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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `rag, schred, wrinkles, remnants' (Od.).

Other forms: often pl. ῥάκεα, -η.

Compounds: As 1. member in ῥακό-δυτος prop. `clothed in rags', `shabby' (E. in lyr.).

Derivatives: 1. Dimin. ῥάκιον, pl. - ια n. (Ar. a.o.); 2. ῥακώματα pl. = ῥάκη (Ar.; enlarged, Chantraine Form. 187); 3. ἀπορ\<ρ\> ακίσματα H. to ῥάκη (: *ἀπο-ρρακίζειν); 3. adj. ῥάκ-ινος (hell. inscr.), - όεις (AP), - ώδης (D. C., AP) `tattered, wrinkled'; 4. Uncertain (spoiled Debrunner IF 23, 14) ῥακωλέον ῥάκος H. (: ῥωγαλέος a.o.); 5. Denom. vb. ῥακ-όομαι `to become ragged, wrinkled' (Hp., Plu.) with - ωσις f. `wrinkling, wrinkledness' (Sor.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: For ῥάκεα, -η stands Aeol. βράκ-εα (Sapph. 57), -η (Theoc. 28, 11), but in the sense of `(long) ladies' garments'; to this βράκος κάλαμος, ἱμάτιον πολυτελές H. Other formation: βράκαλον ῥόπαλον, βράκετον δρέπανον, κλαδευτήριον H.; cf. (without dissim.) ῥάκετρον `chopping-knife' (Poll.; v. l. ῥάχ- [after ῥάχις]) with - ετρίζω `split, cut through' (Pl. Com.). The deviating meaning `ladies' garments' creates doubt whether βράκεα, - ος in this sense belong here (s. Belardi Doxa 3, 199 f. with another, very doubtful etymology). The other words can be connected without difficulty with ῥάκος from Ϝράκος, with βράκαλον after ῥόπαλον, σκύταλον; βράκετ(ρ)ον seems to be a primary nom. instr., which like ῥάκος presupposes a primary verb, approx. aor. 2. *ῥακεῖν. -- No connection outside Greek. Old is the comparison with Skt. vrścáti `hew, fell (trees), split', with yūpa-vrask-á- `post-cutter' and the ptc. vr̥k-ṇá- `hewn, felled', which may stand for *vr̥ṣk-ṇá- and so makes a possible basis *ŭr̥k-nó- (= Gr. *Ϝρακ-) unnecessary. The from this reconstructed IE *u̯resk-, *u̯rosk- has a variant in the Slav. word for `rumple' (cf. ῥάκος, also `rumple'), e.g. Russ.-CSl. vraska from *u̯orsk-ā. Toch. A wraske `disease' is phonetically unclear and lies semant. far off. For IE *u̯resk-, u̯ersk- one could reconstruct an older *u̯reḱ-sk-, *u̯erḱ-sk-, through which the connections with u̯r̥ḱ- in ῥάκος would be established. An IE *u̯r̥ḱ- can however be found in the Indo-Iran. word for `tree' (prop. *'a felled tree'), Skt. vr̥kṣá-, Av. varǝša- m., IE *u̯r̥ḱ-s-o- beside *u̯r̥ḱ-os- in ῥάκος (s. Lidén in WP. 1, 286); then we have to abandon vr̥k-ṇá- \< IE *u̯rk-nó-. -- Cf. WP. l.c., Pok. 1163 (m. Lit.). Older lit. in Bq. -- Cf. ῥίνη, ῥινός.

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εὔλαλος, ον (s. λαλέω; ‘sweetly speaking’, Anth. Pal. 5, 148, 1 [Meleager I B.C.]; 9, 525, 6; 570, 2; Orph., Argon. 244; Achmes 39, 27; LXX) pert. to speaking in a manner that creates favorable surface impressions, talkative, glib (Cat. Cod. Astr. XI/2 p. 125, 5); subst. ὁ εὔ. the glib person 1 Cl 30:4 (Job 11:2).—DELG s.v. λαλέω.

