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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `move quickly, dart, rush (upon)' (Il.)

Other forms: ᾄσσω (Pi.), ᾄττω (Att.), fut. ἀΐξω.

Compounds: ἀ- always long in Hom. except ὑπαΐξει (Φ 126; incidental shortening? Chantr. Gramm. hom. 110; ἀΐξῃ (A. R. 3, 1302), elsewhere mostly short. - πολυ-άϊξ, κορυθ-άϊξ; also τριχ-άϊκες? (q.v.).

Derivatives: ἀῑκ-ή `Ansturm' (Ο 709); a root noun ἄϊξ in ἀνέμων ἄικας ( ἀίκας?; α and ι long) A.R. 4, 820.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Unexplained. Since Osthoff PBBeitr. 8, 271 taken as intensive *Ϝαι-Ϝικ-ι̯ω and compared with Skt. ve-vij-yá-te `to raise, flee, move quickly'. But there is no trace of a F (Solmsen Unt. 189) and the long ι remains unexplained. Danielsson IF 14, 386ff. reconstructs *αἰϜ-ῑκ- and compares αἰόλος.

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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `torch, oak wood' (Stratt.; also S. Fr. 177 [cod. γραφίοις]?).

Origin: SUX [probably of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.

Etymology: From an (Illyr.?) word for `beech, oak', * grabu, seen in Umbr. Grabovius, surname of Iupiter; the word is found in ModGr. γράβος (Epirus), γάβρος (Arcadia). Further to Russ. grab etc., and OPr. wosi-grabis. S. Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. v., Georgakas ByzZ 41, 361f., Porzig Gliederung 148. Rejected by Garbini, Studi Pisani I 391ff. Also Restelli, Studi Pisani II 820. Cf. κράββατος. - Fur. 169 compares γοβρίαι φανοί, λαμπτῆρες H, which cannot be ignored; he concludes that the word is a non-IE substratum word perh. from the Balkans.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `sting' (Pi.).

Other forms: aor. κένσαι (Ψ 337), κεντῆσαι (Hp., κέντᾱσα Theoc. 19, 1), pass. κεντηθῆναι (Arist.) with κεντηθήσομαι (Hdt.), κεντήσω (S.), κεκέντημαι (Hp.),

Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. κατα-, παρα-, ἀπο-, δια-,

Derivatives: 1. κένσαι for *κέντ-σαι (Schwyzer 287) points to κεντ- (present or aorist?; s. below) of which the dental before dental gave κεσ-. Thus κεσ-τός (\< *κεντ-τός) `stitched' (ep.; Ammann Μνήμης χάριν 1, 17); κέσ-τρον `pointed iron ' (Plin.) with κεστρωτός and κέστρωσις (H.; *κεστρόω), κέσ-τρος `kind of arrow etc.' (Plb., D. H., H.) with dimin. κεστρίον (Attica) and κέστρειον `stock of arrows (?)' (Delos III^a); κέσ-τρα f. `sharp hammer, arrow' (S., Ph. Bel., Hero), also a fishname = σφύραινα (Ar.; after te form of the body, Strömberg Fischnamen 35); here κεστρεύς `mullet' (IA.; Bosshardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 51) and κεστρῖνος, - ινίσκος `id.' (Com.). - 2. Through reshaping after κεντ-έω (not with ρο-suffix as Fraenkel KZ 42, 118 n. 1) rose κέντρον `sting', as geometrical term. techn. `resting bone of a compass, center of a cirkel' (Il.), with many compounds and derivv., e. g. κεντρ-ηνεκής `driven by the sting' (Il.; cf. with diff. function δουρ-, ποδ-ηνεκής); subst. κέντρων s. v.; adj. like κεντρικός, κεντρώδης, κεντρήεις; fish- and plant names as κεντρίνης, κεντρίσκος, κεντρίτης (Strömberg Fischnamen 47, Redard Les noms grecs en - της 83, 111); denomin. verbs κεντρόω `with a sting, sting' (IA), κεντρίζω `sting' (X.); from κέντρον as backformation κέντωρ m. `goader, driver' (Il., AP; Fraenkel Glotta 2, 32). - 3. From κεντέω ( κεντῆ-σαι, - σω): κέντημα `the sting, the mosaic' (Arist., inscr. Smyrna [Rom. Emp.]), κεντητής `mosaic-worker' ( Edict. Diocl.), κεντητήριον `picker' (Luc.), κεντητικός `stingy' (Thphr.), κεντητός `stitched, with mosaic' (Epikt., pap.). - 4. With old ablaut κοντός m. "the stinger", `pole, crutch, staf to drive on cattle' (ι 487; LW [loanword] Lat. contus with percontor) with κοντά-κιον, - άριον, - ίλος, - ωτός a. o.; here κοντός `short' (Adam.) from κοντο-μάχος, - βόλος, - βολέω, where κοντός was taken as `short'; thus in κοντο-πορεία (Plb.), s. Hatzidakis Festschrift Kretschmer 35ff.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [567] *ḱent- `sting'

