189d

φιλάνθρωπος, ον (s. prec. and next entry; Aeschyl. [Prom. 11], Aristoph. [Pax 392 of Hermas], X., Pla. [of Eros]+; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr B 2 p. 106, 3 [Stone p. 60]; JosAs; ApcMos 42; EpArist; Philo; Jos., Ant. 1, 200; Just.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 1; Ath.—Superl. φιλανθρωπότατοι Ath. 2, 1; 12, 3 [cp. sing. Pla., Symp. 189d]) pert. to having a benevolent interest in humanity, loving humanity, benevolent, of God (Pla., Symp. 189d, Leg. 4, 713d; Plut., Mor. 402a; Lucian, Prom. 6; Xenophon Eph. 5, 4, 10; Aelian, HA 9, 33; Philo; Weinreich [s. φιλανθρωπία]; JosAs cod. A 12:11; 13:1 [p. 56, 16; 17, 3 Bat.]; ApcMos 42; Just., D. 23, 2. Of the Wisdom of God Wsd 1:6; 7:23. Also of a ruler [EpArist 208; Ath. 1, 2; superl. 2, 1] ‘humane’ [Wendland, s. φιλανθρωπία; Thieme 38]) Dg 8:7. Of a virtue (TestAbr B 2 p. 106, 3 [Stone p. 60]; Just., D. 136, 2; cp. Ath. 12, 1 φιλάνθρωπον … βίον) ἡ φιλόθεος καὶ φιλάνθρωπος ἀγάπη Agr 7 (w. φιλόθεος as Philo, Dec. 110).—DELG s.v. ἄνθρωπος. M-M s.v. φιλανθρωπία. Sv.

βᾰρύς, εῖα, ύ, poet. gen. pl. fem. βαρεῶν dub. in A.Eu. 932 (anap.): [comp] Comp. βαρύτερος, [comp] Sup. βαρύτατος:—

A heavy in weight, β. ἀείρεσθαι, opp. κοῦφος, Hdt.4.150, cf. Pl.Tht. 152d, Arist.Cael. 310b25, etc.: in Hom. mostly with collat. notion of strength and force,

χεῖρα βαρεῖαν Il.1.219

, cf. 89;

ἀκμᾷ βαρύς Pi.I.4(3).51

;

β. τὸ σῶμα App.Mac.14

; of athletes, Philostr.Gym.31; ὀφρύς bushy, ib.48; but also, heavy with age, infirmity or suffering,

νόσῳ S.Tr. 235

;

σὺν γήρᾳ Id.OT17

;

ἐν γήρᾳ Id.Aj. 1017

;

ὑπὸ γήρως Ael.VH9.1

;

ὑπὸ τῆς μέθης Plu.2.596a

; pregnant, PGoodsp.Cair.15.15 (iv A. D.);

β. βάσις

heavy, slow,

S.Tr. 966

;

τυπάδι βαρείᾳ Id.Fr. 844

. Adv.

κοῦφον βαρέως Pl.Tht. 189d

.

2 heavy to bear, grievous, ἄτη, ἔρις, κακότης, Il.2.111, 20.55, 10.72;

Κλῶθες Od.7.197

;

κῆρες Il.21.548

;

β. κὴρ τὸ μὴ πιθέσθαι A.Ag. 206

(lyr.); βαρὺ or βαρέα στενάχειν sob heavily, Od.8.95, 534, Il.8.334, etc.: in Trag. and Prose, burdensome, grievous, oppressive, β. ξυμφορά, τύχαι, καταλλαγαί, etc., A.Pers. 1044 (lyr.), Th. 332 (lyr.), 767 (lyr.), etc.;

ἡδονή S.OC 1204

;

ἀγγελία β. ἢν ἐν τοῖς βαρύτατ' ἂν ἐνέγκαιμι Pl.Cri. 43c

;

πόλεμος D.18.241

;

βαρὺ κοὐχὶ δίκαιον Id.21.66

;

νόσος

causing disgust,

S.Ph. 1330

; αὐδά, ἠχώ, ib. 208 (lyr.), E.Hipp. 791; unwholesome,

χωρίον X.Mem.3.6.12

;

πλησμονή Id.Cyn.7.4

; indigestible, Ath.3.115e;

β. νότος Paus.10.17.11

. Adv. -έως, φέρειν τι take a thing ill, suffer it impatiently, Hdt.5.19;

β. φέρειν ἐπί τινι Plb.15.1.1

(but β. φέρειν bear with dignity, D.S.26.3); β. ἔχειν, c. part, Arist. Rh.Al. 1424b5;

πρός τι Id.Pol. 1311b9

; τοῖς λογίοις Arg.E.Heracl.: [comp] Comp.

βαρυτέρως τινὶ ἐναντιωθῆναι LXX3 Ma.3.1

; βαρέως ἀκούειν hear with disgust, X.An.2.1.9.

3 violent,

ὀργή S.Ph. 368

;

μῆνις Id.OC 1328

;

ἀπέχθειαι Pl.Ap. 23a

([comp] Sup.);

θυμός Theoc.1.96

.

4 weighty, grave,

ἐπιστολαί 2 Ep.Cor.10.10

;

αἰτιώματα Act.Ap.25.7

;

τὰ βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου Ev.Matt.23.23

; ample,

βαρυτάτην εὐδαιμονίαν τοῖς ἀρχομένοις παρέξειν Hdn.2.14.3

.

II of persons, severe, stern,

β. ἐπιτιμητής A. Pr.77

;

εὔθυνος Id.Pers. 828

, cf. S.OT 546;

Κύπρι βαρεῖα Theoc.1.100

; wearisome, troublesome, E.Supp. 894, Pl.Tht. 210c, etc.;

ξύνοικος A. Supp. 415

, S.Fr. 753;

γείτονες Plb.1.10.6

.

2 overbearing,

σεμνότεροι ἢ βαρύτεροι Arist.Rh. 1391a27

(but

σεμνὸς καὶ β. Str.14.1.42

);

ὑπερήφανοι καὶ β. Plu.2.279c

; important, powerful,

πόλις Plb.1.17.5

, etc.

3 of soldiers, heavy-armed, X.Cyr.5.3.37 (s.v.l.); of the

ὁπλίτης Pl.Lg. 833b

([comp] Comp.);

τὰ β. τῶν ὅπλων Plb.1.76.3

.

4 difficult,

ὅρκος γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἀνδρὶ φηλήτῃ β. S.Fr. 933

.

III of impressions on the senses,

1 of sound, strong, deep, bass, opp. to ὀξύς, Od.9.257, S.Ph. 208, Pl.Prt. 332c, Arist.EN 1125a14, etc.;

βαρὺ ἀμβόασον A.Pers. 572

(lyr.);

φθέγγονται βαρύτατον ἀνθρώπων Hp.

Aër.15; βαρύτατα ὑπακούειν, of diseases, Id.Prorrh.2.39;

πενθεῖν Ael.VH12.1

; esp. of musical pitch, low, opp.

