as established by custom

θέμις, ἡ, old [dialect] Ep. gen. θέμιστος (in Hom. the only declension): acc.

A

θέμιστα Il.5.761

,

θέμιν A.Ag. 1431

, etc.: gen. pl.

θεμιστέων Hes. Th. 235

: pr. n.

Θέμις, Θέμιστος Od.2.68

,

Θέμιστα Il.20.4

; dat.

Θέμιστι 15.87

; but

Θέμιτος Pi.O.13.8

,

Θέμιδος A.Pr.18

, etc., Θέμιος (v.l. -ιδος) Hdt.2.50,

Θέμιν Hes.Th.16

, IG22.1611.71: voc.

Θέμι Il.15.93

, E.Med. 160(anap.):

I that which is laid down or established, law (not as fixed by statute, but) as established by custom, θ. ἐστί 'tis meet and right, c. dat. pers. et inf.,

οὔ μοι θ. ἐστὶ ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι Od.14.56

; ἅ τε ξείνοις θ. ἐστὶν [παραθεῖναι] Il.11.779; ὅ οἱ Διόθεν θ. ἦεν [ἐκτελέσαι] Hes.Sc.22; γυναικὶ οὐ θ. SIG1024.9(Myconos,iii/ii B.C.): without dat., Il.16.796, 23.44;

οὐ θ. ἐν μοισοπόλων οἰκίᾳ θρῆνον ἔμμεν' Sapph.136

;

ὅτι δυνατὸν καὶ θ. αἰνεῖν A.Ag.98

, cf. S.Ant. 880(lyr.), Ph. 346, E.Med. 678, Pl.Phdr. 250b, Isoc.4.92, etc.; ἡ γὰρ θ. for so 'tis right [to do], Od.24.286; freq. ἣ θ. ἐστί as the custom is, Il.2.73: c. dat. (= loc.),

ἣ θ. ἐστίν.. ἀγορῇ 9.33

: c. gen., ἣ θ. ἀνθρώπων πέλει ib. 134;

ἣ θ. ἐστὶ γυναικός Od.14.130

; also

ᾗ θ. ἀνθρώποις κατὰ ἤθεα Hes.Op. 137

; θύειν τοὺς γεωργοὺς.. ᾗ (with ι)

θέμις IG22.1364

(i A.D.); but ᾗ θέμις ἐστί is rejected for Hom. by Hdn.Gr.2.516, cf. A.D.Adv.148.28: indecl., πότερα κατ' ἔχθραν ἢ τὸ μὴ θέμις λέγεις; A.Supp. 336;

ὥστε μὴ.. θέμις σέ γ' εἶναι κεῖνον ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς S.OC 1191

;

οὐδὲ.. φασὶ θέμις εἶναι Pl. Grg. 505c

, cf.X.Oec.11.11, Ael.NA1.60.

2 justice, right, S.Tr. 810;

ὅσα τείνει πρὸς θέμιν Pl.Smp. 188d

; penalty, ἐκτίνειν ὁμοιΐαν θ. A.Supp. 436 (lyr.); sanctity, ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θ. Id.Ag. 1431.

II = ἀγὼν θεματίτης, IGRom.3.319 (Pisid.); νικήσας θέμιν ἀνδρῶν ib.437 ([place name] Termessus).

III pl. [full] θέμιστες, decrees of the gods, oracles, Διὸς θ. Od. 16.403; θέμισσιν by oracles, Pi.P.4.54, cf. O.10(11).24.

2 dooms, customary laws, ordinances,

δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας πρὸς Διὸς εἰρύαται Il.1.238

, cf. Hes.Th. 235; τοῖσιν δ' (i.e. the Cyclopes)

οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔτε θέμιστες Od.9.112

; οὔτε δίκας εὖ εἰδότα οὔτε θέμιστας neither rights nor laws, ib. 215: in sg.,

ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα Il.5.761

;

ἵνα σφ' ἀγορή τε θέμις τε 11.807

.

3 judgements, decisions given by the kings or judges,

οἳ.. σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας 16.387

; σκολιῇς δὲ δίκῃς κρίνωσι θ. Hes.Op. 221;

διακρίνοντα θ. ἰθείῃσι δίκῃσιν Id.Th. 85

.

4 tribute, dues,

λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας Il.9.156

.

IV pr. n., Themis,

ἥ τ' ἀνδρῶν ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει 2.68

, cf. Il.15.87, 20.4, Hes.Th.16, A.Pr.18, etc.

θεμιτός, ή, όν (θέμις ‘law as established by custom’; Hom. Hymns, Hdt. et al.; ins, pap; Jos., Bell. 6, 432) pert. to being appropriate or right, with implication that the thing so described is not a matter of codified law but unwritten procedure based on custom and awareness of the transcendent, allowed, permitted, right θεμιτόν ἐστιν it is right w. inf. foll. (Sext. Emp., Adv. Gramm. 81; SIG 965, 16f) 1 Cl 63:1. Mostly w. neg. (Hdt. 5, 72 al.; Ael. Aristid. 45 p. 25 D.; Tob 2:13 BA; Philo, Op. M. 17 οὐ θ.; Jos., Ant. 14, 72) οὐ θ. it is not right (without copula as Hyperid. 6, 27; Just., D. 134, 3; Ath., R. 77, 29) Dg 6:10.—HVos, ΘΕΜΙΣ ’56; LfgrE col. 991 (lit.) s.v. θέμις. DDD 1613f. DELG s.v. θέμις.

νόμ-ισμα, ατος, τό,

A anything sanctioned by current or established usage, custom,

Ἑλληνικὸν ν. A.Th. 269

, cf. E.IT 1471; institution,

οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν ν. ἔβλαστε S.Ant. 296

;

θεοὶ ἡμῖν ν. οὐκ ἔστι Ar.Nu. 248

, with a play on signf. 11 (do not pass current with us).

II esp. current coin, ν. κόψαι or κόψασθαι, coin money, Hdt.3.56, 4.166;

τἀρχαῖον ν. Ar.Ra. 720

;

ν. σύμβολον τῆς ἀλλαγῆς ἕνεκα Pl.R. 371b

, cf. Arist.EN 1133b11, Pol. 1257a11, D.L.6.20;

τάλαντα νομίσματος And.3.8

;

ν. ἡμεδαποῦ IG12.91.4

;

τὸ ἐπιχώριον ν. PCair.Zen.21.12

(iii B.C.): pl.

νομίσματα

pieces of money, coins,

Hdn.1.9.7

.

III full legal measure,

τοῦ χοῶς ἢ τῶν κοτυλῶν τὸ ν. διαλυμαίνεται Ar.Th. 348

.

