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ἀποκαθίστημι/ἀποκαθιστάνω (the latter form: SIG 588, 56 [196 B.C.]; Polyb. 3, 98, 9; Diod S 18, 57; Jos., Ant. 16, 170; Mk 9:12; Ac 1:6; B-D-F §93; W-S. §14, 14; Rob. 1216).—The form ἀποκαθίστημι: pres. also as by-form-ιστάω (Duris of Samos [IV/III B.C.]: 76 Fgm. 7 Jac.; Diod S 1, 78, 2; Arist., Met. 1074a, 3 v.l.) as v.l. Mk 9:12 (3 sg. ἀποκαθιστᾷ); also as by-form 3 sg. ἀποκαταστάνει (Mk 9:12 v.l.). Impf. 3 pl. ἀπεκαθίστων Gen 29:3; fut. ἀποκαταστήσω; 1 aor. ἀπεκατέστησα LXX, GrBar 17:2 (ἀπο-Gen 40:21 cod. R); 2 aor. ἀπεκατέστην. Pass.: 1 fut. ἀποκατασταθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἀπεκατεστάθην (for the double augm., see, e.g., PTebt 413, 4; s. B-D-F §69, 3; Rob. 368; KBrugmann⁴-AThumb, Griech. Gramm. 1913, p. 311; Schwyzer I 656; DELG s.v. ἵστημι); pf. ptc. ἀποκαθεσταμένη Mel., P. 78, 563 Ch. (X.+; s. Anz 330f.)

① to change to an earlier good state or condition, restore, reestablish (OGI 90, 18; Demosth. 18, 90; Dionys. Hal. 3, 23; Herodian 2, 6, 11; IPriene 361, 2 [IV B.C.]; PGM 4, 629f; Gen 29:3; Ezk 16:55; 1 Macc 15:3; Tat. 18, 3 εἰς τὸ ἀρχαῖον) of Elijah (Mal 3:23) πάντα Mt 17:11; Mk 9:12 (s. Schürer II 515f; Bousset, Rel.³ 232f; Billerb. IV 764–98). τινί τι (Diod S 16, 45, 9; 20, 32, 2 τ. πολίταις τ. δημοκρατίαν ἀποκατέστησε) ἀ. τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Ἰσραήλ Ac 1:6 (s. the discussion s.v. ἀποκατάστασις). Abs. 1 Cl 56:6 (Job 5:18).—Medical t.t. cure (Diosc., Mat. Med. I 64, 4; Vi. Aesopi G 7 ἀ. τὴν φωνήν=restore the voice of a mute; Ex 4:7; Lev 13:16) intr. ἀπεκατέστη he was cured (EpArist 316) Mk 8:25. Pass. ἀπεκατεστάθη ὑγιής it was restored Mt 12:13; Mk 3:5; Lk 6:10 (TestSim 2:13; cp. Mel., P. 78, 563; 89, 669); ἀπεκατεστάθη τὸ οὖς 22:51 D. Fig., of the tortured body of a persecuted church ISm 11:2. ἐπί τι (Diod S2, 9, 3) ἐπὶ τὴν σεμνὴν τ. φιλαδελφίας ἀγωγήν to the venerable practice of brotherly love 1 Cl 48:1.

② to return someone to a former place or relationship, bring back, give back, restore (Polyb. 3, 98, 7; Diod S 18, 65, 1; POxy 38, 12f ὑφʼ οὗ καὶ ἀποκατεστάθη μοι ὁ υἱός et al. in pap; 2 Km 9:7; Job 8:6; 2 Macc 11:25; Jos., Ant. 15, 195; Tat. 18, 3 τοῖς οἰκείοις) ἵνα ἀποκατασταθῶ ὑμῖν that I might be restored to you Hb 13:19. τινὰ εἴς τι (Polyb. 8, 29, 6; 1 Esdr 6:25; Jer 16:15; 23:8; GrBar 17:2; Jos., Ant. 11, 2, Vi. 183) εἰς τ. τόπον Hs 7:6 (v.l. οἶκον).—B. 751. EDNT. M-M. TW. Sv.

ἀποστέλλω fut. ἀποστελῶ; 1 aor. ἀπέστειλα; ἀποστείλω Ac 7:34 (Ex 3:10) is perh. not hortat. subj. but pres. ind. as in the Pontic dial. (Thumb 18; s. M-M s.v.) or fut. (see v.l.); pf. ἀπέσταλκα, pass. ἀπέσταλμαι; 2 aor. pass. ἀπεστάλην (Soph., Hdt.+).

① to dispatch someone for the achievement of some objective, send away/out (Diod S 34 + 35, 14)

ⓐ w. only the obj. given Mt 13:41; Mk 11:1; 12:5 al.