ὀξύς, βαρυτάτη χορδή Pl.Phdr. 268e

; ἆχος, φωνά, Archyt. I, cf. Arist.EE 1235a28, Aristox.Harm.p.3 M.; of accent, grave,

ἀντὶ ὀξείας τῆς μέσης συλλαβῆς βαρεῖαν ἐφθεγξάμεθα Pl. Cra. 399b

;

ὀξείᾳ καὶ βαρείᾳ καὶ μέσῃ φωνῇ Arist.Rh. 1403b30

, etc.: hence ἡ βαρεῖα (sc. προσῳδία) accentus gravis, D.T.630.1, etc.;

β. τάσις D.H.Comp.11

, A.D.Synt.307.13;

β. τόνος D.T.674.13

, cf.A.D.Pron. 36.5;

β. συλλαβή

unaccented,

Id.Synt.100.8

, al. Adv.

βαρέως

with the accent thrown back,

Id.Pron.51.1

, Ath.2.53b: [comp] Comp.-ύτερον, opp. ὀξύτερον ([etym.] ου) opp. οὗ), Arist.SE 178a3 (but, on a lower note,

αὐλεῖν Id.GA 788a22

).

2 of smell, strong, offensive, Hdt.6.119.

3 Adv. βαρέως slowly,

ἐπισπᾶσθαι Hero Aut.26.6

. ( guṛr-u- from gu[rmacr ]ṛ-u-, Skt. gurús 'heavy', Lat. gravis (from fem. gur[schwa]wī-), Goth. kaúrus 'heavy'.)

γένος, εος or ους, τό,

A race, stock, kin,

ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ' ἴα πάτρη Il.13.354

;

αἷμά τε καὶ γ. Od.8.583

;

ὑμετέρου δ' οὐκ ἔστι γένεος βασιλεύτερον 15.533

;

γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν Il.6.209

;

γ. ἀπόλωλε τοκήων Od.4.62

;

ὅθι τοι γένος ἐστὶ καὶ αὐτῇ 6.35

: freq. abs. in acc., ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί from Ithaca I am by race, 15.267, cf. Il. 5.544, 896, S.Ph. 239, etc.; in [dialect] Att. freq. with the Art.,

ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ

;

Ar. Pax 186

, cf. Pl.Sph. 216a: so in dat.,

γένει πολῖται D.23.24

; γένει υἱός, opp. an adopted son, Id.44.2; οἱ ἐν γένει, = συγγενεῖς, S.OT 1430;

οἱ ἔξω γένους Id.Ant. 660

;

οὐδὲν ἐν γένει Id.OT 1016

;

γένει προσήκειν τινί X.An.1.6.1

;

γένει ἀπωτέρω εἶναι D. 44.13

: in gen., γένους εἶναί τινος to be of his race,

ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου S.OT 1383

, cf. X.HG4.2.9; ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους, nearer, next of kin, Is.8.33, A.Supp. 388.

2 direct descent, opp. collateral relationship,

γένος γάρ, ἀλλ' οὐχὶ συγγένεια Is.8.33

; αἱ κατὰ γένος βασιλεῖαι hereditary monarchies, Arist.Pol. 1285a16, 1313a10.

II offspring, even of a single descendant,

σὸν γ. Il.19.124

, 21.186;

ἡ δ' ἄρ' ἔην θεῖον γ. οὐδ' ἀνθρώπων 6.180

;

ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γ. A. Th. 654

; Διὸς γ., of Bacchus, S.Ant. 1117 (lyr.);

Τέκμησσα, δύσμορον γ. Id.Aj. 784

.

2 collectively, offspring, posterity,

ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τὸ γ. τὸ ἀπ' ἐκείνων Th.1.126

;

ἐξώλη ποιεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ γ. καὶ οἰκίαν D.19.71

.

III generally, race, of beings,

θεῶν Ar.Th. 960

;

ἡμιθέων γ. ἀνδρῶν Il.12.23

; ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ., Il.2.852, Od.20.212; ἵππειον γ., i.e. mules, S.Ant. 342;

ἰχθύων πλωτὸν γ. Id.Fr.941.9

.

b clan, house, family, Hdt.1.125, etc.; Φρὺξ μὲν γενεῇ, γένεος δὲ τοῦ βασιληΐου ib.35; τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους men of noble family, Plu.Rom.21;

ἱερεὺς κατὰ γ. IG 5(1).497

, al.; also ἱέρεια ἀπὸ γένους, διὰ γένους, ib.607.29,602; esp. at Athens and elsewhere as a subdivision of the φρατρία, Arist.Ath. Fr.3, Pl.Alc.1.120e, etc.; = Lat. gens, D.S.4.21, Plu.Num.1.

c tribe, as a subdivision of ἔθνος, Hdt. 1.56, 101.

d caste, Id.2.164.

e of animals, breed, Id.4.29.

2 age, generation, Od.3.245; γ. χρύσεον, etc., Hes.Op. 109: hence, age, time of life,

γένει ὕστερος Il.3.215

, cf. Arist.Rh. 1408a27.

IV sex, Epich.172.1, Pl.Smp. 189d; gender, Arist.Rh. 1407b7, Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.214, etc.

V class, sort, kind,

τὰ γ. τῶν κυνῶν ἐστι δισσά X.Cyn.3.1

;

τὸ φιλόσοφον γ. Pl. R. 501e

; τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν [γ.] Id.Ti. 17c, cf. R. 434b, Arist.Pol. 1329a27;

τῶν ἰχθυοπωλῶν γ. Xenarch.7.4

;

τὸ τῶν παρασίτων γ. Nicol.

Com.1.1, etc.

2 in Logic, opp. εἶδος (species), Pl.Prm. 129c, al., Arist.Top. 102a31, 102b12, al.;

τὰ γ. εἰς εἴδη πλείω καὶ διαφέροντα διαιρεῖται Id.Metaph. 1059b36

.

3 in the animal kingdom, τὰ μέγιστα γ., = the modern Classes, such as birds, fishes, Id.HA 490b7, cf. 505b26; so in the vegetable kingdom, γένη τὰ μέγιστα, = σιτώδη, χεδροπά and ἀνώνυμα, Thphr.HP8.1.1.

b genus, τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γ., τὸ τῶν περιστερῶν γ., etc., Arist.HA 487b17, 488a4;

τῶν δένδρων καὶ τῶν φυτῶν εἴδη πλείω τυγχάνει καθ' ἕκαστον γένος Thphr.HP1.14.3

;

τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους [πίτυς] καὶ πεύκη Dsc. 1.69

, al.

c γένος τι a species of plant, Thphr.HP4.8.13; so later, γένη, = crops,

ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις PTeb.66.43

, al. (ii B. C.);

οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου PAmh.2.91.15

(ii A. D.); produce, POxy.727.20 (ii A. D.); materials, ib.54.16 (iii A. D.); ἐν γένεσιν in kind, opp. ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, PFay.21.10 (ii A. D.).

