beg+for

καλιά, ᾶς, ἡ (Hes. et al. [‘wooden dwelling, hut’]; beg. w. Theocr. ‘bird’s nest’, also Gen 6:14 [Sym. for νοσσίας]; PSI 569, 2 ‘bird cage’) bird’s nest ἐν τῇ δαφνιδέᾳ Anna saw a nest of sparrows in the laurel tree GJs 3:1.—DELG.

κατακαίω (s. καίω; Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; En 10:14; TestSol, TestAbr A 13 p. 93, 11 [Stone p. 34]; ApcEsdr; Just., A II, 21, 3; Ath. 29, 1) impf. κατέκαιον; fut. κατακαύσω; 1 aor. κατέκαυσα; inf. κατακέαι (=-κῆαι?; AcPl Ha 1, 27). Pass.: 2 fut. κατακαήσομαι (Tobit 14:4 BA; 1 Cor 3:15; 2 Pt 3:10 v.l. This form also Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 68 p. 371, 32 Jac.; SibOr 3, 507) and 1 fut. κατακαυθήσομαι (LXX; Rv 18:8; Hs 4:4); 2 aor. κατεκάην (Da 3:94 LXX; Jos., Bell. 6, 191; Just. A I, 21, 3) and 1 aor. κατεκαύθην (LXX; MPol 12:3 v.l.; Jos., Bell. 7, 450); pf. κατακέκαυμαι LXX; s. B-D-F §76, 1; W-S. §13, 9f and 15; Mlt-H. 242 (s.v. καίω) burn down, burn up, consume by fire τὶ someth.: weeds Mt 13:30; books Ac 19:19 (cp. PAmh 30, 36 [II B.C.] ἠναγκάσθην ἐνέγκαι τὰς συνγραφὰς καὶ ταύτας κατακαῦσαι. Acc. to Diog. L. 9, 52, books of Protagoras were burned by the Athenians in the marketplace); a heifer B 8:1 (cp. Num 19:5, 8).—Pass. ἔργον 1 Cor 3:15 (cp. TestAbr A 13 p. 93, 11 [Stone p. 34] εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον κατακαύσει τὸ πῦρ); cp. γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα κατακαήσεται 2 Pt 3:10 v.l. (for εὑρεθήσεται). Bodies of animals Hb 13:11. A third of the earth w. its trees and grass Rv 8:7abc. ὡς ξύλα Hs 4:4. Of being burned at the stake as a martyr MPol 12:3 (Diod S 1, 59, 3; 12, 25, 3 [in Roman admin. of justice]; Dio Chrys. 9 [10], 26 κατεκαύθη ζῶν; 29 [46], 7; Artem. 2, 52 p. 183, 1 P. [cp. 2, 49 p. 182, 15 P.]; 2, 49 p. 151, 16; Jos., Bell. 7, 450 [in Roman admin. of justice]). AcPl Ha 1, 27 κατακέαι (κατάκαιε or κατακῆαι [s. above, beg.]?) αὐτόν (Ath. 29, 1).—W. the addition of πυρί burn, consume someth. w. fire (Ex 29:14, 34; Lev 9:11) chaff Mt 3:12; Lk 3:17 (both π. ἀσβέστῷ); pass., weeds Mt 13:40 (καίεται v.l.). W. ἐν πυρί added (oft. LXX) someone: κ. τινὰ ἐν π. Rv 17:16. Pass. 18:8; but κατακαύσει ὑμᾶς πυρὶ ἀσβέστῷ AcPl Ha 1, 22.—Of a pillow ὑπὸ πυρὸς κατακαίεσθαι be consumed by fire MPol 5:2.—M-M.

κατενώπιον (s. ἐνώπιον; Leo Gramm. 273, 18; Theodos. Melitenus 191 Tafel [1859]; Georg. Mon. 365, 21 de B. [1892]. Cp. Psaltes, Grammatik 337. For other lit. s. on κατέναντι, beg.; AWikenhauser, BZ 8, 1910, 263–70) adv., functions as prep. w. gen. (LXX [Johannessohn, Präp. 197]; TestSol 22:13; JosAs 23:12; Just., D. 127, 3; Christian amulet BGU 954, 6 [VI A.D.] κλίνω τ. κεφαλήν μου κ. σου) ἔστη κ. αὐτοῦ (sc. τοῦ Ἰωακείμ) Ῥουβήλ R. stood before him GJs 1:2 (v.l. κατεναντί[ον]). Otherw. in our lit. only in relation to God.

① marker of a position in front of, right opposite: in the presence of God (cp. Lev 4:17) on the day of judgment κ. τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ Jd 24 (cp. En 104:1).

② marker of a position relative to someone who is viewed as having jurisdiction, whether visibly present or not, before, funct. as prep. w. gen. κ. αὐτοῦ before him Eph 1:4; Col 1:22; κ. μου Hv 1, 2, 2 v.l. (Joly [in text]); κ. τοῦ θεοῦ 2 Cor 2:17 v.l.; 12:19 v.l. ἡ δούλη κυρίου κ. αὐτοῦ GJs 11:3 (cp. Lk 1:38). κ. αὐτοῦ τῆς δικαιοσύνης Pol 5:2.—DELG s.v. ἐνῶπα. M-M.

μετάλημψις (v.l. μετάληψις; on the μ cp. λαμβάνω, beg.), εως, ἡ (Pla.+; OGI 764, 15; POxy 1200, 36; 1273, 39; Philo, Plant. 74; Just., A I, 67, 5) the condition of having a share in someth., sharing ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἔκτισεν εἰς μ. τοῖς πιστοῖς which God created for the faithful to share in 1 Ti 4:3 (cp. μεταλαμβάνω 1). Others: receive (so NRSV).—DELG s.v. λαμβάνω. M-M. TW.

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.

πτωχεύω (πτωχός) fut. 3 sg. πτωχεύσει Pr 23:21; 1 aor. ἐπτώχευσα (=‘beg’ Hom.+; LXX; Tat. 9, 1) to be or become poor as a beggar, be (extremely) poor (Aristot., Rhet. 27 in contrast to πλουτεῖν; Antiphanes Com. 322 Kock; Ps.-Pla., Eryx. 394b) of Christ in ref. to renunciation of transcendent prosperity ἐπτώχευσεν πλούσιος ὤν he became poor (for the aor. cp. Tob 4:21; B-D-F §331; Rob. 834) 2 Cor 8:9 (some idea of the contrast can be gained from Ps.-Aristot, De Mundo 6, 398b). Of Christians, w. acc. of ref. πτωχεύουσι καὶ πλουτίζουσι πολλούς Dg 5:13. ὁ πλούσιος τὰ πρὸς τὸν κύριον πτωχεύει Hs 2:5.—Schmidt, Syn. IV 392. DELG s.v. πτήσσω III. TW.

