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1 καταλαμβάνω
A (in pass.sense, A.D.Synt. 48.9), [dialect] Ion.- λάμψομαι Hdt.6.39
, [dialect] Aeol. - λᾱμψομαι dub. in Alc.Supp. 5.9 (v. λαμβάνω): [tense] pf. , etc. ( (Carpathos, iv B. C.)),- λελάβηκα Pherecyd.Syr.
ap. D.L.1.122, Hdt.3.42 (v.l. -λελαβήκεε):—[voice] Pass., [dialect] Ion. [tense] aor.- ελάμφθην Id.5.21
; (Zelea, iv B. C.): [tense] pf. in med. sense, D.S.17.85:—seize, lay hold of, c. acc.,τοῦ κατὰ νῶτα λαβών Od.9.433
, cf. Ar.Lys. 624, etc.;κατέλαβε τὴν ἀκρόπολιν Th.1.126
, cf. Hdt.5.71, Ar.Lys. 263(lyr., tm.), Isoc.4.153, etc. (metaph., τὴν τοῦ νέου τῆς ψυχῆς ἀκρόπολιν κ. Pl.R. 560b); πάντα φυλακαῖς κ. Plu.Per.33;κ. ἕδρας Ar.Ec.21
, 86; φάσκων Ποσειδῶ πρότερον Ἀθηνᾶς καταλαβεῖν αὐτήν (sc. τὴν πόλιν) Isoc.12.193; later, simply, arrive at a place, POxy. 1829 (vi A. D.), etc.:—[voice] Med., seize for oneself,τὰ πρήγματα Hdt.6.39
; τὰ ἄλλοι οὐ κατελάβοντο matters which others had not preoccupied, ib.55: freq. in Plb.,κ. λόφον 1.19.5
, al.:—[voice] Pass., of a person, ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καταληφθείς possessed, Plot. 5.8.11.2 of death, fatigue, disaster, etc.,τὸν δὲ κατ' ὄσσε ἔλλαβε.. θάνατος Il.5.82
;Ἄργον.. κατὰ μοῖρ' ἔλαβεν.. θανάτοιο Od.17.326
: c. dupl. acc., ;Δίκη καταλήψεται ψευδῶν τέκτονας Heraclit.28
; befall, overtake,συμφορὰ κ. πόλεις E.Hipp. 1161
: freq.in Hdt., ; πένθεα μεγάλα τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους κ. ibid., cf. 3.42; ὅσα φεύγοντας ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος κακὰ ἐπίδοξα καταλαμβάνειν may be expected to befall them, 4.11; : folld. by inf.,νοῦσός τινα κ. νοσῆσαι 3.149
, cf. 3.75; πρίν τι ἀνήκεστον ἡμᾶς κ. Th.4.20;κίνδυνος κ. τινά D.18.99
; rarely of good fortune,τοῦτον κατέλαβε εὐτυχίη τις Hdt.3.139
.3 seize with the mind, comprehend, Pl.Ax. 370a, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.39, Plb.8.2.6, Ev.Jo.1.5 (perh. overcome); κάλλος διὰ τῆς [ ὄψεως] Pl.Phdr. 250d;ἐκ τοῦ φάσματος ὅτι.. D.H.5.46
, cf. Arr.Epict.1.5.6:—so in [voice] Med., D.H.2.66, S.E.M.7.288;ὅτι.. Act.Ap.4.13
;τί τὸ πλάτος Ep.Eph.3.18
:— [voice] Pass., Phld.Sign.22, Mus.p.62K., Numen. ap. Eus.PE14.8.II catch, overtake, come up with,τοὺς φεύγοντας Hdt.1.63
, cf. 2.30, etc.:—[voice] Pass., Id.7.211, Plb.1.47.8.2 find on arrival, c. part.,τινὰ ζῶντα Hdt.3.10
;τὰ πλεῖστα.. προειργασμένα Th.8.65
;πάντα ἔξω Id.2.18
;ἀνεῳγμένην τὴν θύραν Pl. Smp. 174d
;τοὺς ἄρχοντας ἐξιόντας D.21.85
;τινὰ ἔνδον Pl.Prt. 311a
;τῶν φορτίων πολλὴν ἀπρασίαν D.34.8
;τι ὑπάρχον Arist.Top. 131a29
; detect,ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ ἐμαυτόν Pl.Ap. 22b
:—[voice] Pass., , cf. Ev.Jo.8.3, etc.;κατείληπτο σοφιζόμενος D.21.164
; to be taken by surprise, Plu.Publ.20.III impers., καταλαμβάνει τινά c. inf., it happens to one, it is one's fortune to..,καταλαμβάνει μιν φεύγειν Hdt.2.152
, cf. 3.118;καταλελάβηκέ με.. τοῦτο.. ἐκφῆναι Id.3.65
