ἄλας

ὅρκος, ὁ,

A the object by which one swears, as the Styx among the gods,

Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος ὅ. δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι Il. 15.38

, cf. 2.755, Hes.Th. 400, 784, 805, h.Cer. 259, Arist.Metaph. 983b31 ; or as Zeus among mortals, Pi.P.4.167 ; so of things,

ὅρκον δ' ἐνοσφίσθης μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Archil.96

;

οἷς ἦν μέγιστος ὅ... κύων, ἔπειτα χήν Cratin.231

, cf. Placit.1.3.8: hence,

2 oath, mostly with epith. μέγας, καρτερός, Hom. (v. infr.), etc. ; θεῶν ὅ. an oath by the gods, Od.2.377;

μακάρων ὅ. 10.299

, cf. S.OT 647, E.Hipp. 657 ;

ὅ. ἐκ θεῶν μέγας A.Ag. 1284

;

ὅ. κατὰ τῶν.. ὀφθαλμῶν Aeschin.2.153

; ὅ. πλατύς a firm-based oath, Emp.30.3 ; ὅρκον ὀμόσαι swear an oath,

ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅ. Od.2.378

, etc. ; ὅ. ἀπώμνυ ib. 377, cf. 10.381 ;

ἐπὶ δ' ὅρκον ὀμεῖται Hes.Op. 194

;

κατομόσαι E.IT 790

; ὅ. ἐπιορκῆσαι take a false oath, Aeschin.1.115, etc. ; ὅρκου προστεθέντος when an oath is added, S.Fr. 472, cf. El.47 ; δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν ὅρκους θεμένη having made a sworn compact with.., A.Ag. 1570 (anap.) ;

ὅ. ἀλλήλοις ποιοῦνται οἱ μὲν ἔφοροι ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως, βασιλεὺς δ' ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ X.Lac.15.7

;

ὅρκους συνῆψαν E.Ph. 1241

, etc. ; of the person demanding the oath, ὅ. ἑλέσθαι τινός or τινί take it of him, i.e. make him swear, Od.4.746, Il.22.119 ; ὅρκους ἐπελάσαι and προσάγειν τινί lay oath upon a man, put him on his oath, Hdt.1.146, 6.62,74 ; τὸν ὅ... ἐπάγειν.. Ὀποντίοις readminister the oath, IG9(1).334.12 ([dialect] Locr., v B. C.) ; ὅρκους δοὺς καὶ δεξάμενος after tendering his oath to them and accepting theirs, Hdt.6.23, cf. IG12.52.18, A.Eu. 429, Ar.Ra. 589, D.39.3 and 4 ; so

ὅρκον διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν Arist. Rh. 1377a7

, 8 ; ἀποδοῦναι take it oneself, D.19.318, Aeschin.3.74 ; ἀπολαμβάνειν administer or tender it, D.5.9, 18.25 ; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε swear to one another, Ar.Lys. 1185, cf. And.1.107 ; ὅρκοις καταλαβὼν τὰ τέλη having bound the authorities by oaths, Th. 4.86 ;

ὅρκοις κατειλημμένους Id.1.9

; ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν abide by it, E. Med. 754 ;

ὅ. τηρεῖν Democr.239

;

παραβαίνειν E.Fr.286.7

, Ar.Av. 332, D.19.318 ;

ἐκβάντι τῶν ὅ. Pl.Smp. 183b

;

ἐκλιπεῖν E.Supp. 1194

;

συγχέαι Id.Hipp. 1063

;

ἐμπεδοῦν X.An.3.2.10

: after ὅρκος [tense] aor., [tense] pres., or [tense] fut. inf. may refer to [tense] fut. time,

ὤμοσα καρτερὸν ὅ., μὴ.. ἀναφῆναι Od.4.253

; ἐμεῦ δ' ἕλετο μέγαν ὅ., μὴ πρὶν σοὶ ἐρέειν ib. 746 ;

ὅρκους ἔδοσαν καὶ ἔλαβον, ἀποδοῦναι.., Ἀθηναίους δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖν.. X.HG1.3.9

: with Preps.,

οὐκ αὔτως.., ἀλλὰ σὺν ὅρκῳ Od.14.151

;

σὺν θεῶν ὅρκῳ X.Cyr.2.3.12

; εἶπαι ἐπ' ὅρκου say on oath, Hdt.9.11;

κατὰ τοὺς ὅ. X.HG5.4.54

; opp.

παρ' ὅρκον Pi.O.13.83

;

παρὰ τοὺς ὅ. X.An.2.5.41

: prov.,

ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω S.Fr. 811

; parodied by Philonid. 7 ὅρκους δὲ μοιχῶν εἰς τέφραν.. γράφω, cf. Xenarch.6, Men. Mon.25.

II Ὅρκος, personified, son of Eris, Hes.Op. 804; a divinity who punishes the false and perjured, ib. 219, Th. 231, Orac. ap.Hdt.6.86.γ; Διὸς Ὅ., as servant of Zeus, S.OC 1767 (anap.). (Cogn. with ἕρκος.)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `salt' (very often pl.) (Il.)

Other forms: f. (only sg.) poetical word for the sea (after θάλασσα or as collective?); since Arist. ἅλας, - ατος n. from the acc. pl., Leumann Hom. Wörter 160f.

