come)+around

ἵστημι (Hom.+, ins, pap [Mayser 353]; LXX [Thackeray 247f]; pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., apolog. exc. Ar.) and also ἱστάνω (since I B.C. SIG 1104, 26 ἱστανόμενος; pap [Mayser, loc. cit., with ἀνθιστάνω documented here as early as III B.C.]; Epict. 3, 12, 2; LXX [Ezk 17:14; Thackeray, loc. cit.]; later wr. in Psaltes 236) Ro 3:31; Hs 8, 1, 10 (s. Whittaker on 8, 1, 8; s. B-D-F §93; Mlt-H. 202). Fut. στήσω; 1 aor. ἔστησα; 2 aor. ἔστην, impv. στῆθι, inf. στῆναι, ptc. στάς; pf. ἕστηκα ( I stand), ptc. ἑστηκώς, ός and ἑστώς En 12:3; JosAs 7:2; J 12:29,-ῶσα J 8:9 v.l., neut. ἑστώς Rv 14:1 v.l. (s. B-D-F §96; W-S. §14, 5; Mlt-H. 222) and ἑστός, inf. always ἑστάναι; plpf. εἱστήκειν ( I stood) or ἱστήκειν GPt 2:3, third pl. εἱστήκεισαν Mt 12:46; J 18:18; Ac 9:7; Rv 7:11 (W-H. spell it ἱστ. everywhere); ἑστάκαμεν w. act. mng. 1 Macc 11:34; fut. mid. στήσομαι Rv 18:15. Pass.: 1 fut. σταθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐστάθην (PEg² 65). S. στήκω. Trans.: A. Intr.: B, C, D.

A. trans. (pres., impf., fut., 1 aor. act.; s. B-D-F §97, 1; Mlt-H. 241) gener. ‘put, place, set’.

① to cause to be in a place or position, set, place, bring, allow to come τινά someone, lit. ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ Ac 5:27. εἰς αὐτούς before them 22:30. ἐκ δεξιῶν τινος at someone’s right (hand) Mt 25:33. ἐν μέσῳ in the midst, among 18:2; Mk 9:36; J 8:3. ἐνώπιόν τινος before someone Ac 6:6. Also κατενώπιόν τινος Jd 24. ἐπί τι upon someth. Mt 4:5; Lk 4:9. παρά τινι beside someone 9:47.

② to propose someone for an obligation, put forward, propose, lit. (e.g. Just., A I, 60, 3 Μωυσέα … τύπον σταυροῦ … στῆσαι ἐπὶ τῇ ἁγίᾳ σκηνῇ) τινά for a certain purpose: the candidates for election to the apostleship Ac 1:23. μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς 6:13 (cp. Mel., P. 93, 700 ψευδομάρτυρες).

③ to set up or put into force, establish, fig. ext. of 1 (cp. Gen 26:3 τὸν ὅρκον; Ex 6:4) τὴν ἰδίαν δικαιοσύνην Ro 10:3. τὸ δεύτερον (opp. ἀναιρεῖν τὸ πρῶτον, a ref. to sacrificial system) Hb 10:9.—Of legal enforcement κύριε, μὴ στήσῃς αὐτοῖς ταύτην τ. ἁμαρτίαν Lord, do not hold this sin against them Ac 7:60 (contrast ἀφίημι 1 Macc 13:38f; 15:5; Stephen’s expression=ἄφες Lk 23:34; s. Beginn. IV, ad loc.).

④ to validate someth. that is in force or in practice, reinforce validity of, uphold, maintain, validate τὶ someth. fig. ext. of 1 (1 Macc 2:27 τὴν διαθήκην) τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν validate or maintain your own tradition Mk 7:9. νόμον ἱστάνομεν we uphold (the) law Ro 3:31 (s. καταργέω 2).

⑤ to cause to be steadfast, make someone stand δυνατεῖ ὁ κύριος στῆσαι αὐτόν Ro 14:4.

⑥ to specify contractually

ⓐ set/fix a time a period of time ἡμέραν (s. ἡμέρα 3a) Ac 17:31.

ⓑ determine a monetary amount οἱ δὲ ἔστησαν αὐτῷ τριάκοντα ἀργύρια Mt 26:15 (=Zech 11:12 ἔστησαν τὸν μισθόν μου τριάκοντα ἀργύρους), presents a special problem for interpreters because of the author’s theological and narrative interests, which prompt him to connect an allusion here to Zech 11:12 in anticipation of a fulfillment statement at Mt 27:9f, which in haggadic fashion draws on Zech 11:13 in the longer form of the Mt and Jer 32 (Mt 39):7–9 (s. JDoeve, Jewish Hermeneutics in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts, ’54, 185–87). Jer 39:9 and Zech 11:12 use the verb ἱ. in the sense weigh out on scales (Hom.; X., Cyr. 8, 2, 21, Mem. 1, 1, 9 al.; GDI p. 870, ⁿ49 A [Ephesus VI B.C.] 40 minas ἐστάθησαν; Is 46:6; Jer 39:9; 2 Esdr 8:25), and some (e.g. BWeiss, HHoltzmann, JWeiss; FSchulthess, ZNW 21, 1922, 227f; Field, Notes 19f) interpret Mt 26:15 in this sense. Of course Mt’s readers would know that coinage of their time was not ‘weighed out’ and would understand ἱ. in the sense of striking a bargain (ἵστημι=set a price, make an offer, close a bargain: Herodas 7, 68 pair of shoes; BGU 1116, 8 [I B.C.]; 912, 25 [I A.D.]; PRainer 206, 10 [II A.D.] κεφάλαιον), they set out (=offered, allowed) for him (=paid him) 30 silver coins (Wlh., OHoltzmann, Schniewind), but the more sophisticated among them would readily recognize the obsolete mng. Ac 7:60 is sometimes interpreted in a related sense, but the absence of a direct object of amount paid suggests that the pass. is better placed in 3 above.

B. intr., aor. and fut. forms

① to desist from movement and be in a stationary position, stand still, stop (Hom., Aristot.; Philostrat., Ep. 36, 2 ὁ ποταμὸς στήσεται; TestSol 7:3 οὕτως ἔστη ἡ αὔρα) Lk 24:17. στὰς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐφώνησεν αὐτούς Mt 20:32.—Mk 10:49; Lk 7:14; 17:12; 18:40. στῆναι τὸ ἅρμα Ac 8:38. ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ἔστησαν Rv 18:17; cp. vs. 15. ἔστησαν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ σπηλαίου GJs 19:2. ἔστη ἐπὶ τόπου πεδινοῦ he took his stand on a level place Lk 6:17. Of a star ἐστάθη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον Mt 2:9; also ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ παιδίου GJs 21:3. Of a flow of blood come to an end ἔστη ἡ ῥύσις τ. αἵματος Lk 8:44 (cp. Ex 4:25 [though HKosmala, Vetus Test. 12, ’62, 28 renders it as an emphatic εἶναι] Heraclid. Pont., Fgm. 49 W.; POxy 1088, 21 [I A.D.]; Cyranides p. 117 note γυναικὶ … αἷμα ἵστημι παραχρῆμα). στῆθι stand Js 2:3. ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἔστη ἄνω his hand remained (motionless) upraised GJs 18:3 (not pap).

② to come up in the presence of others, come up, stand, appear ἔμπροσθέν τινος before someone Mt 27:11; Lk 21:36. Also ἐνώπιόν τινος Ac 10:30; GJs 11:2 (κατενώπιον TestSol 22:13; Just., D. 127, 3) or ἐπί τινος: σταθήσεσθε you will have to appear Mt 10:18 v.l.; Mk 13:9; ἐπί τοῦ παλατίου AcPl Ha 9, 20. στῆθι εἰς τὸ μέσον Lk 6:8; cp. vs. 8b; J 20:19, 26 (Vi. Aesopi I c. 6 p. 243, 15 Αἴσωπος στὰς εἰς τὸ μέσον ἀνέκραξεν). Also ἐν μέσῳ Lk 24:36; Ac 17:22; Ox 1 verso, 11 (s. Unknown Sayings, 69–71). ἔστη εἰς τὸ κριτήριον she stood before the court GJs 15:2. Cp. J 21:4; Rv 12:18; Lk 7:38. Step up or stand to say someth. or make a speech Lk 18:11. Cp. 19:8; Ac 2:14; 5:20; 11:13 al. ἔστησαν … προσδοκῶντες τὸν Ζαχαρίαν they stood waiting for Z. GJs 24:1. Pract. in the sense of the pf. δυνάμενοι … ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ στῆναι (the cult images) which could not remain standing AcPl Ha 1, 20 (cp. ἵστατο δένδρον κυπάρισσος TestAbr A 3 p. 79, 17 [Stone p. 6]; ὁ τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἱστάμεθα GrBar 6:13).

③ to stand up against, resist, w. πρὸς and acc. offer resistance (Thu. 5, 104) Eph 6:11; abs. resist (Ex 14:13) vs. 13. (Cp. the term στάσις in the sense of ‘rebellion’.)

④ stand firm so as to remain stable, stand firm, hold one’s ground (Ps 35:13) in battle (X., An. 1, 10, 1) Eph 6:14. σταθήσεται will stand firm Ro 14:4a. τίς δύναται σταθῆναι; Rv 6:17. εἰς ἣν στῆτε stand fast in it (Goodsp., Probs. 198) 1 Pt:12. Of house, city, or kingdom Mt 12:25f; Mk 3:24f; Lk 11:18. Cp. Mk 3:26. The OT expr. (Dt 19:15) ἵνα ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων ἢ τριῶν σταθῇ πᾶν ῥῆμα Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1.

⑤ come to a standing position, stand up ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας on one’s feet (Ezk 2:1) Ac 26:16; Rv 11:11. Abs. Ac 3:8.

C. intr., perf. and plupf.

① to be in a standing position, I stand, I stood of bodily position, e.g. of a speaker J 7:37; Ac 5:25, of hearers J 12:29 or spectators Mt 27:47; Lk 23:35; Ac 1:11, of accusers Lk 23:10. Cp. J 18:5, 16, 18ab, 25; 19:25; Ac 16:9 al.

② to be at a place, stand (there), be (there), w. the emphasis less on ‘standing’ than on ‘being, existing’.

ⓐ position indicated by adv. of place ἔξω Mt 12:46f; Lk 8:20; 13:25. μακρόθεν Lk 18:13. ἀπὸ μακρόθεν at a distance 23:49; Rv 18:10. ἐκεῖ Mk 11:5. ὅπου 13:14. ὧδε Mt 16:28; 20:6b. αὐτοῦ Lk 9:27; ἀπέναντι AcPl Ha 3, 30.

ⓑ w. place indicated by a prep. ἐκ δεξιῶν τινος at the right (hand) of someone or someth. Lk 1:11; Ac 7:55f (HOwen, NTS 1, ’54/55, 224–26). ἐν αὐτοῖς among them Ac 24:21; w. ἐν and dat. of place Mt 20:3; 24:15; J 11:56; Rv 19:17. ἐν μέσῳ J 8:9 v.l. μέσος ὑμῶν 1:26 (v.l. στήκει). ἐπί w. gen. (X., Cyr. 3, 3, 66; Apollodorus [II B.C.]: 244 Fgm. 209 Jac. ἐπὶ τ. θύρας) Ac 5:23; 21:40; 24:20; 25:10; Rv 10:5, 8; AcPl Ha 7, 37; w. dat. Ac 7:33; w. acc. Mt 13:2; Rv 3:20; 7:1; 14:1; 15:2; GJs 5:2 (ἕστηκας codd., ἔστης pap). παρά w. acc. of place Lk 5:1f. πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης J 6:22. πρό w. gen. of place Ac 12:14. πρός w. dat. of place J 20:11. σύν τινι Ac 4:14. μετά τινος AcPl Ha 11, 3. κύκλῳ τινός around someth. Rv 7:11. W. ἐνώπιον (functioning as prep.) ἐνώπιόν τινος Rv 7:9; 11:4; 12:4; 20:12.

ⓒ abs. (Epict. 4, 1, 88 ἑστῶσα of the citadel, simply standing there; Tat. 26, 2 παρατρέχοντας μὲν ὑμᾶς, ἑστῶτα δὲ τὸν αἰῶνα) Mt 26:73; J 1:35; 3:29; 20:14; Ac 22:25. τὰ πρόβατα εἱστήκει the sheep stood still GJs 18:2 (not pap). The verb standing alone in the sense stand around idle (Eur., Iph. Aul. 861; Aristoph., Av. 206, Eccl. 852; Herodas 4, 44) Mt 20:6a. ἀργός can be added (Aristoph., Eccl. 879f, Pax 256 ἕστηκας ἀργός) vs. 6a v.l., 6b (w. the question cp. Eubulus Com., Fgm. 15, 1 K. τί ἕστηκας ἐν πύλαις; Herodas 5, 40). W. modifying words (Pla., Phdr. 275d ἕστηκε ὡς ζῶντα τὰ ἔκγονα) εἱστήκεισαν ἐνεοί they stood there speechless Ac 9:7. ὡς ἐσφαγμένον Rv 5:6. cp. Ac 26:6. εἱστήκει ἀπεκδεχόμενος AcPl Ant 13, 22 (=Aa I, 237, 5).