4 τὰ γ. the elements, Pl.Ti. 54b. (Cf. Skt. jánas, gen. jánasas; Lat. genus, -eris, v. γίγνομαι.)

εἰσηγ-έομαι, [dialect] Dor. [pref] εἰσᾱγ-, [tense] fut. -ήσομαι,

A lead in,

εἰσηγοῦ σὺ λαβὼν ἡμᾶς Ar.Av. 647

; bring in, introduce,

ἀοιδάς Simon.174

(dub.); ofreligious rites, Hdt.2.49;

δημαγωγίαν Plb.2.21.8

;

ἔθος D.H.11.50

.

2 introduce, propose,

τὴν πεῖραν Th.3.20

;

γῆς ἀναδασμούς Pl.Lg. 684e

;

νόμον Diph.38

, cf. D.18.148, etc. ;

δόγμα Ph.1.140

,al.; εἰ. περί τινος make a proposal on a subject, Isoc.4.170 : c. inf., propose, εἰ. τὴν αὐλητρίδα χαίρειν ἐᾶν to let her go, Pl.Smp. 176e, cf. Cri. 48a, cf. D.H. 6.51, Plu.Publ.16;

τοῦτο τὸ μάθημα, ὅτι καλὸν εἴη Pl.La. 179e

;

εἰ. ὅπως.. Plu.Them.20

; εἰσηγουμένου τινός at his proposal, on his motion, Th.4.76, cf. IG5(1).1451.6 (Messene, ii A.D.), etc.

3 εἰσηγεῖσθαί τινι represent to a person,

ἐσηγεῖται.. τοῖς ἐν τέλει οὖσιν ὡς οὐ χρεών.. Th.7.73

: hence, advise, instruct,

τοιαῦτα μέντοὐγὼ φρονεῖν τούτοισιν εἰσηγησάμην Ar.Ra. 972

;

τοῖς νεωτέροις Isoc.1.4

;

εἰ. τοῖς πολεμίοις ἃ χρὴ καταλαβεῖν τῶν χωρίων Lys.14.35

.

4 relate, narrate, explain,

τινί τι Pl.Smp. 189d

;

λόγον τινί Id.Ti. 20d

.

θαρσ-έω, [dialect] Att. [full] θαρρέω (cf. pr. n.

A

Θαρρίας IG12.847

), [dialect] Aeol. part. θέρσεισα (v.l. θαρς-) Theoc.28.3: ([etym.] θάρσος):— to be of good courage,

τεθαρσήκασι λαοί Il.9.420

, etc.; ἄνευ νοῦ, σὺν νῷ, Pl.Men. 88b; in bad sense, to be over-bold, ὕβρει θ. Th.2.65: μάτην θ. Pl.Tht. 189d:— Constr.:

1 abs., Il.l.c., etc.;

θάρσει

fear not!

4.184

, A.Supp. 732, etc.; θαρσεῖτε ib. 600, 910;

θάρσει, θυμέ Sopat.14

;

θάρρει Ar.Pl. 328

, al.:—in Epitaphs,

θάρσει.. οὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος CIG5200b

([place name] Ptolemais), etc.: part. in an adverb. sense, θαρσήσας μάλα εἰπέ with good courage, Il.1.85, cf. A.Ch. 666;

κόμπασον θαρσῶν Id.Ag. 1671

, cf. Pr. 916, S.OC 491;

θαρσέοντες πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζετε Hdt.5.49

;

πῖθι θαρρῶν Alex. 232

;

λέγε τοίνυν θαρρῶν Pl.Phdr. 243e

;

θαρρῶν πλείονα ἔθυεν ἢ ὀκνῶν ηὔχετο X.Ages.11.2

; τὸ τεθαρρηκός confidence, Plu.Fab.26;

τὸ θαρροῦν τῆς ὄψεως Id.Cat.Mi.44

: in [tense] aor., pluck up courage,

καὶ τότε δὴ θάρσησε Il.1.92

.

2 c.acc., θάρσει τόνδε γ' ἄεθλον fear not about this contest, Od.8.197; later, feelconfidence against, have no fear of,

πάντα Hdt.7.50

;

θ. γέροντος χεῖρα E.Andr. 993

, cf. S.OC 649;

θάνατον Pl.Phd. 88b

;

τὸ τοιοῦτον σῶμα.. οἱ μὲν ἐχθροὶ θαρροῦσιν.. Id.Phdr. 239d

;

θ. τὸ ἀποκρίνασθαι Id.Euthd. 275c

;

οὔτε Φίλιππος ἐθάρρει τούτους οὔτε οὗτοι Φίλιππον D.3.7

;

χωρίον Philostr.Her.1.3

: c.acc. cogn., ἠλίθιον θάρρος θ. Pl.Phd. 95c; αἰσχρὰ θάρρη θ. Id.Prt. 360b;

ταὐτά τισι θ. καὶ φοβεῖσθαι X.HG2.4.9

; venture,

θ. τὰς μάχας Id.An.3.2.20

:—[voice] Pass., to be risked, Philostr.Im.1.17.

b c. acc. pers., also, to have confidence in, τινα X.Cyr.5.5.42, D.C.51.11.

c θ. τινί τι entrust to.., Marin.Procl. 9.

3 c. dat., have confidence in,

τεθαρσηκότες τοῖσι ὄρνισι Hdt.3.76

;

ἑαυτῷ Plu.2.69c

(s.v.l.);

τοῖς χρήμασι PGoodsp.Cair.15.19

(iv A.D.).

4 with Preps., θ. περί.. to be confident about.., S.Aj. 793, Pl.R. 574b; ὑπὲρ ἑαυτῶν ib. 566b;

διά τι Isoc.3.55

;

ἐπί τινι Id.6.60

;

πρός τι Pl.Prt. 350b

; πρὸς ἐμαυτόν in myself, Ar.Ec. 1060.

5 c. inf., believe confidently that.., S.Ant. 668; also

θ. ὅτι.. Th.1.81

, etc.;

θ. τὸ ἐξελέγξειν D.19.3

.

b c. inf., make bold, venture,X.Cyr. 8.8.6, Plu.Per.22, Ant.Lib.19.2.

II trans., inspire with confidence, [

λόγοι] οἵ με θαρσοῖεν J.AJ19.1.9

.

μάτην, [dialect] Dor. [full] μάτᾱν [pron. full] [μᾰ], Adv.

A in vain, h.Cer.308, Pi.O.1.83, etc.;

μὴ πόνει μ. A.Pr.44

; βλέποντες ἔβλεπον μ. ib. 447; μ. ἐρεῖν ib. 1007; with a Noun, τὸ μ. ἄχθος the fruitless burden, Id.Ag. 165 (lyr.); Διὸς μ. ἄκοιτις his bedfellow to no good end, S.Tr. 1149: as predicate,

μ. ὁ μόχθος A.Ch. 521

.

