from Syria

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Συρικά̱, Συρικός

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Συρικά̱, Συρικός

from Syria: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

Συρικός

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Συρικός

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Συρικός

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Σύρος [ῠ], ὁ,

A Syrian, IG12.329.18, Hdt.3.91 codd. (v.l. in 2.30, 104.159, 3.5), Trag.Adesp.162; of the Λευκόσυροι, S.Fr. 638, Hdt.1.6 codd., 7.72 codd. (but Σύριοι of the Λ., v. infr.); freq. used as a slave's name, Anaxandr.51, Eriph.6, Hegesipp.Com.1.4, D.45.86, IG22.2937.12, etc.:—fem. [full] Σύρα, Ar. Pax 1146 (troch.), Philem.125. --Syria was called [full] Σῠρία, [dialect] Ion. -ιη, ἡ, Hdt.1.105, etc.;

Σ. ἡ Παλαιστίνη Id.3.91

, 4.39;

Σ. Παλαιστίνη IGRom.3.172.22

(Ancyra, ii A.D.), OGI601.6 (Amastris, ii A.D.); ἡ Φοινίκη Σ. D.S.19.93; Κοίλη Σ. between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, v. κοῖλος; ἡ ἄνω Σ. (dub. l.) Str. 2.5.38.--The Syrians were also called [full] Σύριοι, a name which in early times was given to the Assyrians, Hdt.7.63, cf. A.Pers.84 (lyr.), Luc.Syr.D.1; and to the Cappadocians or Λευκόσυροι (Str. 12.3.5. al.), Hdt.1.72, 2.104, 3.90, 5.49; Σ. Καππαδόκαι (v.l. Σ. καὶ K.) Id.1.72;

Σ. οἱ ἐν τῇ Παλαιστίνῃ Id.2.104

.--Adj. [full] Σύριος [pron. full] [ῠ], [full] α, ον, Syrian, A.Ag. 1312, E.Ba. 144 (lyr.), etc.;

Σ. πόα Arist.HA 627b17

; Σ. πύλαι (v.

πύλη 11.2

):—also [full] Σῠριᾰκός, ή, όν, Thphr.CP2.17.3, Str.2.1.31, etc.--Adv. [full] Σῠρίηθεν from Syria, D.P.895.

προέρχομαι mid. dep.; impf. προηρχόμην; fut. προελεύσομαι; 2 aor. προῆλθον; pf. 3 sg. προελήλυθεν (Just.) (Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol; TestJob 10:3; TestJos 19:3 [8]; EpArist 235 πρ. εἰς=‘go over to’; Philo, Joseph., Just.; Tat. 5, 2; Mel., P. 66, 469; Ath., 10, 3, R. 17 p. 69, 8).

① to continue to advance, go forward, advance, proceed w. acc. of degree or way (Pla., Rep. 1, 328e; 10, 616b ὁδόν) μικρόν a little (Plut., Thes. 11, 1; cp. Jos., Vi. 304 πρ. ὀλίγον) Mt 26:39 (v.l. προσελθών); Mk 14:35 (v.l. προσελθών). ῥύμην μίαν go along one lane or go one block farther Ac 12:10. πρ. ὡσεὶ πόδας λ´ Hv 4, 2, 1.—Of time advance, come on (Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 35, 251) τὸ κυρίου πάσχα προέρχεται Dg 12:9.—Of Christ ἵνα εἰς κόσμον προέλθῃ that he might come into this world AcPlCor 2:6.

② to precede as leader/guide, go before. W. acc. of pers. (Plut., Brut. 995 [25, 4] ὁ Βροῦτος πολὺ προῆλθε τοὺς κομίζοντας τὸ ἄριστον=Brutus went before the bearers) Ἰούδας προήρχετο αὐτοὺς Lk 22:47 (v.l. αὐτῶν; for the gen. cp. X., Cyr. 2, 2, 7; Jdth 2:19; Just., A I, 23, 1). For Lk 1:17 s. 3.

③ to precede so as to be ahead, come/go before someone, go on before or ahead (cp. Sir 32:10) abs. (Herodian 1, 5, 2) Ac 20:5 (v.l. προσελθόντες). πρ. ἐπὶ τὸ πλοῖον go on board the ship beforehand vs. 13 (v.l. προσελθόντες). πρ. εἰς ὑμᾶς go on to you ahead (of me) 2 Cor 9:5. οἱ προελθόντες με ἀπὸ Συρίας εἰς Ῥωμην those who have gone ahead of me from Syria to Rome IRo 10:2.— Arrive at a place before τινά someone προῆλθον αὐτούς Mk 6:33 (vv.ll. προσῆλθον αὐτοῖς et al.). προελεύσεται (v.l. προσελεύσεται) ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ Lk 1:17 (cp. Gen 33:3, 14).

④ to come to the fore, come out, proceed (2 Macc 4:34; Philo, Op. M. 161; Jos., Bell. 4, 651; Just., D. 30, 1 al.)

