(teachers)

ἀπόστολος, ου, ὁ (s. ἀποστέλλω). In older Gk. (Lysias, Demosth.) and later (e.g. Posidon.: 87 Fgm. 53 p. 257, 21 Jac. [Strabo 3, 5, 5]) ὁ ἀ. is a naval expedition, prob. also its commander (Anecd. Gr. 217, 26). τὸ ἀπόστολον with (Pla., Ep. 7, 346a) or without (Vi. Hom. 19) πλοῖον means a ship ready for departure. In its single occurrence in Jos. (Ant. 17, 300; it is not found elsewh. in Jewish-Gk. lit.) it prob. means ‘sending out’; in pap mostly ‘bill of lading’ (s. Preisigke, Fachwörter 1915), less freq. ‘certificate of clearance (at a port)’ (BGU V §64 [II A.D.]=Gnomon des Idios Logos). It can also be ‘letter of authorization (relating to shipping)’: Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 443, 10 (15 A.D.); PHerm 6, 11f (cp. Dig. 49, 6, 1 litteras dimissorias sive apostolos). In contrast, in isolated cases it refers to persons who are dispatched for a specific purpose, and the context determines the status or function expressed in such Eng. terms as ‘ambassador, delegate, messenger’ (Hdt. 1, 21; 5, 38; Synesius, Providence 2, 3 p. 122a ἀπόστολοι of ordinary messengers; Sb 7241, 48; BGU 1741, 6 [64 B.C.]; 3 Km 14:6A; Is 18:2 Sym.). Cp. KLake, The Word Ἀ.: Beginn. I 5, ’33, 46–52. It is this isolated usage that is preferred in the NT w. nuances peculiar to its lit. But the extensive use of ἀποστέλλω in documents relating to pers. of merit engaged in administrative service prob. encouraged NT use of the noun, thus in effect disavowing assoc. w. the type of itinerant philosophers that evoked the kind of pejorative term applied by Paul’s audience Ac 17:18.

① of messengers without extraordinary status delegate, envoy, messenger (opp. ὁ πέμψας) J 13:16. Of Epaphroditus, messenger of the Philippians Phil 2:25.—2 Cor 8:23.

② of messengers with extraordinary status, esp. of God’s messenger, envoy (cp. Epict. 3, 22, 23 of Cynic wise men: ἄγγελος ἀπὸ τ. Διὸς ἀπέσταλται).

ⓐ of prophets Lk 11:49; Rv 18:20; cp. 2:2; Eph 3:5.

ⓑ of Christ (w. ἀρχιερεύς) Hb 3:1 (cp. ApcEsdr 2:1 p. 25, 29 T.; Just., A I, 12, 9; the extra-Christian firman Sb 7240, 4f οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς εἰ μὴ ὁ θεὸς μόνος. Μααμετ ἀπόστολος θεοῦ). GWetter, ‘D. Sohn Gottes’ 1916, 26ff.

ⓒ but predominately in the NT (of the apologists, only Just.) of a group of highly honored believers w. a special function as God’s envoys. Also Judaism had a figure known as apostle (שָׁלִיחַ; Schürer III 124f w. sources and lit.; Billerb. III 1926, 2–4; JTruron, Theology 51, ’48, 166–70; 341–43; GDix, ibid. 249–56; 385f; JBühner, art. ἄ. in EDNT I 142–46). In Christian circles, at first ἀ. denoted one who proclaimed the gospel, and was not strictly limited: Paul freq. calls himself an ἀ.: Ro 1:1; 11:13; 1 Cor 1:1; 9:1f; 15:9; 2 Cor 1:1; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1; 1 Ti 1:1; 2:7; 2 Ti 1:1; Tit 1:1.—1 Cl 47:1. Of Barnabas Ac 14:14; 15:2. Of Andronicus and Junia (less prob. Junias, s. Ἰουνία) Ro 16:7. Of James, the Lord’s brother Gal 1:19. Of Peter 1 Pt 1:1; 2 Pt 1:1. Then esp. of the 12 apostles οἱ δώδεκα ἀ. (cp. ParJer 9:20; AscIs 3:21; 4:3) Mt 10:2; Mk 3:14; Lk 22:14 (v.l. οἱ δώδεκα); cp. 6:13; 9:10; 17:5; Ac 1:26 (P-HMenoud, RHPR 37 ’57, 71–80); Rv 21:14; PtK 3 p. 15, 18. Peter and the apostles Ac 2:37; 5:29. Paul and apostles Pol 9:1 (cp. AcPlTh Aa I, 235 app. of Thecla). Gener. the apostles Mk 6:30; Lk 24:10; 1 Cor 4:9; 9:5; 15:7; 2 Cor 11:13; 1 Th 2:7; Ac 1:2; 2:42f; 4:33, 35, 37; 5:2, 12, 18, 34 v.l., 40; 6:6; 8:1, 14, 18; 9:27; 11:1; 14:4; 2 Pt 3:2; Jd 17; IEph 11:2; IMg 7:1; 13:2; ITr 2:2; 3:1; 7:1; IPhld 5:1; ISm 8:1; D ins; 11:3, 6. As a governing board, w. the elders Ac 15:2, 4, 6, 22f; 16:4. As possessors of the most important spiritual gift 1 Cor 12:28f. Proclaimers of the gospel 1 Cl 42:1f; B 5:9; Hs 9, 17, 1. Prophesying strife 1 Cl 44:1. Working miracles 2 Cor 12:12. W. overseers, teachers and attendants Hv 3, 5, 1; Hs 9, 15, 4; w. teachers Hs 9, 25, 2; w. teachers, preaching to those who had fallen asleep Hs 9, 16, 5; w. var. Christian officials IMg 6:1; w. prophets Eph 2:20; D 11:3; Pol 6:3. Christ and the apostles as the foundation of the church IMg 13:1; ITr 12; 2; cp. Eph 2:20. οἱ ἀ. and ἡ ἐκκλησία w. the three patriarchs and the prophets IPhld 9:1. The Holy Scriptures named w. the ap. 2 Cl 14:2 (sim. ApcSed 14:10 p. 136, 17 Ja.). Paul ironically refers to his opponents (or the original apostles; s. s.v. ὑπερλίαν) as οἱ ὑπερλίαν ἀ. the super-apostles 2 Cor 11:5; 12:11. The orig. apostles he calls οἱ πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἀ. Gal 1:17; AcPlCor 2:4.—Harnack, Mission⁴ I 1923, 332ff (Eng. tr. I 319–31). WSeufert, D. Urspr. u. d. Bed. d. Apostolates 1887; EHaupt, Z. Verständnis d. Apostolates im NT 1896; EMonnier, La notion de l’Apostolat des origines à Irénée 1903; PBatiffol, RB n.s. 3, 1906, 520–32; Wlh., Einleitung², 1911, 138–47; EBurton, AJT 16, 1912, 561–88, Gal comm. 1921, 363–84; RSchütz, Apostel u. Jünger 1921; EMeyer I 265ff; III 255ff. HVogelstein, Development of the Apostolate in Judaism, etc.: HUCA 2, 1925, 99–123; JWagenmann, D. Stellg. d. Ap. Pls neben den Zwölf 1926; WMundle, D. Apostelbild der AG: ZNW 27, 1928, 36–54; KRengstorf, TW I 406–46 (s. critique by HConzelmann, The Theol. of St. Luke ’60, 216, n. 1), Apost. u. Predigtamt ’34; J-LLeuba, Rech. exégét. rel. à l’apostolat dans le NT, diss. Neuchâtel ’36; PSaintyves, Deux mythes évangéliques, Les 12 apôtres et les 72 disciples ’38; GSass, Apostelamt u. Kirche … paulin. Apostelbegr. ’39; EKäsemann, ZNW 40, ’41, 33–71; RLiechtenhan, D. urchr. Mission ’46; ESchweizer, D. Leben d. Herrn in d. Gemeinde u. ihren Diensten ’46; AFridrichsen, The Apostle and His Message ’47; HvCampenhausen, D. urchristl. Apostelbegr.: StTh 1, ’47, 96–130; HMosbech, ibid. 2, ’48, 166–200; ELohse, Ursprung u. Prägung des christl. Apostolates: TZ 9, ’53, 259–75; GKlein, Die 12 Apostel, ’60; FHahn, Mission in the NT, tr. FClarke, ’65; WSchmithals, The Office of the Apostle, tr. JSteely, ’69; KKertelge, Das Apostelamt des Paulus, BZ 14, ’70, 161–81. S. also ἐκκλησία end, esp. Holl and Kattenbusch; also HBetz, Hermeneia: Gal ’79, 74f (w. additional lit.); FAgnew, On the Origin of the Term ἀπόστολος: CBQ 38, ’76, 49–53 (survey of debate); KHaacker, NovT 30, ’88, 9–38 (Acts). Ins evidence (s. e.g. SIG index) relating to the verb ἀποστέλλω is almost gener. ignored in debate about the meaning of the noun.—DELG s.v. στέλλω A. EDNT. M-M. TW. Spicq.