τάχειον (so e.g. POsl 52, 15 [II A.D.]) itacistic spelling for τάχιον (ταχέως, beg).

τῦφος, ους, τό (fr. τύφω, prim. ‘make smoke’) for the usual (cp. ζῆλος, beg.) τῦφος, ου, ὁ a conviction that is not rooted in reality, delusion, conceit, arrogance (so Pla. et al.; Philo Bybl. [c. 100 A.D.]: 790 Fgm. 1 p. 805, 7 Jac. [in Eus., PE 1, 9, 26]; Dio Chrys. 4, 6; Vett. Val. 4, 28; 150, 5; 3 Macc 3:18; SibOr 8, 8; 111; Philo; Jos., Ant. 9, 922; Tat. 1, 2) of such as have exaggerated notions about their self-importance 1 Cl 13:1.—DELG s.v. τύφομαι. Sv.

ἀγνοέω impf. ἠγνόουν; 1 aor. ἠγνόησα; pf. ἠγνόηκα LXX; ptc. ἠγνοηκώς 3 Macc 3:9. Pass.: 1 fut. 3 sg. ἀγνοηθήσεται (Ath., R. 50, 34); plpf. 3 sg. ἠγνόητο (Ath., R. 50, 30). On the philological history s. FLindemann, SymbOsl 38, ’63, 69–75. (Hom.+)

① to be uninformed about, not to know, be ignorant (of)

ⓐ w. ὅτι foll. (Περὶ ὕψους 33, 3 [οὐδὲ ἐκεῖνο ἀγνοῶ ὅτι=nor do I fail to recognize this, namely that …]; PGiss 11, 17 [118 A.D.]) Ro 2:4; 6:3; 7:1; MPol 17:2. A favorite of Paul’s is the formula οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν (cp. Theophr., CP 2, 4, 8; 3, 9, 5; PTebt 314, 3 [II A.D.] πιστεύω σε μὴ ἀγνοεῖν; Philo, Opif. M. 87 χρὴ μηδʼ ἐκεῖνο ἀγνοεῖν ὅτι; Jos., Ant. 13, 354 οὐ γὰρ ἀγνοεῖν βούλομαί σε) I want you to know w. ὅτι foll. Ro 1:13; 1 Cor 10:1; cp. 2 Cl 14:2; w. περί τινος 1 Cor 12:1; 1 Th 4:13; w. ὑπέρ τινος and ὅτι foll. 2 Cor 1:8; w. acc. foll. Ro 11:25; cp. οὐ γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὰ νοήματα ἀγνοοῦμεν we are well aware of (Satan’s) designs 2 Cor 2:11 (cp. Diod S 3, 66, 4; Appian, Samn. 4 §14 [sim. Just., D. 33, 1] οὐκ ἀγνοεῖν ὅτι=know very well that; Athen. 4, 73, 172f οὐκ ἀγνοῶ … ἅ.; Wsd 12:10; Jos., Bell. 1, 608, Ant. 6, 253; 7, 217; PGM 7, 245 οὐκ ἀγνοοῦμεν); w. indir. question foll. 2 Cl 10:4; MPol 10:1. Abs. ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα I did it in ignorance 1 Ti 1:13 (TestJud 12:5; s. 4 below).

ⓑ not to know w. acc. of pers. (PGiss 69, 4 Χαιρήμονα οὐκ ἀγνοεῖς; PPetr III, 53n, 4 [III B.C.]; Herm. Wr. 11, 21b ἀ. τὸν θεόν [codd. τὸ θεῖον]) or thing (SIG 336, 9 ἀ. τοὺς τῆς πόλεως νόμους; 881, 3–4; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 57, 6 [II B.C.]; Jos., Vi. 107) τοῦτον ἀγνοήσαντες Ac 13:27. τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην Ro 10:3 (here perh.=disregard, s. 2 below). παράπτωμα Hm 9:7. τὸ χάρισμα IEph 17:2; cp. MPol 11:2. Abs. ὅ ἀγνοοῦντες εὐσεβεῖτε what you worship without knowing it (on the subject matter Maximus Tyr. 11, 5e: all sorts of philosophers ἴσασιν οὐκ ἑκόντες καὶ λέγουσιν ἄκοντες sc. τὸ θεῖον=they know and name God without intending to do so) Ac 17:23; cp. ISm 5:1. ὁ ἀγνοῶν the person who does not know it ITr 6:2. Pass. (Jos., Ant. 1, 286) ἀγνοοῦνται (the Christians) are not well known Dg 5:12; ἀγνοούμενοι (opp. ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι) 2 Cor 6:9; ἀγνοούμενος τῷ προσώπῳ ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις unknown to the congregations by face (=personally, dat. of relation B-D-F §197; manner, Rob. 530) Gal 1:22.

② to pay little or no attention to, not to recognize, disregard, ignore (cp. Ro 10:3 above) εἴ τις ἀγνοεῖ, ἀγνοεῖται anyone who disregards (it), is disregarded (by God) 1 Cor 14:38 (v.l. ἀγνοείτω let that person remain ignorant.—For the juxtaposition of act. and pass. s. Alex. Aphr., Fat. 31, II/2 p. 202, 18 ἀγνοῶν καὶ ἀγνοούμενος).

③ to fail to understand, w. implication of lack of capacity or ability, not to understand w. acc. τὸ ῥῆμα Mk 9:32; Lk 9:45. ἐν οἷς (=ἐν τούτοις, ἅ) ἀγνοοῦσιν βλασφημοῦντες deriding what they do not understand 2 Pt 2:12 (cp. PTebt 43, 25 [118 B.C.] ὑφʼ ἡμῶν ἔν τισιν ἠγνοηκότων).

④ to be unaware about one’s wrongdoing, lapse/do wrong/sin unintentionally (Isocr., X. et al.; Polyb. 1, 67, 5; Diod S 1, 70, 7 ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀγνοουμένων; 11, 16, 1 τὰ ἠγνοημένα=lapses; 17, 73, 6; Sir 5:15; 2 Macc 11:31; PTebt 23, 12 [II B.C.] τὰ προηγνοημένα the former sins; s. ἄγνοια 2 beg.) w. πλανᾶσθαι Hb 5:2 (Moffatt: ‘err through ignorance’; s. next entry and μετριοπαθέω).—LCerfaux, RAC I 186–88.—DELG s.v. γιγνώσκω 225. M-M. TW. Sv.