, cf. 4.105, 6.38.IV abs., πρὸς τὴν καταλαβοῦσαν συμφορήν that had befallen, Id.4.161; τὰ καταλαβόντα, = τὰ συμβάντα, what had happened, the circumstances, Id.9.49;ἢν πόλεμος καταλάβῃ Th.2.54
, cf. 18;εἰ -λαμβάνοι ἀναχώρησις Id.4.31
; τῆς νυκτὸς -λαμβανούσης as night was coming on, D.S.20.86;Χειμῶνος ἤδη -λαμβάνοντος Hdn.7.2.9
.V hold down, cover,τῇ Χειρὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν Pl.Tht. 165b
;τὰς Χεῖρας Plu.Sert.26
; fasten down,κ. πῶμα γόμφοις Id.2.356c
, cf. Gal.13.358 (so in [voice] Med., D.S.3.37):—[voice] Pass., to be compressed, opp. διαλύεσθαι, Arist.Pr. 870b11;τὰς φλέβας -λαμβανόμενοι Id.Somn.Vig. 455b7
.2 keep under, repress, check,κ. τινῶν αὐξανομένην τὴν δύναμιν Hdt.1.46
; κ. τὸ πῦρ get it under, ib.87;ἴσχε καὶ κ. σεωυτόν Id.3.36
; κ. τὰς διαφοράς put an end to them, Id.7.9.β; κ. ἐρίζοντας stop their quarrelling, Id.3.128: folld. by inf.,κ. τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ταῦτα μὴ ποιέειν Id.2.162
; ὁ τῶν Περσέων θάνατος καταλαμφθεὶς ἐσιγήθη inquiries about their death being checked.., Id.5.21.b κ. τὸ πνεῦμα hold the breath, Gal.6.176, al.3 bind,κ. πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι Hdt.9.106
;ὅρκοις Th.4.86
, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,εἴ τινι -λέλαμμαι ὅρκῳ SIG360.41
([place name] Chersonesus); νόμοις, ἔθεσι κατειλημμένα enforced, Arist.Pol. 1324b22; ; [ τὰς σπονδὰς] ηὗρε κατειλημμένας he found the treaty concluded, Th.5.21 codd.4 compel, constrain one to do, c. inf., ἀναγκαίη μιν κ. φαίνειν forces him to bring out the truth, Hdt.3.75:—[voice] Pass., ἀναγκαίῃ καταλαμβανόμενος being constrained, Id.2.65, cf. Th.7.57.5 convict, condemn, Antipho 2.4.11; opp. ἀπολύειν, Id.4.4.9;ἐὰν καταληφθεὶς ἀποθάνω Id.2.2.9
, cf. IG12(2).526A20 (Eresus, iv B. C.); of the prosecutor, secure a conviction, Rev.Phil.1928.192 (Erythrae, v B. C.); (Teos, ii B. C.), etc.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > καταλαμβάνω
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2 ἀποστερέω
ἀποστερ-έω· —[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.A- στερηθήσομαι Lys.12.70
, v.l. in D.1.22; also- στερήσομαι E.HF 137
(lyr.), Th.6.91, D.24.210;ἀποστεροῦμαι And.1.149
: [tense] pf. ἀπεστέρημαι, etc.:—rob, despoil, defraud one of a thing, c. acc. pers. et gen. rei,χρημάτων ἀ. τινά Hdt.5.92
.έ; τὸν πατέρα τῆς τυραννίδος Ar.Av. 1605
; : c. acc. pers. et rei,μή μ' ἀποστερήσῃς ἡδονάν S.El. 1276
(lyr.), cf. Antipho 3.3.2, X.An.7.6.9, Is.8.43, etc.: abs., commit fraud, Ar.Nu. 487; ἀπεστερηκὼς ὑπ' ἀνάγκης being constrained to become a defaulter, Pl.Phdr. 241b;συνέστιον ὧν ἔκγονον ἢ ἀδελφὸν ἀπεστέρηκε γίγνεσθαι Id.Lg. 868d
:—[voice] Pass., to be robbed or deprived of, c. gen.,Ἑλλάδος ἀπεστερημένος Hdt.3.130
; ; ;ἁπάντων ἂν ἀπεστερήμην D.21.106
: c. acc.,ἵππους ἀπεστέρηνται X.Cyr.6.1.12
, etc.: abs., εἰ δ' ἀπεστερήμεθα if we have been frustrated, S.Aj. 782.2 ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινος detach, withdraw oneself from a person or thing,τῶν [ἀγαλμάτων].. ἀπεστέρησ' ἐμαυτόν Id.OT 1381