νόμος, ου, ὁ (νέμω; [Zenodotus reads ν. in Od. 1, 3] Hes.+; loanw. in rabb.—On the history of the word MPohlenz, Nomos: Philol 97, ’48, 135–42; GShipp, Nomos ‘Law’ ’78; MOstwald, Nomos and the Beginnings of Athenian Democracy ’69). The primary mng. relates to that which is conceived as standard or generally recognized rules of civilized conduct esp. as sanctioned by tradition (Pind., Fgm. 152, 1=169 Schr. νόμος ὁ πάντων βασιλεύς; cp. SEG XVII, 755, 16: Domitian is concerned about oppressive practices hardening into ‘custom’; MGigante, ΝΟΜΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ [Richerche filologiche 1] ’56). The synonym ἔθος (cp. συνήθεια) denotes that which is habitual or customary, especially in reference to personal behavior. In addition to rules that take hold through tradition, the state or other legislating body may enact ordinances that are recognized by all concerned and in turn become legal tradition. A special semantic problem for modern readers encountering the term ν. is the general tendency to confine the usage of the term ‘law’ to codified statutes. Such limitation has led to much fruitless debate in the history of NT interpretation.—HRemus, Sciences Religieuses/Studies in Religion 13, ’84, 5–18; ASegal, Torah and Nomos in Recent Scholarly Discussion, ibid., 19–27.

① a procedure or practice that has taken hold, a custom, rule, principle, norm (Alcman [VII B.C.], Fgm. 93 D² of the tune that the bird sings; Ocellus [II B.C.] c. 49 Harder [1926] τῆς φύσεως νόμος; Appian, Basil. 1 §2 πολέμου ν., Bell. Civ. 5, 44 §186 ἐκ τοῦδε τοῦ σοῦ νόμου=under this rule of yours that governs action; Polyaenus 5, 5, 3 ν. πόμπης; 7, 11, 6 ν. φιλίας; Sextus 123 τοῦ βίου νόμος; Just., A II, 2, 4 παρὰ τὸν τῆς φύσεως ν.; Ath. 3, 1 νόμῳ φύσεως; 13, 1 θυσιῶν νόμῳ)

ⓐ gener. κατὰ νόμον ἐντολῆς σαρκίνης in accordance w. the rule of an external commandment Hb 7:16. εὑρίσκω τὸν νόμον I observe an established procedure or principle or system Ro 7:21 (ν. as ‘principle’, i.e. an unwritten rightness of things Soph., Ant. 908). According to Bauer, Paul uses the expression νόμος (which dominates this context) in cases in which he prob. would have preferred another word. But it is also prob. that Paul purposely engages in wordplay to heighten the predicament of those who do not rely on the gospel of liberation from legal constraint: the Apostle speaks of a principle that obligates one to observe a code of conduct that any sensible pers. would recognize as sound and valid ὁ νόμος τ. νοός μου vs. 23b (s. νοῦς 1a). Engaged in a bitter struggle w. this νόμος there is a ἕτερος νόμος which, in contrast to the νοῦς, dwells ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου in my (physical) members vs. 23a, and hence is a νόμος τῆς ἁμαρτίας vs. 23c and 25b or a νόμος τ. ἁμαρτίας καὶ τ. θανάτου 8:2b. This sense prepares the way for the specific perspective

ⓑ of life under the lordship of Jesus Christ as a ‘new law’ or ‘system’ of conduct that constitutes an unwritten tradition ὁ καινὸς ν. τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ 2:6; in brief ν. Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ IMg 2 (cp. Just., D. 11, 4; 43, 1; Mel., P. 7, 46). Beginnings of this terminology as early as Paul: ὁ ν. τοῦ Χριστοῦ =the standard set by Christ Gal 6:2 (as vs. 3 intimates, Christ permitted himself to be reduced to nothing, thereby setting the standard for not thinking oneself to be someth.). The gospel is a νόμος πίστεως a law or system requiring faith Ro 3:27b (FGerhard, TZ 10, ’54, 401–17) or ὁ ν. τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς ἐν Χρ. Ἰ. the law of the spirit (=the spirit-code) of life in Chr. J. 8:2a. In the same sense Js speaks of a ν. βασιλικός (s. βασιλικός) 2:8 or ν. ἐλευθερίας vs. 12 (λόγος ἐλ. P⁷⁴), ν. τέλειος ὁ τῆς ἐλευθερίας 1:25 (association w. 1QS 10:6, 8, 11 made by EStauffer, TLZ 77, ’52, 527–32, is rejected by SNötscher, Biblica 34, ’53, 193f. On the theme of spontaneous moral achievement cp. Pind., Fgm. 152 [169 Schr.] 1f νόμος ὁ πάντων βασιλεὺς | θνατῶν τε καὶ ἀθανάτων | ἄγει δικαιῶν τὸ βιαιότατον| ὑπερτάτᾳ χειρί=custom is lord of all, of mortals and immortals both, and with strong hand directs the utmost power of the just. Plut., Mor. 780c interprets Pindar’s use of νόμος: ‘not written externally in books or on some wooden tablets, but as lively reason functioning within him’ ἔμψυχος ὢν ἐν αὐτῷ λόγῳ; Aristot., EN 4, 8, 10 οἷον ν. ὢν ἑαυτῷ; Diod S 1, 94, 1 ν. ἔγγραπτος; cp. also Ovid, Met. 1, 90 sponte sua sine lege fidem rectumque colebat; Mayor, comm. ‘Notes’ 73.—RHirzel, ΑΓΡΑΦΟΣ ΝΟΜΟΣ 1903.). Some would put ὁ νόμος Js 2:9 here (s. LAllevi, Scuola Cattol. 67, ’39, 529–42), but s. 2b below.—Hermas too, who in part interprets Israel’s legal tradition as referring to Christians, sees the gospel, exhibited in Christ’s life and words, as the ultimate expression of God’s will or ‘law’. He says of Christ δοὺς αὐτοῖς (i.e. the believers) τὸν ν., ὅν ἔλαβε παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Hs 5, 6, 3, cp. Hs 8, 3, 3. Or he sees in the υἱὸς θεοῦ κηρυχθεὶς εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς, i.e. the preaching about the Son of God to the ends of the earth, the νόμος θεοῦ ὁ δοθεὶς εἰς ὅλον. τ. κόσμον 8, 3, 2. Similarly to be understood are τηρεῖν τὸν ν. 8, 3, 4. ὑπὲρ τοῦ ν. παθεῖν 8, 3, 6. ὑπὲρ τοῦ ν. θλίβεσθαι 8, 3, 7. ἀρνησάμενοι τὸν νόμον ibid. βλασφημεῖν τὸν ν. 8, 6, 2.

② constitutional or statutory legal system, law

ⓐ gener.: by what kind of law? Ro 3:27. ν. τῆς πόλεως the law of the city enforced by the ruler of the city (ν. ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι γραπτός Orig., C. Cels. 5, 37, 2); the penalty for breaking it is banishment Hs 1:5f. τοῖς ν. χρῆσθαι observe the laws 1:3; πείθεσθαι τοῖς ὡρισμένοις ν. obey the established laws Dg 5:10; νικᾶν τοὺς ν. ibid. (νικάω 3). Ro 7:1f, as well as the gnomic saying Ro 4:15b and 5:13b, have been thought by some (e.g. BWeiss, Jülicher) to refer to Roman law, but more likely the Mosaic law is meant (s. 3 below).

