armor of god

πανοπλία, ας, ἡ (πᾶς, ὅπλον; Hdt., Aristoph. et al.; Polyb. 3, 62, 5; 4, 56, 3; Diod S 20, 84, 3; ins, LXX)

① the complete equipment of a heavy-armed soldier, full armor (2 Km 2:21; 2 Macc 3:25; Jos., Bell. 2, 649, Ant. 7, 104; 20, 110) Lk 11:22 (on vss. 21f cp. 4 Macc 3:12 A τὰς πανοπλίας καθωπλίσαντο [s. SLegasse, NovT 5, ’62, 5–9]).

② IPol 6:2 marks a transition in the direction of a nonliteral mng.; here endurance is compared with πανοπλία in a context that uses many concepts fr. the life of a soldier, and specif. mentions separate parts of his equipment. Purely metaphoric is πανοπλία τοῦ θεοῦ full armor of God Eph 6:11, 13 (fig. use of π. also Wsd 5:17; Sir 46:6; Philo, Somn. 1, 103; 108; other reff. Straub 91f). On ἀναλαβεῖν τὴν πανοπλίαν vs. 13 s. ἀναλαμβάνω 2.—On a Christian’s ‘military service’ and ‘warfare’ s. AHarnack, Militia Christi 1905; MMeinertz, D. Ap. Pls und d. Kampf: Internat. Monatsschr. 11, 1917, 1115–50; MDibelius, Hdb. exc. on Eph 6:10 and 1 Ti 1:18; AVitti, Militum Christi Regis arma iuxta S. Paulum: Verbum Domini 7, 1927, 310–18; Cumont³ ’31, xiif; 207f; HEmonds: Hlg. Überliefg. (ed. by OCasel) ’38, 21–50 (anc. philos.); EFavier, L’armure du soldat de dieu d’après s. Paul ’38; CBond, Winning w. God (on Eph 6:10–18) ’40.—B. 1398. M-M. TW.

armātūra, ae, f. [armo], armor, equipment.

A.. Lit.:

armatura varia peditatūs et equitatūs,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1:

cohortes nostrā armaturā,

id. Att. 6, 1:

Numidae levis armaturae,

of light armor, Caes. B. G. 2, 10:

universi generis armatura,

Vulg. 2 Par. 32, 5; ib. Ezech. 26, 9.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), armed soldiers; and in class. lang. always with the adj. levis, = velites, light-armed soldiers (opp. gravis armatus). Veg. first used armatura absol. for young troops:

nostrae sunt legiones, nostra levis armatura,

Cic. Phil. 10, 6 fin.:

equites, pedites, levis armatura,

id. Brut. 37, 139:

adsequi cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 27, 48; cf. id. 28, 14; Flor. 4, 2, 49:

equitum triginta, levis armaturae centum milia,

Suet. Caes. 66; Liv. 21, 55; 22, 18:

manipuli levis armaturae,

id. 27, 13:

levis armaturae juvenes,

id. 44, 2 et saep.—

Trop.

Of discourse: haec fuerit nobis, tamquam levis armaturae, prima orationis excursio;

nunc comminus agamus,

Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26. —

A kind of exercise in arms, Amm. 14, 11; Veg. 1, 13; 2, 23.—

In a religious sense (eccl. Lat.):

induite armaturam Dei,

the armor of God, Vulg. Ephes. 6, 11; 6, 13. [p. 163]

παῖς, παιδός, ὁ or ἡ (Hom. et al.) child.