ⓑ more exactly defined

α. w. indication of the pers. to whom someone is sent: by the dat. (UPZ 61, 20) Mt 22:16; εἴς τινα Mt 15:24; Lk 11:49; Ac 26:17. πρός τινα (Epict. 3, 22, 74; Jos., Ant. 7, 334) Mt 21:34, 37; 23:34, 37; 27:19; Mk 3:31; 12:4, 6; J 1:19 al.

β. w. indication of the place to which someone is sent, w. εἰς (PCairZen 578, 3): Mt 14:35; 20:2; Mk 8:26; Lk 1:26; 10:1; J 3:17 al. W. ἐν (4 Km 17:25; 2 Ch 7:13) ἐν μέσω λύκων Mt 10:16; Lk 10:3 (cp. Jer 32:27). ἔξω τ. χώρας outside the country Mk 5:10. W. ὧδε here Mk 11:3. ἀ. πρεσβείαν ὀπίσω τινός send an embassy after someone Lk 19:14 (cp. 4 Km 14:19). ἀ. ἔμπροσθέν τινος (cp. Gen 45:5, 7; 46:28) send before someone J 3:28; cp. ἀ. ἄγγελον πρὸ προσώπου σου Mt 11:10; Mk 1:2 (Ex 23:20; cp. Mal 3:1); cp. Lk 9:52; 10:1.

γ. w. the purpose of the sending indicated by ἵνα (Gen 30:25) Mk 12:2, 13; Lk 20:10; J 1:19; 3:17; 7:32; Hv 5:2 al. By ὅπως (1 Macc 16:18) Ac 9:17. By the inf. (Num 16:12; 31:4) Mt 22:3; Mk 3:14; Lk 1:19; 4:18a (Is 61:1); 9:2; 14:17; J 4:38; Ac 5:21; 1 Cor 1:17; Rv 22:6; B 14:9 (Is 61:1); Hm 12, 6, 1; cp. AcPlCor 2:9 in c below. By ἐπί (or εἰς) w. acc. (Apollon. Paradox. 1; PFlor 126, 8; Sb 174, 5f [III B.C.] ἀ. ἐπὶ τ. θήραν τ. ἐλεφάντων; UPZ 15, 24) ἐπὶ τοῦτο for this purpose Lk 4:43. εἰς διακονίαν to render service Hb 1:14 (cp. Jdth 11:7; Gen 45:5). By the simple acc. τοῦτον ἄρχοντα καὶ λυτρωτὴν ἀπέσταλκεν this man he sent as leader and deliverer Ac 7:35. ἀ. τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἱλασμόν 1J 4:10. ἀ. τ. υἱόν σωτῆρα vs. 14 (cp. ἐκεῖνον … κατάσκοπον … ἀποσταλέντα Just., D. 113, 1).

δ. in pass. ἀποστέλλεσθαι παρὰ θεοῦ (Vi. Aesopi I c. 31 p. 295, 1 ed. Eberh. ἀπεστάλην παρὰ τ. θεοῦ μου; cp. Sir 15:9; 34:6) J 1:6. πνεύματος ἁγίου ἀπὸ οὐρανοῦ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀποσταλέντος εἰς αὐτὴν (Μαρίαν) AcPlCor 2:5; ἀπὸ τ. θεοῦ (Epict. 3, 22, 23 ἀπὸ τοῦ Διός; Vi. Aesopi G 119 P.: the prophets of Heliopolis say ἡμεῖς ἀπεστάλημεν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ) Lk 1:26 (v.l. ὑπό); cp. 1 Cl 65:1. ἀπὸ Κορνηλίου πρὸς αὐτόν Ac 10:21 v.l. ἀπὸ Καισαρείας 11:11 (cp. 1 Macc 15:1). ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ 1 Pt 1:12; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου Hv 5:2.

ⓒ esp. of the sending out of the disciples by Jesus Mt 10:5; Mk 3:14; 6:7; Lk 9:2; J 4:38; 17:18, as well as God’s sending forth of Jesus (of the divine mission, esp. of prophets, very oft. in LXX; on the Heb. שָׁלִיחַ see LKopf, VetusT 7, ’58, 207–9 and ἀπόστολος 2c.—Philo, Migr. Abr. 22; Just., A I, 63, 5; D. 75, 3. The Cynic ἀπὸ τ. Διὸς ἀπέσταλται Epict. 3, 22, 23; cp. 46.—Cornutus 16 p. 30, 19 ὁ Ἑρμῆς ὁ λόγος ὤν, ὸ̔ν ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ οἱ θεοί) Mt 15:24; Mk 9:37; Lk 9:48; J 3:17, 34; 5:36, 38; 6:29, 57; 7:29; 8:42; 11:42; 17:3 (ἀποπέμπω v.l.), 8, 21, 23, 25; 20:21; Ac 3:20. Σιλωάμ tr. ἀπεσταλμένος J 9:7 (for a prob. mystic sense cp. Philo, Poster. Cai. 73; difft. ViIs 2 [p. 69, 5 Sch.].—The abs. ὀ ἀπεσταλμένος [Diod S 16, 50, 2]=the emissary). John the Baptist ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ θεοῦ 1:6.—ἀπέστειλε πρώτοις Ἰουδαίοις προφήτας εἰς τὸ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἀποσπασθῆναι sent prophets first to Judaeans so that they might be rescued from their sins AcPlCor 2:9.—Also of the Holy Spirit 1 Pt 1:12 (cp. w. ref. to the breath or wind of God, Jdth 16:14; Ex 15:10).—Of angels Hv 4, 2, 4 (cp. Da 4:13, 23; 2 Macc 11:6; 15:22f; Tob 3:17).