③ to stand in attendance on someone, attend upon, be the servant of Rv 8:2 (RCharles, Rv ICC vol. 1, p. 225).

④ stand firm in belief, stand firm of personal commitment in gener. (opp. πεσεῖν), fig. ext. of 1, 1 Cor 10:12; 2 Cl 2:6. τ. πίστει ἕστηκας you stand firm because of your faith Ro 11:20; cp. 2 Cor 1:24. ὸ̔ς ἕστηκεν ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἑδραῖος one who stands firm in his heart 1 Cor 7:37. ὁ θεμέλιος ἕστηκεν the foundation stands (unshaken) 2 Ti 2:19 (Stob. 4, 41, 60 [vol. V, p. 945]: Apelles, when he was asked why he represented Tyche [Fortune] in a sitting position, answered οὐχ ἕστηκεν γάρ=because she can’t stand, i.e. has no stability; Hierocles 11, 441 ἑστῶτος τοῦ νόμου=since the law stands firm [unchanged]; Procop. Soph., Ep. 47 μηδὲν ἑστηκὸς κ. ἀκίνητον; 75).

⑤ to be in a condition or state, stand or be in someth., fig. ext. of 1; grace (Hierocles 12, 446 ἐν ἀρετῇ) Ro 5:2; within the scope of the gospel 1 Cor 15:1; in truth J 8:44.

D. intr., pres. mid. to have a beginning, begin, calendaric expression (as old as Hom.) μὴν ἱστάμενος the month just beginning (oft. ins) MPol 21—B. 835. DELG. M-M. TW.

περιίστημι,

2 bring round,

ὁ δῆμος εἰς ἑαυτὸν περιέστησε τὴν πολιτείαν Arist.Pol. 1304a33

;

εἰς τοὐναντίον π. τινὰ τῷ λόγῳ Pl.Ax.

l.c. ; εἰς τοσοῦτον π. τινά, ὥστε .. Heraclid.Pont. ap. Ath.12.537c ; esp. into a worse state, εἰς τοῦθ' ἡ τύχη τὰ πράγματα αὐτῶν περιέστησεν ὥστε .. Isoc.6.47, cf. Aeschin.3.82 ;

π. εἰς μοναρχίαν τὴν πολιτείαν Plb.3.8.2

; οἴκους εἰς πενίαν π. Hdn.7.3.5 ; convert, εἰς τὸ περιφερὲς [τὸν ἀέρα] Epicur.Ep.2p.51U.; transfer,

π. τὰς ἑαυτοῦ συμφορὰς εἴς τινα D.40.20

;

π. τὴν αἰτίαν εἴς τινα D.H.3.3

.

II in [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Med., place round oneself,

ξυστοφόρων κύκλον X.Cyr.7.5.41

;

φρουρὰν περὶ τὸ σῶμα App.BC3.4

.

B [voice] Pass. and [voice] Med., with [tense] aor. 2 ([tense] aor. 1, v.infr. 2), [tense] pf., and [tense] plpf. [voice] Act. :— stand round about,

περίστησαν γὰρ ἑταῖροι Il.4.532

; κῦμα περιστάθη a wave rose around ([dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. [voice] Pass.), Od.11.243 ;

περιστῆναι περί τι Pl.Ti. 84e

; τοῦ περιεστῶτος ἔξωθεν πνεύματος ib. 76b ; οἱ περιεστῶτες the bystanders, Antipho6.14 ;

ὄχλου πολλοῦ περιστάντος IG42(1).123.25

(Epid.).

2 c. acc. objecti, encircle, surround,

χορὸν περιίσταθ' ὅμιλος Il.18.603

; βοῦν δὲ περιστήσαντο (fort. περίστησάν τε) 2.410, cf. Od.12.356 ; μή πώς με περιστήωσ' ἕνα πολλοί ([dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl. subj. [tense] aor. 2 for - στῶσι ) that their numbers surround me not, Il. 17.95, cf. Od.20.50 ; so

περιστάντες [τὸ θηρίον] κύκλῳ Hdt.1.43

, cf. 9.5, A.Fr. 379, Pl.R. 432b;

π. τὸν λόφον τῷ στρατεύματι X.Cyr.3.1.5

: metaph.,

τὸ περιεστὸς ἡμᾶς δεινόν Th.4.10

, cf.7.70 ;

τοσούτου πολέμου τὴν Ἀσίαν περιστάντος Isoc.4.162

;

χωρὶς τῆς περιστάσης ἂν ἡμᾶς αἰσχύνης D.3.8

;

διὰ τὸν φόβον τὸν περιστάντα αὐτούς Aeschin.3.137

;

φόβος π. τινά Th.3.54

, cf. D.18.195.

3 c. dat.,

περιισταμένους τῇ κλίνῃ Pl.Lg. 947b

: mostly metaph., come round to one,

ἡμῖν.. ἀδοξία τὸ πλέον ἢ ἔπαινος περιέστη Th.1.76

;

τῇ [Ἑλλάδι] δουλεία περιέστηκε Lys.2.60

;

τοῦ πολέμου περιεστηκότος Θηβαίοις D.16.28

;

πηλίκα τῇ πόλει περιέστηκε πράγματα Id.19.340

; ἀνάγκη π. τινί, c. inf., ib.212: abs., of circumstances, mostly bad,

τὰ περιεστηκότα πράγματα Lys. 2.32

, cf. Epicur.Sent.38 ;

οἱ περιεστῶτες καιροί Plb.3.86.7

.

II come round, revolve,

κύκλῳ Arist.Ph. 217a19

; of winds,

ἐκ τῶν ἀπαρκτίων εἰς θρασκίας Id.Mete. 365a6

; of Time,

περιισταμένης τῆς ὥρας Thphr.CP2.11.2

, cf. Hp.Nat.Hom.7.

2 come round to, devolve upon,

περιειστήκει ὑποψία ἐς τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην Th.6.61

;

νομίσαντες τὸ παρανόμημα ἐς τοὺς Αθηναίους τὸ αὐτὸ περιεστάναι Id.7.18

; εἰς ὀλίγους ἡμᾶς περιέστη [ἡ στατίων] IG14.830.8 (Puteoli, ii A. D.).

3 of events, come round, turn out, esp. for the worse,

ἐξ ἀρρωστίης π. τινὶ ἐς ὕδερον Hp.Coac. 471

(but also of persons, ἐς ὕδρωπα περιίσταντο became dropsical, Id.Epid.3.13); ἐς τοῦτο περιέστη ἡ τύχη fortune was so completely reversed, Th.4.12 ; τοὐναντίον περιέστη αὐτῷ it turned out quite contrary for him, Id.6.24, cf. Lys.12.64, Pl.Men. 70c ;

ὁ τοῦ δικαίου λόγος εἰς τοὐναντίον περιειστήκει Id.R. 343a

; φιλεῖ ἐς τύχας τὰ πολλὰ περιίστασθαι come to be dependent on chances, Th.1.78 ;

εἰ τὰ μὲν πράγματ' εἰς ὅπερ νυνὶ περιέστη D.18.201

, cf. 3.9 ;

τὸ πρᾶγμ' εἰς ὑπέρδεινόν μοι περιέστη Id.21.111

, cf. 37.10 ; ἐνταῦθα τὰ πράγματα π. ὥστε .. Isoc.8.59, cf. 5.55 ; περιέστηκεν εἰς τοῦτο ὥστε .. Lycurg.3 : c. inf.,

περιειστήκει τοῖς βοηθείας δεήσεσθαι δοκοῦσιν αὐτοὺς βοηθεῖν ἑτέροις D.18.218

, cf. Pl.Mx. 244d : c. part.,

περιέστηκεν ἡ πρότερον σωφροσύνη νῦν ἀβουλία φαινομένη Th.1.32

.

III later, go round so as to avoid, shun,

τὰς ἁμαρτίας Phld.Rh.1.384

S.;

τὴν ὁμιλίαν J.AJ 1.1.4

;

κύνας Luc.Herm.86

(though he censures this usage, Sol.5), cf. Gal.UP10.14, Porph.Abst.4.7, etc.;

τὸν κίνδυνον Iamb.VP33.239

; τὸ μοναρχικόν ib.31.189 ;

τὴν ἀφροσύνην S.E.M.11.93

;

κενοφωνίας 2 Ep.Ti.2.16

;

τὸ εἰκῇ καὶ μάτην M.Ant.3.4

;

τοὺς ἡγουμένους Artem.4.59

; π. μὴ .. to be afraid lest.., J.AJ4.6.12; sneak round, Phld.Rh.1.99 S.; circumvent, τοὺς λογιστάς Mitteis Chr. 88iv 11 (ii A.D.):—so in [voice] Pass.,

περιεσταμένης τῆς λογοθεσίας BGU1019.8

(ii A. D.).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to stir' (in compp.), `to become, to take place, to be' (Il.).

Other forms: more rare πέλω, aor. 2. a. 3. sg. ἔπλε-ο, - το, act. ἔπλε (Μ 11; v. l. ἦεν).

Compounds: Also w. prefix (esp. in aor. ptc. περι-, ἐπι-πλόμενος).

Derivatives: l. πόλος m. `axis, axis of the world, pole, vault of heaven, round disc of the sun dial etc.' (IA.); denom. ptc. ὁ πολεύων of the presiding planet ( Cod. Astr., PMag. a.o.). 2. - πόλος in synthetic compp. like αἰ-πόλος, δικας-πόλος (s. vv.), ἱππο-πόλος `horse-breeding' (Il.), νυκτι-πόλος `traveling by night' (E. in lyr.); τρί-πολος `ploughed thrice' (Hom., Hes.); from the prefixed verbs ἀμφίπολ-ος (s. v.: ἀμφι-πέλομαι, - πολέω), περίπολ-ος a.o.; cf. below. 3. Deverbatives: a. πολέω, - έομαι, often w. prefix, e.g. ἀμφι-, ἀνα-, περι-, προσ- `to go about, to wander around, to get etc.' (Pi., Att. etc.); also w. nominal 1. member, e.g. πυρ-πολέω `to watch a fire' (Od., X.), `to ravage with fire, to destroy' (IA.); besides, partly as backformations, περί-, πρόσ-πολος, πυρ-πόλος, πύρ-πολος a.o.; trans. `to turn (said of the earth), to root up, to plough' (Hes. Op. 462, Nik. Al. 245). b. πολεύω (χ 223, trans. S. in lyr.) `id.', from ἀμφι-πολεύω (ep. Od., Hdt.), where metr. conditioned for - έω (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 368, cf. also Schwyzer 732); on the denom. ptc. ὁ πολεύων s. on 1. above. c. πωλέομαι, also w. ἐπι-, `to come or go frequently' (Il.) with ἐπιπώλη-σις f. `muster, review of the army' (name of Il. 4, 250ff. by Gramm., Str., Plu.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [639] * kʷel- `turn (around)'

Etymology: The themat. presens πέλομαι, -ω agrees formally exactly with Lat. colō, - ere (from * quelō: in-quil-īnus, Es- quil-iae) `build upon, inhabit, attend, honour', with Skt. cárati, -te `move around, wander, drive (on the meadow), graze' and with Alb. siell `turn around, turn, bring': IE *kʷélō. An enlargement of it is Toch. B klautk-, A lotk- `turn around, turn, become' (v. Windekens Orbis 11, 195 f.); s. τελευτή. Because of the maintenance of the π- before ε πέλομαι must be Aeolic (Schwyzer 300, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 114); the otherwise to be expected τ- is seen in τέλομαι, τέλλομαι, τελέθω, τέλος (s. vv.). The old connection with cattle-breeding and agriculture is found also in Greek, where the meaning of the verb further soon faded, in compp. as αἰ-πόλος, βου-κόλος (s. vv.), τρί-πολος. With the deverbative πολέω agrees formally Alb. kiell `bring, carry' (*kʷolei̯ō). The formal identity of πωλέομαι and the Skt. causative cāráyati is secondary. The zero grade themat. aor. ἔ-πλ-ετο is isolated. -- To the primary verb was, esp. in Latin and Indo-Iranian, built a series of new nouns. Old are ἀμφίπολος (s. v.) = Lat. anculus and several words for `car, wagon' (s. κύκλος). Note still περίπολος m. `patrolling guardian' (Epich., Att.) = Skt. (Ved.) paricará- m. `servant'; on the accen (Greek innovation?) Schwyzer 379 a. 381. The regular o-derivation πόλος may have an agreement in Lat. colus -ūs or -ī `distaff'; the comparison is however not unproblematic (s. W.-Hofmann s. v.). Also Toch. B kele `navel' could be identical wit it; diff. v. Windekens Orbis 11, 602 (Ural. LW [loanword]). -- Further forms w. lit. in WP. 1, 514ff., Pok. 639f., W.-Hofmann s. colō and collus, Mayrhofer s. cárati; further also Ernout-Meillet s. colō w. very important remarks. -- Here further πάλαι, πάλιν, τῆλε (s. v.). Cf. also ἐμπολή and ἔπιπλα.