① a young pers. normally below the age of puberty, w. focus on age rather than social status, boy, youth (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Philo, Op. M. 105; Jos., Ant. 12, 210; Just., D. 78, 2 and 7; s. VLeinieks, The City of Dionysos ’96, 199–210 on age-classes) Mt 17:18; Lk 9:42; Ac 20:12. Ἰησοῦς ὁ παῖς Lk 2:43. In ref. to Jesus GJs 20:4; 22:2.—Pl. (as פְּדַיָּא a loanw. in rabb.) Mt 2:16; 21:15; B 8:3f.—ἐκ παιδός from childhood (Diod S 1, 54, 5; 1, 73, 9; 1, 92, 5; 19, 40, 2 al. Simplicius in Epict. p. 129, 26; UPZ 144, 19 [165 B.C.] τῆς ἐκ παιδὸς φιλίας; cp. Just., A I, 15, 6 ἐκ παίδων) Mk 9:21 D.

② one’s own immediate offspring, child as ‘son’ or ‘daughter’

ⓐ of a son ὁ παῖς (Hom.+; Diod S 20, 22, 1 οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr A 7 p. 84, 19 [Stone p. 16]; JosAs 23:9; ApcMos 42; Jos., Bell. 4, 646, Ant. 20, 140 al.; Just., A II, 2, 16 al.; Tat. 41, 1; Mel., HE 4, 26, 7, P. 53, 389; Ath. 20, 2 al.) ὁ παῖς αὐτοῦ J 4:51 (=υἱός vss. 46f, 50; υἱός v.l. for παῖς vs. 51). This sense is also poss. in Mt 8:6, 8, 13, but these pass. prob. belong in 3a.

ⓑ of a daughter ἡ παῖς (for the feminine term, but not limited to ‘daughter’, s. Pind., Fgm. 107, 7 [122 Sch.] ὦ παῖδες=girls!; Hyperid., Fgm. 144; Phalaris, Ep. 142, 1; Chariton 1, 8, 2; Philostrat., Her. 19, 11 p. 204, 31; Gen 24:28; 34:12; TestJob 7:7f; Jos., Ant. 1, 254; 5, 266 al.; Tat. 8, 3; 33, 2) Lk 8:51; GJs fifteen times for Mary. ἡ παῖς (my) child (nom. w. art. for voc.; s. B-D-F §147, 3; Rob. 465f; 769) Lk 8:54.

③ one who is committed in total obedience to another, slave, servant

ⓐ of slaves and personal attendants slave, servant (since Hipponax [VI B.C.] 16 D.³; Aeschyl., Cho. 652. Also HUsener, Epicurea 1887 p. 168, 10; Plut., Alcib. 193 [4, 5], Mor. 65c; 70e; SIG 96, 26. Oft. pap. and LXX; TestAbr B; JosAs 99:3 al.; AscIs 3:5; Jos., Ant. 18, 192, Vi. 223.—Even an especially trusted male servant is termed ὁ παῖς: Diod S 15, 87, 6 Epaminondas’ armor-bearer; Appian, Iber. 27, 107 Scipio’s groom; Gen 24:2ff Abraham’s chief servant, vs. 5 ὁ παῖς) Lk 7:7 (=δοῦλος vss. 2f, 10); 15:26; AcPt Ox 849, 15 [Aa I 73, 21 Lat.]. W. παιδίσκη (q.v.) 12:45. Prob. Mt 8:6, 8, 13 also belong here (s. 2a).—Of those at a ruler’s court οἱ παῖδες courtiers, attendants (Diod S 17, 36, 5; Gen 41:10, 37f; 1 Km 16:17; Jer 43:31; 44:2; 1 Macc 1:6, 8) Mt 14:2.

ⓑ of special relationships

α. humans as God’s servants, slaves (Ael. Aristid. 45 p. 152 D.: θεῶν παῖδες [or ‘sons of gods’ as Polyb. 3, 47, 8; Chariton 2, 1, 5 and Diog. L. 9, 72]; LXX; ParJer 6:24 [Jeremiah]) Israel (Is 41:8f; PsSol 12:6; 17:21) Lk 1:54. David (Ps 17:1; Is 37:35) 1:69; Ac 4:25; D 9:2a.—Of guileless pers. τοὺς κατὰ θεὸν ἀκακίαν ἀσκοῦντας παῖδας ἐκάλουν, ὡς καὶ Παπίας δηλοῖ as Papias points out, those who led a godly life without guile were called children Papias (8).