Dialectal forms: Myc. opia₂ra \/ opihala\/ `coastal regions' cf. ἔφαλος. apia₂ro \/ Amphihalos\/, a₂rie perhaps \/haliēn\/ Perpillou Subst. en -eus, 1973, 61 n. 2, 161.

Compounds: ἁλί-πλοος, - πόρφυρος (for ἁλ- after the i-stems, not locatival with Schwyzer 476: 5, 1. On ἁλι-μυρήεις s. μύρομαι. ἁλουργός `who exploits a salt-mine' CEG6,

Derivatives: ἅλ-μη `sea-water, brine' ( Od.) with ἁλμυρός `salt, briny' (Od.); from *ἁλυρός (cf. ἁλυ-κός), Schwyzer 482: 6; cf. πλημυρίς. - ἅλιος, (-α), - ον `of the sea' (Hom.) - ἁλιεύς `fisher' (Od.) - ἁλυ-κός `salt' (Hp.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [878] * seh₂(e)l- `salt'

Etymology: Old word found in most IE languages: Lat. sāl (secondary lengthening), OIr. salann, Arm. aɫ (i-stem), Latv. sāls, OCS solь (i-stem, secondary beside the consonant-stem in slanъ `salted' \< * solnъ), Toch. B sālyiye, A sāle. A d-enlargement in Goth. salt etc., Arm. aɫt, and in Balt.-Slav., e.g. Lith. sald-ùs `süß', OCS. sladъ-kъ id. Lith. sólymas points to * seh₂l-, other languages require * sh₂-el. This gives an original paradigm nom. *seh₂-(ōl?), acc. sh₂-el-m, gen. * sh₂-l-os. On possible Sanskrit cognates Thieme ZDMG 111 (1961) 94ff.

See also: Άλοσυδνη

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `salt' (very often pl.) (Il.)

Other forms: f. (only sg.) poetical word for the sea (after θάλασσα or as collective?); since Arist. ἅλας, - ατος n. from the acc. pl., Leumann Hom. Wörter 160f.

Dialectal forms: Myc. opia₂ra \/ opihala\/ `coastal regions' cf. ἔφαλος. apia₂ro \/ Amphihalos\/, a₂rie perhaps \/haliēn\/ Perpillou Subst. en -eus, 1973, 61 n. 2, 161.

Compounds: ἁλί-πλοος, - πόρφυρος (for ἁλ- after the i-stems, not locatival with Schwyzer 476: 5, 1. On ἁλι-μυρήεις s. μύρομαι. ἁλουργός `who exploits a salt-mine' CEG6,

Derivatives: ἅλ-μη `sea-water, brine' ( Od.) with ἁλμυρός `salt, briny' (Od.); from *ἁλυρός (cf. ἁλυ-κός), Schwyzer 482: 6; cf. πλημυρίς. - ἅλιος, (-α), - ον `of the sea' (Hom.) - ἁλιεύς `fisher' (Od.) - ἁλυ-κός `salt' (Hp.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [878] * seh₂(e)l- `salt'

Etymology: Old word found in most IE languages: Lat. sāl (secondary lengthening), OIr. salann, Arm. aɫ (i-stem), Latv. sāls, OCS solь (i-stem, secondary beside the consonant-stem in slanъ `salted' \< * solnъ), Toch. B sālyiye, A sāle. A d-enlargement in Goth. salt etc., Arm. aɫt, and in Balt.-Slav., e.g. Lith. sald-ùs `süß', OCS. sladъ-kъ id. Lith. sólymas points to * seh₂l-, other languages require * sh₂-el. This gives an original paradigm nom. *seh₂-(ōl?), acc. sh₂-el-m, gen. * sh₂-l-os. On possible Sanskrit cognates Thieme ZDMG 111 (1961) 94ff.

See also: Άλοσυδνη

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `animal-milk, first breast-milk' (com.).

Other forms: also πύον (Emp.), πύαρ (Ael. Dion.), πύας (H.) `id.'.

Derivatives: Besides πυετία, also (with contr. resp. metathesis) πυτία, πιτύα f. `clotted milk, rennet' (Arist., hell.), from *πυετός, to πυός as παγετός to πάγος a.o. (Schwyzer 501; diff. Scheller Oxytonierung 52, where many details).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [848f] * puH- `rot(ten), pus'

Etymology: Prob. in essence identical with πύον, πύος `pus' (WP. 2, 82, Pok. 848f), but with gender and accent after ὀρός, τυρός, which belong to the same sphere of meaning. The byforms πύαρ and πύας (if the tradition is correct) after ἔαρ, πῖαρ, resp. ἅλας, κρέας a.o. Both the consistency and other properties (smell, fermentation etc.) may have caused the transference. The expressions for congeal, getting sour, ferment, also of rotting touch each other now and then, e.g. Skt. śara- m. `sour cream', also śáras- n. `skin on cooked milk', Lat. cariēs `decay', both to the verb for `break' in Skt. śr̥ṇā́ti, κεραΐζω (s.v.) a.o., ptc. śīrṇá- `rotten, spoiled', to which also Lat. colostra `beesting', if from * corostra, may belong; s. Lidén KZ 61, 1ff. w. extensive treatment. -- Not with Persson Beitr. 1, 259 n. 3, Bq and Hofmann Et. Wb. s.v. (all hesitating) to Skt. púṣyati `thrive' (IE * pu-s- `swell').

