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21 Βάσσος
Βάσσος, ου, ὁ Bassus, a congregation leader in Magnesia IMg 2. The name is not rare in W. Asia Minor (CIG II, 3112b, 1; 3148, 4; 3151, 13; 3493, 23; IPergamon 361; 362, 2 and oft.) and found specif. in Magnesia (IMagnMai122g, 5; coins ibid. p. xxiv). -
22 βέβαιος
βέβαιος, α, ον (s. the next βεβαι-entries; Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, rare in LXX, freq. in Philo; Jos., Ant. 13, 187; 14, 398; Just.) gener. relating to stability: ‘firm, permanent’.① of something that can be relied on not to cause disappointment, reliable, in metaph. of an anchor (w. ἀσφαλής) unshifting Hb 6:19 of hope (cp. Dionys. Hal. 6, 51; Plut., Ant. 917 [3, 7]; 4 Macc 17:4) whose realization can be counted on because it does not move, being set down in the ‘holy of holies’. Sim. ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν βεβαία ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν our hope for you is firm 2 Cor 1:7 (=our expectation [of things to be fulfilled] for you is not misplaced). ἔχομεν βεβαιότερον (for superl.; cp. Stob., Flor. IV 625, 2 βεβαιοτέραν ἔχε τ. φιλίαν πρὸς τ. γονεῖς) τὸν προφητικὸν λόγον we possess the prophetic word as something that is (now) all the more reliable 2 Pt 1:19 (on β. ἔχειν cp. Thu. 1, 32; Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 19 §78 ἔχειν τι βέβαιον=have a firm hold on something; UPZ 162 II, 10 [117 B.C.]; s. also Diod S in 2); for other interpretations see comm. Of things revealed reliable (w. ἰσχυρός, τεθεμελιωμένος) Hv 3, 4, 3.② pert. to having continuity or being unwavering and persistent, abiding (ψυχή Did., Gen. 197, 4; of a just pers. TKellis 22, 103 [w. ἁγνός]): of boldness and hope that remain constant, steadfast Hb 3:6 v.l.; of πίστις unwavering (Appian, Liby. 64 §284 πίστις ἐστὶ βέβαιος; Diod S 2, 29, 4 πιστεύοντες βεβαιότερον=accept all the more confidently; Simplicius in Epict. p. 110, 37 πίστις βεβαία=firm faith in the immortality of the soul on the basis of a declaration by a μάντις; Esth 3:13c; 3 Macc 5:31) 1 Cl 1:2. Of love steadfast MPol 1:2. ἀρχὴν τῆς ὑποστάσεως βεβαίαν κατέχειν hold firm the original commitment Hb 3:14. (W. ἀσφαλής) ISm 8:2. ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πίστεως βέβαιον δρόμον καταντῆσαι steadfastly finish the course of faith 1 Cl 6:2. Of the Corinthian congregation well-established, dependable (Appian, Iber. 37 §150 ἀνὴρ β., Bell. Civ. 2, 13 §47 a servant) 47:6.—ἡ βεβαία τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν ῥίζα dependable root of your faith Pol 1:2 in ref. to constancy in a productive Christian life.③ pert. to having validity over a period of time, in force, valid of a promise that applies to all pers. Ro 4:16; of the eucharist ISm 8:1. ὁ λόγος ἐγένετο βέβαιος (on λόγος β. cp. Pla., Phd. 90c λόγος β. καὶ ἀληθής) the word was in force Hb 2:2 (β. of the Mosaic law as Philo, Mos. 2, 14); a last will and testament valid (opp. οὐκ ἰσχύει ‘lack force’; legal t.t., s. JBehm, Διαθήκη 1912, 87, 4) Hb 9:17. βεβαίαν τὴν κλῆσιν ποιεῖσθαι keep the call in force i.e. confirm it so that it does not lapse (cp. Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 250 D.: βεβ. ἐλευθερία) 2 Pt 1:10; β. εἶναι be in force IRo 3:1 (Ignatius fears that the instructions given by the Romans to others about dying for the faith will not apply to him; he wants them to be consistent).—B. 1237. DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq. -
23 βεβαιόω
βεβαιόω fut. βεβαιώσω; 1 aor. ἐβεβαίωσα, pass. ἐβεβαιώθην (s. βέβαιος; Thu.+; ins, pap, rare in LXX; Philo, Op. M. 99; Jos., Ant. 1, 273; 17, 42; 20, 28; Tat. 32, 2; Ath. 22, 7) w. acc.① to put someth. beyond doubt, confirm, establish, τὸν λόγον confirm the preaching Mk 16:20 (Ael. Aristid. 25, 64 K.= 43 p. 821 D., τὸν λόγον; Sextus 177 τ. λόγους. Cp. Epict. 2, 18, 32 τότε βεβαιώσεις τὸ τοῦ Ἡσιόδου ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστιν Iren. 4, 18, 5 [Harv. II 205, 3] τὴν γνώμην). τὰς ἐπαγγελίας prove the promises reliable, fulfill (them) Ro 15:8 (cp. Polyb. 3, 111, 10 βεβαιώσειν ἡμῖν πέπεισμαι τὰς ἐπαγγελίας; Diod S 1, 5, 3; IPriene 123, 9 ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν). Of faith ταῦτα πάντα βεβαιοῖ 1 Cl 22:1.—Pass. τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν our attestation of Christ was ratified in you 1 Cor 1:6 (i.e. Paul’s proclamation concerning God’s beneficence displayed in Christ was validated by the gifts evident in the Corinthian congregation, vs. 7). (ἡ σωτηρία) εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐβεβαιώθη the saving message was guaranteed to us Hb 2:3 (as of someth. legally validated; cp. Ael. Aristid. 46 p. 288 D.: σωτηρίαν β. τινι; POxy 1119, 17; β. is also legal t.t. to designate properly guaranteed security: PFay 92, 19; POxy 899; 1036; s. Dssm., B 100ff [BS 104ff] and s. βεβαίωσις). For Hb 13:9 s. below.② to make a pers. firm in commitment, establish, strengthen (cp. Ps 40:13; 118:28) ὁ βεβαιῶν ἡμᾶς εἰς Χριστόν the one who strengthens us in Christ=makes us faithful disciples 2 Cor 1:21 (EDinkler, OCullmann Festschr., ’62, 177–80: baptismal terminology). ὸ̔ς καὶ βεβαιώσει ὑμᾶς ἀνεγκλήτους who will strengthen you, so that you are blameless 1 Cor 1:8. Pass. be confirmed in faith Col 2:7; in instruction IMg 13:1. Hb 13:9 make firm, strengthen belongs here, since the imagery of a heart made firm is semantically equivalent in ancient culture to inward strengthening of the pers.—M-M. TW. Spicq. -