β. angels as servants of God (God) does not trust his servants 1 Cl 39:4 (Job 4:18). Of the young man from heaven who released Paul from his chains παῖς λείαν (=λίαν) εὐειδὴς ἐν χάριτι AcPl Ha 3, 13f.

γ. of Christ in his relation to God. In this connection it has the mng. servant because of the identification of the ‘servant of God’ of certain OT pass. w. the Messiah (Is 52:13 et al.; BJanowski/PStuhlmacher, edd., Der Leidende Gottesknecht ’96 [lit.]; DBS XII 1000–1016) Mt 12:18 (cp. Is 42:1); B 6:1; B 9:2 (on the last two cp. Is 50:10). So prob. also D 9:2b (because of the immediate proximity of Δαυὶδ ὁ παῖς σου 9:2a); 9:3; 10:2f.—In other places (cp. Ath. 10, 2; 12, 2 al.; Iren. 3, 12, 5 [Harv. II 58, 8]) the mng. son is certainly to be preferred (παῖς was so understood in the Gk. world, when it expressed a relationship to a divinity: Il. 2, 205 Κρόνου παῖς; Sappho 1, 2 Diehl; Alcaeus 1; Bacchylides 17, 70 Minos, a παῖς of Zeus; Hermocles [IV/III B.C.] p. 174 Coll. Alex.=Athen. 6, 63, 253d: Demetrius Poliorcetes as π. Ποσειδῶνος θεοῦ; Diod S 17, 51, 1 the god Ammon has his prophet address Alexander thus χαῖρε, ὦ παῖ; what follows makes it clear that procreation is meant; Plut., Mor. 180d; Maximus Tyr. 14, 1d; Paus. 2, 10, 3 Ἄρατος Ἀσκληπιοῦ π.; Diogenes, Ep. 36, 1; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 7, 24 p. 279, 4; Porphyr., Vi. Plot. 23; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 2, 10; IG IV², 128, 50 [280 B.C.] and oft.; Sb 8314, 9 Hermes conducts the dead man to the Elysian fields ἅμα παισὶ θεῶν. S. above bα the παῖδες θεῶν. Cp. also Herm. Wr. 13, 2 ὁ γεννώμενος θεοῦ θεὸς παῖς; 13, 4; 14; Rtzst., Poim. 223f.—Celsus 7, 9) παῖς αὐτοῦ ὁ μονογενὴς Ἰησοῦς Χρ. MPol 20:2. God as ὁ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ κ. εὐλογητοῦ παιδὸς Ἰησοῦ Χρ. πατήρ 14:1. Corresp. Christ as God’s ἀγαπητὸς παῖς 14:3; Dg 8:11. The same is true of the other pass. in Dg: 8:9; 9:1.—In the case of the rest of the pass. it is hardly poss. to decide which mng. is better: Ac 3:13, 26; 4:27, 30 (unless the παῖς σου your servant of 4:25 should demand the same transl. for the other pass. as well; JMénard, CBQ 19, ’57, 83–92 [Acts]); 1 Cl 59:2–4 (in wordplay w. παιδεύω; but here the word ἠγαπημένος repeated in vss. 2 and 3 [cp. the magical pap of c. 300 A.D. in TSchermann, TU 34, 2b, 1909, 3: Christ as ἠγαπημένος παῖς] could suggest the transl. son).—WBousset, Kyrios Christos² 1921, 56f; AvHarnack, Die Bezeichnung Jesu als ‘Knecht Gottes’ u. ihre Geschichte in d. alten Kirche: SBBerlAk 1926, 212–38; Jeremias, ZNW 34, ’35, 115–23; KEuler, D. Verkündigung v. leidenden Gottesknecht aus Jes 53 in d. griech. Bibel ’34; PSeidelin, D. ˓Ebed J. u. d. Messiasgestalt im Jesajatargum: ZNW 35, ’36, 194–231; HWolff, Jes 53 im Urchristent. ’50²; EMcDowell, Son of Man and Suffering Servant ’44; ELohmeyer, Gottesknecht u. Davidssohn ’45, esp. 2–8; TNicklin, Gospel Gleanings ’50, 268f; OCullmann, Dieu Vivant 16, ’50, 17–34; HHegermann, Jes 53 in Field, Hexapla, Targum u. Peschitta ’54; ELohse, Märtyrer u. Gottesknecht ’55; WGrundmann, Sohn Gottes: ZNW 47, ’56, 113–33; OCullmann, Die Christologie des NT ’57; JPrice, Interpretation 12, ’58, 28–38 (Synoptics); MHooker, Jesus and the Servant ’59; BvanIersel, ‘D. Sohn’ in d. synopt. Jesusworten, ’61, 52–65 (bibliog.); HOrlinsky, The So-called Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53, ’64 (s. review in CBQ 27, ’66, 147); EKränkl, Jesus der Knecht Gottes, ’72 (Acts); FDanker, Proclamation Comm.: Luke ’87, 82–86. WZimmerli/JJeremias, The Servant of God (tr. HKnight), ’65=Studies in Bibl. Theol. 20.—B. 87f. Schmidt, Syn. II 422–31. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