ⓐ abs. come out of the house (Ps.-Lucian, De Asin. 47; POxy 472, 5 [II A.D.]) Ac 12:13 v.l. (for προσῆλθεν). Of Christ come out (of the womb) GJs 17:3.

ⓑ come forth, proceed, of Christ’s transcendent origin ἀπό from (πρ. ἀπό as 2 Macc 10:27 v.l.; Just., D. 64, 7 al.) ἀφʼ ἑνὸς πατρός IMg 7:2; ἀπὸ σιγῆς 8:2 (Proclus on Pla., Cratyl. p. 67, 9 Pasqu.: God ἀπʼ ἄλλου προῆλθεν; 100, 6).—M-M.

Συρικός

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from Syria: masc /neut gen sg

Συρικός

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Συρικός

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Συρικά̱ς, Συρικός

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Συρικός

from Syria: masc nom sg

Σῠρικός, ή, όν,

A from Syria, Syrian, St.Byz.:—Συρικόν, τό, = σάνδυξ, lead oxide, Alex.Trall.3.7, Aët.2.70, Paul.Aeg.7.3: cf.

σηρικός 3

.

Σύριος [ῠ], α, ον,

A of or from Syria, A.Pers.84 (lyr.), etc.: cf. Σύρος.

θηριομαχέω (s. θηρίον, μάχομαι) 1 aor. ἐθηριομάχησα

① be forced to fight with wild animals as a punishment, fight with wild animals (Diod S 3, 43, 7; Artem. 2, 54; 5, 49; Ptolem., Apotel. 4, 9, 10; Vett. Val. 129, 33; 130, 21; Jos., Bell. 7, 38) IEph 1:2; ITr 10; ἐπισήμως θ. MPol 3, 1. For 1 Cor 15:32 s. 2.

② to be in a position of having to contend with adversaries, struggle with, contend with. It is uncertain whether θ. is used lit. or fig. in 1 Cor 15:32. It is quite unlikely that Paul could have engaged in a real struggle w. wild animals (but. s. Bowen below). He says nothing about such an experience in 2 Cor 11:23–29, and Ac does not mention it (but Ac is silent about many matters). Also the apostle could not have been sentenced ‘ad bestias’ without losing his Roman citizenship, which he still held at a later date, and which formed the basis for his appeal to the emperor. If, nevertheless, the verb is to be taken as lit., the expr. is to be considered (w. JWeiss on 1 Cor 15:32 and WMichaelis, Die Gefangenschaft d. Paulus in Ephesus 1925, 118ff) a contrary to fact (unreal) conditional sentence: ‘if I had fought w. wild animals’ (against this JSchmid, Zeit u. Ort d. paul. Gefangenschaftsbr. ’31, 39–60; WKümmel, Hdb. ’49). But the expr. can also be fig. (freq. in Cynic-Stoic diatribe; AMalherbe, JBL 87, ’68, 71–80), as it certainly is in IRo 5:1 ἀπὸ Συρίας μέχρι Ῥώμης θηριομαχῶ … δεδεμένος δέκα λεοπάρδοις, ὅ ἐστι στρατιωτικὸν τάγμα from Syria to Rome I am fighting with wild animals, bound to ten leopards, that is, a detachment of soldiers (cp. OGI 201, 16 ἐπολέμησα ἀπὸ Π. ἕως Τ.); here Ign. describes the sufferings of his journey as a prisoner with a word that suggests a struggle w. wild animals (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 61 §252, where Pompey says in sim. fig. language: οἵοις θηρίοις μαχόμεθα; Philo, Mos. 1, 43f. Ignatius longed to have actual wild beasts consume him IRo 4:1f; 5:2.). In AcPl Ha 3, 9; 4, 8; 5, 13 actual fights with wild beasts (Lat. venationes) are meant.—CBowen, JBL 42, 1923, 59–68; CCoffin, ibid. 43, 1924, 172–76; JHunkin, ET 39, 1928, 281f; R Osborne, JBL 85, ’66, 225–30; lit. s.v. ἀγών.—DELG s.v. θήρ. M-M.

Ἀντιόχεια, ας, ἡ (lit., ins, Joseph., SibOr) Antioch.