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καλός, ή, όν (Hom.+; pert. to meeting high standards or expectations of appearance, kind, or quality) superl. κάλλιστος, η, ον (Diod S 5, 13, 1; JosAs 14:17 cod. A; ApcSed 11:4 p. 134, 14 Ja. καλλίστατε; Jos., Ant. 16, 142; Just., D. 20, 3; Tat. 28, 1).

① pert. to being attractive in outward appearance, beautiful, handsome, fine in outward appearance λίθοι κ. beautiful stones Lk 21:5. Of pers. (Lucian, Tim. 16, Dial. Mort. 1, 3) Hv 3, 13, 1; Hs 9, 3, 1.

② pert. to being in accordance at a high level w. the purpose of someth. or someone, good, useful.

ⓐ of things τόπον καλὸν ἀνακεχωρηκότα a beautiful remote place Hv 3, 1, 3; in the phys. sense free from defects, fine, precious opp. σαπρός (PLond II, 356, 4ff p. 252 [I A.D.]; TestJob 7:5 ἄρτον [opp. κεκαιμένον]) of fish Mt 13:48; superl. τὰ κάλλιστα the especially good ones vs. 48 D. Of a tree and its fruit 12:33; Lk 6:43. Opp. πονηρός of fruits Mt 7:17ff. Otherw. of fruits (Menand., Mon. 303 Mei. [402 J.] καρπός) 3:10; Lk 3:9; Hs 2, 4. ἀμπελῶνες m 10, 1, 5. τράγοι B 7:6, 10. γῆ good soil Mt 13:8, 23; Mk 4:8, 20; Lk 8:15. σπέρμα Mt 13:24, 27, 37f. οἶνος J 2:10ab; Hm 12, 5, 3. μαργαρῖται fine pearls Mt 13:45. Subst. (Epict. 1, 12, 12 καλόν τι ἐλευθερία ἐστί) καλὸν τὸ ἅλας salt is a good thing Mk 9:50; Lk 14:34. ἔργον something useful Hs 5, 2, 7.—Superl. of Polycarp’s writings συγγράμματα κάλλιστα most excellent writings EpilMosq 2.

ⓑ of moral quality (opp. αἰσχρός IAndrosIsis, Kyme 32) good, noble, praiseworthy, contributing to salvation etc. ἔργον καλόν, ἔργα καλά (Hippocr., Ep. 27, 30; Athen. 1, 15 p. 8f ἐν τοῖς καλοῖς ἔργοις; SibOr 3, 220) Mt 5:16; 26:10; Mk 14:6; J 10:32f; 1 Ti 5:10, 25; 6:18; Tit 2:7, 14; 3:8ab, 14; Hb 10:24; 1 Pt 2:12; 2 Pt 1:10 v.l.; 2 Cl 12:4. λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ 2 Cl 13:3. καλόν: ἐν καλῷ Gal 4:18b; cp. Pol 6:3. (Opp. κακόν) διάκρισις καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ Hb 5:14 (Sext. Emp., Pyrrh. 3, 168 διάκρισις τῶν τε καλῶν κ. κακῶν). (τὸ) κ. (opp. κακ.) ποιεῖν (2 Ch 14:1; 31:20) Ro 7:21; 2 Cor 13:7. Without the contrast w. κακ. Gal 6:9; Js 4:17; 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:17); Dg 4:3. κατεργάζεσθαι Ro 7:18. ἐργάζεσθαι B 21:2. καλὰ προνοεῖσθαι ἐνώπιόν τινος (Pr 3:4) Ro 12:17; sim. 2 Cor 8:21.—ἀναστροφή (cp. 2 Macc 6:23) Js 3:13; 1 Pt 2:12. συνείδησις Hb 13:18 (cp. PRein 52, 5 οὐ καλῷ συνειδότι χρώμενοι); φόβος 1 Cl 21:8; νουθέτησις 56:2; νηστεία Hs 5, 3, 5; μαρτυρία κ. a good reputation 1 Ti 3:7. ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ κ. ἀγαθῇ in a noble and good heart Lk 8:15 (w. ἀγ., as freq. in Gr-Rom. wr. to characterize exceptional citizens [s. καλοκἀγαθία], also Jos., Ant. 4, 67; 10, 188 al.; Just., A II, 2, 7 al.). Of the law morally unobjectionable (Maximus Tyr. 20, 9a) Ro 7:16; cp. 1 Ti 1:8. ἐντολαί Hm 12, 3, 4; Hs 6, 1, 1f. οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν 1 Cor 5:6. τοῦτο καλὸν καὶ ἀπόδεκτον ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ 1 Ti 2:3; 5:4 v.l.; cp. 1 Cl 7:3; 21:1; 60:2; 61:2; Pol 6:1 (Pr 3:4). πολυτέλεια καλὴ καὶ ἱλαρά Hs 1, 10. λειτουργία 5, 3, 8. Superl.: of martyrs ὑπόδειγμα κάλλιστον finest example 1 Cl 6:1.

