τῶν καιρῶν

καιρός, οῦ, ὁ (Hes.+; loanw. in rabb.)

① a point of time or period of time, time, period, freq. with implication of being esp. fit for someth. and without emphasis on precise chronology

ⓐ gener. (cp. Just., D. 32, 4 τὸν γὰρ καιρὸν [Da 7:26] ἑκατὸν ἔτη ἐξηγεῖσθε λέγεσθαι) κ. δεκτός a welcome time 2 Cor 6:2a (Is 49:8); cp. vs. 2b. καιροὶ χαλεποί difficult times 2 Ti 3:1. In ref. to times of crisis for the state λοιμικοῦ καιροῦ 1 Cl 55:1 (s. JFischer ad loc. note 322) καιροὶ καρποφόροι fruitful times or seasons (so Achmes 156, 15f: καρποφόρος is the καιρός in which the tree bears fruit, in contrast to late autumn, when there is no more) Ac 14:17 (OLagercrantz, ZNW 31, ’32, 86f proposes, on the basis of Mod. Gk., the mng., ‘weather’, but the pl. is against this mng.). καιροὶ ἐαρινοί 1 Cl 20:9.—ἔσται καιρὸς ὅτε there will come a time when 2 Ti 4:3; εἰς τίνα ἢ ποῖον κ. to what time or what sort of time (some, e.g. NRSV, interpret τίνα=the person, but cp. PTebt 25, 18 [117 B.C.] καὶ διὰ τίνος καὶ ἀπὸ ποίου ἐπιδείγματος; s. ποῖος 1aα, also ποτατός) 1 Pt 1:11. ἄχρι καιροῦ until (another) time, for a while Lk 4:13; Ac 13:11; ἐν καιρῷ ὀλίγῳ in a little time 1 Cl 23:4; ἐν παντὶ κ. at all times, always (Aristot. 117a, 35; Sir 26:4) Lk 21:36; Eph 6:18; Hm 5, 2, 3. κατὰ καιρόν from time to time, regularly (TestJob 36:4; Lucian, Hermot. 10; Plut., Mor. 984d) J 5:4 (s. 2 also); 1 Cl 24:2; GJs 3:3; πρὸς κ. for a limited time (perh. also for the present moment; cp. Strabo 6, 2, 3; Ps.-Plut., Fluv. 23; BGU 265, 20 [II A.D.]; 618, 19; 780, 14; Wsd 4:4; Philo, Post. Cai. 121; Jos., Bell. 6, 190; Tat. 13, 1) Lk 8:13; 1 Cor 7:5. πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας (a combination of πρὸς κ. and πρὸς ὥραν [2 Cor 7:8; Gal 2:5; Phlm 15; J 5:35]) for a short time (cp. our ‘for a short space of time’) 1 Th 2:17.

ⓑ a moment or period as especially appropriate the right, proper, favorable time ἐν καιρῷ at the right time (X., An. 3, 1, 39; Diod S 36, 7, 2; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 8 §29; SIG 1268 [Praecepta Delphica II, 6; III B.C.]) Mt 24:45; Lk 12:42 (cp. on both Ps 103:27, w. v.l.). καιρῷ (Thu. 4, 59, 3 v.l.; Diog. L. 1, 41) Lk 20:10 (v.l. ἐν κ.). τῷ καιρῷ Mk 12:2. ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐμός, ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ὑμέτερος the proper time for me (you) J 7:6, 8 (Eunap., Vi. Iambl. p. 459 Didot: the worker of miracles acts ὅταν καιρὸς ᾖ). νῦν κ. ταῦτα ὑμᾶς μαθεῖν οὐκ ἔστιν now is not the time for you to learn this AcPl Ha 1, 26 (Just., D. 8, 1 ἃ νῦν κ. οὐκ ἔστι λέγειν al.).—καιρὸν λαβεῖν find a favorable time, seize the opportunity (Lysias, C. Agor. 6; Cleanthes [III B.C.]: Stoic. I no. 573; Diod S 2, 6, 5; EpArist 248; Jos., Bell. 1, 527, Ant. 4, 10; cp. PTebt 332, 9). καιρὸν μεταλαβεῖν (s. μεταλαμβάνω 2) Ac 24:25. λαβεῖν κ. εὔθετον find a convenient opportunity Pol 13:1. κ. ἔχειν have opportunity (Thu. 1, 42, 3; Pla., Ep. 7, 324b; Plut., Lucull. 501 [16, 4]; PFlor 259, 3; 1 Macc 15:34; Jos., Ant. 16, 73; 335; Ath., R. 23 p. 77, 6; Did., Gen. 112, 10) Gal 6:10; Hb 11:15; 2 Cl 16:1; ISm 9:1; IRo 2:1. ὀλίγον καιρὸν ἔχειν Rv 12:12. ἐξαγοράζεσθαι τὸν κ. make the most of the opportunity Col 4:5; Eph 5:16 (s. ἐξαγοράζω 2). On Ro 12:11 v.l. s. δουλεύω 2aβ and b. κατὰ κ. Ro 5:6 is more naturally construed with ἀπέθανεν than with ἀσεβῶν (cp. κατὰ καιρὸν θεριζόμενος reaped in its proper time Job 5:26).—The concept of the appropriate time oft. blends with that of

② a defined period for an event. definite, fixed time. Abs. καιροί festal seasons (Ex 23:14, 17; Lev 23:4.—So perh. also beside θυσίαι in the Ins de Sinuri ed. LRobert ’45 no. 42) Gal 4:10 (κ. w. ἡμέρα as Polyaenus 8, 23, 17). τὰς τῶν καιρῶν ἀλλαγὰς καταδιαιρεῖν … ἃ μὲν εἰς ἑορτάς, ἃς δὲ εἰς πένθη to set up periods of fasting and mourning in accord with changes in seasons Dg 4:5.—Not infreq. w. a gen., which indicates the reason why the time is set apart (Pla., Leg. 4, 709c χειμῶνος καιρός; Aesop, Fab. 258 P.=255 H-H./206 Ch. ἀπολογίας κ., also oft. LXX; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 191 κ. εὐφροσύνης; Jos., Ant. 18, 74; Tat. 36, 1 κατʼ ἐκεῖνον αὐτὸν … τὸν τοῦ πολέμου κ.; Hippol., Ref. 9, 30, 27 κ. τῆς παρουσίας; Did., Gen. 175, 2 κ. τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν γῆν) κ. θερισμοῦ time of harvest Mt 13:30 (JosAs 2:19). κ. τῶν καρπῶν time when the fruit is ripe 21:34; cp. vs. 41. κ. σύκων time when the figs are ripe Mk 11:13 (ParJer 5:31; cp. Horapollo 2, 92 ὁ κ. τῶν ἀμπέλων). κ. μετανοίας time for repentance 2 Cl 8:2. κ. πειρασμοῦ Lk 8:13b. ὁ κ. τῆς ἀναλύσεως the time of death 2 Ti 4:6. κ. ἐπισκοπῆς σου Lk 19:44. κ. διορθώσεως Hb 9:10. κ. ἡλικίας 11:11. κ. τῆς ἡγεμονίας Ποντίου Πιλάτου the time of the procuratorship of P. P. IMg 11. κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ μαρτυρίου at the time of martyrdom EpilMosq 2 (cp. Mel., HE 4, 26, 3 ᾧ Σάγαρις καιρῷ ἐμαρτύρησεν). ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ καιρῷ (Num 9:7) 2 Th 2:6. ὁ κ. αὐτῶν the time set for the fulfillment of Gabriel’s words Lk 1:20; cp. Dg 11:5 (s. διαγγέλλω 2). ὁ κ. μου my time=the time of my death Mt 26:18. κ. τοῦ ἰαθῆναι time to be healed 2 Cl 9:7. κ. τοῦ ἄρξασθαι τὸ κρίμα 1 Pt 4:17; cp. the extraordinary ἦλθεν ὁ κ. τῶν νεκρῶν κριθῆναι καὶ δοῦναι = ἵνα κριθῶσιν οἱ νεκροὶ καὶ δῷς Rv 11:18.—Pl. (Num 9:3 κατὰ καιρούς; Tob 14:4 S πάντα συμβήσεται τοῖς καιροῖς αὐτῶν; Heraclit. Sto. 11 p. 18, 18=the periods of time between; Maximus Tyr. 1, 2f πολλοὶ κ.; TestNapht 7:1 δεῖ ταῦτα πληρωθῆναι κατὰ τοὺς καιροὺς αὐτῶν; Ar. 4, 2 κατὰ καιρούς) καιροὶ ἐθνῶν times of the Gentiles (in which they may inflict harm on God’s people or themselves be converted) Lk 21:24.—κατὰ καιρόν at the appropriate time (Arrian, Anab. 4, 5, 1; PSI 433, 4 [261 B.C.]; Just., A I, 19, 4; Mel., HE 4, 26, 3) J 5:4; 1 Cl 56:15 (Job 5:26). Also ἐν καιρῷ (Himerius, Or 13 [Ecl. 14], 3): ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ B 11:6, 8 (Ps 1:3). καιρῷ ἰδίῳ in due time Gal 6:9. Pl. καιροῖς ἰδίοις at the right time 1 Ti 2:6; 6:15; Tit 1:3; cp. 1 Cl 20:4 (Just., D. 131, 4 πρὸ τῶν ἰδίων κ.).—κατὰ τὸν ἴδιον καιρόν vs. 10.—πεπλήρωται ὁ κ. the time (determined by God) is fulfilled Mk 1:15. Pl. (cp. Ps 103:19) ὁρίσας προστεταγμένους καιρούς he (God) has determined allotted times (MDibelius, SBHeidAk ’38/39, 2. Abh. p. 6f, ‘seasons’; cp. 1QM 10, 12–15; FMussner, Einige Parallelen [Qumran and Areopagus speech], BZ 1, ’57, 125–30) Ac 17:26; cp. κατὰ καιροὺς τεταγμένους 1 Cl 40:1; ὡρισμένοις καιροῖς καὶ ὥραις vs. 2; τοῖς προστεταγμένοις κ. vs. 4.