κατεργάζομαι mid. dep., Att. fut. 2 sg. κατεργᾷ Dt 28:39; 1 aor. κατειργασάμην; perf. κατείργασμαι. Pass.: fut. 2 pl. κατεργασθήσεσθε Ezk 36:9; aor. κατειργάσθην (on κατηργασάμην and κατηργάσθην s. B-D-F §67, 3; W-S. §12, 1; Mlt-H. 189) (Soph., Hdt.+).

① to bring about a result by doing someth., achieve, accomplish, do τὶ someth. (Hdt. 5, 24 πρήγματα μεγάλα; X., Mem. 3, 5, 11; Jos., Vi. 289) Ro 7:15, 17f, 20; 1 Cor 5:3; 1 Cl 32:3f. τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι committing shameless acts Ro 1:27. τὸ κακόν do what is wrong 2:9; 13:10 v.l. τὸ βούλημα τῶν ἐθνῶν do what the gentiles (i.e. polytheists) like to do 1 Pt 4:3. δικαιοσύνην θεοῦ does what is right in the sight of God or (s. ἐργάζεσθαι 2c) achieves the uprightness that counts before God Js 1:20 v.l. ἅπαντα κατεργασάμενοι after you have done or accomplished everything (in this case the reference would be to the individual pieces of armor mentioned in what follows, which the reader is to employ as is prescribed; but s. 4 below) Eph 6:13. ὧν οὐ κατειργάσατο Χριστὸς διʼ ἐμοῦ of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me Ro 15:18. Pass. τὰ σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου κατειργάσθη ἐν ὑμῖν the signs by which an apostle demonstrates his authority have been done among you 2 Cor 12:12.

② to cause a state or condition, bring about, produce, create (Hdt. 7, 102 ἀρετὴ ἀπὸ σοφίης κατεργασμένη; Philo, Plant. 50; TestJos 10:1) τὶ someth. νόμος ὀργήν Ro 4:15. θλῖψις ὑπομονήν 5:3 (TestJos 10:1 πόσα κατεργάζεται ἡ ὑπομονή); cp. Js 1:3. λύπη μετάνοιαν 2 Cor 7:10a v.l. (for ἐργάζεται). λύπη θάνατον vs. 10b; cp. vs. 11 (where a dat. of advantage is added). φθόνος ἀδελφοκτονίαν 1 Cl 4:7. μνησικακία θάνατον Hv 2, 3, 1. ἡ ἁμαρτία κ. ἐν ἐμοὶ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν sin called forth every desire within me Ro 7:8. τινί τι bring about someth. for someone (Eur., Her. 1046 πόλει σωτηρίαν) μοι θάνατον 7:13. αἰώνιον βάρος δόξης ἡμῖν 2 Cor 4:17. εὐχαριστίαν τῷ θεῷ bring about thankfulness to God 9:11; θάνατον ἑαυτῷ κ. bring death upon oneself Hm 4, 1, 2; cp. Hs 8, 8, 5 ἐργάζεσθαι.— Work out τὶ someth. (Pla., Gorg. 473d ὁ κατειργασμένος τὴν τυραννίδα ἀδίκως) τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν κατεργάζεσθε Phil 2:12 (JMichael, Phil 2:12: Exp. 9th ser., 2, 1924, 439–50).

