τι πρὸς τἀγαθόν

ἐπι-στρέφω, [tense] pf.

A

ἐπέστροφα Diog.

(v. infr. 1.2a):—turn about, turn round, νῶτον Orac. ap. Hdt.7.141;

δεῦρ' ἐ. κάρα E.Heracl. 942

, cf. X.Cyn.10.12;

στροφεῖς HeroAut. 23.3

; ἐ. τὰς ναῦς tack (cf.

ἐπιστροφή 11.1

), Th.2.90; also, put an enemy to flight, X.HG6.4.9; wheel about,

τοὺς ἱππεῖς Plu.Sull.19

; wheel through a right angle, Ascl.Tact.10.5 ([voice] Act. and [voice] Pass.), etc.; intr., ib.12.11, etc.

παρορμ-άω,

A urge on, stimulate, incite, τινα X.Cyr.2.4.10 ; εἰς τἀγαθόν ib.2.2.1 ; ἐπὶ τὰ καλὰ ἔργα ib.8.1.12 ;

πρός τι Arist.MM 1206a9

, Phld.Rh.2.60 S.;

εἰς ἀκολασίαν Phld.Mus.p.35

K.: c. acc. rei,

π. συνουσίαν Dsc.2.140

, 3.129 ;

ἀφροδίσια Id.1.16

: c.inf., X.Cyr.8.1.43, Arist. EN 1179b7 :—[voice] Pass., to be eager,

ἐπί τι Plb.2.22.6

; ἐπ' ἀλλήλους D C. 40.46 ;

πρὸς τὸ φιλοδοξεῖν OGI339.91

(Sestus, ii B. C.):—intr. in [voice] Act.,

παρορμᾶν πρός τι D.L.6.83

; παρορμῶντος τοῦ σώματος when the body has started (perspiring), Thphr.Sud.28.

ἀγαθός, ή, όν (Hom.+) Comp. ἀμείνων (not in NT, but e.g. PGM 5, 50; 6, 2; Jos., Bell. 5, 19, Ant. 11, 296) 1 Cl 57:2; IEph 13:2; 15:1; βελτίων, also κρείσσων, colloq. ἀγαθώτερος (Diod S 8 Fgm. 12, 8; Judg 11:25 B; 15:2 B) Hm 8:9, 11. Superl. ἄριστος (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 156, Ant. 16, 142; Ath., R. 72, 8); colloq. ἀγαθώτατος (Diod S 16, 85, 7; Philo Bybl. [c. 100 A.D.] s. below 2aα; Heliod. 5, 15, 2; Synes., Ep. 143; Jos., Bell. 2, 277) Hv 1, 2, 3.—Ael. Dion. α, 10 rejects the forms ἀγαθώτερος, -τατος as wholly foreign to Greek (B-D-F §61, 1). When used of pers., freq. in ref. to good citizenship or acceptance of communal responsibility (cp. the def. in Cleanthes 3 [Coll. Alex. p. 229]).

① pert. to meeting a relatively high standard of quality, of things.

ⓐ adj. useful, beneficial καρποί (Procop. Soph., Ep. 27; Sir 6:19; Da 4:12 LXX) Js 3:17. δένδρον Mt 7:17f. γῆ productive, fertile soil (X., Oec. 16, 7 γῆ ἀ.—γῆ κακή; Diod S 5, 41, 6; Arrian, Anab. 4, 28, 3; Jos., Ant. 5, 178) Lk 8:8; B 6:8, 10. δόματα beneficial (Sir 18:17) Mt 7:11; Lk 11:13. δόσις Js 1:17; λόγος ἀ. πρὸς οἰκοδομήν useful for edification Eph 4:29 (cp. X., Mem. 4, 6, 11; Chion, Ep. 3, 6 πρὸς ἀνδρείαν ἀμείνους; Isocr. 15, 284 ἄριστα πρὸς ἀρετήν); γνώμη ἀ. a gracious declaration 1 Cl 8:2; ἡμέραι ἀ. happy (Cass. Dio 51, 19; PGen 61, 10; Sir 14:14; 1 Macc 10:55) 1 Pt 3:10; 1 Cl 22:2 (both Ps 33:13; 34:12); cp. 50:4.