2 at random, without reason,

οὔ σε μ. τιμῶσι Thgn.523

;

ὅρα μὴ μ. κόμπος ὁ λόγος ᾖ Hdt.7.103

, cf. E.Supp. 127;

οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον.. τοὺς κακοὺς μ. χρηστοὺς νομίζειν S.OT 609

;

ἵνα μὴ μ. θαρρήσῃς Pl.Tht. 189d

; ὁ νοσῶν μ., i.e. he that is mad, S.Aj. 635 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Pax 95 (anap.).

3 idly, falsely,

λέγοντες εἴτ' ἀληθές, εἴτ' ἄρ' οὖν μ. S.Ph. 345

;

λόγῳ μάτην θνῄσκοντες Id.El.63

, cf. 1298; μ. βέβακεν, of a dream, A.Ag. 423 (lyr.).—Originally acc. of μάτη, and we find εἰς μάτην in Luc.Trag.28,241, Aristid.Or.33(51).3;

ἐπὶ μ. POxy.530.8

(ii A.D.).

ἀλλο-δοξέω,

A mistake one thing for another, Pl.Tht. 189d, 190d.

ἐκδεκτέον,

A one must admit, include, Ath.5.189d, Dam.Pr. 437.

ἐπίκουρ-ος, ὁ,

A helper, ally, Hom. only in Il., mostly in pl. of the barbarian allies of Troy, Τρῶες.. ἠδ' ἐ. 2.815; Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδ' ἐ. 3.456,al., cf. Hdt.2.152, 3.91, al.

βιβλίον, ου, τό (Hdt., Aristoph.+; s. Preisigke, Fachwörter) der. from βύβλος, Egyptian papyrus, from whose strips writing material was manufactured.

① brief written message, document (Demosth., Ep. 1, 3; Appian, Iber. 41 §167 β. ἐσφραγισμένα; Polyaenus 7, 19 [of an ἐπιστολή]; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 101; later pap: APF 5, 263; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 42, 8 [314 A.D.]; s. Preis.) β. ἀποστασίου certificate of divorce (Dt 24:1, 3) which, acc. to law, an Israelite had to give his wife when he dismissed her Mt 19:7; Mk 10:4.—S. ἀπολύω 5.

② long written composition (either of a total work or of parts of a work), scroll, book, Rv 6:14 (Is 34:4); 20:12; of the scroll of the Law (Synes., Ep. 4 p. 162b and prob. as early as Diod S 34+35 Fgm. 1, 3 [Hecataeus of Abdera—III B.C.?] of a stone figure of Moses μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχον βιβλίον) Gal 3:10 (Vi. Aesopi G 81 P. τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ τῆς πόλεως νόμου); Hb 9:19 (Ex 24:7); of the scroll of a prophet Lk 4:17, 20; B 12:9 (Ex 17:14), cp. Hb 10:7 (Ps 39:8); of John’s gospel J 20:30 (Plut., Mor. 189d ταῦτα ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις γέγραπται); cp. 21:25. W. μεμβράναι 2 Ti 4:13. Esp. of apocal. books Rv 1:11; 5:1ff (ERussell, BiblSacra 115, ’58, 258–64 [mancipatio]—s. σφραγίς; Diod S 14, 55, 1 βιβλίον ἐπεσφραγισμένον … ἀνοίγειν καὶ ποιεῖν τὰ γεγραμμένα); 10:8; 22:7, 9f, 18f; Hv 1, 2, 2; 2, 4, 2. Of holy writings gener. τὰ β. (w. ἀπόστολοι) 2 Cl 14:2 (s. AvHarnack, Zentralbl. f. Bibliothekswesen 45, 1928, 337–42). Cp. Papias (2:4, in contrast to τὰ παρὰ ζώσης φωνῆς). β. τῆς ζωῆς book of life Rv 13:8; 17:8; 20:12; 21:27 (s. βίβλος 2). Of the works of Papias (1:4, 8, 9).—CMcCown, Codex and Roll in the NT: HTR 34, ’41, 219–50.—DELG s.v. βύβλος. M-M. TW. Sv.

κτάομαι fut. κτήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐκτησάμην; pf. κέκτημαι; fut. pf. 3 sg. κεκτήσεται (Tat. 20, 3 as Aeschyl., Th. 1022 et al.). Pass.: fut. 3 pl. κτηθήσοναι Jer 39:45 (s. next entry; Hom.+)

① to gain possession of, procure for oneself, acquire, get τὶ someth. 2 Cl 5:7. πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι my whole income Lk 18:12. W. acc. and εἴς τι foll.: χρυσὸν … εἰς τὰς ζώνας acquire gold (in order to put it) into your (money-) belts Mt 10:9. Procure τὶ someth. (Plut., Mor. 189d βιβλία κτᾶσθαι) τὴν δωρεὰν τ. θεοῦ διὰ χρημάτων κτᾶσθαι secure the gift of God with money Ac 8:20 (Herodian 2, 6, 5 χρήμασι κ. τι). Also ἐκ: χωρίον ἐκ μισθοῦ τ. ἀδικίας acquire a field w. the reward of his wickedness 1:18 (JSickenberger, BZ 18, ’29, 69–71). Also w. gen. of price πολλοῦ κεφαλαίου for a large sum Ac 22:28. τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι ἐν ἁγιασμῷ καὶ τιμῇ take a wife for himself (or: gain control over his own body; s. σκεῦος 3) in consecration and honor 1 Th 4:4 (cp. κτᾶσθαι γυναῖκα X., Symp. 2, 10; Sir 36:24). ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσεσθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν you will win your lives by your endurance Lk 21:19.

② bring upon oneself, of misfortunes, etc. (Soph.; Eur.; Thu. 1, 42, 2 ἔχθραν; Pr 3:31; ApcEsdr 2:12 p. 26, 5 Tdf. παρακοήν) εὔχομαι, ἵνα μὴ εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτὸ κτήσωνται I pray that they may not bring it (my message) upon themselves as a witness (against them) IPhld 6:3.

③ possess, the pf. (only in Ign. in our lit.) has this present mng. (Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 67 §282 οἱ κεκτημένοι=those who possessed [slaves]; En 97:10; TestSol 1:10 D; TestJob 11:2; JosAs 2:10 cod. A; EpArist 229; Philo, Cher. 119, Mos. 1, 157 al.; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 66; Just., D. 29, 2; Tat. 1:2 al.) τινά someone ἐπίσκοπον IEph 1:3. τὶ someth. ὄνομα 1:1. ἀγάπην 14:2. λόγον Ἰησοῦ 15:2. πνεῦμα IMg 15; IPol 1:3. διακονίαν IPhld 1:1. γνώμην IPol 8:1.—M-M. DELG. TW.

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα (Hom.+) comp. μείζων and beside it, because of the gradual disappearance of feeling for its comp. sense, μειζότερος 3J 4 (APF 3, 1906, 173; POxy 131, 25; BGU 368, 9; ApcSed 1:5 [cp. J 15:13]; s. B-D-F §61, 2; W-S. §11, 4; Mlt-H. 166; Gignac II 158). Superl. μέγιστος (2 Pt 1:4).