③ a period characterized by some aspect of special crisis, time

ⓐ gener.: the present (time) Ro 13:11; 12:11 v.l. ὁ καιρός (i.e. the crisis involving Christians) ἀπαιτεῖ σε the times call upon you IPol 2:3 (Diod S 17, 27, 2 ὑπὸ τῶν καιρῶν προεκλήθησαν=they were called out by the [critical circumstances of the] times). Also ὁ νῦν κ. (PSI 402, 7 [III B.C.] ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ) Ro 3:26; 8:18; 11:5; 2 Cor 8:14; B 4:1. κ. ὁ νῦν τῆς ἀνομίας the present godless time 18:2 (s. also b below). ὁ κ. ὁ ἐνεστηκώς (Polyb. 1, 60, 9; Jos., Ant. 16, 162) Hb 9:9; ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ κ. at that time, then (Gen 21:22; Is 38:1; τῷ κ. ἐκείνῳ TestSol D 8, 2) Mt 11:25; 12:1; 14:1; cp. Eph 2:12. Also κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν κ. (Jos., Ant. 1, 171, Vi. 49; GJs 10:2.—Diod S 2, 27, 1 and Vi. Aesopi G 81 P. κατʼ ἐκείνους τοὺς καιρούς=at that time. Cp. κατʼ ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ Hippol., Ref. 9, 12, 10.) Ac 12:1; 19:23. ἔτι κατὰ καιρὸν ὑπὲρ ἀσεβῶν for those who at that time were still godless Ro 5:6, though κατὰ κ. here prob.=at the right time, as in mng. 1b above (s. B-D-F §255, 3). τῷ τότε τῆς ἀδικίας καιρῷ … τὸν νῦν τῆς δικαιοσύνης Dg 9:1; cp. 9:2. Of the future κατὰ τ. καιρὸν τοῦτον at this time Ro 9:9 (Gen 18:10, 14). Cp. EpilMosq 2 in 2 above. ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ κ. just at that time (2 Esdr 5:3) Lk 13:1. W. attraction of the relative ἐν ᾧ κ. at that time, then Ac 7:20. κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν ὸ̔ν καὶ πέρυσι at the same time as in the year preceding Hv 2, 1, 1.

ⓑ One of the chief terms relating to the endtime: ὁ καιρός the time of crisis, the last times (FBusch, Z. Verständnis d. synopt. Eschatol. Mk 13 neu untersucht ’38; GDelling, D. Zeitverständn. des NTs ’40; WMichaelis, D. Herr verzieht nicht d. Verheissung ’42; WKümmel, Verheissung. u. Erfüllung ’45,³ ’56; OCullmann, Christus u. d. Zeit ’46 [tr. FFilson, Christ and Time ’50, 39–45; 79; 121]) ὁ κ. ἤγγικεν Lk 21:8. ὁ κ. ἐγγύς Rv 1:3; 22:10. οὐκ οἴδατε πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν Mk 13:33. Cp. Ro 13:11 (s. 3a above) if it is to be interpreted as eschatological (cp. Plut., Mor. 549f). πρὸ καιροῦ before the endtime and the judgment Mt 8:29; 1 Cor 4:5. ἐν καιρῷ 1 Pt 5:6. Also ἐν καιρῷ ἐσχάτῳ 1:5; D 16:2. Pl. πλήρωμα τῶν καιρῶν Eph 1:10. ἐπηρώτων … περὶ τῶν καιρῶν, εἰ ἤδη συντέλειά ἐστιν Hv 3, 8, 9. τὰ σημεῖα τ. καιρῶν the signs of the (Messianic) times Mt 16:3. τοὺς καιροὺς καταμάνθανε learn to understand the times IPol 3:2 (s. WBauer, Hdb. Suppl. vol. ad loc.) The Messianic times described as καιροὶ ἀναψύξεως Ac 3:20.—ἔσχατοι καιροί (or ὕστεροι καιροί 1 Ti 4:1) come before the ἔσχατος κ. IEph 11:1 (cp. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων κ. AcPl Ha 8, 26 [restoration is certain=Ox 1601, 40/BMM recto 34]); χρόνοι ἢ καιροί times and seasons (cp. Iren. 1, 17, 2 [Harv. I 168, 9] and καιρῶν κατὰ χρόνους ἀλλαγή Theoph. Ant. 1, 6 [p. 70, 1]; Artem. 4, 2 p. 203, 25f the χρόνος is divided into καιροὶ καὶ ὧραι), which must be completed before the final consummation Ac 1:7 (Straton of Lamps. in FWehrli, Die Schule des Aristoteles, V Fgm. 10, 32f κατὰ τοὺς καιροὺς καὶ τοὺς χρόνους; quoted in JBarr, Biblical Words for Time, ’62, 33; see also Diog. L. 5, 64); cp. 1 Th 5:1. συντέμνειν τοὺς καιρούς shorten the (last) times B 4:3. Sim. in sg. ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος ἐστίν 1 Cor 7:29.—The expr. καιρὸν καὶ καιροὺς κ. ἥμισυ καιροῦ also belongs to the eschatol. vocab.; it means the apocalyptic time of 1 + 2 + ½ = 3½ years, during which acc. to Da 12:7 (cp. 7:25) a tyrranical enemy of God and God’s people is to reign on earth Rv 12:14 (in imagery of a serpentine monster, δράκων)—ὁ κ. οὗτος the present age (cp. αἰών 2a) Mk 10:30; Lk 12:56; 18:30. Also ὁ νῦν κ. B 4:1. As ruled by the devil: ὁ ἄνομος κ. 4:9. καταργεῖν τὸν κ. τοῦ ἀνόμου destroy the age of the lawless one 15:5. The soul seeks και[ρο]ῦ χρόνου αἰ̣ῶ̣νος ἀνάπαυσιν ἐ̣[ν] σιγῇ peace in silence, at the time of the aeon crisis GMary 463, 1.—On Dg 12:9 s. the editions of vGebh.-Harnack and Bihlmeyer.—JMánek, NTS 6, ’59, 45–51; JBarr, Biblical Words for Time, ’62.—B. 954. Schmidt, Syn. II 54–72. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

ἔσχατος, η, ον (Hom.+) gener. ‘last’

① pert. to being at the farthest boundary of an area, farthest, last ὁ ἔσχατος τόπος, perh. to be understood locally of the place in the farthest corner Lk 14:9f (but s. 2 below).—Subst. τὸ ἔσχατον the end (schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 4, 1515a p. 319, 19 εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον τῆς νήσου; PTebt 68, 54 [II B.C.] of a document) ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς to the end of the earth (Is 48:20; 62:11; 1 Macc 3:9; PsSol 1:4; εἰς τὸ ἔ. τῆς γῆς TestSol 7:6 D) Ac 1:8 (CBurchard, D. Dreizehnte Zeuge, ’70, 134 n. 309; EEllis, ‘The End of the Earth’, Acts 1:8: Bulletin for Biblical Research 1, ’91, 123–32, tr. of his text in: Der Treue Gottes Trauen, Beiträge … für Gerhard Schneider, ed. CBussmann and WRadl ’91, 277–86 [Luke wrote in mid-60’s and Paul reached Gades in Spain]; BBecking, 573–76); 13:47; B 14:8 (the two last Is 49:6). Pl. (Hes., Theog. 731 and an oracle in Hdt. 7, 140 ἔσχατα γαίης; X., Vect. 1, 6; Diod S 1, 60, 5; Ael. Aristid. 35, 14 K.=9 p. 103 D.: ἔσχ. γῆς; Crates, Ep. 31 and Demosth., Ep. 4, 7 ἐπʼ ἔσχατα γῆς) τὰ ἔ. τῆς γῆς the ends of the earth 1 Cl 28:3 (Theocr. 15, 8; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 2, 413–18b. With εἰς before it Ps 138:9).

② pert. to being the final item in a series, least, last in time

ⓐ coming last or the last of someth. that is left w. ref. to its relation with someth. preceding Mt 20:12, 14; Mk 12:6, 22; J 8:9 v.l. Opp. πρῶτος (2 Ch 9:29 al.; Sir 24:28; 41:3): ἀπὸ τῶν ἐ. ἕως τῶν πρώτων Mt 20:8; cp. 27:64; 1 Cor 15:45 (ἔ. also the later of two, as Dt 24:3f ἔ. … πρότερος; hence 1 Cor 15:47 replaced by δεύτερος). Cp. Mt 21:31 v.l. ὁ. ἔ. the latter. Of things τὰ ἔσχατα Rv 2:19; Hv 1, 4, 2. τὰ ἔσχατα (in contrast to τὰ πρῶτα as Job 8:7; TestSol 26:8) the last state Mt 12:45; Lk 11:26; 2 Pt 2:20. Of the creation in the last days ποιῶ τ. ἔσχατα ὡς τ. πρῶτα (apocryphal quot.; cp. Hippolytus, Comm. on Daniel 4:37) B 6:13.

ⓑ w. ref. to a situation in which there is nothing to follow the ἔ. (Diod S 19, 59, 6 κρίσιν ἐσχάτην τῆς περὶ Δημήτριον βασιλείας=the last [final] crisis in the reign of Demetrius; TestAbr B 3 p. 108, 3 [Stone p. 64] ἐσχατός μού ἐστιν): ἡ ἐ. ἡμέρα τ. ἑορτῆς (cp. 2 Esdr 18:18) J 7:37. τὴν ἐ. ἡμέραν τῆς ζωῆς Hv 3, 12, 2; ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ αὐτοῦ ἡμέρᾳ in the last days of his life GJs 1:3 (cp. ApcEsd 7:10 ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ Ἰωσήφ). ὁ ἔ. κοδράντης (cp. 2 Esdr 15:15) Mt 5:26; Lk 12:59 v.l.; D 1:5; cp. 1 Cor 15:26, 52; Rv 15:1; 21:9. τὴν … ἐ. ῥάβδον GJs 9:1. τὰ ἔ. ῥήματα the last words (of a speech) Hv 1, 3, 3. As a self-designation of the Risen Lord ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἒ. the first and the last Rv 1:17; 2:8; 22:13. Esp. of the last days, which are sometimes thought of as beginning w. the birth of Christ, somet. w. his second coming ἡ ἐ. ἡμέρα the last day (PViereck, Sermo Gr., quo senatus pop. Rom. magistratusque … usi sunt 1888 ins 29, 9 [116 B.C.] εἰς ἐσχάτην ἡμέραν=forever) J 6:39f, 44, 54; 11:24; 12:48 (ApcMos 41; BAebert, D. Eschatol. des J, diss. Bres. ’36); Hv 2, 2, 5. Pl. (Is 2:2) Ac 2:17; 2 Ti 3:1; Js 5:3; D 16:3; B 4:9. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων (Num 24:14; Jer 23:20; 25:19) in these last days Hb 1:2. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων τ. ἡμερῶν (Hos 3:5; Jer 37:24; Ezk 38:16) 2 Pt 3:3 (cp. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων χρόνων 1 Pt 1:20 v.l.); 2 Cl 14:2; B 12:9; 16:5; Hs 9, 12, 3; GJs 7:2.—ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τοῦ χρόνου Jd 18; ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τ. χρόνων 1 Pt 1:20.—ἔ. καιρός vs. 5; D 16:2. Pl. (TestIss 6:1 ἐν ἐσχάτοις καιροῖς) IEph 11:1. ἐπʼ ἐ. [κα]ι̣ρ̣[ῶ]ν̣ AcPl Ha 8, 25 (Ox 1602, 39f reads ἐπʼ ἐ̣|σ̣χάτῳ τῶν καιρῶν, cp. BMM recto 33; ApcMos 13).—ἐ. ὥρα (Teles p. 17, 5) 1J 2:18.—The neut. ἔσχατον as adv. finally (SIG 1219, 11 [III B.C.]; POxy 886, 21; Num 31:2; Pr 29:21; Tat. 35, 1) ἔ. πάντων last of all Mk 12:22; 1 Cor 15:8 (PJones, TynBull 36, ’85, 3–34). S. lit. s.v. παρουσία.