Etymology: To the sigmatic aorist κένσαι \< *κέντ-σαι was after unknown example a present κεντ-έω created (cf. Schwyzer 706), to which came κεντῆ-σαι, κεντή-σω etc. - Other languages have only isolated nominal formations: OHG hantag `pointed', deriv. from PGm. * handa- (formally = κοντός), Latv. sīts `hunting spear' (= Lith. *šiñtas \< IE. *ḱentos- n.?), and some Celtic words, e. g. Bret. kentr `spur', Welsh cethr `nail', but these are all prob. loans from Lat. centrum. - See W.-Hofmann 2, 423, Pok. 567.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `river perch, Perca fluviatilis' (inscr. Acraiphia before 224 - 210 B.C.)

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [820] *perḱ- `motley'

Etymology: It is the same word as περκίς f. the small perch' (Dsc.). The word would be a metathesis of *πρυκ-ίδ- \< *pr̥ḱ-, with ρυ from r̥, written πουκριδ- in Boeotian; cognate with πρακνόν, πρεκνός etc., s. πρόξ, περκνός. Taillardat Nomina Rerum 387-9.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `roe- or deer-like animal' (ρ 295, Archil., Arist. a.o.); also προκάς, - άδος (like δορκάς, κεμάς) f. (h. Ven. 71).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [820] *perḱ- spotted, motley'

Etymology: Animal names of the same old type as γλαῦξ, γύψ, αἴξ a.o.; s. περκνός.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `roe- or deer-like animal' (ρ 295, Archil., Arist. a.o.); also προκάς, - άδος (like δορκάς, κεμάς) f. (h. Ven. 71).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [820] *perḱ- spotted, motley'

Etymology: Animal names of the same old type as γλαῦξ, γύψ, αἴξ a.o.; s. περκνός.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `dewdrop' (Theoc., Call.).

Other forms: only pl. πρῶκες.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [820] *prōḱ- `drop' (`spotted').

Etymology: Formation like κλώψ, ῥῶπες, τρώξ a. o. (s. Chantraine Form. 2, Schwyzer 424); so prob. prop. a nom. agentis "the dripper, the sprinkler" from a lost verb for `sprinkle', which left traces in several derived adj., s. περκνός. On the meaning `sprinkle': `drop' cf. esp. Skt. pŕ̥ṣan- `spotted, speckled', pr̥ṣatá- m. `spotted gazelle' (Ved.), `drop of water' (ep. class.).

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `dewdrop' (Theoc., Call.).

Other forms: only pl. πρῶκες.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [820] *prōḱ- `drop' (`spotted').

Etymology: Formation like κλώψ, ῥῶπες, τρώξ a. o. (s. Chantraine Form. 2, Schwyzer 424); so prob. prop. a nom. agentis "the dripper, the sprinkler" from a lost verb for `sprinkle', which left traces in several derived adj., s. περκνός. On the meaning `sprinkle': `drop' cf. esp. Skt. pŕ̥ṣan- `spotted, speckled', pr̥ṣatá- m. `spotted gazelle' (Ved.), `drop of water' (ep. class.).

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `toothed fish'(?) (Epich. 69, Arist., H.).

Other forms: also συναγρίς (Arist.), - ίδος.