διδάσκαλος, ου, ὁ (s. διδάσκω; Hom. Hymns, Aeschyl.+) teacher δ. ἐθνῶν Dg 11:1; πέποιθας σεαυτὸν εἶναι δ. νηπίων you are sure that you are (i.e. can be) a teacher of the young Ro 2:19f. ὀφείλοντες εἶναι διδάσκαλοι although you ought to be teachers Hb 5:12. W. μαθητής (Epict. 4, 6, 11; Jos., Ant. 17, 334; Did., Gen. 66, 25) Mt 10:24f; Lk 6:40; IMg 9:2. Used in addressing Jesus (corresp. to the title רַב,רַבִּי rabbi) Mt 8:19; 12:38; 19:16; 22:16, 24, 36; Mk 4:38; 9:17, 38; 10:17, 20, 35; 12:14, 19, 32; 13:1; Lk 3:12; 7:40; 9:38; 10:25; 11:45; 12:13; 18:18; 19:39; 20:21, 28, 39; 21:7; J8:4; IEph 15:1; IMg 9:2f. Also as designation for Jesus (ὁ δ. ἡμῶν Orig., C. Cels. 6, 36, 32; θεῖος δ. 1, 37, 19), w. other titles Dg 9:6. He is called βασιλεὺς καὶ δ. MPol 17:3. Ῥαββί w. translation J 1:38 (cp. 3:2), also Ῥαββουνί 20:16. W. the art. (=רַבָּא) Mt 9:11; 17:24; 23:8; 26:18; Mk 5:35; 14:14; Lk 6:40b; 8:49; 22:11; J 11:28 (Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 53 πάρεστιν ὁ δ.). ὁ δ. καὶ ὁ κύριος (=מָר) as a title of respect 13:13f. Used of John the Baptist Lk 3:12. Of Scripture scholars in Jerusalem Lk 2:46; J 3:10 (Petosiris, Fgm. 36b, 13 ὁ διδάσκαλος λέγει=the [well-known] teacher says; sim. Mk 14:14 and par.).—As an official of a Christian assembly Ac 13:1; 1 Cor 12:28f; Eph 4:11; 2 Ti 1:11; Js 3:1 (TOrbiso, VD 21, ’41, 169–82); D 15:1f; paid 13:2. Cp. Hv 3, 5, 1; m 4, 3, 1; Hs 9, 15, 4; 9, 16, 5; 9, 25, 2; B 1:8; 4:9. HGreeven, ZNW 44, ’52/53, 16–31. Of Paul δ. ἐθνῶν 1 Ti 2:7. Of Polycarp δ. ἀποστολικὸς καὶ προφητικός MPol 16:2; δ. ἐπίσημος 19:1; ὁ τῆς Ἀσίας δ. 12:2. Of dissident teachers δ. πονηρίας Hs 9, 19, 2. υἱὸς διδασκάλου as transl. of Barabbas (q.v.) underlies the Lat. text ‘filius magistri’ of GHb 339, 51 (s. Peter of Laodicea in Kl. T. 8³ p. 10, ln. 9ff app.).—EReisch in Pauly-W. V, 1905, 401ff; Dalman, Worte 272ff; Schürer II 322–36, 417–22; GMoore, Judaism I 1927, 37–47, 308–22.—AHarnack, Lehre d. Zwölf Ap.: TU II/1/2 1884, 93ff, Mission I⁴ 1923, 345ff; CDodd, Jesus as Teacher and Prophet: Mysterium Christi 1930, 53–66; FFilson, JBL 60, ’41, 317–28; EFascher, TLZ 79, ’54, 325–42; HBraun, Qumran u. d. NT II, ’66, 54–74 (Jesus and the Teacher of Righteousness).—DELG s.v. διδάσκω. M-M. TW. Sv.

λειτουργέω impf. ἐλειτούργουν; fut. λειτουργήσω LXX; 1 aor. ἐλειτούργησα (cp. Att. λεώς = λαός, q.v. + ἐργον; X.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 12:6 v.l.; TestLevi 3:5, TestAsh 2:2; EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; on the spelling s. Mayser 127; Mlt-H. 76f) gener. ‘perform a public service, serve in a public office’ (in the Gr-Rom. world distinguished citizens were expected to serve in a variety of offices, including esp. as high priests, with all costs that such service involved, or to assume the costs of construction or maintenance of public buildings and production of dramas and games; for their services they would be recognized as people of exceptional merit [s. ἀρετή] or benefactors [s. εὐεργέτης]; but the word is also used of less prestigious activity SEG XXVI, 1392, 31 supply carts and mules; New Docs 1, 42–44) in our lit. almost exclusively of religious and ritual services both in a wider and a more restricted sense (SIG 717, 23f [100 B.C.] ἐλειτούργησαν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ εὐτάκτως; 736, 73; 74f λειτουργούντω τοῖς θεοῖς; 97f [92 B.C.]; PLond I, 33a, 3 p. 19 [II B.C.]; 41 B, 1; UPZ 42, 2 [162 B.C.]; 47, 3; BGU 1006, 10; LXX; EpArist 87; Dssm., B 137 [BS 140f]; Anz 346f; Danker, Benefactor [lit.]). Through the use of this term NT writers suggest an aura of high status for those who render any type of service.

① to render special formal service, serve, render service, of cultic or ritual responsibilities

ⓐ of priests and Levites in God’s temple (cp. Ex 28:35, 43; 29:30; Num 18:2; Sir 4:14; 45:15; Jdth 4:14; 1 Macc 10:42; Philo, Mos. 2, 152; Jos., Bell. 2, 409, Ant. 20, 218) abs. Hb 10:11. λ. τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ τοῦ θεοῦ perform services at the altar of God 1 Cl 32:2 (cp. Jo 1:9, 13); (w. ἱερατεύειν as Sir 45:15) λ. τῷ θεῷ 43:4; GJs 4:1 (1 Km 3:1).—Of Christian services ἐν τ. θυσιαστηρίῳ λ. τὸ θεῖον perform service to God at the altar Tit 1:9 v.l.—Of officials of Christian congregations: λ. ἁμέμπτως τῷ ποιμνίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ serve Christ’s flock blamelessly 1 Cl 44:3. Of supervisors Hs 9, 27, 3. Of supervisors and servers λ. τὴν λειτουργίαν τῶν προφητῶν καὶ διδασκάλων perform the service of prophets and teachers D 15:1 (s. b, below on Ac 13:2.—λειτ. λ. Demosth. 21, 154; oft. in LXX; also Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 82; SIG 409, 61).—Of angels (TestLevi 3:5) τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ (sc. θεοῦ) λειτουργοῦσιν παρεστῶτες they stand at (God’s) side and serve (God’s) will 1 Cl 34:5; cp. vs. 6 (Da 7:10 Theod.).

ⓑ of other expression of religious devotion (Dionys. Hal. 2, 22, 2 ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν of the wives of priests and their children who perform certain rites that would not be approved for males) including prayer (w. νηστεύειν, and of the prophets and teachers) τ. κυρίῳ Ac 13:2. λ. τῷ θεῷ (cp. Jo 1:13b) Hm 5, 1, 2; cp. 3; Hs 7:6. Of OT worthies οἱ τελείως λειτουργήσαντες those who have rendered superb service to God 1 Cl 9:2.

② to confer a special material benefit, serve (X., Mem. 2, 7, 6; Chares Hist.: 125 Fgm. 4 p. 659, 28 Jac. [in Athen. 12, 54, 538e]; τῷ βίῳ λ. Orig., C. Cels. 8, 57, 1 and 6) ἐν τοῖς σαρκικοῖς λ. do a service in material things Ro 15:27—On this entry and the foll. one s. Elbogen 5; 511; FOertel, D. Liturgie, 1917; NLewis, Inventory of Compulsory Services in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt ’68; WBrandt, D. Wortgruppe λειτουργεῖν im Hb u. 1 Kl: Jahrb. d. Theol. Schule Bethel 1, 1930, 145–76; OCasel, λειτουργία—munus: Oriens Christ. III 7, ’32, 289–302; EPeterson, Nuntius 2, ’49, 10f; ARomeo, Miscellanea Liturgica (LMohlberg Festschr.), vol. 2, ’49, 467–519; FDanker, Gingrich Festschr. ’72, 108ff.—S. λειτουργία, λειτουργικός, λειτουργός.—DELG s.v. λαός. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

νομοδιδάσκαλος, ου, ὁ (s. SEG XLII, 1813 on the formation and Jewish provenance; cp. PvanderHorst BZ 36, ’92, 161–78, esp. 167f; on the problematic restoration in CIJ I, 201 s. GHorsley/JLee, Filología Neotestamentaria 10, ’97, 79; νομοδιδάκτης in Plut., Cato Maj. 20, 4; Artem. 2, 29.—Synesius has νομοδιδάσκαλος Ep. 105 p. 248a in the general sense, and Ep. 4 p. 162a in specif. Jewish mng.) teacher of the law of deviants from correct teaching θέλοντες εἶναι νομοδιδάσκαλοι they desire to be teachers of the law 1 Ti 1:7. The two other pass. in our lit. clearly refer to teachers of the Mosaic law: Gamaliel Ac 5:34. W. Pharisees Lk 5:17.—Schürer II 324f. M-M. TW.