③ to cause to be well prepared, prepare someone κ. τινα εἴς τι prepare someone for someth. (cp. Hdt. 7, 6, 1; X., Mem. 2, 3, 11) ἡμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο for this very purpose 2 Cor 5:5.

④ to be successful in the face of obstacles, overpower, subdue, conquer (Hdt. 6, 2 νῆσον; Thu. 6, 11, 1 al. τινά; 1 Esdr 4:4; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 62; Jos., Ant. 2, 44) ἅπαντα κατεργασάμενοι στῆναι after proving victorious over everything, to stand your ground Eph 6:13 (but s. 1 above).—M-M. TW.

καθοπλίζω (s. ὁπλίζω, ὅπλον; Soph. et al.; the act. in the sense ‘arm fully, equip’ X. et al.; LXX; EpArist 14; Jos., Ant. 2, 341) in our lit. mid. καθοπλίζομαι 1 aor. ptc. καθοπλισάμενος; pf. pass. ptc. καθωπλισμένος (PGM 13, 528; 4 Macc 4:10; 7:11; Jos., Ant. 5, 244; Tat. 16:2 [on Eph 6:14]) to arm oneself with weaponry, arm, equip oneself (Polyb. 3, 62, 7 al.; 4 Macc 3:12).

ⓐ lit. ὁ ἰσχυρὸς καθωπλισμένος the strong man in his armor Lk 11:21.

ⓑ fig. (Diod S 9, 1, 4 of souls equipped w. [the] armor [of Solon’s legislation]; 4 Macc 11:22) καθωπλίσασθαι τὸν φόβον κυρίου arm oneself w. the fear of God Hm 12, 2, 4. καθωπλισμένος τῷ φόβῳ τ. θεοῦ ibid.—DELG s.v. ὅπλον. M-M.

f; -, Nöte

1. nur Sg.; (Mangel, Armut) want, need, poverty; (Notlage) plight; (Elend) auch misery; wirtschaftliche Not economic plight; Not leiden suffer want ( oder privation); die Not leidende Bevölkerung the needy people; in der Stunde der Not at the hour of need; für Zeiten der Not for a rainy day; in Not geraten / sein encounter hard times / be suffering want; keine Not kennen be well-off; Not macht erfinderisch necessity is the mother of invention; in der Not frisst der Teufel Fliegen umg. any port in a storm, beggars can’t be choosers; Not kennt kein Gebot Sprichw. necessity knows no law; Not lehrt beten Sprichw. need teaches you how to pray

2. (Schwierigkeit) difficulty, trouble; (Bedrängnis) distress; (Gefahr) danger; Nöte difficulties, problems; in tausend Nöten sein be in real trouble ( oder a real mess); in Not sein be in trouble; in Not geraten run into difficulties; in höchster Not in dire straits; Rettung in oder aus höchster Not rescue from extreme difficulties; in meiner etc. Not in my etc. predicament

3. nur Sg. (Mühe): seine liebe Not haben have a hard time (of it); mit jemandem / etw. seine liebe Not haben have a hard time with s.o. / s.th; ich hatte meine liebe Not, wieder ans Ufer zu schwimmen I had great difficulty in swimming back to the bank; ohne Not without any problem