;οὐκ ἀποστερῶν γε τῶν ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἑαυτὸν οὐδενός Antipho 5.78
;ἄλλου ἑαυτὸν ἀ. Th.1.40
;ἀ. ἑαυτὸν τοῦ φρονεῖν Crobyl.3
; ἐκείνους.. ἀ. μὴ ἂν.. ἀποτειχίσαι deprive them of the power of walling off, Th.7.6:—reversely,ἀ. τὸν ἔλεον ἑαυτοῦ Plu.Aem.26
, cf.Dem.4.4 c. acc. rei only, filch away, S.Ph. 931; withhold, A.Pr. 777, S.OT 323, Ar.Nu. 1305; refuse payment of a debt, D.21.44, etc.; refuse to give up,παρακατ αθήκην Arist.Rh. 1383b21
; Ζεὺς ἀποστεροίη γάμον may he avertit, A.Supp. 1063(lyr.).5 τὸ σαφές μ' ἀποστερεῖ certainty fails me, E.Hel. 577.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀποστερέω
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3 ἔνοχος
ἔνοχος, ον (Pla.+; ins, pap, LXX; EpArist 25; Philo; Jos., Ant. 17, 127) =ἐνεχόμενος ‘caught in’.① pert. to being held in or constrained, subject to, w. gen. (Sir prol. ln. 13) ἔ. δουλείας held in slavery Hb 2:15.② pert. to being required to give an account for someth. held against one, liable, answerable, guilty.ⓐ w. dat. to denote the tribunal to which one is answerable, τ. κρίσει, τ. συνεδρίῳ Mt 5:21, 22ab (sim. datives are not uncommon, e.g. X., Mem. 1, 2, 64; IAsMinLyk II 1889, 166 no. 193 ἔνοχος ἔστω πᾶσι θεοῖς; POxy 275, 32 [66 A.D.]).ⓑ w. gen. (s. Mlt. 39; Wilcken, APF 1, 1901, 170, n. 3; ENachmanson, Eranos 11, 1911, 232)α. to denote the punishment θανάτου deserving of death (Diod S 27, 4, 7; Gen 26:11; Ar. 13, 7) Mt 26:66; Mk 14:64. αἰωνίου κρίσεως 3:29 v.l. (for ἁμαρτήματος [see ἁμάρτημα])β. to denote the crime (Antiphon 6, 46 τοῦ φόνου; Lysias 14, 5; Pla., Leg. 11, 914e τῶν βιαίων; Vett. Val. 117, 10 ἔ. μοιχείας; 2 Macc 13:6; Philo, Decal. 133) guilty αἰωνίου ἁμαρτήματος Mk 3:29. τῆς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ καταλαλοῦντος involved in the sin of the slanderer Hm 2:2; cp. 4, 1, 5. ἔνοχοι γ̣είν[ονται τούτου τοῦ| α̣ἵ̣[μ]ατος Hs 10, 4, 3 (Gk. text POxy 404, 41f; Lat.: reus fit sanguinis eius).γ. to denote the pers. (or thing) against whom the sin has been committed (Is 54:17 ἔνοχοί σου those who wrong you; s. Dssm. LO 91f [LAE 116]) ἔ. τοῦ σώματος καὶ τοῦ αἵματος sin against the body and the blood 1 Cor 11:27; γέγονεν πάντων ἔ. has sinned against all (the commandments) Js 2:10.ⓒ ἔ. εἰς τ. γέενναν τοῦ πυρός is to be explained as brachylogy guilty enough to go into the hell of fire Mt 5:22c (εἰς τὸ πύρ quot. Just., A I, 16, 2).—RBagnall, BASP 6, ’69, 91f.—B. 1445. DELG s.v. 1 ἔχω 4. M-M. EDNT. TW. -
4 λύω