ⓑ used as a pure subst.: sg. (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX), ἀγαθόν, οῦ, τό the good (Diog. L. 1, 105 ἀγαθόν τε καὶ φαῦλον=a good and bad thing at the same time. TestAbr A 4, p. 80, 32 [Stone p. 8] of food); opp. (τὸ) κακόν Did., Gen. 21, 5; pl. ἀγαθά, ῶν, τά good things, possessions.

α. quite gener. τὰ ἀγαθά σου Lk 16:25 (cp. Job 21:13; En 103:3; PsSol 1:6, 5, 18; 17:44; 18:6; the opp. of τὰ κακά as Ephorus of Cyme [IV B.C.] περὶ ἀγαθῶν κ. κακῶν: 70 test. 1 Jac.; Diod S 18, 53, 1 ἀγαθῶν τε καὶ κακῶν μεταλαμβάνων; Job 2:10; s. SAalen NTS 13, ’66, 5 on En 98:9); τοιαῦτα ἀ. such fine things Hs 9, 10, 1.—ποιήσαι ταῦτα κ. περισσότερα ἀ. μεθʼ ἡμῶν to do these and far better things for us 1 Cl 61:3.

β. possessions, treasures (Hdt. 2, 172 et al.; PRyl 28, 182 δεσπότης πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν κ. κτημάτων; Sir 14:4; Wsd 7:11; TestJob 4:8; SibOr 3, 660; 750) Lk 1:53 (Ps 106:9.—Amphis Com. Fgm. 28 [IV B.C.], in Athen. 3, 56, 100a, χορτάζομαι ἐν ἅπασιν ἀγαθοῖς; Sb 7517, 4 [211/12 A.D.] ἀγαθῶν πεπληρῶσθαι); Gal 6:6; Hv 3, 9, 6; τὰ ἀ. τῆς γῆς 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:19; cp. TestAbr A 4 p. 81, 18 [Stone p. 10] ἀ. τῶν ἐπιγείων); esp. of crops (Diod S 3, 46, 1 τὰ ἀ.=‘the good gifts’, specifically ‘products of nature’; likewise 19, 26, 3. Even more generally Synes., Kingship 16 p. 17d τὰ ἀ.=food; Philo, Op. M. 16, Mos. 1, 6) Lk 12:18f.

γ. possessions of a higher order (Dio Chrys. 64 [14], 1 ἐλευθερία as μέγιστον τ. ἀγαθῶν; Ael. Aristid. 24, 4 K.=44 p. 825 D.: ὁμόνοια as μέγ. τῶν ἀ.; 45, 18 K.=8 p. 89 D.: τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀγ. Diog. L. 6, 4 the priest promises the initiate into the Orphic mysteries πολλὰ ἐν ᾅδου ἀγαθά) Ro 3:8; 10:15 (Is 52:7).—Hb 9:11; 10:1; 2 Cl 6:6; 15:5.

② pert. to meeting a high standard of worth and merit, good

ⓐ as adj.