① A. on the Orontes, the largest city in Syria (Jos., Ant. 16, 148), capital of the Seleucid Empire, later seat of the Rom. legate. Many Jews lived there (Jos., Bell. 7, 43; Just., A I, 26, 4). Of the origin of the Christian community in A. we know only what is reported in Ac 11:19–26. Paul labored there Ac 13:1; 14:26; 15:22ff; 18:22, and had a difference of opinion w. Peter Gal 2:11. Ignatius, superintendent (bishop) of the church there, mentions the city IPhld 10:1; ISm 11:1; IPol 7:1.—OMüller, Antiquitates Antiochenae 1839; TMommsen, Röm. Gesch. V 456ff; RFörster, A. am Orontes: Jahrb. d. K. D. Arch. Inst. 12, 1897, 103–49; HLeclerq, Antioche: DAC I 2359–427; KBauer, A. in der ältesten Kirchengesch. 1919; HDieckmann, Antiochien 1920; KPieper, A. am Orontes im ap. Zeitalter: ThGl 22, 1930, 710–28; VSchultze, Antiocheia 1930; LEnfrey, Antioche 1930; CKraeling, The Jewish Commun. at Antioch: JBL 51, ’32, 130–60; MTenney, BiblSacra 107, ’50, 298–310; JKollwitz, RAC I ’50, 461–69; GDowney, A History of Antioch in Syria from Seleucus to the Arab Conquest, ’61; WMeeks/RWilcken, Jews and Christians in Antioch in the First Four Centuries of the Common Era ’78; RBrown/JMeier, Antioch and Rome ’83; Schürer index.

② Pisidian A. (Strabo 12, 8, 14; Pliny the Elder, NH 5, 94; OGI 536, 2), belonging to the province of Galatia, seat of the civil and military administration in S. Galatia. Visited several times by Paul Ac 13:14; 14:19, 21; 2 Ti 3:11.—Ramsay, Bearing 282ff; WCalder, JRS 2, 1912, 79–109; PGaechter, Petrus u. seine Zeit, ’58, 155–212; Schürer III 32.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `Muse', Goddess of song and poetry (usu. in plur.), also metaphor. `song, music, poetry' (IA., Il.)

Other forms: Aeol. μοῖσα, Dor. μῶσα, Lac. μῶἁ (Ar.).

Compounds: Many compp., e.g. μουσ-ηγέτης, Aeol. μοισ-αγέτας m. `who leads (the) Muses' = Apollon (Pi., Att.; Chantraine Études 88 f.), ἄ-μουσος `without Muses, unformed etc.' (IA.) with ἀμουσ-ία `lack of education' (E., Pl.).

Derivatives: A. Subst. 1. μουσ-εῖον `seat of the Muses, school for higher education, Museum' (Att.), Lat. mūsēum, - īum, also `sculpture of motley stones, mosaic'; from there late Gr. μουσῖον `id.' (W-.Hofmann s.v. w. lit.). -- 2. Μουσα-ϊσταί m. pl. `guild of adorers of the Muses' (Rhod.; as Έρμαϊσταί a.o., Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 177). -- 3. μούσωνες οἱ κορυφαῖοι τῶν μαγείρων, καὶ οἱ τεχνῖται H.; "to whom the Muses go at heart ", with Μουσώνιος, - ία (if not Etrusc.; Solmsen Wortforsch. 49). -- 4. μουσάριον name of an eye-salve (Alex. Trall.). -- B. Adj. 1. μουσικός `of the Muses-, musical, well educated' with μουσική ( τέχνη) `music, poetry, mental formation' (Pi., IA.; Chantraine Études [s. Index]), - ικεύομαι `cultivate music ' (Duris, S. E., sch.). -- 2. μοισ-αῖος `regarding the Muses' (Pi.). -- 3. μούσ-ειος `id.' (E., AP). -- C. Verbs: 1. μουσόομαι `be led and educated by the Muses, be formed harmonically' (Ar., Phld., Plu.), - όω `endow with music' (Ph.; ἐκ- μουσ̃α E. Ba. 825. κατα- μουσ̃α Jul.), `ornate with mosaics' (Tralles) with μουσωτής `mosaic-worker' (Syria VI<sup>p</sup>); prob. backformation to μουσῖον (s. above). -- 2. μουσ-ίζομαι (E.), - ίσδω (Theoc.) `sing, play' with μουσικτάς ψάλτης, τεχνίτης H. -- 3. μουσ-ιάζω `id.' (Phld.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: As the original, appellative meaning of μοῦσα is unknown and the antique traditions on the Muses do not allow certain conclusions on the name (cf. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 250 f., Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 253 ff.), we only can make guesses about the etymology. -- It may be a formed with -ι̯α to a noun with possible bases *μόντι̯α, *μόνθι̯α. The explanations often connect μένος, μέμονα etc.: from *μόν-τι̯α (Brugmann IF 3, 253ff.), morpholog. difficult, s. Wackernagel KZ 33, 571 ff. (= Kl. Schr. 2, 1204ff.); from *μόν-σα (Lasso de la Vega Emer. 22, 66 ff. with extensive treatment and criticism of predecessors), phonet. difficult; from *μόνθ-ι̯α to μενθήρη, μανθάνω (Ehrlich KZ 41, 287 ff. with further, in eny case wrong connection of Skt. mán-thati `stir'); so μοῦσα prop. "mental excitement"; rejected by Meillet Les dial. indoeur. (Paris 1908) 83, but carefully agreeing Kretschmer Glotta 1, 385; from *μῶ-ντ-ι̯α \> *μόντ-ι̯α, ptc. of μῶσθαι supposedly `meditate', but rather `strive, aim' (Fick KZ 46, 82 with Pl. Kra. 406 a); against this WP. 2, 271; from *μόντ-ι̯α as "mountain-woman, mountain-nymph" (Wackernagel l.c.); but Lat. mons is not found in Greek; rejected a.o. by W.-Hofmann s. mōns. -- Older views in Curtius 312. - Not in Fur. It is rather strange that all explanations start from the assumption that the word is IE, whereas it can quite well be of Pre-Greek origin. Does it continue *mont^y-a?