πονηρία, ας, ἡ (πονηρός; Soph., Hippocr. et al.) in our lit. only in the ethical sense: state or condition of a lack of moral or social values, wickedness, baseness, maliciousness, sinfulness (Soph.; Lysias 22, 16 et al.; OGI 519, 10; PLips 119 recto and verso I, 7; LXX; En 10:16; OdeSol 11:20; Test12Patr; Philo, De Jos. 212; Jos., Ant. 10, 37; 13, 120; Just., Tat.; Mel., P. 50, 369 Bo.; Orig., Did., loanw. in rabb.) Mt 22:18; Hv 3, 5, 4; 3, 6, 1. W. ἁρπαγή Lk 11:39; w. ἄνοια 2 Cl 13:1; w. δολιότης Hs 8, 6, 2; w. κακία 1 Cor 5:8. In the Lord’s Prayer Mt 6:13 v.l. In a catalogue of vices (s. Philo, Ebr. 223) Ro 1:29; 1 Cl 35:5. Cp. Hs 9, 15, 3, where πονηρία and other vices are personified. πονηρία μεγάλη Hv 2, 2, 2a. Of children μὴ γινώσκοντα τὴν πονηρίαν τὴν ἀπολλύουσαν τὴν ζωήν ἀνθρώπων who know nothing of the wickedness that ruins the life of people Hm 2:1 (s. παιδίον 2).—In the objective gen. κόλασις τῆς π. punishment for wickedness Hs 9, 18, 1; ὁ μισθὸς τῆς π. B 4:12. In gen. of quality (to be rendered as adj.; respectable Gk. [cp. ὁ τᾶς ἡσυχίας βίοτος Eur., Bacch. 389], but strongly influenced in our lit. by Semitic tradition, s. Leutzsch, Hermas 383 n. 44; cp. Schwyzer II 122): ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς π. evil desire Hv 1, 1, 8; m 11:2; συμφυρμοὶ πονηρίας v 2, 2, 2b; διδάσκαλοι πονηρίας evil teachers or obj. gen. teachers of wickedness Hs 9, 19, 2; τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς π. (Iren. 1, 5, 4 [Harv. I 47, 2]) Eph 6:12 (s. πνευματικός 3); ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς πονηρίας (opp. ἄγγ. τῆς δικαιοσύνης) Hm 6, 2, 1; 4f; 7; 9f (cp. 1QS 3:18f). πλείονα πονηρίαν ποιεῖν act more wickedly Hs 9, 18, 2.—Pl., of the various kinds of evil-mindedness and individual expressions of it (Demosth. 21, 19; Aristot. 1389a, 18; Jer 39:32; B-D-F §142; W-S. §27, 4; s. Rob. 408) Mk 7:22; Ac 3:26; 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:16); Hv 3, 7, 2; m 8:3. αἱ π. ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἐμμένουσιν wickedness remains in their hearts Hv 3, 6, 3 (here the pl. could refer to the plurality of persons involved, since virtually only one kind of wickedness is meant). On πονηρεύεσθαι ποικίλαις πονηρίαις Hs 9, 18, 3 see πονηρεύομαι.—S. also ἁγιάζω 4, ἀποβάλλω 1b, ἀφαιρέω 2a, κατισχύω 2, παύω 2.—DELG s.v. πένομαι. M-M. TW.

⁺ V 10-6-53-24-33=126 Gn 21,14; 37,15; Ex 14,3; 23,4; Dt 4,19

A: to make to wander, to lead astray [τινα] Dt 27,18; to make sb err from the right way [τινα ἀπό τινος) Dt 13,6; to mislead, to deceive [τινα] Jgs^B 16,13; to deal deceitfully with [μετά τινος] 2 Kgs 4,28

P: to wander (of people in the desert) Gn 21,14; to go astray Ex 23,4; id. (as a symbol for straying from the right way) Wis 13,6; to be seduced Sir 9,8

πλανῶνται τῇ καρδίᾳ their minds are going astray Ps 94(95),10

*Is 17,11 πλανηθήσῃ you erred, you went astray-גהשׁ for MT גישׂגשׂת גגשׂ you make (them) grow, see also Jb 12,23, cpr. Dt 27,18, Jb 6,24, 19,4; *Is 30,20 οἱ πλανῶντές σε those who cause you to err-מרה (hi.)? those who are rebellious for MT מוריך your teachers; *Is 41,10 μὴ πλανῶ I do not deceive-תעה? for MT תעשׁאל־ת תעשׁ do not be afraid, do not look about in terror; *Is 64,4 ἐπλανήθημεν we have erred-עשׁנפ? for MT עשׁנו we were saved, cpr. Ez 33,12; *Ez 44,13 ἐν τῇ πλανήσει, ᾗ ἐπλανήθησαν on account of the error in which they erred-תעה for MT ושׂע רשׁא ותועבותם of their abominations, which they have committed; *Hos 8,6 πλανῶν erring-בבשׁ, ובשׁ for MT בביםשׁ splinters? or going up in flames? (hapax)

Cf. BARTHÉLEMY 1960 343-348(Hos 8,6); COOK 1994, 470; DODD 1954, 79; DOGNIEZ 1992

49.59.138.200; →NIDNTT; TWNT

(→ἀποπλανάω,,)

φράζω, S.Ph.25, etc.: poet. [tense] impf.

A

φράζον Pi.N.1.61

: [tense] fut. φράσω [pron. full] [ᾰ] A.Pr. 781, etc.: [tense] aor. 1

ἔφρᾰσα h.Ven. 128

, h.Merc. 442, Hdt.2.150, etc.; poet. φράσα [pron. full] [ᾰ] Od.11.22, A.Ag. 231 (lyr.); imper.

φράσσατε Pi. P.4.117

: [tense] pf.

πέφρᾰκα Isoc.5.93

, Phld.Po.5.23: [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. πέφρᾰδον, ἐπέφραδον used by Hom. mostly in [ per.] 3sg., Il.14.500, al. (in Od.1.273, 8.142, πέφραδε is imper.); opt.

πεφράδοι Il.14.335

; inf. πεφραδέειν, πεφραδέμεν, Od.19.477, 7.49; [ per.] 1sg. ἐπέφραδον only Il.10.127: also [tense] aor. 1 part. gen. φράδαντος dub. in IG5(2).261.15 (Mantinea, vi B. C.):— [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., φράζομαι, [dialect] Ep. imper. φράζεο, φράζευ, Il.5.440, 9.251; inf.

φράζεσθαι Od.1.294

: [dialect] Ep.[ per.] 3sg. [tense] impf. φράζετο, φραζέσκετο, 11.624, h.Ap. 346: [tense] fut. φράσομαι [pron. full] [ᾰ] Il.15.234, [dialect] Ep.

φράσσομαι Od.16.238

: [tense] aor.1

ἐφρᾰσάμην 17.161

, [dialect] Ep.

φρᾰσάμην 23.75

; [ per.] 3sg. and pl. ἐφράσσατο, φράσσαντο, 4.529, Il.15.671; imper.

φράσαι Od.24.331

, A.Ch. 113; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg. subj.

φράσσεται Od.24.217

; [dialect] Ep. inf. φράσσασθαι Orac. ap. Hdt.3.57: [tense] aor. [voice] Pass.

ἐφράσθην Od.19.485

, Hdt.1.84, E.Hec. 546: [tense] pf. πέφρασμαι (in med. sense) A.Supp. 438, (in pass. sense) Isoc.15.195; part.,

προ-πεφραδμένος Hes.Op. 655

.—The [tense] aor. [voice] Med. is chiefly [dialect] Ep., also Archil.94, Sol.5.4, 34.1, A.Ch. 113, E.Med. 653 (lyr.):—point out, show (never say, tell, in Hom. acc. to Aristarch.),

ἐς χῶρον ὃν φράσε Κίρκη Od.11.22

, cf. Il.23.138, Od.15.424; also, show the way to, show where to find,

ᾗ οἱ Ἀθήνη πέφραδε δῖον ὑφορβόν 14.3

, cf. 8.68;

σήματ'.., τά οἱ ἔμπεδα πέφραδ' Ὀδυσσεύς

showed,

19.250

; μῦθον πέφραδε πᾶσιν show, make known the word to all, 1.273, cf. 8.142;

δεῖξε καὶ ἔφρασε h.Ven. 128

; φράσσατέ μοι δόμους show me them, Pi.P.4.117;

ἔφρασε τὴν ἀτραπόν Hdt.7.213

;

κόποι αὐτόματοι φράζουσι νούσους Hp.Aph.