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συνάγω fut. συνάξω; 1 aor. συνῆξα (2 Esdr 7:28; 8:15; cp. ParJer 7:16f; D 10:5), inf. συνάξαι Lk 3:17 v.l. (on the late aor. form s. Schwyzer I 749, 1; JMoulton, Cambridge Bibl. Essays 1909, 485f); 2 aor. συνήγαγον. Pass.: 1 fut. συναχθήσομαι; 1 aor. συνήχθην; pf. 3 sg. συνῆκται LXX (Hom. et al.)

① to cause to come together, gather (in)

ⓐ things: J 15:6. κλάσματα 6:12f. ξύλα MPol 13:1. Of fish of every kind, which the net gathers up when it is cast Mt 13:47. Of the fragments of a ms. that is wearing out MPol 22:3a; EpilMosq 5a. Of field crops (Ex 23:10; Lev 25:3; JosAs 1:3) Mt 25:24, 26; cp. pass. (Jos., Ant. 5, 242) D 9:4a. W. indication of the destination εἴς τι (Diod S 19, 100, 2 τ. ἄσφαλτον ς. εἴς τινα τόπον) εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην Mt 3:12; 6:26; 13:30; Lk 3:17. ποῦ 12:17. ἐκεῖ vs. 18. συνάγειν πάντα Lk 15:13 gather everything together, perh. with a commercial connotation turn everything into cash (cp. Plut., Cato Min. 762 [6, 7] κληρονομίαν εἰς ἀργύριον συναγαγών).—In imagery συνάγειν μετά τινος join with someone in gathering (opp. σκορπίζω, q.v. 1) Mt 12:30; Lk 11:23. συνάγειν καρπὸν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον J 4:36. Of sheep, metaph. 10:16 P⁶⁶.

ⓑ of persons bring or call together, gather a number of persons (1 Km 5:11; PsSol 11:3; TestJob 17:2; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 234; IAndrosIsis, Kyme 17 husband and wife) πάντας οὓς εὗρον Mt 22:10. πάντας τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς 2:4 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 4 §15: in view of frightening signs ἡ βουλὴ μάντεις συνῆγεν). πάντα τὰ ἔθνη 2 Cl 17:4; (Is 66:18). συνέδριον (Diod S 17, 4, 2 συνέδριον συναγαγών, likew. 17, 30, 1.—Cp. Ex 3:16 τ. γερουσίαν, likew. Jos., Ant. 5, 332; PsSol 8:28 τὴν διασπορὰν Ἰσραήλ) J 11:47. τὸ πλῆθος (Diod S 4, 53, 1 συναγαγεῖν εἰς ἐκκλησίαν τὰ πλήθη; Jos., Ant. 3, 188; cp. ParJer 7:16f τὸν λαόν) Ac 15:30. τὴν ἐκκλησίαν (Aeneas Tact. 431; Lucian, Jupp. Trag. 15) 14:27; cp. D 10:5. συνάξεις πάντας τοὺς σοὺς ὑπὸ τὸ στέγος σου 1 Cl 12:6. Foll. by εἰς to indicate the place (X., Ages. 1, 25; Jos., Vi. 280 τὸ πλῆθος εἰς τὴν προσευχήν; ApcEsdr 3:6 πάντα εἰς τὴν κοιλάδα τοῦ Ἰωσαφάτ) εἰς τὸν τόπον Rv 16:16 (Diod S 17, 20, 1 συνήγαγεν εἰς ἕνα τόπον τοὺς ἀρίστους; 13, 49, 3). εἰς ἕν J 11:52 (cp. εἰς 4a). To indicate purpose (Dionys. Hal. 2, 45 ὅπως εἰς φιλίαν συνάξουσι τὰ ἔθνη; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 111) εἰς τὸν πόλεμον Rv 16:14; 20:8. Cp. 13:10 v.l. ἐπί τινα Mt 27:27. ἵνα κἀμὲ συναγάγῃ ὁ κύριος Ἰ. Χρ. μετὰ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν that the Lord Jesus Christ may gather me also with the chosen MPol 22:3b; EpilMosq 5b.—Pass., either in the passive sense be gathered or brought together συναχθήσονται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη Mt 25:32. συναχθήτω σου ἡ ἐκκλησία ἀπὸ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς εἰς τὴν σὴν βασιλείαν D 9:4b; or w. act. force gather, come together, assemble (Gen 29:8; Dt 33:5; Esth 9:18; En 13:9; TestReub 1:2; ApcMos 5:38; ViJer 12 [p. 73, 8 Sch.]) Mt 22:41; 27:17; Mk 2:2; MPol 18:2; D 14:1; 16:2. The subject can also be a collective word συνήχθη τὸ πρεσβυτέριον Lk 22:66; ἡ πόλις Ac 13:44. More closely defined: as to place εἴς τι Mt 26:3; Ac 4:5 v.l. εἰς τὸ δεῖπνον Rv 19:17. ἔν τινι: Ac 4:5, 31. ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ with the congregation 11:26. ἐὰν ἦτε μετʼ ἐμοῦ συνηγμένοι ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου if you are gathered with me in my bosom 2 Cl 4:5 (a dominical saying, of unknown origin). παρά τινι with someone Ac 21:18 D. πρός τινα to or with someone (TestBenj10:11) Mt 13:2; 27:62; Mk 4:1; 6:30; 7:1. πρὸς ἀλλήλους GPt 8:28. ἐπί τινα with or around someone Mk 5:21; against someone (Gen 34:30; Josh 10:6; Hos 10:10) Ac 4:27 (=κατά τινος vs. 26 after Ps 2:2). ἐπὶ τὴν ζωήν into life 2 Cl 17:3. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό (s. αὐτός 3b and ἐπί 1cβ) Mt 22:34; Ac 4:26 (Ps 2:2); 1 Cl 34:7. συναχθέντες ὁμοῦ GJs 9:1. σύν τινι (Mi 2:12) 1 Cor 5:4. συναχθέντες μετὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Mt 28:12; also of an individual pers. συνήχθη Ἰησοῦς μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ J 18:2 (HReynen, BZ 5, ’61, 86–90 ‘stay’). W. an adv. of place οὗ Mt 18:20; Ac 20:8; ὅπου Mt 26:57; J 20:19 v.l.; ἐκεῖ (TestBenj 9:2; Jos., Ant. 6, 23) Mt 24:28; Lk 17:37 v.l.; J 18:2. Foll. by inf. of purpose Ac 13:44; 15:6; 20:7; Rv 19:19.

② to effect renewed relations, bring together, reconcile, ext. of 1 (Demosth. et al.; Herodian 3, 13, 5; 4, 3, 4; 9) μαχομένους συναγαγών B 19:12.

③ to bring together with, lead or bring (to) (Hom. et al.) pass. πᾶσα γλῶσσα εἰς θεὸν συνήχθη of Christianity as the one route to God for all IMg 10:3 (the prep. prob. functions here in an associative sense).

④ to extend a welcome to, invite/receive as a guest (w. εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν or εἰς τὸν οἶκον added Judg 19:18; 2 Km 11:27; Dt 22:2. S. also Gen 29:22; Achilles Tat. 3, 8, 3) Mt 25:35, 38, 43.

⑤ intr. (so, but w. a different mng., Theocr. 22, 82; Polyb. 11, 18, 4 [both = meet in hostile fashion]) to move to another position, advance, move (Aelian, VH 3, 9 συνάγοντος τοῦ πολέμου) σύναγε ἔτι ἄνω move farther up Mt 20:28 D (the prep. may function here in a deferential and associative sense ‘come along up higher’).—On Dg 12:9 s. καιρός, end (cp. Jos., C. Ap. 1, 126 συνάγεται πᾶς ὁ χρόνος).—M-M.

συστρέφω 1 aor. συνέστρεψα. Pass.: fut. 3 pl. συστραφήσονται En 100:4; 2 aor. 3 sg. συνεστράφη; pf. ptc. masc. pl. συνεστραμμένοι 1 Macc 12:50 (s. next entry; Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; pap, LXX)

① to cause to come together, gather up, bring together τὶ someth. a bundle of sticks Ac 28:3. τινάς certain people 17:5 D (cp. Diod S 3, 35; Judg 12:4 B; 2 Macc 14:30; Jos., Ant. 18, 85).

② to come together as a gathering, be gathered, gather, come together (Hdt. et al.; En 100:4; Jos., Bell. 3, 302, Ant. 18, 351) Ac 10:41 D; 11:28 D; 16:39 D. So perh. also Mt 17:22 (cp. ἀναστρέφω 2). Zahn suggests: ‘while they were crowding’ (around Jesus), and VHarlow, Jesus’ Jerusalem Expedition ’36, 38–55 a ‘half-military review’.—M-M.

ὀπίσω adv. (Hom. [ὀπίσσω]+).

① marker of a position in back of someth., behind

ⓐ as adv.

α. in answer to the quest. ‘where?’ behind, in our lit. only w. art. τὸ ὀπ.: εἰς τοὐπίσω back (Pla., Phdr. 254b, Rep. 528a; Diod S 1, 32, 5; Lucian, De Merc. Cond. 21; Dionys. Byz. 53 p. 21, 16; Jos., Ant. 7, 15) ἀφορμᾶν start back 1 Cl 25:4. Mostly pl. τὰ ὀπ. what lies behind (ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω: PPetr. III, 23 [246 B.C.]; BGU 1002, 16) in imagery, of a footrace: the part of the course already covered Phil 3:13. εἰς τὰ ὀπ. (1 Macc 9:47; Philo, Leg. All. 2, 99 [=Gen 49:17]): ἀπέρχεσθαι shrink back J 18:6; fig. draw back 6:66. στρέφεσθαι turn back, turn around 20:14; GJs 15:5 (Antimachus Coloph. [V/IV B.C.] ed. BWyss ’36, Fgm. 60 στρέφεσθαι εἰς τοὐπίσω; cp. Ps 113:3). Also ἐπιστρέφεσθαι Hv 4, 3, 7 (cp. 4 Km 20:10). ἐπιστρέφειν return (home) Mt 24:18; Mk 13:16; Lk 17:31. βλέπειν look back( wards) (cp. Plut., Nic. 532 [14, 2] ὀπίσω βλ.; Artem. 1, 36 p. 37, 23 τὰ ὀπίσω βλέπειν; Gen 19:17, 26) in imagery Lk 9:62. Cast backward = reject 1 Cl 35:8 (Ps 49:17).

β. in answer to the quest. ‘whither’, ‘where to?’ back, behind (Lucian, Dea Syr. 36; Appian, Maced. 18 §3, Mithrid. 104 §489; Polyaenus 7, 27, 1; Gen 24:5; 3 Km 18:37; Jos., Ant. 6, 15) στῆναι ὀπ. παρὰ τ. πόδας αὐτοῦ come and stand behind him at his feet Lk 7:38. ὀπίσω τὰς χεῖρας ποιεῖν put one’s hands behind one MPol 14:1.

ⓑ functioning as prep. w. gen. (POxy 43 B IV, 3 ὀπίσω Καπιτολείου; LXX) behind (OGI 56, 62 [237 B.C.] ταύτης δʼ ὀπίσω=behind this one; Ps.-Lucian, Asin. 17; 29; Chion, Ep. 4, 3; SSol 2:9.—Gen 19:6) ἤκουσα ὀπ. μου I heard behind me Rv 1:10. τὰ ὀπ. σου Hs 9, 2, 7.—ὕπαγε ὀπ. μου get behind me! get out of my sight! Mt 4:10 v.l.; 16:23; Mk 8:33 (CDodd, JTS 5, ’54, 246f); Lk 4:8 v.l. (cp. 4 Km 9:19). Subst. τὰ ὀπ. σου ἰδεῖν οὐ δύνῃ Hs 9, 2, 7 (s. 1aα, end).—VHarlow, Jesus’ Jerusalem Expedition ’36, 20–37: Ὀπίσω μου, esp. 31f.