③ pert. to furthest extremity in rank, value, or situation, last: last, least, most insignificant (opp. πρῶτος as Hierocles 23 p. 468: a human is ἔσχατος μὲν τῶν ἄνω, πρῶτος δὲ τῶν κάτω): (οἱ) πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι καὶ (οἱ) ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι Mt 19:30; 20:16; Mk 9:35 (πάντων ἔσχατος as Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 77 §322); 10:31; Lk 13:30; Ox 654, 25 (restored); 26 (=ASyn. 256, 55; GTh 4; Fitzmyer, Oxy. p. 523). τὸν ἔ. τόπον κατέχειν take the poorest place (in this sense the ἔ. τόπος would be contrasted with the ἐνδοξότερος, as Diog. L. 2, 73) Lk 14:9; cp. vs. 10 (but s. 1 above). Of the apostles, whom God has exhibited as the least among humans, by the misfortunes they have suffered (Diod S 8, 18, 3 the ἔσχατοι are the people living in the most extreme misery; Dio Chrys. 21 [38], 37 the tyrants treat you as ἐσχάτους; Cass. Dio 42, 5, 5 Πομπήιος … καθάπερ τις τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἔσχατος) 1 Cor 4:9. ἔ. τῶν πιστῶν IEph 21:2; cp. ITr 13:1; IRo 9:2; ISm 11:1. Of a very hazardous situation extreme εἰ … ἔ. κίνδυνον in extreme danger AcPl Ha 4, 15f (cp. Just., D. 46, 7 ὑπομένομεν τὰ ἐ. τιμωρία).—In a positive sense, utmost, finest εὐλόγησον αὐτὴν ἐσχάτην εὐλογίαν bless her with the ultimate blessing GJs 6:2 (s. de Strycker ad loc.; cp. Just., D. 32, 1 τῇ ἐ. κατάρᾳ w. the worst curse).—B. 940. Cp. τελευταῖο Schmidt Syn. IV 524–34. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

ὑπόστᾰσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] ὑφίστημι, ὑφίσταμαι):

A as an act, standing under, supporting,

ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου.. ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑ. πεποίηται Hp.Art.55

; [

τοὺς προσθίους πόδας] ἔχουσιν.. οὐ μόνον ἕνεχ' ὑποστάσεως τοῦ βάρους Arist.PA 659a24

;

ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑ. LXX Ps.68(69).3

.

2 resistance,

τοῦ κύματος Arist.Mete. 368b12

(unless = settling down); so perh. in Hp.Off.3, Ael.Fr.59.

3 lying in ambush, S.Fr. 719.

B as a thing,

I in liquids, that which settles at the bottom, sediment, Hp.Steril.242, Arist.HA 551b29, Mete. 382b14, Thphr.HP 9.8.3; esp. of sediment in the urine, Hp.Coac. 146, 389, Aph.4.69, al., Gal.6.252, al.; but the urine itself is called ἡ ὑ. ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν, Arist. Mete. 358a8;

ἡ τῆς ὑγρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. Id.PA 647b28

; ἐκ τῶν νεφρῶν ἡ γιγνομένη ὑ. ib. 671b20; also of the dry excrement, ἡ τῆς ξηρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. ib. 647b28, cf. 677a15, Mete. 358b9.

b an accumulation of pus, abscess, Hp.Art.40.

2 νέφους ὑποστάσεις cloud-cumuli, D.S.1.38.

3 a kind of jelly or thick soup, in pl., Men.462.10 (cf. Poll.6.60), Orib.4.8.1.

4 metaph. of time, duration,

ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑ. Gal.19.187

; μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑ. remember how short my time is, LXX Ps.88(89).48; ἡ ὑ. μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου mine age is as nothing before thee, ib.38(39).6; ἐφ' ὅσον αὐτοῦ (sc. Ἕκτορος) ἡ ὑ. τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχεν as long as his store of years lasted, Vett.Val.347.14.

5 coming into existence, origin,

ἡ ὑ. μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς LXX Ps.138(139).15

;

περὶ τοῦ γένους.. τῶν Ἰουδαίων.. ὅτι.. τὴν πρώτην ὑ. ἔσχεν ἰδίαν J.Ap.1.1

; ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑ. καθ' ἑαυτήν has no power of originating by itself, Hermog. Id.1.10.

II foundation or substructure of a temple, etc., LXX Na.2.7, D.S.1.66, 13.82; ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων lower part of a crenellated wall, Ph.Bel.84.9; ὑ. ξύλου is f.l. for ὑπότασις ξ. in Hp. Mochl.25.

2 metaph. of a narrative, speech, or poem, ground-work, subject-matter, argument, Plb.4.2.1, D.S.1.3, etc.

3 plan, purpose, Id.16.32;

κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. Id.1.28

, 15.70;

πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. Id.1.3

; οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι.. ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑ. κεχρημένοι εἰσί (sc. in their calendar) Gem.8.16, cf. 25;

κατὰ τὴν Καίσαρος ὑ. BMus.Inscr.892.21

(Halic., i B. C./i A. D.).

4 confidence, courage, resolution, steadiness, of soldiers, Plb.4.50.10,6.55.2; hope,

ἔστι μοι ὑ. τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρί LXX Ru.1.12

; ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑ. αὐτῆς ib.Ez.19.5, cf. Ep.Hebr.3.14;

ἡ ὑ. τῆς καυχήσεως 2 Ep.Cor.11.17

, cf. 9.4; ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις confidence in things hoped for, Ep.Hebr.11.1 (unless substance be the right sense here).

5 undertaking, promise,

οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν PEleph.15.3

(iii B. C.), cf. PTheb.Bank1.8 (ii B. C.), PTeb.61 (b). 194 (ii B. C.).

6 Astrol., τὰ τούτου (sc. κλήρου τύχης) τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις (fort. - στάσεις) [λέγεται] Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).227.

III substantial nature, substance, δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑ. ἔχειν woods hard to cleave, because of their resinous substance, Thphr.CP5.16.4; ἡ τοῦ γεώδους ὑ. ib.6.7.4.

2 substance, actual existence, reality (

οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑ. ἐχρήσαντο Socr. HE3.7

), opp. semblance,

φαντασίαν μὲν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑ. δὲ μή Artem.3.14

; τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ' ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ' ὑπόστασιν (substantial, actual), Arist.Mu. 395a30, cf. Placit.3.6, D.L.7.135, 9.91; so ὑποστάσεις are the substances of which the reflections ([etym.] αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) appear in the mirror, Placit.4.14.2; ὑ. ἔχειν have substantial existence, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1055.14, S.E. P.2.94, 176, M.Ant.9.42; ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει ( ὑποτάσει cod.), πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑ. φυτευθέντα, a separate existence, Sor.1.96, cf. 33;

ὑπόστασιν μὴ ἔχειν Id.2.57

;

ὑποστάσεις τε καὶ μεταβολαί M.Ant.9.1

, cf. 10.5; [ἡ παρασιτικὴ] διαφέρει καὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας.. κατὰ τὴν ὑ. (in respect of reality)

· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ Luc. Par.27

;

κατ' ἰδίαν ὑ. καὶ οὐσίαν S.E.M.9.338

.

3 real nature, essence,

χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑ. Ep.Hebr.1.3

.

IV as a Rhet. figure, the full expression or expansion of an idea, Hermog.Id.1.11, Aristid. Rh.1p.479S., Syrian. in Hermog.1.60 R.

V = ὑπόστημα 111, camp, LXX 1 Ki.13.23, 14.4.

VI wealth, substance, property, ib.De.11.6, Je.10.17, POxy.1274.15 (iii A. D.), BGU1020.16 (vi A. D.), etc.

2 pl., title deeds, documents recording ownership of property, POxy.237 viii 26 (ii A. D.).

ὑστερ-ίζω, [tense] fut. [dialect] Att.

A

- ιῶ D.4.32

, Arist.Ph. 262b17: [tense] aor. ὑστέρισα (v. ὑστερέω, which is a freq. v. l.):— like ὑστερέω, come after, come later or too late, Th.6.69, X.An.6.1.18, Men.364.5, Sam. 325; of attacks of fever, Gal.7.353;

ὑ. ἐν [τοῖς καιροῖς] X.Cyr.8.5.7

, cf. 7.5.46, Arist.Ph. l.c., GA 770a22; αἱ ὧραι ὑ. the seasons are late, Plu.Luc.31; of the mind, Arist.SE 174a19; c. gen.,

ὑ. τῶν καιρῶν

to be behind, come too late for,

D.4.35

, 18.102;

τῶν ἔργων Id.4.38

, cf. ib.32;

τῶν πραγμάτων Isoc.3.19

;

τῶν βαρβάρων Id.4.164

; ὑ. τῶν συλλογισμῶν to be behind-hand in apprehending them, Arist. Rh. 1400b32, cf. 1410b25;

τὸ ναυτικὸν πρὸς ἅπασαν ὑστερίζον βοήθειαν Plu.Ant.63

; κραυγῇ οὐδὲν ὑστεριζούσῃ τοῦ λαγῶ lagging behind it, X.Cyr.1.6.40.

II metaph., lag behind, be or become inferior to, c. gen.,

ἀθληταί τινες.. ὑ. τῶν ἀντιπάλων Id.Mem.3.5.13

; τοὶς λόγοις ὑ., opp. τοῖς ἔργοις πρωτεύω, Arist.Rh.Al. 1420a18.

III ὑ. τῆς ἀκμῆς τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ I am later than, i.e. past, my prime, Isoc.9.73; ἂν ὑστερίζῃ τῆς τεταγμένης ἀκμῆς if the guest is later than the appointed time, Alex.149.10.