2.5;

δμώων δή τινα.. μοι φράσον Theoc.25.47

;

τὸ παράδειγμα ὃ ἂν φράζῃ ὁ ἀρχιτέκτων IG22.1668.96

: abs.,

φωνῆσαι μὲν οὐκ εἶχε, τῇ δὲ χειρὶ ἔφραζε Hdt.4.113

;

ἀντὶ φωνῆς φράζε.. χερί A.Ag. 1061

.

2 show forth, tell, declare, λόγον, ἔπος, ὄνομα, Pi.O.2.60, A.Pers. 173 (troch.), Supp. 320;

φ. τοῖσι ἥκουσι τὰ πρήγματα Hdt.6.100

;

ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνωντὰ λοιπά σοι φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ' ἐμέ A.Pr. 781

;

τιπρός τινα Hdt.1.68

, Ar.Nu. 359 (anap.), etc.: c. dupl. acc.,

φ. τινά τι Isoc. 15.100

; τι Pl.Phdr. 267b;

περί τινος Isoc.15.117

(v. infr.);

ἐπί τινος Id.Ep.6.8

: rarely c. gen., tell of,

τῆς μητρὸς ἥκω τῆς ἐμῆς φράσων, ἐν οἷς νῦν ἐστι S.Tr. 1122

: folld. by a relat. clause, φ. ὅτι .. Lys.1.23, Pl.Phdr. 278b, etc.;

φ. ὡς δεῖ γεωργεῖν X.Oec.16.8

;

φ. οἷ' ἐπορσύνθη κακά A.Pers. 267

, cf. Pr. 995, etc.; with double constr.,

φ. τό τε ὄνομα καὶ ἐν ᾗ κώμῃ οἰκοῦσιν PRev.Laws 29.5

(iii B. C.): rarely c. part.,

πεφραδέειν πόσιν ἔνδον ἐόντα Od.19.477

;

οὐκ ἔφραζες σῆς προκείμενον νέκυν γυναικός E.Alc. 1012

: later c. acc. et inf., Phld. l.c.; explain (opp. λέγω, which means simply speak, say), φράσον ἅπερ γ' ἔλεξας declare, explain what thou didst say, S.Ph. 559;

φράζε δὴ τί φῄς Id.OT 655

;

φράζουσιν ἃ λέγει X.An.2.4.18

;

φράζε λόγῳ S.Ph.49

, Pl.Lg. 814c;

οὐχ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἀλλὰ σαφῶς φράσαι περὶ αὐτῶν Isoc.15.117

, cf. Ep.1.2;

σαφῶς φ. τοῖς βουλομένοις συνιέναι Aeschin.1.129

; of teachers, Antipho 6.13, Pl.Tht. 180b; of oracles, Ar.Eq. 1048, Pl.46, Pl.Lg. 923a, etc.; of letters, Plu.Cic.15: abs., τοῦτο φράζει ὅτι this signifies that.., X.Smp.8.30.

b cultivate style or phrasing, opp. αὐτὸ τὸ γράφειν, Duris 1 J.

3 c. dat. pers. et inf., tell one to do so and so,

ἵνα γάρ σφιν ἐπέφραδον ἠγερέθεσθαι Il. 10.127

; δὴ γάρ μοι ἐπέφραδε.. Κίρκη (sc. ἰέναι) Od.10.549;

τοῖς ἀνθρώποισι φ. σιγᾶν Ar. Pax98

(anap.);

τὰ ὅπλα ὑπολαβεῖν Th.6.58

, cf. 3.15.

4 abs., give counsel, advise, suggest,

δόλος ἦν ὁ φράσας S.El. 197

(lyr.).

II [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., indicate to oneself, i.e. think or muse upon, consider, ponder, [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Ion., Trag., but not in [dialect] Att. Prose;

εὔκηλος τὰ φράζεαι ἅσσ' ἐθέλῃσθα Il.1.554

; φράζεσθαι βουλήν, βουλάς, 18.313, Od.11.510;

ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μῆτιν ἀμείνω Il.9.423

;

πάντα μετὰ φρεσίν Hes.Op. 688

;

θυμῷ Il.16.646

;

ἐφράσθη καὶ ἐς θυμὸν ἐβάλετο Hdt.1.84

;

πρὸς ταῦτα φράζου

bethink thee,

S.El. 383

; ἀμφὶς φ. to think differently, Il.2.14: folld. by εἰ c. [tense] fut. indic., consider whether.., 1.83, Od.10.192.

2 purpose, plan, contrive, φ. τινὶ κακά, θάνατον, ὄλεθρον, 2.367, 3.242, 13.373;

μέγ' ὄνειαρ 4.444

;

ἐσθλά Il.12.212

;

φράσσατο Πατρόκλῳ μέγα ἠρίον 23.126

; φράσσεται ὥς κε νέηται will contrive how.., Od.1.205;

φ. ὅπως ὄχ' ἄριστα γένοιτο 3.129

, cf. S.Aj. 1041.

3 c. acc. et inf., think, suppose, believe, imagine that.., Od.11.624;

οὐκ ἐφράζετο δυνατὸς εἶναι Hdt.3.154

.

4 perceive, observe,

οἷον ἐγὼν οἰωνὸν.. ἐφρασάμην Od.17.161

; τὴν (sc. τὴν οὐλὴν)

ἀπονίζουσα φρασάμην 23.75

; with a part.,

τὸν δὲ φράσατο προσιόντα Il.10.339

, cf. 23.453: later c. gen.,

χειμῶνος Arat.745

;

πομπᾶς Theoc.2.84

: rarely c. part., ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ τελέων οὐ φράζεται marks not that he will die, Pi.I.1.68.

5 watch, guard, [ ὀρσοθύρην] Od.22.129.

6 beware of, ξύλινον λόχον Orac. ap. Hdt. 3.57: freq. in imper.,

φράζευ κύνα

cave canem,

Ar.Eq. 1030

(hex.); φράσσαι κυναλώπεκα μή σε δολώσῃ ib. 1067 (hex.);

φράζεο δή, μὴ.. μάρψῃ Id. Pax 1099

(hex.), cf. Call.Lav.Pall.52: c. inf.,

φράζου μὴ πόρσω φωνεῖν S.El. 213

(lyr.): abs.,

φράζου

take care!

A.Eu. 130

. (Perh. cf. Lith girdziù 'I hear', inf. girdēti.)

δαιμονικός, ή, όν (Plut.; Physiogn. I 345, 8; 12; Cat. Cod. Astr. X 112, 10; Proclus on Pla., Cratyl. p. 93, 9 Pasqu.; Ath. 25, 3; Clem. Al., Strom. 6, 12, 98; TestSol 1:2 PQ) pert. to being like a spirit or phantom, like spirits/phantoms, ghost-like w. ἀσώματος of ‘unbelieving’ teachers ISm 2; both adjectives are chosen because of the saying in 3:2.—DELG s.v. δαίμων.

δελεάζω ‘to lure by the use of bait’ (δέλεαρ ‘bait’, Pla., Tim. 69d ἡδονὴν μέγιστον κακοῦ δέλεαρ) then to arouse someone’s interest in someth. by adroit measures, lure, entice (in fig. sense since Isocr. and X.; Jos., Bell. 5, 120; ApcMos 19 and 26) to sin, w. ἐξέλκεσθαι Js 1:14 (cp. M. Ant. 2, 12 τὰ ἡδονῇ δελεάζοντα; Philo, Omn. Prob. Lib. 159 πρὸς ἐπιθυμίας ἐλαύνεται ἢ ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς δελεάζεται, Agr. 103.—Cp. schol. on Nicander, Ther. 793 δελεάζοντες τοὺς ἰχθῦς. Since ἐξέλκω is likewise a t.t. of a fisher’s speech [e.g. Od. 5, 432], a fishing metaphor is probable: ‘drawn out and enticed by his own desire’). Of false teachers who entice unstable Christians to veer from the true path 2 Pt 2:14, 18.—DELG s.v. δέλεαρ.

δίκαιος, αία, ον (s. δικαιοσύνη; Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.)