② marker of position behind an entity that precedes, after functions as prep. w. gen.

ⓐ of place after (Ex 15:20; 2 Km 3:16; JosAs 26:7; 27:6) Lk 19:14. ὀπ. τῆς γυναικός after the woman Rv 12:15. ἔρχεσθαι ὀπ. τινός come after someone, follow someone (at the same time in the transf. sense ‘be an adherent/follower’) Mt 16:24; Mk 8:34 v.l.; Lk 9:23; 14:27. Also ἀκολουθεῖν (q.v. 2; also s. Gulin s.v. μιμητής a) Mt 10:38; Mk 8:34. ἀπέρχεσθαι Mk 1:20; J 12:19. πορεύεσθαι ὀπ. τινός Lk 21:8. The two latter verbs combine w. ὀπίσω τινός in our lit. in another connection: ἀπέρχεσθαι ὀπ. σαρκὸς ἑτέρας go after strange/alien flesh i.e. human beings in Sodom were lusting after beings of a different order, viz. angels (according to En 12:4 al., the reverse took place when angels visited earthly women) Jd 7. The parallel pass. 2 Pt 2:10, on the other hand, has ὀπ. σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ μιασμοῦ πορεύεσθαι, where the σάρξ seems rather to be the power of the defiling desire, to which (σάρξ) the sinners have pledged allegiance. Cp. Hv 3, 7, 3.—δεῦτε ὀπ. μου come, follow me (s. δεῦτε) Mt 4:19; Mk 1:17. ἀποσπᾶν τινα ὀπ. τινός (s. ἀποσπάω 2a) Ac 20:30. ἀφιστάναι λαὸν ὀπ. αὐτοῦ (s. ἀφίστημι 1) 5:37. ἐκτρέπεσθαι ὀπ. τοῦ σατανᾶ (s. ἐκτρέπω) 1 Ti 5:15 (cp. Ar. 3, 2 ἐπλανήθησαν ὀπ. τῶν στοιχείων; 7, 4). θαυμάζεσθαι ὀπ. τινός (s. θαυμάζω 2) Rv 13:3.

ⓑ of time after (3 Km 1:6, 24; Eccl 10:14) ἔρχεσθαι ὀπ. τινός Mt 3:11; Mk 1:7; J 1:15, 27, 30 (CLindeboom, ‘Die na mij komt, is voor mij geworden’: GereformTT 16, 1916, 438–46; difft. [‘a follower of mine’] KGrobel, JBL 60, ’41, 397–401).—DELG s.v. ὄπισθεν. M-M. TW.

⁺ V 0-11-2-2-1=16 Jos 6,7.11.15; 15,10; 16,6

to go round, to go about Jos 6,7; to go round, to come round (of a border) Jos 15,10; to compass [τι] Jb 1,7; to come about (of a speech) 2 Sm 14,20

*Ez 3,15 περιῆλθον I walked around-אסב for MT אביב Abib

Cf. HELBING 1928, 87

περιπίπτω, [tense] fut. -

A

πεσοῦμαι Ar.V. 523

, etc.: [dialect] Ep. [tense] pf. part. fem.

περιπεπτηυῖαι Eratosth.16.9

:— fall around, i.e. so as to embrace, τινι X. An.1.8.28;

ἐπί τινι Plu.Crass.17

;

εἰς τὸ στῆθος Id.Sert.26

.

2 fall around, i.e. upon, a weapon,

τῷ ξίφει Ar.V. 523

;

τῷ βέλει Antipho 3.3.6

.

3 [ζῶναι] πόλοις περιπεπτηυῖαι encircling the poles, Eratosth.l.c.

4 fall over,

ἑκατέρωσε Plu.Pyrrh.24

;

πλαγία περιπεσοῦσα Id.Ant.67

.

II c. dat., fall in with, Hdt.6.105;

ἀλλήλοις X.An.7.3.38

, etc.; freq. of ships meeting at sea, Hdt.6.41,8.94, Th. 8.33, 103; π. μουσικῇ τε καὶ ταῖς μέθαις having encountered them in our discussion. Pl.Lg. 682e; ἡ ὄψις κάμνουσα ἐν τοῖς μικροῖς τοῖς μεγάλοις ἀσμένως π. Plot.6.9.3: abs., supervene, Petos. ap. Vett. Val.278.8.

2 fall foul of other ships,

τῇσι σφετέρῃσι νηυσί Hdt.8.89

; περὶ ἀλλήλας of one another, ib.16; also π. περὶ τὴν Σηπιάδα to be wrecked on.., Id.7.188.

3 metaph., fall in with, fall into, mostly of evil, c. dat., π. ἀδίκοισι γνώμῃσι fall in with, encounter unjust judgements, Id.1.96; π. τοιαύτῃσι τύχῃσι, δουλοσύνῃ, Id.6.16, 106; νούσοις, νοσήμασι, Hp. VM3, X.Cyr.6.2.27;

λουτροῖσιν ἀλόχου E.Or. 367

;

αἰσχρᾷ τύχῃ Id.Hec. 498

;

ἀκουσίοις κακοῖς Antipho 3.3.7

;

τοιούτῳ πάθει Th.2.54

;

τοιαύτῃ συμφορᾷ περιπέπτωκεν ὑπὸ τούτου D.21.96

, cf. And.1.51;

ἀβροχίαις OGI56.15

(Canopus, iii B. C.);

π. συκοφάνταις Lys.7.1

;

αἰσχύνῃ X.HG7.3.9

;

ταῖς μεγίσταις ζημίαις Isoc.7.27

, cf. 12.146;

αἰτίᾳ Plu. Ant.67

; also σοὶ αὐτῷ περιπίπτειν to be caught in your own snare, Hdt.1.108, cf. 8.16, Luc.DMort.26.2;

τοῖς ἐμαυτοῦ λόγοις περιπίπτω Aeschin.2.144

: with a Prep., ἐν σφίσι κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας διαφορὰς π. Th.2.65 : abs., come to grief, Plb.8.36.4, Vett.Val.16.2.

4 of events, befall one,

ἤν μοί τι περιπίπτῃ κακόν Ar.Th. 271

: abs.,

δεῖ τι περιπεσεῖν Philostr.VA1.33

.

III change suddenly,

εἴς τι Plb.3.4.5

.

Grammatical information: n. pl.

Meaning: `movable goods, utensils' (Ion.-Att.).

Other forms: (rarely - ον)

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [639] * kʷel- `turn around'

Etymology: Old expression, prob. as ἔπι-πλ-α from ἐπι-πέλομαι `to come on the surface(?)' (`move on top'?), so "what has come at it(?)" opposed to fixed possessions; for the formation cf. δί-φρ-ος and Schwyzer 449. Because the word was untransparent reshapeings, as ἐπίπλοα (Hdt. 1, 94, pap.; after ἐπιπλεῖν, cf. on ἐπίπλοον), ἐπίπολα (Dodona; after ἐπιπολή, s. v.).

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⁺ V 13-2-4-5-8=32 Ex 7,17.20; 10,19; Lv 13,3.4

A: to change, to alter [intr.] Ex 7,17; id. [τι] Ex 10,19; to turn into, to change to [τι +pred.] Lv 13,10; to turn [+pred.] Lv 13,3; id. [εἴς τι] Lv 13,17; to come to, to turn to [εἴς τινα] Is 60,5

M: to turn oneself, to turn Jos 8,21; to change one’s mind 4 Mc 6,24; to turn into [εἴς τι] Wis 19,19

μεταβαλὼν τὰ νόμιμα who abandoned the observance of the law 3 Mc 1,3; μεταβάλλει τὸ πρόσωπον his face grows pale Is 29,22

*Is 13,8 μεταβαλοῦσιν they will change-⋄פנה (verb)? for MT פניהם ⋄פנה (subst.) their faces; *Jb 10,8 μετὰ ταῦτα μεταβαλών subsequently you changed your mind-סבב אחר for MT סביב יחד together all around?

see μεταπίπτω

περιβάλλω, [tense] fut. - βᾰλῶ: [tense] aor. περιέβᾰλον (v. infr.):—

A throw round, about, or over, put on or over, c. acc. rei,

φίλας περὶ χεῖρε βαλόντε Od. 11.211

;

περὶ πτερὰ πυκνὰ βαλόντες Il.11.454

;

περὶ δ' ἄντυγα βάλλε φαεινήν 18.479

;

π. χέρας Ar.Th. 914

, E.Or. 1044: freq. c. dat.,

χέρας π. τινί Id.Ph. 1459

, etc.; περὶ δ' ὠλένας δέρᾳ.. βάλοιμι ib. 165 (lyr.); π. τινὶ δεσμά, βρόχους, A.Pr.52, E.Ba. 619;

Τροίᾳ ζευκτήριον A.Ag. 529

;

κρατὶ π. σκότον E.HF 1159

; π. τινὰ χαλκεύματι put him round the sword, i. e. stab him, A.Ch. 576; also περὶ τὰ στέρνα θώρηκας π. Hdt. 1.215, cf. 5.85;

αἱμασιὴν π. κατὰ τὸν κύκλον Id.7.60

; περὶ ἕρμα π. ναῦν wreck it on.., Th.7.25:—[voice] Med., throw round or over oneself, put on, c. acc. rei, περιβαλλόμενοι τεύχεα putting on their arms, Od.22.148;

περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ' ἰξυῖ 5.231

;

ξίφος περὶ στιβαροῖς βάλετ' ὤμοις 14.528

; εἷμα, φᾶρος περιβάλλεσθαι, Hdt. 1.152, 9.109;

φάρεα καὶ πλοκάμους E.IT 1150

(lyr.);

κόσμον σώμασιν Id.HF 334

;

κύκλον ὅσον περιβάλλεται αἰθήρ Hermesian.7.87

; freq. of defences,

τεῖχος καὶ σωτηρίην περιβαλέσθαι τοῖς τε χρήμασι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν Democr.280

; also

ὅταν περιβάλωνται χειρις μοὺς παραλλάττοντας Phld.Rh.1.8

S.;

π. ἕρκος ἔρυμα τῶν νεῶν Hdt.9.96

;

τείχεα Id.1.141

, cf. 6.46, Th.1.8 ;

ταῖς πόλεσιν ἐρύματα περιβάλλονται X.Mem.2.1.14

;

Πελοποννήσῳ π. ἓν τεῖχος Arist.Pol. 1276a27

; λιμένι τεῖχος, χάρακα τῇ παρεμβολῇ, Plb.4.65.11, 5.20.5 ; also περὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον τεῖχος π. Lys.2.45: c. dupl. acc., τεῖχος περιβαλέσθαι πόλιν build a wall round it, Hdt.1.163 : in [tense] pf. [voice] Pass., have a thing put round one, Pl.Smp. 216d ; τὸ τεῖχος περιβεβλημένος having his wall around him, encompassed by it, Id.Tht. 174e, cf. Arist.Pol. 1331a8.

2 metaph., put round or upon a person, i. e. invest him with it, π. τινὶ ἀγαθόν (i. e. βασιληΐην), τυραννίδα, Hdt.1.129, E. Ion 829 ;

π. σωτηρίαν [τισί] Id.HF 304

;

ὕδασι δουλείαν Id.Ph. 189

(lyr.);

οἶκτον Id.IA 934

; τινὶ π. ἀνανδρίαν, i.e. make him faint-hearted, Id.Or. 1031; π. τὴν αἰτίαν τῷ ἰατρῷ impute blame to.., Pall.in Hp.12.283 C.:—[voice] Pass., c. acc., to be involved in,

μεγίστην ζημίαν τὸ ταμεῖον περιβληθήσεται SIG888.87

(Scaptopara, iii A. D.).

II reversely c. dat. rei, surround, encompass with.., περιβαλεῖν πλῆθος τῶν ἰχθύων (sc. τῷ ἀμφιβλήστρῳ) Hdt.1.141;

βρόχῳ π. τὸν αὐχένα Id.4.60

(tm.); [Βόσπορον] πέδαις π. A.Pers. 748;

π. τινὰ ὑφάσματι E.Or.25

;

δοραῖσι σῶμα Id.Cyc. 330

; π. τινὰ χερσί embrace, Id.Or. 372 :—[voice] Med., surround or enclose for one's advantage or defence,

τὴν νῆσον π. τείχει Pl.Criti. 116a

;

χωρίον X.Cyr.6.3.30

; π. θύννους net them, Arist.HA 537a20, cf. 533b25.