② to dispatch a message, send, have someth. done

ⓐ w. ref. to content of the message τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπεστάλη τοῦτο τὸ σωτήριον this salvation has been dispatched to the gentiles Ac 28:28 (cp. the passages fr. Lk and Ac in c end).

ⓑ When used w. other verbs, ἀ. often functions like our verbal auxiliary ‘have’ and means simply that the action in question has been performed by someone else (Gen 31:4; 41:8, 14; Ex 9:27; 2 Km 11:5 al.; X., Cyr. 3, 1, 6; Plut., Mor. 11c μεταπέμψας ἀνεῖλε τ. Θεόκριτον) ἀποστείλας ἀνεῖλεν he had (them) killed Mt 2:16. ἀ. ἐκράτησεν τ. Ἰωάννην he had John arrested Mk 6:17. ἀ. μετεκαλέσατο he had (him) summoned Ac 7:14. ἐσήμανεν ἀ. διὰ τ. ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ he had it made known by his angel Rv 1:1. Sim. ἀπέστειλαν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσαι the sisters had word brought to him J 11:3. ἀ. ἐν ἀφέσει set free Lk 4:18b (Is 58:6).

ⓒ in related vein w. impers. obj. (Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 15 Jac.; cp. En 101:3; PsSol 7:4): ἀ. τὸ δρέπανον (one) sends for the sickle=‘sends for the reapers’; a species of synecdoche Mk 4:29 (Field, Notes 26, argues for ‘put forth’=‘put in’ on the basis principally of Jo 3:13, ἐξαποστείλατε δρέπανα, ὅτι παρέστηκεν τρύγητος, a clause formally sim. to the phrase in Mk. The sense linguistically remains the same: reapers must perform the task with a sickle. In the impv. construction of Jo the subject is specified and the action defined as a directive; in Mk the subj. is to be inferred and the directive implied). ἀ. αὐτούς, the owner arranges for dispatch of donkeys Mt 21:3. ἀ. τὸν λόγον send out a message (Ps 106:20; 147:7; cp. PLips 64, 42 τὸ περὶ τούτου ἀποσταλὲν πρόσταγμα) Ac 10:36; 13:26 v.l.; cp. Lk 24:49. Pass. Ac 28:28 (s. a above).

ⓓ abs. μήπως ἀποστείλῃ ὁ δεσπότης ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς lest the Lord dispatch (his wrath) upon us GJs 7:1 (Ezk 7:7).—See lit. s.v. ἀπόστολος.—B. 710. DELG s.v. στέλλω A. M-M. TW.

ἀποστερέω fut. ἀποστερήσω LXX; 1 aor. ἀπεστέρησα; perf. pass. ptc. ἀπεστερημένος (στερέω ‘rob’; Aeschyl., Hdt., et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Ath., Just.)

① to cause another to suffer loss by taking away through illicit means, rob, steal, despoil, defraud τινά someone (UPZ 32, 33 [162/161 B.C.] ἀποστεροῦντες ἡμᾶς; Jos., Vi. 128) ἀποστερεῖτε, καὶ τοῦτο ἀδελφούς you engage in fraud, yes, even against your own fellow-members 1 Cor 6:8. W. gen. of thing (PRyl 116, 16 βουλόμενοι ἀποστερέσαι τῶν ἐμῶν; Sir 29:6; Jos., Ant. 2, 303 τῆς ἐπιμελείας) τῆς ἀληθείας 1 Ti 6:5. W. acc. of thing (Heraclit., Ep. 7 p. 202, 9 Malherbe; UPZ 16, 7; Herm. Wr. 5, 8; Sir 4:1; 34:21) ἀ. τὴν ζωὴν ὑμῶν rob you of (eternal) life Hv 3, 9, 9. Abs. (UPZ 42, 35 [163/162 B.C.]) μὴ ἀποστερήσῃς do not steal Mk 10:19 (perh. w. ref. to property held on deposit: CCoulter, ClPh 35, ’40, 60–63; Pliny, Ep. to Trajan 96, 7; Lev 5:20–25 [=6:2–5 Mt]).—Pass. ὁ μισθὸς ὁ ἀπεστερημένος (Sir 34:22; Mal 3:5; cp. Philo, Mos. 1, 142; Jos., Ant. 4, 288—SIG 1199, 5: ἀ.=acquire illegally, embezzle) wages stolen or held back fr. the workers Js 5:4. τίς πλέον ἀποστερηθῇ; who has suffered greater loss? IEph 10:3. Let oneself be robbed 1 Cor 6:7 (permissive pass.: Gildersleeve, Syntax I §167). W. gen. lose someth. (Jos., Vi. 205) Ac 16:19 D.