① pert. to being in accordance with high standards of rectitude, upright, just, fair

ⓐ of humans

α. In Gr-Rom. tradition a δ. pers. is one who upholds the customs and norms of behavior, including esp. public service, that make for a well-ordered, civilized society (Hom, Od. 6, 120f hospitality and fear of God mark an upright pers.; Dem. 3, 21 a δίκαιος πολίτης gives priority to the interest of the state). Such perspective opened a bridge to Greco-Romans for understanding of Jewish/Christian perspectives: e.g. the description of an eccl. overseer (w. σώφρων, ὅσιος) Tit 1:8. Both polytheistic and monotheistic societies closely associated uprightness, with special reference to behavior toward humans (cp. Pla., Rep. 4, 443; Aristot. EN 5, 1, 1129a-1130a), and piety in reference esp. to familial obligations and deity (Augustus enshrined the perspective, taking pride in being awarded a crown for his δικαιοσύνη and εὐσέβεια Res Gestae 34). In keeping with OT tradition, NT writers emphasize a connection between upright conduct and sense of responsibility to God; δ. like צַדִּיק=conforming to the laws of God and people. General definition ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην δ. ἐστιν one who does what is right, is righteous 1J 3:7; cp. Rv 22:11.—Ro 5:7. δικαίῳ νόμος οὐ κεῖται law does not apply to an upright person 1 Ti 1:9. οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος Ro 3:10 (cp. Eccl 7:20); δ. παρὰ τῷ θεῷ righteous in the sight of God Ro 2:13; δ. ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ (Gen 7:1; Job 32:2) Lk 1:6. W. φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν of Cornelius Ac 10:22. W. εὐλαβής (Pla., Pol. 311ab ἤθη εὐλαβῆ κ. δίκαια, τὸ δικαιον κ. εὐλαβές) Lk 2:25. W. ἀγαθός (Kaibel 648, 10; Jos., Ant. 8, 248; 9, 132 ἀνὴρ ἀγ. κ. δίκ.; s. ἀγαθός 2aα) 23:50; ἀθῷος (Sus 53) 1 Cl 46:4; ὅσιος (En 103:9) 2 Cl 15:3; ταπεινός B 19:6. (ὡς δίκαιον καὶ ἀναμάρτητον Just., D. 47, 5). Serving God w. a pure heart makes one δ. 2 Cl 11:1. Hence the δίκαιοι=the just, the upright in a specif. Israelite-Christian sense Mt 13:43 (cp. Da 12:3 Theod.) Lk 1:17; 1 Pt 3:12 (Ps 33:16); 1 Cl 22:6 (Ps 33:16); 33:7; 45:3f; 48:3 (Ps 117:20); 2 Cl 6:9; 17:7; 20:3f; B 11:7 (Ps 1:5f); MPol 14:1; 17:1; also of those who only appear upright (cp. Pr 21:2) Mt 23:28; Lk 18:9; 20:20; specifically of Christians Mt 10:41; Ac 14:2 D; 1 Pt 4:18 (Pr 11:31); Hv 1, 4, 2. W. apostles MPol 19:2; cp. 1 Cl 5:2. Esp. of the righteous of the OT: πατέρες δ. 1 Cl 30:7. W. prophets Mt 13:17; 23:29 (perh. teachers: DHill, NTS 11, ’64/65, 296–302). Of Abel (Did., Gen. 181, 10) Mt 23:35 (construction with τοῦ αἵματος deserves consideration: GKilpatrick, BT 16, ’65, 119); Hb 11:4; Enoch 1 Cl 9:3; Lot 2 Pt 2:7f (Noah: Just., D. 20, 1; 138, 1; δίκαιοι καὶ πατριάρχαι ibid. 67, 7); John the Baptist (w. ἅγιος) Mk 6:20; δ. τετελειωμένοι just persons made perfect (i.e., who have died) Hb 12:23. Opp. ἄδικοι (Pr 17:15; 29:27; En 99:3; 100:7) Mt 5:45; Ac 24:15; 1 Pt 3:18; ἁμαρτωλοί (Ps 1:5; En 104:6 and 12; PsSol 2:34) Mt 9:13; Mk 2:17; Lk 5:32; 15:7; ἁμαρτωλοί and ἀσεβεῖς (Ps 1:5f) 1 Ti 1:9; 1 Pt 4:18 (Pr 11:31); πονηροί (Pr 11:15) Mt 13:49 (μοχθηροί Tat. 3, 2). W. regard to the Last Judgment, the one who stands the test is δ. righteous Mt 25:37, 46.—Ro 1:17 (s. ζάω 2bβ); Gal 3:11; Hb 10:38 (all three Hab 2:4; cp. Larfeld I 494); Ro 5:19. Resurrection of the just Lk 14:14; prayer Js 5:16; cp. 5:6 (1bβ below). Joseph, who is interested in doing the right thing honorable, just, good (Jos., Ant. 15, 106; Diod S 33, 5, 6 ἀνδρὸς εὐσεβοῦς κ. δικαίου; Conon [I B.C.–I A.D.]: 26 Fgm. 1, 17 Jac.; Galen CMG V/10, 3 p. 33, 13f [XVIII/1 p. 247 K.] ἄνδρες δ.) Mt 1:19 (w. connotation of ‘merciful’ DHill, ET 76, ’65, 133f; s. δικαιοσύνη 3b).

β. of things relating to human beings ἔργα 1J 3:12; αἷμα δ. (Jo 4:19; La 4:13=αἷμα δικαίου Pr 6:17, where αἷ. δίκαιον is a v.l.) blood of an upright, or better, an innocent man Mt 23:35 (s. 1bβ below), and esp. 27:4, where δ. is v.l. for ἀθῷον; AcPl Ha 11, 8; ψυχὴ δ. upright soul (cp. Pr 10:3; s. also GrBar 10:5) 2 Pt 2:8; πνεῦμα δ. upright spirit Hm 5, 2, 7; ἐντολή (w. ἁγία and ἀγαθή) Ro 7:12. κρίσις (Dt 16:18; Is 58:2; 2 Macc 9:18; 3 Macc 2:22; Jos., Ant. 9, 4) J 5:30; 7:24; 8:16 v.l.; 2 Th 1:5; B 20:2. Pl. Rv 16:7; 19:2. φύσει δικαίᾳ by an upright nature IEph 1:1 (Hdb. ad loc.; Orig., C. Cels. 5, 24, 8); ὁδὸς δ. (Vi. Aesopi I G 85 P. of the ‘right way’) 2 Cl 5:7; B 12:4; pl. Rv 15:3.

ⓑ of transcendent beings. Because of their privileged status as authority figures, the idea of fairness or equity is associated w. such entities (for δ. in the sense of ‘equitable’ in a very explicit form s. Strabo 4, 18, 7).

α. God (NRhizos, Καππαδοκικά 1856, p. 113: it is gener. assumed that deities are just or fair, but the attribute is esp. affirmed in an ins fr. Tyana Θεῷ δικαίῳ Μίθρᾳ.—JMordtmann, MAI 10, 1885, 11–14 has several exx. of ὅσιος κ. δίκαιος as adj. applied to gods in west Asia Minor.—δικ. of Isis: PRoussel, Les cultes égypt. à Delos 1916, p. 276.—Oft. in OT; Jos., Bell. 7, 323, Ant. 11, 55 [w. ἀληθινός]; Just., A II, 12, 6, D. 23, 2) just, righteous w. ref. to God’s judgment of people and nations κριτὴς δ. a righteous judge (Ps 7:12; 2 Macc 12:6; PsSol 9:2; cp. the description of Rhadamanthys, Pind., O. 2, 69) 2 Ti 4:8; δ. ἐν τοῖς κρίμασιν 1 Cl 27:1; 60:1; cp. 56:5 (Ps 140:5); πατὴρ δ. J 17:25; cp. Ro 3:26; 1J 2:29; cp. 3:7; ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ δ. AcPlCor 2:12. W. ὅσιος (Ps 144:17; Dt 32:4) Rv 16:5. W. πιστός 1J 1:9.

β. of Jesus who, as the ideal of an upright pers. is called simply ὁ δ. the upright one (HDechent, D. ‘Gerechte’, Eine Bezeichnung für d. Messias: StKr 100, 1928, 439–43) Ac 7:52; 22:14; Mt 27:19, cp. 24 v.l.; 1J 2:1; 3:7b; Lk 23:47 (for Gr-Rom. associations in favor of upright, esp. in Lk 23:47 s. Danker, Benefactor ’82, 345f. GKilpatrick, JTS 42, ’41, 34–36, prefers innocent, so also Goodsp., Probs. 90f, but against this interp. s. RHanson, Hermathena 60, ’42, 74–78; RKarris, JBL 105, ’86, 65–74). W. ἅγιος Ac 3:14. On the qu. whether Js 5:6 applies to Jesus, s. KAland, TLZ ’44, 103 and MDibelius, Commentary (Hermeneia), ad loc. (but s. Greeven’s note in this comm. p. 240, 58: ‘perhaps a veiled, melancholy allusion to the death of James’).—Also of angels Hs 6, 3, 2.