ⓑ specifically: of the law that Moses received from God and is the standard according to which membership in the people of Israel is determined (Diod S 1, 94, 1; 2: the lawgiver Mneves receives the law from Hermes, Minos from Zeus, Lycurgus from Apollo, Zarathustra from the ἀγαθὸς δαίμων, Zalmoxis from Hestia; παρὰ δὲ τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, Μωϋσῆς receives the law from the Ἰαὼ ἐπικαλούμενος θεός) ὁ ν. Μωϋσέως Lk 2:22; J 7:23; Ac 15:5. ν. Μωϋσέως Ac 13:38; Hb 10:28. Also ὁ ν. κυρίου Lk 2:23f, 39; GJs 14:1. ὁ ν. τοῦ θεοῦ (Theoph. Ant. 2, 14 [p. 136, 4]) Mt 15:6 v.l.; Ro 8:7 (cp. Tat. 7, 2; 32, 1; Ath. 3:2). ὁ ν. ἡμῶν, ὑμῶν, αὐτῶν etc. J 18:31; 19:7b v.l.; Ac 25:8. κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον ν. 24:6 v.l. (cp. Jos., Ant. 7, 131). ὁ πατρῷος ν. 22:3. τὸν ν. τῶν ἐντολῶν Eph 2:15. Since the context of Ac 23:29 ἐγκαλούμενον περὶ ζητημάτων τοῦ νόμου αὐτῶν points to the intimate connection between belief, cult, and communal solidarity in Judean tradition, the term νόμος is best rendered with an hendiadys: (charged in matters) relating to their belief and custom; cp. ν. ὁ καθʼ ὑμᾶς 18:15. Ro 9:31 (CRhyne, Νόμος Δικαιοσύνης and the meaning of Ro 10:4: CBQ 47, ’85, 486–99).—Abs., without further qualification ὁ ν. Mt 22:36; 23:23; Lk 2:27; J 1:17; Ac 6:13; 7:53; 21:20, 28; Ro 2:15 (τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου the work of the law [=the moral product that the Mosaic code requires] is written in the heart; difft. Diod S 1, 94, 1 ν. ἔγγραπτος, s. 1b, above), 18, 20, 23b, 26; 4:15a, 16; 7:1b, 4–7, 12, 14, 16; 8:3f; 1 Cor 15:56; Gal 3:12f, 17, 19, 21a, 24; 5:3, 14; 1 Ti 1:8 (GRudberg, ConNeot 7, ’42, 15); Hb 7:19 (s. Windisch, Hdb. exc. ad loc.), 28a; 10:1; cp. Js 2:9 (s. 1b above); μετὰ τὸν ν. Hb 7:28b; οἱ ἐν τῷ ν. Ro 3:19; κατὰ τὸν ν. according to the (Mosaic) law (Jos., Ant. 14, 173; 15, 51 al.; Just., D. 10, 1) J 19:7b; Ac 22:12; 23:3; Hb 7:5; 9:22. παρὰ τ. νόμον contrary to the law (Jos., Ant. 17, 151, C. Ap. 2, 219; Ath. 1, 3 παρὰ πάντα ν.) Ac 18:13.—νόμος without the art. in the same sense (on the attempt, beginning w. Origen, In Ep. ad Ro 3:7 ed. Lomm. VI 201, to establish a difference in mng. betw. Paul’s use of ὁ νόμος and νόμος s. B-D-F §258, 2; Rob. 796; Mlt-Turner 177; Grafe [s. 3b below] 7–11) Ro 2:13ab, 17, 23a, * 25a; 3:31ab; 5:13, 20; 7:1a (s. above); Gal 2:19b; 5:23 (JRobb, ET 56, ’45, 279f compares κατὰ δὲ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστι νόμος Aristot., Pol. 1284a). δικαίῳ νόμος οὐ κεῖται, ἀνόμοις δὲ … 1 Ti 1:9. Cp. ἑαυτοῖς εἰσιν νόμος Ro 2:14 (in Pla., Pol. and in Stoic thought the wise person needed no commandment [Stoic. III 519], the bad one did; MPohlenz, Stoa ’48/49 I 133; II 75). Used w. prepositions: ἐκ ν. Ro 4:14; Gal 3:18, 21c (v.l. ἐν ν.); Phil 3:9 (ἐκ νόμου can also mean corresponding to or in conformity with the law: PRev 15, 11 ἐκ τῶν νόμων); cp. ἐκ τοῦ νόμου Ro 10:5. διὰ νόμου Ro 2:12b; 3:20b; 4:13; 7:7b; Gal 2:19a, 21; ἐν ν. (ἐν τῷ ν. Iren. 3, 11, 8 [Harv. II 49, 9]) Ro 2:12a, 23; Gal 3:11, 21c v.l.; 5:4; Phil 3:6. κατὰ νόμον 3:5; Hb 8:4; 10:8 (make an offering κατὰ νόμον as Arrian, Anab. 2, 26, 4; 5, 8, 2); χωρὶς ν. Ro 3:21a; 7:8f; ἄχρι ν. 5:13a. ὑπὸ νόμον 6:14f; 1 Cor 9:20; Gal 3:23; 4:4f, 21a; 5:18 (cp. Just., D. 45, 3 οἱ ὑπὸ τὸν ν.).—Dependent on an anarthrous noun παραβάτης νόμου a law-breaker Ro 2:25b ( 27b w. art.); Js 2:11. ποιητὴς ν. one who keeps the law 4:11d (w. art. Ro 2:13b). τέλος ν. the end of the law Ro 10:4 (RBultmann and HSchlier, Christus des Ges. Ende ’40). πλήρωμα ν. fulfilment of the law 13:10. ν. μετάθεσις a change in the law Hb 7:12. ἔργα ν. Ro 3:20a, 28; 9:32 v.l.; Gal 2:16; 3:2, 5, 10a.—(ὁ) ν. (τοῦ) θεοῦ Ro 7:22, 25a; 8:7 because it was given by God and accords w. his will. Lasting Mt 5:18; Lk 16:17 (cp. Bar 4:1; PsSol 10:4; Philo, Mos. 2, 14; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 277).—Used w. verbs, w. or without the art.: ν. ἔχειν J 19:7a; Ro 2:14 (ApcSed 14:5). πληροῦν ν. fulfill the law Ro 13:8; pass. Gal 5:14 (Mel., P. 42, 291). πληροῦν τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ ν. fulfill the requirement of the law Ro 8:4. φυλάσσειν τὸν ν. observe the law Ac 21:24; Gal 6:13. τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ ν. φυλάσσειν observe the precepts of the law Ro 2:26; διώκειν ν. δικαιοσύνης 9:31a; πράσσειν ν. 2:25a. ποιεῖν τὸν ν. J 7:19b; Gal 5:3; Ro 2:14b, s. below; τὸν ν. τηρεῖν Js 2:10. τὸν ν. τελεῖν Ro 2:27. φθάνειν εἰς ν. 9:31b. κατὰ ν. Ἰουδαϊσμὸν ζῆν IMg 8:1 v.l. is prob. a textual error (Pearson, Lghtf., Funk, Bihlmeyer, Hilgenfeld; Zahn, Ign. v. Ant. 1873 p. 354, 1 [difft. in Zahn’s edition] all omit νόμον as a gloss and are supported by the Latin versions; s. Hdb. ad loc.). τὰ τοῦ ν. ποιεῖν carry out the requirements of the law Ro 2:14b (ApcSed 14:5; FFlückiger, TZ 8, ’52, 17–42). καταλαλεῖν νόμου, κρίνειν ν. Js 4:11abc. ἐδόθη ν. Gal 3:21a.—Pl. διδοὺς νόμους μου εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν Hb 8:10; cp. 10:16 (both Jer 38:33).—Of an individual stipulation of the law ὁ νόμος τοῦ ἀνδρός the law insofar as it concerns the husband (Aristot., Fgm. 184 R. νόμοι ἀνδρὸς καὶ γαμετῆς.—SIG 1198, 14 κατὰ τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐρανιστῶν; Num 9:12 ὁ ν. τοῦ πάσχα; Philo, Sobr. 49 ὁ ν. τῆς λέπρας) Ro 7:2b; cp. 7:3 and δέδεται νόμῳ vs. 2a (on the imagery Straub 94f); 1 Cor 7:39 v.l.—The law is personified, as it were (Demosth. 43, 59; Aeschin. 1, 18; Herm. Wr. 12, 4 [the law of punishment]; IMagnMai 92a, 11 ὁ ν. συντάσσει; b, 16 ὁ ν. ἀγορεύει; Jos., Ant. 3, 274) J 7:51; Ro 3:19.