24 γεώργιον
γεώργιον, ου, τό (s. next; Philo Mech. 96, 49; Strabo 14, 5, 6; Dionys. Hal.; Theagenes in schol. on Pind., N. 3, 21; SIG 311, 9 [323 B.C.]; pap since III B.C., incl. e.g. UPZ 110, 48 [164 B.C.]; PTebt 72, 370 [114/113 B.C.]; and s. Preis.; Gen 26:14; Pr 6:7 al.; Philo, Plant. 2) an area of land used for cultivation (opp. pasture land), cultivated land, field fig. of a Christian congregation as God’s field 1 Cor 3:9.—AFridrichsen, Ackerbau u. Hausbau: StKr Sonderheft 1922, 185f; 102; 1930, 297ff, Serta Rudbergiana ’31, 25f; Straub 72f.—M-M. -
25 Διοτρέφης
Διοτρέφης, ους, ὁ (also-ής,-οῦς; for the adj. διοτρεφή s. LfgrE s.v.) Diotrephes (Thu. 8, 64, 2; Diod S 15, 14, 1; SIG2 868, 8; OGI 219, 1), a Christian, influential in his congregation 3J 9 (LCountryman, The Rich Christian in the Church of the Early Empire ’80, 179 n. 27).—BHHW I 345. DELG s.v. τρέφω p. 1135. LGPN I. M-M. -
26 ζηλόω
ζηλόω (s. ζῆλος) fut. ζηλώσω Ezk 39:25 (TestReub 6:5 ζηλώσετε [-σατε v.l.]); 1 aor. ἐζήλωσα; pf. ἐζήλωκα LXX (-σα v.l.) (s. ζῆλος; Hom. Hymns, Hesiod et al.; ins, pap; Thu. 2, 64, 4 ‘emulate, vie with’; Tat. 25, 1 ζηλῶν … τὸν κύνα ‘emulating the dog [the Cynic]’).① be positively and intensely interested in someth., strive, desire, exert oneself earnestly, be dedicatedⓐ w. a thing as obj. τὶ (for) someth. (Eur., Hec. 255; Thu. 2, 37; Demosth. 20, 141; Polyb. 6, 25, 11 τὸ βέλτιον; Diod S 1, 95, 4; PSI 94, 9 ζηλοῖ τ. μάθησιν; Wsd 1:12; Sir 51:18 τὸ ἀγαθόν; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 261) ζ. τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ μείζονα strive for the more valuable spiritual gifts 1 Cor 12:31 (JSmit, NTS 39, ’93, 246–64 [ironical]). τὸ προφητεύειν 14:39. τὰ πνευματικά vs. 1 (where beside the acc. a ἵνα-clause depends on ζ.).ⓑ w. a personal obj. τινά be deeply interested in someone, court someone’s favor, make much of, with implication of desiring the other to be on one’s own side (Περὶ ὕψους 13, 2 οἱ ζηλοῦντες ἐκείνους; Pr 23:17; 24:1; pass. Jos., C. Ap. 1, 225) Gal 4:17ab; 2 Cor 11:2. μηδέν με ζηλώσαι let nothing attract me (and turn me away fr. my purpose) IRo 5:3.—Abs. manifest zeal (Thu. 2, 64, 4) ζήλωσον take a stand, decide Rv 3:19 v.l. Laodicea is indecisive and is invited to show that the congregation is zealous about the Lord’s interests. Pass. καλὸν ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε it is fine to be zealously courted at all times in what is fine Gal 4:18.② to have intense negative feelings over another’s achievements or success, be filled w. jealousy, envy τινά toward someone (Hes., Op. 23; Hom. Hymns, Cer. 168; 223; Gen 26:14; 30:1; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 3 Jac.) τὸν Ἰωσήφ Ac 7:9 (cp. Gen 37:11). Abs. Ac 17:5; 1 Cor 13:4; Js 4:2; 2 Cl 4:3; AcPl Ha 2, 11; 6, 31.—M-M. TW. -
27 θεάομαι
θεάομαι fut. θεάσομαι TestSol D 4, 9; 1 aor. ἐθεασάμην; pf. τεθέαμαι; 1 aor. pass. (w. pass. mng) ἐθεάθην (Att. [Kühner-Bl. II 441]+)① to have an intent look at someth., to take someth. in with one’s eyes, with implication that one is esp. impressed, see, look at, beholdⓐ quite literally (POxy 963; Sb 1800; Jos., Ant. 3, 132; 6, 340) interchanging w. ὁρᾶν Hv 3, 8, 1. W. acc. as obj. (Hom., Il. 7, 444; Hes., Works 482; PSI 41, 19; Tob 2:2 BA; 2 Macc 2:4; En 6:2; 21:2) Mt 11:7; Lk 7:24; J 8:10 v.l.; Ac 21:27; 22:9; 1J 1:1 (τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν; cp. Philo, Mos. 1, 278 θ. αὐτοὺς ὀφθαλμοῖς); 4:12 (PvanderHorst, ZNW 63, ’72, 280–82 [wordplay]). The obj. acc. is oft. found w. a ptc. that indicates what has been observed in the pers. or thing seen (En 9:1; 23:2; Philo, Vi. Cont. 89; Jos., Vi. 28; 281; B-D-F §416, 1): Mk 16:14. ἐθεάσατο τελώνην καθήμενον Lk 5:27; 6:4 D (Unknown Sayings 49–54). Cp. J 1:38; Ac 1:11. W. ὅτι foll. J 6:5. W. acc. and ὅτι: θεάσασθε τ. χώρας, ὅτι λευκαί εἰσιν see that the fields are white 4:35. W. acc. and ὡς: ἐθεάσαντο τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ ὡς ἐτέθη τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ Lk 23:55. W. acc. and εἰ see/determine whether GJs 1:3 (codd. not pap). W. acc. and ὅπως in an interlocking constr. ὅταν θεάσωνται τοὺς ἀρνησαμένους ὅπως κολάζονται when they see how those who have denied are punished 2 Cl 17:7. W. relative clause foll. J 11:45 (ὁράω P45, 66). θεασάμενος ἦν ὅσα ἀγαθὰ ἐποίησεν he (Joseph) had seen all the good things that he (Jesus) had done GPt 6:23.ⓑ The passive means eitherβ. be noticed, attract attention τινί by or of someone Mt 6:1; 23:5 (s. B-D-F §191, 1; Rob. 542, s. also 534).