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χάρις, ιτος, ἡ (Hom.+) acc. quite predom. χάριν, but χάριτα Ac 24:27; 25:9 v.l.; Jd 4 and pl. χάριτας Ac 24:27 v.l.; 1 Cl 23:1 (Eur., Hel. 1378; Hdt. 6, 41; X., Hell. 3, 5, 16; ins, pap; Zech 4:7; 6:14; EpArist 272, pl. 230.—B-D-F §47, 3; W-S. §9, 7; Mayser 271f; Thackeray 150; Helbing 40f; Mlt-H. 132.—It seems that χάρις is not always clearly differentiated in mng. fr. χαρά; Apollodorus [II B.C.]: 244 Fgm. 90 Jac. says in the second book περὶ θεῶν: κληθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰς ἀπὸ μὲν τ. χαρᾶς Χάριτας• καὶ γὰρ πολλάκις … οἱ ποιηταὶ τ. χάριν χαρὰν καλοῦσιν ‘the [deities] Charites are so called from χαρά [joy], for poets freq. equate χάρις with χαρά’. Cp. the wordplay AcPl Ha 8, 7 χαρᾶς καὶ χάριτος the house was filled with gaiety and gratitude.).

① a winning quality or attractiveness that invites a favorable reaction, graciousness, attractiveness, charm, winsomeness (Hom.+; Jos., Ant. 2, 231) of human form and appearance παῖς λίαν εὐειδής ἐν χάριτι an exceptionally fine-looking and winsome youth AcPl Ha 3, 13. Of speech (Demosth. 51, 9; Ps.-Demetr. [I A.D.], Eloc. §127; 133; 135 al.; Eccl 10:12; Sir 21:16; Jos., Ant. 18, 208) οἱ λόγοι τῆς χάριτος (gen. of quality) the gracious words Lk 4:22. ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι let your conversation always be winsome Col 4:6 (cp. Plut., Mor. 514f; s. also HAlmqvist, Plut. u. das NT ’46, 121f; Epict. 3, 22, 90). τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ χάριτος ἐπληροῦτο MPol 12:1 can also be placed here in case χάρις means nothing more than graciousness (s. 4 below); prob. also GJs 7:3 (s. 3b).

② a beneficent disposition toward someone, favor, grace, gracious care/help, goodwill (almost a t.t. in the reciprocity-oriented world dominated by Hellenic influence [cp. e.g. OGI 669, 29] as well as by the Semitic sense of social obligation expressed in the term חֶסֶד [NGlueck, Das Wort ḥesed in alttestamentlichen Sprachgebrauche etc. 1927]. Of a different order and spirit is the subset of reciprocity known as Roman patronage, in which superiority of the donor over the client is clearly maintained)

ⓐ act., that which one grants to another, the action of one who volunteers to do someth. not otherwise obligatory χάρις θεοῦ ἦν ἐπʼ αὐτό Lk 2:40. ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ (cp. τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ Κλαυδίου χάριτι OGI 669, 29) Ac 11:2 D; 14:26. τοῦ κυρίου 15:40.—Esp. of the beneficent intention of God (cp. χ. in reference to God: Apollon. Rhod. 3, 1005 σοὶ θεόθεν χάρις ἔσσεται; Dio Chrys. 80 [30], 40 χ. τῶν θεῶν; Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 320 D.; 53 p. 620; Sextus 436b; likew. in LXX, Philo, Joseph.; SibOr 4, 46=189; 5, 330; Ezk. Trag. 162 [Eus., PE 9, 29, 12].—χ. to denote beneficent dispensations of the emperor: OGI 669, 44 [I A.D.]; BGU 19 I, 21 [II A.D.] χάρ. τοῦ θεοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος; 1085 II, 4) and of Christ, who give (undeserved) gifts to people; God: δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι Ro 3:24. Cp. 5:15a, 20f; 6:1; 11:5 (ἐκλογή 1), 6abc; Gal 1:15 (διά A 3e); Eph 1:6f (KKuhn, NTS 7, ’61, 337 [reff. to Qumran lit.]); 2:5, 7, 8; cp. Pol 1:3; 2 Th 1:12; 2:16; 2 Ti 1:9; Tit 2:11 (ἡ χάρ. τοῦ θεοῦ σωτήριος; s. Dibelius, Hdb. exc. after Tit 2:14); 3:7; Hb 2:9 (χωρίς 2aα); 4:16a (DdeSilva, JBL 115, ’96, 100–103); 1 Cl 50:3; ISm 9:2; IPol 7:3. ἐν χάρ[ιτι θεοῦ] AcPl Ha 7, 23 (restoration uncertain). κατὰ χάριν as a favor, out of goodwill (cp. Pla., Leg. 740c; schol. on Soph., Oed. Col. 1751 p. 468 Papag.) Ro 4:4 (opp. κατὰ ὀφείλημα), 16.—The beneficence or favor of Christ: διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ πιστεύομεν σωθῆναι Ac 15:11. Cp. Ro 5:15b; 2 Cor 8:9; 1 Ti 1:14; IPhld 8:1. On Ac 2:47 in this sense s. TAnderson, NTS 34, ’88, 604–10.