σημεῖον, τό, [dialect] Ion. [full] σημήϊον, [dialect] Dor. [full] σᾱμήϊον IG12(3).452 (Thera, iv B.C.), [full] σᾱμεῖον IPE12.352.25 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.), IG5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.), [full] σᾱμᾶον CIG5168 ([place name] Cyrene):—= σῆμα in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in Hom. or Hes.:

A mark by which a thing is known, Hdt.2.38;

σημεῖα τῶν δεδικασμένων.., σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν Pl.R. 614c

; sign of the future, τυραννίδος ς. A.Ag. 1355;

σ. λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος E.Hipp. 514

; trace, track,

σημεῖα δ' οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν.. ἐξεφαίνετο S.Ant. 257

, cf. El. 886;

τῆς καταβάσεως X.An.6.2.2

; of a cork on a buoy, Paus.8.12.1.

b [dialect] Dor., tomb, IG12(3).452 (iv B.C.), CIGl.c.

2 sign from the gods, omen, S.OC94;

τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν σ. γενόμενα Antipho 5.81

, cf. Pl.Phdr. 244c, Ap. 40b, X.Cyr.1.6.1; wonder, portent, LXX Ex.4.8, al.;

σ. καὶ τέρατα Plb.3.112.8

, Ev.Matt.24.24, Ev.Jo.4.48, cf. IPEl.c., D.S.17.114;

φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ Ev.Luc.21.11

; esp. of the constellations, regarded as signs,

δύεται σημεῖα E.Rh. 529

(lyr.), cf. Ion 1157.

3 sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags, ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ἀνάγεσθαι he made signal for the rest to put to sea, Hdt.7.128; signal for battle, τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη, Th.1.49,63, etc.; καθαιρεῖν τὸ ς. to take it down, strike the flag, as a sign of dissolving an assembly, And.1.36; τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ς. Ar.Th. 278; ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ ς. Id.V. 690: generally, signal,

σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι.. Id.Th. 1011

;

τὰ σ. αὐτοῖς ἤρθη Th.4.42

; τὸ σ. τοῦ πυρός, ὡς εἴρητο, ἀνέσχον ib. 111; signal to commence work, [

ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις Ath.Mitt.35.403

(Pergam.); σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις with unremoved signal (s), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, IGRom.4.446 (ibid.), Abh.Berl.Akad.1932(5).44(ibid., ii A.D.).

4 standard or flag, on the admiral's ship, Hdt.8.92; on the general's tent, X.Cyr.8.5.13; ἔξω τῶν ς. out of the lines, ib.8.3.19.

b body of troops under one standard or flag, PAmh.2.39.2 (ii B.C.); cf.

σημεία 1.2

.

5 landmark, boundary, limit, ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου out of the limits of your commercial port, D.35.28; of milestones, Plu.CG7, Hdn.2.13.9.

6 device upon a shield, Hdt.1.171, E.Ph. 1114; upon ships, figure-head, Ar.Ra. 933, Th.6.31, E.IA 255 (lyr.).

7 signet on ring, etc., Ar.Eq. 952, V. 585, Pl.Tht. 191d, al., X.HG5.1.30, D.42.2, PRev.Laws 26.5 (iii B.C.); figure, image,

Διὸς κτησίου Anticl.13

; badge,

τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ A.Supp. 218

: pl., written characters,

γράψαι σημήϊα.. φωνῆς IG14.1549

([place name] Rome).

b pl. ([dialect] Dor.) σαμεῖα, stripes, ib.5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.); clavi· σημεῖα, Gloss.

8 watchword, war-cry, Plb.5.69.8;

ἀπὸ σ. ἑνὸς ἐπιστρέφειν τὰς ναῦς Th.2.90

, cf.X.HG6.2.28.

9 birthmark or distinguishing feature, Wilcken Chr.76.14 (ii A.D.), Sammelb.15.27 (ii A.D.), etc.

II sign, token, indication of anything that is or is to be, S.OT 1059, E.Ph. 1332;

σ. φαίνεις ἐσθλὸς.. γεγώς S.El.24

, cf. OT 710;

τέχνης σ. τῆς ἐμῆς Id.Ant. 998

; so later

τὰ σ. τῶν καιρῶν Ev.Matt.16.3

, etc.

2 in reasoning, a sign or proof, Ar.Nu. 369, Th.1.6,10, And. 2.25, etc.;

τούτων ὑμῖν σημεῖα δείξω Aeschin.2.103

, cf. 3.46;

τάδε τὰ σ. ὡς.. X.Ages.1.5

;

σ. εἰ.. Pl.Grg. 520e

; ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ἦν.., τοῦτο μέγιστον ς. Id.Min. 321b; τὸ μὴ ἐκδυθῆναι οὐδὲν σ. ἐστι is no proof to the contrary, Antipho 2.2.5; also, instance, example, Hp.VM 20; σημεῖον δέ· to introduce an argument, D.21.149, Isoc.4.86,107, etc.

3 in the Logic of Arist., a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion, opp. τεκμήριον (a demonstrative or certain proof), APr. 70a11, SE 167b9, Rh. 1357a33.

b in Stoic and Epicurean philos., sign as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, Epicur.Ep.2p.43U., Phld.Sign.27, al., S.E.M.8.142, al.; περὶ σημείων (dub. sens.), title of work by Zeno, Stoic.1.14.

4 Medic., symptom, Hp.Morb.3.6, 15, Aret.SD1.9, Gal.1.313, 18(2).306.

b = Lat. lenticula, a kind of skin-eruption, Cels.6.5.1.

5 pl., shorthand symbols, Plu.Cat.Mi.23, Gal. Libr.Propr.1, POxy.724.3 (ii A.D.), Lib.Or.42.25.

6 critical mark, Heph.Poëm.p.73C., D.L.3.65.

III = στιγμή, mathematical point, Arist.APo. 76b5, Ph. 240b3, Euc.Def.1, al.; also ς. (with or without χρόνου) point of time, instant, Arist.Cael. 283a11, Ph. 262b2sq.

2 in Prosody and Music, unit of time, Aristid.Quint.1.14, Longin.Proll. Heph.5.

συγ-κλείω, [tense] fut. - κλείσω: [dialect] Ion. [suff] συγ-κληΐω, fut - κληΐσω: old [dialect] Att. [full] ξυγκλήω, [tense] fut. - κλῄσω: [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor.

A

συνεκλήϊσσα Nonn.D.48.309

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. συνεκλείσθην, old [dialect] Att. ξυνεκλῄσθην: [tense] pf.

συγκέκλειμαι Isoc.15.68

, but

- εισμαι Men.670

, D.S.15.63, v.l. in E.Hec. 487; old [dialect] Att. ξυνκέκλῃμαι, [dialect] Ion. συγκεκλήιμαι (v. infr.):— shut or coop up, hem in, enclose, Hdt.4.157, 7.41;

ξ. τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἐς τὸν Κολωνόν Th.8.67

; πρὶν συγκλεῖσαι (sc. τοὺς ἰχθῦς τοῖς δικτύοις) Arist. HA 533b26;

αἱ συγκλείουσαι πλευραὶ τὸ στῆθος Id.PA 654b35

;

σ. τινὰς ἐντὸς τειχῶν Plb.1.17.8

;

εἰς πολιορκίαν Id.1.8.2

([voice] Pass.); σ. [θεοὺς] τῇ ὕλῃ include them in matter, Plu.2.426b; [ἡ πολεμία] δυνέκλῃε διὰ μέσου shut off and intercepted them, Th.5.64:—[voice] Pass.,

λίμνη συγκεκληιμένη πάντοθεν ὄρεσι Hdt.7.129

;

τὸ στόμα τῶν μητρέων ὑπὸ πιμελῆς -είεται Hp.

Aër.21;

σ. εἰς στενὴν ἐντομήν D.S.1.32

; ξυγκεκλῃμένη πέπλοις close muffled, E.Hec. 487.

2 generally, of straits or difficulties,

τινὰ εἰς ἀγῶνα Plb.3.63.3

;

εἰς τὸν ἔσχατον καιρόν Id.11.2.10

:—[voice] Pass., συγκλείεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν καιρῶν, τῶν πραγμάτων, Id.2. 60.4, 11.20.7; εἰς χαλεπὸν.. συγκεκλεισμένος βίον 'cabin'd, cribb'd, confined', Men. l.c.

3 pit against one another, set to fight as in the lists,

οἳ σὲ καὶ Ἑρμιόναν ἔριδι.. ξυνέκλῃσαν E.Andr. 122

(lyr.).

4 ὁ συγκλείων,= smith, LXX 4 Ki.24.14:—[voice] Pass., χρυσίον συγκεκλεισμένον ib.3 Ki.6.20.

II shut close, close,

στόμα E.Hipp. 498

;

ὄμμα Id.Hec. 430

, Ion 241; [ τὰ βλέφαρα] X.Mem.1.4.6 ([voice] Pass.);

ξ. τὰς πύλας Th.4.67

;

τὰς θύρας Aeschin.1.74

;

τὰς θυρίδας Gal.16.578

: abs., σύγκλῃε shut the doors, Ar.Ach. 1096; σ. τὰ δικαστήρια close the courts, Id.Eq. 1317;

τὰ καπηλεῖα Lys.Fr.1.3

; σ. τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς close them up by blows, D.54.8:—[voice] Pass.,

τὸ δεσμωτήριον συνεκέκλειστο And.1.48

codd. ( συνεκέκλῃτο Sauppe); of bivalve fish, Arist. HA 528a16; of eyebrows, come together, Hp.Loc.Hom.3; of wounds, Dsc.Ther.2.

2 intr. in [voice] Act., ὥρας ἤδη συγκλειούσης as the season was now closing in, i.e. the days becoming shorter, Plb.18.7.3, cf. D.S.10.4;

τοῦ καιροῦ συγκλείοντος εἰς χειμῶνα GDI3087.19

([place name] Chersonesus).

III close jointly,

συνανοιγόντων καὶ συγκλειόντων IG12.91.17

.

IV σ. τὰς ἀσπίδας lock their shields, X.Cyr.7.1.33: hence, abs., close up the ranks, Th.4.35; τὸ διάκενον καὶ οὐ ξυγκλῃσθέν the part that was not closed up, of a gap in the line, Id.5.72.