② The neuter denotes that which is obligatory in view of certain requirements of justice, right, fair, equitable (Dio Chrys. 67 [17], 12; Jos., Ant. 15, 376; cp. Strabo 4, 18, 7; s. Larfeld I 494) δ. παρὰ θεῷ it is right in the sight of God 2 Th 1:6. Also δ. ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ Ac 4:19; δ. καὶ ὅσιον it is right and holy 1 Cl 14:1, pl. Phil 4:8; δ. ἐστιν it is right Eph 6:1; w. inf. foll. Phil 1:7; 1 Cl 21:4 (cp. Hyperid. 6, 14; PSI 442, 14 [III B.C.] οὐ δίκαιόν ἐστι οὕτως εἶναι; Sir 10:23; 2 Macc 9:12; 4 Macc 6:34); δ. ἡγοῦμαι I consider it right (Diod S 12, 45, 1 δ. ἡγοῦντο) 2 Pt 1:13; τὸ δ. (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 97 §409 τὸ δ.=the just cause; Arrian, Anab. 3, 27, 5; Polyb.; IMagnMai; SEG XLI, 625, 5; pap; 2 Macc 4:34; 10:12; 3 Macc 2:25; EpArist; Jos., Bell. 4, 340 Ant. 16, 158; το νῦν δ. Tat. 1, 3) what is right Lk 12:57. τὸ δ. παρέχεσθαι give what is right Col 4:1. ὸ̔ ἐὰν ᾖ δ. δώσω ὑμῖν whatever is right I will give you Mt 20:4 (Diod S 5, 71, 1 τὸ δίκαιον άλλήλοις διδόναι; 8, 25, 4). Abstract for concrete (Philipp. [=Demosth. 12] 23 μετὰ τοῦ δ.; Dio Chrys. 52 [69], 6 ἄνευ νόμου κ. δικαίου; Ael. Aristid, 46 p. 302 D.) τὸ δίκαιον ὀρθὴν ὁδὸν ἔχει uprightness goes the straight way Hm 6, 1, 2. Pl. (Diod S 15, 11, 1; 19, 85, 3; Appian, Samn. 11 §4 al.; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 30, 1; Jos., Ant. 19, 288; SibOr 3, 257; Just., A I, 68, 3 δ. ἀξιοῦν; D. 28, 4 φυλάσσει τὰ αἰώνια δ.) δίκαια βουλεύεσθαι have upright thoughts Hv 1, 1, 8 (cp. λαλεῖν Is 59:4; ἐκζητήσεται 1 Macc 7:12; κρίνειν Ar. 15, 4; Just., A II, 15, 5).—B. 1180. DELG s.v. δίκη. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

καθέζομαι (s. καθέδρα) impf. ἐκαθεζόμην; fut. καθεδοῦμαι and καθεσθήσομαι, 2 pl. καθεσθήσεσθε Mt 19:28 v.l. (s. κάθημαι, καθίζω); aor. ἐκαθέσθην (TestAbr A 5 p. 81, 31 [Stone p. 10]; AcPl Ha 4, 18); impv. 2 sg. καθέσθητι (TestSol 13:2); inf. καθεσθῆναι (Just., D. 83, 1) (Hom.+). In our lit., at least quite predom., it means

① to be in a seated position, sit (as Lysias 13, 37; Epict. 1, 29, 55; 3, 24, 18; Paus. 10, 5, 2; Vett. Val. 78, 24; OGI 201, 13; LXX; TestSol; Jos., Bell. 5, 73, Ant. 12, 171; Just., D. 90, 5 ἐπὶ λίθου) ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ of teachers Mt 26:55. Of pupils Lk 2:46. ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ in the council Ac 6:15. ἐπὶ τῆς θυρίδος 20:9 (Ael. Aristid. 47, 23 K.=23 p. 451 D.: κ. ἐπὶ βήματος). ἐπὶ τῇ πύλῃ 3:10 D. ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ sit, remain at home J 11:20. Abs. sit there 20:12. The more general be, be situated is also poss. in some pass. (Paus. Attic. ς, 8 ἐν νησίῳ καθεζόμεναι=stay; Stephan. Byz. s.v. Σκίρος: ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ; Biogr. p. 265; Lev 12:5; Jos., Ant. 6, 32, Vi. 286; Just., D. 49, 3; 51, 2 al.).

② to take a seated position, sit down (Hom., Trag. et al.; Jos., Vi. 222; SibOr 5, 460; TestSol 13:2; 18:24; TestJob 51:3; Just., D. 107, 3.—The impf. w. aor. nuance: ‘I sat down’; B-D-F §101; s. Rob. 837ff; 882f) ἐκαθέζετο αὐτὴ ἐκ δεξιῶν she herself sat down at the right Hv 3, 2, 4. εἰς καθέδραν on a chair 3, 11, 4. Ἰησοῦς ἐκαθέζετο οὔτως ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ Jesus sat down, just as he was, by the well J 4:6 (on the word and the idea s. Jos., Ant. 2, 257f and Marinus, Vi. Procli 10 Boiss. As early as Demosth. 21, 119 οὑτωσὶ καθεζόμενος). Cp. also 6:3 v.l.; Lk 22:30 D. ὡς … ἐκαθέσθη as (Jerome) sat down AcPl Ha 4, 18f.—DELG s.v. ἕζομαι B2. M-M. TW.

κήρυγμα, ατος, τό (s. κηρύσσω and next entry)

① an official announcement, proclamation, of the content of a herald’s proclamation (so Soph., Hdt.+; ins, PPetr III, 125, 9; PHamb 29, 10; LXX; Philo, Agr. 117 al.; Jos., Ant. 10, 236) of a call to assemble κηρύγματι καλεῖν call together by a proclamation B 12:6. Elsewh. in our lit.:

② a public declaration, someth. proclaimed aloud, proclamation, by a herald sent by God (cp. Herm. Wr. 4, 4; Himerius, Or. 69 [=Or. 22], 7 and 8 the speaker makes the κήρυγμα known to the μύσται and ἐπόπται; ParJer 7:16 [cod. C] τοῦ καλοῦ κηρύγματος; ApcEsdr 5:17 p. 30, 17 Tdf. εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς ὑψηλῷ τῷ κηρύγματι ‘in majestic tones’; also Jon 3:2; Philo, Mos. 2, 167; 170; Jos., Bell. 6, 288 τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ κ.; Ar. 15:2; Just.): of prophetic proclamation τὸ κ. Ἰωνᾶ Mt 12:41; Lk 11:32 (κατὰ τὸν Ἰωνᾶν Did., Gen. 185, 8). τὸ κ. Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ proclamation about Jesus Christ Ro 16:25. Abs. of apostolic proclamation 1 Cor 1:21; 2 Ti 4:17; Hs 8, 3, 2 (Did., Gen. 151, 14). τὸ κ. μου my (gospel) proclamation 1 Cor 2:4; cp. 15:14 (cp. τῶν ἀποστόλων Iren. 3, 3, 3 [Harv. II 10, 8]; τῶν δώδεκα μαθητῶν Hippol., Ref. 5, 8, 12; Χριστιανῶν Orig., C. Cels. 1, 7, 3). διδάσκαλοι τοῦ κ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ teachers of the proclamation about the Son of God Hs 9, 15, 4. κ. τῆς σωτηρίας short ending of Mk (Polyaenus 4, 7, 6 τὸ κ. τῆς ἐλευθερίας; τῆς ἀληθείας Hippol., Ref. 7, 32, 6); σφραγὶς τοῦ κ. the seal on the (gospel) proclamation i.e. baptism Hs 9, 16, 5. κήρυγμα ὸ̔ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγώ the proclamation w. which I have been entrusted Tit 1:3.—CDodd, The Apostolic Preaching and Its Developments ’36. KGoldammer, ZNW 48, ’57, 77–101; WBaird, JBL 76, ’57, 181–91.—DELG s.v. κῆρυξ. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

κνήθω (Aristot.; Herodas 4, 51 et al.=‘scratch’; acc. to Moeris p. 234 H. Gk., not Att. There is an older form κνάω which, as ἐπικνάω, is found as early as Il. 11, 639. The aor. mid. is found in Lucian, Bis Accusatus 1 οὐδʼ ὅσσον κνήσασθαι τὸ οὖς σχολὴν διάγων=he does not even have enough time to scratch his ear) itch pass. w. act. sense feel an itching κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν (s. ἀκοή 3). Fig. of curiosity, that looks for interesting and juicy bits of information. This itching is relieved by the messages of the new teachers. W. the same components as a background, one might transl.: to have one’s ear tickled (a κνῆσις ὤτων takes place τρυφῆς ἕνεκα: Plut., Mor. 167b) 2 Ti 4:3 (s. Clem. Al., Strom. I 3, 22, 5 p. 15 Stähl.).—DELG s.v.-κναίω. M-M.