Derivatives: Cf. συνοδοντίς as fishname (Strömberg 45) and κρεαγρίς, παναγρίς, governing compound to ἀγρεύω, ἄγρα; the v. l. συαγρίς after σύαγρος (s. on σῦς); this is rather improbable. Ngr. συνακρίδα; on this also Thumb ClassQuart. 8, 193.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Furnée 123f. starts from σύαξ, - κος, συάκιον n. (Su.); συάκιν (gloss.) `kind of flatfish'. He takes συναγρίς (Arist.) rather as folketymol. for the form without nasal. The word will then be Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to strip off (the armour), to take away, to rob, to plunder, to seize'(Hom., IA.).

Other forms: (El. opt. συλαίη), aor. συλῆσαι etc., also w. ἀπο- a.o. (Il.), ep. pres. also - εύω (cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 368; not from συλεύς; s.bel.), - έω (Delph., Theoc. a.o.; also Pi.? s. Forssman Unt. 157f.)

Dialectal forms: On the debated Myc. surase, surate s. Morpurgo Lex. s. vv. w. lit.

Compounds: Compound: θεο-σύλης m. = θεῶν συλήτωρ (Alc. a.o.; Peek Phil. 100, 23), ἱερό-συλος m. `temple-robber' with - έω, - ία (Att.). Compp. συλ-αγωγέω `to carry away as booty' (Ep. Col. a.o.), ἄ-συλος `one who cannot be distrained, invulnerable, safe', τὸ ἄ. `fenced territory, refuge', with ἀσυλ-ία f. `safety from distraint, invulnerability' a.o. (Parm., A., E., Pl., inscr. etc.).

Derivatives: συλ-ήτωρ m. `plunderer' (A., Nonn.), f. - ήτειρα (E. in lyr.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 22f.), - ησις f. `plunder' (S., Pl. a.o.), - ητικός `related to plunder' (hell. inscr.), - ητής (gloss.). -- Besides σῦλα n., σῦλαι f. pl., rarely - ον, -η sg., `captured shipload, booty' (Samos VI^a, Locr. V^a, Str.), Att. `right of seizure of a ship or its cargo, right of distraint' (D., Arist.). From σῦλα or συλάω (- έω, - εύω) συλεύς m. `plunderer' (GDI 2516, Delph. III^a; cf. ad loc.), also as mythical PN (Bosshardt 123). On Συλο- and - συλος in PN also Masson Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 16, 166 ff.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Against the most obvious and hard to reject assumption, that συλάω is derived from σῦλα, σῦλαι, speaks a little the later and more rare attestation of the nouns. In any case the Att. meaning `right of seizure' must be secondary and cannot be separated from ἄ-συλος. Whether ἄσυλος from συλάω (beside ἀ-σύλητος [E. a.o.] like ἄτιμος: ἀτίμητος) = `who may not be taken away or be robbed', i.e. `unviolable', to which σῦλα, - αι `right of seizure'? -- No certain etymology. The similarity between σῦλα, - άω and σκῦλα is long since observed (Curtius 169, Buttmann Lexil. 2, 264) and provoked diff. attempts at explanation: variation σκ-: ξ-: σ- (Schwyzer 329, Sánchez Ruipérez Emer. 15, 67 f.); σκῦλον secondary after σκῦτος (Pisani Sprache 5, 143 ff.). After Pisani σῦλα comes with Lat. spolia from Lydian; cf. Σάρδεις: OPers. Sparda-, also Arm. sunk: σπόγγος. On ἐσσύλλα ἀφῄρει κτλ. H. (adduced by P. with earlier investigators) one cannot trust (alphabet. wrong); ὑλᾶται ἐστερήθη, ἀπέθανεν H. (by Kretschmer KZ 31, 422 compared with it), is, if at all correctly handed down, with P. to be kept away.

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See also: s. ξύν.

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See also: s. σύαγρις

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Grammatical information: ptc.

Meaning: `grown together, bent together' (Β 218); after it συνοχωκότος (gen. sg.) `collapsed' (Q. S. 7, 502).

Other forms: Perf. ptc. du.

