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συγγενίς, ίδος, ἡ (Plut., Mor. 267d; Chariton 5, 3, 7; SEG IV, 452, 4; BCH 24 [1900] 340, 17; IAsMinLyk I, 53 E, 3; OGI index VIII [of cities]; PAmh 78, 9 [II A.D.]; Mitt-Wilck. II/2, 123, 9; Psaltes, Grammatik 152), a late and peculiar fem. of συγγενής, rejected by the Atticists (Ps.-Herodian in Phryn., p. 451f Lob.): ἡ ς. kinswoman, relative Lk 1:36; GJs 12:2.—B-D-F §59, 3; Mlt-H. 131.—M-M. Spicq.

συναγωγή, ῆς, ἡ (Thu. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, Just.). The term ς. is fluid, and its use as a loanword in Eng. in connection with cult suggests a technical usage that belies the extraordinary breadth of use of ς. Orig. in act. sense ‘a bringing together, assembling’, then in LXX and contemporary documents ‘a gathering’ or ‘place of assembly’.—For ins evidence relating to cultic usage s. ROster, NTS 39, ’93, 181 n. 14 (the principal corpora); for synonyms, p. 186; cp. New Docs 4, 202f.

① a place where someth. collects, gathering place of the basins in which water is gathered at the creation (Gen 1:9; cp. Jos., Ant. 15, 346 ς. ὑδάτων; Did., Gen. 25, 14 ς., ἣν καλεῖν εἰώθασιν ὠκεανόν) 1 Cl 20:6.

② a place of assembly (Cybeleins [Bilderatlas z. Religionsgesch. 9–11, 1926 p. xix no. 154] ἐν τῇ τοῦ Διὸς συναγωγῇ; s. New Docs 3, 43. Sb 4981, 6f [restored].—On συναγωγή as a room for meetings cp. συνέδρια of the meeting-houses of the Pythagoreans Polyb. 2, 39, 1).

ⓐ of the Jewish synagogue (it is used for a place of assembly for Jews in Philo, Omn. Prob. Lib. 81 [w. ref. to the Essenes]; Jos., Bell. 2, 285; 289; 7, 44, Ant. 19, 300; 305; CIG 9894; 9904; BCH 21, 1897 p. 47; Συναγωγὴ Ἑβραίων in Corinth [s. Κόρινθος, end], in Rome [CIG IV, 9909] and ILydiaKP III, 42 p. 32ff.—S. AvHarnack, Mission⁴ II 1924, p. 568, 2; GKittel, TLZ 69, ’44, 11f.—Orig., C. Cels. 6, 23, 3; Hippol., Ref. 9, 12, 7); people came to the συν. to worship God Mt 4:23; 6:2, 5; 9:35; 12:9; 13:54; Mk 1:39; 3:1; 6:2; Lk 4:15; 6:6; J 18:20. In the same buildings court was also held and punishment was inflicted: Mt 10:17; 23:34; Mk 13:9; Lk 12:11; 21:12; Ac 22:19; 26:11 (HKee, NTS 36, ’90, 1–24 perceives Acts as reading a post-70 situation into Paul’s career; rejoinder ROster, ibid 39, ’93, 178–208, with caution against reliance on mere transliteration of ς. and w. conclusion that Luke is not guilty of anachronism; response by Kee, ibid. 40, ’94, 281–83 [also 41, ’95, 481–500], w. observation that the inscription from the syngagogue of Theodotus in Jerusalem [s. Dssm. LO 378–80=LAE 439–41; Boffo, Iscrizioni no. 31] may well be no earlier than IV A.D.; for critique of Kee’s views s. also ESanders, Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah, ’87, 341–43 notes 28 and 29. For early use in reference to a Jewish synagogue, s. New Docs 4, 202, IBerenike 16, 5 [55 A.D.] of a building, ln. 3 of members meeting in it). Synagogues are also mentioned as existing in Antioch in Pisidia 13:14; Athens 17:17; Berea vs. 10; Damascus 9:20; Ephesus 18:19 (GHorsley, The Inscriptions of Ephesus and the NT: NovT 34, ’92, 105–68); Capernaum Mk 1:21; Lk 4:33; 7:5; J 6:59 (HKohl and CWatzinger, Antike Synagogen in Galiläa 1916; HVincent, RB 30, 1921, 438ff; 532ff; GOrfali, Capharnaum et ses ruines 1922); Corinth Ac 18:4 (s. New Docs 3, 121); Ephesus 19:8; Nazareth Lk 4:16; Salamis on the island of Cyprus Ac 13:5; Thessalonica 17:1.—ESukenik, Ancient Synagogues in Palestine and Greece ’34.—On the building of synagogues by patrons s. TRajak, Benefactors in the Greco-Jewish Diaspora, in MHengel Festschr. I ’96, 307 n. 7 lit.—On the relationship betw. συναγωγή and προσευχή (q.v. 2) s. SKrauss, Synagogale Altertümer 1922, 11; Boffo, Iscrizioni 39–46; Pauly-W. 2d ser. IV ’32, 1284–1316; ERivkin, AHSilver Festschr. ’63, 350–54.—AGroenman, De Oorsprong der Joodsche Synagoge: NThT 8, 1919, 43–87; 137–88; HStrack, RE XIX 221–26; Elbogen² 444ff; 571ff; Billerb. IV, 115–52 (the Syn. as an institution), 153–88 (the Syn. services); GDalman, Jesus-Jeshua (tr. PLevertoff) 1929, 38–55; SSafrai, MStern et al., The Jewish People in the 1st Century II, ’77, 908–44; LLevine, The Second Temple Synagogue, The Formative Years: The Synagogue in Late Antiquity ’87, 7–31; Schürer II 423–63; III 138–49; s. also lit. cited by Oster, Kee, and Boffo above.