2 metaph., π. τινὰ κακῷ, συμφοραῖς, involve one in evil or calamity, E.Or. 906, Antipho 3.2.12 ;

ἀνηκέστοις πόλιν συμφοραῖς And.1.142

, cf. Lys.4.20;

ὀνείδει D.22.35

; π. τινὰ φυγῇ, i.e. banish him, Plu.2.775c;

τινὰ κλοπῆς καταδίκῃ Id.Arist.4

:— [voice] Pass., [ συμφοραῖς] Phld.Piet. 35b.

III c. acc. only, encompass, surround, περιβάλλει με σκότος, νέφος, E.Ph. 1453, HF 1140 ; π. ἀλλήλους embrace each other, X.An.4.7.25, cf. Men.Pk.36, 111; also, clothe, τινα Ev.Matt.25.36; τὸ περιβεβλημένον the space enclosed, enclosure, Hdt.2.91; cf.

περίβολος 11.2

:—[voice] Med., ἤλαυνον περιβαλόμενοι [τὰ ὑποζύγια] surrounding them, Id.9.39, cf. X.Cyr.1.4.17.

2 fetch a compass round, double,

ἵπποι περὶ τέρμα βαλοῦσαι Il.23.462

; esp. of ships, round a cape,

π. τὸν Ἄθων Hdt.6.44

;

Σούνιον Th.8.95

: abs., of a hare, double, X.Cyn.5.29, 6.18.

3 amplify, expand,

λόγον Hermog.Id.1.4

, cf. 11: abs., ib.3,al.

IV [voice] Med., bring into one's power, compass,

ἰδίῃ π. ἑωυτῷ κέρδεα Hdt.3.71

;

πολλὰ [χρήματα] Id.8.8

, cf. 7.190; σωφροσύνης δόξαν π. X.Mem.4.2.6;

τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν πραγμάτων περιβαλλόμενος D.18.231

;

πλῆθος λείας Plb.1.29.7

, cf. 3.69.7 : [tense] pf. [voice] Pass., to have come into possession of..,

πόλιν Hdt.6.24

;

δυναστείας Isoc.4.184

, cf. 2.25.

2 appropriate mentally, comprehend,

περιβάλλεσθαι τῇ διανοίᾳ τὰς πράξεις Id.5.118

; πολλὰ περιβεβλῆσθαι πράγματα to have aimed at learning many things, Men.683; logically, ξύμπαντα τὰ οἰκεῖα.. γένους τινὸς οὐσίᾳ π. embrace, Pl.Plt. 285b.

3 use circumlocution, κομψῶς κύκλῳ π. Id.Smp. 222c, cf. Phdr. 272d.

V throw beyond, beat in throwing: hence generally, excel, surpass,

μνηστῆρας δώροισι Od.15.17

; π. ἀρετῇ to be superior in.., Il.23.276.

VI π. τὸ λουτρόν take a bath, Cass.Pr.5 ; π. πρὸς λουτρόν ibid.

περίειμι ( εἰμί sum) [(A)]

A to be around,

χωρίον ᾧ κύκλῳ τειχίον περιῆν Th.7.81

; but more freq.

II to be superior to another, surpass, excel, c.gen.pers.,

τόσσον ἐγὼ περί τ' εἰμὶ θεῶν περί τ' εἴμ' ἀνθρώπων 11.8.27

, cf. Emp.113, Hdt.3.146, X.Mem.3.7.7: c. acc. rei,

περὶ φρένας ἔμμεναι ἄλλων Il.13.631

;

περίεσσι γυναικῶν εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε Od.18.248

, cf. 19.326, etc.;

οἳ περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν περὶ δ' ἐστὲ μάχεσθαι Il.1.258

, cf. Od.1.66: later c. dat. rei, σοφίᾳ τῶν Ἑλλήνων π. Pl.Prt. 342b, cf. Smp. 222e;

τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ π. τῶν φίλων X.An.1.9.24

: without gen. pers., to be superior, ναυσὶ πολὺ π. Th.6.22 ;

πολλὸν π. πλήθεϊ Hdt.9.31

, cf. X. An.1.8.13 : abs., ἐλπὶς τοῦ περιέσεσθαι hope of success, Th.1.144, cf. Men.Sam. 134; ἐκ περιόντος ἀγωνιεῖσθαι at an advantage, Th.8.46.

III to be spared, τινι Hdt.3.119: abs., survive, Id.1.11, 120, al., Hp.Prog.20 ; τῇ σεωυτοῦ μοίρῃ περίεις by your own destiny, Hdt.1.121 ; τὴν Ἑλλάδα π. ἐλευθέρην shall remain free, Id.7.139, cf. D.21.222, etc. ; of things, to be extant, still in existence, Hdt.1.92, etc.

2 to be over and above, remain, freq. in part.,

τὸ περιὸν τοῦ στρατοῦ Th.2.79

; esp. of property, money, etc.,

ἡ περιοῦσα παρασκευή Id.1.89

;

π. τινὶ εἰς τὸν ἐνιαυτόν Pl.R. 416e

; οἰόμενοι περιεῖναι χρήματά τῳ imagining that any one has a balance in his hands, D.18.227 ; τὰ περιόντα τοῦ κλήρου the surplus, balance, Pl.Lg. 923d, cf. Lys.21.16, Is.5.41; τὰ περιόντα χρήματα τῆς διοικήσεως the money remaining after paying the expenses, D.59.4, cf. IG12.91.31, PRev.Laws 16.16 (iii B.C.), etc. ; ἃ δὲ νῦν περιόντ' αὐτὸν ὑβρίζειν ἐπαίρει but the superfluous wealth which now incites him.., D.21.211.

b metaph., ἐκ τοῦ περιεῦντος γενέσθαι to be a luxury, Democr.144 ; ἐκ τοῦ π. in one's leisure, D.Ep.3.36; as a work of supererogation, Phld.Mus.p.108K.;

τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ π. εἰς εὐπρέπειαν ἠσκημένοις Luc.Am.33

; τοσοῦτον ὑμῖν περίεστι τοῦ πρὸς ἐμὲ μίσους you have such an excess of hatred against me, Ps.Philipp. ap. D.12.7 ; τοσοῦτον αὐτῷ περιῆν (sc. τῆς ὕβρεως) D.21.17, cf. Philostr.VA3.46, Ael.NA5.34, Aristid.Or.22(19).6, al.; τοσοῦτον περίεστιν (sc. τῆς ὕβρεως (

, ὥστε τοὺς ἠδικημένους πρὸς συκοφαντοῦσιν D.55.29

.

3 to be left over and above, to be the net result, ὑμῖν περίεστιν ἐκ τούτων the net result to you of all this is.., Id.13.20 ; ἐνίοις.. τὸ μηδὲν ἀναλῶσαι.. περίεστιν to some the net result is that they spend nothing, Id.21.155 ;

ὥστε μηδὲν ἄλλ' ἢ τὰς αἰσχύνας αὐτῷ περιεῖναι Aeschin.1.154

; ψηφίσμαθ' ὑμῖν περιέσται, βελτίω δ' οὐδ' ὁτιοῦν τὰ πράγματ' ἔσται you will have plenty of decrees, but.., D. Prooem.21.3 : c. inf.,

περίεστι τοίνυν ὑμῖν ἀλλήλοις ἐρίζειν Id.2.29

; cf. περιγίγνομαι.

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περίειμι [(B)] ( εἶμι

A ibo). [In Com. the ι in περί is sts. elided in the part., περιών, περιόντες, Pherecr.186, Phryn.Com.3.4, Pl.Com.193, Antiph.279, and the part. is so written in Pap. of Arist.Ath.53.1, Hyp.Dem.Fr.4, Lyc.2, also in all or some codd. of Th.1.30, al., X.HG 3.2.25, D.4.10, 48, al.]: go round, fetch a compass, Hdt.2.138, etc. ; π. κατὰ νώτου τισί get round and take them in rear, Th.4.36; π. κατὰ τὰς κώμας go round to every village, Pl.Min. 320c ;

π. κατ' ἀγρούς Lys.31.18

.

b go about, Hp.Fract.15, Gland.12 ;

βούλεσθε περιιόντες πυνθάνεσθαι D.4.10

, cf. 48,6.14, 18.158, etc. ; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν π. Phryn.Com. l. c.

2 c. acc. loci, go round, compass,

π. τὸν νηὸν κύκλῳ Hdt.1.159

; π. φυλακάς go round the guards, visit them, Id.5.33 ;

τὸν βωμόν Ar. Pax 957

;

ἐν κύκλῳ περιῄει πάντα Id.Pl. 709

;

ὁ ἥλιος κύκλῳ π. τὴν σελήνην Pl.Cra. 409b

, cf. La. 183b ;

τὴν Ἑλλάδα περιῄει X.An.7.1.33

; αἰ μὴ περιιεῖεν [τὰν ἱερὰν γᾶν] IG22.1126.18(Amphict. Delph.); of sounds,

αὐλῶν σε περίεισιν πνοή Ar.Ra. 154

.

II come round to one, esp. in one's turn or by inheritance, ἡ ἀρχή, βασιληΐη περίεισι ἔς τινα, Hdt.1.120, 2.120.

2 of revolving periods, χρόνου περιιόντος as time came round, ib. 121.α', 4.155 ;

ὁ κύκλος τῶν ὡρέων ἐς τὠυτὸ περιιών Id.2.4

; περι (ι) όντι τῷ θέρει, τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ, Th.1.30, X.HG 3.2.25.

Grammatical information: adv. and prep.

Meaning: `on the top of, above' (Ion.-Att.).

Derivatives: ἐπιπόλαιος `on the top of' (Hp., D.), ἐπιπολάζω `be on the top, come (on) high, have the upper hand, be usual' (Hp., Att., Arist.) with ἐπιπόλασις, - ασμός, - αστικός; also ἐπιπολή f. `surface' (Argos III<sup>a</sup>, Aret., Gal.) with ἐπιπολεύω `be at the sufface' (Ael.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Prob. from *ἐπὶ πολῆς (Schwyzer 625), so from a noun *πολη. A connection with πέλομαι, πόλος, τέλος is semantically not evident: *πολή like τέλος ( γονή: γένος) prop. `turning-, endpoint' \> `culminating point' or `walking around, place where one walks'? Better seem to fit Swed. fala f. `(treeless) plain, heathe', OCS polje `field' from ORuss. polъ `open, free' (Persson Beitr. 1, 228); (but hardly to παλάμη, πέλανος)}. - Here also Έπιπολαί pl. name of the heights near Syracuse (Th.).

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `young girl, daughter', metaph. `pupil', archit. `female figure', also name of the daughter of Persephone (IA., Arc.); on the contents Kerényi Paideuma 1, 341ff. (h. Cer. 439). Zumbach Neuerungen 57

Other forms: ep. Ion. κούρη (Il.), Dor. κώρα, κόρα, Arc. Cor. κόρϜα

Dialectal forms: Myc. kowo, kowa

Compounds: Some compp., e. g. κορο-πλάθος m. `sculptor of semale figures' (Att.).