③ a collection of holy writings precious to God’s people, sacred ordinance

ⓐ in the strict sense the law=the Pentateuch, the work of Moses the lawgiver (Diod S 40, 3, 6 προσγέγραπται τοῖς νόμοις ἐπὶ τελευτῆς ὅτι Μωσῆς ἀκούσας τοῦ θεοῦ τάδε λέγει τ. Ἰουδαίοις=at the end of the laws this is appended: this is what Moses heard from God and is telling to the Jews. ὁ διὰ τοῦ ν. μεταξὺ καθαρῶν καὶ ἀκαθάρτων διαστείλας θεός Iren. 3, 12, 7 [Harv. II 60, 3]; cp. Hippol., Ref. 7, 34, 1) τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ νόμου Gal 3:10b (cp. Dt 27:26). Also simply ὁ νόμος (Jos., Bell. 7, 162 ὁ ν. or 2, 229 ὁ ἱερὸς ν. of the holy book in a concrete sense) Mt 12:5 (Num 28:9f is meant); J 8:5; 1 Cor 9:8 (cp. Dt 25:4); 14:34 (cp. Gen 3:16); Gal 4:21b (the story of Abraham); Hb 9:19. ὁ ν. ὁ ὑμέτερος J 8:17 (cp. Jos., Bell. 5, 402; Tat. 40, 1 κατὰ τοὺς ἡμετέρους ν.). ἐν Μωϋσέως νόμῳ γέγραπται 1 Cor 9:9. καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ κυρίου Lk 2:23 (γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ as Athen. 6, 27, 23c; IMagnMai 52, 35 [III B.C.]; Mel., P. 11, 71; cp. Just., D. 8, 4 τὰ ἐν τῷ ν. γεγραμμένα); cp. vs. 24. ἔγραψεν Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ J 1:45 (cp. Cercidas [III B.C.], Fgm. 1, 18f Diehl² [=Coll. Alex. p. 204, 29=Knox p. 196] καὶ τοῦθʼ Ὅμηρος εἶπεν ἐν Ἰλιάδι).—The Sacred Scriptures (OT) referred to as a whole in the phrase ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται (Orig., C. Cels. 2, 6, 4; cp. Hippol., Ref. 8, 19, 1) the law (הַתּוֹרָה) and the prophets (הַנְּבִיאִים) Mt 5:17; 7:12; 11:13; 22:40; Lk 16:16; Ac 13:15; 24:14; 28:23; Ro 3:21b; cp. Dg 11:6; J 1:45. τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ ν. Μωϋσέως καὶ τοῖς προφήταις καὶ ψαλμοῖς Lk 24:44.

ⓑ In a wider sense=Holy Scripture gener., on the principle that the most authoritative part gives its name to the whole (ὁ ν. ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ Theoph. Ant. 1, 11 [p. 82, 15]): J 10:34 (Ps 81:6); 12:34 (Ps 109:4; Is 9:6; Da 7:14); 15:25 (Ps 34:19; 68:5); 1 Cor 14:21 (Is 28:11f); Ro 3:19 (preceded by a cluster of quotations fr. Psalms and prophets).—Mt 5:18; Lk 10:26; 16:17; J 7:49.—JHänel, Der Schriftbegriff Jesu 1919; OMichel, Pls u. s. Bibel 1929; SWesterholm, Studies in Religion 15, ’86, 327–36.—JMeinhold, Jesus u. das AT 1896; MKähler, Jesus u. das AT² 1896; AKlöpper, Z. Stellung Jesu gegenüber d. Mos. Gesetz, Mt 5:17–48: ZWT 39, 1896, 1–23; EKlostermann, Jesu Stellung z. AT 1904; AvHarnack, Hat Jesus das atl. Gesetz abgeschafft?: Aus Wissenschaft u. Leben II 1911, 225–36, SBBerlAk 1912, 184–207; KBenz, D. Stellung Jesu zum atl. Gesetz 1914; MGoguel, RHPR 7, 1927, 160ff; BBacon, Jesus and the Law: JBL 47, 1928, 203–31; BBranscomb, Jes. and the Law of Moses 1930; WKümmel, Jes. u. d. jüd. Traditionsged.: ZNW 33, ’34, 105–30; JHempel, D. synopt. Jesus u. d. AT: ZAW 56, ’38, 1–34.—Lk-Ac: JJervell, HTR 64, ’71, 21–36.—EGrafe, D. paulin. Lehre vom Gesetz² 1893; HCremer, D. paulin. Rechtfertigungslehre 1896, 84ff; 363ff; FSieffert, D. Entwicklungslinie d. paul. Gesetzeslehre: BWeiss Festschr. 1897, 332–57; WSlaten, The Qualitative Use of νόμος in the Pauline Ep.: AJT 23, 1919, 213ff; HMosbech, Pls’ Laere om Loven: TT 4/3, 1922, 108–37; 177–221; EBurton, ICC, Gal 1921, 443–60; PFeine, Theol. des NT⁶ ’34, 208–15 (lit.); PBenoit, La Loi et la Croix d’après S. Paul (Ro 7:7–8:4): RB 47, ’38, 481–509; CMaurer, D. Gesetzeslehre des Pls ’41; PBläser, D. Gesetz b. Pls ’41; BReicke, JBL 70, ’51, 259–76; GBornkamm, Das Ende d. Gesetzes ’63; HRaisänen, Paul and the Law² ’87; PRichardson/SWesterholm, et al., Law in Religious Communities in the Rom. Period, ’91 (Torah and Nomos); MNobile, La Torà al tempo di Paolo, alcune ri-flessioni: Atti del IV simposio di Tarso su S. Paolo Apostolo, ed. LPadovese ’96, 93–106 (lit. 93f, n. 1).—Dodd 25–41.—B. 1358; 1419; 1421. DELG s.v. νέμω Ic. Schmidt, Syn. I 333–47. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

νόμος, ὁ, ([etym.] νέμω)

A that which is in habitual practice, use or possession, not in Hom. (cf. J.Ap.2.15), though read by Zenod. in Od.1.3.