2 connect closely together,

τὰ ἀνόμοια ἁρμονίᾳ συγκεκλεῖς θαι Philol.6

; ἐν ἄρθροις συγκεκλῃμένον καλῶς well linked or compacted, E.Ba. 1300; ς. (sc. τὴν πόλιν)

εἰς ταὐτόν Pl.Criti. 117e

, cf. Ti. 76a, etc.;

σ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τῶν ῥηθήσεσθαι μελλόντων τῇ τελευτῇ τῶν προειρημένων Isoc. 12.24

, cf. 15.68 ([voice] Pass.):—[voice] Pass.,

συγκλεισθήσονται ταῖς τε ἐπιγαμίαις καὶ ἐγκτήσεσι παρ' ἀλλήλοις X.HG5.2.19

.

V conclude, complete, λόγον, διάνοιαν, A.D.Adv.121.1, Synt.66.8:—[voice] Pass., ib.11.9.

ὑστερ-έω, [tense] fut.

A

- ήσω LXXPs.83(84).12

, al.: [tense] aor. ὑστέρησα (freq. with v.l. ὑστέρισα) Hdt.1.70, etc.: [tense] pf.

ὑστέρηκα D.S.15.47

, Ep.Hebr.4.1: [tense] plpf.

ὑστερήκειν Th.3.31

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ὑστερήθην 2 Ep.Cor.11.9

, J.AJ15.6.7: ([etym.] ὕστερος):— to be behind or later, come late, opp. προτερέω or

φθάνω, ὑστέρησαν οἱ ἄγοντες Hdt.1.70

, cf. E.Ph. 976, X.HG 5.1.3, Pl.Grg. 447a: c. dat. modi,

ὑ. τῇ διώξει Th.1.134

;

τῇ βοηθείᾳ D.59.3

: simply, occur later, of thunder after lightning, Epicur.Ep.2p.46U.

II c. gen. rei, come later than, come too late for, ὑστέρησαν (v.l. ὑστέρισαν) ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης came one day after the appointed day, Hdt.6.89; ὑ. τῆς μάχης ἡμέραις (sic leg. cum cod.C1, pro - ρας) πέντε came too late for the battle by five days, X.An.1.7.12;

ὑστερήσαντες οὐ πολλῷ Th.8.44

;

ὑ. δείπνου Amphis 39

; ἐπειδὴ τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερήκει had come too late to save M., Th.3.31; ὑ. τῆς πατρίδος fail to assist it, X.Ages.2.1; τῶν λέμβων ὑ. miss them, Plb.5.101.4;

τῶν καιρῶν Arist.SE 175a26

;

τῆς ἐργασίας PCair.Zen. 25.12

(iii B. C.);

ταύτης [τῆς ὥρας] Gal.7.362

;

τῆς βοηθείας D.S. 13.110

.

2 c. gen. pers., come after him,

ὑ. εἰς Ἁλίαρτον τοῦ Λυσάνδρου X.HG3.5.25

: also c. dat., come too late for him, Th.7.29.

3

ὑ. ἔς τι Hp.Epid.6.7.3

.

III metaph., lag behind, be inferior to,

τῶν.. ἀποστόλων 2 Ep.Cor.11.5

;

ἐμπειρίᾳ ὑ. τῶν ἄλλων Pl.R. 539e

; μηδ' ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑ. ib. 484d;

ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ LXXPs.38(39).5

.

2 fall below, fail to do justice to a theme,

ὑστερήσας οὐδὲν τῆς τέχνης Luc.Par.60

.

IV fail to obtain, lack,

τἀγαθοῦ Clearch.Com.3.5

;

τοῦ δικαίου PEnteux.86.11

(iii B. C.);

ξύλων ἀκανθίνων οὐχ ὑστεροῦσι, ἀλλ' ἢ ἔχουσιν ἱκανά PCair.Zen. 270.5

(iii B. C.):—[voice] Med. (with [tense] aor. [voice] Pass.),

ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος D.S.18.71

, Ep.Rom.3.23, J.AJ15.6.7, PMasp. 2 iii 14 (vi A. D.); ὑστερηθεὶς τῆς ὁράσεως having lost his sight, PLond.5.1708.85 (vi A. D.);

δάνιον δανιεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἂν ἐπιδέηται καὶ καθ' ὅσον ὑστερεῖται LXX De.15.8

(cod. A); in [tense] fut. [voice] Med., παιδὸς ὑστερήσομαι ( ἐστερήσομαι corr. Reiske) E.IA 1203.

2 abs., fail, come to grief, Phld.Oec.p.50 J.; fall short of supplies,

ἵνα μηθὲν ὑστερῇ τὰ ἐλαιούργια PHib.1.43.6

(iii B. C.):—[voice] Med., to be in want, Ev.Luc. 15.14, 1 Ep.Cor.8.8; [tense] pf. part. ὑστερημένοι those who have failed, Phld.Herc.1457.9.

V of things, fail, be wanting, Dsc.5.75.13, Ev.Jo.2.3; ἕν σε (v.l. σοι)

ὑστερεῖ Ev.Marc. 10.21

;

ὡς μὴ ὑστερεῖν τι ὑμῖν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων δικαίων BGU1074.7

(iii A. D.).—Cf. ὑστερίζω throughout.

πλήρωμα, ατος, τό (πληρόω; Eur., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, Philo; Mel., P. 40, 279).

① that which fills

ⓐ that which fills (up) (Eur., Ion 1051 κρατήρων πληρώματα; Hippocr., Aër. 7 τὸ πλ. τῆς γαστρός. Esp. oft. of a crew or cargo of ships since Thu. 7, 12, 3; 14, 1) ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλ. αὐτῆς the earth and everything that is in it 1 Cor 10:26; 1 Cl 54:3 (both Ps 23:1, as also Did., Gen. 74, 8). ἦραν κλάσματα δώδεκα κοφίνων πληρώματα they gathered (enough) pieces to fill twelve baskets, twelve basketfuls of pieces Mk 6:43; cp. 8:20 (s. Eccl 4:6; EBishop, ET 60, ’48, 192f).

ⓑ that which makes someth. full/complete, supplement, complement (Appian, Mithr. 47 §185 τὰ τῶν γυναικῶν πάντα ἐς τὸ πλήρωμα τῶν δισχιλίων ταλάντων συνέφερον) lit. of the patch on a garment Mt 9:16; Mk 2:21 (FSynge, ET 56, ’44/45, 26f).—Fig., perh., of the church which, as the body, is τὸ πλ., the complement of Christ, who is the head Eph 1:23 (so Chrysostom. The word could be understood in a similar sense Pla., Rep. 2, 371e πλ. πόλεώς εἰσι καὶ μισθωτοί). Much more probably the Eph passage belongs under

② that which is full of someth. (Lucian, Ver. Hist. 2, 37; 38 and Polyaenus 3, 9, 55 the manned and loaded ship itself [s. 1a above]; Philo, Praem. 65 γενομένη πλ. ἀρετῶν ἡ ψυχὴ … οὐδὲν ἐν ἑαυτῇ καταλιποῦσα κενόν; Herm. Wr. 12, 15 God is called πλήρωμα τῆς ζωῆς; 6, 4 ὁ κόσμος πλήρωμά ἐστι τῆς κακίας, ὁ δὲ θεὸς τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; 16, 3 τ. πάντων τὸ πλ. ἔν ἐστι.—Rtzst., Poim. 25, 1) (that) which is full of him who etc. (so as early as Severian of Gabala [KStaab, Pls-Kommentare ’33, 307] and Theodoret, who consider that it is God who fills the church.—Cp. CMitton, ET 59, ’47/48, 325; 60, ’48/49, 320f; CMoule, ibid. 53 and Col and Phil ’57, 164–69).

③ that which is brought to fullness or completion

ⓐ full number (Hdt. 8, 43; 45 of ships; Aristot., Pol. 2, 7, 22 of citizens; Iren. 1, 1, 3 [Harv. I 11, 11] and Hippol., Ref. 6, 38, 4 as Gnostic t.t.) τὸ πλ. τῶν ἐθνῶν Ro 11:25 (cp. Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 262 D.: πλήρωμα ἔθνους). For 11:12, which is also classed here by many, s. 4 below.

ⓑ sum total, fullness, even (super)abundance (Diod S 2, 12, 2 καθάπερ ἔκ τινος πηγῆς μεγάλης ἀκέραιον διαμένει τὸ πλήρωμα=as if from a great source the abundance [of bitumen] remains undiminished. As gnostic t.t. Iren. 1, 8, 4 [Harv. I, 73, 3]; Hippol., Ref. 8, 10, 3—s. also a) τινός of someth. πλ. εὐλογίας Χριστοῦ the fullness of Christ’s blessing Ro 15:29. πᾶν τὸ πλ. τῆς θεότητος the full measure of deity (s. θεότης) Col 2:9; without the gen., but in the same sense 1:19.—W. gen. to denote the one who possesses the fullness: θεοῦ πατρὸς πλ. IEph ins (s. Hdb. ad loc.). εἰς πᾶν τὸ πλ. τοῦ θεοῦ that you may be filled with all the fullness of God Eph 3:19 (s. πληρόω 1b). Of Christ: ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ J 1:16 (s. Bultmann 51, 7).—Abs. ἀσπάζομαι ἐν τῷ πληρώματι I greet in the fullness of the Christian spirit ITr ins.—On εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ Eph 4:13 s. μέτρον 2b.

④ act of fulfilling specifications, fulfilling, fulfillment (=πλήρωσις, as Eur., Tro. 824; Philo, Abr. 268 π. ἐλπίδων) τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῶν their (the people of Israel) fulfilling (the divine demand) Ro 11:12 (opp. παράπτωμα and ἥττημα). But this pass. is considered by many to belong under 3a above. πλ. νόμου ἡ ἀγάπη 13:10 (on the semantic field relating to love s. TSöding, ETL 68, ’92, 284–330, and Das Liebesgebot bei Paulus ’95).

⑤ the state of being full, fullness of time (πληρόω 2) τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου Gal 4:4 (s. ASP VI, 587, 34 [24/25 A.D.] τοῦ δὲ χρόνου πληροθέντος). τὸ πλ. τῶν καιρῶν Eph 1:10.—Lghtf., Col and Phlm 255–71; ARobinson, Eph 1904, 255ff; HMaVallisoleto, Christi ‘Pleroma’ iuxta Pli conceptionem: Verbum Domini 14, ’34, 49–55; FMontgomery-Hitchcock, The Pleroma of Christ: CQR 125, ’37, 1–18; JGewiess: MMeinertz Festschr. ’51, 128–41; PBenoit, RB 63, ’56, 5–44 (prison epp.); AFeuillet, Nouvelle Revue Theol. (Tournai) 88, ’56, 449–72; 593–610 (Eph 1:23); GMünderlein NTS 8, ’62, 264–76 (Col 1:19); HSchlier, D. Brief an die Epheser⁴, ’63, 96–99; POverfield, NTS 25, ’79, 384–96; CEvans, Biblica 65 ’84, 259–65 (Nag Hammadi).—DELG s.v. πίμπλημι. M-M. EDNT. TW.