α. of humans and deities (the primary focus is on usefulness to humans and society in general, so Pind.+, s. AAdkins Merit and Responsibility ’60, 189f) beneficent, of God (Dio Chrys. 80 [30], 26 οἱ θεοί; Zoroaster in Philo Bybl.: 790 Fgm. 4, 52 Jac. [Eus. PE 1, 10, 52] God is ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθώτατος. Sallust. 1 πᾶς θεὸς ἀγαθός; contrast Did., Gen. 109, 3 ὁ διάβολος οὐ φύσει κακός … ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ … ἀγαθὸς γέγονεν.—Cp. IKosPH 92, 6f which calls Nero ἀ. θεός, ἀγαθὸς δαίμων [OGI 666, 3; POxy 1021, 8, both referring to Nero; POxy 1449, 4; s. also JKroll, D. Lehren d. Hermes Trismeg. 1914, 90; Rtzst., Erlösungsmyst. 189; 191ff] and Sb 349 θεῷ ἀγαθῷ Διὶ Ἡλίῳ; Philo, Leg. All. 1, 47 al.; Celsus 4, 14) Mt 19:17b (in Cleanthes, Stoic. I 127, 3ff [Eus. PE 13, 13, 37], a description of God follows the question τἀγαθὸν ἐρωτᾷς μʼ οἷόν ἐστʼ; cp. Orig., C.Cels. 3, 70, 9; Did., Gen. 98, 28); Mk 10:18b (Unknown Sayings 33–36); Lk 18:19b; Dg 8:8 (on these passages cp. Simonid., Fgm. 4, 6f χαλεπὸν ἐσθλὸν [=ἀγαθός ln. 10] ἔμμεναι; 7 θεὸς ἂν μόνος τοῦτʼ ἔχοι γέρας); μόνος ἀ. ἐστιν ibid.; πατὴρ ἀ. 1 Cl 56:16 (Philo, Op. M. 21 ἀ. εἶναι τὸν πατέρα κ. ποιητήν); ἀ. ἐν τ. ὁρωμένοις good in the visible world 60:1.—Of Christ Mk 10:17, 18a (DomGMurray, Downside Review 103, ’85, 144–46, w. ref. to Pirke Aboth 6, 3); Lk 18:18, 19a (WWagner, ZNW 8, 1907, 143–61; FSpitta, ibid. 9, 1908, 12–20; BWarfield, PTR 12, 1914, 177–228; WCaspari, Christent. u. Wissensch. 8, ’32, 218–31.—Cp. also the saying of Pythagoras in Diog. L., Prooem. 12, who does not wish to be called σοφός because μηδένα εἶναι σοφὸν ἀλλʼ ἢ θεόν); J 7:12.—Of humans, other than Jesus Mt 12:35; Ro 5:7; D 3:8; νομοθέται B 21:4; πονηροί τε καὶ ἀ. good and bad designating a motley crowd Mt 22:10. Same contrast 5:45 (cp. Jos., Ant. 8, 314). βελτίονα ποιεῖν make better 1 Cl 19:1; βελτίω γενέσθαι become better Dg 1; kind, generous (X., Cyr. 3, 3, 4; CIG 37, 49) Mt 20:15 (in Mk 10:17f=Lk 18:18 [s. above] it is understood as kind by JWellhausen, EKlostermann, Billerb., Wagner, Spitta, Dalman [Worte 277], EHirsch [D. Werden des Mk ’41, 246]); δεσπόται benevolent 1 Pt 2:18 (cp. PLips 40 II, 19, where a slave says ὁ ἀγαθὸς δεσπότης μου). δοῦλος (Heraclitus, Ep. 9, 3 [p. 212, 4 Malherbe]) Mt 25:21, 23; Lk 19:17. ἀνήρ (Teles p. 16, 6; Diod S 20, 58, 1; Epict. 3, 24, 51 al.; PLond I, 113/1, 8 p. 201; 2 Macc 15:12; 4 Macc 4:1; Jos., Bell. 5, 413, Ant. 18, 117; JGerlach, ΑΝΗΡ ΑΓΑΘΟΣ, diss. Munich ’32) Lk 23:50; Ac 11:24; νέαι Tit 2:5. ἀπόστολοι superb 1 Cl 5:3.