① pert. to exceeding a standard involving related objects, large, great

ⓐ of any extension in space in all directions λίθος Mt 27:60; Mk 16:4. δένδρον Lk 13:19 v.l. (TestAbr B 3 p. 107, 6 [Stone p. 62]). κλάδοι Mk 4:32. Buildings 13:2. Fish J 21:11. A mountain (Tyrtaeus [VII B.C.], Fgm. 4, 8 D.²; Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 138; Theopomp. [IV B.C.]: 115 Fgm. 78 Jac.) Rv 8:8. A star vs. 10. A furnace 9:2 (ParJer 6:23). A dragon (Esth 1:1e; Bel 23 Theod.) 12:3, 9. ἀετός (Ezk 17:3; ParJer 7:18 [RHarris; om. Kraft-Purintun]) vs. 14. μάχαιρα a long sword 6:4. ἅλυσις a long chain 20:1. πέλαγος AcPl Ha 7, 23 (first hand).

ⓑ with suggestion of spaciousness ἀνάγαιον a spacious room upstairs Mk 14:15; Lk 22:12. θύρα a wide door 1 Cor 16:9. A winepress Rv 14:19 (ληνός μ. ‘trough’ JosAs 2:20); χάσμα a broad chasm (2 Km 18:17) Lk 16:26. οἰκία (Jer 52:13) 2 Ti 2:20.

ⓒ with words that include the idea of number ἀγέλη μ. a large herd Mk 5:11. δεῖπνον a great banquet, w. many invited guests (Da 5:1 Theod.; JosAs 3:6) Lk 14:16. Also δοχὴ μ. (Gen 21:8) Lk 5:29; GJs 6:2.

ⓓ of age (Jos., Ant. 12, 207 μικρὸς ἢ μέγας=‘young or old’); to include all concerned μικροὶ καὶ μεγάλοι small and great (PGM 15, 18) Rv 11:18; 13:16; 19:5, 18; 20:12. μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ Ac 26:22. ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου (Gen 19:11; 4 Km 23:2; 2 Ch 34:30; POxy 1350) 8:10; Hb 8:11 (Jer 38:34). μέγας γενόμενος when he was grown up 11:24 (Ex 2:11). ὁ μείζων the older (O. Wilck II, 144, 3 [128 A.D.]; 213, 3; 1199, 2; LXX; cp. Polyb. 18, 18, 9 Σκιπίων ὁ μέγας; 32, 12, 1) Ro 9:12; 13:2 (both Gen 25:23).

② pert. to being above average in quantity, great πορισμός a great means of gain 1 Ti 6:6. μισθαποδοσία rich reward Hb 10:35.

③ pert. to being above standard in intensity, great δύναμις Ac 4:33; 19:8 D. Esp. of sound: loud φωνή Mk 15:37; Lk 17:15; Rv 1:10; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ (LXX; TestAbr A 5 p. 82, 20f [Stone p. 12]; ParJer 2:2; ApcMos 5:21) Mt 27:46, 50; Mk 1:26; 5:7; 15:34; Lk 4:33; 8:28; 19:37; 23:23 (Φωναῖς μεγάλαις), 46; J 11:43; Ac 7:57, 60; 8:7; Rv 5:12; 6:10 al.; μεγ. φωνῇ (ParJer 5:32); Ac 14:10; 16:28; μεγ. τῇ φωνῇ (ParJer 9:8; Jos., Bell. 6, 188) 14:10 v.l.; 26:24; ἐν φωνῇ μ. Rv 5:2. μετὰ σάλπιγγος μεγάλης with a loud trumpet call Mt 24:31. κραυγή (Ex 11:6; 12:30) Lk 1:42; Ac 23:9; cp. μεῖζον κράζειν cry out all the more Mt 20:31. κοπετός (Gen 50:10) Ac 8:2.—Of natural phenomena: ἄνεμος μ. a strong wind J 6:18; Rv 6:13. λαῖλαψ μ. (Jer 32:32) Mk 4:37. βροντή (Sir 40:13) Rv 14:2. χάλαζα Rv 11:19; 16:21a. χάλαζα λίαν μ. σφόδρα AcPl Ha 5, 7. σεισμὸς μ. (Jer 10:22; Ezk 3:12; 38:19; Jos., Ant. 9, 225) Mt 8:24; 28:2; Lk 21:11a; Ac 16:26. γαλήνη μ. a deep calm Mt 8:26; Mk 4:39; φῶς μ. a bright light (JosAs 6:3; ParJer 9:18 [16]; Plut., Mor. 567f: a divine voice sounds forth from this light; Petosiris, Fgm. 7, ln. 39 τὸ ἱερὸν ἄστρον μέγα ποιοῦν φῶς) Mt 4:16a; GJs 19:2 (Is 9:1). καῦμα μ. intense heat Rv 16:9 (JosAs 3:3).—Of surprising or unpleasant events or phenomena of the most diverse kinds (ἀπώλεια Dt 7:23; θάνατος Ex 9:3; Jer 21:6; κακόν Philo, Agr. 47) σημεῖα (Dt 6:22; 29:2) Mt 24:24; Lk 21:11b; Ac 6:8. δυνάμεις 8:13. ἔργα μ. mighty deeds (cp. Judg 2:7) Rv 15:3. μείζω τούτων greater things than these J 1:50 (μείζονα v.l.); cp. 5:20; 14:12. διωγμὸς μ. a severe persecution Ac 8:1; θλῖψις μ. (a time of) great suffering (1 Macc 9:27) Mt 24:21; Ac 7:11; Rv 2:22; 7:14. πειρασμός AcPl Ha 8, 22. πληγή (Judg 15:8; 1 Km 4:10, 17 al.; TestReub 1:7; TestSim 8:4; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 134) 16:21b. θόρυβος GJs 21:1; AcPl Ha 1, 28f (restored, s. AcPlTh [Aa I 258, 6]) λιμὸς μ. (4 Km 6:25; 1 Macc 9:24) Lk 4:25; Ac 11:28; ἀνάγκη μ. Lk 21:23; πυρετὸς μ. a high fever (s. πυρετός) 4:38.—Of emotions: χαρά great joy (Jon 4:6; JosAs 3:4; 4:2 al.; Jos., Ant. 12, 91) Mt 2:10; 28:8; Lk 2:10; 24:52. φόβος great fear (X., Cyr. 4, 2, 10; Menand., Fgm. 388 Kö.; Jon 1:10, 16; 1 Macc 10:8; TestAbr B 13 p. 117, 18 [Stone p. 82]; JosAs 6:1; GrBar 7:5) Mk 4:41; Lk 2:9; 8:37; Ac 5:5, 11; AcPl Ha 3, 33. θυμὸς μ. fierce anger (1 Macc 7:35) Rv 12:12. μείζων ἀγάπη greater love J 15:13. λύπη profound (Jon 4:1; 1 Macc 6:4, 9, 13; TestJob 7:8) Ro 9:2. σκυθρωπία AcPl Ha 7, 36. πίστις firm Mt 15:28. ἔκστασις (cp. Gen 27:33; ParJer 5:8, 12) Mk 5:42.