I usage, custom,

[Μοῦσαι] μέλπονται πάντων τε νόμους καὶ ἤθεα κεδνά Hes.Th.66

;

ν. ἀρχαῖος ἄριστος Id.Fr. 221

; ἔνθα ν. (sc. ἐστί) c. inf., where it is the custom.., Alc.Supp.25.5; ν. πάντων βασιλεύς custom is lord of all, Pi.Fr.169.1;

ν. δεσπότης Hdt.7.104

, Pl. Lg. 715d;

ν. τύραννος τῶν ἀνθρώπων Id.Prt. 337d

;

ἴησις ὀθονίοισι κατὰ τὸν ν. τὸν ἀρθριτικόν Hp.Art.18

;

ὡς νόμος Id.Mochl.37

: hence, law, ordinance,

τόνδε.. ν. διέταξε Κρονίων.. θηρσὶ.. ἐσθέμεν ἀλλήλους Hes. Op. 276

;

τρέφονται πάντες οἱ ἀνθρώπειοι ν. ὑπὸ τοῦ θείου Heraclit. 114

;

ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον ν. [ἐστί] A.Eu. 448

;

ν. κάλλιστον ἐξευρόντα, πειθαρχεῖν πατρί S.Tr. 1177

; ν. κοινός, = ὀρθὸς λόγος, Zeno Stoic.1.43: pl.,

ἔργων.. ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται ὑψίποδες S.OT 865

(lyr.);

νεοχμοῖς ν. Ζεὺς κρατύνει A.Pr. 150

(lyr.).

b in VT, of the law of God,

ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ LXXPs.1.2

, al., cf. Is.2.3; νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο ὑμῖν Μωϋσῆς ib.De.33.4; so in NT,

ὁ ν. Μωϋσέως Ev.Luc.2.22

, etc.; but also

ὁ ν. τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ep.Gal.6.2

; ὁ ν. τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς, opp. ὁ ν. τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τοῦ θανάτου, Ep.Rom.8.2;

ν. τέλειος ὁ τῆς ἐλευθερίας Ep.Jac.1.25

.

c with Preps., κατὰ νόμον according to custom or law, Hes.Th. 417, Hdt.1.61, etc.;

κὰν νόμον Pi.O.8.78

; οἱ κατὰ ν. ὄντες θεοί the established deities, Pl.Lg. 904a;

κατὰ νόμους A.Supp. 241

; παρὰ νόμον contrary to.., Id.Eu. 171 (lyr.);

παρὰ τοὺς τῆς φύσεως ν. Pl.Ti. 83e

;

ἐν Πανελλάνων νόμῳ Pi.I.2.38

; ἐν Ἀδραστείῳ νόμῳ by the law of Adrastus, i.e. at the Nemean games, Id.N.10.28: esp. in dat. νόμῳ by custom, conventionally, opp. φύσει, Hdt. 4.39, Philol.9, Arist.EN 1094b16, etc.; ν. γλυκύ, ν. πικρόν, Democr.9;

εἰ μή τις λέγοι ν. ὁρᾶν καὶ τὰς λεγομένας ποιότητας μὴ ἐν τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις εἶναι Plot.4.4.29

; ὅσον νόμου χάριν just for form's sake, Diph.43.14, Arist.Metaph. 1076a27.

d statute, ordinance made by authority,

[Σόλων] νόμους ἔθηκεν ἄλλους, τοῖς δὲ Δράκοντος θεσμοῖς ἐπαύσαντο χρώμενοι πλὴν τῶν φονικῶν Id.Ath.7.1

(but

τὸν Δράκοντος ν. τὸν περὶ τοῦ φόνου IG12.115.5

), etc.; νόμον τιθέναι, τίθεσθαι, v. τίθημι; βασιλικὸς ν. OGI483.1 (Pergam., ii A.D.), Ep.Jac.2.8: freq. of general laws, opp. ψηφίσματα (special decrees), Pl.Tht. 173d, etc.;

ὅταν τὰ ψηφίσματα κύρια ᾖ ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ ν. Arist.Pol. 1292a7

: generally, law, ἄνευ ὀρέξεως νοῦς ὁ ν. ἐστίν ib. 1287a32; ἄγραφος ν. Lex ap. And.1.85, etc.; opp. γεγραμμένος, Arist.Rh. 1373b6; ν. ἴδιος, opp. κοινός, ib.4; ὁ ν. freq. as subject,

οἱ ν. διδόασι τιμωρίας D.18.12

;

ὧν ὁ ν. ἀγορεύει Inscr.Magn. 92b16

(ii B.C.); μὴ ὁ ν. κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πρῶτον; Ev.Jo.7.51.

e c. gen. rei,

οὗτός τοι πεδίων πέλεται ν. Hes.Op. 388

;

Ὑλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις Pi.P.1.62

;

τὸν φαρμάκων δίδαξε μαλακόχειρα ν. Id.N.3.55

;

ν. ἐμβολῆς καὶ διορθώσιος Hp.Mochl.38

; ὁ ν. τοῦ κριοῦ, τοῦ ἀνδρός, τῶν ἐρανιστῶν, LXXLe.6.31 (7.1), Ep.Rom.7.2, SIG 1198.14 (Arcesine, iii B.C.); ἐς χειρῶν νόμον ἀπικέσθαι to come to blows, into action, Hdt.9.48; ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ ἀπόλλυσθαι, περιπεσεῖν, die in action, Id.8.89, Plb.1.57.8;

μεταλλάξαι τὸν βίον ἐν χ. ν. Id.3.63.5

, cf. 3.116.9;

Ἀσδρούβας.. ἐν χ. ν. κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον Id.11.2.1

;

τοὺς μὲν ἐν χ. ν. διέφθειρε Id.1.82.2

; τοὺς ἐν χ. ν. τὰς πολιτείας καταλύοντας by 'direct action', Aeschin.1.5; but

κτεῖναι ἐν ταῖς πολεμικαῖς ἐξόδοις ἐν χειρὸς νόμῳ

under martial law,

Arist.Pol. 1285a10

;

τῷ τοῦ πολέμου νόμῳ κτησάμενος Aeschin.2.33

.

2 Νόμος personified, οἱ θεοὶ σθένουσι χὡ κείνων κρατῶν N. E.Hec. 800, cf. Orph.Fr. 105, 160.