β. of things characterized esp. in terms of social significance and worth, πνεῦμα Lk 11:13 v.l.; ἐντολή Ro 7:12 (Ps.-Archytas [IV B.C.] in Stob., Ecl. 4, 138, IV 85, 17 H. νόμος ἀ. καὶ καλός); ἀγγελία (Pr 25:25) Hv 3, 13, 2; παιδεία Hs 6, 3, 6; μνεία ἀ. kindly remembrance 1 Th 3:6 (2 Macc 7:20 μνήμη ἀ.); ἐλπίς dependable (Pla., Rep. 331a; Chariton 7, 5, 10; Jos., Ant. 14, 96) 2 Th 2:16; μερὶς ἀ. the better part Lk 10:42; πρᾶξις (Democr. 177 πρῆξις; Did., Gen. 69, 7) 1 Cl 30:7; συνείδησις clear Ac 23:1; 1 Ti 1:5, 19; 1 Pt 2:19 v.l.; 3:16, 21; 1 Cl 41:1; διάνοια Hm 5, 2, 7; ἐπιθυμία (Pr 11:23; 13:12) pure (i.e. directed toward pure things) desire m 12, 1, 1f; 2:4f; 3:1; γνώμη ἀ. good intention B 21:2; ἀ. ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναστροφή admirable Christian conduct 1 Pt 3:16; ἀ. θησαυρός Mt 12:35; Lk 6:45; καρδία καλὴ καὶ ἀ. 8:15; ἔργον (Thu. 5, 63, 3; PCairMasp 151, 237) a good deed 2 Cor 9:8; Col 1:10; 1 Ti 5:10; 2 Ti 2:21; 3:17; Tit 1:16; 3:1; 1 Cl 2:7; 33:1; 34:4. Pl. ἔργα ἀ. (Empedocles [V B.C.] 112, 2) 1 Ti 2:10; also specif. of benefactions (w. ἐλεημοσύναι) Ac 9:36; 1 Cl 33:7; ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ κ. λόγῳ ἀ. (for this Hellenic formulation cp. Lk 24:19; Ac 7:22; for the simple λόγος ἀ. s. 3Km 8:56; 4 Km 20:19; Is 39:8) 2 Th 2:17; ὑπομονὴ ἔργου ἀ. persistency in doing right Ro 2:7.

ⓑ as subst., sg. (s. 1b). Opp. (τὸ) κακόν Did., Gen. 21, 5; 27, 5.

α. that which is beneficial or helpful ἐργάζεσθαι τὸ ἀ. do what is good Ro 2:10; Hm 4, 2, 2; 7:4; also specif. of benefaction Gal 6:10 and of socially acceptable work Eph 4:28; Hm 2:4; τὸ ἀ. ποιεῖν (cp. Jos., Bell. 1, 392) Ro 13:3b; Hm 8:12; cp. 6, 2, 8.—Mt 19:17a; Ro 7:13; 12:9; 16:19; 1 Th 5:15; 1 Pt 3:13; 1 Cl 21:6; 2 Cl 13:1; Hm 8:2, 7.

β. τὰ ἀ. (ἀληθινὰ ἀ. Orig., C. Cels 7, 21, 10) good deeds J 5:29; cp. Hm 10, 3, 1 (TestAbr A 9 p. 87, 28 [Stone p. 22] ἀγαθά τε καὶ πονηρά).—B. 1176. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

κατ-εύχομαι, [tense] fut. - εύξομαι E.IA 1186:—

A pray earnestly, c. inf.,

τοῖσι Πέρσῃσι κατεύχεται εὖ γίνεσθαι Hdt.1.132

; τί σοι κατεύξῃ τἀγαθόν (sc. γενέσθαι); E.l.c.

2 c.acc. et inf., A.Ch. 139, Eu. 922 (lyr.), S.OC 1575 (lyr.); κ. τινί pray to one, A.Ch.88, E.Andr. 1105;

κ. τῇ θεῷ ἀπάξειν Ath.13.573e

; κ. τινά c. inf., entreat a person to.., Theoc. 2.71.

3 abs., make a prayer or vow, Hdt.2.40, 4.172, A.Ag. 1250, S.Tr. 764, etc.

4 c. gen., pray over,

τῶν ἱερῶν IG7.235.25

(Oropus, iv B.C.).

II in bad sense,

1 c. gen. pers., pray against one, imprecate curses on one,

τινῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν Pl.R. 393a

: c. acc. rei,

οἵας ἀρᾶται καὶ κ. τύχας A.Th. 633

, cf. S.Aj. 392;

πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ καθ' αὑτῶν Plu.Num.12

.

2 c. acc. et inf.,

τὸν δεδρακότα κακῶς.. ἐκτρῖψαι βίον S.OT 246

;

κ. τεῖσαι τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς τὰ ἃ δάκρυα Pl.R. 394a

.