② to prevent someone from having the benefit of someth., deprive, fig. ext. of 1: μὴ ἀποστερεῖτε ἀλλήλους do not deprive each other of marital rights 1 Cor 7:5 (cp. PLond VI, 1917, 19; cp. Ex 21:10 and s. Nägeli 20).—DELG s.v. στέρομαι. M-M.

ἀρέσκω impf. ἤρεσκον; fut. ἀρέσω; 1 aor. ἤρεσα. Mid. impf. ἠρέσκετο (Tat. 2, 1) (s. ἀρεσκεία; Hom.+). In Gk. lit. ἀ. is used in a variety of senses ranging from conciliatory action (s. Od. 22, 55, of satisfaction pledged to Odysseus) to undertaking of civic responsibility that meets with public approval (s. 2 below). Most oft. w. dat. of pers.

① to act in a fawning manner, win favor, please, flatter, w. focus on the winning of approval (Aristot., EN 2, 7, 13; 4, 6, 1; Theophr., Char. 5 [e.g. in a dispute the flatterer endeavors to please friend and foe alike; and he will tell foreigners that they speak with greater sense of justice than do his fellow citizens]. That the original sense of basic civility in human relations [s. 2a below] suffered debasement is affirmed by Anaxandrides Com., cited Athen. 6, 255b: τὸ γαρ κολακεύειν νῦν ἀρέσκειν ὄνομʼ ἔχει ‘flattery’ is now called ‘being accommodating’; s. ἀνθρωπαρεσκέω, ἀνθρωπάρεσκος) ἀνθρώποις (Pla., Ep. 4, 321b; Simplicius in Epict. p. 118, 30 ἀρέσκειν ἀνθρώποις βουλόμενος) Gal 1:10ab (conative impf.); 1 Th 2:4 here in both a neg. and a positive sense: ‘flattering’ humans, but ‘pleasing’ God (in the sense of 2 below), who tests (δοκιμάζω) for motivation.

② to give pleasure/satisfaction, please, accommodate.

ⓐ a favored term in the reciprocity-conscious Mediterranean world, and frequently used in honorary documents to express interest in accommodating others by meeting their needs or carrying out important obligations. Oft. almost serve Nägeli 40. The use of the term in a good sense in our lit. contributes a tone of special worth and diginity to some of the relationships that are depicted. τινί someone τῷ πλησίον Ro 15:2 (w. τὸ ἀγαθόν and οἰκοδομή as decisive semantic components); cp. Hs 5, 2, 7 a servant doing good work. Lord/God ἀ. τ. κυρίῳ 1 Cor 7:32; 1 Th 4:1; inability to do so Ro 8:8; cp. 1 Th 2:15; rather than humans 1 Th 2:4 (s. 1 above); IRo 2:1 (note the semantic problem cited 1 above). God/Lord as commander (military imagery) IPol 6:2; cp. 2 Ti 2:4.—Concern for a broad public is a common theme in honorary documents (e.g. OGI 339, 29f; s. Danker, Benefactor 336f) and other lit. (cp. Demosth., Ep. 3, 27 πᾶσιν ἀ.; Ath. 26:1 τοῖς πολλοῖς ἀρέσκοντες θεοί) πάντα πᾶσιν ἀ. in everything I endeavor to please all, i.e. without deference to one at the expense of another, 1 Cor 10:33 (w. σύμφορον, q.v., along w. συμφέρω, for cultural significance); sim. κατὰ πάντα τρόπον πᾶσιν ἀ. ITr 2:3. (Cp. the negative appraisal 1 Th 2:15.)—Sacrifice of self-interest is a major component of the foregoing theme, hence the caution μὴ ἑαυτῷ ἀ. Ro 15:1, and the exhibition of Jesus as role model vs. 3; cp. 2 Cl 13:1 (w. ἀνθρωπάρεσκος s. 1 above); Hs 9, 22, 1; in a marriage relationship, wife or husband ἀ. τ. γυναικί 1 Cor 7:33; ἀ. τ. ἄνδρι vs. 34.