περί-στᾰσις, εως, ἡ,

A standing round, τίς ἥδε κραυγὴ καὶ δόμων π.; crowds standing round the house, Telecl.35 ; π. ποιεῖσθαι, of crowds, Thphr.Char.8.12(pl.); ὄχλοιο π. Timo 34.1 : hence, in concretesense, crowd standing round, Plb.1.32.3, 18.53.11.

2 surrounding, ἡ τοῦ ψυχροῦ π. Arist.Pr. 869a21 : in concrete sense, environment,

π. ἀέρος ψυχροῦ Epicur.Ep.2p.50U.

, cf. p.48 U.; surrounding space, Plb.6.31.1, 6.41.2 ; esp. free space round a building, OGI483.123, al. (Pergam., ii A. D.), IG14.352i8, 70 ([place name] Halaesa).

b portico surrounding a hall or temple, ib.42(1).102.6 (Epid., iv B. C.), Callix.1 ;

ἡ ἔξω π. τοῦ σηκοῦ IG7.3073.90

(Lebad.).

c district surrounding a village, neighbourhood, PTeb.14.19 (ii B. C.), al.

II circumstances, situation, state of affairs, Plb.1.35.10, 4.67.4, etc.;

αἱ π. [τῶν πόλεων] Id.10.21.3

; τὸ παράδοξον τῆς π. Posidon.36 J.; π. nostra, the position of my affairs, Cic.Att.4.8b.2 ; the actuality,

μέζων τῆς π. ἡ φαντασίη Aret.SD2.9

; τὰ κατὰ περίστασιν καθήκοντα duties dependent on circumstances, Stoic.3.135, al., cf. Cic.Att.16.11.4, Phld.Rh.1.219 S. (pl.): sg. of a particular circumstance, Ael.Tact.35.1, A.D.Synt.145.4, etc.;

κατά τινα π. γραμμάτων Gal.11.242

.

b esp. difficult position, crisis (both senses distd. in Arr.Epict.2.6.17, M.Ant.9.13);

δὸς π. καὶ λάβε τὸν ἄνδρα Stoic.3.49

; κατὰ τὰς π. in critical times, Plb.1.82.7, cf. 4.33.12, etc.; διὰ τὰς τῶν καιρῶν π. SIG731.2 (Tomi, i B. C.);

εἰς πᾶν ἐλθεῖν περιστάσεως Plb.4.45.10

, cf. 1.84.9, etc.; χαλεπὴ π. LXX 2 Ma.4.16, cf. Dsc.Alex.Praef.; μετὰ τὴν κατασχοῦσαν τὴν πόλιν π. SIG708.7 (Istropolis, ii B. C.), cf. IG22.1338.27, Orph.Fr.285.63 ;

ἐν π. ἰσχυρᾷ τῶν ἔξωθεν Porph.Abst.1.55

.

2 Rhet., circumstances of the case treated by a speaker, Quint. Inst.3.5.18, 5.10.104, Corn.Rh.p.362 H.; classified by Hermog.Inv. 3.5.

3 outward pomp and circumstance, ἡ τοῦ βίου π. Plb.3.98.2, cf. 31.26.3 ; τρυφὴ καὶ π. Antig.Car. ap. Ath.12.547f; ὑπάρχων ἐν μεγάλῃ π. Phld.Acad.Ind.p.101 M.

4 in Meteorology, of climatic conditions, ἡ κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα π. Plb.3.84.2 ; λοιμικαὶ π. pestilential conditions, Id.6.5.5, cf. SIG731.7 (Tomi, i B. C.); καυματώδης π. D.S.4.22.

b Astron., position of the heavenly bodies, ἐκλειπτικὴ π. Sch.Arat. 862.

III veering round, of winds, Arist.Mete. 364b14, Pr. 942b27.

2 cycle, ἡ τοῦ μεγάλου ἐνιαυτοῦ π. Eudem. ap. Theon.Sm. p.198 H.

3 direction of motion, αἱ ἓξ π., i. e. up, down, forwards, backwards, right, left, Nicom.Ar.2.6, 16.

4 materials for use, PFlor.369.2 (ii A. D.).

συντέλεια, ας, ἡ (orig. ‘community contribution’ [the basic semantic component relates to someth. that complements someth. already present]; in various senses Pla., Demosth. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; En 106:18; TestSol; TestJob 4:6; Test12Patr; ApcEsdr 2:31 p. 26, 25 Tdf.; Aristobul., in Eus., PE 8, 10, 9[=Denis p. 219 ln. 11f; Holladay Fgm. 2, 55 p. 138]; Jos., Ant. 15, 389; 20, 262; Tat.; Ath., R. 12 p. 61, 31 ‘increment’; Theoph. Ant. 2, 31 [p. 176, 14] ‘posterity’) in our lit. only in a temporal sense: a point of time marking completion of a duration, completion, close, end (Polyb. 1, 3, 3; 1, 4, 3 al.; SIG 695, 13 [II B.C.]; POxy 1270, 42 [II A.D.] ς. τοῦ ἔτους; LXX; Iren. 1, 6, 1 [Harv. I 53, 2]) συντέλεια (τοῦ) αἰῶνος the end of the (present; αἰών 2a) age (TestBenj 11:3; TestJob 4:6) Mt 13:39f, 49; 24:3; 28:20. τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου of this age 13:40 v.l., 49 v.l. τῶν αἰώνων of the ages (TestLevi 10:2; Did., Gen. 115, 19. Cp. in gnostic speculation ς. καὶ ἐκπύρωσις τοῦ παντός Hippol., Ref. 9, 30, 8) Hb 9:26. τῶν καιρῶν (Da 9:27) Hv 3, 8, 9. τοῦ κόσμου Mt 13:49 D. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς συντελείας in the last days of the consummation (of the age) Hs 9, 12, 3 (cp. TestZeb 9:9 καιρὸς συντελείας; ApcEsdr 2:31 τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς συντελείας; cp. ViJer 13).—DELG s.v. τέλος. M-M. TW.

μελετ-άω, [tense] fut. - ήσω Th.1.80, etc., - ήσομαι Luc.Sol. 6, Philostr.VS1.24.2:—post-Hom. Verb,

A take thought or care for, c. gen., βίου, ἔργου, Hes.Op. 316, 443: c. acc. rei,

δόξαν ἀρετῆς Th. 6.11

; of a physician, treat a case, Hp.Int.27, etc.:—[voice] Pass., of the patient, ib.26, etc.

2 attend to, study, οὐ δύναμαι ἀκοῦσαι, τοῦτο μελετῶν (sc. τὸ ἀκοῦσαι) Hdt.3.115;

πλήθους δόξας μεμελετηκώς Pl. Phdr. 260c

.

II pursue, exercise, [ μαντείην] h.Merc. 557; μ. τοῦτο (sc. ἡμεροδρόμην εἶναι) Hdt.6.105: freq. in [dialect] Att.,

μ. σοφίαν Ar.Pl. 511

; τέχνας, ῥητορικήν, Pl.Grg. 511b, 511c, 448d; practise, ἤθη, γαστριμαργίας, ὕβρεις, Id.Phd. 81e;

ὄρχησιν Id.Lg. 813e

; [ νόμους] E.Ba. 892 (lyr.);

ἀστοῖς ἴσα χρὴ μελετᾶν S.OC 171

(anap.);

τὴν τῶν πολεμικῶν ἄσκησιν Arist.Pol. 1333b39

: generally,

μ. ἄδικα LXX Jb.27.4

;

ταῦτα μελέτα 1 Ep.Ti.4.15

; esp. practise speaking, con over a speech in one's mind,

λογάρια δύστηνα μελετήσας D.19.255

;

ἀπολογίαν Id.46.1

; also, deliver, declaim (cf. 11.5 b),

λόγους D.C.40.54

:—[voice] Pass., τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι naval warfare cannot be practised 'en amateur', Th.1.142; εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη discipline put in practice on the battle-field, Id.6.72, cf. Pl.R. 455c.

2 c. inf., μετρίως ἀλγεῖν μελετᾷ σοφία practises moderation in grief, E. Fr.46;

λαλεῖν μεμελετήκασί που Ar.Ec. 119

; also

μ. τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν X.Cyr.1.2.12

, cf. Antipho 3.2.3;

μ. ποιεῖν καὶ λέγειν Lys.10.9

; μ. ἀποθνῄσκειν, τεθνάναι, practise dying, death, Pl.Phd. 67e, 81a, cf. Epicur.Fr. 470.

3 less freq. c. part.,

μ. κυβερνῶντες X.Ath.1.20

; with ὡς and part., Id.Cyr.5.5.47.

4 with Prep.,

μ. ἔν τινι LXX Jo. 1.8

,al.

5 abs., study, train oneself, Ar.Ec. 164, Th.1.80, X.HG 3.4.16; ἦν τὸ ἱππικὸν μεμελετηκός ib.6.4.10: c. dat. modi,

τόξῳ μ. καὶ ἀκοντίῳ Id.Cyr.2.1.21

; ἐν τῷ μὴ μελετῶντι by want of practice, Th.1.142.

b esp. practise oratory, declaim, Pl.Phdr. 228b; ἐπὶ τῶν καιρῶν μ. extemporize a speech, D.61.43;

Ἑλληνιστὶ μ. Plu.Cic.4

, cf. 2.131a, Luc.Sol.6, Philostr. VS1.24.2, AP11.145; of actors, Arist. Pr. 904b3.

6 Medic., of disease, threaten,

μ. τὴν τοῦ καρκινώματος γένεσιν Leonid.

ap. Aët.16.43: abs.,

ἢν κρύβδην μελετήσῃ.. ἡ νοῦσος Aret.SD2.12

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἀπειλᾷ καὶ μελετᾶται μανία Steph. in Hp.1.99

D., cf. Aët.16.63.

7 c. acc. pers., exercise, train persons, ἐμελέτησεν [αὐτοὺς] ὡς εἶεν .. X.Cyr.8.1.42: c. inf.,

οὓς ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους μελετᾷ Φείδων Mnesim.4.7

:—[voice] Pass., μελετώμενοι ὑπ' αὐτῶν τὴν πτῆσιν, of eaglets, Philostr.VA1.7.