3 abs.,

μηδὲν κατεύχου E.IT 536

, cf. Pl.Lg. 934e.

III boast, c. [tense] fut. inf., Theoc. 1.97.

ἐκβάλλω, Arc. [full] ἐσδέλλω IG5(2).6.49 (Tegea, iv B.C.), [tense] fut. - βᾰλῶ: [tense] aor. - έβαλον: [tense] pf. - βέβληκα: [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

A

- βεβλήσομαι E.Ba. 1313

:— throw or cast out of, c. gen.,

Ὀδίον μέγαν ἔκβαλε δίφρου Il.5.39

, etc.: abs., throw out,

ἐκ δ' εὐνὰς ἔβαλον 1.436

, etc. ; καὶ τὴν μὲν..ἰχθύσι κύρμα γενέσθαι ἔκβαλον threw her overboard, Od.15.481, cf. Hdt.1.24 : then in various relations, ἐκπίπτω being freq. used as its [voice] Pass. :

1 throw ashore,

τὸν δ' ἄρ'..νεὸς ἔκβαλε κῦμ' ἐπὶ χέρσου Od.19.278

;

ἄνεμος.. τρηχέως περιέσπε..πολλὰς τῶν νεῶν ἐκβάλλων πρὸς τὸν Ἄθων Hdt.6.44

;

ἐ. ἐς τὴν γῆν Id.7.170

(but in 2.113 ἄνεμοι..ἐκβάλλουσι ἐς τὸ πέλαγος carry out to sea ; ἐξέβαλεν ἄνεμος ἡμᾶς drove us out of our course, E.Cyc.20):—[voice] Med., put ashore,

ἵππους ἐξεβάλλοντο Hdt. 6.101

; jettison, Syngr. ap. D.35.11.

2 cast out of a place,

Κιμμερίους ἐκβαλόντες ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης Hdt.1.103

; ἐ. ἐκ τῆς χώρας, of an enemy, Lycurg.99, cf. D.60.8 ; esp. of banishment, ἐκ πόλεως ἐ. drive out of the country, Pl.Grg. 468d, cf. Ar.Pl. 430, etc. ; of a corpse, ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, τῶν ὁρίων, Pl.Lg. 873b, 909c : c. acc. only. drive out, banish, Heraclit.121, S.OC6<*>6, 770, etc. ; turn out,

νεοττούς Arist. HA 618b12

; cast out of the synagogue, Ev.Jo.34 ;

ἐκ τοῦ τάγματος J.BJ2.8.8

; exorcize, cast out evil spirits, Ev.Marc.1.34, al. ; also in weakened sense, cause to depart, ib.43.

3 expose on a desertisland, S.Ph. 257, 1034, 1390 ; expose a dead body,

ταφῆς ἄτερ Id.Aj. 1388

; ἐ. τέκνα expose children, E. Ion 964.

4 ἐ. γυναῖκα ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας divorce her, D. 59.83 : with simple acc., And.1.125, D.59.63, D.S.12.18, etc.:—[voice] Pass., LXXLe.21.7.

5 cast out of his seat, depose a king,

ἐ. ἕδρας Κρόνον A.Pr. 203

; ἐκ τυραννίδος θρόνου τ' ib. 910 ;

ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς X.Cyr.1.3.9

: without

ἐκ, ἐ. τινὰ πλούτου S.El. 649

:—[voice] Pass., to be ejected, of an occupier, PPetr.2p.143 (iii B.C.), PMagd. 12.8 (iii B.C.), etc. ;

χάριτος ἐκβεβλημένη S.Aj. 808

;

ἐκ τῆς φιλίας X.An.7.5.6

; ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐξεβλήθησαν Isoc.4.70.

6 throw decisively in wrestling.

τίν' οὐ παλαίουσ' ἐς τρὶς ἐ. ; S.Fr.941.13

.

7 ἐ. φρέατα dig wells, Plu. Pomp.32.

8 of drugs, get rid of,

τοξεύματα Dsc.3.32

.

9 expel afterbirth, Hp. Mul.1.78.