ⓑ of pleasure (without any suggestion of mere amusement) as a condition generated by an action (cp. POxy 1153, 25 ἐὰν αὐτῷ ἀρέσκῃ; PGiss 20, 15). A fine line cannot always be drawn between a focus on endeavor to please and focus on the impact of pleasure produced by the activity. Some of the pass. cited in 2a may equally belong here and some of those included here could be cited above. But the gener. sense in those that follow is satisfaction produced by the behavior of another please God ἀ. θεῷ (Theopomp. [IV B.C.]: 115 Fgm. 344 Jac. τ. θεοῖς ἀ. here the concern is to meet divine expectations; Num 23:27; Ps 68:32; Mal 3:4; Jos., Ant. 6, 164; 13, 289) Ro 8:8; 1 Th 2:15; cp. Hs 5, 2, 7; ἀ. τ. κυρίῳ 1 Cor 7:32 (on these four last pass. s. also a above); 1 Cl 52, 2 (Ps 68, 32); wife/husband 1 Cor 7:33f (s. a above); 2 Ti 2:4; Herod Mt 14:6; Mk 6:22. W. focus on someth. that provides pleasure (Ael. Aristid. 46, 380 D.: θεοῖς ἀρέσκοντα) Hv 1, 4, 2; Hs 5, 6, 6. ἤρεσεν ὁ λόγος ἐνώπιον (for בְּעֵינֵי or לִפְנֵי) τοῦ πλήθους (= τῷ πλήθει) the saying pleased the whole group (cp. 2 Ch 30:4; 1 Macc 6:60; 8:21; Jos., Vi. 238) Ac 6:5 (B-D-F §4, p. 4, 5; 187, 2; 214, 6).—Salome, daughter of Herodias, pleases Herod and his company, and in keeping w. Mediterranean reciprocity system receives her award, in this instance a grisly one Mt 14:6; Mk 6:22.—Implied, i.e. impers. (Philo, Aet. M. 87; Jos., Ant. 14, 205; 207) ἀρέσκει μοι it pleases me (=mihi placet) w. inf. foll. (Hdt. 8, 19; Josh 24:15; 1 Macc 14:23; 15:19; Jos., Ant. 14, 352) Hm 6, 1, 5.—B. 1099. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

ἄρρωστος, ον (s. ἀρρωστέω; for spelling B-D-F §11, 1) sick, ill, lit. powerless (so Hippocr.+; SIG² 858, 17; restored in PEdgar 4, 5=PCairZen 18, 5=Sb 6710 [259/258 B.C.]; Sir 7:35; Mal 1:8; Jos., Bell. 5, 526) 1 Cor 11:30 (w. ἀσθενής).—Mt 14:14; Mk 6:5, 13; 16:18.—B. 298; 302. DELG s.v. ῥώννυμι. M-M.