② to see for the purpose of visiting, come to see, visit (Appian, Samn. 7, §1 θ. τὴν Ἑλλάδα) τινά someone (2 Ch 22:6; Jos., Ant. 16, 6) Ro 15:24 (St. Paul compliments the congregation as one of the noteworthy ‘sights’ on his projected trip). Here belongs also εἰσελθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς θεάσασθαι τ. ἀνακειμένους the king went in to see his guests Mt 22:11 (the implication being that he went in to ‘look them over’).③ to perceive someth. above and beyond what is merely seen with the eye, see, behold, perceiveⓐ w. physical eyes, receive an impression of someth. transcendent see, behold (cp. PParis 51, 38 [160 B.C.] of a vision in the temple of Sarapis at Memphis τὸ ὅραμα τοῦτο τεθήαμαι; SIG 730, 20; 2 Macc 3:36; Tob 13:7; Jdth 15:8; En 106:13) τεθέαμαι τὸ πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον ὡς περιστεράν J 1:32 (he sees the dove and also becomes aware that it is the Spirit); ἐθεασάμεθα τ. δόξαν αὐτοῦ 1:14 (we saw the person and work of Christ and perceived in them the divine glory; cp. Tob 13:16 BA θεασάμενοι πᾶσαν τ. δόξαν σου). Cp. 1J 4:14.ⓑ of perception that is wholly nonsensual=see, perceive (X., Hiero 2, 5. W. ὅτι foll. Pla., Prot. p. 352a; Demosth. 4, 3; θεὸν θ. Theoph. Ant. 1, 2 [s. 60, 12]) Dg 10:7. θεασάμενος ἐν ἡμῖν πολλὴν πλάνην he perceived much error in us 2 Cl 1:7.—DELG s.v. θέα. M-M. TW. -
28 Θεσσαλονίκη
Θεσσαλονίκη, ης, ἡ (Polyb. 22, 11, 2; Strabo 7 Fgm. 24; Ps.-Lucian, Asin. 46; anon. De Historia Diadochorum [time unknown]: 155 Fgm. 2, 3 Jac.; ins [SIG index vol. IV 94]) Thessalonica, a city in Macedonia on the Thermaic Gulf. Paul founded a congregation here Ac 17:1, 11, 13; Phil 4:16; 2 Ti 4:10.—BHHW III 1968; DACL XV 1 and 624–713; Kl. Pauly V 761–63. -
29 καταλύω
καταλύω (s. prec. entry for mngs. 1–3, and κατάλυμα for mng. 4) fut. καταλύσω; 1 aor. κατέλυσα; pf. inf. καταλελυκέναι (Just., D. 41, 1). Pass.: 1 fut. καταλυθήσομαι; 1 aor. κατελύθην (Hom.+).① to detach someth. in a demolition process, throw down, detach of a stone fr. a building Mt 24:2; Mk 13:2; Lk 21:6.② to cause the ruin of someth., destroy, demolish, dismantleⓐ lit. of buildings (Hom. et al.; 2 Esdr 5:12; Jos., Ant. 9, 161 τ. ναοῦ [τ. θεοῦ] καταλυθέντος; SibOr 3, 459) τ. ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ Mt 26:61; cp. 27:40; Mk 14:58; 15:29. τὸν τόπον τοῦτον this place Ac 6:14.ⓑ fig. (opp. οἰκοδομεῖν) tear down, demolish Gal 2:18. Of the body as an earthly tent ἐὰν ἡ ἐπίγειος ἡμῶν οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους καταλυθῇ if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed or taken down 2 Cor 5:1. τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ tear down the work (i.e. the Christian congregation which, because of vs. 19, is prob. thought of as a building of God) Ro 14:20. On the contrary, the figure of the building is not present, and the gener. mng. destroy, annihilate (Strabo 13, 2, 3 p. 617; Ael. Aristid. 29 p. 570 D.: ἐλπίδας; TestBenj 3:8) is found in τὰ ἔργα τῆς θηλείας (s. ἔργον 3 end) GEg 252, 55.③ to end the effect or validity of someth., put an end toⓐ to cause to be no longer in force abolish, annul, make invalid (Hdt.+) κ. τὸν νόμον do away with, annul or repeal the law Mt 5:17a (cp. X., Mem. 4, 4, 14; Isocr. 4, 55; Diod S 34+35 Fgm. 3 and 40, 2 [of the intention of the Seleucids against the Jews: καταλύειν τοὺς πατρίους νόμους]; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 4, 40; 2 Macc 2:22; Philo, Somn. 2, 123; Jos., Ant. 16, 35; 20, 81; Ath., R. 19 p. 72, 28). τ. νόμον κ. τ. προφήτας (sim. Mt 5:17a) Lk 23:2 v.l. τὰς θυσίας abolish sacrifices GEb 54, 20. Abs. Mt 5:17b (opp. πληροῦν); D 11:2.ⓑ to bring to an end, ruin, (Appian, Prooem. C. 10 §42 ἀρχάς=empires; Arrian, Anab. 4, 10, 3 τυραννίδα; 4 Macc 4:24 τὰς ἀπειλάς; Jos., Ant. 12, 1 τὴν Περσῶν ἡγεμονίαν) ἡ βουλὴ καταλυθήσεται the plan will fail Ac 5:38. Also of pers. (TestJob 34:5; Just., D. 100, 6 al.; Diod S 16, 47, 2 τοὺς μάγους; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 48 §210) suppress, stop vs. 39. Of rulers who are deposed (Diod S 1, 66, 6; 9, 4, 2 [a tyrant]; 14, 14, 7 al.; Polyaenus 7, 3 and 10; 8, 29; IAndrosIsis, Kyme 25) καταλύεται ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου the ruler of this age is deposed ITr 4:2.④ to cease what one is doing, halt (lit. ‘unharness the pack animals’), rest, find lodging (Thu. et al.; SIG 978, 8; UPZ 12, 37 [158 B.C.]; 62, 34; BGU 1097, 5; Gen 19:2; 24:23, 25; Sir 14:25, 27; 36:27; JosAs 3:3; Jos., Vi. 248; Just., D. 78, 5 [ref. Lk 2:7]; cp. En 5:6) Lk 9:12. W. εἰσέρχεσθαι 19:7.—B. 758. M-M. EDNT. TW. -
30 καταφρονέω