ⓒ in any respect unobjectionable, blameless, excellent.

α. of pers. κύριος B 7:1; cp. 19:11 (καλό of God: Celsus 4, 14). μαθητής IPol 2:1. ἱερεῖς IPhld 9:1. διάκονος Χριστοῦ Ἰ. 1 Ti 4:6a. οἰκονόμος 1 Pt 4:10. στρατιώτης Χρ. Ἰ. 2 Ti 2:3. ποιμήν J 10:11ab, 14. ἀνταποδότης D 4:7.

β. of things μέτρον good, full measure Lk 6:38. θεμέλιος 1 Ti 6:19. βαθμός 3:13. ἔργον someth. helpful, beneficial 3:1. διδασκαλία 4:6b. παραθήκη 2 Ti 1:14. ὁμολογία 1 Ti 6:12b, 13. ἀγών 6:12a; 2 Ti 4:7. στρατεία 1 Ti 1:18. κτίσμα (3 Macc 5:11) 4:4. πλάσμα B 6:12. σκεῦος 21:8. βάπτισμα ApcPt Rainer 4. καλὸν θεοῦ ῥῆμα (cp. Josh 21:45; 23:15; Zech 1:13) Hb 6:5. τὸ καλὸν ὄνομα τὸ ἐπικληθὲν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς Js 2:7 (in a Pompeian graffito [Dssm., LO 237; LAE 277] a lover speaks of the καλὸν ὄνομα of his beloved). οὐδὲν φαινόμενον καλόν (ἐστιν) IRo 3:3. πάντα ὁμοῦ κ. ἐστιν IPhld 9:2. τὸ καλόν what passes the test 1 Th 5:21.

ⓓ The term καλόν (ἐστιν) in the gener. sense it is good qualifies items that fit under one of the preceding clasifications (Pr 17:26.—כָּלָן=καλόν loanw. in rabb.).

α. it is pleasant, desirable, advantageous (Jos., Bell. 4, 163) Mt 17:4; 18:8f; Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33.—1 Cor 7:26a.

β. it is morally good, pleasing to God, contributing to salvation 1 Cor 7:1 (cp. Gen 2:18), 8, 26b; Hb 13:9.—οὐ καλόν Mt 15:26; Mk 7:27.

γ. καλόν ἐστιν αὐτῷ μᾶλλον it is better for him Mk 9:42; cp. 1 Cor 9:15. καλόν (σοί) ἐστιν … ἤ it is a(n) (greater) advantage (for you) …, than (cp. Jon 4:3; ApcEsdr 1:6 p. 24, 13) Mt 18:8f; Mk 9:43, 45, 47 (s. B-D-F §190, 2). καλὸν ἦν αὐτῷ it would have been better for him Mt 26:24; Mk 14:21 v.l. (B-D-F §358, 1; 360, 1). Without copula Mk 14:21; 1 Cl 51:3; IRo 6:1; 2 Cl 16:4.—That which is good or better is added in the inf., which forms the subject of καλόν ἐστιν (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 13 §46 καλὸν εἴη τινὶ θνῄσκειν; Polyaenus 8, 9, 2; Jos., Bell. 1, 650; 4, 163) Mt 15:26; 18:8f; Mk 7:27; Gal 4:18a; Hm 6, 2, 9; also the articular inf. (Menand., Monost. 283; 291 [396; 410 J.] καλὸν τὸ θνῄσκειν al.). κ. τὸ μὴ φαγεῖν κρέα Ro 14:21; 1 Cor 7:26b; IEph 15:1; IRo 2:2; Pol 5:3; MPol 11:1; w. acc. and inf. ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι Mt 17:4; Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33; cp. Mk 9:43, 45, 47; B 21:1; with εἰ (ApcSed 4:2) Mt 26:24 (1Cl 46:8); Mk 9:42; 14:21; with ἐάν 1 Cor 7:8. S. B-D-F §409, 3; KBeyer, Semitische Syntax im NT ’62, 76–78.—B. 1176; 1191. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

μωραίνω (μωρός) 1 aor. ἐμώρανα. Pass.: fut. 3 sg. μωρανθήσεται Is 19:11; 1 aor. ἐμωράνθην (Eur. et al., but intr., also Philo, Cher. 116) in our lit. only trans. (Polemo, Decl. 2, 36; LXX; intr. Just., D. 67, 2; Tat. 21, 1).

① make foolish, show to be foolish οὐχὶ ἐμώρανεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου; has not God shown that the wisdom of the world is foolish? 1 Cor 1:20. Pass. in act. sense become foolish (Sir 23:14) φάσκοντες εἶναι σοφοὶ ἐμωράνθησαν although they claimed to be wise, they became fools Ro 1:22 (cp. Jer 10:14; Ar. 8, 2).

② make tasteless pass. become tasteless, insipid, of salt (s. ἄναλος and FPerles, REJ 82, 1926, 122f; MBlack, Aramaic Approach³, ’67, 166f) Mt 5:13; Lk 14:34 (v.l. μαρανθῇ).—S. ἅλας a.—DELG s.v. 1 μωρός. TW. Spicq.