ἐγώ (Hom.+) pers. pron. of the first pers. ἐμοῦ (μου), ἐμοί (μοι), ἐμέ (με); pl. ἡμεῖς, ἡμῶν, ἡμῖν, ἡμᾶς: I, used w. a verb to emphasize the pers.: ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω Mt 10:16; ἐγὼ λέγω 21:27; ἐγὼ ἐπιτάσσω σοι Mk 9:25; ἐγὼ καταλύσω 14:58. Esp. in the antitheses of the Sermon on the Mount Mt 5:22–44 (s. ELohse, JJeremias Festschr. ’70, 189–203 [rabb.]). ἐγώ εἰμι it is I (in contrast to others) Mt 14:27; Lk 24:39; J 6:20; I am the man 9:9; w. strong emphasis: I am the one (i.e. the Messiah) Mk 13:6; Lk 21:8; J 8:24, 28; cp. vs. 58.—For the solemn I-style in J, esp. 10:7–14, cp. the Isis ins in Diod S 1, 27, 4; IG XII/5, 14 (SIG 1267) passim; PGM 5, 145ff (all three in Dssm., LO 109–12 [LAE 134ff]; further material there 109, 3 and in Hdb., excur. on J 8:12. See IAndrosIsis; GWetter, ‘Ich bin es’: StKr 88, 1915, 224–38; KZickendraht, ibid. 94, 1922, 162–68; ESchweizer, Ego Eimi ’39; WManson, JTS 48, ’47, 137–45; HSahlin, Zur Typologie des Joh-evangeliums ’50, 63–71; Bultmann 167, 2; GMacRae, CMoule Festschr., ’70, 122–34 [Gnostics]; JBergman, Ich bin Isis, 1968; RMerkelbach, Isis Regina—Zeus Sarapis ’95).—On J 8:58 s. EFreed, JSNT 17, ’83, 52–59 (esp. p. 57f, n. 3, lit.).—ἰδοὺ ἐγώ (oft. LXX; s. PKatz, Philo’s Bible ’50, 75ff) Mt 23:34; 28:20; Mk 1:2 v.l. (Mal 3:1); Lk 24:49. ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, κύριε here I am, Lord Ac 9:10 (cp. Gen 22:1; 27:1 al.).—ἐγώ I (will), or yes (Judg 13:11; cp. Epict. 2, 12, 18 ἔγωγε) Mt 21:30.—In gospel mss. ἐ. is also found without special emphasis, either as a Hebraism, Mk 12:26 (Ex 3:6); J 10:34 (Ps 81:6), or as a copyist’s addition (B-D-F §277, 2).—On the interchange of pl. and sg. (cp. Apollon. Rhod. 3, 784 ἄμμι [=ἡμῖν], on which the scholion reads: ἀντὶ ἑνικοῦ [=singular] τοῦ ἐμοὶ κεῖται τὸ ἄμμι. 3, 1111; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 18 §67 ἡμῖν=to me. Likew. 3, 48 §196 ἡμῖν in the words of Octavian; 3, 38 §152 μετεβάλομεν=I; Jos., Ant. 2, 68; Just., D. 1, 4) s. Mlt. 86f, esp. in Paul s. B-D-F §280; Rob. 406f; KDick, D. schriftstellerische Pl. b. Pls. 1900; EAskwith, Exp. 8th Ser., 1, 1911, 149–59; EvDobschütz, Wir u. Ich b. Pls: ZST 10, ’33, 251–77; WLofthouse, ET 64, ’52/53, 241–45; ARogers, ibid. 77, ’66, 339f. For J, s. AvHarnack, Das ‘Wir’ in den joh. Schriften: SBBerlAk 1923, 96–113.—FSlotty, Der sog. Pl. modestiae: IndogF 44, 1927, 155–90; on the pl. in Ac 27f s. Hemer, Acts 312–34 (lit.); UHolzmeister, De ‘plurali categoriae’ in NT a Patribus adhibito: Biblica 14, ’33, 68–95.—In the oblique cases the longer forms ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ are used as a rule where the main emphasis lies on the pron. ὁ ἀκούων ὑμῶν, ἐμοῦ ἀκούει Lk 10:16; τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν τε καὶ ἐμοῦ Ro 1:12 al., where the emphasis is suggested by the position of the pron.—The enclit. forms occur where the main emphasis lies on the noun or verb οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος Mt 10:37; τίς μου ἥψατο; Mk 5:31; ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι Mt 2:8 al. With prep. (Mayser 302f) the enclit. forms are used only in the case of ἔμπροσθεν and ὀπίσω, somet. ἐνώπιον (Ac 10:30; but cp. Lk 4:7 ἐ. ἐμοῦ), as well as w. πρός w. acc. after verbs of motion (δεῦτε πρός με Mt 11:28; cp. 3:14; J 6:37 v.l.; ἐρχέσθω πρός με 7:37; ἀπεσταλμένοι πρός με Ac 11:11 al.). Only the enclit. forms are used as substitutes for the possessive adj. ὁ λαός μου my people Mt 2:6; μενεῖτε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ μου you will remain in my love, i.e. make it possible for me to continue to love you J 15:10. μου stands as objective gen. μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε become imitators of me 1 Cor 4:16.—The expr. τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί; is Hebraistic (=מַה־לִּי וָלָךְ), but it also made its way into vernac. Gk. (cp. Epict. 1, 22, 15; 1, 27, 13; 2, 19, 19; 1, 1, 16; ESchwartz, GGN 1908, p. 511, 3; DHesseling: Donum natalicium Schrijnen 1929, 665–68; FBurkitt, JTS 13, 1912, 594f; CLattey, ibid. 20, 1919, 335f); it may be rendered what have I to do w. you? what have we in common? leave me alone! never mind! It serves to refuse a request or invitation (2 Km 16:10; 19:23; 4 Km 3:13) J 2:4 (s. PGächter, ZKT 55, ’31, 351–402. Difft. JDerrett, Law in the NT, ’70, 238–42.—Apparent indifference toward close relatives compared with the things of God, as Epict. 3, 3, 5 οὐδὲν ἐμοὶ καὶ τῷ πατρί, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀγαθῷ) and as a protest against hostile measures (Judg 11:12; 3 Km 17:18; 2 Ch 35:21; 1 Esdr 1:24) Mk 5:7; Lk 8:28; likew. τὶ ἡμῖν κ. σοί; (s. τίς 1 aβה) Mt 8:29; Mk 1:24; Lk 4:34 (cp. OBauernfeind, D. Worte d. Dämonen im Mk 1927).—On the ‘I’ Ro 7:7ff s. WKümmel, Rö 7 u. d. Bekehrung des Pls 1929; RBultmann: Imago Dei ’32, 53–62; BMartin, SJT 34, ’81, 39–47 (in support of Kümmel for pre-Christian identity). Also s. οἴμοι.—DELG. M-M. TW.