④ pert. to being relatively superior in importance, great

ⓐ of rational entities: of God and other deities θεός (SIG 985, 34 θεοὶ μεγάλοι [LBlock, Megaloi Theoi: Roscher II 2523–28, 2536–40; SCole, Theoi Megaloi, The Cult of the Great Gods at Samothrace ’84]; 1237, 5 ὀργὴ μεγάλη τ. μεγάλου Διός; OGI 50, 7; 168, 6; 716, 1; PStras 81, 14 [115 B.C.] Ἴσιδος μεγάλης μητρὸς θεῶν; POxy 886, 1; PTebt 409, 11; 22 ὁ θεὸς μ. Σάραπις, al.; PGM 4, 155; 482; 778 and oft.; 3052 μέγ. θεὸς Σαβαώθ; 5, 474; Dt 10:17 al. in LXX; En 103:4; 104:1; Philo, Cher. 29 al.; Jos., Ant. 8, 319; SibOr 3, 19; 71 al.—Thieme 36f) Tit 2:13 (Christ is meant). Ἄρτεμις (q.v.) Ac 19:27f, 34f (cp. Ael. Aristid. 48, 21 K.=24 p. 471 D. the outcry: μέγας ὁ Ἀσκληπιός); s. New Docs 1, 106 on this epithet in ref. to deities. Simon the magician is called ἡ δύναμις τ. θεοῦ ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη Ac 8:10b (s. δύναμις 5). The angel Michael Hs 8, 3, 3; cp. 8, 4, 1.—Of people who stand in relation to the Divinity or are otherw. in high position: ἀρχιερεύς (s. ἀρχιερεύς 2a and ἱερεύς aβ.—ἀρχ. μέγ. is also the appellation of the priest-prince of Olba [s. PECS 641f] in Cilicia: MAMA III ’31 p. 67, ins 63; 64 [I B.C.]) Hb 4:14. προφήτης (Sir 48:22) Lk 7:16. ποιμήν Hb 13:20. Gener. of rulers: οἱ μεγάλοι the great ones, those in high position Mt 20:25; Mk 10:42. Of people prominent for any reason Mt 5:19; 20:26; Mk 10:43; Lk 1:15, 32; Ac 5:36 D; 8:9 (MSmith, HWolfson Festschr., ’65, 741: μ. here and Lk 1:32 may imply a messianic claim).—μέγας in the superl. sense (2 Km 7:9.—The positive also stands for the superl., e.g. Sallust. 4 p. 6, 14, where Paris calls Aphrodite καλή=the most beautiful. Diod S 17, 70, 1 πολεμία τῶν πόλεων=the most hostile [or especially hostile] among the cities) Lk 9:48 (opp. ὁ μικρότερος).—Comp. μείζων greater of God (Ael. Aristid. 27, 3 K.=16 p. 382 D.; PGM 13, 689 ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε, τὸν πάντων μείζονα) J 14:28; Hb 6:13; 1J 3:20; 4:4. More prominent or outstanding because of certain advantages Mt 11:11; Lk 7:28; 22:26f; J 4:12; 8:53; 13:16ab; 1 Cor 14:5. More closely defined: ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζων greater in power and might 2 Pt 2:11. μεῖζον τοῦ ἱεροῦ someth. greater than the temple Mt 12:6. μείζων with superl. mng. (Ps.-Apollod., Epit. 7, 8 Wagner: Ὀδυσσεὺς τρεῖς κριοὺς ὁμοῦ συνδέων … καὶ αὐτὸς τῷ μείζονι ὑποδύς; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 87 §366 ἐν παρασκευῇ μείζονι= in the greatest preparation; Vett. Val. 62, 24; TestJob 3:1 ἐν μείζονι φωτί) Mt 18:1, 4; 23:11; Mk 9:34; Lk 9:46; 22:24, 26.

ⓑ of things: great, sublime, important μυστήριον (GrBar 1:6; 2:6; ApcMos 34; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 100 al.; Just., A I, 27, 4) Eph 5:32; 1 Ti 3:16. Of the sabbath day that begins a festival period J 19:31; MPol 8:1b. Esp. of the day of the divine judgment (LXX; En 22:4; ApcEsdr 3:3 p. 27, 7 Tdf.; Just., D. 49, 2 al.; cp. TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 11 [Stone p. 32]) Ac 2:20 (Jo 3:4); Jd 6; Rv 6:17; 16:14. Of Paul’s superb instructional ability μ̣ε̣γάλῃ καθ̣[ηγήσει] AcPl Ha 6, 30f.—μέγας in the superl. sense (Plut., Mor. 35a w. πρῶτος; Himerius, Or. 14 [Ecl. 15], 3 μέγας=greatest, really great; B-D-F §245, 2; s. Rob. 669) ἐντολή Mt 22:36, 38. ἡμέρα ἡ μ. τῆς ἑορτῆς the great day of the festival J 7:37 (cp. Lucian, Pseudolog. 8 ἡ μεγάλη νουμηνία [at the beginning of the year]); Mel., P. 79, 579; 92, 694 ἐν τῇ μ. ἐορτῇ; GJs 1:2; 2:2 (s. deStrycker on 1:2). Of Mary’s day of parturition ὡς μεγάλη ἡ σήμερον ἡμέρα what a great day this is GJs 19:2. μείζων as comp. (Chion, Ep. 16, 8 philosophy as νόμος μείζων=higher law; Sir 10:24) J 5:36; 1J 5:9. μ. ἁμαρτία J 19:11 (cp. schol. on Pla. 189d ἁμαρτήματα μεγάλα; Ex 32:30f). τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ μείζονα the more important spiritual gifts (in the sense Paul gave the word) 1 Cor 12:31. As a superl. (Epict. 3, 24, 93; Stephan. Byz. s.v. Ὕβλαι: the largest of three cities is ἡ μείζων [followed by ἡ ἐλάττων, and finally ἡ μικρά=the smallest]. The comparative also performs the function of the superlative, e.g. Diod S 20, 22, 2, where πρεσβύτερος is the oldest of 3 men) Mt 13:32; 1 Cor 13:13 (by means of the superl. μ. Paul singles out from the triad the one quality that interests him most in this connection, just as Ael. Aristid. 45, 16 K. by means of αὐτός at the end of the θεοί singles out Sarapis, the only one that affects him).—The superl. μέγιστος, at times used by contemporary authors, occurs only once in the NT, where it is used in the elative sense very great, extraordinary (Diod S 2, 32, 1) ἐπαγγέλματα 2 Pt 1:4.—On the adv. usage Ac 26:29 s. ὀλίγος 2bβ.—Neut. pl. μεγάλα ποιεῖν τινι do great things for someone Lk 1:49 (cp. Dt 10:21). λαλεῖν μεγάλα καὶ βλασφημίας utter proud words and blasphemies Rv 13:5 (Da 7:8; cp. En 101:3). ἐποίει μεγ̣[ά]λα καὶ [θα]υ̣[μά]σ̣ι̣α̣ (Just., A I, 62, 4) (Christ) proceeded to perform great and marvelous deeds AcPl Ha 8, 33/BMM verso 6.