καταφρονέω fut. καταφρονήσω; 1 aor. κατεφρόνησα. Pass.: 1 aor. subj. 1 pl. καταφρονηθῶμεν 4 Macc 6:21 (s. next entry and φρονέω; Eur., Hdt.+).① to look down on someone or someth. with contempt or aversion, with implication that one considers the object of little value, look down on, despise, scorn, treat with contempt τινός (X., Mem. 3, 4, 12; Menand., Fgm. 301, 10 Kö. τῶν πτωχῶν; Diod S 1, 67, 7; PMagd 8, 11; 23, 4 [221 B.C.]; Jos., Bell. 1, 633; Iren. 1, 25, 1 [Harv. I 205, 2]; Did., Gen. 45, 24) someone or someth. (opp. ἀντέχεσθαι) Mt 6:24; Lk 16:13.—Dg 2:7. ἑνὸς τῶν μικρῶν τούτων Mt 18:10 (difft. κ. τῶν μικρῶν [neut.]: Socrat., Ep. 29, 3); τῆς ἐκκλησίας τοῦ θεοῦ God’s congregation (in contrast to isolationism, the partaking of τὸ ἴδιον δεῖπνον) 1 Cor 11:22; doubt Hm 9:10; grief 10, 3, 1. κυριότητος 2 Pt 2:10. μηδείς σου τῆς νεότητος καταφρονείτω let no one look down on you because you are young 1 Ti 4:12 (καταφρονήσας τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου νεότητος Diod S 17, 7, 1 [Field, Notes 209]; Herodian 1, 3, 5; cp. PGen 6, 13 [146 A.D.]); cp. Tit 2:15 v.l. (for περιφρονείτω). Pass. Hm 7:2.—τοῦ πλούτου τῆς χρηστότητος have little regard for God’s goodness Ro 2:4 (s. Ltzm. ad loc.—Phylarchus [III B.C.]: 81 Fgm. 24 Jac. οἱ πολλοὶ κ. τοῦ θείου). Abs. (sc. αὐτῶν) 1 Ti 6:2.② to consider something not important enough to be an object of concern when evaluated against someth. else, care nothing for, disregard, be unafraid of (Diod S 3, 50, 5; Epict. 4, 1, 70 τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν; 71; Arrian, Anab. 7, 4, 3; SIG 705, 36 [112 B.C.] καταφρονήσαντες τοῦ τῆς συγκλήτου δόγματος; EpArist 225; Joseph.) αἰσχύνης Hb 12:2 (cp. Jos., Ant. 7, 313 τ. ὀλιγότητος=their small number); death (Just., A II, 10, 8; Tat. 11, 1; Diod S 5, 29, 2 τοῦ θανάτου κ.; on the topic cp. M. Ant. 11, 3) Dg 1:1; 10:7 (opp. φοβεῖσθαι); ISm 3:2; torture MPol 2:3; cp. 11:2.—DELG s.v. φρήν. M-M. TW. Spicq. -
31 κοινωνέω
κοινωνέω (s. κοινός and cognates) fut. κοινωνήσω; 1 aor. ἐκοινώνησα; pf. κεκοινώνηκα (Aeschyl.+).① share, have a shareⓐ τινός in someth. (X., Rep. Lac. 1, 9, Mem. 2, 6, 23; Pla., Leg. 12 p. 947a; Diod S 5, 49, 6 τοὺς τῶν μυστηρίων κοινωνήσαντας=those who participated in, i.e. were initiated into, the mysteries; 5, 68, 3 τῆς τροφῆς ταύτης; 15, 68, 1; 19, 4, 3; Herodian 3, 10, 8; ins [Kl. T. 121 no. 32, 41]; pap; Pr 1:11; 3 Macc 2:31; Philo, Post. Cai. 160 al.; Jos., Ant. 4, 75, C. Ap. 2, 174; ὁ μιλίας ἢ ἑστίας Just., D. 47, 2; τραπέζης Orig., C. Cels. 2, 21, 6 and 17; αἰσθήσεως Did., Gen. 149, 2.—B-D-F §169, 1; Rob. 509f) of human beings αἵματος καὶ σαρκός share in flesh and blood Hb 2:14 (ins fr. Commagene in IReisenKN, Humann-Puchstein p. 371, 46–47 [I B.C.] πᾶσιν ὅσοι φύσεως κοινωνοῦντες ἀνθρωπίνης).ⓑ τινί in someth. (Demosth., Prooem. 25, 2 [bracketed by Blass]; Plut., 1030 [Arat. 8, 3]; Just., D. 35, 6; Tat. 19, 2; τῷ θανάτῳ Did., Gen. 148, 25; but Wsd 6:23 [s. JCampbell, JBL 51, ’32, 359] ‘associate with’ so NRSV; difft. REB).α. τοῖς πνευματικοῖς in spiritual blessings Ro 15:27. τοῖς τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθήμασιν 1 Pt 4:13 (cp. Achilles Tat. 7, 2, 3 εἰς τὸ παθεῖν κοινωνία=fellowship in suffering). Of a martyr’s body: receive a part of, i.e. a part of the body as a ‘relic’ κ. τῷ ἁγίῳ σαρκίῳ MPol 17:1.β. To share, participate in the deeds of others means to be equally responsible for them ἁμαρτίαις ἀλλοτρίαις 1 Ti 5:22 (Artem. 3, 51 κ. τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἐκείνῳ; Ath., R. 21 p. 73, 27 [of the body] κ. τῇ ψυχῇ τῶν … πόνων). τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ τ. πονηροῖς 2J 11.γ. Participation in someth. can reach such a degree that one claims a part in it for oneself: take an interest in, share (Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 5, 25; Pr 1:11) ταῖς χρείαις τῶν ἁγίων Ro 12:13. W. dat. of pers. and inf. foll. ἐκοινώνησεν ὁ Ἀρτέμων … Παύλῳ … ἐν χά[ριτι θεοῦ] δόξαι (error for δοξάσαι) τὸν κύριον A. joined Paul … in praising the Lord in God’s grace AcPl Ha 7, 22. The transition to the next mng. is easy.② give/contribute a share (Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 107) w. dat. of pers. (cp. Demosth. 25, 61; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 31 §139; Artem. 5 p. 252, 14; Sextus 350; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 258; Just. A I, 14, 2) foll. by ἔν τινι give someone a share of someth. Gal 6:6. κοινωνήσεις ἐν πᾶσιν τῷ πλησίον σου B 19:8. Also τινὶ εἴς τι (cp. Pla., Rep. 453a; PLond V, 1794, 7; TestZeb 3:1) οὐδεμία μοι ἐκκλησία ἐκοινώνησεν εἰς no congregation made me its partner in Phil 4:15. W. acc. of the pers. κοινωνῆσαί με τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ σου make me an accomplice in your sin GJs 2:3 (s. deStrycker p. 306f).③ make (ritually) unclean, defile. Ms. D uses κ. Mt 15:11 (twice), 18, 20 in the sense of κοινόω 2 (cp. Diod S 5, 33, 5 κ.=partake [in unsanitary practice]).—DELG s.v. κοινός. M-M. TW. -
32 Κολοσσαί
Κολοσσαί, ῶν, αἱ Colossae, once a flourishing city (Hdt. 7, 30; X., An. 1, 2, 6), later less important (Strabo 12, 8, 13 πόλισμα), in Phrygia in Asia Minor. The congregation there was prob. founded by Epaphras (Col 1:7), who was from Colossae (4:12). Col 1:2; Phlm subscr. v.l.—Lghtf., Col and Phlm p. 1ff; Ramsay, Church 465ff, Phrygia I/1, 208ff; VSchultze, Altchr. Städte u. Landschaften II 1, 1922, 445ff; Zahn, Einl. I3 318, who, like Lghtf. 16, 4, deals w. the var. forms of the name (Κολασσαί, Κολασαί). BHHW II 975f. -
33 κοπιάω