ⓑ pass., that which one experiences fr. another (Arrian, Anab. Alex. 3, 26, 4) χάριν ἔχειν have favor 3J 4 v.l. πρός τινα with someone=win his respect Ac 2:47 (cp. 2a end; cp. Pind., O. 7, 89f χάριν καὶ ποτʼ ἀστῶν καὶ ποτὶ ξείνων grant him respect in the presence of his townfolk as well as strangers); παρά τινι (Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 89 §376) Hm 10, 3, 1, cp. 5, 1, 5. εὑρεῖν χάριν παρά τινι (Philo, Leg. All. 3, 77, end) Lk 1:30; Hs 5, 2, 10; ἐνώπιόν τινος Ac 7:46; GJs 11:2 (JosAs 15:14). ἐν τοῖς μέλλουσι μετανοεῖν among those who are about to repent Hm 12, 3, 3. Ἰησοῦς προέκοπτεν χάριτι παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις Lk 2:52 (an indication of exceptional ἀρετή, cp. Pind. above). Cp. Ac 4:33; 7:10 (ἐναντίον Φαραώ); Hb 4:16b.—ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστίν; what credit is that to you? Lk 6:32–34; s. D 1:3; 2 Cl 13:4. Cp. 1 Cor 9:16 v.l. In these passages the mng. comes close to reward (s. Wetter [5 below] 209ff w. reff.).—Also by metonymy that which brings someone (God’s) favor or wins a favorable response fr. God 1 Pt 2:19, 20.

ⓒ In Christian epistolary lit. fr. the time of Paul χάρις is found w. the sense (divine) favor in fixed formulas at the beginning and end of letters (Zahn on Gal 1:3; vDobschütz on 1 Th 1:1; ELohmeyer, ZNW 26, 1927, 158ff; APujol, De Salutat. Apost. ‘Gratia vobis et pax’: Verb. Dom. 12, ’32, 38–40; 76–82; WFoerster, TW II ’34, 409ff; Goodsp., Probs. 141f. S. also the lit. s.v. χαίρω 2b). At the beginning of a letter χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη (sc. εἴη; New Docs 8, 127f) Ro 1:7; 1 Cor 1:3; 2 Cor 1:2; Gal 1:3; Eph 1:2; Phil 1:2; Col 1:2; 1 Th 1:1; 2 Th 1:2; Phlm 3; Rv 1:4; without ὑμῖν Tit 1:4. χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη πληθυνθείη 1 Pt 1:2; 2 Pt 1:2; 1 Cl ins. χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη 1 Ti 1:2; 2 Ti 1:2; 2J 3 (on the triplet cp. En 5:7 φῶς καὶ χάρις καὶ εἰρήνη).—At the end ἡ χάρις (τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ etc.) μεθʼ ὑμῶν (or μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν etc.) Ro 16:20, 23 (24) v.l.; 1 Cor 16:23; 2 Cor 13:13; Gal 6:18; Eph 6:24; Phil 4:23; Col 4:18; 1 Th 5:28; 2 Th 3:18; 1 Ti 6:21; 2 Ti 4:22; Tit 3:15; Phlm 25; Hb 13:25; Rv 22:21; 1 Cl 65:2. ἔσται ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων τῶν φοβουμένων τὸν Κύριον GJs 25:2. ὁ κύριος τῆς δόξης καὶ πάσης χάριτος μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν B 21:9. χάρις ὑμῖν, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη, ὑπομονὴ διὰ παντός ISm 12:2. ἔρρωσθε ἐν χάριτι θεοῦ 13:2.