ⓑ an assembly-place for Judeo-Christians (Nazarenes) can also be meant in Js 2:2 (so LRost, PJ 29, ’33, 53–66, esp. 54f but s. 4 below). εἰς ς. πλήρη ἀνδρῶν Hm 11:14 (cp. the superscription on a Marcionite assembly-place near Damascus συναγωγὴ Μαρκιωνιστῶν [OGI 608, 1 fr. 318/19 A.D.]; Harnack, SBBerlAK 1915, 754ff). S. 5 below.

③ the members of a synagogue, (the congregation of a) synagogue (Just., D. 53, 4 al.; references for this usage in Schürer II 423f; III 81–86; EPeterson, Byz.-Neugriech. Jahrbücher 2, 1921, 208)

ⓐ of localized synagogues Ac 6:9 (Schürer II 428; cp. CIJ 683 [=Corpus Ins. Regni Bosporani ’65 no. 70], for translation and ill. see RMackennan, Bar 22/2, ’96, 47); 9:2.

ⓑ in a limited sense, of those who consider themselves Ἰουδαῖοι but are hostile to Christians (who also identify themselves as Ἰουδαῖοι whether Israelite by descent or believers from the nations—on the mixed composition of the followers of Jesus Christ s. Ac 13:43; ISm 1:2), and are called (instead of συναγωγὴ κυρίου: Num 16:3; 20:4; 27:17; Josh 22:16; Ps 73:2) συναγωγὴ τοῦ σατανᾶ synagogue of Satan Rv 2:9; 3:9 (cp. Just., D. 104, 1 ἡ ς. τῶν πονηρευομένων; s. 5 below).

④ a synagogal meeting, a meeting, gathering for worship, of the Judeans λυθείσης τῆς συναγωγῆς Ac 13:43 (s. λύω 3).—Transferred to meetings of Judeo-Christian congregations (cp. TestBenj 11:2, 3; Just., D. 63, 5; 124, 1; Theoph. Ant. 2, 14 [p. 136, 12]) ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ εἰς συναγωγὴν ὑμῶν Js 2:2 (this is the preferred interpr.: HermvSoden, Ropes, Meinertz, FHauck; s. 2b above). συναγωγὴ ἀνδρῶν δικαίων Hm 11:9, 13, cp. 14. πυκνότερον συναγωγαὶ γινέσθωσαν meetings (of the congregation) should be held more often IPol 4:2. (συναγ. is also found outside Jewish and Christian circles for periodic meetings; s. the exx. in MDibelius, Jakobus 1921 p. 124, 1. Also Philo Bybl.: 790 Fgm. 4, 52 Jac. [in Eus., PE 1, 10, 52] Ζωροάστρης ἐν τῇ ἱερᾷ συναγωγῇ τῶν Περσικῶν φησι; OGI 737, 1 [II B.C.] ς. ἐν τῷ Ἀπολλωνείῳ; PLond 2710 recto, 12: HTR 29, ’36, 40; 51.—Sb 8267, 3 [5 B.C.] honorary ins of a polytheistic ς.=association. W. ref. to the imperial cult BGU 1137, 2 [6 B.C.]. On the Christian use of the word s. also ADeissmann, Die Urgeschichte des Christentums im Lichte der Sprachforschung 1910, 35f).