ἐπισκοπή, ῆς, ἡ (s. prec. entry; Lucian, D. Deor. 20, 6= ‘visit’; OGI 614, 6 [III A.D.]=‘care, charge’; Etym. Gud. 508, 27= πρόνοια; LXX; TestBenj 9:2; JosAs 29, end cod. A ἐπισκοπῇ ἐπισκέπτεσθαί τινα of God; Just., D. 131, 3).

① the act of watching over with special ref. to being present, visitation, of divine activity

ⓐ of a salutary kind (so Gen 50:24f; Ex 3:16; Wsd 2:20; 3:13; Job 10:12; 29:4 al.) καιρὸς τῆς ἐ. the time of your gracious visitation (Wsd 3:7) Lk 19:44. ἐν ἐ. τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ when the kingdom of Christ visits us 1 Cl 50:3. ἡμέρα ἐπισκοπῆς 1 Pt 2:12 is understood in this sense by the majority (e.g. Usteri, BWeiss, Kühl, Knopf, Windisch, FHauck, et al.). S. also b below.—The gracious visitation can manifest itself as protection, care (Job 10:12; Pr 29:13; 3 Macc 5:42; Just., D. 131, 3; Orig., C. Cels. 6, 71, 8 [as providential care w. πρόνοια]) ἐν ἑνότητι θεοῦ καὶ ἐπισκοπῇ in unity w. God and under God’s care IPol 8:3.

ⓑ of an unpleasant kind (Hesych.= ἐκδίκησις; Jer 10:15; Sir 16:18; 23:24; Wsd 14:11; Theoph. Ant. 2, 35 [p. 188, 26]); ἡμέρα ἐ. (cp. Is 10:3) 1 Pt 2:12 is so understood by the minority (e.g. HvSoden, Bigg, Goodsp.; Danker, ZNW 58, ’67, 98f, w. ref. to Mal 3:13–18). S. a above.

② position of responsibility, position, assignment (Num 4:16) of Judas’ position as an apostle τὴν ἐ. λαβέτω ἕτερος let another take over his work (not an office as such, but activity of witnessing in line with the specifications in Ac 1:8, 21f) Ac 1:20 (Ps 108:8).

③ engagement in oversight, supervision, of leaders of Christian communities (a Christian ins of Lycaonia [IV A.D.] in CB I/2 p. 543; Iren. 3, 3, 3 [Harv. II 10, 2] al.; Orig., C. Cels. 3, 48, 20) 1 Ti 3:1 (s. UHolzmeister, Biblica 12, ’31, 41–69; CSpicq, RSPT 29, ’40, 316–25); 1 Cl 44:1, 4.—DELG s.v. σκέπτομαι. M-M. EDNT. TW.

ἐπιστρέφω fut. ἐπιστρέψω; 1 aor. ἐπέστρεψα. Pass.: fut. ἐπιστραφήσομαι; 2 aor. pass. ἐπεστράφην (s. next entry and στρέφω; Hom.+) gener. ‘to turn to’

① to return to a point where one has been, turn around, go back

ⓐ act. intr. (X., Hell. 4, 5, 16; Polyb. 1, 47, 8; Aelian, VH 1, 6; LXX; En 99:5f; ParJer 7:31) abs. Lk 8:55 (cp. Judg 15:19); Ac 15:36; 16:18; Rv 1:12b; εἴς τι (SIG 709, 11 [c. 107 B.C.]; 2 Km 15:27; 1 Esdr 5:8; 1 Macc 5:68; 3 Macc 7:8 εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἐ.) Mt 12:44 (exorcism of evil spirits so that they never return: Jos., Ant. 8, 45; 47 μηκέτʼ εἰς αὐτὸν ἐπανήξειν); Lk 2:39. εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω Mk 13:16; Lk 17:31; also ἐ. ὀπίσω Mt 24:18. ἐπί τι (SIG 709, 20) 2 Pt 2:22. ἐπί τινα Lk 10:6 D. πρός τινα to someone Lk 17:4. W. inf. foll. to denote purpose (Jdth 8:11 v.l.; ApcMos 31 ἐπιστρέψῃ τοῦ ἐλεῆσαι ἡμᾶ) βλέπειν Rv 1:12a (s. φωνή 2e). Also simply turn πρὸς τὸ σῶμα Ac 9:40 (for ἐ. πρός w. acc. cp. Aesop, Fab. 141 P.=248 H., Ch. 202, H.H. 146 I and III [ἐστράφη II]; 1 Macc 7:25; 11:73).

ⓑ aor. pass. in act. sense (Eur., Alc. 188; 1 Macc 4:24) εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω (Lucian, Catapl. 14) Hv 4, 3, 7. Of a greeting, which is to return unused Mt 10:13.