κοπιάω fut. κοπιάσω LXX; 1 aor. ἐκοπίασα; pf. κεκοπίακα; 2 sg. κεκοπίακες or-κας (v.l.; s. B-D-F §83, 2; Mlt-H. 221); aor. pass. 3 sg. ἐκοπιάθη (fr. κόπτω via κόπος; TestAbr B 2 p. 107, 1 [Stone p. 62]) (Aristoph. et al.; Hippocr.; Epicurus 59, 3 Us.; ins, pap, LXX, En; TestJob 24:2; ApcSed 4:3; ApcMos 24; Philo, Joseph.).① become weary/tired (Aristoph. et al.; Sir 16:27; 1 Macc 10:81; 4 Macc 9:12; Jos., Bell. 6, 142) Rv 2:3 (the pf. here expresses the thought that the Ephesian congregation has not become tired to the extent of ‘giving up’). ἔκ τινος from someth. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας from the journey J 4:6 (cp. Jos., Ant. 2, 321 ὑπὸ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας κεκοπωμένοι; Is 40:31). οἱ κοπιῶντες those who are weary (Diocles 142 p. 186, 28; cp. 1QH 8:36) Mt 11:28 (s. φορτίζω).② to exert oneself physically, mentally, or spiritually, work hard, toil, strive, struggle (Vett. Val. 266, 6; Syntipas p. 107, 15; POslo 160, 1; Philo, Mut. Nom. 254, Cher. 41), abs. (Aesop, Fab. 391 P.) Mt 6:28; Lk 5:5; 12:27; J 4:38b; 21:6 v.l.; Ac 20:35; 1 Cor 4:12; 16:16; Eph 4:28; 2 Ti 2:6. τὶ labor for someth. (En 103:9 κόπους κ.) J 4:38a. πολλά work hard Ro 16:6, 12b; Hs 5, 6, 2; 2 Cl 7:1. περισσότερον 1 Cor 15:10. κ. ἔν τινι work at something (Sir 6:19) ἐν λόγῳ καὶ διδασκαλίᾳ work hard at preaching and teaching 1 Ti 5:17. διὰ λόγου labor by word of mouth B 19:10. The sphere in which the work is done: ἐν ὑμῖν among you 1 Th 5:12. The manner: ἐν κυρίῳ Ro 16:12ab; εἴς τινα κ. work hard for someone vs. 6; Gal 4:11. εἰς τοῦτο for this 1 Ti 4:10. εἰς ὸ̔ κοπιῶ this is what I am toiling for Col 1:29. εἰς κενόν toil in vain (cp. Is 49:4 κενῶς ἐκοπίασα; 65:23 κοπιάσουσιν εἰς κενόν; TestJob 24:2) Phil 2:16. Also εἰς μάτην (Ps 126:1) Hs 9, 4, 8.—B. 312. DELG s.v. κόπτω A1. M-M. TW. Spicq. -
34 Κόρινθος
Κόρινθος, ου, ἡ (Hom. et al.; ins, Philo, SibOr 3, 487 al.; Just., D. 1, 3; Ath. 17, 2) Corinth a city in Greece on the isthmus of the same name. From 27 B.C. capital of the senatorial province of Achaia, and seat of the proconsul. The Christian congregation there was founded by Paul on his so-called second missionary journey, Ac 18:1, 27 D; 19:1; 1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1, 23; 2 Ti 4:20; 1 Cl ins; MPol 22:2; EpilMosq 5; AcPl Ha 6, 1f; AcPlCor 1:2; 2:1; ἄνδρες Κ. 2:26. Also subscr. of Ro v.l. and 1 Th.—ECurtius, Peloponnesos II 1852, 514ff; JCladder, Korinth 1923; OBroneer, BA 14, ’51, 78–96; Pauly-W. Suppl. IV 991–1036; VI 182ff, 1350f; Kl. Pauly III 301ff; BHHW II 988ff; Corinth, Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1929ff; RCarpenter, Korinthos6 ’60; FJdeWaele, Corinth and St. Paul ’61; DESmith, The Egyptian Cults at Corinth: HTR 70, ’77, 201–31; GTheissen, The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity ’82 (Eng. tr.); JMurphy-O’Connor, St. Paul’s Corinth ’83 (reff.), Corinth: ABD I 1134–39 (add. lit.); PECS 240–43.—S. the Corinthian ins (Dssm., LO 12, 8 [LAE 16, 7]): [συνα]γωγὴ Ἑβρ[αίων]=Boffo, Iscrizioni no. 45 and lit. p. 361f. Strabo 8, 6, 20 suggests the problems of immorality associated with a major port city, but his references to cult prostitution, as in his quotation of the proverb οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐς Κόρινθον ἔσθʼ ὁ πλοῦς ibid. (=Aristoph. Fgm. 902a; cp. Ael. Aristid. 29, 17 K.=40 p. 755 D.) concern pre-Roman times and have been used without adequate caution for inferences about Paul’s Corinth. -
35 κυρία
κυρία, ας, ἡ (fem. form of the subst. adj. κύριος [q.v. I]. Rare and late as a proper name: Preisigke, Namenbuch 188; HBeyer-HLietzmann, D. jüd. Katakombe der Villa Torlonia ’31, ins 41)① a woman of special status, lady, mistress ἡ κ. τοῦ ἔργου the housekeeper prob. the one in charge of the household work assignments (cp. Tob. 2:12, w. ref. to ‘employers’) GJs 2:2. Used in addressing a definite person (Plut., Mor. 271d; Epict., Ench. 40; Cass. Dio 48, 44; POxy 112, 1; 3; 7; 744, 2=Ltzm., Griech. Papyri2 1910, 7; letter in Dssm., LO 160 [LAE2 193, n. 6]; κ. μου μήτηρ TestAbr A 3 p. 79, 25 [Stone p. 6].—LXX uses κ. to designate the mistress as opposed to the slave; so also JosAs; Philo, Congr. Erud. Gr. 154; Jos., Ant. 17, 137; 139; PTebt 413, 1; 6; 20) Hv 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2; 1, 3, 3; 1, 4, 2; 2, 1, 3; 3, 1, 3; 8; 3, 2, 4; 3, 3, 1; 4f; 3, 4, 1; 3; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 5f; 3, 8, 2; 5f; 4, 2, 2f; 4, 3, 1. Many take 2J 1; 5 in this lit. sense (e.g. BWestcott, The Epistles of St. John 1886, 214; HPoggel, D. 2. u. 3. Brief d. Apostels Joh. 1896, 127ff). For the less formal sense dear found in pap s. M-M. s.v.—Other scholars consider it more probable that② κ. is fig. here and refers to Christians as a group: congregation (s. ἀδελφή 2b), and ἐκλεκτὴ κυρία is usually translated the chosen (or elect) lady (so BWeiss et al.; s. BBresky, Das Verhältnis des zweiten Johannesbriefs zum dritten 1906, 2ff; FDölger, Ac V/3, ’36, 211–17, Domina mater ecclesia u. d. ‘Herrin’ im 2 J; ABrooke, ICC; RBultmann, Hermeneia comm. On the precarious nature of ref. to Lex. Cantabr. [p. 79f, w. note p. 119f, Houtsma; also Demetr. of Phaleron: 228 Fgm. 4 p. 961] s. H-JKlauck, ZNW 81, ’90, 135–42). For the imagery of God’s people as a woman s. Jer 4:31; 38:21; Zeph 3:14; Gal 4:25f; 1 Pt 5:13. The proposal (HGibbins, Exp. 6th ser., 6, 1902, 228f) to make ἐκλεκτή a proper noun and κυρία an adj. has little to recommend it.—DELG s.v. κύριος. M-M. TW. -