III Gramm., to be accustomed, c. inf.,

μεμελέτηκε τὸ τ ¯ εἰς θ ¯ τρέπεσθαι An.Ox.1.66

;

τὰ μὴ μελετήσανταπάσχεινσυναίρεσιν Theognost. Can.145.25

.

b Medic., acquire a habit,

μελετησάντων ἐκπίπτειν βραχιόνων Gal.14.782

:— [voice] Pass., become chronic,

μελετηθὲν τὸ πάθος Aët.16.67

.

ἐκκλείω, [dialect] Ion. [full] ἐκκληΐω or [suff] ἐκκηρ-κλήω, old [dialect] Att. [full] ἐκκλήω: [dialect] Att. [tense] fut. -

A

κλῄσω E.Or. 1127

: [dialect] Dor. [tense] aor. 1 -

κλᾳξα Com.Adesp.1203.7

(dub.): [tense] pf.

ἐκκέκλεικα Men.Sam. 201

:—shut out from, c.gen., ἐ. ἄλλον ἄλλοσε στέγης E.l.c.:—[voice] Pass., to be shut out, Id.HF330.

2 metaph., shut out, exclude from,

πόλιν τῆς μετοχῆς Hdt.1.144

; τῆς συμμαχίας, τῶν ὅρκων, Aeschin.2.85,3.74 : c. acc. et inf.,

ἐξέκλειον λόγου τυγχάνειν τοὺς ἄλλους D.19.26

.

3 hinder, prevent,

τῷ καιρῷ τὴν κατηγορίαν Plb.18.8.2

;

τὴν θήραν D.S.3.16

:—[voice] Pass., ἐκκληϊόμενοι τῇ ὥρῃ being prevented by [want of] time, Hdt.1.31 ;

ἐκκλεισθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν καιρῶν D.S.18.3

: c. inf.,

ἐ. ποιεῖν τι Id.4.32

, cf. Arist.MM 1198b16.

4 shut off, cut off,

ζωῆς ὁδούς Opp.C.2.342

.

ἔφεδρ-ος, ον, ([etym.] ἕδρα)

A sitting or seated upon, c. gen., λεόντων ἔφεδρε, of Cybele, S.Ph. 401 (lyr.);

ἵππου E. Ion 202

(lyr.);

γῆς ἔ. στρατός Id.Rh. 954

.

2 ἔφεδρον, τό, firm seat, bench, Hp.Fract.8.

3 ἔφεδρον, τό, = ἵππουρις, prob.in Dsc.4.46, Plin.HN26.133.

II sitting by, at, or near, τῶν πηδαλίων, of a helmsman, Pl.Plt. 273e: also c.dat.,

σκηναῖς E.Tr. 139

(anap.):abs., ξύνεστιν ἔφεδρος lies close at hand, S.Aj. 610 (lyr.).

2 posted in support or reserve, ἐφέδρους ἱππότας.. ἱππόταις ἔταξε posted horsemen to support horsemen, E.Ph. 1095, cf. Plb.8.31.6, Onos.21.6, al.

3 lying by and watching, waiting on, τῶν καιρῶν, τοῖς καιροῖς, Plb.3.12.6, Fr. 160, cf. Call.Del. 125; ἔ. βίου waiting upon his life, i.e. for his death, Men.663; χαλεπώτατοι ἔ., of debtors in a city, Aen.Tact.14.1.

4 the third competitor in contests, who sits by to fight the conqueror, Pi.N.4.96, E.Rh. 119, Ar. Ra. 792, cf. Luc.Herm.41 sq.;

πρὸς βασιλέα τὸν μέγιστον ἔφεδρον ἀγωνιζόμεθα X.An.2.5.10

;

καθάπερ ἔ. ἀθλητῇ Plu.Sull.29

;

Κράσσος, ὃς ἔ. ἦν ἀμφοῖν Id.Caes.28

;

ἔ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος Id.Pomp.53

; μόνος ὢν ἔφεδρος δισσοῖς, i.e. one against two, with no one to take his place if beaten, A.Ch. 866 (anap.).

5 generally, one who waits to take another's place, a successor,

ἔ. βασιλεύς Hdt.5.41

;

ἔ. τινός Luc.Gall.9

.

σημεῖον, ου, τό (s. prec. entry; Aeschyl., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., apolog.; loanw. in rabb.; Hippol., Ref. 6, 27, 4; Did., Gen. 115, 9 ‘symbol’; gener. ‘sign’)

① a sign or distinguishing mark whereby someth. is known, sign, token, indication (Diod S 3, 66, 3=evidences τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ θεοῦ; Cornutus 16 p. 21, 9.—Arrian, Anab. 6, 26, 4 of marks in the landscape showing direction; ParJer 5:11 τὰ ς. τῆς πόλεως; Just., A I, 55, 6 al.; Iren. 1, 14, 8 [Harv. I 143, 10]; Orig., C. Cels. 3, 43, 36 ς. τῆς μετὰ θάνατον ἐπιφανείας αὐτοῦ [sc. Ἰησοῦ]; 2, 59, 6 of the scars of the resurrected Lord τὰ ς. τῆς κολάσεως). τοῦτο ὑμῖν σημεῖον this (will be) a sign for you Lk 2:12 (cp. Is 37:30). ὅ ἐστιν ς. ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ this is the mark of genuineness in every letter 2 Th 3:17 (Ps.-Pla., Ep. 13, 360a has at its beginning the words σύμβολον ὅτι παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν). Of a signal previously agreed upon δοῦναί τινι σημεῖον (PFay 128, 7 ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν σημεῖον ‘he gave us a signal’; Jos., Ant. 12, 404) Mt 26:48; 1 Cl 12:7.— A sign of things to come (PsSol 15:9 τὸ … σημεῖον ἀπωλείας ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου αὐτῶν; Did., Gen. 191, 6; Philo, Op. M. 58 σημεῖα μελλόντων; Jos., Bell. 6, 285; 296; 297) Mk 13:4; Lk 21:7. The event to be expected is added in the gen. τί τὸ ς. τῆς σῆς παρουσίας; Mt 24:3. τὸ ς. τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου the sign by which one can mark the coming of the Human One (Son of Man) vs. 30 (TGlasson, JTS 15, ’64, 299f [a military metaphor, ‘standard’; cp. Is 18:3; 1QM 3f]). τὰ σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν the signs of the (end)times (καιρός 3b) Mt 16:3.— A sign of warning (Plut., Caes. 737 [63, 1]; SibOr 3, 457; Mel., P. 14, 90) 1 Cl 11:2. Prob. in like manner αἱ γλῶσσαι εἰς σημεῖόν εἰσιν τοῖς ἀπίστοις the tongues (γλῶσσα 3) serve as a (warning) sign to the unbelievers 1 Cor 14:22. Likew. the sign of Jonah (s. Ἰωνᾶς 1) in Luke: Lk 11:29, 30. Here the Human One is to be a sign to his generation, as Jonah was to the Ninevites; cp. οὗτος κεῖται εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον (s. ἀντιλέγω 2) 2:34 (cp. Is 11:12).—W-S. §30, 10d.—GRunze, Das Zeichen des Menschensohnes u. der Doppelsinn des Jonazeichens 1897 (against him PSchmiedel, Lit. Centralblatt 48, 1897, 513–15; Runze again, ZWT 41, 1898, 171–85; finally PSchm. ibid. 514–25); PAsmussen, Protestantenblatt 37, 1904, 375–8; STyson, Bibl. World 33,1909, 96–101; CBowen, AJT 20, 1916, 414–21; JMichael, JTS 21, 1920, 146–59; JBonsirven, RSR 24, ’34, 450–55; HGale, JBL 60, ’41, 255–60; PSeidelin, Das Jonaszeichen, StTh 5, ’51, 119–31; AVögtle, Wikenhauser Festschr. ’53, 230–77; OGlombitza, D. Zeichen des Jona, NTS 8, ’62, 359–66.—In the OT circumcision is σημεῖον διαθήκης=a sign or token of belonging to the covenant (Gen 17:11). For Paul this sign becomes a mark, or seal (so σημεῖον: PRev 26, 5 [III B.C.]; PRein 9 introd. [II B.C.]; 35, 3; BGU 1064, 18) σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς σφραγῖδα he got the mark of circumcision as a seal Ro 4:11. In the difficult pass. B 12:5 ἐν σημείῳ is prob. best taken as by a sign; but it is poss. that the text is defective (s. Windisch, Hdb. ad loc.; RKraft, Did. and Barnabas ’65, 119 note: ‘standard, norm’).—τὰ σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου 2 Cor 12:12a belongs rather to the next category; the signs of the (true) apostle (cp. SIG 831, 14 [117 A.D.] ἡγούμην σημεῖα ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν) are, as is shown by the verb κατειργάσθη and what follows, the wonders or miracles performed by him.

② an event that is an indication or confirmation of intervention by transcendent powers, miracle, portent

ⓐ miracle

α. a miracle of divine origin, performed by God himself, by Christ, or by men of God (cp. Diod S 5, 70, 4 πολλὰ ς. of the young Zeus; 16, 27, 2 ἐγένετο αὐτῷ σημεῖον ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος; Strabo 16, 2, 35 παρὰ τ. θεοῦ ς.; Appian, Ital. 8 §1 σημείων γενομένων ἐκ Διός, Hann. 56 §233; SIG 709, 25 [c. 107 B.C.] διὰ τῶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ γενομένων σαμείων; PGM 1, 65; 74; Jos., Ant. 2, 274; 280; Mel., P. 78, 568): Mt 12:38f; 16:1 (ς. ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ), 4; Mk 8:11 (ς. ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, as Synes., Prov. 1, 7; s. OLinton, The Demand for a Sign from Heaven, StTh 19, ’65, 112–29; JGibson, JSNT 38, ’90, 37–66, a phenomenon suggesting divine deliverance), 12; 16:17, 20; Lk 11:16 (ς. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), 29 (s. 1 above); 23:8; J 2:11, 18, 23; 3:2; 4:54; 6:2, 14, 26, 30; 7:31; 9:16; 10:41; 11:47; 12:18, 37; 20:30 (on σημ. as a designation of Jesus’ miracles in J s. Hdb. on J 2:11 and 6:26; JBernard, ICC John 1929, I introd. 176–86; CBarrett, The Gosp. acc. to St. John, ’55, 62–65); Ac 4:16, 22 (τὸ ς. τῆς ἰάσεως the miracle of healing); 8:6; 1 Cor 1:22; Agr 9. τί εἴδετε σημεῖον ἐπὶ τὸν γεννηθέντα βασιλέα; what kind of sign did you see over the newborn king? GJs 21:2 (codd.). τὸ σημεῖον τὸ ἐνάρετον the marvelous sign AcPl Ha 3,16.—σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα (Polyb. 3, 112, 8 σημείων δὲ καὶ τεράτων πᾶν μὲν ἱερόν, πᾶσα δʼ ἦν οἰκία πλήρης; Plut., Alex. 706 [75, 1 sing.]; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 36 §144 τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα οὐράνια; 4, 4 §14; Aelian, VH 12, 57; Philo, Mos. 1, 95, Aet. M. 2; Jos., Bell. 1, 28, Ant. 20, 168. Oft. in LXX: Ex 7:3; Dt 4:34; 6:22; 7:19 al.; Is 8:18; 20:3; Jer 39:21; Wsd 8:8; 10:16) J 4:48; Ac 2:43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 7:36; 14:3; 15:12; Ro 15:19; Hb 2:4; 1 Cl 51:5; B 4:14; 5:8. δυνάμεις καὶ τέρατα κ. σημεῖα Ac 2:22; 2 Cor 12:12b (SSchreiber, Paulus als Wundertäter: BZNW 79, ’96) σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις Ac 8:13.—1 Cl 25:1; 2 Cl 15:4. SMc-Casland, JBL 76, ’57, 149–52; MWhittaker, Studia Evangelica 5, ’68, 155–58.