II melody, strain,

οἶδα δ' ὀρνίχων νόμως πάντων Alcm.67

;

ν. ἵππιος Pi.O. 1.101

;

Ἀπόλλων ἁγεῖτο παντοίων ν. Id.N.5.25

;

ν. πολεμικοί Th.5.69

;

ἐπηλάλαξαν Ἀραὶ τὸν ὀξὺν ν. A.Th. 952

(lyr.);

κρεκτοὶ ν. S.Fr. 463

, cf. AP9.584: metaph.,

τοὺς Ἅιδου ν. S.Fr. 861

.

2 esp. a type of early melody created by Terpander for the lyre as an accompaniment to Epic texts,

ν. ὄρθιος Hdt.1.24

;

ν. Βοιώτιος S.Fr. 966

;

ν. κιθαρῳδικοί Ar.Ra. 1282

, cf. Pl.Lg. 700d, Arist.Po. 1447b26, Pr. 918b13, etc.; also for the flute,

ν. αὐλῳδικός Plu.2.1132d

; without sung text, ν. αὐλητικός ib.1133d, cf. 138b, Poll.4.79; later, composition including both words and melody, e.g. Tim.Pers.

III = νοῦμμος (q. v.), Epich.136, Sophr.162, Inscr.Délos407.21 (ii B.C.); ν. σηστέρτιοι, = Lat. nummi sestertii, Inscr.Prien.41.13 (ii B.C.).

IV Archit., course of masonry, IG12(2).11.17 (Mytil.).

νομίζω impf. ἐνόμιζον; 1 aor. ἐνόμισα; pf. νενόμικα (Just., D. 8, 4). Pass.: impf. ἐνομιζόμην; aor. ἐνομίσθην (Just.); pf. νενόμισμαι (Ar.); (Aeschyl., Hdt.+; SIG 47, 25 [early V B.C.]).

① to follow or practice what is customary, have in common use (cp. the primary mng. [difft. GShipp, Nomos ‘Law’ ’78: mng. ‘law’ is earlier than ‘custom’] of νόμος, q.v. beg., as that which is established by use or possession). Pass. be the custom (Aeschyl., Hdt.; Diod S 10, 3, 4 [τὰ νομιζόμενα]; Joseph.; Just., D. 8, 4; ins, pap) οὗ ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ εἶναι where, according to the custom, there was a place of prayer Ac 16:13 v.l.

② to form an idea about someth. but with some suggestion of tentativeness or refraining from a definitive statement, think, believe, hold, consider (Aeschyl., Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX, EpArist, Philo; Jos., Ant. 1, 196) foll. by acc. and inf. (X., An. 6, 1, 29, Cyr. 1, 4, 5; ins [SIG ind.]; 4 Macc 4:13; 5:16, 18, 19; 9:4; Philo, Congr. Erud. Gr. 139; Ar. 4, 2) Lk 2:44; Ac 7:25; 14:19; 16:27; 17:29; 1 Cor 7:26; 1 Ti 6:5. οὗ ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴν εἶναι where we supposed there was a place of prayer Ac 16:13. βράδιον νομίζομεν ἐπιστροφήν πεποιῆσθαι περί we consider that we have been somewhat slow in paying attention to matters (that are in dispute among you) 1 Cl 1:1; μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν νομίζομεν εἶναι, εἰ 26:1; 44:3; Dg 4:1, 6. With double acc. οὓς … νομίζετε θεούς whom you revere as deities Dg 2:1. (This passage and those listed below under pass. usage might well be placed in 1 above, for that which is perceived in common with others is reflected in common tradition and practice; cp. WFahr, Θεοὺς νομίζειν ’70). W. inf. foll. (ins [SIG ind.]; PTebt 50, 11 [112/111B.C.]; PLips 105, 2; 2 Macc 4:32; Just., D. 18, 1) Ac 8:20; 1 Cor 7:36; Dg 2:7; 12:6. W. ὅτι foll. (X., Hell. 5, 4, 62; Lucian, Syr. Dea 28 p. 474; PFay 109, 4 [I A.D.]; BGU 248, 29 [c. 75 A.D.]; TestJud 5:3; ParJer 5:24; ApcMos 23) Mt 5:17 μὴ νομίσητε (as 4 Macc 2:14; Jos., Ant. 5, 109; Just., A I, 36, 1 [w. acc. and inf.]; cp. Just. D. 138, 2 μὴ νομίζητε ὅτι); 10:34; 20:10; GPt 5:18. W. acc. and ὅτι foll. Ac 21:29 (TestAbr A 14 p. 94, 28 [Stone p. 36]).—Pass. (Appian, Iber. 18 §68; 2 Macc 8:35; EpArist 128; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 122; Just., A I, 26, 2 ὅς … θεὸς ἐνομίσθη) Dg 1. ὢν υἱὸς ὡς ἐνομίζετο Ἰωσήφ he was, as commonly held, the son of Joseph Lk 3:23 (ὡς ἐνομίζετο as Appian, Mithrid. 63 §263, of a monetary estimate; cp. also Appian, Liby. 111 §525 of the Macedonian king τὸν νομιζόμενον υἱὸν εἶναι Περσέως, Bell. Civ. 1, 33 §146; 2, 39 §153 νομιζόμενος εἶναι Ποσειδῶνος; Paus. 2, 10, 3 Ἄρατον Ἀσκληπιοῦ παῖδα εἶναι νομίζουσιν; Olympiodorus, Life of Plato, ed. AWestermann 1850 p. 1, 4: λέγεται ὁ Πλάτων υἱὸς γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνος, though the writer claims he was of transcendent origin).—B. 1204. Schmidt, Syn. I 333–47. DELG s.v. νέμω Ic. M-M. Sv.

ἔθος, ους, τό (Trag.+).

① a usual or customary manner of behavior, habit, usage καθὼς ἔ. τισίν (EpArist 311; Jos., Ant. 20, 28; Iren. 1, 20, 1 [Harv. I 177, 9]) as the habit of some people is Hb 10:25; cp. J 19:40; Ac 25:16. ἔθος ἔχειν be accustomed w. inf. foll. (Philo, Deus Imm. 167) 19:14 D. ἐπορεύθη κατὰ τὸ ἔ. he went, as usual, as was his wont Lk 22:39 (cp. Lucian, Alex. 54; POxy 370; PLond II, 171b, 19 p. 176 [III A.D.]; Bel 15 Theod.). ὡς ἔθος αὐτοῖς λέγειν (cp. 1 Macc 10:89; 2 Macc 13:4; PFay 125, 5 ὡς ἔθος ἐστί σοι) as they are accustomed to say MPol 9:2. cp. 13:1. 18:1; cp. 9:2 ἕτερα, ὧν ἔ. αὐτοῖς λέγειν.