πῦρ, ός, τό (Hom.+) fire

ⓐ of earthly fire, as an important element in creation Dg 7:2.—Mt 17:15; Mk 9:22; Ac 28:5; Js 5:3 (cp. 4 Macc 15:15); ITr 2:3. Melting lead 2 Cl 16:3. Necessary for forging metals Dg 2:3. Testing precious metals for purity 1 Pt 1:7; Hv 4, 3, 4; in metaphor Rv 3:18. For ἄνθρακες πυρός Ro 12:20 s. ἄνθραξ. For κάμινος (τοῦ) πυρός (Iren. 5, 5, 2 [Harv. II 332, 2) 1 Cl 45:7; 2 Cl 8:2 s. κάμινος. For βάλλειν εἰς (τὸ) π. s. βάλλω 1b.—περιάπτειν πῦρ kindle a fire Lk 22:55. κατακαίειν τι πυρί burn someth. (up) with fire, in a pass. construction Mt 13:40; τινὰ ἐν πυρὶ Rv 17:16 (v.l. without ἐν). Pass. construction 18:8. ὑπὸ πυρὸς κατακαίεσθαι MPol 5:2 (κατακαίω, end). πῦρ καιόμενον 11:2b (καίω 1a). πυρὶ καίεσθαι Hb 12:18; Rv 8:8 (καίω 1a). Fire is used in comparisons γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός Ac 2:3 (Ezek. Trag. 234 [in Eus., PE 9, 29, 14] ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ φέγγος ὡς πυρὸς ὤφθη ἡμῖν). φλὸξ πυρός a flame of fire (Ex 3:2; Is 29:6; PsSol 15:4; JosAs 14:9): ὀφθαλμοὶ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός Rv 1:14; cp. 2:18; 19:12.—Of a Christian worker who has built poorly in the congregation it is said σωθήσεται ὡς διὰ πυρός he will be saved as if through (the) fire, i.e. like a person who must pass through a wall of fire to escape fr. a burning house (Ps.-Crates, Ep. 6 [=Malherbe p. 56] κἂν διὰ πυρός; Jos., Ant. 17, 264 διὰ τοῦ πυρός; Diod S 1, 57, 7; 8 διὰ τοῦ φλογὸς … σωθείς from a burning tent) 1 Cor 3:15 (HHollander, NTS 40, ’94, 89–104; s. σῴζω 3). Cp. Jd 23 (ἁρπάζω 2a).—Of the torture of a loyal confessor by fire IRo 5:3; ISm 4:2; MPol 2:3; 11:2a; 13:3; 15:1f; 16:1; 17:2; cp. Hb 11:34; in imagery of Rome ἀπέρχομαι εἰς κάμινον πυρός AcPl Ha 6, 20 (cp. b below).