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: To συνέχω, but explanation further unclear. After Brugmann (e.g. IF 13, 280) reduplicated formation like συν-οκωχή, ἀνοκωχή (s. v.) a.o. As however the reading συνοχωκότε seems more reliable, Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1902, 738f. (Kl. Schr. 1, 128f.) assumes a denominative *συνοχόω (from σύνοχος), which is however not unproblematic; cf. Schwyzer 766 n. 6 (w. lit.), where συνοχωκότε is supposed to be an enlargement of *συνοχότε (to *[σ]ε[σ]οχα). The form is rather to be understood as an articial formation to συνέχω, which on the one hand through rhythmical parallels ( κεκορηότε, κεκοτηότι, βεβαρηότα a.o.), on the other hand through reduplicated forms as ὄρωρα and trough κ-perfects as μέμβλωκα could have been favoured. A natural word was συνοχωκότε certainly not. For intensive meaning Hartmann Festschr. Snell 250. -- Cf. also Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 424 m. n. 3.

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Grammatical information: m. pl.

Meaning: `name of mythical forest- and mountain inhabitants, half men, half horse; in Homer, where the horse-shape is not prominent, limited to the area of Pelion and Ossa (Il.).

Derivatives: Κενταύρειος `belonging to the K.' (E., Luc.), -( ε)ιον name of a medical plant, `Centaurea salonitana' (Thphr., Dsc., pap.; after the herbalist Cheiron, therefore also called χειρωνιάς; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 100), also Κενταυρίη (Hp.) and - ρίς (Thphr.) `id.'; Κενταυρ-ικός `Centaur-like, wild, raw' (Ar.), - ίδης `descended from the Centaurs' (Luc.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Proper meaning unknown, so without etymology; prob. foreign word. The old wrong comparison with Skt. Gandharvá- m. name of a mythical figure (Kuhn KZ 1, 513ff.) is still defended by Carnoy Le Muséon 49, 99f. and Dumézil Le Problème des Centaures (Paris 1929) 253ff. (where also Lat. februum is connected). Often connected with κεντεῖν `sting' with diff. interpretations of the 2. element: to * auro- `horse' (Nazari Riv. fil. class. 32, 99); to αὔρα `air' (Mannhardt Antike Wald- und Feldkulte [1877] 39ff.); to the same word for `water' which was assumed in ἄναυρος `torrent' (s. v.; Kretschmer Glotta 10, 50ff., 211f.). Diff. Sturtevant ClassPhil. 21, 235ff. (rejected by Kretschmer Glotta 17, 249f.). - See Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 229ff. - The word is no doubt Pre-Greek; did it have - arʷ-os?

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βασιλικός, ή, όν (Aeschyl., Hdt.+) royal of a king’s official robe (ChronLind C 89 τὰν βασιλικὰν στολάν; Esth 8:15) ἐσθὴς β. royal robe (cp. Diod S 17, 47, 4; 17, 116, 2 and 3) Ac 12:21 (described Jos., Ant. 19, 344). νόμος β. royal law, so called either because of its transcending significance (somewhat in the sense of Ps.-Pla., Minos 317c τὸ μὲν ὀρθὸν νόμος ἐστὶ βασιλικός; Epict. 4, 6, 20; Philo, Post. Cai. 101; 102; 4 Macc 14:2), or more prob. because it is given by the king (of the kingdom of God) Js 2:8 (cp. OGI 483, 1 ὁ βας. νόμος; BGU 820, 2; 1074, 15; 1 Esdr 8:24; 2 Macc 3:13). χώρα β. (OGI 221, 41; 68) the king’s country Ac 12:20. κατὰ τὴν βασιλικήν on the royal road AcPl Ant 13:20 (cp. Aa I 237, 4). τὸ κεφαλοδέσμιον … χαρακτῆρα ἔχει βασιλικόν the headband bears a royal mark GJs 2:2.—The β. J 4:46, 49 could be a relative of the royal (Herodian) family (Lucian, Dial. Deor. 20, 1; Ps.-Lucian, De Salt. 8; Plut., Mor. 546e), but more prob. the ref. is to a royal official (not necessarily a Jew: AMead, JSNT 23, ’85, 69–72; perh. an ‘adviser’ GSchwartz, ZNW 75, 138 [Aramaic trad.]); reff. in Hdb. ad loc. Appian, Mithrid. 80 §358 οἱ βασιλικοί are soldiers of King Mithridates.—DELG s.v. βασιλεύς. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