③ practical application of goodwill, (a sign of) favor, gracious deed/gift, benefaction

ⓐ on the part of humans (X., Symp. 8, 36, Ages. 4, 3; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 49 §213; Dionys. Hal. 2, 15, 4) χάριν (-ιτα) καταθέσθαι τινί (κατατίθημι 2) Ac 24:27; 25:9. αἰτεῖσθαι χάριν 25:3 (in these passages from Ac χ. suggests [political] favor, someth. one does for another within a reciprocity system. Cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 108 §506 ἐς χάριν Σύλλα=as a favor to Sulla; ApcSed 8:1 οὐκ ἐποίησάς μοι χάριν=you did me no favor). ἵνα δευτέραν χάριν σχῆτε that you might have a second proof of my goodwill 2 Cor 1:15 (unless χάρις here means delight [so in poetry, Pind. et al., but also Pla., Isocr.; L-S-J-M s.v. χάρις IV; cp. also the quot. fr. Apollodorus at the beg. of the present entry, and the fact that χαρά is v.l. in 2 Cor 1:15]; in that case δευτέρα means double; but s. comm.). Of the collection for Jerusalem (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 42 §173 χάριτας λαμβάνειν=receive gifts) 1 Cor 16:3; 2 Cor 8:4, 6f, 19 (DdeSilva, JBL 115, ’96, 101). Cp. B 21:7.—Eph 4:29 may suggest a demonstration of human favor (cp. Plut., Mor. 514e χάριν παρασκευάζοντες ἀλλήλοις), but a ref. to the means by which divine grace is mediated is not to be ruled out (s. b below).

ⓑ on the part of God and Christ; the context will show whether the emphasis is upon the possession of divine favor as a source of blessings for the believer, or upon a store of favor that is dispensed, or a favored status (i.e. standing in God’s favor) that is brought about, or a gracious deed wrought by God in Christ, or a gracious work that grows fr. more to more (so in contrast to the old covenant Mel., P. 3, 16 al.). God is called ὁ θεὸς πάσης χάριτος 1 Pt 5:10, i.e. God, who is noted for any conceivable benefit or favor; cp. B 21:9.—χάριν διδόναι τινί show favor to someone (Anacr. 110 Diehl; Appian, Ital. 5 §10): τὸν δόντα αὐτῷ τὴν χάριν GJs 14:2. ταπεινοῖς δίδωσι χάριν (Pr 3:34) Js 4:6b; 1 Pt 5:5; 1 Cl 30:2; without a dat. Js 4:6a (Menand., Epitr. 231 S. [55 Kö.]). Perh. καὶ ἔβαλλε κύριος … χάριν ἐπʼ αὐτήν GJs 7:3 (but s. 1 above). The Logos is πλήρης χάριτος J 1:14. Those who belong to him receive of the fullness of his grace, χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος vs. 16 (ἀντί 2). Cp. vs. 17. τὴν χάριν ταύτην ἐν ᾗ ἑστήκαμεν this favor (of God) we now enjoy Ro 5:2 (Goodsp.).—5:17; 1 Cor 1:4; 2 Cor 4:15 (divine beneficence in conversion); cp. Ac 11:23; 6:1; Gal 1:6 (by Christ’s gracious deed); 2:21; 5:4; Col 1:6; 2 Ti 2:1; Hb 12:15; 13:9; 1 Pt 1:10, 13; 3:7 (συνκληρονόμοι χάριτος ζωῆς fellow-heirs of the gift that spells life; s. ζωή 2bα); 5:12; 2 Pt 3:18; Jd 4; IPhld 11:1; ISm 6:2. Christians stand ὑπὸ χάριν under God’s gracious will as expressed in their release from legal constraint Ro 6:14f, or they come ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ 1 Cl 16:17 (ζυγός 1). The proclamation of salvation is the message of divine beneficence τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ Ac 20:24 or ὁ λόγος τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ (=τοῦ κυρίου) 14:3; 20:32. Even the gospel message can be called ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ 13:43; cp. 18:27; MPol 2:3. τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς χάριτος the Spirit from or through whom (God’s) favor is shown Hb 10:29 (AArgyle, Grace and the Covenant: ET 60, ’48/49, 26f).—Pl. benefits, favors (Diod S 3, 2, 4; 3, 73, 6; Sb 8139, 4 [ins of I B.C.] of Isis; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 190) 1 Cl 23:1.—Nelson Glueck, Das Wort ḥesed etc. 1927, but s. FAndersen, ‘Yahweh, the Kind and Sensitive God’: God Who is Rich in Mercy, ed. PO’Brien/DPeterson ’86.