ⓑ of fire that is heavenly in origin and nature (cp. Diod S 4, 2, 3 of the ‘fire’ of lightning, accompanying the appearance of Zeus; 16, 63, 3 τὸ θεῖον πῦρ; Just., D. 88, 3 πῦρ ἀνήφθη ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῳ [at Jesus’ baptism]. In gnostic speculation Iren. 1, 17, 1 [Harv. I 164, 14]; Hippol., Ref. 6, 9, 5.—Orig., C. Cels. 4, 13, 19): an angel appears to Moses ἐν φλογὶ πυρὸς βάτου in the flame of a burning thorn-bush Ac 7:30 (s. Ex 3:2; cp. Just., A I, 62, 3 ἐν ἰδέᾳ πυρός.—PKatz, ZNW 46, ’55, 133–38). God makes τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα (cp. Ps 103:4, esp. in the v.l. [ARahlfs, Psalmi cum Odis ’31]) Hb 1:7; 1 Cl 36:3. Corresp., there burn before the heavenly throne seven λαμπάδες πυρός Rv 4:5 and the ‘strong angel’ 10:1 has πόδες ὡς στῦλοι πυρός, but both of these pass. fit equally well in a. Fire appears mostly as a means used by God to execute punishment: in the past, in the case of Sodom ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Lk 17:29 (Gen 19:24; cp. 1QH 3:31). Cp. Lk 9:54 (4 Km 1:10, 12; TestAbr A 10 p. 88, 13 [Stone p. 24, 13] ἐξ οὐρανοῦ; Jos., Ant. 9, 23 πῦρ ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ πεσόν). Quite predom. in connection w. the Last Judgment: the end of the world διʼ αἵματος καὶ πυρός Hv 4, 3, 3; cp. Ac 2:19 (Jo 3:3. Also Sib-Or 4, 173; 5, 376f); Rv 8:7. κόσμος αἴρεται ἐν πυρί AcPl Ha 2, 26; 9, 11. The Judgment Day ἐν πυρὶ ἀποκαλύπτεται makes its appearance with fire 1 Cor 3:13a; cp. 13b (JGnilka, Ist 1 Cor 3:10–15 … Fegfeuer? ’55); 2 Pt 3:7 (on first-century cosmological views s. FDowning, L’AntCl 64, ’95, 99–109, esp. 107f). When Jesus comes again he will reveal himself w. his angels ἐν πυρὶ φλογός (cp. Sir 45:19) 2 Th 1:8. Oft. in Rv: fire is cast fr. heaven upon the earth 8:5; 13:13; 20:9 (καταβαίνω 1b). It proceeds fr. the mouths of God’s two witnesses 11:5 and fr. the mouths of plague-bringing horses 9:17f. See 16:8. For πυρὸς ζῆλος ἐσθίειν μέλλοντος τ. ὑπεναντίους Hb 10:27 s. ζῆλος 1, end. ἡ χείρ μου πυρὶ ἀποπίπτει ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ my hand falls off me from (burning in) the fire GJs 20:1 (codd.).—The fire w. which God punishes sinners (cp. ApcSed 4:1 κόλασις καὶ πῦρ ἐστιν ἡ παίδευσίς σου) οὐ σβέννυται (cp. Is 66:24) Mk 9:48; 2 Cl 7:6; 17:5. Hence it is called (s. PGM 5, 147 τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἀθάνατον): (τὸ) πῦρ (τὸ) αἰώνιον (4 Macc 12:12; TestZeb 10:3; GrBar 4:16; Just., A I, 21, 6 al.; Tat. 17, 1; Theoph. Ant. 1, 14 [p. 92, 9]) Mt 18:8; 25:41; Jd 7; Dg 10:7 (opp. τὸ πῦρ τὸ πρόσκαιρον 10:8). πῦρ ἄσβεστον (ἄσβεστος 1) Mt 3:12; Mk 9:43, 45 v.l.; Lk 3:17; 2 Cl 17:7; IEph 16:2; AcPl Ha 1, 22. It burns in the γέεννα (τοῦ) πυρός (ApcEsdr 1:9 p. 25, 1 Tdf.; s. γέεννα and cp. En 10:13 τὸ χάος τοῦ πυρός) Mt 5:22; 18:9 (cp. 1QS 2:7f); Mk 9:47 v.l.; 2 Cl 5:4 (a saying of Jesus not recorded elsewhere). ἡ λίμνη τοῦ πυρὸς (καὶ θείου) Rv 19:20; 20:10, 14ab, 15 (cp. Jos As 12, 10 ἄβυσσον τοῦ πυρός); cp. Rv 21:8; 14:10, 18; 15:2. The fiery place of punishment as ἡ κάμινος τοῦ πυρός Mt 13:42, 50 (difft. AcPl Ha 6, 20 see at the end of a, above). τὸ πῦρ ἐστι μετʼ αὐτοῦ fire awaits that person AcPlCor 2:37. The fire of hell is also meant in certain parables and allegories, in which trees and vines represent persons worthy of punishment Mt 3:10; 7:19; Lk 3:9; J 15:6. The one whose coming was proclaimed by John the Baptist βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί; whether πῦρ in Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16 refers to reception of the Holy Spirit (esp. in Lk 3:16) or to the fire of divine judgment is debatable; for association of πῦρ with πνεῦμα s. Ac 2:3f; AcPlCor 2:13 (βαπτίζω 3b). As Lord of Judgment God is called πῦρ καταναλίσκον Hb 12:29 (Dt 4:24; 9:3.—Mesomedes calls Isis πῦρ τέλεον ἄρρητον [IAndrosIsis p. 145, 14]).—Of a different kind is the idea that fire is to be worshiped as a god (Maximus Tyr. 2, 4b of the Persians: πῦρ δέσποτα; Theosophien 14 p. 170, 11 τὸ πῦρ ἀληθῶς θεός) Dg 8:2.

ⓒ fig. (Just., D. 8, 1 πῦρ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἀνήφθη; Chariton 2, 4, 7 πῦρ εἰς τ. ψυχήν; Ael. Aristid. 28, 110 K.=49 p. 527 D.: τὸ ἱερὸν κ. θεῖον πῦρ τὸ ἐκ Διός; Aristaen., Ep. 2, 5; PGrenf I=Coll. Alex. p. 177 ln. 15 [II B.C.] of the fire of love; Theoph. Ant. 1, 3 [p. 62, 21] of God’s wrath) ἡ γλῶσσα πῦρ Js 3:6 (s. γλῶσσα 1a). The saying of Jesus πῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν Lk 12:49 seems, in the context where it is now found, to refer to the fire of discord (s. vss. 51–53). πῦρ is also taken as fig. in Agr 3, the sense of which, however, cannot be determined w. certainty (s. Unknown Sayings, 54–56) ὁ ἐγγύς μου ἐγγὺς τοῦ πυρός. ὁ δὲ μακρὰν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλείας (cp. ἐγγύς 3; ἐγγὺς εἶναι τοῦ πυρός as someth. dangerous also Chariton 6, 3, 9). On the difficult pass. πᾶς πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται Mk 9:49 and its variants s. ἁλίζω and cp. ἅλας b (s. also NColeman, JTS 24, 1923, 381–96, ET 48, ’37, 360–62; PHaupt, Salted with Fire: AJP 45, 1924, 242–45; AFridrichsen, Würzung durch Feuer: SymbOsl 4, 1926, 36–38; JdeZwaan, Met vuur gezouten worden, Mc 9:49: NThSt 11, 1928, 179–82; RHarris, ET 48, ’37, 185f; SEitrem, Opferritus u. Voropfer der Griechen u. Römer 1915, 309–44. JBauer, TZ 15, ’59, 446–50; HZimmermann [Mk 9:49], TQ 139, ’59, 28–39; TBaarda [Mk 9:49], NTS 5, ’59, 318–21).—B. 71; RAC VII 786–90; BHHW I 479f. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