Derivatives: Several diminut.: κόριον, Dor. (Megar.) κώριον (Ar., Theoc.) with κορίδιον (Delphi, Naupaktos); κορίσκη (Pl. Com.) with - ίσκιον (Poll.); also Κορίσκος m. name of an arbitrary man (Arist.), also as PN (D. L.); κοράσιον (hell.; Schwyzer 471 n. 5) with - ασίδιον (Arr.), - ασίς (Steph. Med.), - ασιώδης (Com. Adesp., Plu.); κόριλλα, Κόριννα (Boeot.; Chantraine Formation 252 u. 205); κορύδιον (Naupaktos). - Adjectives: κουρίδιος (Ion. Il.), prop. `of a young lady, untouched', then `matrimonial, lawfull' ( ἄλοχος, πόσις, λέχος a. o.; on the meaning Bechtel Lex. s. v., on the formation Schwyzer 467, Chantraine Formation 40); κουρήϊος `of a young lady' (h. Cer. 108; Zumbach Neuerungen 14); Κόρειος `of Κόρη', Κόρειον, -α pl. `temple', resp. `feast of Κόρη' (Attica, Plu.); κοραῖος `of a girl' (Epic. in Arch. Pap. 7, 8), κορικός `id.' (hell.; Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. gr. 121). *Κορίτης (- τις) `servant of Κόρη' in Κορειτῆαι pl. for *Κοριτεῖαι `service of Κόρη?' (Lycosoura). - Verbs: κορεύομαι `pass one's maidenhood' (E.), `loose...' (Pherecyd.) with κόρευμα, κορεία maidenhood' (E., resp. D. Chr., AP); κορίζομαι prop. *"treat like a maiden (child)", `caress' (Ar.), ὑπο- κόρη `call with endearing names, address' (Pi., Att.). - Beside κόρη or perhaps formed from it (s. below): κόρος (trag., Pl. Lg., Plu.; also Dor.), ep. κοῦρος, Theoc. κῶρος m. `youth, boy, son' (Il.). Compp., e. g. ἄ-κουρος `without son' (η 64), κουρο-τρόφος `educating youths' (Od.); on Διόσκουροι s. v. - Derivv: κούρητες m. pl. `younge warrior' (Il.), Κουρῆτες, Dor. Κωρ- (Hes., Crete etc.) `Cureten', name of divine beings, which dance a weapon-dance around the Zeus child etc. (Hes. Fr. 198, Crete etc.) with Κουρητικός, - ῆτις, κουρητεύω, κουρητισμός (hell.); on the formation of κούρητες Schwyzer 499, Chantraine Formation 267; on the accent Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 106 (= Kl. Schr. 2, 1163); also v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 129 n. 1. To κοῦρος also κουρώδης `boy-like', prob. also κούριος `youthful' (Orph. A., Orac. ap. Paus. 9, 14, 3), κουροσύνη, -Dor. -α `youth' (Theoc., AP), - συνος `youthful' (AP). - κουρίζω `be a young man, maiden' (χ 185), `educate a youth' (Hes.), κουριζόμενος ὑμεναιούμενος H. -.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [577] *ḱerh₁- `grow'

Etymology: The more limited attestation of masc. κοῦρος, κόρος compared with general κούρη, κόρη perhaps indicates that the masc. was an innovation to fem. PGr. *κόρϜα; s. Lommel Femininbildungen 7ff. As masc. counterpart there were e. g. παῖς and νεανίας. - That κόρϜα, *κόρϜος come from the root of κορέννυμι, is generally ccepted, but the exact jugment is difficult: prop. abstractformation, as "growth, flourishing, blossom"? The meaning `sprout, branch' for κόρος (rare: Lysipp. 9, Hp. ap. Gal. 19, 113) is hardly very old, but developed from `son' or the like (or from κείρω?, s. on κοῦρος). Note κόρυξ νεανίσκος H. (beside κόριψ `id.' and Κόρυψ Boeot. PN, s. Bechtel Namenstudien 29f.), which may have an intermediate u-stem; Specht Ursprung 148. Further s. κορέννυμι. - κοῦρος not with Bezzenberger, Fick and Bechtel (s. Lex. s. v.) to Lith. šárvas `armament', κόρυς `helm'; s. Kretschmer Glotta 8, 254.

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μέσος, η, ον (Hom.+). The distinction between ‘middle’ and ‘among’ for μ. is sometimes rather fluid, and some of the passages here cited may fit equally well under 1 or 2.

① pert. to a middle position spatially or temporally, middle, in the middle.

ⓐ as adj. (of intermediate terms: Pla., Rep. 330b, Pol. 303a) ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν ἀνήρ the man in their midst, apparently surrounded by them Hs 9, 12, 7. μέσης νυκτός at midnight (3 Km 3:20.—B-D-F §270, 2; Rob. 495; Lobeck, Phryn. p. 53; 54; 465) Mt 25:6. ἡμέρας μέσης at midday (Jos., Bell. 1, 651, Ant. 17, 155) Ac 26:13. εἰς μέσην τὴν οἰκοδομήν into the middle of the building Hs 9, 7, 5; cp. 9, 8, 2; 4; 6 (cp. Philo, Fuga 49 εἰς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν; Jos., Ant. 4, 80 εἰς μέσον τὸ πῦρ). ἐσταύρωσαν … μέσον τὸν Ἰησοῦν they crucified Jesus between (them) J 19:18. ἐσχίσθη τὸ καταπέτασμα μέσον the curtain was torn in two Lk 23:45 (cp. Artem. 4, 30 τὸ ἱμάτιον μέσον ἐρρωγέναι). ἐλάκησεν μέσος Ac 1:18 (cp. Aristoph., Ran. 955). ἐν μέσοις τοῖς ὀργάνοις τοῦ διαβόλου in the midst of the tools of the devil 2 Cl 18:2 (for the syntax cp. Gen 2:9 ἐν μέσῳ τῷ παραδείσῳ).

ⓑ as subst. neut. τὸ μ. the middle (on the absence of the art. s. B-D-F §264, 4; cp. Rob. 792) ἀνὰ μέσον τινός (s. ἀνά 1) ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὁρίων within or through the region Mk 7:31. ἀνὰ μ. αὐτῶν between them GPt 4:10; Hs 9, 2, 3; 9, 15, 2. ἀνὰ μ. ἐκκλησίας ἁγίων B 6:16; 4:10; διακρῖναι ἀνὰ μ. τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ between one (congregation) member and another 1 Cor 6:5 (s. ἀνά 1b. Perh. μέσος prompted a shortening of the sentence tending to obscurity; cp. the Stoic expr. μέσα καθήκοντα = καθήκοντα ἃ ἐν μέσῳ ἐστὶ κατορθωμάτων κ. ἁμαρτημάτων: MPohlenz, D. Stoa II ’49, 73f). τὸ ἀρνίον τὸ ἀ. μ. τοῦ θρόνου the lamb who is (seated) on the center of the throne Rv 7:17. ἀνὰ μ. τῆς ὁδοῦ (they made) half their journey GJs 17:3.—διὰ μέσου αὐτῶν through the midst of them (X., An. 1, 4, 4; Aesop. Fab. 147 P.=247 H./201a Ch./152 [I, II] H-H.; Am 5:17; Jer 44:4; Jdth 11:19; 1 Macc 5:46; Ath. 18, 3 ‘between’) Lk 4:30; J 8:59 v.l. διὰ μέσον Σαμαρείας καὶ Γαλιλαίας Lk 17:11 prob. can only mean through Samaria and Galilee; but this raises a practical difficulty, since we should expect to find the provinces mentioned in the opposite order. Perh. the text is damaged (cp. the vv.ll. διὰ μέσου and μέσον; s. B-D-F §222; Rob. 648; JBlinzler, AWikenhauser Festschr. ’54, 46ff. If the v.l. διὰ μέσου Σ. καὶ Γ. should be correct, we could compare Maximus Tyr. 28, 4a διὰ μέσου πίστεως κ. ἀπιστίας=throughout between). For the view that μέσον signifies the area betw. S. and G. s. the comm. Cp. δια B1.—εἰς τὸ μέσον into the middle or center (X., Cyr. 3, 1, 6; Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 24; 3 Km 6:8; Jos., Ant. 9, 149) Mk 3:3; Lk 4:35; 5:19; 6:8; J 20:19, 26 (ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον as Vi. Aesopi G 82 P.); Hs 9, 8, 5; also in the middle 9, 6, 1. W. gen. (X., An. 1, 5; 14a; Jer 21:4; 48:7; Sb 6270, 13) εἰς τὸ μ. αὐτῶν in the midst of them 9, 11, 7. Without the art. (LXX; Jos., Vi. 334; SibOr 3, 674) εἰς μ. τοῦ πεδίου in the middle of the plain Hs 9, 2, 1 (εἰς μ.=‘in the middle’, as Ps.-Clem., Hom. 3, 30 p. 44, 21 Lag.). τί … τὸ ἔριον εἰς μ. τῶν ἀκανθῶν τιθέασιν; Why do they place the wool in the middle of the thorns? 7:11. ἀναστὰς εἰς μ. he arose (and came) forward Mk 14:60 (cp. Theocr. 22, 82 ἐς μέσον=into the middle; Himerius, Or. 63 [=Or. 17], 2 εἰς μέσον ἔρχεσθαι=come into the open; X., Cyr. 4, 1, 1 στὰς εἰς τὸ μ.).—ἐν τῷ μ. among, before (more closely defined by the context, or = in public [so Clearch., Fgm. 45 οἴκοι καὶ μὴ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ; Appian, Liby. 15 §63]) Mt 14:6 (Dio Chrys. 30 [79], 39 ὀρχεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ μέσω; Lucian, Pereg. 8) and into the middle, before (them) (Vi. Aesopi W c. 86 στὰς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἔφη) Ac 4:7. Without the art. (LXX) ἐν μέσῳ (on the spelling ἐμ μέσῳ, which occurs several times as v.l., s. B-D-F §19, 1; Mlt-H. 105) abs. into the middle, before (someone) (Appian, Hann. 16 §67, Liby. 14 §59; Jos., Ant. 7, 278) J 8:3; MPol 18:1 and in the middle (Pla., Rep. 558a; Herm. Wr. 4, 3; PLille 1 recto, 5 [259 B.C.]; GrBar 13:4) J 8:9. W. gen. of place (Aeneas Tact. 1529; 1532; TestAbr A 12 p. 90, 21 [Stone p. 28], B 8 p. 113, 3 [St. p. 74]; ParJer 1:2; GrBar 10:2) τῆς θαλάσσης (En 97:7) in the middle of the lake Mk 6:47. τῆς πλατείας through the middle of the street Rv 22:2. ἐν μ. τῆς αὐλῆς in the middle of the courtyard Lk 22:55a; τοῦ τάφου GPt 13:55. ἐν μ. αὐτῆς within it (the city of Jerusalem) Lk 21:21; cp. Dg 12:3; MPol 12:1; 12:2(?). ἐν μ. τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων on the center of the throne and among the four living creatures Rv 5:6a (w. double gen. also between: Appian, Hann. 14 §60, Bell. Civ. 5, 23 §92; Arrian, Anab. 1, 20, 2; 3, 28, 8 al.; Lucian, Fugit. 10 ἐν μ. ἀλαζονείας κ. φιλοσοφίας). ἐν μέσῳ τ. θρόνου around (on every side of) the throne 4:6 (but between the throne and a more remote point: RBrewer, JBL 71, ’52, 227–31).—ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας Hb 2:12 (Ps 21:23); cp. Ac 17:22. κατὰ μέσον (Jos., Bell. 5, 207; SibOr 3, 802 κατὰ μέσσον=‘in the middle’ [of the day]) κατὰ μ. τῆς νυκτός about midnight Ac 16:25 D; 27:27.

ⓒ The neut. μέσον serves as adv. (e.g., Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 43 §175 μ.=meanwhile) ἦν μέσον ὡς he was in the center of it as MPol 15:2; and is used as prep. w. gen. (B-D-F §215, 3; Rob. 644. Cp. Hdt. 9, 107, 2; Polyb. 8, 25, 1; Epict. 2, 22, 10; LXX, TestSol; TestAbr A 4 p. 80, 31 [Stone p. 8]; JosAs 24:21; Jos., Ant. 6, 65; SibOr 3, 319) μ. τῆς θαλάσσης in the middle of the lake Mt 14:24 v.l.; μ. γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς in the midst of a crooked generation Phil 2:15 (cp. Maximus Tyr. 36, 5a ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σιδηρῷ τούτῳ γένει).

② pert. to a position within a group, without focus on mediate position, among.

ⓐ as adj. ἐκάθητο ὁ Πέτρος μέσος αὐτῶν Peter was sitting among them Lk 22:55 (the point being not as center of attention but inconspicuously in the group; cp. Jos., Ant. 9, 107). μέσος ὑμῶν ἕστηκεν J 1:26 (Jos., Ant. 14, 23). τοῦ πύργου μέσου Hs 9, 8, 2. εἶδον … μέσον αὐτῶν τὸν Παῦλον AcPl Ha 11, 14.

ⓑ as subst. neuter ἀνὰ μέσον τινός (s. ἀνά 1) among someth. Mt 13:25. W. gen. pl. (TestJob 32:6 ἐν μέσῳ τῶν τέκνων σου) in the midst of, among in answer to the questions where and whither (B-D-F §215, 3 app.) Mt 18:2, 20; Mk 9:36; Lk 2:46; 24:36; Ac 1:15; 2:22; 6:15 D; 27:21; Rv 5:6b; cp. 6:6. Of close personal relationship ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν among you = in communion with you Lk 22:27; 1 Th 2:7.—ἐν μ. λύκων among wolves Mt 10:16; Lk 10:3; 2 Cl 5:2.—W. gen. pl. of things (Alciphron 3, 24, 3) Lk 8:7; Rv 1:13; 2:1. ἐκ (τοῦ) μ. from among (X., An. 1, 5, 14b; oracular response in Diod S 9, 3, 2; LXX=מִתּוֹךְ): αἴρειν τι (or τινά) ἐκ (τοῦ) μέσου (τινῶν) Col 2:14; 1 Cor 5:2 (s. αἴρω 3). ἁρπάσαι αὐτὸν ἐκ μ. αὐτῶν Ac 23:10 (s. ἁρπάζω 2a). ἀφορίζειν τοὺς πονηροὺς ἐκ μ. τῶν δικαίων Mt 13:49 (s. ἀφορίζω 1). γίνεσθαι ἐκ μ. 2 Th 2:7 (s. γίνομαι 6b). ἐξέρχεσθαι ἐκ μ. αὐτῶν from among them Ac 17:33; cp. 2 Cor 6:17 (cp. Is 52:11). κύριος λαμβάνει ἑαυτῷ ἔθνος ἐκ μ. ἐθνῶν 1 Cl 29:3 (cp. Dt 4:34).—B. 864. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

περιέχω fut. 3 pl. περιέξουσιν TestSol 8:7; 2 aor. περιέσχον (Hom.+)

① to enclose on all sides, surround, encircle

ⓐ of things, one of which surrounds the other (Pla. et al.; SIG 685, 75; 1169, 20 τόπον κύκλῳ πέτραις περιεχόμενον; Job 30:18; Ath. 6, 1) of water τὴν γῆν flow around the earth 1 Cl 33:3.