④ exceptional effect produced by generosity, favor. Of effects produced by divine beneficence which go beyond those associated with a specific Christian’s status (ins μεγάλαι χάριτες τοῦ θεου: FCumont, Syria 7, 1926, 347ff), in the congregations of Macedonia 2 Cor 8:1 and Corinth 9:14; cp. vs. 8; in Rome AcPl Ha 7, 8. The Christian confessor is in full possession of divine grace ISm 11:1. Paul knows that through the χάρις of God he has been called to be an apostle, and that he has been fitted out w. the powers and capabilities requisite for this office fr. the same source: Ro 1:5; 12:3; 15:15; 1 Cor 3:10; 15:10ab (for the subject matter cp. Polyb. 12, 12b, 3 αὐτὸν [Alex. the Great] ὑπὸ τοῦ δαιμονίου τετευχέναι τούτων ὧν ἔτυχεν=whatever he has received he has received from what is divine. [For this reason he does not deserve any divine honors.]); 2 Cor 12:9; Gal 2:9; Eph 3:2, 7f; Phil 1:7.—The χάρις of God manifests itself in various χαρίσματα: Ro 12:6; Eph 4:7; 1 Pt 4:10. This brings into view a number of passages in which χάρις is evidently to be understood in a very concrete sense. It is hardly to be differentiated fr. δύναμις (θεοῦ) or fr. γνῶσις or δόξα (q.v. 1b. On this subj. s. Wetter [5 below] p. 94ff; esp. 130ff; pap in the GLumbroso Festschr. 1925, 212ff: χάρις, δύναμις, πνεῦμα w. essentially the same mng.; PGM 4, 2438; 3165; Herm. Wr. 1, 32; Just., D. 87, 5 ἀπὸ χάριτος τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ πνεύματος). οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ ἀλλʼ ἐν χάριτι θεοῦ 2 Cor 1:12. οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀλλὰ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ σὺν ἐμοί 1 Cor 15:10c. αὐξάνετε ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει τοῦ κυρίου 2 Pt 3:18; cp. 1 Cl 55:3; B 1:2 (τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάρις). Stephen is said to be πλήρης χάριτος καὶ δυνάμεως Ac 6:8. Divine power fills the Christian confessor or martyr w. a radiant glow MPol 12:1 (but s. 1 above). As the typical quality of the age to come, contrasted w. the κόσμος D 10:6.

⑤ response to generosity or beneficence, thanks, gratitude (a fundamental component in the Gr-Rom. reciprocity system; exx. fr. later times: Diod S 11, 71, 4 [χάριτες=proofs of gratitude]; Appian, Syr. 3, 12; 13. Cp. Wetter [below] p. 206f) χάριν ἔχειν τινί be grateful to someone (Eur., Hec. 767; X., An. 2, 5, 14; Pla., Phlb. 54d; Ath. 2, 1; PLips 104, 14 [I B.C.] χάριν σοι ἔχω) foll. by ὅτι (Epict. 3, 5, 10; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 270; 2, 49) Lk 17:9 (ERiggenbach, NKZ 34, 1923, 439–43); mostly of gratitude to God or Christ; χάρις in our lit. as a whole, in the sense gratitude, refers to appropriate respone to the Deity for benefits conferred (Hom., Pind., Thu. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Jos., Ant. 7, 208) χάριν ἔχω τῷ θεῷ (POxy 113, 13 [II A.D.] χάριν ἔχω θεοῖς πᾶσιν.—Epict. 4, 7, 9) 2 Ti 1:3; foll. by ὅτι because 1 Ti 1:12 (Herm. Wr. 6, 4 κἀγὼ χάριν ἔχω τῷ θεῷ …, ὅτι; Jos., Ant. 4, 316); χάριν ἔχειν ἐπί τινι be grateful for someth. Phlm 7 v.l. (to humans). ἔχωμεν χάριν let us be thankful (to God) Hb 12:28 (the reason for it is given by the preceding ptc. παραλαμβάνοντες). Elliptically (B-D-F §128, 6; cp. Rob. 1201f) χάρις (ἔστω) τῷ θεῷ (X., Oec. 8, 16 πολλὴ χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς; Epict. 4, 4, 7 χάρις τῷ θεῳ; BGU 843, 6 [I/II A.D.] χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς al. in pap since III B.C..—Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 309) Ro 7:25; MPol 3:1. Foll. by ὅτι (X., An. 3, 3, 14 τοῖς θεοῖς χάρις ὅτι; PFay 124, 16 τοῖς θεοῖς ἐστιν χάρις ὅτι; Epict. 4, 5, 9) Ro 6:17. Foll. by ἐπί τινι for someth. (UPZ 108, 30 [99 B.C.]) 2 Cor 9:15. The reason for the thanks is given in the ptc. agreeing w. τῷ θεῷ 2:14; 8:16; 1 Cor 15:57 (cp. Jos., Ant. 6, 145; Philo, Somn. 2, 213). Thankfulness (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 15 §51 πρός τινα=toward someone) χάριτι in thankfulness 10:30. So prob. also ἐν τῇ χάριτι in a thankful spirit Col 3:16 (Dibelius, Hdb. ad loc.). πλησθῆναι χαρᾶς καὶ χάριτος AcPl Ha 8, 7. S. εὐχαριστέω, end. Also PSchubert, Form and Function of the Pauline Thanksgivings ’39.—OLoew, Χάρις, diss., Marburg 1908; GWetter, Charis 1913; AvHarnack, Sanftmut, Huld u. Demut in der alten Kirche: JKaftan Festschr. 1920, 113ff; NBonwetsch, Zur Geschichte des Begriffs Gnade in der alten Kirche: Harnack Festgabe 1921, 93–101; EBurton, Gal ICC 1921, 423f; WWhitley, The Doctrine of Grace ’32; JMoffatt, Grace in the NT ’31; RWinkler, D. Gnade im NT: ZST 10, ’33, 642–80; RHomann, D. Gnade in d. Syn. Ev.: ibid. 328–48; JWobbe, D. Charisgedanke b. Pls ’32; RBultmann, Theologie des NT ’48, 283–310 (Paul); HBoers, Ἀγάπη and Χάρις in Paul’s Thought: CBQ 59, ’97, 693–713; on 2 Cor 8: FDanker, Augsburg Comm. 2 Cor, 116–34; PRousselot, La Grâce d’après St. Jean et d’après St. Paul: SR 18, 1928, 87–108, Christent. u. Wissensch. 8, ’32, 402–30; JMontgomery, Hebrew Hesed and Gk. Charis: HTR 32, ’39, 97–102; Dodd 61f; TTorrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apost. Fathers, ’48; JRenié, Studia Anselmiana 27f, ’51, 340–50; CRSmith, The Bible Doctrine of Grace, ’56; EFlack, The Concept of Grace in Bibl. Thought: Bibl. Studies in Memory of HAlleman, ed. Myers, ’60, 137–54; DDoughty, NTS 19, ’73, 163–80.—B. 1166. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `plane, plain, surface of a sea, a mountain' (Pi., trag.), `flat stone, board, table' (hell.).