10 publish,

σύνταξιν Plb.30.4.11

; issue, δόγμα ib.19.6 ;

ἀπόκρισιν Id.29.19.5

.

II strike out of,

χειρῶν δ' ἔκβαλλε κύπελλα Od.2.396

, cf. Theoc.22.210 ; ἐκβάλλεθ'..τευχέων πάλους throw them out of the urns, A.Eu. 742 : abs., δοῦρα ἐ. fell trees (prop., cut them out of the forest), Od.5.244.

2 strike open, break in, ἐ. θύρετρα, πύλας, θύρας, E.Or. 1474, Hec. 1044, Lys.3.23, D.47.53.

III let fall, drop,

χειρὸς δ' ἔκβαλεν ἔγχος Il.14.419

;

σφῦραν B.17.28

;

ξίφος E. Andr. 629

, cf. Ar.Lys. 156 ;

οἰστούς X.An.2.1.6

: metaph., ἦ ῥ' ἅλιον ἔπος ἔκβαλον let fall an idle word, Il.18.324 ;

εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε Od.4.503

, cf. Hdt.6.69, A.Ag. 1662, etc. ;

ἐ. ῥῆμα Pl.R. 473e

: abs., utter, speak, D.L.9.7 ; shed,

δάκρυα δ' ἔκβαλε θερμά Od. 19.362

; ἐ. ἕρκος ὀδόντων cast, shed one's teeth, Sol.27, cf. E.Cyc. 644, etc. ; throw up blood, S.Ant. 1238 ; spit out, Thphr.HP4.8.4 ; ἐκβαλεῦσι τὰς κούρας their eyes will drop out, prov. of covetous persons, Herod.4.64.

IV throw away, cast aside, reject, εὐμένειαν, χάριν, S.OC 631, 636, cf. Plb.1.14.4 ;

προγόνων παλαιὰ θέσμια E.Fr.360.45

;

θεούς Ar.Nu. 1477

; recall, repudiate,

ἐ. λόγους Pl.Cri. 46b

; annul,

τοὔπος S.OT 849

; remoue an official from his post, D.21.87 ; drive an actor from the stage, Id.19.337 : metaph., of a politician, Pl.Ax. 368d : —[voice] Pass., Ar.Eq. 525 ;

ἐκβάλλεσθαι ἄξια Antipho 4.3.1

.

V lose, properly by one's own fault,

φρένας, τἀγαθόν. S.Ant. 649

, Aj. 965, cf. Ar.Eq. 404, Ec.75.

VI produce, of women, Hp.Epid.4.25 (of premature birth), Plu.Publ.21 ; esp. in case of a miscarriage or abortion, Hp.Mul.1.60, Thphr.HP9.18.8;

βρέφος ἐκ τῆς γαστρός Ant.Lib. 34

; with play on 1.2, D.L.2.102, etc. ; hatch chicks, Sch.Ar.Av. 251.

b of plants, ἐ. καρπόν put forth fruit, Hp.Nat.Puer.22 ;

ἐ. στάχυν E.Ba.75

):—[voice] Pass.,

τὰ ἐκβαλλόμενα BGU197.12

(i A.D.).

VII put out a bone or joint, Hp.Fract.31, Art.67 ;

χεῖρα Arr.Epict.3.15.4

.

VIII upset, undo the effect of a speech, Plb.11.10.6.

IX Math., produce a line, in [voice] Pass., Arist. Cael. 71b29, Mech. 850a11, Str. 2.1.29, etc. ; ἐ. εἰς ἄπειρον produce to infinity, in metaph. sense,

τὰ δεινά Phld.D.1.12

, cf. 13.

2 start counting, in astronomical calculations, Procl.Par.Ptol. 252.

X intr., go out, depart,

ἵν' ἐκβάλω ποδὶ ἄλλην ἐπ' αἶαν E.El.96

; of the sea, break out of its bed, Arist. Mete. 367b13 ; of a rivcr, branch off, Pl.Phd. 113a : metaph.,

ἐπειδὰν ἐς μειράκια ἐκβάλωσιν D.C.52.26

.