Ἀγρίππας, α, ὁ name of various political figures: Agrippa (lit. [Diod S 12, 30, 1; ParJer 3:14; 21:5; 22; GrBar ins 2; Philo, Joseph.]; ins, pap, coins B-D-F §54; 55, 1)

① Herod Agrippa I (10 B.C.–44 A.D.), son of Aristobulus, grandson of Herod the Great; ruler first (37) of Gaulanitis, Trachonitis, Batanaea, Panias, then (39) also of Abilene, Galilee, and Perea, finally (41) also of Judea and Samaria; called Herod in Ac 12:1ff.—Schürer I 442–54 (sources and lit.); ESchwartz, NGG 1907, 263ff; Rosenberg in Pauly-W. X/1, 1917, 143–46; Meyer III 42f; 167f; 541f.

② Herod Agrippa II (28–92/93 A.D.), son of 1, ruled over the tetrarchy of Philip fr. 53 to his death. For his part in Paul’s trial s. Ac 25:13ff (he is mentioned 25:13, 22–24, 26; 26:1f, 7 v.l., 19, 27f, 32).—Schürer I 471–83 (sources and lit.); ESchwartz, NGG 1907, 263ff; HTajra, The Trial of St. Paul ’89, 152–71; Rosenberg in Pauly-W. X/1, 1917, 146–50.—On both s. WOtto and HWillrich on Ἡρῴδης, beg.

③ Name of Rom. governor AcPt Ox 849 recto, 25f.

ἀπονίπτω (Od. 18, 179 v.l.; Diod S 4, 59, 4; LXX; JosAs 29:5. An earlier form is ἀπονίζω Hom. et al.) 1 aor. mid. ἀπενιψάμην (this formation Hom. et al. [s. νίπτω, beg.], also SIG 1168, 63 [III B.C.]) wash off mid. (for) oneself (Plut., Phoc. 749 [18, 3]; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 8, 13 p. 330, 26; Achilles Tat. 8, 3, 2 μὲ ἀ. τὸ πρόσωπον) τ. χεῖρας (Theophr., Char. 16, 2) as a sign of innocence (Jewish, not Roman custom acc. to Origen, Comm. on Mt., Ser. Lat. 124 [ed. EKlostermann ’33, 259]; s. Dt 21:6f=Jos., Ant.4, 222; Ps 25:6; 72:13; EpArist 305f=Jos., Ant. 12, 106; Sota 9, 6.—Anticlides Hist. [III B.C.]: 140 Fgm. 6 Jac. in Suppl. III B p. 743, 21–23 says of the Greeks that acc. to an old custom still practiced ὅταν ἢ φόνον ἀνθρώπων ἢ καὶ ἄλλας σφαγὰς ἐποίουν, ὕδατι ἀεννάῳ τὰς χεῖρας ἀπονίπτειν εἰς τοῦ μιάσματος κάθαρσιν=whenever they killed a pers. or engaged in other kinds of slaughter, they would wash their hands with running water to purify themselves from the pollution) Mt 27:24.—DELG s.v. νίζω. M-M.

ἀποτελέω fut. ἀποτελοῦμαι Lk 13:32 D; 1 aor. ἀπετέλεσα, pass. ἀπετελέσθην (s. τελέω; Hdt., X. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, En, TestSol; Philo, Aet. M. 41 al., De Prov. in Eus., PE 7, 21, 2; Ar. 4, 2; Just., Ath.).

① to bring an activity to an end, bring to completion, finish (1 Esdr 5:70 v.l.; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 154) of the constr. of a tower Hs 9, 5, 1f; 9, 26, 6. τὰ ῥήματα πάντα finish all the words v 2, 4, 2. Fig., pass. in act. sense come to completion, be fully formed (Aristot., De Cael. 26, 268b τὸ σῶμα ἀπετελέσθη; Luc., Herm. 8 ὸ̔ς ἂν ἀποτελέσθῃ πρὸς ἀρετήν; Synesius, Dio 1 p. 36 Petau Δίων φιλόσοφος ἀπετελέσθη) ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀποτελεσθεῖσα sin, when it has run its course Js 1:15 (in the sense of being completed in action, cp. Pla., Leg. 823d ἀ. τὰ προσταχθέντα, 7th Letter 336c ἀ. βουλήσεις).

② to accomplish someth., but without special reference to a beginning, perform (Pla., Gorg. 503d; Isocr. 10, 63; X., Cyr. 5, 1, 14; PTebt 276, 14; 2 Macc 15:39; En 5:2; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 179; Ar. 4, 2; Just., D. 134, 2) ἰάσεις cures Lk 13:32 (v.l. ἐπιτελῶ; for D s. beg. of this entry; s. ἐπιτελέω).—DELG s.v. τέλος. M-M.

ἄρα (Hom.+ [s. Kühner-G. II p. 317ff]) transitional/inferential (illative) particle; in older Gk. (Hom., Hdt., Pla., X. et al. [Aristot., Mech. 851a 22 is corrupt]) never at the beginning of its clause (Denniston 41). Strengthened to ἄρα γε Gen 26:9; Mt 7:20; 17:26; Ac 17:27.—LfgrE s.v.; Rob. 1189f and index; s. also Denniston 32–43.

① marker of an inference made on the basis of what precedes

ⓐ in declarative statement, and w. colloqu. flavor so, then, consequently, you see (B-D-F §451, 2) Ac 11:18. εὑρίσκω ἄ. τὸν νόμον so I find the law Ro 7:21. οὐδὲν ἄρα νῦν κατάκριμα so there is no condemnation now 8:1. γινώσκετε ἄρα you may be sure, then Gal 3:7. After ἐπεί: for otherwise (B-D-F §456, 3) 1 Cor 5:10; 7:14. After εἰ: if then, if on the other hand (SIG 834, 12; Gen 18:3; s. B-D-F §454, 2) 15:15 (εἴπερ ἄρα— really is also prob. here); Hv 3, 4, 3; 3, 7, 5; Hs 6, 4, 1; 8, 3, 3; 9, 5, 7; s. εἰ 6a.

ⓑ freq. in questions which draw an inference fr. what precedes; but oft. simply to enliven the question (Jos., Ant. 6, 200; B-D-F §440, 2) τίς ἄρα who then Mt 18:1; 19:25; 24:45; Mk 4:41; Lk 8:25; 12:42; 22:23. τί ἄ. what then Mt 19:27; Lk 1:66; Ac 12:18; Hm 11:2; GJs 13:1; AcPl Ha 5, 20; 7, 2 and 3 (cp. GrBar 4:12). εἰ ἄρα then (X., An. 3, 2, 22) Ac 7:1 v.l.; οὐκ ἄ. are you not, then Ac 21:38; μήτι ἄ. 2 Cor 1:17. After οὖν 1 Cl 35:3; B 15:7. S. also 3 below.

