sv.