4. nur Sg.; (Notwendigkeit) necessity; damit hat es keine Not it’s not urgent; ohne Not solltest du das nicht tun you shouldn’t do that unless it’s really necessary; zur Not if necessary, if need be; (gerade noch) at (Am. in) a pinch; stärker: if (the) worst comes to (the) worst; wenn Not am Mann ist if need be; stärker: if (the) worst comes to (the) worst; hier ist oder tut Hilfe Not geh. I etc. need help here; es täte dir Not zu (+ Inf.) Dial. you would do well to (+ Inf.), what you really need is to (+ Inf.) aus der Not eine Tugend machen make a virtue of necessity; der Not gehorchend geh. bowing to necessity; siehe auch Mühe, knapp I

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(Bedrängnis) hardship; distress;

(Mangel) privation; need; want

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f -, -e

1) no pl (= Mangel, Elend) need(iness), want, poverty

2) (= Bedrängnis) distress no pl, affliction; (= Problem) problem

3) no pl (= Sorge, Mühe) difficulty, trouble

4) (= Zwang, Notwendigkeit) necessity

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[ˈno:t, pl ˈnø:tə]

1. kein pl (Armut) need, poverty, hardship

das war eine Zeit der \Not it was a time of need, a lean time

es herrscht bittere \Not there is abject poverty

in diesem Land herrscht große \Not there is great poverty and hardship in this country

aus \Not out of poverty

in \Not geraten to encounter hard times

in \Not leben to live in poverty

\Not leiden to live in poverty, to suffer deprivation

\Not leidend destitute

\Not leidende Menschen people in need

2. (Bedrängnis) distress, affliction

jdm in der \Not beistehen to support sb at a difficult time, to help sb in times of trouble

in \Not geraten to get into difficulties [or dire straits]

jdm in der Stunde der \Not helfen to help sb in her/his hour of need

jdm seine \Not klagen to pour out one's troubles to sb

in \Not [o Nöten] sein to be in difficulties [or dire straits]

in seiner/ihrer \Not in his/her distress [or desperation]

in seiner \Not wusste er sich nicht anders zu helfen he couldn't see what else he could do

in höchster \Not in extremis

Rettung in höchster \Not rescue in extremis

Hilfe in höchster \Not help in the nick of time

3. pl (Problem)

die Nöte des Alltags humdrum problems, the problems of everyday living

in Ängsten und Nöten schweben to be hot and bothered

die Nöte des kleinen Mannes the average person's problems

in tausend Nöten sein to be up to one's hips in alligators fam

4. kein pl (Mühe, Sorge) difficulty, trouble

sie hatten \Not, ihre sechs Kinder zu ernähren they had difficulty in feeding their six children

seine liebe \Not haben mit jdm/etw to have one's work cut out with sb/sth, to have a lot of trouble [or problems] with sb/sth

sie hat ihre liebe \Not mit ihrem Sohn she really has her work cut out with her son

seine liebe \Not haben, etw zu tun to have one's work cut out doing sth

mit knapper \Not just, by the skin of one's teeth

mit knapper \Not hat sie den Zug noch erreicht she just managed to catch the train; s.a. Mühe

5. kein pl (veraltend: Notwendigkeit) necessity

damit hat es keine \Not there's no rush

ohne \Not sollte man nicht zu so drastischen Maßnahmen greifen if there is no need, one shouldn't resort to such drastic measures

im Deutschen werden oft ohne \Not Anglizismen für die Bezeichnung neuer Gegenstände verwendet in German, Anglicisms are often used for describing new articles when there is actually no need [to use foreign words]

der \Not gehorchend out of necessity

tun, was die \Not gebietet to do what has to be done

etw nicht ohne \Not tun not to do sth without having to

▶ \Not bricht Eisen (prov) desperation gives you strength

▶ \Not macht erfinderisch (prov) necessity is the mother of invention prov

▶ in der \Not frisst der Teufel Fliegen (prov) beggars can't be choosers prov

▶ wenn die \Not am größten, ist Gottes Hilfe am nächsten (prov) man's extremity is God's opportunity prov