② to express result

ⓐ then, as a result w. suggestion of emphasis (Herm. Wr. 11, 13 ed. Nock; B-D-F §451, 2d) Mt 12:28; Lk 11:20; 1 Cor 15:14; 2 Cor 5:14; Gal 2:21; 3:29; 5:11; Hb 12:8; 2 Cl 14:4; B 6:19; IEph 8:1. Also 1 Cor 15:18 ἄ. is used to emphasize a further result, and continues the apodosis of vs. 17.

ⓑ at the beg. of a sentence: so, as a result, consequently Lk 11:48; Ro 10:17; 2 Cor 7:12; Hb 4:9. Strengthened to ἄρα γε (Gen 26:9) Mt 7:20; 17:26; to ἄρα οὖν (never elided) so then; here ἄ. expresses the inference and οὖν the transition Ro 5:18; 7:3, 25 (s. ἆρα); 8:12; 9:16, 18; 14:12, 19; Gal 6:10; Eph 2:19; 1 Th 5:6; 2 Th 2:15; 2 Cl 8:6; 14:3; B 9:6; 10:2; ITr 10.

③ to express someth. tentative, perhaps, conceivably.—KClark, Gingrich Festschr. ’72, 70–84 (w. survey fr. LXX to Mod. Gk.): in addition to its inferential mng., ἄρα is employed in the context of the tentative, the uncertain, the unresolved, the contingent, e.g. possibly Ac 12:18; conceivably Mk 4:41, or it may be rendered by a phrase: would you say? Mt 24:45 (on these three last pass. s. 1b).—Also in indirect questions εἰ ἄ. whether (perhaps) (PPetr II, 13 [19] 9; Num 22:11) Mk 11:13; Ac 5:8 D; 8:22; 17:27 (εἰ ἄρα γε); s. εἰ 6a.—JGrimm, Die Partikel ἄρα im frühen griech. Epos, Glotta 40, ’62, 3–41; Denniston 32–43; JBlomqvist, Gk. Particles in Hell. Prose, diss. Lund, ’69.—EDNT. M-M.

Ἄραβοι Arabs Ac 2:11 D (for Ἄραβες) could have been wrongly formed fr. the gen. pl. Ἀράβων (Appian, Syr. 51 §257 ἐξ Ἀράβων; Ps 71:10; EpArist 114; Jos., Ant. 2, 213; Ἀρράβων Just., D. 34, 4; 119, 4), perh. as ἅλα fr. ἅλατος (s. ἅλας beg.).

ἐάν (Hom.+) fundamentally introduces a situation in which given X, Y will follow (B-D-F §31, 1; 107; 371, 4; 372, 1a; 373; Mlt. and Rob., indices)

① as conj., marker of condition, with probability of activity expressed in the verb left open and thereby suited esp. for generalized statements, if (only rarely [1 Cor 6:4; 11:14, as e.g. Lucian, Vit. Auct. 11 καὶ ἰδιώτης γὰρ ἐὰν ᾖς] anywhere else than at the beg. of the subordinate clause).

ⓐ used w. subjunctive to denote what is expected to occur, under certain circumstances, from a given standpoint in the present, either general or specific (B-D-F. §371, 4; Mlt-Turner 114f)

α. w. pres. subj., and pres. in apodosis: ἐὰν θέλῃς δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι Mt 8:2; Mk 1:40; Lk 5:12. ἐὰν ἀγαθοποιῆτε, ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστίν; 6:33. ἐὰν μαρτυρῶ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής J 5:31 (but s. bβ below) cp. 8:16; 15:14. περιτομὴ ὠφελεῖ ἐὰν νόμον πράσσῃς Ro 2:25; cp. 13:4; 14:8; 1 Cor 13:1ff al. W. pres. subj., and aorist in apodosis: ἐὰν ὁ ποῦς σου σκανδαλίζῃ σε, ἀπόκοψον Mk 9:45; cp. vs. 47; w. fut. in apod.: ἐὰν ᾖ …, ἐπαναπαήσεται Lk 10:6; ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, πεσοῦνται Mt 15:14.

β. mostly w. aor. subj., and pres. in apodosis: ἐὰν ἀγαπήσητε, τίνα μισθὸν ἔχετε; Mt 5:46, cp. 47; 18:15ff. ἐὰν μερισθῇ, οὐ δύναται σταθῆναι Mk 3:24. ἐὰν γαμήσῃ, μοιχᾶται 10:12. ἐὰν ἀπολέσῃ, οὐχὶ ἅπτει; Lk 15:8. ἐὰν μείνητε, μαθηταί μού ἐστε J 8:31; cp. 19:12. ἐὰν χωρισθῇ, μενέτω 1 Cor 7:11; cp. vs. 39. ἐὰν φάγωμεν, περισσεύομεν 8:8. W. aor. subj., and aor. in apodosis ἐὰν εἴπωσιν, μὴ ἐξέλθητε Mt 24:26. ἐὰν ἁμάρτῃ, ἐπιτίμησον … ἐὰν μετανοήσῃ, ἄφες Lk 17:3; ἐὰν εἴπω, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε 22:67; cp. vs. 68. W. aor. subj., and fut. in apod. (cp. Aesop, Fab. 408b H./250 I, H-H.): ἐὰν ἀφῆτε, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν Mt 6:14. ἐὰν ἅψωμαι, σωθήσομαι 9:21. ἐὰν ἐμπέσῃ, οὐχὶ κρατήσει; 12:11; cp. 24:48, 50; 28:14; Mk 8:3; Lk 4:7; 14:34; J 15:10 al. (w. aor. opt. in apodosis Just., A II, 15, 2).

γ. w. pres. and aor. subj. at the same time: ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀθλῇ τις ( is an athlete by profession), οὐ στεφανοῦται, ἐὰν μὴ νομίμως ἀθλήσῃ (competes acc. to the rules single or repeated action) 2 Ti 2:5.—1 Cor 14:23: ἐὰν συνέλθῃ (antecedent action) καὶ λαλῶσιν (repeated and lasting), εἰσέλθωσιν δέ (once); cp. vs. 24. ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν καὶ μὴ διακριθῆτε Mt 21:21.

ⓑ used w. the indic. (exx. in Dssm., NB 29f [BS 201f]; B-D-F §372, 1a; Mlt. 168; Mlt-Turner 115f; Rdm.² 200; Rob. 1009f).

α. w. fut. ind., in the same mng. (CIG II, 2485 ἐὰν θελήσει; pap; TestReub 4:11; TestJob 4:4 ἐὰν ἐπιχειρήσεις; B-D-F §373, 2): ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσουσιν, οἱ λίθοι κράξουσιν Lk 19:40 (vv.ll. σιγήσουσιν, σιωπήσωσιν). ἐὰν μή τις ὁδηγήσει με Ac 8:31 (v.l. ὁδηγήσῃ). ἐὰν ἡμᾶς μιμήσεται …, οὐκ ἔτι ἐσμέν IMg 10:1; ἐὰν μετανοήσουσιν Hv 1, 3, 2; ἐὰν προσθήσω m 4, 3, 7; ἐὰν ἔσῃ m 5, 1, 2.