⑤ pert. to being unusual, surprising, neut. μέγα εἰ … θερίσομεν; is it an extraordinary thing (i.e. are we expecting too much = our colloquial ‘is it a big deal’) if we wish to reap? 1 Cor 9:11. οὐ μέγα οὖν, εἰ it is not surprising, then, if 2 Cor 11:15 (on this constr. cp. Pla., Menex. 235d; Plut., Mor. 215f; Gen 45:28; s. AFridrichsen, ConNeot 2, ’36, 46).—B. 878f; 1309. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

ἁμαρτία, ίας, ἡ (w. mngs. ranging fr. involuntary mistake/ error to serious offenses against a deity: Aeschyl., Antiphon, Democr.+; ins fr. Cyzicus JHS 27, 1907, p. 63 [III B.C.] ἁμαρτίαν μετανόει; PLips 119 recto, 3; POxy 1119, 11; LXX; En, TestSol, TestAbr, TestJob, Test12Patr; JosAs 12:14; ParJer, ApcEsdr, ApcSed, ApcMos; EpArist 192; Philo; Jos., Ant. 13, 69 al.; Ar. [Milne 76, 42]; Just., A I, 61, 6; 10; 66, 1, D. 13, 1 al.; Tat. 14, 1f; 20, 1; Mel., P. 50, 359; 55, 400; s. ClR 24, 1910, 88; 234; 25, 1911, 195–97).

① a departure fr. either human or divine standards of uprightness

ⓐ sin (w. context ordinarily suggesting the level of heinousness), the action itself (ἁμάρτησις s. prec.), as well as its result (ἁμάρτημα), πᾶσα ἀδικία ἁ. ἐστίν 1J 5:17 (cp. Eur., Or. 649; Gen 50:17). ἁ. w. ἀνομήματα Hv 1, 3, 1; descr. as ἀνομία (cp. Ps 58:3; TestJob 43:17) 1J 3:4; but one who loves is far from sin Pol 3:3, cp. Js 5:20; 1 Pt 4:8, 1 Cl 49:5; Agr 13. ἀναπληρῶσαι τὰς ἁ. fill up the measure of sins (Gen 15:16) 1 Th 2:16. κοινωνεῖν ἁ. ἀλλοτρίαις 1 Ti 5:22. ποιεῖν ἁ. commit a sin (Tob 12:10; 14:7S; Dt 9:21) 2 Cor 11:7; 1 Pt 2:22; Js 5:15; 1J 3:4, 8. For this ἁμαρτάνειν ἁ. (Ex 32:30; La 1:8) 1J 5:16; ἐργάζεσθαι ἁ. Js 2:9; Hm 4, 1, 2 (LXX oft. ἐργάζ. ἀδικίαν or ἀνομίαν). μεγάλην ἁ. ἐργάζεσθαι commit a great sin m 4, 1, 1; 8:2. Pl. (cp. Pla., Ep. 7, 335a τὰ μεγάλα ἁμαρτήματα κ. ἀδικήματα) Hs 7:2. ἐπιφέρειν ἁ. τινί Hv 1, 2, 4. ἑαυτῷ ἁ. ἐπιφέρειν bring sin upon oneself m 11:4; for this ἁ. ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινι m 4, 1, 8 (cp. Is 5:18). προστιθέναι ταῖς ἁ. add to one’s sins (cp. προσέθηκεν ἁμαρτίας ἐφʼ ἁμαρτίας PsSol 3:10) Hv 5:7; m 4, 3, 7; Hs 6, 2, 3; 8, 11, 3; φέρειν ἁ. 1 Cl 16:4 (Is 53:4). ἀναφέρειν vs. 14 (Is 53:12). γέμειν ἁμαρτιῶν B 11:11. εἶναι ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις 1 Cor 15:17 (cp. Alex. Aphr., Eth. Probl. 9 II 2 p. 129, 13 ἐν ἁμαρτήμασιν εἶναι).—Sin viewed from the perspective of God’s or Christ’s response: ἀφιέναι τὰς ἁ. let go = forgive sins (Lev 4:20 al.) Mt 9:2, 5f; Mk 2:5, 7, 9f; Lk 5:20ff; Hv 2, 2, 4; 1 Cl 50:5; 53:5 (Ex 32:32) al. (ἀφίημι 2); hence ἄφεσις (τῶν) ἁμαρτιῶν (Iren. 1, 21, 2 [Harv. I 182, 4]) forgiveness of sins Mt 26:28; Mk 1:4; Lk 1:77; 3:3; 24:47; Ac 2:38; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; Hm 4, 3, 2; B 5:1; 6:11; 8:3; 11:1; 16:8. διδόναι ἄφεσιν ἁ. AcPl Ha 2, 30; λαβεῖν ἄφεσιν ἁ. receive forgiveness of sins Ac 26:18 (Just., D. 54 al); καθαρίζειν τὰς ἁ. cleanse the sins (thought of as a stain) Hs 5, 6, 3; καθαρίζειν ἀπὸ ἁ. 1 Cl 18:3 (Ps 50:4; cp. Sir 23:10; PsSol 10:1); also καθαρισμὸν ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἁ. Hb 1:3; ἀπολούεσθαι τὰς ἁ. Ac 22:16 ([w. βαπτίζειν] Just., D. 13, 1 al.). λύτρον ἁ. ransom for sins B 19:10.—αἴρειν J 1:29; περιελεῖν ἁ. Hb 10:11; ἀφαιρεῖν (Ex 34:9; Is 27; 9) vs. 4; Hs 9, 28, 3; ῥυσθῆναι ἀπὸ ἁ. 1 Cl 60:3; ἀπὸ τῶν ἁ. ἀποσπασθῆναι AcPlCor 2:9. Sin as a burden αἱ ἁ. κατεβάρησαν Hs 9, 28, 6; as a disease ἰᾶσθαι Hs 9, 28, 5 (cp. Dt 30:3); s. also the verbs in question.—Looked upon as an entry in a ledger; hence ἐξαλείφεται ἡ ἁ. wiped away, cancelled (Ps 108:14; Jer 18:23; Is 43:25) Ac 3:19.—Opp. στῆσαι τὴν ἁ. 7:60; λογίζεσθαι ἁ. take account of sin (as a debt; cp. the commercial metaphor Ro 4:6 and s. FDanker, Gingrich Festschr. 104, n. 2) Ro 4:8 (Ps 31:2); 1 Cl 60:2 (Just., D. 141, 3). Pass. ἁ. οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται is not entered in the account Ro 5:13 (GFriedrich, TLZ 77, ’52, 523–28). Of sinners ὀφειλέτης ἁ. Pol 6:1 (cp. SIG 1042, 14–16 [II A.D.] ὸ̔ς ἂν δὲ πολυπραγμονήσῃ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ περιεργάσηται, ἁμαρτίαν ὀφιλέτω Μηνὶ Τυράννωι, ἣν οὐ μὴ δύνηται ἐξειλάσασθαι).—γινώσκειν ἁ. (cp. Num 32:23) Ro 7:7; Hm 4, 1, 5. ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας Ro 3:20; ὁμολογεῖν τὰς ἁ. 1J 1:9; ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἐπὶ ταῖς ἁ. B 19:12; ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τὰς ἁ. Mt 3:6; Mk 1:5; Hv 3, 1, 5f; Hs 9, 23, 4; ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἀλλήλοις τὰς ἁ. confess your sins to each other Js 5:16.—ἐλέγχειν τινὰ περὶ ἁ. convict someone of sin J 8:46; cp. ἵνα σου τὰς ἁ. ἐλέγξω πρὸς τὸν κύριον that I might reveal your sins before the Lord Hv 1, 1, 5.—σεσωρευμένος ἁμαρτίαις loaded down w. sins 2 Ti 3:6; cp. ἐπισωρεύειν ταῖς ἁ. B 4:6; ἔνοχος τῆς ἁ. involved in the sin Hm 2:2; 4, 1, 5. μέτοχος τῆς ἁ. m 4, 1, 9.—In Hb sin is atoned for (ἱλάσκεσθαι τὰς ἁ. 2:17) by sacrifices θυσίαι ὑπὲρ ἁ. 5:1 (cp. 1 Cl 41:2). προσφορὰ περὶ ἁ. sin-offering 10:18; also simply περὶ ἁ. (Lev 5:11; 7:37) vss. 6, 8 (both Ps 39:7; cp. 1 Pt 3:18); προσφέρειν περὶ ἁ. bring a sin-offering Hb 5:3; cp. 10:12; 13:11. Christ has made the perfect sacrifice for sin 9:23ff; συνείδησις ἁ. consciousness of sin 10:2; ἀνάμνησις ἁ. a reminder of sins of the feast of atonement vs. 3.