⑤ a group of pers. who band together, freq. with hostile intent, band, gang ς. πονηρευομένων (Ps 21:17) B 5:13; 6:6; GJs 15:1 v.l. (for σύνοδος).—SSafrai, The Synagogue: CRINT I/2, 908–44; WSchrage, BHHW III 1906–10; Kl. Pauly V 451f.—S. ἀρχισυναγωγός and New Docs 4, 213–20. DELG s.v. ἄγω. EDNT. DLNT 1141–46. M-M. TW.

σώφρων, ον, gen. ονος (σώφρων, φρήν, prim. ‘one of sound mind’) (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, 4 Macc, Test12Patr; JosAs 4:9; EpArist, Philo, Joseph., Just.; Tat. 10, 3) pert. to being in control of onself, prudent, thoughtful, self-controlled (the Hellenic model is avoidance of extremes and careful consideration for responsible action: Aristot., EN 3, 15, end ἐπιθυμεῖ ὁ σώφρων ὧν δεῖ καὶ ὡς δεῖ καὶ ὅτε=the prudent pers. is intent on the what, the how, and the when of doing what should be done; Aeschin., C. Ctesiph 170 of one moderate in lifestyle so as not to be tempted by bribes) w. πιστός 1 Cl 63:3; w. other virtues Tit 2:2. Being a characteristic of persons distinguished for public service, ς. appears in the list of qualifications for an ἐπίσκοπος 1 Ti 3:2 (used w. κόσμιος as Lysias 21, 19; Pla., Gorg. 508a; Menand., Sam. 344 S. [129 Kö.]; Lucian, Bis Accus. 17; IMagnMai 162, 6; cp. MAMA VIII, 412c, 5f ζήσαντα κοσμίω καὶ σωφρόνως); Tit 1:8 (w. δίκαιος as EpArist 125).—Esp. of women chaste, decent, modest (Menand., Fgm. 679 Kö.; Diod S 10, 20, 2. In ins on women’s graves: BCH 22, 1898, 496; 23, 1899, 301; 25, 1901, 88; IXanthos p. 149 no. 57, 5f; Philo; Jos., Ant. 18, 180.—Dssm., LO 267 [LAE 315]. S. σωφρονέω 2 and σωφροσύνη 2) Tit 2:5 (w. ἀγαθή as Jos., Ant. 6, 296).—ἡ σώφρων καὶ ἐπιεικὴς ἐν Χριστῷ εὐσέβεια 1 Cl 1:2.—B. 1213. DELG s.v. σῶς. M-M. TW. Spicq.

τυγχάνω (Hom.+) impf. ἐτύγχανον; fut. τεύξομαι; 2 aor. ἔτυχον; 1 aor. mid. inf. τεύξασθαι LXX. Perf. (for Att. τετύχηκα, s. Phryn. p. 395 Lob.) τέτευχα (Ion. [Hdt. and Hippocr.; s. Kühner-Bl. II 556], then Aristot. et al.; OGI 194, 31 [42 B.C.]; pap [Mayser I/2² ’38, 151f]; LXX [Thackeray §24 p. 287]; EpArist 121; Nachmanson 160, 1; Crönert 279; Schmid I 86; IV 40 and 600) Hb 8:6 v.l. or, as in the text, τέτυχα (Diod S 12, 17, 99; Aesop, Fab. 363 H. [removed by correction]; Jos., Bell. 7, 130 [removed by correction]; EpArist 180 συντέτυχε); s. B-D-F §101; W-S. §13, 2; Mlt-H. 262.