ⓑ of persons, encircle w. hostile intent (Hdt. et al.; oft. LXX) περιέσχεν με συναγωγὴ πονηρευομένων B 6:6 (Ps 21:17).

② to take hold of completely, fig. ext. of 1: of circumstances, emotions, moods, that seize, come upon or befall someone w. acc. of pers. (PTebt 44, 8 [114 B.C.] χάριν τῆς περιεχούσης με ἀρρωστίας; 2 Macc 4:16; 3 Macc 5:6; Jos., Bell. 4, 585; 6, 182; Mel., P. 30, 203 συμφορά) θάμβος περιέσχεν αὐτόν amazement seized him, i.e. he was amazed Lk 5:9 (cp. Da 7:28 ἐκστάσει περιειχόμην).

③ to have someth. as content, contain of a document

ⓐ trans., w. acc. (Diod S 2, 1, 1; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 39; 2, 37; 276; SIG 683, 12f [140 B.C.] ἐπιστολὰν περιέχουσαν τὰν κρίσιν; BGU 1047 III, 11; PGiss 57, 1) ἐπιστολὴν περιέχουσαν τάδε Ac 15:23 D. ἐπιστολὴν περιέχουσαν τὸν τύπον τοῦτον 23:25 v.l. Cp. Pol 13:2. ἱστοριαν … ἢν τὸ καθʼ Ἑβραίους εὐαγγέλιον περιέχει Papias (2:17).

ⓑ intr. (SIG 685 [139 B.C.], 21 καθότι τὰ γράμματα περιέχει; 41; 730, 31 [I B.C.]; 820, 11; POxy 95, 33 [95 B.C.]; BGU 19, 10 περιέχων οὕτως; 191, 8; 10; 1 Macc 15:2; 2 Macc 11:16 τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον=οὕτως 2 Macc 11:22; TestLevi 10:5) περιέχει ἐν γραφῇ it stands or says in the scripture 1 Pt 2:6 (ἐν as Jos., Ant. 11, 104; the quot. foll. as SIG 685, 51).—B-D-F §308; Rob. 800. M-M.

σημεῖον, ου, τό (s. prec. entry; Aeschyl., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., apolog.; loanw. in rabb.; Hippol., Ref. 6, 27, 4; Did., Gen. 115, 9 ‘symbol’; gener. ‘sign’)

① a sign or distinguishing mark whereby someth. is known, sign, token, indication (Diod S 3, 66, 3=evidences τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ θεοῦ; Cornutus 16 p. 21, 9.—Arrian, Anab. 6, 26, 4 of marks in the landscape showing direction; ParJer 5:11 τὰ ς. τῆς πόλεως; Just., A I, 55, 6 al.; Iren. 1, 14, 8 [Harv. I 143, 10]; Orig., C. Cels. 3, 43, 36 ς. τῆς μετὰ θάνατον ἐπιφανείας αὐτοῦ [sc. Ἰησοῦ]; 2, 59, 6 of the scars of the resurrected Lord τὰ ς. τῆς κολάσεως). τοῦτο ὑμῖν σημεῖον this (will be) a sign for you Lk 2:12 (cp. Is 37:30). ὅ ἐστιν ς. ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ this is the mark of genuineness in every letter 2 Th 3:17 (Ps.-Pla., Ep. 13, 360a has at its beginning the words σύμβολον ὅτι παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν). Of a signal previously agreed upon δοῦναί τινι σημεῖον (PFay 128, 7 ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν σημεῖον ‘he gave us a signal’; Jos., Ant. 12, 404) Mt 26:48; 1 Cl 12:7.— A sign of things to come (PsSol 15:9 τὸ … σημεῖον ἀπωλείας ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου αὐτῶν; Did., Gen. 191, 6; Philo, Op. M. 58 σημεῖα μελλόντων; Jos., Bell. 6, 285; 296; 297) Mk 13:4; Lk 21:7. The event to be expected is added in the gen. τί τὸ ς. τῆς σῆς παρουσίας; Mt 24:3. τὸ ς. τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου the sign by which one can mark the coming of the Human One (Son of Man) vs. 30 (TGlasson, JTS 15, ’64, 299f [a military metaphor, ‘standard’; cp. Is 18:3; 1QM 3f]). τὰ σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν the signs of the (end)times (καιρός 3b) Mt 16:3.— A sign of warning (Plut., Caes. 737 [63, 1]; SibOr 3, 457; Mel., P. 14, 90) 1 Cl 11:2. Prob. in like manner αἱ γλῶσσαι εἰς σημεῖόν εἰσιν τοῖς ἀπίστοις the tongues (γλῶσσα 3) serve as a (warning) sign to the unbelievers 1 Cor 14:22. Likew. the sign of Jonah (s. Ἰωνᾶς 1) in Luke: Lk 11:29, 30. Here the Human One is to be a sign to his generation, as Jonah was to the Ninevites; cp. οὗτος κεῖται εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον (s. ἀντιλέγω 2) 2:34 (cp. Is 11:12).—W-S. §30, 10d.—GRunze, Das Zeichen des Menschensohnes u. der Doppelsinn des Jonazeichens 1897 (against him PSchmiedel, Lit. Centralblatt 48, 1897, 513–15; Runze again, ZWT 41, 1898, 171–85; finally PSchm. ibid. 514–25); PAsmussen, Protestantenblatt 37, 1904, 375–8; STyson, Bibl. World 33,1909, 96–101; CBowen, AJT 20, 1916, 414–21; JMichael, JTS 21, 1920, 146–59; JBonsirven, RSR 24, ’34, 450–55; HGale, JBL 60, ’41, 255–60; PSeidelin, Das Jonaszeichen, StTh 5, ’51, 119–31; AVögtle, Wikenhauser Festschr. ’53, 230–77; OGlombitza, D. Zeichen des Jona, NTS 8, ’62, 359–66.—In the OT circumcision is σημεῖον διαθήκης=a sign or token of belonging to the covenant (Gen 17:11). For Paul this sign becomes a mark, or seal (so σημεῖον: PRev 26, 5 [III B.C.]; PRein 9 introd. [II B.C.]; 35, 3; BGU 1064, 18) σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς σφραγῖδα he got the mark of circumcision as a seal Ro 4:11. In the difficult pass. B 12:5 ἐν σημείῳ is prob. best taken as by a sign; but it is poss. that the text is defective (s. Windisch, Hdb. ad loc.; RKraft, Did. and Barnabas ’65, 119 note: ‘standard, norm’).—τὰ σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου 2 Cor 12:12a belongs rather to the next category; the signs of the (true) apostle (cp. SIG 831, 14 [117 A.D.] ἡγούμην σημεῖα ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν) are, as is shown by the verb κατειργάσθη and what follows, the wonders or miracles performed by him.

② an event that is an indication or confirmation of intervention by transcendent powers, miracle, portent

ⓐ miracle

α. a miracle of divine origin, performed by God himself, by Christ, or by men of God (cp. Diod S 5, 70, 4 πολλὰ ς. of the young Zeus; 16, 27, 2 ἐγένετο αὐτῷ σημεῖον ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος; Strabo 16, 2, 35 παρὰ τ. θεοῦ ς.; Appian, Ital. 8 §1 σημείων γενομένων ἐκ Διός, Hann. 56 §233; SIG 709, 25 [c. 107 B.C.] διὰ τῶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ γενομένων σαμείων; PGM 1, 65; 74; Jos., Ant. 2, 274; 280; Mel., P. 78, 568): Mt 12:38f; 16:1 (ς. ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ), 4; Mk 8:11 (ς. ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, as Synes., Prov. 1, 7; s. OLinton, The Demand for a Sign from Heaven, StTh 19, ’65, 112–29; JGibson, JSNT 38, ’90, 37–66, a phenomenon suggesting divine deliverance), 12; 16:17, 20; Lk 11:16 (ς. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), 29 (s. 1 above); 23:8; J 2:11, 18, 23; 3:2; 4:54; 6:2, 14, 26, 30; 7:31; 9:16; 10:41; 11:47; 12:18, 37; 20:30 (on σημ. as a designation of Jesus’ miracles in J s. Hdb. on J 2:11 and 6:26; JBernard, ICC John 1929, I introd. 176–86; CBarrett, The Gosp. acc. to St. John, ’55, 62–65); Ac 4:16, 22 (τὸ ς. τῆς ἰάσεως the miracle of healing); 8:6; 1 Cor 1:22; Agr 9. τί εἴδετε σημεῖον ἐπὶ τὸν γεννηθέντα βασιλέα; what kind of sign did you see over the newborn king? GJs 21:2 (codd.). τὸ σημεῖον τὸ ἐνάρετον the marvelous sign AcPl Ha 3,16.—σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα (Polyb. 3, 112, 8 σημείων δὲ καὶ τεράτων πᾶν μὲν ἱερόν, πᾶσα δʼ ἦν οἰκία πλήρης; Plut., Alex. 706 [75, 1 sing.]; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 36 §144 τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα οὐράνια; 4, 4 §14; Aelian, VH 12, 57; Philo, Mos. 1, 95, Aet. M. 2; Jos., Bell. 1, 28, Ant. 20, 168. Oft. in LXX: Ex 7:3; Dt 4:34; 6:22; 7:19 al.; Is 8:18; 20:3; Jer 39:21; Wsd 8:8; 10:16) J 4:48; Ac 2:43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 7:36; 14:3; 15:12; Ro 15:19; Hb 2:4; 1 Cl 51:5; B 4:14; 5:8. δυνάμεις καὶ τέρατα κ. σημεῖα Ac 2:22; 2 Cor 12:12b (SSchreiber, Paulus als Wundertäter: BZNW 79, ’96) σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις Ac 8:13.—1 Cl 25:1; 2 Cl 15:4. SMc-Casland, JBL 76, ’57, 149–52; MWhittaker, Studia Evangelica 5, ’68, 155–58.

β. worked by Satan or his agents to mislead God’s people (s. Iren. 5, 28, 2 [Harv. V 401, 32]) Rv 13:13f; 16:14; 19:20. σημεῖα κ. τέρατα Mt 24:24; Mk 13:22 (GBeasley-Murray, A Commentary on Mk 13, ’57; EGrässer, D. Problem der Parusie-verzögerung, ’57, 152–70); 2 Th 2:9; D 16:4.