ἁλίζω pass.: 1 fut. ἁλισθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἡλίσθην; pf. ptc. ἡλισμένον Tob 6:5 S (Aristot. et al.; LXX; TestLevi 9:14; DELG s.v. ἅλς) to salt ἐν τίνι ἁλισθήσεται; how will it (the salt) be made salty again? Mt 5:13 (but s. on ἐν 3). In Mk 9:49 the ms. trad. is uncertain and the mng. obscure; there are 3 rdgs.: 1. πᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται. 2. πᾶσα γὰρ θυσία ἁλὶ ἁλισθ. (D). 3. πᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθ. καὶ πᾶσα θυσία (ἁλὶ) ἁλισθ. Of these, 2=3b is an OT requirement for sacrifice (Lev 2:13), in 1=3a the fire serves as a symbol of the suffering and sacrifice by which the disciple is tested (difft. WFields, Grace Theological Journal 6, ’85, 299–304). S. lit. on ἅλας b and πῦρ c. Of similar apocalyptic obscurity is the saying of Heraclitus Fgm. 66 πάντα τὸ πῦρ ἐπελθὸν κρινεῖ καὶ καταλήψεται. Also fig. ἁλίζεσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ (Χριστῷ) be salted by him, i.e. appropriate his power to prevent corruption IMg 10:2.

ἄναλος, ον (Aristot., Probl. 21, 5, 1; Plut., Mor. 684f; Aq. Ezk 13:10; 22:28) without salt, deprived of its salt content Mk 9:50. Salt produced by natural evaporation on the shores of the Dead Sea is never pure; when dampness decomposes it, the residue is useless.—FPerles, La parab. du Sel sourd: REJ 82, 1926, 119–23; JdeZwaan, Het smakelooze zout bij Mc 9:50: NThSt 11, 1928, 176–78; s. ἅλας.

Ἄραβοι Arabs Ac 2:11 D (for Ἄραβες) could have been wrongly formed fr. the gen. pl. Ἀράβων (Appian, Syr. 51 §257 ἐξ Ἀράβων; Ps 71:10; EpArist 114; Jos., Ant. 2, 213; Ἀρράβων Just., D. 34, 4; 119, 4), perh. as ἅλα fr. ἅλατος (s. ἅλας beg.).

ἅλα s. ἅλας.

ἅπτω 1 aor. ἧψα, ptc. ἅψας. Mid.: fut. ἅψομαι LXX; 1 aor. ἡψάμην; pf. 3 sg. ἧπται; ptc. ἡμμένος LXX. Pass.: fut. 3 sg. ἀφθήσεται Jer 31:9 B S (Hom.+).

① to cause illumination or burning to take place, light, kindle (Aeschyl., Hdt.; PGM 7, 543; POxy 1297, 4; 7; 13; LXX, Joseph.) λύχνον ἅ. (Herodas 8, 6; PAthen 60, 6; Epict. 1, 20, 19; Diog. L. 4, 66; 6, 41; TestSol 6:10 λύχνους; Philo, Gig. 33 [mid.]; Jos., Ant. 3, 199) Lk 8:16; 11:33; 15:8. ἅ. πῦρ kindle a fire (Eur., Hel. 503; Phalaris, Ep. 122, 2; Jdth 13:13; TestSol 7:5; Jos., Ant. 4, 55) Lk 22:55 v.l.; Ac 28:2. Pass. Mk 4:21 v.l. (cp. PGM 13, 683 λύχνους ἡμμένους).

② to make close contact, mid. w. gen. (Hom. et al.; En, PsSol, GrBar; Jos., Ant. 6, 308 al; Just., Ath.; Mel., P. 52, 383).

ⓐ gener. touch, take hold of, hold τινός someone or someth. Lk 7:39; IRo 5:2. Dg 12:8. MPol 13:2. Hs 1:11; the sky by throwing a stone m 11:18.— Touch someone’s chest, spontaneously, of one who is speaking Hv 1, 4, 2; cp. 3, 1, 6. Cp. GHb 356, 39=ISm 3:2. ἅψαι τοῦ παιδίου take hold of the child GJs 20:3. Fig., take hold of τ. βασιλείας the Kingdom B 7:11.—JBauer, Agraphon 90 Resch: ZNW 62, ’71, 301–3.

ⓑ cling to μή μου ἅπτου stop clinging to me! (s. BHaensler, BZ 11, 1913, 172–77; KKastner, ibid. 13, 1915, 344–53; KRösch, ibid. 14, 1917, 333–37; BViolet, ZNW 24, 1925, 78–80; FPerles, ibid. 25, 1926, 287; WCotter, ET 43, ’32, 45f; TNicklin, ibid. 51, ’39/40, 478; JMaiworm, ThGl ’38, 540–46) J 20:17 (Arrian, Anab. 6, 13, 3: Alexander is severely wounded in the chest by an arrow and his soldiers cannot believe that he is still alive. When he appears among them, recovered from his wound, they take hold [ἁπτόμενοι] of his hands, knees, and clothing in astonishment and delight).