① to experience some happening, meet, attain, gain, find, experience w. gen. of pers. or thing that one meets, etc. (Hom. et al.; LXX; TestAbr A 19 p. 102, 9 [Stone p. 52]; GrBar 17:4; AssMos, apolog.) Lk 20:35; Ac 24:2; 26:22; 27:3; 2 Ti 2:10 (Diod S 4, 48, 7 τετεύχασι τῆς σωτηρίας. With the v.l. σωτηρίαν in mss. FG cp. Solon 24, 2 D.² τυγχ. τι); Hb 8:6; 11:35; 1 Cl 61:2; 2 Cl 15:5; Dg 2:1; 9:6; IEph 10:1; IMg 1:3; ISm 9:2; 11:3; IPol 4:3; Hm 10, 1, 5; Hs 9, 26, 4.

② to prove to be in the result, happen, turn out, intr.

ⓐ happen to be, find oneself (X., Hell. 4, 3, 3; Tob 5:13 AB; TestJob 36:5; ApcMos 9; Just., D. 3, 2; Ath., R. p. 78, 14) ἐν σαρκὶ τυγχάνειν Dg 5:8; ἐπὶ γῆς 10:7. ἀφέντες ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα they left him for half-dead, as indeed he was Lk 10:30 v.l.

ⓑ εἰ τύχοι as a formula if it should turn out that way, perhaps (Cleanthes, Fgm. 529 vArnim=Sext. Emp., Math. 9, 89; Dionys. Hal. 4, 19; Hero Alex. III p. 220, 13; Dio Chrys. 16 [33], 53; Philo [KReik, Der Opt. bei Polyb. u. Philo von Alex. 1907, 154]; Just., D. 27, 3; B-D-F §385, 2) 1 Cor 15:37 (cp. Plut., Fgm. 104, ed. Sanbach, ’67 πυροῦ τυχὸν ἢ κριθῆς=perhaps of wheat or barley); Dg 2:3. In τοσαῦτα εἰ τύχοι γένη φωνῶν εἰσιν 1 Cor 14:10, εἰ τύχ. is prob. meant to limit τοσαῦτα (Heinrici: JWeiss) there are probably ever so many different languages (Goodsp.—Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 130, 110 Jac. καθʼ ἣν τύχοι πρόφασιν=‘under who knows what sort of pretext’).

ⓒ τυχόν, actually the acc. absolute of the neut. of the aor. ptc. (B-D-F §424; Rob. 490) if it turns out that way, perhaps, if possible (X., An. 6, 1, 20; Ps.-Pla., Alcib. 2, 140a; 150c; Epict. 1, 11, 11; 2, 1, 1; 3, 21, 18 al.; letter [IV B.C.] in Dssm., LO 121 [LAE 151]; Just., D. 4, 7 τὸ τυχόν; SIG 1259, 8; SibOr 5, 236) 1 Cor 16:6; Lk 20:13 D; Ac 12:15 D.

ⓓ ὁ τυχών the first one whom one happens to meet in the way (X., Pla. et al.; Philo, Op. M. 137), hence οὐχ ὁ τυχών not the common or ordinary one (Fgm. Com. Att. III 442 Fgm. 178 Kock; Theophr., HP 8, 7, 2; Περὶ ὕψους 9 [of Moses]. Numerous other exx. fr. lit. in Wettstein on Ac 19:11. Ins fr. Ptolemaic times: BCH 22, 1898 p. 89 θόρυβον οὐ τὸν τυχόντα παρέχοντες; SIG 528, 10 [221/219 B.C.] ἀρωστίαις οὐ ταῖς τυχούσαις; BGU 36, 9; POxy 899, 14; 3 Macc 3:7; Jos., Ant. 2, 120; 6, 292) δυνάμεις οὐ τὰς τυχούσας extraordinary miracles Ac 19:11. Cp. 28:2; 1 Cl 14:2.—B. 658. DELG. M-M. TW.