ⓑ portent terrifying appearances in the heavens, never before seen, as portents of the last days Lk 21:11, 25 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 4 §14 σημεῖα πολλά around the sun; AscIs 3, 20); Ac 2:19 (cp. Jo 3:3); s. D 16:6. Of that which the seer of the Apocalypse sees ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ Rv 12:1, 3; 15:1. Of the portentous signs in heaven and earth at the death of Jesus GPt 8:28 (cp. Da 6:28 Theod. σημεῖα κ. τέρατα ἐν οὐρανῷ κ. ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; Diod S 38 + 39 Fgm. 5: at the end of each one of the eight ages ordained by God there is a σημεῖον ἐκ γῆς ἢ οὐρανοῦ θαυμάσιον).—On miracles s. SIG 1168–73; RLembert, Das Wunder bei Römern u. Griechen I 1905; RReitzenstein, Hellenist. Wundererzählungen 1906, OWeinreich, Antike Heilungswunder 1909, Gebet u. Wunder: WSchmid Festschr. 1929, 169ff; PWendland, De Fabellis Antiquis earumque ad Christianos Propagatione 1911; FKutsch, Attische Heilgötter u. Heilheroen 1913; WJayne, The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations 1925; RHerzog, D. Wunderheilungen v. Epidaurus ’31; PFiebig, Jüdische Wundergeschichten des ntl. Zeitalters 1911; ASchlatter, Das Wunder in d. Synagoge 1912.—RLehmann, Naturwissenschaft u. bibl. Wunderfrage 1930; GNaumann, Die Wertschätzung des Wunders im NT 1903; GTraub, Das Wunder im NT² 1907; KBeth, Die Wunder Jesu 1908; JThompson, Miracles in the NT 1911; LFonck, Die Wunder des Herrn im Ev.² 1907; LFillion, Les miracles de Jésus-Christ 1909/1910; PDausch, Die Wunder Jesu 1912; SEitrem, Nordisk Tidskrift for Filologie 5, 1919, 30–36; RBultmann, Die Gesch. der synopt. Tradition² ’31, 223–60; RJelke, Die Wunder Jesu 1922; GShafto, The Wonders of the Kingdom 1924; JBest, The Miracles of Christ in the Light of our Present Day Knowledge ’37; TTorrance, Expository Studies in St. John’s Miracles ’38; ARichardson, The Miracle Stories of the Gospels ’41; AFridrichsen, Le Problème du Miracle dans le Christianisme primitif: Études d’ Hist. et de Phil. rel. XII 1925; HSchlingensiepen, Die Wunder des NT ’33; OPerels, D. Wunderüberlieferung der Synoptiker ’34; PSaintyves, Essais de folklore biblique 1923; GMarquardt, D. Wunderproblem in d. deutschen prot. Theologie der Gegenwart ’33; GDelling, D. Verständnis des Wunders im NT, ZST 24, ’55, 265–80, Zur Beurteilung des Wunders durch d. Antike: Studien zum NT ’70, 53–71; SMcCasland, Signs and Wonders, JBL 76, ’57, 149–52; CBarrett, The Gosp. Acc. to John ’55, 62–65; JCharlier, La notion de signe (sêmeion) dans J: RSPT 43, ’59, 434–48; PRiga, Signs of Glory (J): Int 17, ’63, 402–24; HvanderLoos, The Miracles of Jesus ’65; WNicol, The Semeia in the Fourth Gosp. ’72; for Acts s. FNeirynck, the Miracle Stories in the Acts of the Apostles, An Introduction, in Les Actes des Apôtres, ed. JKremer ’79, 169–213.—Esp. on the healing of demoniacs JWeiss, RE IV 408ff; JJaeger, Ist Jesus Christus ein Suggestionstherapeut gewesen? 1918; KKnur, M.D., Christus medicus? 1905; KDusberger, Bibel u. Kirche ’51, 114–17 (foretoken).—RGrant, Miracle and Natural Law in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Thought ’52. S. also the lit. s.v. δαιμόνιον 2.—See further MWestermann, ed. ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΑΓΡΑΦΟΙ, Scriptores Rerum Mirabilium Graeci, 1839.—B. 914. DELG s.v. σῆμα. M-M. DBS XII 1281–1330. EDNT. ABD IV 869 (lit.). TW. Spicq. Sv.

χωρέω fut. χωρήσω; 1 aor. ἐχώρησα; pf. κεχώρηκα (Just., Tat., Ath.) (Hom.+)

① to make movement from one place or position to another, go, go out/away, reach (Trag. et al.; pap)

ⓐ lit. (Just., A I, 19, 5 εἰς ἐκεῖνο χωρεῖν ἕκαστον ἐξ οὗπερ ἐγένετο) of food εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ Mt 15:17 (=εἰσπορεύεται Mk 7:19.—Aristot., Probl. 1, 55 the drink εἰς τὰς σάρκας χωρεῖ). τοιαύτη διὰ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔκρυσις ἐχώρησεν so strong was the discharge from his (Judas’s) body that it affected an entire region Papias (3:3). Of pers. εἰς τὸν ἴδιον τόπον μέλλει χωρεῖν IMg 5:1; cp. IEph 16:2. οὗ μέλλουσι χωρήσειν, τοῦτο that, to which they are destined to go Dg 8:2. εἴς τινα to someone (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 95 §395 χ. ἐς τὸν ἀδελφόν; 5, 29 §114) of Christ, who has gone to the Father IMg 7:2. ἔτι κάτω χώρει go down still farther Mt 20:28 D. Of the head of a tall figure χωροῦσα μέχρι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ it reached up to the sky GPt 10:40 (like Eris: Il. 4, 443).

ⓑ fig., of a report (Pla., Ep. 7, 333a; 338b λόγος ἐχώρει) εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐχώρησεν it has reached us 1 Cl 47:7. εἰς μετάνοιαν χωρεῖν come to repentance 2 Pt 3:9 (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 30 §115 ἐς ἀπόστασιν χ.=turned to revolt). εἴς τι ἀγαθὸν χωρεῖν lead to some good B 21:7 (Soph., El. 615 εἰς ἔργον; Aristoph., Ran. 641 ἐς τὸ δίκαιον).

② to make an advance in movement, be in motion, go forward, make progress (Pla., Cratyl. 19, 402a the saying of Heraclitus πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει; Hdt. 3, 42; 5, 89; 7, 10; 8, 68; Aristoph., Pax 472; 509, Nub. 907; Polyb. 10, 35, 4; 28, 15, 12; Dionys. Hal. 1, 64, 4; Plut., Galba 1057 [10, 1]; TestIss 1:11 v.l.; Jos., Ant. 12, 242; PTebt 27, 81 ἕκαστα χωρῆσαι κατὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν πρόθεσιν) ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν my word makes no headway among you J 8:37 (Moffatt; cp. Weymouth. Eunap., Vi. Soph. p. 103 χωρεῖ λόγος). Or perh. (as in 1b above) there is no place in you for my word (NRSV; cp. Goodsp. and 20th Cent.; Field, Notes 94f, w. ref. to Alciphron, Ep. 3, 7; Bultmann; DTabachovitz, Till betydelsen av χωρεῖν Joh. 8:37: Eranos 31, ’33, 71f.—Perh. also=χώραν ἔχειν Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 70 §289 ὀλίγην ἐν αὐτοῖς χώραν ἔχειν; Alex. Aphr., Fat. 6 p. 169, 31 Br. χώραν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἔχει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν ‘even that which is contrary to nature has room [to be practiced] among them’; Ath., R. 20 p. 73, 18 οὐδʼ οὕτως ἕξει χώραν ἡ κατʼ αὐτῆς κρίσις not even so would any judgment of [the soul] take place).

③ to have room for, hold, contain

ⓐ lit., of vessels that hold a certain quantity (Hdt. et al.; Diod S 13, 83, 3 of stone πίθοι: χ. ἀμφορεῖς χιλίους; 3 Km 7:24; 2 Ch 4:5 χ. μετρητάς; EpArist 76 χωροῦντες ὑπὲρ δύο μετρητάς; TestNapht 2:2) J 2:6; cp. Hs 9, 2, 1. In a hyperbolic expr. οὐδʼ αὐτὸν τὸν κόσμον χωρῆσαι (v.l. χωρήσειν) τὰ γραφόμενα βιβλία J 21:25 (Philo, Ebr. 32 οὐδὲ τῶν δωρεῶν ἱκανὸς οὐδεὶς χωρῆσαι τὸ ἄφθονον πλῆθος, ἴσως δὲ οὐδʼ ὁ κόσμος ‘no one, probably not even the world, is capable of containing the inexhaustible multitude of their gifts’. On this subj. cp. Pind., O. 2, 98–100, N. 4, 71f; s. also ELucius, Die Anfänge des Heiligenkults 1904, 200, 1; OWeinreich, Antike Heilungswunder 1909, 199–201). Of a space that holds people (Thu. 2, 17, 3; Diod S 13, 61, 6 μὴ δυναμένων χωρῆσαι τῶν τριήρων τὸν ὄχλον=be able to hold the crowd; Plut., Mor. 804b; of theater capacity PSI 186, 4 χωρήσει τὸ θέαδρον [sic]; Gen 13:6; Jos., Bell, 6, 131) without an obj. (cp. οὐ χάρτης χωρεῖ in late pap = the sheet of paper is not large enough) ὥστε μηκέτι χωρεῖν μηδὲ τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν so that there was no longer any room, even around the door Mk 2:2. Cp. Hm 5, 2, 5. Of God πάντα χωρῶν, μόνος δὲ ἀχώρητος ὤν containing everything, but the only one uncontained Hm 1:1; quite sim. PtK 2 p. 13, 24 (Mel., P. 5, 38 Χριστός, ὸ̔ς κεχώρηκεν τὰ πάντα).

ⓑ fig.

α. of open-heartedness, having a ‘big heart’ χωρήσατε ἡμᾶς make room for us in your hearts 2 Cor 7:2 (cp. 6:12; Field, Notes 184; PDuff, Apostolic Suffering and the Language of Procession in 2 Cor 4:7–10: BTB 21, ’91, 158–65).

β. grasp in the mental sense, accept, comprehend, understand (Περὶ ὕψους 9, 9 τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ δύναμιν; Plut., Cato Min. 791 [64, 5] τὸ Κάτωνος φρόνημα χωρεῖν; Synes., Kingship 29 p. 31d φιλοσοφία has her abode παρὰ τῷ θεῷ … καὶ ὅταν αὐτὴν μὴ χωρῇ κατιοῦσαν ὁ χθόνιος χῶρος, μένει παρὰ τῷ πατρί=and if she comes down and the region of the earth cannot contain her, she remains with the Father; SIG 814, 11 [67 A.D.]; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 238, 8; PGM 4, 729; Ps.-Phocyl. 89; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 225) τὸν λόγον Mt 19:11. Pass. Dg 12:7. W. acc. to be supplied Mt 19:12ab=ISm 6:1; cp. ITr 5:1.

γ. of a native condition permit, allow for ἃ οὐ χωρεῖ ἡ φύσις αὐτῆς=(Mary has had a child) something that her present native (virginal) condition does not allow for GJs 19:3 (s. φύσις 2). DELG s.v. χώρα. M-M. Sv.

ἐπίκειμαι impf. ἐπεκείμην (Hom.+).

① to be at or in a place in contact with a surface, lie upon ἐπί τινι someth. (Paus. 5, 10, 2) of a stone J 11:38 (JSwetnam, CBQ 28, ’66, 155–73). ἐπί τινος on someth. (Cass. Dio 67, 16; Herm. Wr. 1, 13b) of the brass serpent B 12:7. τὰ στόματα αὐτῶν ἐπικείμενα τῷ ὕδατι καὶ μὴ πίνοντα (I saw how) their (the goats’) mouths were at the water but not drinking GJs 18:3. Abs. ὀψάριον ἐπικείμενον fish lying on it J 21:9 (cp. PTebt 47, 25 [113 B.C.]; PGrenf II, 57, 9 τ. ἐπικειμένην σποράν; 2 Macc 1:21).—In imagery be on of the image on a coin IMg 5:2.

② to act upon through force or pressure

ⓐ of personal force, act of pushing press around, press upon, be urgent w. dat. of pers. (X., An. 4, 3, 7; Arrian, An. 1, 14, 5; Aesop, fab. 140 P.= 249 H.; Job 19:3; 21:27; Jos., Ant. 6, 334 al.) Lk 5:1.

ⓑ of impersonal force confront χειμῶνος ἐπικειμένου since a storm lay upon us Ac 27:20 (cp. Plut., Timol. 250 [28, 7]; Wsd 17:20 v.l.). ἀνάγκη μοι ἐπίκειται necessity is laid upon me 1 Cor 9:16 (cp. Il. 6, 459; SibOr 3, 572). ἀγὼν ἡμῖν ἐπίκειται a conflict confronts us 1 Cl 7:1; μέγας ἐπίκειται πιρασμός a serious temptation confronts (Paul) AcPl Ha 8, 22. In a somewhat weakened sense stand before (Achilles Tat. 2, 16, 2) ὁ τοκετός μοι ἐπίκειται the pains of birth (typical of the tortures to come) are upon me IRo 6:1.

③ to have the force of obligation, be imposed, be incumbent (Lucian, Cal. 17; Ar. 7:3 θάνατος; 1 Macc 6:57; Just., D. 53, 4 τὸν … νόμον ἐπικείμενον ἔχετε; TestJob 15:3 and Just., A I, 12, 3 τὰ ἐπικείμενα) δικαιώματα ἐπικείμενα regulations imposed Hb 9:10. διακονίαι ἐπίκεινταί τινι duties are imposed on someone 1 Cl 40:5. ἵνα μὴ κατέξω τ̣ὰ [προς]|τεταγμένα καὶ ἐπεικίμ̣[εν]α so that I do not default on my assignments and obligations AcPl Ha 7, 15.

④ keep on doing someth., be urgent about ἐπέκειντο αἰτούμενοι they urgently demanded Lk 23:23 (cp. Hdt. 5, 104; Jos., Ant. 18, 184 πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐπέκειτο ἀξιῶν; also 20, 110).

⑤ exist as possibility, be open τούτοις ἐπίκειται μετάνοια repentance is open to them Hs 8, 7, 2 v.l.—M-M. TW.