Κανδάκη, ης, ἡ Candace (Bion of Soli [II B.C.], Aethiopica: 668 Fgm. 1 Jac. [βασιλέως] μητέρα καλοῦσι Κ. ‘they term the mother of a king Candace’; Strabo 17, 1, 54 p. 820; Ps.-Callisth. 3, 18; Cass. Dio 54, 5; Pliny, HN 6, 35, 7; Sb 8366 [ins 109 A.D.]) title of the queen of Ethiopia (on Egypt. monuments she is called k[e]nt[e]ky) Ac 8:27.—RPietschmann, Pauly-W. I 1894, 1095ff; Grohmann, ibid. X/2, 1919, 1858f; WMaxMüller, Aethiopien 1904; GRöder, Klio 12, 1912, 72ff; AWikenhauser, Die Apostelgesch. 1921, 361f; StLösch, TQ 111, 1930, 477–519; BHHW II 930; ADihle, Umstrittene Daten: Wiss. Abhdl. der Arbeitsgemeinschaft … Westfalen 32, ’65, 65–79; IReimer, Women in the Acts of the Apostles ’95.—M-M.

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.

περιέχω fut. 3 pl. περιέξουσιν TestSol 8:7; 2 aor. περιέσχον (Hom.+)

① to enclose on all sides, surround, encircle

ⓐ of things, one of which surrounds the other (Pla. et al.; SIG 685, 75; 1169, 20 τόπον κύκλῳ πέτραις περιεχόμενον; Job 30:18; Ath. 6, 1) of water τὴν γῆν flow around the earth 1 Cl 33:3.

ⓑ of persons, encircle w. hostile intent (Hdt. et al.; oft. LXX) περιέσχεν με συναγωγὴ πονηρευομένων B 6:6 (Ps 21:17).

② to take hold of completely, fig. ext. of 1: of circumstances, emotions, moods, that seize, come upon or befall someone w. acc. of pers. (PTebt 44, 8 [114 B.C.] χάριν τῆς περιεχούσης με ἀρρωστίας; 2 Macc 4:16; 3 Macc 5:6; Jos., Bell. 4, 585; 6, 182; Mel., P. 30, 203 συμφορά) θάμβος περιέσχεν αὐτόν amazement seized him, i.e. he was amazed Lk 5:9 (cp. Da 7:28 ἐκστάσει περιειχόμην).

③ to have someth. as content, contain of a document

ⓐ trans., w. acc. (Diod S 2, 1, 1; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 39; 2, 37; 276; SIG 683, 12f [140 B.C.] ἐπιστολὰν περιέχουσαν τὰν κρίσιν; BGU 1047 III, 11; PGiss 57, 1) ἐπιστολὴν περιέχουσαν τάδε Ac 15:23 D. ἐπιστολὴν περιέχουσαν τὸν τύπον τοῦτον 23:25 v.l. Cp. Pol 13:2. ἱστοριαν … ἢν τὸ καθʼ Ἑβραίους εὐαγγέλιον περιέχει Papias (2:17).

ⓑ intr. (SIG 685 [139 B.C.], 21 καθότι τὰ γράμματα περιέχει; 41; 730, 31 [I B.C.]; 820, 11; POxy 95, 33 [95 B.C.]; BGU 19, 10 περιέχων οὕτως; 191, 8; 10; 1 Macc 15:2; 2 Macc 11:16 τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον=οὕτως 2 Macc 11:22; TestLevi 10:5) περιέχει ἐν γραφῇ it stands or says in the scripture 1 Pt 2:6 (ἐν as Jos., Ant. 11, 104; the quot. foll. as SIG 685, 51).—B-D-F §308; Rob. 800. M-M.