β. worked by Satan or his agents to mislead God’s people (s. Iren. 5, 28, 2 [Harv. V 401, 32]) Rv 13:13f; 16:14; 19:20. σημεῖα κ. τέρατα Mt 24:24; Mk 13:22 (GBeasley-Murray, A Commentary on Mk 13, ’57; EGrässer, D. Problem der Parusie-verzögerung, ’57, 152–70); 2 Th 2:9; D 16:4.

ⓑ portent terrifying appearances in the heavens, never before seen, as portents of the last days Lk 21:11, 25 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 4 §14 σημεῖα πολλά around the sun; AscIs 3, 20); Ac 2:19 (cp. Jo 3:3); s. D 16:6. Of that which the seer of the Apocalypse sees ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ Rv 12:1, 3; 15:1. Of the portentous signs in heaven and earth at the death of Jesus GPt 8:28 (cp. Da 6:28 Theod. σημεῖα κ. τέρατα ἐν οὐρανῷ κ. ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; Diod S 38 + 39 Fgm. 5: at the end of each one of the eight ages ordained by God there is a σημεῖον ἐκ γῆς ἢ οὐρανοῦ θαυμάσιον).—On miracles s. SIG 1168–73; RLembert, Das Wunder bei Römern u. Griechen I 1905; RReitzenstein, Hellenist. Wundererzählungen 1906, OWeinreich, Antike Heilungswunder 1909, Gebet u. Wunder: WSchmid Festschr. 1929, 169ff; PWendland, De Fabellis Antiquis earumque ad Christianos Propagatione 1911; FKutsch, Attische Heilgötter u. Heilheroen 1913; WJayne, The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations 1925; RHerzog, D. Wunderheilungen v. Epidaurus ’31; PFiebig, Jüdische Wundergeschichten des ntl. Zeitalters 1911; ASchlatter, Das Wunder in d. Synagoge 1912.—RLehmann, Naturwissenschaft u. bibl. Wunderfrage 1930; GNaumann, Die Wertschätzung des Wunders im NT 1903; GTraub, Das Wunder im NT² 1907; KBeth, Die Wunder Jesu 1908; JThompson, Miracles in the NT 1911; LFonck, Die Wunder des Herrn im Ev.² 1907; LFillion, Les miracles de Jésus-Christ 1909/1910; PDausch, Die Wunder Jesu 1912; SEitrem, Nordisk Tidskrift for Filologie 5, 1919, 30–36; RBultmann, Die Gesch. der synopt. Tradition² ’31, 223–60; RJelke, Die Wunder Jesu 1922; GShafto, The Wonders of the Kingdom 1924; JBest, The Miracles of Christ in the Light of our Present Day Knowledge ’37; TTorrance, Expository Studies in St. John’s Miracles ’38; ARichardson, The Miracle Stories of the Gospels ’41; AFridrichsen, Le Problème du Miracle dans le Christianisme primitif: Études d’ Hist. et de Phil. rel. XII 1925; HSchlingensiepen, Die Wunder des NT ’33; OPerels, D. Wunderüberlieferung der Synoptiker ’34; PSaintyves, Essais de folklore biblique 1923; GMarquardt, D. Wunderproblem in d. deutschen prot. Theologie der Gegenwart ’33; GDelling, D. Verständnis des Wunders im NT, ZST 24, ’55, 265–80, Zur Beurteilung des Wunders durch d. Antike: Studien zum NT ’70, 53–71; SMcCasland, Signs and Wonders, JBL 76, ’57, 149–52; CBarrett, The Gosp. Acc. to John ’55, 62–65; JCharlier, La notion de signe (sêmeion) dans J: RSPT 43, ’59, 434–48; PRiga, Signs of Glory (J): Int 17, ’63, 402–24; HvanderLoos, The Miracles of Jesus ’65; WNicol, The Semeia in the Fourth Gosp. ’72; for Acts s. FNeirynck, the Miracle Stories in the Acts of the Apostles, An Introduction, in Les Actes des Apôtres, ed. JKremer ’79, 169–213.—Esp. on the healing of demoniacs JWeiss, RE IV 408ff; JJaeger, Ist Jesus Christus ein Suggestionstherapeut gewesen? 1918; KKnur, M.D., Christus medicus? 1905; KDusberger, Bibel u. Kirche ’51, 114–17 (foretoken).—RGrant, Miracle and Natural Law in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Thought ’52. S. also the lit. s.v. δαιμόνιον 2.—See further MWestermann, ed. ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΑΓΡΑΦΟΙ, Scriptores Rerum Mirabilium Graeci, 1839.—B. 914. DELG s.v. σῆμα. M-M. DBS XII 1281–1330. EDNT. ABD IV 869 (lit.). TW. Spicq. Sv.

εὐστοχ-έω, [tense] pf. inf.

A

εὐστοχηκέναι D.S.2.31

:—hit the mark, succeed, opp. ἁμαρτάνω, Plb.1.14.7, etc.: c. gen., εὐ. πάσης περιστάσεως, τῶν καιρῶν, τῆς ἐλπίδος, to hit them exactly, Id.2.45.5, 28.3.6, 32.3.10;

τῆς εἰσβολῆς τοῦ λιμένος Str.17.1.6

;

περί τι Id.5.3.8

: c. acc.,

θηρίον Apollod.1.7.4

: abs., Plb.9.12.1;

ἐν ἅπασιν J.BJ1.15.1

; guess aright, Plu.2.617d:—[voice] Pass., impers., Antyll. ap. Orib.44.23.44; εὐστοχηθεῖσα χάρις blessing seasonably granted, J.AJ15.9.2.

κῑν-ημα, ατος, τό,

A movement,

οὔθ' ἡ γραμμὴ ἐκ στιγμῶν οὔθ' ἡ κίνησις ἐκ κινημάτων Arist.Ph. 241a4

, cf. 232a9, Mu. 400a8, etc.; of the movements of pantomimic actors, Luc.Salt.62.

2 political movement, Plb.5.29.3, al., Plu.Fab.20 (pl.).

b uproar, excitement, LXX 1 Ma.13.44, Plu.Aem.18.

3 κινήματα τῆς σαρκός impressions of sense, Epicur.Fr. 411;

κ. λεῖον Stoic.2.25

;

κ. μελῳδητικὸν περὶ τὴν ψυχήν Thphr.Fr.89.1

: abs., kinh/mata impressions, emotions, Epicur. Fr. 131: sg., Epict.Fr.14, S.E.M.11.83, etc.

4 Medic., subluxation of a bone, partial dislocation, Hp.Fract.47 (pl.).

b τὰ τῶν καιρῶν κ., of periods in disease, Gal.19.184.

5 Gramm., inflexion, Hdn. Gr.2.265, al.

6 pl., moving things, Max.Tyr.41.2.

παροδ-εύω,

A pass by, Theoc. 23.47, AP 9.341 (Glauc.), etc.; of flowing water, Polyaen.3.9.61 ; of the ureter, Archig. and Philagr. ap. Aët. 11.4 ;

διὰ τῶν καιρῶν ὁ χρόνος παροδεύει Porph.

ap. Eus. PE 3.11.

2 c. acc., pass by or through, D.S.32.27, Plu.2.973d, Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.44, Luc.Nigr.36, IG14.881 ([place name] Sinuessa): Astron., pass through or across, Plu. 2.67oc, Ptol. Tetr. 109 ; τὰ αὐτοῦ ὅρια Vett. Val. 145.9 :—[voice] Pass., to be passed by, J. BJ5.10.2, Plu.2.759f.

3 pass, spend,

τὸν βίον BCH 27.261

([place name] Argos).

ἐπιτυχ-ής, ές, ([etym.] ἐπιτυγχάνω)

A hitting the mark, successful (opp. ἀποτυχής, Pl.Sis. 391c ([comp] Comp.)),

κότος A.Supp. 744

Turneb.(lyr.);

ἔν τινι Arist.Div.Somn. 463b19

, D.S.4.83 ;

κατά τι Plb.5.102.1

;

ἐς πάντα App.BC2.149

([comp] Sup.): c.gen., ἐ. τῶν καιρῶν δόξα that always hits the right nail on the head, Isoc.12.30. Adv.

-χῶς, εἰπεῖν Pl.Phlb. 38d

;

διειλέχθαι Isoc.12.230

, cf.Plu.Mar.17, Aët.9.28.

II [voice] Pass., easy to hit,

εὔβλητοι καὶ ἐ. App.Syr.35

.

καταδιαιρέω aor. impv. 2 sg. καταδιέλε Ps 54:10; mid. aor. 3 pl. καταδιείλαντο Jo 4:2 (s. διαιρέω; Polyb. 2, 45, 1; Hero Alex. III p. 66, 2; Dionys. Hal. 4, 19; Sext. Emp., Math. 5, 23; Herm. Wr. 3, 1b; CPR I, 22, 25; 27, 21; Ps 54:10; 135:13) divide, make a distinction between τὰς τῶν καιρῶν ἀλλαγάς Dg 4:5.—DELG s.v. αἱρέω.

ἀλλαγή, ῆς, ἡ (Aeschyl. et al.; pap; Wsd 7:18; Just., A I, 23, 2; Ath. 22, 3; Theoph. Ant. 1, 6 [p. 70, 1]; DELG I 64 s.v. ἄλλος) a change τὰς τῶν καιρῶν ἀλλαγὰς καταδιαιρεῖν make a distinction betw. the changes of the seasons Dg 4:5 (cp. Wsd 7:18; SibOr 2, 257).