▶ [da/jetzt/bei ihm ist] Holland in \Not [o Nöten] (prov) things are looking grim, now we are in for it

▶ \Not kennt kein Gebot (prov) necessity knows no law

▶ \Not lehrt beten (prov) in our hour of need we all turn to God

▶ wenn \Not am Mann ist (fam) in times of need

das sind mir gute Freunde, wenn \Not am Mann ist, haben sie sich alle verdünnisiert! that's what I call good friends — when I/you really needed them they all cleared off!

eigentlich wollte ich morgen zum Angeln gehen, aber wenn wirklich \Not am Mann ist... actually, I wanted to go fishing tomorrow but if you're really stuck...

▶ in der \Not schmeckt jedes Brot (prov) hunger is the best cook prov

▶ in \Not und Tod zusammenhalten to stick together through thick and thin

▶ aus der \Not eine Tugend machen to make a virtue out of necessity

▶ zur \Not if need[s] be

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1) (Bedrohung, Gefahr)

2) o. Pl. (Mangel, Armut) need; poverty [and hardship]

3) o. Pl. (Verzweiflung) anguish; distress

4) (Sorge, Mühe) trouble

5) o. Pl. (veralt.): (Notwendigkeit) necessity

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Not f; -, Nöte

1. nur sg; (Mangel, Armut) want, need, poverty; (Notlage) plight; (Elend) auch misery;

wirtschaftliche Not economic plight;

Not leiden suffer want ( oder privation);

die Not leidende Bevölkerung the needy people;

Not Leidende → Notleidende;

in der Stunde der Not at the hour of need;

für Zeiten der Not for a rainy day;

in Not geraten/sein encounter hard times/be suffering want;

keine Not kennen be well-off;

Not macht erfinderisch necessity is the mother of invention;

in der Not frisst der Teufel Fliegen umg any port in a storm, beggars can’t be choosers;

Not kennt kein Gebot sprichw necessity knows no law;

Not lehrt beten sprichw need teaches you how to pray

2. (Schwierigkeit) difficulty, trouble; (Bedrängnis) distress; (Gefahr) danger;

Nöte difficulties, problems;

in tausend Nöten sein be in real trouble ( oder a real mess);

in Not sein be in trouble;

in Not geraten run into difficulties;

in höchster Not in dire straits;

Rettung in oder

aus höchster Not rescue from extreme difficulties;

in meiner etc

Not in my etc predicament

3. nur sg (Mühe):

seine liebe Not haben have a hard time (of it);

mit jemandem/etwas seine liebe Not haben have a hard time with sb/s.th;

ich hatte meine liebe Not, wieder ans Ufer zu schwimmen I had great difficulty in swimming back to the bank;

ohne Not without any problem

4. nur sg; (Notwendigkeit) necessity;

damit hat es keine Not it’s not urgent;

ohne Not solltest du das nicht tun you shouldn’t do that unless it’s really necessary;

zur Not if necessary, if need be; (gerade noch) at (US in) a pinch; stärker: if (the) worst comes to (the) worst;

wenn Not am Mann ist if need be; stärker: if (the) worst comes to (the) worst;

hier ist Hilfe Not geh I etc need help here;

aus der Not eine Tugend machen make a virtue of necessity;

der Not gehorchend geh bowing to necessity; → auch Mühe, knapp A

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1) (Bedrohung, Gefahr)

2) o. Pl. (Mangel, Armut) need; poverty [and hardship]

3) o. Pl. (Verzweiflung) anguish; distress

4) (Sorge, Mühe) trouble

5) o. Pl. (veralt.): (Notwendigkeit) necessity

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distress n.

hardship n.

misery n.

necessity n.

need n.