36 Λαοδίκεια
Λαοδίκεια, ας, ἡ edd. also Λαοδικεία,-δικία (s. next entry; Strabo 12, 8, 16; ins; SibOr; Mel., HE 4, 26, 3) Laodicea a city in Phrygia (in Asia Minor) on the Lycus R. A large colony of Jews resided there (Jos., Ant. 14, 241ff; Schürer III 27; 116, 37), and Christianity took root at an early date. Col 2:1; 4:13, 15f. Subscr. of 1 and 2 Ti v.l.; Rv 1:11; 3:14.—CB I/1, 32ff; 341f; I/2, 512; 542ff; Lghtf., Col 1ff; VSchultze, Altchristliche Städte II/1, 1922, 384ff, 435ff.—Paul wrote a letter to the congregation at Laodicea, Col 4:16. S. Harnack, D. Adresse des Eph des Pls: SBBerlAk 1910, 696–709; Goodsp., Introd. to the NT, ’37, 114–24; CAnderson, JBL 85, ’66, 436–40; CHemer, The Letters to the Seven Churches in Their Local Settings ’89 (’86), 178–209; also in New Docs 3, ’83, 56–58; Pauly-W. XII 713ff; DACL VIII 1321ff. BHHW II 1049; PECS 481–82. -
37 λαός
λαός, οῦ, ὁ (Hom.+; ins; pap [here the pl. λαοί, Mayser 27; 29]; LXX, pseudepigr, Philo, Joseph., apolog.)① people, in a general senseⓑ a close gathering of people crowd Lk 1:21; 3:15, 18; 7:1; 20:1; Ac 3:12; 4:1f; 13:15; 21:30. πᾶς ὁ λ. the whole crowd, all the people (TestSim 6:4; Jos., Ant. 13, 201) Mt 27:25; Lk 8:47; 9:13; 18:43; 21:38; J 8:2; Ac 3:9, 11. Also ἅπας ὁ λ. (Jos., Ant. 7, 63; 211) Lk 3:21. ὁ λ. ἅπας (Jos., Ant. 6, 199; 8, 101) 19:48; GPt 8:28. λ. ἱκανός Ac 5:37 v.l. πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος τ. λαοῦ Lk 1:10; cp. Ac 21:36. πλῆθος πολὺ τοῦ λαοῦ a large crowd of people Lk 6:17; 23:27 (PsSol. 8:2 λαοῦ πολλοῦ; TestJud 3:1 λ. πολύς).② the mass of a community as distinguished from special interest groups (OGI 90, 12 [II B.C. priests, civil officials, and soldiers]) peopleⓐ in contrast to their leaders Mt 26:5; Mk 11:18 v.l., 32 v.l.; 14:2; Lk 19:48; 20:6, 19, 26; 23:13; Ac 2:47; 4:17, 21; 5:26; 6:12; 12:4.ⓑ in contrast to Pharisees and legal experts Lk 7:29.ⓒ in contrast to priests Hb 2:17; 5:3; 7:5, 27 (a Christian congregation in liturgical response Just., A I, 65, 3 al.).—RMeyer, Der ˓Am hā-˒Āreṣ, Judaica 3, ’47, 169–99.③ a body of people with common cultural bonds and ties to a specific territory, people-group, people as nation (w. φυλή, ἔθνος, γλῶσσα; cp. Da 3:4) Rv 5:9; 13:7; 14:6. Pl. (a Sibylline oracle in Appian, Maced. 2; En 10:21; PsSol 5:11; 17:30 λαοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν; Just., A I, 49, 1) 7:9; 10:11; 11:9; 17:15.—Lk 2:31. Of a monstrous animal θηρίον δυνάμενον λαοὺς διαφθεῖραι a beast capable of destroying (whole) peoples Hv 4, 2, 3.④ people of God, peopleⓐ of the people of Israel ὁ λαός (s. also Jewish inscriptions in SIG 1247; GKittel, TLZ 69, ’44, 13; En 20:5; PsSol 17:20; ParJer 2:2 [throughout w. art.]; Just.; Mel., P.; Iren., Orig., Did.—λαός of the native Egyptian population since III B.C. at least: UWilcken on UPZ 110, 100f) Ac 3:23; 7:17; 28:17; 2 Pt 2:1; AcPl Ha 8, 19. Without the art. (Sir 46:7; Wsd 18:13; PsSol [throughout, exc. 17:20]) Jd 5; οὗτος ὁ λ. Mt 15:8; Mk 7:6 (both Is 29:13); Lk 21:23; B 9:3; 10:2; πᾶς ὁ λ. (ParJer 5:17) Lk 2:10 all the people (prob., as the involvement of the shepherds suggests, without cultic restrictions, namely to ‘everyone’); B 12:8. πᾶς ὁ λ. Ἰσραήλ Ac 4:10. οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς τοῦ λ. Mt 2:4; 26:47; 27:1; οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λ. 21:23; τὸ πρεσβυτέριον τοῦ λ. Lk 22:66; οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ λ. Ac 4:8; B 9:3; PEg2, 6; οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦ λ. Lk 19:47. Opp. τὰ ἔθνη the nations, non-Israelites (gentiles) (s. ἔθνος 2 and cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 67 §283 the contrast τὰ ἔθνη … τὴν Ἰταλίαν) Ac 26:17, 23; Ro 15:10 (Dt 32:43).—W. a gen. that denotes the possessor ([τοῦ] θεοῦ, αὐτοῦ, μοῦ etc.; cp. TestJud 25:3; ParJer 3:15; ApcrEzk P 1 verso 3; Jos., Ant. 10, 12; Just., D. 110, 4): λ. τοῦ θεοῦ Lk 1:68; Hb 11:25. ὁ λαός μου Ac 7:34 (Ex 3:7). Rv 18:4 (pl. verb with λαός in sing. as Περὶ ὕψους 23, 2 after a poet λαὸς … κελάδησαν).—Lk 7:16. λ. σου Ἰσραήλ Lk 2:32. ὁ λ. μου ὁ Ἰσραήλ Mt 2:6. ὁ λ. Ἰσραήλ B 16:5 (cp. ὁ λ. τῶν Ἰουδαίων Orig., C. Cels. 2, 1, 6). Pl. of the tribes of Israel (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 159, unless the pl. here means ‘the people’, as Hes., Op. 763f πολλοὶ λαοί; Aristoph., Equ. 163, Ran. 216; 677 πολὺν λαῶν ὄχλον; Callim., Epigr. 