② long-established usage or practice common to a group, custom τὰ ἔ. τὰ πατρῷα the customs of the fathers Ac 28:17 (Just., D. 63, 5; SIG 1073, 20f κατὰ τὸ πάτριον ἔθος; Jos., Bell. 7, 424; 4 Macc 18:5 v.l.; Just., D. 87, 3 κατὰ τὸ παλαιὸν ἔ.). τὰ ἔ. ἃ παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν Μωϋσῆς the customs that Moses handed down 6:14; cp. 15:1 (on the dat. τῷ ἔθει cp. PHolm 2, 18 τῇδε τάξει=acc. to this recipe); 16:21 (ἤθη v.l.); τοῖς ἔ. περιπατεῖν live acc. to our customs (way of life) 21:21 (DBalch, ‘… you teach all the Jews’ etc.: SBLSP ’93, 369–83); τὰ κατὰ Ἰουδαίους ἔ. customs of the Judeans (cp. Jos., Ant. 15, 286) 26:3 (ἠθῶν v.l.); κατὰ τὸ ἔ. τῆς ἱερατείας as the custom is in the priestly office Lk 1:9; cp. GJs 24:1; κατὰ τὸ ἔ. τῆς ἑορτῆς acc. to the custom (prevailing) at the festival 2:42 (on κατὰ τὸ ἔ. cp. pap in Dssm., NB 79 [BS 251f]; ins in SIG, index). τὰ ἐγχώρια ἔθη the customs of the country Dg 5:4; w. country and language 5:1.—B. 1358. Schmidt, Syn. IV 570–75, s. λαός. DELG s.v. εἴωθα; Frisk s.v. ἔθος and ἔθων (also s. LfgrE s.v. ἔθων). M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

συνήθεια, ας, ἡ (ἦθος)

① a relationship in which the participants are compatible because of shared interests, friendship, fellowship, intimacy (Isocr., Aeschin. et al.; ins, pap) πρός τινα with someone (Polyb. 1, 43, 4; 31, 14, 3; Plut., Crass. 544 [3, 6]; PAmh 145, 10; Jos., Ant. 15, 97) IEph 5:1 (συνήθειαν ἔχ. πρός τινα also Vett. Val. 228, 23). There is a close semantic relationship between ‘being accustomed to one another’ in the sharing of values in a personal relationship and

② a usage or practice that has become established or standard, custom (Hom. Hymns; Pla.; ins, pap, 4 Macc; Philo, Spec. Leg. 3, 35 al.; Joseph.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 9; so as loanw. in rabb.).

ⓐ subjectively being or becoming accustomed τῇ συνηθείᾳ ἕως ἄρτι τοῦ εἰδώλου (obj. gen. as SIG 888, 154 διὰ τὴν συνήθειαν τῆς τοιαύτης ἐνοχλήσεως.—τῇ ς. is dat. of cause; s. on ἀπιστία 1) through being accustomed to idols in former times 1 Cor 8:7.

ⓑ objectively custom, habit, usage (Jos., Ant. 10, 72) Dg 2:1. τὴν συνη̣θ̣ι̣α̣[ν τῆς]| νη̣[ … νη]σ̣τίας AcPl Ha 7, 10f (some dittography [?], rdg. uncertain). συνήθειαν ἔχειν (PFlor 210, 15) 1 Cor 11:16; w. inf. foll. Hm 5, 2, 6. ἔστιν συνήθειά τινι w. ἵνα foll. J 18:39.—Renehan ’75 p. 185. DELG s.v. ἦθος. M-M. Sv.

ἀτάκτως (since Thu. 3, 108, 3; PFay 337, 16 [II A.D.]; POxy 842; PGM 4, 2628; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 45; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 151) adv. of ἄτακτος in defiance of good order, disorderly, holding religious services without regard to established times arbitrarily 1 Cl 40:2 (w. εἰκῇ ‘at random’). ἀτάκτως περιπατεῖν behave irresponsibly 2 Th 3:6 (Isocr. 2m 31 ἀ. ζῆν) apparently without respect for established custom or received instruction, as the qualifying clause καὶ … ἡμῶν indicates (cp. Mk 7:5), 11; the specific manner in which the irresponsible behavior manifests itself is described in the context: freeloading, sponging.—On contractual obligations in the Rom. world s. PCsillag, The Problems of Labour Relations in Roman Law: Oikumene 2, ’78, 239–63. DELG s.v. τάσσω. TW. Spicq.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `offered or permitted by the gods or nature, pleasing to the gods, just (= Lat. fas), devout, ritually pure' (Thgn., IA.; cf. ὁσίη below).

Other forms: (τὸ) ὅσιον, (τὰ) ὅσια.

Compounds: As 2. member in ἀν-όσιος (IA.), prob. prop. bahuvrihi `who is without τὸ ὅσιον, ἡ ὁσία' (Frisk Adj. priv. 10 f.), ἀφ-όσιος = ἀν-όσιος (Egypt. inscr. I^a; Strömberg Prefix Studies 41).

Derivatives: ὁσία, Ion. - ίη f. `divine or natural law, law, holy custom, holy service' (Od.), prob. for ὁσι-ία (Frisk Eranos 43, 220 w. lit.; diff. Porzig Satzinhalte 208); ὁσιό-της f. `divine obedience, piety' (Pl., X.). Denominative ὁσιό-ομαι, -ω, esp. w. ἀφ-, also w. καθ- a. ἐξ-, `to purify (oneself), to hallow' (IA.) with ( ἀφ-, καθ-)οσίωσις f. `purification, hallowing' (D.H., Plu.), ἀφοσιώματα καθάρ-ματα, καθάρσια H., ὁσιωτήρ m. "the purificator", name of a sacrificial animal in Delphi (Plu.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: On the meaning of ὅσιος, - ίη s. beyond the lit. on ἱερός also W. J. Terstegen Εὑσεβής en ὅσιος. Diss. Utrecht 1941, Jeanmaire REGr. 58, 66ff., van der Walk REGr. 64, 417ff. No convincing etymology. Since Brugmann Grundr.² II: 1, 401 mostly explained as ιο-deriv. of a ptc. * s-o-to-(from * es- `to be') beside seeming * s-e-to- in ἐτά ἀληθῆ (s. ἐτάζω); the root is now established as * h₁s-. As improbable alternative B. considers transformation of an *ἁτιος = Skt. satyá- `true' (\< IE *sn̥t-ii̯o-) after *ὁντ-. Schwyzer 344 considers Aeolic origin (ὁ- for ἁ-) as possible. The derivation from * soto- (root * set- in ἐτάζω) is defended by Pinault, Langue, style (1996) 43f.: *sotii̯o- `conforme à l'ordre établi, pieux'. -- Well argued criticism by v. Windekens Le Pélasgique 124 (with Pelasgian explanation (to Lat. iūs `right' etc.). Cf. Benveniste, Vocab. inst. 2, 198-202.

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θρηνέω impf. ἐθρήνουν; fut. θρηνήσω; 1 aor. ἐθρήνησα; fut. pass. 3 sg. θρηνηθήσεται Mi 2:4 (s. next entry; Hom. et al.; LXX; TestSol 1:6 D; TestAbr B 6 p. 110, 1 [Stone p. 68]; TestZeb 4:5; ApcEsdr 5:27 p. 31, 1 Tdf.; Ar.; Just.) gener. ‘to express oneself in grief’, freq. in sounds and rhythms established by funereal custom in various regions of the ancient world (cp. Il. 24, 722; Od. 24, 61).