ἀμάρτυρος, ον (since Thu. 2, 41, 4, also Callim., Fgm. 612 [442 Schn.] ἀμάρτυρον οὐδὲν ἀείδω=I announce nothing that is not attested; Herodian 1, 1, 3; Ins. Ariassi 58, 8 [BCH 16, 1892, p. 428]; CPR 232, 30; PFlor 59, 13 [III A.D.] ἵνα μὴ ἀμάρτυρον ᾖ; POxy 2187, 10; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 34; Jos., Ant. 14, 111; Ath. 24, 5 ἴστε μηδὲν ἡμᾶς ἀμάρτυρον λέγειν; Iren. 1, 8, 1 [Harv. I 67, 2]) without witness; of God οὐκ ἁμάρτυρον αὑτὸν ἀφῆκεν God has not left himself without witness=plainly revealed (as a benefactor, s. FDanker, Benefactor, ’82, 442–47 and s.v. μαρτυρέω, μαρτυρία) Ac 14:17 (Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 6, 1 p. 204, 3 ἀμ. means simply ‘unknown’ of unexplored territory).—DELG s.v. μάρτυς. M-M.

ἀναλύω 1 aor. ἀνέλυσα, pf. ptc. ἀναλελυκώς 2 Macc 9:1; aor. pass. ἀνελύθην LXX, Tat. 12, 4 (Hom.+)

① trans. loose, untie (Callim., Del. 237 ζώνην; IAndrosIsis 144f δεσμῶν ἀνάγκαν) pass. τὰ δεσμὰ ἀνελύθη Ac 16:26 v.l. (Just., A I, 20, 2 acc. to the Stoics θεὸν εἰς πῦρ ἀναλύεσθαι=God turns into fire).

② intr. depart, return (Polyb.; pap in APF 1, 1901, p. 59 ln. 10; Tob 2:9; 2 Macc 8:25; 12:7; Jos., Ant. 6, 52; 11, 34 [after a dinner]) ἔκ τινος from something (Aelian, VH 4, 23 v.l. ἐκ συμποσίου; Wsd 2:1; 2 Macc 9:1) ἐκ τῶν γάμων Lk 12:36.—Fig., depart (sc. ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν) euphemistic for die (Lucian, Philops. 14 ὀκτωκαιδεκαέτης ὢν ἀνέλυεν; Socrat., Ep. 27, 5; IG XIV, 1794, 2; Diog. Oen. 58 I, 11 [BCH 21, 1897, 401]=Fgm. 2 II, 11 Ch. ἀ. [ἐκ τ]οῦ ζῆν) ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι Phil 1:23 (GOsnes, TTK 11, ’40, 148–59).—M-M. TW.

ἀποπνίγω 1 aor. ἀπέπνιξα; 2 aor. pass. ἀπεπνίγην (s. πνίγω; Hdt., Aristoph. et al.; POxy 2111, 29 and 36; LXX) to check normal breathing or growth through pressure or other restricting measure

ⓐ choke trans. (BCH 16, 1892, p. 384 no. 81; Na 2:13; Tob 3:8 BA; TestSol 2:2; TestAbr A 19 p. 102, 2 [Stone p. 52]; Jos., Bell. 1, 551) of rank weeds (Theophr.) ἄκανθαι ἀ. αὐτά Mt 13:7 v.l.; Lk 8:7. Pass. intr. sense, of Judas (Ἰούδας) ἐπεβίω καθαιρεθεὶς πρὸ τοῦ ἀποπνιγῆναι Judas (did not die by hanging but) lived on, for he was taken down before he choked to death Papias (3:1, but not in the renderings of mss. egh).

ⓑ drown (Diod S 3, 57, 5; Syntipas p. 19, 4) pass. w. intr. sense ἡ ἀγέλη ἀπεπνίγη the drove drowned Lk 8:33 (cp. Demosth. 32, 6; Epict. 2, 5, 12; Diog. L. 9, 12; TestAbr A 19 p. 102, 2).—M-M. TW.

ἀπορφανίζω 1 aor. pass. ptc. ἀπορφανισθείς (ὀρφανίζω ‘make orphan’; Aeschyl.; BCH 46, 1922, 345; Philo [Nägeli 25]) make an orphan of someone, fig., of the apostle separated fr. his church ἀπορφανισθέντες ἀφʼ ὑμῶν made orphans by separation fr. you 1 Th 2:17.—Cp. Straub 23. DELG s.v. ὀρφανός.