47; Isyllus E 1 [IG IV, 950=Coll. Alex. p. 133, 37=D 1 in Diehl2 II, 6 p. 115, s. Anth LG] θεὸν ἀείσατε, λαοί = ἐνναέται Ἐπιδαύρου [inhabitants of Epidaurus]; Diod S 1, 45, 1; 3, 45, 6 διὰ τὴν τῶν λαῶν ἀπειρίαν=because of the inexperience of the people; 4, 67, 6; 5, 7, 6; 5, 48, 1 συναγαγεῖν τ. λαοὺς σποράδην οἰκοῦντας=gather the people who live in scattered places; 5, 59, 5 al.; Orphica 34, 10 Q.; Herm. Wr. 1, 27; PRev 42, 17 [258 B.C.] γραφέτωσαν οἱ λαοί=the people are to submit a written statement; Jos., Ant. 18, 352; Just., A I, 47, 1 al; Ath.; Basilius, epistle 92, 2 ln. 44 [=MPG XXXII 481a] οἱ λαοί; Theophanes, Chron. 172, 7 de Boor ἀπέθανον λαοὶ πολλοί) Ac 4:25 (Ps 2:1), 27; Ro 15:11 (Ps 116:1).ⓑ of Christians Ac 15:14; 18:10; Ro 9:25 (Hos 2:25); Hb 4:9; 1 Pt 2:10; Rv 18:4 (Jer 28:45 SAQ); 1 Cl 59:4; 2 Cl 2:3; B 13:1ff. Prepared by Christ B 3:6; cp. Hs 5, 5, 2. Protected by angels 5, 5, 3; specif. entrusted to Michael 8, 3, 3; cp. 8, 1, 2.—Also in pl. (s. 3 end) λαοὶ αὐτοῦ Rv 21:3; cp. Hs 8, 3, 2.—λ. εἰς περιποίησιν a people (made God’s) own possession 1 Pt 2:9. Also λ. περιούσιος (Ex 19:5) Tit 2:14; 1 Cl 64. λ. κατεσκευασμένος a people made ready Lk 1:17. λ. καινός B 5:7; 7:5.—OKern, ARW 30, ’33, 205–17; EKäsemann, D. wandernde Gottesvolk ’39; N Dahl, D. Volk Gottes: E. Untersuchg. z. Kirchenbewusstsein des Urchristent. ’41; HSahlin, D. Messias u. d. Gottesvolk ’45; AOepke, D. neue Gottesvolk ’50; CVandersleyen, Le mot λαός dans la langue des papyrus: Chronique d’ Égypte 48, ’73, 339–49; OMontevecchi, PapBrux XIX (in Actes du XVe Congrès International de Papyrologie ’78–79), pp. 51–67.—B. 1313; 1315. Schmidt, Syn. IV 570–75. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv. S. also LfgrE s.v. col. 1634 (lit.). -
38 Μακεδονία
Μακεδονία, ας, ἡ (Hdt. et al.; ins [esp. IMakedD], Philo, Joseph., SibOr [-ίη]) Macedonia, a Roman province since 146 B.C., in Paul’s day a senatorial province. Visited by Paul several times Ac 16:9f, 12; 18:5; 19:21f; 20:1, 3; 2 Cor 2:13; 7:5; Phil 4:15; 1 Th 1:7f; 4:10; AcPl Ha 5, 16; 27. Travel plan w. ref. to Mac. 1 Cor 16:5ab; 2 Cor 1:16ab; 1 Ti 1:3. Support for Paul fr. the Macedonian congregation 2 Cor 11:9. They were also active in the collection for Jerusalem Ro 15:26; 2 Cor 8:1.—Pauly-W. XIV 638ff; Kl. Pauly III 910ff; BHHW II 1178f. -
39 μάρτυς
μάρτυς, μάρτυρος, ὁ dat. pl. μάρτυσιν (Pind., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 22 [Stone p. 32]; TestLevi 19:3; Philo, Joseph.; apolog. exc. Ar.)① one who testifies in legal matters, witness (Just., A I, 23, 3; Ath. 3, 2) Ac 7:58; Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1; 1 Ti 5:19 (the last 3 after Dt 19:15; cp. Jos., Vi. 256 and Hipponax [VI B.C.] 47 D.3 ἐλθὼν σὺν τριοῖσι μάρτυσιν); Hb 10:28 (Dt 17:6.—ἐπὶ μάρτυσι also Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 14 §49). τί ἔτι χρείαν ἔχομεν μαρτύρων; what further need have we of witnesses? (Pla., Rep. 1, 340a τί δεῖται μάρτυρος; αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Θρασύμαχος ὁμολογεῖ) Mt 26:65; Mk 14:63. μάρτυρες ψευδεῖς false witnesses (Demosth. 29, 28) Ac 6:13 (Mel., P. 79, 572). There is a suggestion of bureaucratic protocol relating to the account of the prudent and blameless men whom the Roman church sent to Corinth and who μάρτυρες ἔσονται μεταξὺ ὑμῶν κ. ἡμῶν 1 Cl 63:3.② one who affirms or attests, testifier, witness transf. sense of mng. 1, of anyone who can or should testify to anything.ⓐ of God (or the exalted Christ) as witness (deities as witnesses oft. Pind. et al.; Philo; Jos., Bell. 1, 595, Ant. 1, 209; TestLevi 19:3; SibOr, Fgm. 1, 4; Just., A II, 12, 4 θεὸν … μάρτυρα ἔχοντες. Orig., C. Cels. 1, 46, 26 θεὸς [sc. ἐστιν] μ. τοῦ ἡμετέρου συνειδότος); as a formula God is my witness (that I am telling the truth) Ro 1:9; Phil 1:8; shortened θεὸς μ. 1 Th 2:5; cp. vs. 10 (here also Jos., Ant. 15, 130 μ. ὑμᾶς ποιούμενος). μ. μοι ἐν ᾧ δέδεμαι IPhld 7:2. μάρτυρα τὸν θεὸν ἐπικαλεῖσθαι call upon God as witness 2 Cor 1:23 (cp. 1 Km 12:5f; 20:23; Polyb. 11, 6, 4 τ. θεοὺς ἐπικαλέσεσθε μάρτυρας; Heliod. 1, 25, 1; Galen VI 775 Kühn; likewise of calling upon deities, Hippol., Ref. 9, 15, 6: τοὺς ἑπτὰ μάρτυρας μαρτύρομαι).ⓑ of humans (cp. Pind. O. 4, 5): witnessing by eye and ear (X., Ages. 4, 5; Pla., Ep. 1 p. 309a; Aelian, VH 10, 6; Jos., Ant. 18, 299; Tat. 31, 1; 36, 1) 1 Th 2:10; 1 Ti 6:12; 2 Ti 2:2.—Also of those witnesses whose faith is tried and true τοσοῦτον νέφος μαρτύρων Hb 12:1.—Of witnesses of events which they know about, without having experienced them personally (acc. to Strabo 7, 3, 7 p. 300 Hesiod is μάρτυς with regard to the Scythians): the teachers of the law bear witness to the murder of the prophets by their ancestors, by erecting tombs for the prophets Lk 11:48 (μαρτυρεῖτε v.l.).ⓒ of witnesses who bear a divine message (Epict. 3, 26, 28 God uses the wise men as his μάρτυρες) Rv 11:3 (though the mng. approaches martyr [s. 3 below] here; cp. vs. 7. S. DHaugg, D. zwei Zeugen-Apk 11:1–13, ’36; JConsidine, CBQ 8, ’46. 377–92). In this sense, above all, of Jesus’ disciples as the witnesses of his life, death, and resurrection: ἔσεσθέ μου μάρτυρες you will be my witnesses Ac 1:8; cp. 13:31 (Ps.-Demetr. 