ⓑ special sins (ἁ. τῆς ἀποστασίας Iren. 5, 26, 2 [Harv. II 397, 4]): πρὸς θάνατον that leads to death 1J 5:16b (ἁμαρτάνω e); opp. οὐ πρὸς θάνατον vs. 17. μεγάλη ἁ. a great sin Hv 1, 1, 8 al. (Gen 20:9; Ex 32:30 al.; cp. Schol. on Pla., Tht. 189d ἁμαρτήματα μεγάλα). μείζων ἁ. m 11:4; ἥττων 1 Cl 47:4. μεγάλη κ. ἀνίατος Hm 5, 2, 4; τέλειαι ἁ. Hv 1, 2, 1; B 8:1, cp. τὸ τέλειον τῶν ἁ. 5:11 (Philo, Mos. 1, 96 κατὰ τῶν τέλεια ἡμαρτηκότων); ἡ προτέρα ἁ. (Arrian, Anab. 7, 23, 8 εἴ τι πρότερον ἡμάρτηκας) sin committed before baptism Hm 4, 1, 11; 4, 3, 3; Hs 8, 11, 3; cp. v 2, 1, 2.

② a state of being sinful, sinfulness, a prominent feature in Johannine thought, and opposed to ἀλήθεια; hence ἁ. ἔχειν J 9:41; 15:24; 1J 1:8. μείζονα ἁ. ἔχειν J 19:11; ἁ. μένει 9:41. γεννᾶσθαι ἐν ἁμαρτίαις be born in sin 9:34 (ἐν ἁμαρτίᾳ v.l).; opp. ἐν ἁ. ἀποθανεῖν die in sin 8:21, 24; AcPl Ha 1, 16. ἁ. ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν 1J 3:5.

③ a destructive evil power, sin

ⓐ Paul thinks of sin almost in pers. terms (cp. Sir 27:10; Mel., P. 50, 359; PGM 4, 1448 w. other divinities of the nether world, also Ἁμαρτίαι χθόνιαι; Dibelius, Geisterwelt 119ff) as a ruling power that invades the world. Sin came into the world Ro 5:12 (JFreundorfer, Erbsünde u. Erbtod b. Ap. Pls 1927; ELohmeyer, ZNW 29, 1930, 1–59; JSchnitzer, D. Erbsünde im Lichte d. Religionsgesch. ’31; ROtto, Sünde u. Urschuld ’32; FDanker, Ro 5:12: Sin under Law: NTS 14, ’67/68, 424–39), reigns there vs. 21; 6:14; everything was subject to it Gal 3:22; people serve it Ro 6:6; are its slaves vss. 17, 20; are sold into its service 7:14 or set free from it 6:22; it has its law 7:23; 8:2; it revives (ἀνέζησεν) Ro 7:9 or is dead vs. 8; it pays its wages, viz., death 6:23, cp. 5:12 (see lit. s.v. ἐπί 6c). As a pers. principle it dwells in humans Ro 7:17, 20, viz., in the flesh (s. σάρξ 2cα) 8:3; cp. vs. 2; 7:25. The earthly body is hence a σῶμα τῆς ἁ. 6:6 (Col 2:11 v.l.).—As abstr. for concr. τὸν μὴ γνόντα ἁ. ὑπέρ ἡμῶν ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησεν (God) made him, who never sinned, to be sin (i.e. the guilty one) for our sakes 2 Cor 5:21.

ⓑ In Hb (as in OT) sin appears as the power that deceives humanity and leads it to destruction, whose influence and activity can be ended only by sacrifices (s. 1a end): ἀπάτη τῆς ἁ. Hb 3:13.—On the whole word s. ἁμαρτάνω, end. GMoore, Judaism I 445–52; ABüchler, Studies in Sin and Atonement in the Rabb. Lit. of the I Cent. 1928; WKnuth, D. Begriff der Sünde b. Philon v. Alex., diss. Jena ’34; EThomas, The Problem of Sin in the NT 1927; Dodd 76–81; DDaube, Sin, Ignorance and Forgiveness in the Bible, ’61; AGelin and ADescamps, Sin in the Bible, ’65.—On the special question ‘The Christian and Sin’ see PWernle 1897; HWindisch 1908; EHedström 1911; RBultmann, ZNW 23, 1924, 123–40; Windisch, ibid. 265–81; RSchulz, D. Frage nach der Selbsttätigkt. d. Menschen im sittl. Leben b. Pls., diss. Hdlb. ’40.—JAddison, ATR 33, ’51, 137–48; KKuhn, πειρασμός ἁμαρτία σάρξ im NT: ZTK 49, ’52, 200–222; JBremer, Hamartia ’69 (Gk. views).—B. 1182. EDNT. DELG s.v. ἁμαρτάνω. M-M. TW.