κοιμάω (s. two next entries) aor. mid. impv. 2 sg. κοιμήσαι (TestAbr B 4, 109, 11 [Stone p. 66]). Pass.: 1 fut. κοιμηθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐκοιμήθην; pf. κεκοίμημαι (Hom.+) in our lit. only in pass. and w. act. sense.

① to be asleep, sleep, fall asleep (Hom.+ usu.; Diod S 15, 25, 2; PGM 36, 151; 305; Jos., Bell. 4, 306, Ant. 8, 28, Vi. 132; Test12Patr, SibOr 3, 794) Mt 28:13; Lk 22:45; J 11:12; Ac 12:6; Hv 2, 4, 1; Hs 9, 11, 3; 6; φυλάκων κοιμωμένων AcPl Ha 4, 4. Fig. of the night (as of the sun: Pythagoras in Geminus, Elementa Astronomiae p. 22e) κοιμᾶται ἡ νύξ the night falls asleep 1 Cl24:3.

② to be dead, sleep, fig. extension of mng. 1, of the sleep of death, in which case additional words often emphasize the figurative nature of the expression (as early as Il. 11, 241; OGI 383, 43 [I B.C.]; IG XIV, 549, 1; 929, 13 κοιμᾶται τ. αἰώνιον ὕπνον). Yet the verb without these additions can have this mng. (Soph., Electra 509 Μυρτίλος ἐκοιμάθη; Aeschrion Lyr. [IV B.C.] 6, 2 Diehl², grave-epigram, ἐνταῦθα κεκοίμημαι; PFay 22, 28 [I B.C.] ἐὰν τὸ παιδίον κοιμήσηται; Gen 47:30; Dt 31:16; 3 Km 11:43; Is 14:8; 43:17; 2 Macc 12:45.—OMerlier, BCH 54, 1930, 228–40; MOgle, The Sleep of Death: Memoirs of the Amer. Acad. in Rome 11, ’33, 81–117; JBowmer, ET 53, ’42, 355f [on 1 Cor 15:20, 22]; JKazakis, Hellenika 40, ’89, 21–33, funerary motifs. S. ἐξυπνίζω. New Docs 4, 37).

ⓐ fall asleep, die, pass away (Did., Gen. 215, 20) J 11:11; Ac 7:60; 13:36; 1 Cor 7:39; 11:30; 15:6, 51; 2 Pt 3:4; 1 Cl 44:2; Hm 4, 4, 1. ἐκοιμήθην καὶ ὕπνωσα (Ps 3:6) is interpr. to mean ‘die’ in 1 Cl 26:2. ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ἐκοιμήθησαν they fell asleep as righteous people Hs 9, 16, 7. κοιμηθείς after my death IRo 4:2. οἱ διδάσκαλοι … κοιμηθέντες ἐν δυνάμει καὶ πίστει τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ teachers who died in the power of the Son of God, and in faith in him Hs 9, 16, 5. οἱ κοιμηθέντες those who have already died 1 Th 4:14f. οἱ κ. ἐν Χριστῷ those who died in communion w. Christ 1 Cor 15:18 (contrast Catullus 5, 6 nox est perpetua una dormienda = one everlasting night awaits our sleeping).

ⓑ the pres. ptc. and perf. ptc. denoting a state of being, w. art., subst. the one who has fallen asleep οἱ κοιμώμενοι (2 Macc 12:45) 1 Th 4:13; GPt 10:41.—οἱ κεκοιμημένοι 1 Cor 15:20; Hs 9, 16, 3.—Not subst. οἱ κεκοιμημένοι ἅγιοι Mt 27:52; οἱ μὲν κεκοιμημένοι, οἱ δὲ ἔτι ὄντες some are dead, the others are still living Hv 3, 5, 1.—B. 269. DELG s.v. κεῖμαι. M-M s.v. κοιμάομαι. TW.

κυριότης, ητος, ἡ (Memnon Hist. [I B.C./I A.D.]: 434 Fgm. 1, 4, 6 Jac. κ. πολλῶν=‘rule over many’; Achmes 229, 17 κ. λαοῦ; Soranus p. 10, 23 κ. πρὸς τὸ ζῆν=‘mng. for life’; Dositheus 1, 1, of the special mng. of a thing [w. δύναμις]; schol. on Pla. 111a κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων=meaning of the words. Elsewh. in eccl. writers and Byz. authors, as well as late pap: PCairMasp 151, 199 [VI A.D.] παρακαλῶ πάντα κριτὴν κ. δικαστὴν κ. ἐξουσίαν κ. κυριότητα; 132 ἐπὶ πάσης ἀρχῆς κ. ἐξουσίας κ. θρόνου κ. κυριότητος ὑφʼ ἡλίῳ).

① the essential nature of the κύριος, the Lord’s nature, w. ref. to God D 4:1.

② esp. the majestic power that the κύριος wields, ruling power, lordship, dominion (cp. θειότης as the essential aspect of θεός), ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς ἐξουσίαν μεγάλην κεῖται καὶ κυριότητα the Son of God appears in great authority and ruling power Hs 5, 6, 1 (κεῖμαι 3c). κυριότητα ἀθετεῖν Jd 8 and κυριότητος καταφρονεῖν 2 Pt 2:10, which is usu. considered dependent on it, is oft. (Ritschl, Spitta, HvSoden, BWeiss, Kühl, Mayor, Windisch, Knopf, Vrede et al.—FHauck leaves the choice open betw. 2 and 3) taken to mean the glory of the Lord which is rejected or despised by the dissident teachers. Perh. it is abstr. for concr., κυριότης for κύριος; s. the foll.

③ a special class of angelic powers, bearers of the ruling power, dominions (cp. En 61:10; Slav. En 20; TestSol 8:6 D and s. κύριος II 2bεב) Col 1:16; Eph 1:21; AcPl Ha 1, 7 [restored].—GMacGregor, Principalities and Powers; the Cosmic Background of Paul’s Thought: NTS 1, ’54, 17–28. ADupont-Sommer, Jahrb. f. kleinasiat. Forschung 1, ’50, 210–18.—DELG s.v. κύριο. EDNT. TW.

κῦμα, ατος, τό (Hom. et al.; PChicaginiensis col. 6, 15 p. 85 Coll. Alex. [II A.D.] κῦμα θαλάττης; PGM 5, 276 τὰ τ. θαλάσσης κύματα; LXX; PsSol 2:27; TestSol 16:2, 4; TestJob 33:6; ApcSed 8:9; EpArist, Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 33) wave pl. Mt 8:24; 14:24; Mk 4:37; Ac 27:41; 1 Cl 20:7 (Job 38:11). As a figure of the inconstancy and stormy confusion (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 20 §76 ὁ δῆμός ἐστιν ἀστάθμητος ὥσπερ ἐν θαλάσσῃ κῦμα κινούμενον) of dissident teachers κύματα ἄγρια θαλάσσης wild waves of the sea Jd 13 (ἄγρια κύματα as Wsd 14:1); GJs 3:3 (codd.).—B. 40. M-M.

Μαναήν, ὁ indecl. (מְנַחֵם; 4 Km 15:14 Μαναήμ; Jos., Ant. 9, 229; 232 Μανάημος, ου [15, 374]. Other Jews w. this name in Schürer index) Manaen, one of the prophets and teachers in the Antioch church, described as Ἡρῴδου τοῦ τετραάρχου σύντροφος Ac 13:1.—On the name TNöldeke, Beiträge z. semit. Sprachwissensch. 1904, 99; Haenchen ad loc.; BHHW II 1136.—M-M.

μάρτυς, μάρτυρος, ὁ dat. pl. μάρτυσιν (Pind., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 22 [Stone p. 32]; TestLevi 19:3; Philo, Joseph.; apolog. exc. Ar.)

① one who testifies in legal matters, witness (Just., A I, 23, 3; Ath. 3, 2) Ac 7:58; Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1; 1 Ti 5:19 (the last 3 after Dt 19:15; cp. Jos., Vi. 256 and Hipponax [VI B.C.] 47 D.³ ἐλθὼν σὺν τριοῖσι μάρτυσιν); Hb 10:28 (Dt 17:6.—ἐπὶ μάρτυσι also Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 14 §49). τί ἔτι χρείαν ἔχομεν μαρτύρων; what further need have we of witnesses? (Pla., Rep. 1, 340a τί δεῖται μάρτυρος; αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Θρασύμαχος ὁμολογεῖ) Mt 26:65; Mk 14:63. μάρτυρες ψευδεῖς false witnesses (Demosth. 29, 28) Ac 6:13 (Mel., P. 79, 572). There is a suggestion of bureaucratic protocol relating to the account of the prudent and blameless men whom the Roman church sent to Corinth and who μάρτυρες ἔσονται μεταξὺ ὑμῶν κ. ἡμῶν 1 Cl 63:3.