β. w. pres. ind. (Ocellus [II B.C.] 5; Cyril of Scyth. p. 145, 5 ἐὰν ἔστιν; CIG II, 2485 ἐὰν βούλονται; TestJud 15:2 v.l.; Just., D. 47, 1 and 3; 67, 2) ἐὰν στήκετε ἐν κυρίῳ 1 Th 3:8 (v.l. στήκητε); IMg 5:2; Hv 3, 12, 3; ἐὰν οἴδαμεν 1J 5:15 (on this and J 5:31 [s. aα above] s. B-D-F §372, 1=B-D-R §373, 3n. 12) ἐὰν πάσχομεν Pol. 8:2.

γ. w. aor. ind. In Mt 15:5=Mk 7:11, N²⁴ accents ὠφελήθης instead of ὠφεληθῇς (N.), giving us an example of ἐάν w. aor. ind., strongly supported by B-D-F §360, 1. This constr. is rare but occasionally found in the late κοινή (Rob. 1009).

ⓒ w. other particles

α. ἐὰν καί even if Gal 6:1; likew. ἐὰν δὲ καί (POxy 472 II, 7) but if 1 Cor 7:11, 28; 2 Ti 2:5. ἐὰν δὲ καὶ παρακούσῃ but if the pers. refuses to listen Mt 18:17.

β. ἐὰν μή if not, unless w. pres. subj. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ ἀξία Mt 10:13; cp. Lk 13:3; J 3:2f, 5, 27. Mostly w. aor. subj. ἐὰν μὴ περισσεύσῃ Mt 5:20; 6:15; 12:29; 18:3; 21:21; Mk 3:27; 4:22 (s. KBeyer, Semitische Syntax im NT, ’62, 131); J 4:48; 6:44; 7:51; Ro 10:15; 1 Cor 9:16; 14:6; unless, without ἐὰν μὴ αὐτὸ πίω Mt 26:42. W. fut. ἐὰν μὴ μετανοήσουσιν Rv 2:22.

γ. ἐάνπερ if indeed, if only, supposing that ‘referring to still another condition (fact)’ (B-D-F §454, 2) w. pres. subj. (Pla., Ap. 12, 25b; X., Cyr. 4, 6, 8; PFay 124, 9) Hb 6:3; IRo 1:1 and aor. (Plut., Lyc. 40 [3, 2]; BGU 1141, 30) 1:2; IPol 7:1; Hb 3:6, 14 (v.l. ἐάν).

δ. ἐάν τε … ἐάν τε whether … or whether (X., Cyr. 3, 3, 17, Mem. 2, 4, 6; Ael. Aristid. 53 p. 622 D.; Maximus Tyr. 1, 9a) Ro 14:8. (On the single occurrence ἐάν τε 2 Cor 10:8 s. Rad² 5.)

ε. ἐὰν οὖν s. οὖν 2d. Also s. κἄν.

② as conj., marker of the prospect of an action in a point of time coordinated with another point of time. Thus at times the mng. of ἐάν approaches closely that of ὅταν whenever, when (Is 24:13; Am 7:2; Tob 6:17 BA ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃς, cp. S ὅταν εἰς.; 4:3 BA, cp. vs. 4) 1J 2:28 (v.l. ὅταν); J 12:32 (v.l. ὅταν) 14:3; Hb 3:7 (Ps 94:7).

③ marker of the possibility of any number of occurrences of the same event, ever freq. in place of ἄν (q.v.) after relatives (so Lysias 24, 18 Thalh. v.l. acc. to mss.; pap since 246 B.C. [Mayser 152f]; LXX [Thackeray 67]; Mel., P. 35, 236 πάντα ὅσα ἐὰν γείνηται.—Dssm., NB 29f [BS 201f]; Mlt. 42f; B-D-F §107; Rdm.² 203f; Crönert 130f; Rob. 190f; acc. to Rydbeck most freq. in I–II A.D., esp. in vernacular texts) ὸ̔ς ἐάν = ὸ̔ς ἄν (PTebt107, 8 [II B.C.]; Gen 15:14) [b]Mt 5:19, 32; 1 Cl 32:1. ὅπου ἐάν = ὅπου ἄν Mt 8:19. ὁσάκις ἐάν = ὁσάκις ἄν Rv 11:6. οὗ ἐάν = οὗ ἄν 1 Cor 16:6.—Rydbeck 119–44. DELG. M-M.

ἐμμένω fut. ἐμμενεῖ LXX; 1 aor. ἐνέμεινα (s. μένω beg.; Aeschyl., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, En; TestSol 18:18; Philo, Joseph.)

① to stay in the same place over a period of time, stay/remain (in) w. ἐν (Thu. 2, 23, 3; X., An. 4, 7, 16)

ⓐ lit. (PTebt 230 descr. [II B.C.] ἐ. μέχρι νυκτός ‘remained [in the shop] until evening’) ἐν ἰδίῳ μισθώματι Ac 28:30.

ⓑ metaph. αἱ πονηρίαι αὐτῶν ἐν τ. καρδίαις ἐμμένουσι Hv 3, 6, 3.

② to persist in a state or enterprise, persevere in, stand by τινί someth. (Attic wr., also Diod S 15, 19, 4; Plut., Ages. 608 [23, 5]; SIG 1219, 20 [III B.C.]; POxy 138, 36; Sir 11:21; 1 Macc 10:26; Philo, Congr. Erud. Gr. 125; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 257) τῇ ἁπλότητι Hv 3, 1, 9; τῇ πίστει (Jos., Ant. 19, 247, Vi. 34) Ac 14:22; Hs 8, 9, 1. πᾶσιν τοῖς γεγραμμένοις ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ abide by everything written in the book Gal 3:10 (Dt 27:26 underlies this. But the change of [ἐν] πᾶσι τοῖς λόγοις τ. νόμου there into πᾶσιν τ. γεγραμμ. ἐν τ. β. here seems to have been caused by the infl. [prob. unconscious] of a common legal formula of the official style, which uses ἐ. followed by the dat. of a ptc., mostly in pl., w. or without ἐν; s. Dssm., NB 76f [BS 248f]; ABerger, D. Strafklauseln in den Pap.-urkunden 1911, 3f; OEger, ZNW 18, 1918, 94.—The legal formula also influences religious language in Alex. Aphr., Fat. 17, II/2 p. 188, 15 ἐμμένειν τοῖς ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν προαγορευομένοις); τῇ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα κλήσει AcPl Ha 7, 33. For this ἔν τινι (Thu. 4, 118, 14; Polyb. 3, 70, 4 ἐν τ. πίστει; Sir 6:20) ἐν τ. διαθήκῃ μου Hb 8:9 (Jer 38:32); ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις Hm 4, 1, 9; ἐν ταῖς πράξεσιν Hs 8, 7, 3. ἐπί τινι (Is 30:18 v.l.): ἐφʼ οἷς ἐπιστεύσαμεν remain true to the things we have believed 2 Cl 15:3. Abs. (En 5:4; SibOr 5, 524) persevere, stand firm Hv 2, 2, 7; 2, 3, 2.—DELG s.v. μένω. M-M. TW.