① to express oneself in sorrowful tones, mourn, lament intr. (w. κλαίειν Just., D. 141, 3; cp. Jo 1:5) J 16:20.

② to express oneself in a song or hymn of grief, sing a dirge intr. (Aesop., Fab. 369 H. [female mourners]; LXX) Mt 11:17; Lk 7:32. As v.l. ἐθρήνησε for ἐποίησεν θρῆνον GJs 3:1 (cod. A).

③ to mourn for someone in ritual fashion, mourn for, lament τινά someone (Herodian 3, 4, 6; Nicetas Eugen. 7, 182 H.; LXX; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 231; Jos., Bell. 3, 436; Ar. 8, 2; Just., D. 95, 2 ἑαυτούς) Lk 23:27 (w. κόπτεσθαι as Xenophanes: Vorsokr. 21 Testimon. A 13; Mi 1:8; Jos., Ant. 6, 377; s. EMartino, Morte e pianto rituale nel mondo antico, ’58, 195–235). δύο θρήνους ἐθρήνει GJs 2:1. S. κόπτω 2.—PHeinisch, Die Totenklage im AT, ’31; CWestermann, Struktur u. Geschichte der Klage im AT: ZAW 66, ’54, 44–80; PFerris, The Genre of Communal Lament in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, ’92 (OT); CBuresch, Consolationum a Graecis Romanisque scriptarum historia critica 1886; EReiner, Die Rituelle Totenklage der Griechen ’38; MAlexiou, The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition ’74. Add. reff. Betz, SM 120.—DELG s.v. θρῆνος. On the semantic field s. Schmidt, Syn. III 378ff. M-M. TW.

κινέω fut. κινήσω; 1 aor. ἐκίνησα; pf. ptc. κεκινηκώς (Ath.). Pass.: fut. κινηθήσομαι LXX; aor. ἐκινήθην (s. next entry; Hom.+) ‘move’.

① to cause someth. to be moved from its customary or established place, move away, remove τὶ someth. (Lysimachus [200 B.C.]: 382 Fgm. 2 Jac.; Diod S 20, 110, 1 κινῆσαι τὸ ἔθος=put an end to the custom; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 272 τὰ νόμιμα κ.=‘remove the law fr. its proper place’) τῷ δακτύλῳ φορτία move burdens w. so much as a finger Mt 23:4 (Artem. 1, 31 p. 32, 18f φορτία κινούμενα). κ. τι ἔκ τινος remove someth. from someth. κ. τὴν λυχνίαν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς Rv 2:5. Pass. 6:14 (cp. Astrampsychus p. 5 ln. 12 εἰ κινηθήσομαι τοῦ τόπου μοῦ=whether I lose my place).

② to cause someth. to go into motion, move, set in motion

ⓐ shake the head (Hom. et al.; Job 16:4; Da 4:19; Sir 12:18; 13:7; TestJob 30:1) κ. τὴν κεφαλήν shake the head to and fro as a sign of scorn and derision (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 4 p. 335, 18 Jac.) Mt 27:39; Mk 15:29; 1 Cl 16:16 (Ps 21:8).

ⓑ to cause to be in turmoil arouse pass. (Jos., Ant. 3, 13) of a riotous situation ἐκινήθη ἡ πόλις ὅλη the whole city was aroused Ac 21:30. ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ 14:7 D.

③ to be in motion, move, move around, pass., intr. sense (Hom. et al.; Gen 7:14, 21 al.; En 101:8; TestSol 4:17 D; ApcSed 11:10; Philo; Just., D. 127, 2; Tat. 22:2) Hv 4, 1, 9. As an expression of being a living being ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν in him we live and move and have our being Ac 17:28 (on the mng. and origin of this saying, specif. of ἐν αὐτῷ κινεῖσθαι s. Norden, Agn. Th. 19ff; MDibelius, Pls auf. d. Areop. ’39, 26; MPohlenz, Pls u. d. Stoa: ZNW 42, ’49, 69–104, esp. 88ff.—Perh. κ. in this passage, coming as it does betw. ‘living’ and ‘being’, emphasizes ‘moving’ less than ‘existence’; cp. Achilles Tat. 2, 37, 1 τὸ κινούμενον ἐν φθορᾷ=‘that which exists amid corruptibility’).

④ to cause someth. to happen

ⓐ of external circumstances cause, bring about (Pla., Rep. 8, 566e πολέμους; Jos., Bell. 2, 175 ταραχήν; PParis 68a, 6 θόρυβος ἐκινήθη) στάσεις Ac 24:5.

ⓑ of inward condition move, cause (Plut., Cim. 489 [16, 10]; Ael. Aristid. 19, 6 K.=41 p. 764 D.: ἐκίνησέν με ὁ θεός; POxy 1121, 16 τίνι λόγῳ ἢ πόθεν κεινηθέντες; TestAbr; Just., A I, 36, 1; Ath. 9, 1) pass. w. inf. foll. (PFlor 58, 15) Dg 11:8 (cp. Ath., R. 12 p. 61, 5 πρὸς τὸ ποιεῖν τι κινουμένους).—B. 662. Schmidt, Syn. III 128–49. DELG. M-M. TW.

ἀτακτέω (s. ἄτακτος) 1 aor. ἠτάκτησα. Of such as are not at their appointed posts or do not conform to established law or custom, hence acting with self-interest and not for the common good (s. X., Cyr. 8, 1, 22; Demosth. 3, 11; Plut., Mor. 184f; IG IV²/1, 68, 83 [IV B.C.]; PEleph 2, 13 [III B.C.]; PCairZen 596, 18; BGU 1125, 8 [13 B.C.]; POxy 275, 24f [66 A.D.]; 725, 39f) to violate prescribed or recognized order, behave inappropriately in our lit. only 2 Th 3:7 οὐκ ἠτακτήσαμεν ἐν ὑμῖν we did not treat you in a free-wheeling manner (cp. our colloq. ‘be out of line’; opp. observance of ἡσυχία vs. 12: cp. Ps.-Sotades 7:8f [Coll. Alex. p. 241] ἀτακτεῖν w. ἡσυχία). As the subsequent clause οὐδὲ δωρεὰν ἄρτον ἐφάγομαν παρά τινος indicates, Paul conforms to societal proprieties and did not act as though he were entitled to free sustenance; to support his claim, he states that he ‘worked night and day so as not to be a burden to them’. Cp. 1 Cor 10:31–11:1 (for the Gr-Rom. perspective, s. Aristot. EN 4, 15–18). The trans. be idle, lazy does not take adequate account of Gr-Rom. social history, but s. comm.; Milligan, Thess. 152ff; CSpicq, Studia Theologica 10, ’56, 1–13.—New Docs 2, 104 no. 82. DELG s.v. τάσσω. M-M. Spicq.