② to change direction, turn around, aor. pass. in act. sense (Hdt. 3, 156; X., Cyr. 6, 4, 10, Symp. 9, 1 al.; Jos., Ant. 7, 265; 16, 351) ἐπιστραφεὶς ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ he turned around in the crowd Mk 5:30. ἐπιστραφεὶς καὶ ἰδών 8:33 (Jos., Bell. 2, 619 ἐπιστραφεὶς κ. θεασάμενος).—J 21:20 (the only occurrence in J; s. M-EBoismard, Le chapitre 21 de StJean: RB 54, ’47. 488). MPol 12:3. μὴ ἐπιστραφείς without turning about= without troubling himself (about it) 8:3.

③ to cause a pers. to change belief or course of conduct, with focus on the thing to which one turns, turn act. trans., in a spiritual or moral sense (Plut., Mor. 21c ἐ. τινὰ πρὸς τὸ καλόν; Jos., Ant. 10, 53) τινὰ or τὶ ἐπί τινα someone or someth. to someone (2 Ch 19:4; Jdth 7:30; PsSol 8:27) πολλοὺς ἐπὶ κύριον Lk 1:16. καρδίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα vs. 17 (cp. Sir 48:10 and s. Hes., Op. 182). τινὰ ἔκ τινος turn someone fr. someth. (cp. Mal 2:6) Js 5:20; cp. vs. 19. Of God τοὺς πλανωμένους ἐπίστρεψον bring back those who have gone astray 1 Cl 59:4; cp. Hm 8:10. Sim. of presbyters Pol 6:1; cp. 2 Cl 17:2. ὅταν τις ἡμᾶς … ἐπιστρέψῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας εἰς τὴν δικαιοσύνην 2 Cl 19:2. τὸν οἶκον… εἰς τὸν κύριον Hv 1, 3, 1. Cp. Ox 850, 7.

④ to change one’s mind or course of action, for better or worse, turn, return

ⓐ intr. act. (Ps 77:41; 2 Esdr 19:28; ApcSed 12:4f) turn back, return Ac 15:16 D. Repent Hs 9, 26, 2. ἐπί τι to someth. 1 Cl 9:1; Pol 7:2; Gal 4:9. ἔκ τινος from someth. (cp. 3 Km 13:26) 2 Pt 2:21 v.l. Esp. of a change in a sinner’s relation with God turn (oft. LXX) ἐπί w. acc.: ἐπὶ κύριον τὸν θεόν Theoph. Ant. 3, 11 [p. 226, 25]) ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ac 9:35; 11:21; Hs 9, 26, 3. ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν 26:20; cp. 1 Cl 18:13; 2 Cl 16:1. πρὸς (τὸν) κύριον (1 Km 7:3; Hos 5:4; 6:1; Am 4:6 al. LXX) 2 Cor 3:16; Hm 6, 1, 5; Hm 12, 6, 2. πρὸς τὸν θεόν 1 Th 1:9 (non-Pauline terminology for conversion, acc. to GFriedrich, TZ 51, ’65, 504). Here and occasionally elsewh. the thing from which one turns is added, w. ἀπό and the gen. (2 Ch 6:26; Bar 2:33 v.l. ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Theoph. Ant. 3, 11 [p. 228, 10]) Ac 14:15; perh. 15:19. ἐ. ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς καὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας τ. σατανᾶ ἐπὶ τ. θεόν 26:18. Abs. Mt 13:15; Mk 4:12; Ac 28:27 (all three Is 6:10); Lk 22:32 (s. CPickar, CBQ 4, ’42, 137–40); (w. μετανοεῖν) Ac 3:19.

ⓑ aor. pass. in act. sense, turn to ἐπὶ τὰ εἴδωλα to images (of deities) B 4:8; εἰς τὴν διχοστασίαν toward disunity Hs 8, 7, 5; in good sense turn (about) (Ps.-Demosth. 10, 9; Epict. 2, 20, 22 οἱ πολῖται ἡμῶν ἐπιστραφέντες τιμῶσι τὸ θεῖον; Dt 30:10; Jer 3:14; Ps 7:13 al.; ApcSed 14:6 πρὸς τὸν ἐμὸν βάπτισμα) ἐ. ἐπί τινα (Is 55:7) 1 Pt 2:25. ἐπὶ τὸν δεσπότην 1 Cl 7:5. πρός τινα (Diog. L. 3, 25 all Greeks to Pla.; Synes., Provid. 1, 9, 97c πρὸς τὸν θεόν) πρὸς τ. κύριον (Hos 14:2f; Jo 2:13 al.) Hm 12, 6, 2. πρός με (Am 4:8; Jo 2:12 al.) 1 Cl 8:3 (scripture quot. of unknown orig.). Abs. be converted J 12:40 v.l.; Hm 12, 4, 6. ἐγγὺς κύριος τοῖς ἐπιστρεφομένοις the Lord is near to them who turn (to him) v 2, 3, 4.—ANock, Conversion ’33; EDietrich, Die Umkehr (Bekehrung u. Busse im AT u. Judentum) ’36.—M-M. TW. Sv.