ἐπαιτέω 1 aor. impv. 3 pl. ἐπαιτησάτωσαν Ps 108:10 (Hom. et al. in sense ‘ask for more’; pap, LXX) beg as a mendicant (so Soph., O. C. 1364; Cat. Cod. Astr. VIII/4 p. 140, 9; Ps 108:10; Sir 40:28; Jos., Bell. 2, 295) Lk 16:3; 18:35; Mk 10:46 v.l.—M-M.

ἐσθίω (Hom.+) and, mainly in the ptc., ἔσθω (Hom., also in other poets, rare in prose [Plut., Mor. p. 101d]; Coan ins, III B.C.: RHerzog, ARW 10, 1907, 400ff; 23; 27; 42; POslo 153, 15 [beg. II A.D.]; PGiss 80, 5; ostraca [BGU 1507, 14; 1508, 3; 4: III B.C.]; LXX; En 98:11 [?]. ἔσθων Lev 17:14; 1 Km 14:30; Sir 20:17; Mk 1:6; Lk 7:33f, 10:7 [the three last v.l.]; μὴ ἔσθετε Lev 19:26. ὅταν ἔσθητε Num 15:19. ἵνα ἔσθητε Lk 22:30. B-D-F §101; W-S. §15; Mlt-H. 238; Schwyzer, I 704 n. 1). Impf. ἤσθιον; fut. ἔδομαι LXX (Mel, P. 12, 80; 13, 83; 93, 697; 1 Cl 39:9; 57:6); 2 aor. ἔφαγον, w. extension of 1 aor. endings (B-D-F §84, 2; Rob. 333; cp. Schwyzer I 753f): 3 pl. ἐφάγοσαν Ps 77:29, 1 pl. ἐφάγαμεν 2 Km 19:43; fut. φάγομαι (B-D-F §74, 2; Mlt-H. 238), 2 sing. φάγεσαι Lk 17:8; Ruth 2:14 (W-S. §13, 6 and 17; B-D-F §87; Mlt-H. 198); pf. pass. ptc. acc. ἐδηδεμένους (Ath., R. 52, 20); pres. 3 sg. ἔσθεται Lev 11:34; Dt 12:22.

① to take someth. in through the mouth, usually solids, but also liquids, eat.

ⓐ w. acc. of thing (Hom. et al.) τί φάγωσιν (after neg.) anything to eat Mt 15:32; Mk 6:36; 8:1f; cp. Mt 6:25, 31; Lk 12:22 (s. Epict. 1, 9, 8; 19). τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως the consecrated bread Mt 12:4; Mk 2:26; Lk 6:4. Locusts and wild honey Mk 1:6. Manna (Ps 77:24) J 6:31, 49 (Just., D. 20, 4). Vegetables Ro 14:2b. Meat 14:21; 1 Cor 8:13; GEb 308, 31f; 34f (τὰς σάρκας αὐτῶν ‘one’s own flesh’ 4 [6] Esdr; POxy 1010). τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα 1 Cor 8:10; cp. vs. 7; Rv 2:14, 20 (Just., D. 34, 8; 35, 1). τὰς θυσίας (Sir 45:21; Ps 105:28) 1 Cor 10:18. τὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ food from the temple 9:13. τὴν σάρκα τ. υἱοῦ τ. ἀνθρώπου J 6:53 (which passage many interpret as referring to the Eucharist while others explain it as speaking of receiving Christ spiritually through faith). πάντα all kinds of food Ro 14:2a (μὴ πάντα ἐσθίοντες Just., 20, 3). τὰ παρατιθέμενα the food that is set before (one) Lk 10:8; 1 Cor 10:27. τὸ ἐν μακέλλῳ πωλούμενον 10:25. τὸ βιβλαρίδιον Rv 10:10 (cp. Ezk 2:8; 3:3). τὸ πάσχα the Passover meal, esp. the Passover lamb (2 Esdr 6:21; 2 Ch 30:18; ESchürer, Über φαγεῖν τὸ πάσχα 1883; Dalman, Jesus 81f) Mt 26:17; Mk 14:12, 14; Lk 22:8, 11, 15; J 18:28. κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν 1 Cor 11:20. ἄρτον ἐσθίειν eat a meal, w. bread as its main part (Ex 2:20; 1 Km 20:34; 2 Km 9:7; 3 Km 13:15 al.) Mt 15:2; Mk 3:20; 7:2, 5; Lk 14:1 (s. Billerb. IV 611–39: E. altjüd. Gastmahl); of the end-time banquet Lk 14:15 (cp. ἄρτον ζωῆς JosAs 15:4). τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἄρτον ἐ. eat one’s own bread 2 Th 3:12. ἄρτον φαγεῖν παρά τινος eat someone’s bread vs. 8. τὰ παρά τινος what someone provides Lk 10:7. Neg. οὐκ ἔφαγεν οὐδέν he ate nothing at all Lk 4:2 (cp. Job 21:25 οὐ φαγὼν οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν; En 15:11 πνεύματα … μηδὲν ἐσθίοντα). Of complete abstinence μὴ ἐσθίων ἄρτον μήτε πίνων οἶνον 7:33. οὔτε ἐπὶ τὸ φαγεῖν οὔτε ἐπὶ τὸ πεῖν AcPl Ox 6, 7=Aa 241, 12f. οὐδέποτε ἔφαγον πᾶν κοινόν I have never eaten anything common at all Ac 10:14 (cp. 1 Macc 1:62; Just., D. 20, 3). Allegorical interpretation of Mosaic laws against eating forbidden foods B 10 (cp. Hierocles 26 p. 480 reinterpretation of the Pythagorean laws against forbidden foods as moral laws).—Of animals (Hom. et al.; Aelian, VH 1, 1; 2, 40; 3 Km 13:28; Is 65:25; Da 4:33 Theod.; GrBar 4:5 [δράκων]; 6:11 [Φοῖνιξ): birds τὰς σάρκας τινός eat someone’s flesh (Gen 40:19) Rv 17:16; 19:18. Swine Lk 15:16 (ὧν here is for ἅ by attraction, not a gen. dependent on ἐ., as it prob. is in X., Hell. 3, 3, 6; Ps.-Lucian, Asin. 21; such a constr. would be unique in our lit.).