222 μάρτυς σου γίνεται). W. obj. gen. of the thing witnessed: witness for/of (Jos., C. Ap. 1, 4 τῶν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ λεγομένων μ., Ant. 4, 40; ἀληθείας μ. of Polycarp Iren. 3, 3, 4 [Harv. II 13, 4]; παραδόσεως of the Ephesian congregation 3, 3, 4 [Harv. II 15, 6]; Orig., C. Cels. 1, 47, 24) Lk 24:48; Ac 1:22; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39; 26:16. μ. τῶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθημάτων a witness of the sufferings of Christ 1 Pt 5:1. ἔσῃ μ. αὐτῷ πρὸς πάντας ἀνθρώπους you will be a witness for him to all people Ac 22:15 (Epict. 3, 24, 113 μ. πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους).—10:41. Danker, Benefactor 442–47.③ one who witnesses at cost of life, martyr, in the usage of the persecuted church τὸ αἷμα Στεφάνου τοῦ μάρτυρός σου Ac 22:20. Of Antipas ὁ μ. μου ὁ πιστός μου Rv 2:13 (cp. Pind., P. 1, 88 μάρτυρες πιστοί=dependable witnesses; on the textual problems of Rv 2:13 s. RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 45–47). Onesimus μ. Χριστοῦ γεγένηται Phlm subscr. v.l. Gener. μάρτυρες Ἰησοῦ Rv 17:6; cp. MPol 2:2; 14:2; 15:2; 16:2 v.l.; 17:3; 19:1. Of Zacharias μ. εἰμι τοῦ θεοῦ GJs 25:3 (s. de Strycker ad loc.). Since Rv also calls Jesus (as well as Antipas) ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός 1:5; 3:14, these pass. are prob. to be classed here (cp. Ps 88:38), but with awareness of strong focus in all the NT passages in this classification on the fact of witness. The death of Jesus was early regarded as the first martyrdom.—For an analysis of the question how μάρτυς=‘witness’ came to mean ‘martyr’, s. FKattenbusch, ZNW 4, 1903, 111ff; KHoll, variously, then Gesamm. Aufsätze II 1928, 103ff; ASchlatter, BFChTh 19, 3, 1915; PCorssen, NJklA 35, 1915, 481ff, 37, 1916, 424ff, ZNW 15, 1914, 221ff w. several continuations until 18, 1917, 249ff, Sokrates 6, 1918, 106ff; Rtzst., Hist. Mon. 1916, 85; 257, NGG 1916, 417ff, Her 52, 1917, 442ff; FDornseiff, ARW 22, 1923/24, 133ff; HDelehaye, Analecta Bollandiana 39, 1921, 20ff, Sanctus 1927 (2’33), 74ff (75, 1 lit.). ELohmeyer, D. Idee des Martyriums im Judent. u. Urchristent.: ZST 5, 1927/28, 232–49; GFitzer, D. Begriff des μ. im Judent. u. Urchristent., diss. Bresl. 1929; HLietzmann, Martys: Pauly-W. XIV 2, 1930, 2044–52; OMichel, Prophet u. Märt. ’32; RCasey, Μάρτυς: Beginn. I 5, ’33, 30–37; EStauffer, Märtyrertheologie u. Täuferbewegg.: ZKG 52, ’33, 545–98; DRiddle, The Martyr Motif in Mk: JR 4, 1924, 174–91, Hb, 1 Cl and the Persecution of Domitian: JBL 43, 1924, 329–48, From Apocalypse to Martyrology: ATR 9, 1927, 260–80, The Martyrs: A Study in Social Control ’31, Die Verfolgungslogien im formgesch. u. soziol. Bed.: ZNW 33, ’34, 271–89; HvCampenhausen, D. Idee des Martyriums in d. alten Kirche2 ’64; EPeterson, Zeuge d. Wahrh. ’37; EBurnier, Le notion de témoignage dans le NT ’37; HSurkau, Martyrien in jüd. u. frühchristl. Zt. ’38; HFischel, Martyr and Prophet (in Jewish lit.), JQR 37, ’46/47, 265–80; 363–86; EGünther, Μάρτυς, D. Gesch. eines Wortes ’41, Zeuge u. Märtyrer, ZNW 47, ’56, 145–61. ELohse, Märtyrer u. Gottesknecht ’55; HvanVliet, No Single Testimony (Dt 19:15) ’58; NBrox, Zeuge u. Märtyrer ’61.—B. 1436; ATrites, Μάρτυς and Martyrdom in the Apocalypse, A Semantic Study: NovT 15, ’73, 72–80, The NT Concept of Witness ’77; GDragas, Martyrdom and Orthodoxy in the NT Era: Greek Orthodox Theological Review 30, ’85, 287–96; PVassiliadis, The Translation of μαρτυρία Ιησοῦ in Rv: BT 36, ’85, 129–34; M-ERosenblatt, Paul the Accused ’95, 1–21; Kl. Pauly III 1059f; BHHW II 1156f.—DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv. -
40 μέγεθος
μέγεθος, ους, τό (s. μέγας; Hom.+)① quality of exceeding a standard involving physical magnitude, size, lit. (Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 50 §219 ἀνὴρ μεγέθει μέγας; Heraclid. Crit. 23 [p. 82, 14 Pfister]; μεγάλη τῷ μεγέθει: Ps.-Dicaearch. p. 145 ln. 5 F.; Did., Gen. 35, 10) ὑψηλὸς τῷ μεγέθει very tall indeed Hs 9, 6, 1. τὰ μεγέθη [τῶν θηρίων] the enormous size of the beasts AcPl Ha 1, 34.② quality of exceeding a standard of excellence, greatness: τὸ τῆς χαρᾶς μ.=the great joy AcPl Ha 6, 9f. Of God (ins in CB I/2, 700 no. 635, 4 τὸ μέγεθος τ. θεοῦ; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 293 τὸ τ. θεοῦ μ.; Ath. 22, 7 τοῦ μ. τοῦ θεοῦ. Divine hypostases Hippol., Ref. 5, 8, 3; 10, 10, 2) τί τὸ ὑπερβάλλον μέγεθος τ. δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ how surpassingly great (God’s) power Eph 1:19 (cp. Philo, Op. M. 23, end τὸ μ. [τῶν δυνάμεων θεοῦ]; see also New Docs 4, 107). ἐν μεγέθει IEph ins, to be sure, does not belong grammatically w. θεοῦ, which rather goes w. πληρώματι foll.; nevertheless it describes the nature of God. τὸ μ. τῆς μαρτυρίας the greatness of his martyrdom MPol 17:1 (cp. τῆς γνώσεως Iren. 1, 13, 6 [Harv. I, 123, 3]; Did., Gen. 115, 2). ἀπολαμβάνειν τὸ ἴδιον μ. recover their proper greatness, of a congregation ISm 11:2. μεγέθους ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστιανισμός Christianity is (truly) great IRo 3:3.—DELG s.v. μέγας. M-M. TW. Spicq.
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