πορνεία, ας, ἡ (of various kinds of ‘unsanctioned sexual intercourse’: Demosth. et al.; LXX, En, Test12Patr; GrBar [in vice lists]; AscIs, Philo, apolog. exc. Ar. W. φθορά Iren. 1, 28, 1 [Harv. I 220, 14])

① unlawful sexual intercourse, prostitution, unchastity, fornication, 1 Cor 5:1ab (CdeVos, NTS 44, ’98, 104–14); 6:13 (on 1 Cor 5–6 s. PTomson, Paul and the Jewish Law: CRINT III/1, ’90, 97–102); Hm 4, 1, 1. In a vice list (cp. AscIs 2:5) Ro 1:29 v.l. W. ἀκαθαρσία 2 Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19; Eph 5:3; Col 3:5. Differentiated fr. μοιχεία (Philo, Mos. 1, 300; s. also πορνεύω 1) Mt 15:19; Mk 7:21 (WGabriel, Was ist ‘porneia’ im Sprachgebr. Jesu?: Ethik 7, ’31, 106–9; 363–69); Hm 8:3; D 5:1 (the pl. denotes individual acts). On the other hand μοιχεία appears as πορνεία (cp. Sir 23:23) Hm 4, 1, 5. Of the sexual unfaithfulness of a married woman Mt 5:32; 19:9 (for the view that ref. is made in these pass. to forbidden degrees of marriage, s. 2 below.—JSickenberger, TQ 123, ’42, 189–206, ZNW 42, ’49, 202ff; KStaab [παρεκτός 2]; AAllgeier, Angelicum 20, ’43, 128–42. Cp. AFridrichsen, SEÅ 9, ’44, 54–58; AIsaksson, Marriage and Ministry in the New Temple, ’65, 127–42 [lit.]; s. also JFitzmyer, TS 37, 76, 197–226). Caused by lust D 3:3. διὰ τὰς πορνείας 1 Cor 7:2 (the pl. points out the various factors that may bring about sexual immorality; PTomson [s. above] 103–8). BMalina, Does Porneia Mean ‘Fornication’? NovT 14, ’72, 10–17. φεύγειν τὴν π. 6:18. Also ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς π. 1 Th 4:3 (cp. Tobit 4:12). ἐκ π. γεννηθῆναι be an illegitimate child, a bastard (cp. Cephalion [II A.D.]: 93 Fgm. 5 p. 444, 5 Jac. ἐγέννησε ἐκ πορ.; Gen 38:24) J 8:41. On ἀπέχεσθαι τῆς πορνείας καὶ πνικτοῦ Ac 15:20 (cp. vs. 29; 21:25 and s. 2 below) s. the lit. s.v. πνικτός and in BBacon, The Apost. Decree against πορνεία: Exp. 8th ser., 7, 1914, 40–61.

② participation in prohibited degrees of marriage, fornication (s. Lev. 18:16–18; cp. Acts 15:20–29, s. Bruce, comm. Ac; 21:25) Mt 5:32; 19:9 (w. some favor RSmith, Matthew [Augsburg] ’89,100; RGundry, Matthew ’82, 91: “no need to adopt obscure definitions of πορνείας, such as marriage within the forbidden degrees. … The specific word for adultery does not appear in the exceptive phrase simply because a general expression occurs in Deuteronomy” [24:1], but s. BWitherington, NTS 31, ’85, 571–76: ‘except in the case of incest’. On these pass. s. 1.).

③ immorality of a transcendent nature, fornication, in imagery, of polytheistic cult in the mystic city Babylon, which appears in Rv as a prostitute with an international clientele. Fr. the time of Hosea the relationship betw. God and his people was regarded as a marriage bond. This usage was more easily understandable because some Semitic and Graeco-Roman cults were at times connected w. sexual debauchery (cp. Hos 6:10; Jer 3:2, 9; 4 Km 9:22; on the positive side, for concern about propriety on the part of some cults s. e.g. SIG 820 [83/84 A.D.], in which an Ephesian official assures Rome that the annual autumn fertility festival is conducted ‘with much chastity and due observance of established customs’. This level of conduct prob. stands up well against activities associated with celebration of a modern Mardi Gras.) Rv 19:2. μετανοῆσαι ἐκ τῆς π. αὐτῆς repent of her immorality 2:21; cp. 9:21. ὁ οἶνος τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς π. the wine of her passionate immorality 14:8; 18:3 (on these passages s. θυμός 1 and 2). ὁ οἶνος τῆς π. 17:2. τὰ ἀκάθαρτα τῆς π. vs. 4 (ἀκάθαρτος 2).—V.l. for πονηρίας Hv 1, 1, 8 (Leutzsch, Hermas 447 n. 53). S. next entry 2.—DELG s.v. πέρνημι. M-M. EDNT.