ⓑ w. prepositions, to denote the thing of which one partakes:

α. w. ἀπό τινος (Lev 22:6; Num 15:19; Dt 14:12, 19; Pr 13:2; Da 4:33a; ApcSed 4:5; ApcMos 17 al.) dogs: ἐ. ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων eat the crumbs Mt 15:27; Mk 7:28 (on the pl. ἐσθίουσιν after the neut. κυνάρια cp. Lk 11:7; 1 Cl 42:2; B-D-F §133; s. Rob. 403f). ἀπὸ τραπέζης partake of a meal D 11:9. ἀπὸ τῆς εὐχαριστίας 9:5.

β. w. ἔκ τινος of/from someth. (Jdth 12:2; Sir 11:19; JosAs 16:7f; ApcMos 16f) ἐκ τοῦ ἄρτου eat (some of) the bread (2 Km 12:3; Tob 1:10; TestJob 7:10 ἐκ τῶν ἄρτων μου) 1 Cor 11:28; cp. J 6:26, 50f. ἐκ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν Hs 9, 1, 10. ἐκ τοῦ γάλακτος τῆ ποίμνη get sustenance fr. the milk of the flock 1 Cor 9:7. ἐκ τ. θυσιαστηρίου Hb 13:10. ἐκ τ. ξύλου τ. ζωῆς from the tree of life Rv 2:7 (s. En 32:6); cp. μηκέτι ἐκ σοῦ μηδεὶς καρπὸν φάγοι (v.l. φάγῃ) Mk 11:14.

ⓒ used with other prep. expressions ἐ. μετά τινος eat w. someone (1 Km 9:19; Jdth 12:11; Job 1:4; Ezk 47:22; TestAbr B 4 p. 109, 10 [Stone p. 66]) Mt 9:11; 24:49; Mk 2:16; 14:18 (cp. Ps 40:10); Lk 5:30; 7:36. ἐνώπιόν τινος in someone’s presence (cp. ἐναντίον τ. θεοῦ Ex 18:12; Ezk 44:3) 13:26; 24:43. ἐπὶ τ. τραπέζης τινός at someone’s table (2 Km 9:11; cp. vs. 13; Da 11:27) Lk 22:30. διὰ προσκόμματος ἐ. eat with offense (i.e. so that one takes offense in doing so; perh. also so that one gives offense) Ro 14:20.

ⓓ abs. Mt 12:1; 14:20; 26:21, 26; Mk 7:3f; 14:18a, 22; Ac 27:35; D 12:3; B 7:5 al. Used w. λαμβάνειν (Gen 3:22) λάβετε φάγετε Mt 26:26b; οἱ ἐσθίοντες 14:21; 15:38. φάγωμεν κ. πίωμεν let us eat and drink 1 Cor 15:32 (Is 22:13; Ath., R. 72, 11). φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου Lk 12:19 (Aristobulus of Cass. [III B.C.]: 139 Fgm. 9 Jac. [cited in Strabo 14, 5, 9], statue of Sardanapalus w. the ins ἔσθιε, πῖνε, παῖζε• ὡς τἆλλα τούτου οὐκ ἄξια=‘Eat, drink, have fun. There’s nothing like it.’ This saying of Sardanapalus is also found in Arrian, Anab. 2, 5, 4. A similar thought in the Phrygian grave-ins: IGal 78, 11ff). τὸ φαγεῖν eating Mt 15:20; 1 Cor 11:21. διδόναι τινὶ φαγεῖν give someone someth. to eat (Ex 16:8, 15; Num 11:18, 21) Mt 14:16; 25:35, 42; Mk 5:43; 6:37; Lk 8:55; 9:13; J 6:52; Rv 2:7. φέρειν τινὶ φαγεῖν (cp. 2 Km 17:29) J 4:33. εὐκαιρέω φαγεῖν I find time to eat Mk 6:31. ἔχω βρῶσιν φαγεῖν I have food to eat J 4:32.—With the principle stated in 2 Th 3:10 cp. Lucian, Par. 13: when a pupil progresses well δότε αὐτῷ φαγεῖν; when he does not, μὴ δῶτε.

ⓔ ἐ. and πίνω are freq. found together, as in some pass. already quoted (Hom. et al.; very oft. LXX; En 102:9; 4 [6] Esdr [POxy 1010]; TestAbr A 4 p. 81, 16 [Stone p. 10]; B 5 p. 109, 16 [Stone p. 66]; JosAs 9:3 al.; Philo, Det. Pot. ins 113; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 234).

α. = receive support 1 Cor 9:4.

β. = eat a meal Lk 5:30; 17:8; 1 Cor 11:22; AcPl Ox 6, 7. Of a festive sacrificial meal 1 Cor 10:7 (Ex 32:6).

γ. in contrast to fasting—the latter expressed by ἐ. and πίνω w. a neg. (Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 28, 141 οὔτε πίνων οὔτε ἐσθίων) Mt 11:18; Lk 4:2 v.l.; 7:33; Ac 9:9; 23:12, 21—Mt 11:19; Lk 5:33; 7:34; B 7:5.

δ. of ordinary daily activities Lk 17:27f.

ε. of carefree, even luxurious or dissipated living Mt 24:49; Lk 12:19, 45; 1 Cor 15:32 (cp. Is 22:13).—HRiesenfeld, ConNeot 9, ’44, 10f.

② to do away with completely, fig. extension of mng. 1 (Hom. et al.; LXX) consume, devour (of fire Il. 23, 182; Is 10:17; 26:11) πυρὸς ἐσθίειν μέλλοντος τ. ὑπεναντίους fire, which is about to consume the adversaries Hb 10:27 (Is 26:11). ὁ ἰὸς … φάγεται τ. σάρκας ὑμῶν ὡς πῦρ the rust will eat your flesh like fire Js 5:3 (cp. Aeschyl., Fgm. 253 φαγέδαινα [an ulcer] σάρκας ἐσθίει ποδός; Is 30:27 ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θυμοῦ ὡς πῦρ ἔδεται). B. 327.—DELG s.v. ἔδω. M-M. EDNT. TW.

ἔμπροσθεν (also ἐνπ-; Hdt.+; also in OT quotes w. and against LXX; Mel., P. 61, 444 [ἀπέναντι Dt 28:66]) ἔμπροσθε (SIG 371, 13 [289/288 B.C.]; 915, 27) ApcPt 3:6; orig. adv. of place, then used as prep. (B-D-F §104, 2; 214, 1; 6; Mlt-H. 329).