λύω impf. ἔλυον; fut. λύσω LXX; 1 aor. ἔλυσα. Pass.: impf. ἐλυόμην; 1 fut. λυθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐλύθην; pf. λέλυμαι, 2 sg. λέλυσαι, ptc. λελυμένος (Hom.+).① to undo someth. that is used to tie up or constrain someth., loose, untie bonds (Da 5:12 Theod.), fetters (Lucian, Dial. Mar. 14, 3; Job 39:5 δεσμούς; Philo, Somn. 1, 181; Hippol., Ref. 5, 19, 20) or someth. similar.ⓐ lit. τὰ δεσμά AcPl Ha 3, 14; τὸν ἱμάντα Mk 1:7; Lk 3:16; J 1:27. τὴν ζώνην MPol 13, 2 (JosAs 10:11; 13:3); σφραγῖδας break (Polyaenus 5, 2, 12) Rv 5:2, 5 v.l. (of the broken seals of a will: BGU 326 II, 21 ἡ διαθήκη ἐλύθη; POxy 715, 19.—λύω of the opening of a document: ParJer 7:21 λῦσον τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ταύτην; 7:36; Plut., Dio 31, 4 [a letter]; Vi. Aesopi W 92 P.)ⓑ fig. ἐλύθη ὁ δεσμὸς τ. γλώσσης αὐτοῦ Mk 7:35; cp. Lk 1:63 D. λύε πάντα σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας loose every unjust fetter B 3:3 (Is 58:6).② to set free someth. tied or similarly constrained, set free, loose, untieⓐ lit. a pers., animal, or thing that is bound or tied: a prisoner (Jos., Bell. 2, 28, Ant. 13, 409; Ps 145:7) Ac 22:30; cp. vs. 29 v.l.; ISm 6:2 (cp. b below); AcPl Ha 3, 6. Angels that are bound Rv 9:14f. Also more gener. (IAndrosIsis, Kyme 48 ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐν δεσμοῖς λύω) release, set free prisoners Ac 24:26 v.l.; τοὺς δεσμίους AcPl Ha 11, 9. Of Satan, bound and imprisoned in an abyss Rv 20:3. λυθήσεται ὁ σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ vs. 7.—Of Lazarus, bound in grave-clothes λύσατε αὐτόν unbind him J 11:44 (Vi. Aesopi I 83 λύσατε αὐτόν=take off his fetters).—Of animals (X., An. 3, 4, 35) a colt that is tied up Mt 21:2; Mk 11:2, 4f; Lk 19:30f, 33ab (perh. these passages suggest a kind of commandeering of transport indicated by the term ἀγγαρεύω JDerrett, NovT 13, ’71, 241–58), τὸν βοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης untie the ox from the manger Lk 13:15 (λ. ἀπό as Quint. Smyrn. 4, 373; Is 5:27; Jer 47:4).—λ. τὸ ὑπόδημα untie the sandal Ac 7:33 (Ex 3:5; Josh 5:15); 13:25.—Pass. τὰς τρίχας λελυμέναι with unbound hair Hs 9, 9, 5; cp. τὰς τρίχας λελυμένας Hs 9, 13, 8.ⓑ fig. free, set free, release ἀπό τινος (TestJos 15:6; Cyranides p. 97, 12) λυθῆναι ἀπὸ τ. δεσμοῦ τούτου be set free from this bond Lk 13:16. λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός; are you free from a wife, i.e. not bound to a wife? 1 Cor 7:27 (a previous state of being ‘bound’ need not be assumed; cp. Chion, Ep. 7, 3 λελυμένως=[speak] in an unrestrained manner. See also Simplicius in Epict. p. 129, 3: ‘one who does not found a family is εὔλυτος’, i.e. free). The pf. pass. ptc. IMg 12:1 is the negation of δέδεμαι i.e. unbound. On ISm 6:2 s. comm. by WBauer. ἐκ instead of ἀπό: λ. τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν free someone from sins Rv 1:5. τινὰ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου 1 Cl 56:9 (Job 5:20). Bonds from pers. loose, remove (Χριστὸς) λύσει ἀφʼ ὑμῶν πάντα δεσμόν IPhld 8:1.③ to reduce someth. by violence into its components, destroy (Iren. 1, 8, 1 [Harv. I 67, 9]), of a building tear down (Il. 16, 10; X., An. 2, 4, 17f; Herodian 7, 1, 7; 1 Esdr 1:52; Jos., Bell. 6, 32; SibOr 3, 409) τ. ναὸν τοῦτον J 2:19. τὸ μεσότοιχον Eph 2:14 (in imagery).