ⓒ freq. of touching as a means of conveying a blessing (divine working by a touch of the hand: Anton. Lib. 4, 7 Ἀπόλλων ἁψάμενος αὐτοῦ τῇ χειρὶ πέτρον ἐποίησεν; Ps.-Apollod. 2, 1, 3, 1 Zeus transforms by touching [ἅπτεσθαι]) Mk 10:13; Lk 18:15 (here perh. hold), esp. to bring about a healing (SIG 1169, 62). Gener. of touching persons who are ill Mt 8:3; 17:7; Mk 1:41; 8:22; Lk 5:13. ἅψαι αὐτῆς ἐκ τ. χειρῶν σου Mk 5:23 D. Esp. of touching parts of the body (SIG 1170, 23 ἥψατό μου τῆς δεξιᾶς χιρός) τ. γλώσσης (cp. Philo, De Prov. in Eus., PE 8, 14, 18) Mk 7:33. τ. ὀφθαλμῶν Mt 9:29; cp. 20:34; 8:15; Lk 22:51. Likew. τῆς σοροῦ touch the coffin, if the purpose was to raise the dead man, not simply to halt the bearers (cp. Aphrodite touching a chariot Pind., P. 9, 11) Lk 7:14. Of those who are ill, touching the healer Mk 3:10; 6:56; Lk 6:19; 8:45ff. Also of touching the clothes of the healer (cp. Athen. 5, 212f ἑκάστου σπεύδοντος κἂν προσάψασθαι τῆς ἐσθῆτος) ἅ. τ. ἱματίου touch his cloak Mt 9:21; Mk 5:27; 6:56. τ. ἱματίων 5:28, 30f. τ. κρασπέδου the hem or tassel Mt 9:20; 14:36; Lk 8:44.

③ to partake of someth., w. cultic implications, have contact with, touch. Of contact w. unclean things 2 Cor 6:17 (Num 16:26; Is 52:11). The abs. μὴ ἅψῃ you must not touch or handle Col 2:21 can be interpreted in this sense. On the other hand, ἅπτεσθαι can mean eat, like our ‘touch food’ (Od. 4, 60; Plut., Anton. 923 [17]; Chariton 6, 2, 8 οὐχ ἥπτετο τροφῆς; Arrian, Anab. 4, 9, 5 σίτου ἅπτεσθαι; Aelian, VH 12, 37 ἐπʼ ἀπορίᾳ τροφῶν ἥψατο τῶν καμήλων=he seized [and ate] the camels; Diog. L. 6, 73 κρεῶν; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 3, 27 p. 105, 9; Philo, Exs. 134; Jos., Ant. 4, 234; 8, 362; 13, 276; En 25:4f [tree of life, as in GrBar 4:8]). We would, then, have in this passage the anticlimax eat, taste, touch. Finally, θιγγάνω, like ἅπτ. and γεύομαι (q.v. 1) can mean eat (cp. Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 31, 191 κυάμων μὴ θιγγάνειν; 13, 61 γεύεσθαι=Porphyr., Vi. Pyth. 24 θιγγάνειν; POxy 1185, 10f [c. 200 A.D.], where three difft. expr. for ‘eat’ are grouped together: τὸν παῖδα δεῖ ἄρτον ἐσθίειν, ἅλας ἐπιτρώγειν, ὀψαρίου μὴ θιγγάνειν [eat, eat [with], not eat at all]). The combination ἐσθ., τρωγ., θιγγ. might corresp. to Col 2:21 ἅπτ., γεύ., θιγγ., taken to mean eat, enjoy, consume (ἅ. and γεύ. together, both=‘eat’ in Teles p. 34, 5). The verbs, perh. used in association w. var. foods (s. POxy 1185) by the false spirits, are effectively combined by Paul, in order to picture the feeling of dread which he castigates.

④ to touch intimately, have sexual contact, of intercourse w. a woman (Pla., Leg. 8, 840a; Aristot., Pol. 7, 14, 12 [1335b]; Plut., Alex. 676 [21, 9]; M. Ant. 1, 17, 13; Jos., Ant. 1, 163; Gen 20:6; Pr 6:29) γυναικὸς μὴ ἅ. 1 Cor 7:1 (ἅπτεσθαι w. gen. of ‘touching’ a woman in general: Vi. Aesopi G103).

⑤ to make contact with a view to causing harm, touch for the purpose of harming, injure (Diod S 1, 84, 1; Arrian, Alex. Anab. 4, 4, 2; Ps 104:15; 1 Ch 16:22; Zech 2:12; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 7 Jac.) ὁ πονηρὸς οὐχ ἅπτεται αὐτοῦ the evil one cannot harm him (or cannot even touch him; cp. 1 Esdr 4:28; PsSol 13:6; TestAbr A 15 p. 96, 11 [Stone p. 40]) 1J 5:18.—Fig. οὐχ ἅψηται σου κακόν no evil shall touch you 1 Cl 56:8 (Job 5:19; cp. PsSol 13:6; 15:4).—OHeick, Hapto in the NT: Luth. Church Quart. 12, ’39, 90–95.—B. 76; 1061. DELG. M-M s.v. ἅπτομαι. TW. Sv.