ἐπιστήμη, ης, ἡ (s. ἐπίσταμαι; Soph., Thu.+; Epict.; Vett. Val. 211, 18; Herm. Wr. 4, 6; 10, 9 ἐπιστήμη δῶρον τ. θεοῦ; PFay 106, 22; POxy 896, 5; LXX, En; PsSol 2:33; JosAs 4:9; AssMos Fgm. e; Philo; Just., Tat., Ath.) the possession or gaining of knowledge with focus on understanding aspects of the knowledge acquired, understanding, knowledge (w. σοφία, σύνεσις, γνῶσις [Aeneas Tact. 580 μετὰ ξυνέσεως κ. ἐ.]; Just., D. 3, 5 ἐ. τίς ἐστιν ἡ παρέχουσα αὐτῶν τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων καὶ τῶν θείων γνῶσιν;) B 2:3; 21:5. As a Christian virtue Hv 3, 8, 5; 7 (cp. Cebes 20, 3.—For the relationship between πίστις and ἐπιστήμη s. Simplicius in Epict. p. 110, 35ff τὸ ἀκοῦσαι παρὰ θεοῦ ὅτι ἀθάνατός ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή, πίστιν μὲν ποιεῖ βεβαίαν, οὐ μέντοι ἐπιστήμην. εἰ δέ τις ἀξιοῦται παρὰ θεοῦ καὶ τὰς αἰτίας μανθάνειν … =when someone hears from God [through the mediation of a μάντις] that the soul is immortal, that creates, to be sure, a firm faith, but not knowledge. But when someone is considered worthy by God of learning the causes as well … [then ἐπιστήμη puts in its appearance]). ἔπαινος ἐπιστήμης Phil 4:8 v.l.—DELG s.v. ἐπίσταμαι. M-M. TW.

ὕσσωπος, ου, ἡ and ὁ, also ὕσσωπον, τό (in wr. outside our lit. [Nicander: II B.C., Ther. 872; Alexiph. 603; Chaeremon 44, 6 al.; ins, pap] all three genders are quotable; for the LXX the masc. and fem. are certain; Philo, Vi. Cont. 73 excludes the neut. for that author; in Jos., Bell. 6, 201, Ant. 2, 312; 4, 80 the matter is not clear. In our lit. the neut. is certain only for Barnabas.—אֵזוֹב) the hyssop (acc. to Zohary, Plants 96f = the Origanum Syriacum, not the European Hyssopus), a small bush w. blue flowers and highly aromatic leaves; used in purificatory sacrifices (Ex 12:22; Lev 14:4; Num 19:6, 18.—SIG 1218, 16 [V B.C.], where the word is beyond doubt correctly restored, the hyssop serves to purify a house in which a corpse had lain; Chaeremon also mentions its purifying power) Hb 9:19; 1 Cl 18:7 (Ps 50:9); B 8:1, 6.—In J 19:29 hyssop appears as a plant w. a long, firm stem or stalk, which creates some difficulty. The conjecture by JCamerarius († 1574), ὑσσῷ (=javelin [s. ὑσσός]: ὑσσῷ is actually found in mss. 476 and 1242, both antedating the conjecture) προπεριθέντες, has been accepted by many (e.g. Dalman, Jesus 187; Lagrange, JBernard; Field, Notes 106–8; M-M.; Goodsp., Probs. 115f; Mft.; NEB; w. reserve, Bultmann). Against the rdg. ὑσσός (not accepted by Weymouth, NAB [the margin suggests probability of ‘symbolic’ usage], NRSV, REB [marginal ref. to ‘javelin’]; 20th Century ‘hyssop-stalk’) it has been urged (by WBauer et al.) that the purifying effect of the hyssop (used acc. to Ex 12:22 specif. at the Passover) is the most important consideration here.—ILöw, Die Flora der Juden II 1924, 72f; 84–101, on J 19:29 esp. 99–101; LFonck, Streifzüge durch die biblische Flora 1900, 109; EbNestle, Zum Ysop bei Johannes, Josephus u. Philo: ZNW 14, 1913, 263–65; LBaldensperger and GCrowfoot, Hyssop: PEF 63, ’31, 89–98; Metzger 253f; BHHW III 2197f.—DELG. M-M.