—ἡ πρύμνα ἐλύετο the stern began to break up Ac 27:41 (PLond III 1164h, 19 p. 164 [III A.D.] uses λ. of the dismantling of a ship). Of the parts of the universe, as it is broken up and destroyed in the final conflagration 2 Pt 3:10–12 (cp. Just., D. 5, 4; Tat. 25, 2).—Of a meeting (Il. 1, 305; Od. 2, 257; Apollon. Rhod. 1, 708; X., Cyr. 6, 1, 2; Diod S 19, 25, 7; EpArist 202; Jos., Ant. 14, 388 λυθείσης τ. βουλῆς) λυθείσης τ. συναγωγῆς when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up Ac 13:43.—λυθεῖσα Ox 1081, 3 as edited (so also Otero I 82, no. 3) is incorrectly read instead of ἐ]ληλύθεισαν, s. s.v. ἔρχομαι 1aζ.④ to do away with, destroy, bring to an end, abolish (Socrat., Ep. 28, 2 and 4 ‘dispel’ slanders; Tat. 13, 1 ψυχὴ … λύεται μετὰ τοῦ σώματος; Mel., P. 43, 301 ὁ τύπος ἐλύθη=the type was abolished [when the antitype made its appearance]) λ. τὰ ἔργα τ. διαβόλου destroy the works of the devil 1J 3:8. Pass. ἐλύετο πᾶσα μαγεία all magic began to be dissolved IEph 19:3. λύεται ὁ ὄλεθρος ἐν τ. ὁμονοίᾳ his destructiveness comes to an end through the unity 13:1.—λ. τ. ὠδῖνας τ. θανάτου must mean in its context: (God) brought the pangs to an end (IG IV2, 128, 49 [280 B.C.] ἔλυσεν ὠδῖνα; Lycophron vs. 1198 ὠδῖνας ἐξέλυσε γονῆς; Himerius, Or. 64 [=Or. 18], 1 λυθῆναι τὰς ὠδῖνας of the cessation of labor pains; Job 39:2; Aelian, HA 12, 5 τοὺς τῶν ὠδίνων λῦσαι δεσμούς; Eutecnius 3 p. 30, 26), so that the ‘birth’ which is to bring Christ to light may attain its goal (Haenchen ad loc.) Ac 2:24 (but s. θάνατος 1bβ; originally it is probable that ‘the bonds of death’ went with ‘loose’); Pol 1:2—Of commandments, laws, statements repeal, annul, abolish (Hdt. 1, 29, 1 νόμον. Text fr. Nysa in Diod S 1, 27, 4 ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐνομοθέτησα, οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ δύναται λῦσαι; Ael. Aristid. 30 p. 573 D.: νόμους; Achilles Tat. 3, 3, 5; SIG 355, 21; 1219, 12; Jos., Ant. 11, 140) ἐντολήν Mt 5:19. τὸ σάββατον abolish the Sabbath J 5:18 (in John, Jesus is accused not of breaking the Sabbath, but of doing away w. it as an ordinance). Pass. (Dio Chrys. 58 [75], 10 τ. νόμου λυθέντος) 7:23; 10:35 (RJungkuntz, CTM 35, ’64, 556–65 [J 10:34–6]).—λύειν τὸν Ἰησοῦν annul (the true teaching about) Jesus (by spurning it); (cp. Alex. Aphr., Fat. 26, II 2 p. 196, 18 λ. τινὰ τῶν Ζήνωνος λόγων=certain teachings of Zeno; opp. ὁμολογεῖν: s. Iren. 1, 9, 3 [Harv. I 85, 10]) 1J 4:3 v.l. (for the rdg. λύει s. Iren. 3, 16, 8 [Harv. II 90, 3]; Cl. Al., Fgm. 35 p. 218, 10ff Stählin; Orig. XI [GCS] 152, 28; Socrates, HE 7, 32; EHarnack, SBBerlAk 1915, 556–61=Studien I ’31, 132–37; A Rahlfs, TLZ 40, 1915, 525; OPiper, JBL 66, ’47, 440–44 [exorcistic, break a spell]).⑤ On the combination and contrast of δέειν and λύειν Mt 16:19; 18:18 s. δέω 4; also GLambert, Vivre et Penser, IIIe s., ’43/44, 91–103.—B. 1239f. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.
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