① pert. to a position in front of an object

ⓐ gener. adv. as marker of something that is relatively removed in distance in front, ahead (opp. ὄπισθεν, as X., Equ. 1, 3; Polyb. 12, 15, 2; Aelian, VH 12, 21; Palaeph. 29, 2; 2 Ch 13:14; Ezk 2:10) Rv 4:6. As subst.: εἰς τὸ ἔ. toward the front (Diod S 11, 18, 5; 19, 26, 10; 19, 83, 2; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 203) προδραμὼν εἰς τὸ ἔ. he ran ahead Lk 19:4 (where εἰς τὸ ἔ. is pleonast., as Artem. 2, 9 p. 93, 2 προϊέναι εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν; B-D-F §484; Semitism [?]: MBlack, An Aramaic Approach³, ’67, 116); τὰ ἔ. (sc. ὄντα; cp. X., An. 6, 3, 14; 1 Macc 13:27; TestJob 27:1; location in a dialogue Just., D. 126, 6; 140, 4) what lies ahead (as a goal) Phil 3:13.—Forward, ahead πορεύεσθαι ἔ. (X., Cyr. 4, 2, 23) Lk 19:28. αἱ ἔ. ἐκκλησίαι the congregations/churches farther on or principal churches (s. JKleist, tr., ’46, ad loc. w. note) IPol 8:1.

ⓑ indicating more immediate presence of the object that is in front, with ἔ. functioning as prep. w. gen. (s. on ἀνά, beg.) in front of, before in a variety of aspects

α. purely local (X., Cyr. 3, 2, 5; Jos., Bell. 6, 366) Hs 9, 2, 7 (opp. ὀπίσω); ἔ. τοῦ ναοῦ before the shrine (Cebes, Tab. 1, 1) 1 Cl 41:2; ἔ. τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου Mt 5:24; ἔ. τοῦ βήματος Ac 18:17; ἔ. τοῦ Ἰησοῦ Lk 5:19; cp. 14:2; ApcPt 3:6; GPt 4:12. γονυπετεῖν ἔ. τινος kneel before someone Mt 27:29; πίπτειν ἔ. τῶν ποδῶν τινος fall at someone’s feet Rv 19:10; 22:8; βάλλειν ἔ. τινος Mt 7:6 (PGM 4, 1229 βάλε ἔ. αὐτοῦ κλῶνας ἐλαίας). μαστιγοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἔ. τούτων τῶν εἰδώλων flagellating themselves before these images ApcPt Bodl. (as restored by EWinstedt, s. MJames, JTS 1910, 12, 157).

β. of position without ref. to motion toward, before, in the presence of (Gen 45:5) ὁμολογεῖν and ἀρνεῖσθαι Mt 10:32f; 26:70; Lk 12:8; cp. Gal 2:14. Esp. of appearance before a judge Mt 27:11; also before the divine judge 25:32; Lk 21:36; 1 Th 2:19; 3:13; GPt 11:48; cp. 2 Cor 5:10. But the judicial element is not decisive in all the pass. in which pers. stand or come ἔ. τοῦ θεοῦ or ἔ. τ. χυρίου; cp. 1 Th 1:3; 3:9; 1J 3:19.

γ. of appearance before a large assemblage to discharge an obligation, before, in the sight of (SIG 1173, 14 [138 A.D.] the man who was healed through the intervention of Asklepios ηὐχαρίστησεν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ δήμου) Mt 5:16; 6:1; 17:2; 23:13 in the face of; Mk 2:12; 9:2; Lk 19:27; J 12:37; Ac 10:4.

δ. as a reverential way of expressing oneself, when one is speaking of an eminent pers., and esp. of God, not to connect the subject directly w. what happens, but to say that it took place ‘before someone’ (s. Dalman, Worte 171–74): ἐπακοῦσαι ἔ. αὐτοῦ ἔθνη that the nations should give heed (or obey) (before) God B 12:11 (Is 45:1). ποιεῖν τὸ πονηρὸν ἔ. τοῦ κυρίου Hm 4, 2, 2 (cp. Judg 2:11; 3:12; 4:1). εὐδοκία ἔ. σου pleasing to you Mt 11:26; Lk 10:21; θέλημα ἔ. τ. πατρὸς ὑμῶν Mt 18:14.

ε. before, ahead of, w. motion implied ἔ. τινος (UPZ 78, 15 [159 B.C.] ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν ἐπορευόμην) J 10:4; B 11:4 (Is 45:2); προπορεύεσθαι ἔ. τινος 3:4 (Is 58:8); cp. 4:12; ἀποστέλλεσθαι ἔ. τινος (Gen 24:7; 32:4) J 3:28; σαλπίζειν ἔ. τινος blow a trumpet before someone Mt 6:2; τὴν ὁδὸν κατασκευάζειν ἔ. τινος Mt 11:10; Lk 7:27.

ζ. of rank (Pla., Leg. 1, 631d; 5, 743e; 7, 805d; Demosth. 56, 50 εἶναι ἔ. τινος; Gen 48:20) ἔ. τινος γίνεσθαι rank before (i.e. higher than) someone J 1:15, 30 (Plut., Pericl. 158 [11, 1] οἱ ἀριστοκρατικοὶ … Περικλέα … πρόσθεν ὁρῶντες γεγονόντα τῶν πολιτῶν). If ἔ. τινος γ. is to be understood temporally here (as 3 Km 3:12; 16:25, 33; 4 Km 18:5; Eccl 1:16; 2:7, 9; Jos, Ant. 1, 109; cp. Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 12 Jac. ἔτει ἑνὶ ἔμπροσθεν)=‘be earlier than someone’, the foll. ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν, which gives the reason for it, would simply be an instance of tautology (but s. OCullmann, ConNeot 11, ’47, 31, who holds that the ὅτι-clause refers to the absolute time of the Prologue while the preceding words merely give the order in which the ministries of John and Jesus began). S. on ὀπίσω 2b.

② on the front surface of someth., in front (opp. ὄπισθεν, as cp. Ezk 2:10) Rv 4:6.—DELG s.v. πρόσθε(ν). M-M.

ἔνθεος, ον (s. θεός; Trag., X., Pla.+; GDI 805d [Boeotia]; Sb 9217, 4; 9253, 6 [both beg. IV A.D.]; PGM 1, 21; 160; 13, 144; Philo; Jos., Bell. 3, 353, Ant. 9, 35; SibOr 3, 295; 5, 263; Ath. 7, 2) inspired by God, in our lit. only as a rdg. of the Sacra Parallela (KHoll, Fgmte. vornic. Kirchenväter aus den Sacr. Par. 1899, p. 22) on ITr 8:2 τὸ ἔ. πλῆθος (Lghtf. has it in the text for ἐν θεῷ).—TW. Sv.