② one who affirms or attests, testifier, witness transf. sense of mng. 1, of anyone who can or should testify to anything.

ⓐ of God (or the exalted Christ) as witness (deities as witnesses oft. Pind. et al.; Philo; Jos., Bell. 1, 595, Ant. 1, 209; TestLevi 19:3; SibOr, Fgm. 1, 4; Just., A II, 12, 4 θεὸν … μάρτυρα ἔχοντες. Orig., C. Cels. 1, 46, 26 θεὸς [sc. ἐστιν] μ. τοῦ ἡμετέρου συνειδότος); as a formula God is my witness (that I am telling the truth) Ro 1:9; Phil 1:8; shortened θεὸς μ. 1 Th 2:5; cp. vs. 10 (here also Jos., Ant. 15, 130 μ. ὑμᾶς ποιούμενος). μ. μοι ἐν ᾧ δέδεμαι IPhld 7:2. μάρτυρα τὸν θεὸν ἐπικαλεῖσθαι call upon God as witness 2 Cor 1:23 (cp. 1 Km 12:5f; 20:23; Polyb. 11, 6, 4 τ. θεοὺς ἐπικαλέσεσθε μάρτυρας; Heliod. 1, 25, 1; Galen VI 775 Kühn; likewise of calling upon deities, Hippol., Ref. 9, 15, 6: τοὺς ἑπτὰ μάρτυρας μαρτύρομαι).

ⓑ of humans (cp. Pind. O. 4, 5): witnessing by eye and ear (X., Ages. 4, 5; Pla., Ep. 1 p. 309a; Aelian, VH 10, 6; Jos., Ant. 18, 299; Tat. 31, 1; 36, 1) 1 Th 2:10; 1 Ti 6:12; 2 Ti 2:2.—Also of those witnesses whose faith is tried and true τοσοῦτον νέφος μαρτύρων Hb 12:1.—Of witnesses of events which they know about, without having experienced them personally (acc. to Strabo 7, 3, 7 p. 300 Hesiod is μάρτυς with regard to the Scythians): the teachers of the law bear witness to the murder of the prophets by their ancestors, by erecting tombs for the prophets Lk 11:48 (μαρτυρεῖτε v.l.).

ⓒ of witnesses who bear a divine message (Epict. 3, 26, 28 God uses the wise men as his μάρτυρες) Rv 11:3 (though the mng. approaches martyr [s. 3 below] here; cp. vs. 7. S. DHaugg, D. zwei Zeugen-Apk 11:1–13, ’36; JConsidine, CBQ 8, ’46. 377–92). In this sense, above all, of Jesus’ disciples as the witnesses of his life, death, and resurrection: ἔσεσθέ μου μάρτυρες you will be my witnesses Ac 1:8; cp. 13:31 (Ps.-Demetr. 222 μάρτυς σου γίνεται). W. obj. gen. of the thing witnessed: witness for/of (Jos., C. Ap. 1, 4 τῶν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ λεγομένων μ., Ant. 4, 40; ἀληθείας μ. of Polycarp Iren. 3, 3, 4 [Harv. II 13, 4]; παραδόσεως of the Ephesian congregation 3, 3, 4 [Harv. II 15, 6]; Orig., C. Cels. 1, 47, 24) Lk 24:48; Ac 1:22; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39; 26:16. μ. τῶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθημάτων a witness of the sufferings of Christ 1 Pt 5:1. ἔσῃ μ. αὐτῷ πρὸς πάντας ἀνθρώπους you will be a witness for him to all people Ac 22:15 (Epict. 3, 24, 113 μ. πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους).—10:41. Danker, Benefactor 442–47.

③ one who witnesses at cost of life, martyr, in the usage of the persecuted church τὸ αἷμα Στεφάνου τοῦ μάρτυρός σου Ac 22:20. Of Antipas ὁ μ. μου ὁ πιστός μου Rv 2:13 (cp. Pind., P. 1, 88 μάρτυρες πιστοί=dependable witnesses; on the textual problems of Rv 2:13 s. RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 45–47). Onesimus μ. Χριστοῦ γεγένηται Phlm subscr. v.l. Gener. μάρτυρες Ἰησοῦ Rv 17:6; cp. MPol 2:2; 14:2; 15:2; 16:2 v.l.; 17:3; 19:1. Of Zacharias μ. εἰμι τοῦ θεοῦ GJs 25:3 (s. de Strycker ad loc.). Since Rv also calls Jesus (as well as Antipas) ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός 1:5; 3:14, these pass. are prob. to be classed here (cp. Ps 88:38), but with awareness of strong focus in all the NT passages in this classification on the fact of witness. The death of Jesus was early regarded as the first martyrdom.—For an analysis of the question how μάρτυς=‘witness’ came to mean ‘martyr’, s. FKattenbusch, ZNW 4, 1903, 111ff; KHoll, variously, then Gesamm. Aufsätze II 1928, 103ff; ASchlatter, BFChTh 19, 3, 1915; PCorssen, NJklA 35, 1915, 481ff, 37, 1916, 424ff, ZNW 15, 1914, 221ff w. several continuations until 18, 1917, 249ff, Sokrates 6, 1918, 106ff; Rtzst., Hist. Mon. 1916, 85; 257, NGG 1916, 417ff, Her 52, 1917, 442ff; FDornseiff, ARW 22, 1923/24, 133ff; HDelehaye, Analecta Bollandiana 39, 1921, 20ff, Sanctus 1927 (²’33), 74ff (75, 1 lit.). ELohmeyer, D. Idee des Martyriums im Judent. u. Urchristent.: ZST 5, 1927/28, 232–49; GFitzer, D. Begriff des μ. im Judent. u. Urchristent., diss. Bresl. 1929; HLietzmann, Martys: Pauly-W. XIV 2, 1930, 2044–52; OMichel, Prophet u. Märt. ’32; RCasey, Μάρτυς: Beginn. I 5, ’33, 30–37; EStauffer, Märtyrertheologie u. Täuferbewegg.: ZKG 52, ’33, 545–98; DRiddle, The Martyr Motif in Mk: JR 4, 1924, 174–91, Hb, 1 Cl and the Persecution of Domitian: JBL 43, 1924, 329–48, From Apocalypse to Martyrology: ATR 9, 1927, 260–80, The Martyrs: A Study in Social Control ’31, Die Verfolgungslogien im formgesch. u. soziol. Bed.: ZNW 33, ’34, 271–89; HvCampenhausen, D. Idee des Martyriums in d. alten Kirche² ’64; EPeterson, Zeuge d. Wahrh. ’37; EBurnier, Le notion de témoignage dans le NT ’37; HSurkau, Martyrien in jüd. u. frühchristl. Zt. ’38; HFischel, Martyr and Prophet (in Jewish lit.), JQR 37, ’46/47, 265–80; 363–86; EGünther, Μάρτυς, D. Gesch. eines Wortes ’41, Zeuge u. Märtyrer, ZNW 47, ’56, 145–61. ELohse, Märtyrer u. Gottesknecht ’55; HvanVliet, No Single Testimony (Dt 19:15) ’58; NBrox, Zeuge u. Märtyrer ’61.—B. 1436; ATrites, Μάρτυς and Martyrdom in the Apocalypse, A Semantic Study: NovT 15, ’73, 72–80, The NT Concept of Witness ’77; GDragas, Martyrdom and Orthodoxy in the NT Era: Greek Orthodox Theological Review 30, ’85, 287–96; PVassiliadis, The Translation of μαρτυρία Ιησοῦ in Rv: BT 36, ’85, 129–34; M-ERosenblatt, Paul the Accused ’95, 1–21; Kl. Pauly III 1059f; BHHW II 1156f.—DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

μόρφωσις, εως, ἡ (μορφόω; Theophr., CP 3, 7, 4 al.; TestBenj 10:1) the state of being formally structured, embodiment, formulation, form, of a Judean ἔχοντα τὴν μ. τῆς γνώσεως καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐν τῷ νόμῳ you who have the embodiment or formulation of knowledge and truth in the book of the law Ro 2:20 (νόμος=‘book of the law’ as Jos., Bell. 2, 292, Ant, 12, 256). Of teachers of error ἔχοντες μ. εὐσεβείας who maintain a form of piety 2 Ti 3:5 (cp. Philo, Plant. 70 ἐπεὶ καὶ νῦν εἰσί τινες τῶν ἐπιμορφαζόντων εὐσέβειαν κτλ.=‘since also now there are some who put on a semblance of piety’. The prefix ἐπί contributes the semantic component pointing to mere outward form. In 2 Ti 3:5 the idea of mere outward form is derived from the context.).—DELG s.v. μορφή. M-M. TW.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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