Compounds: As 2. member prob. in δί-πλαξ (s. v. and Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 37 n. 4) and τρί-πλαξ.

Derivatives: 1. Dimin. πλακ-ίον n. (Troizen IV^a), - ίς κλινίδιον... H. 2. - άς f. `floor of a wine cellar' (pap. II<sup>p</sup>). 3. - ίτας ἄρτος `flat cake' (Sophr.), - ῖτις f. `kind of calamine or alum' (Gal.). 4. Adj. - ερός `flat' (Theoc.), - όεις `id.' (D.P.), - ινος `made of marble slabs' (inscr.), - ώδης `overdrawn with panes, a crust' (Arist.). 5. - οῦς, - οῦντος (from - όεις) m. `(flat) cake' (com. etc.) with - ούντ-ιον, - ικός. - ινος, - ᾶς a.o. 6. - όω `to cover with slabs of marble' (Syria) with - ωσις f. (Asia Minor), - ωτή f. `kind of calamine' (Dsc.). 7. PlN: Πλάκος m. name of a side-branch of the Ida (mountain) (Il.) with ὑποπλάκ-ιος (Z 397), - ος (Str.); Πλακίη f. name of a Pelasg. colony on the Propontis (Hdt.) with πλακιανόν n. name of a eye-unguent (Aët.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: With pl. πλάκ-ες agrees exactly a northgerm. word, OWNo. flær f. pl. `rock-terrace', PGm. * flah-iz, IE *plák-es; to this the innovated sg. flā, PGm. * flah-ō (would be Gr. *πλάκ-η). To this several Germ. words: with grammatic change Nord. flaga f., MLG vlage f. `thin layer (of the earth), flatness'; with long vowel: OWNo. flō f. `layer, course' (PGm. * flōh-ō), OHG fluoh, NHG Flüche, Schweiz. Fluh f. `rockwall' etc. From Balt. still e.g. Lett. plaka f. `low lying place, plain', also `cow's excrement', plakt `become flat'. Here prob. also with metaph. meaning Lat. placidus `quiet, calm, still' (orig. meaning `even, flat' still in aqua placida a.o.?), placeō `be pleasant'. -- Beside IE plak stands with final voiced cons. plag- in πλάγιος, (doubtful πέλαγος, s. vv.), all velar enlargements of an in no language retained verb * pelā- `broaden'(?); s. also πλάσσω, παλάμη, παλαστή; to this WP. 2, 90 f., Pok. 831 f., W.-Hofmann s. placeō w. further forms and rich lit. -- From πλακοῦς, - οῦντος with unclear development Lat. placenta `a kind of flat cake'; s. W.-Hofmann s. v. (cf. also pollenta `peeled barley'). -- A form * plak- is impossible in IE; the root * pelh₂- cannot give a short a in Greek. So πλακ- must be a loan (from a Eur. substratum?)

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: kind of (magical) stone (Sotakos of Karystos apud Plin. N. H. 37, 135), which fell from heaven (Dam. Isid. 94, 203). Acc. to Hesychius the stone given to Kronos instead of Zeus. Also name of a god ( Διὶ Βετύλῳ, Dura iii AD). βαίτυλον αν κατέπιες Apostol. 9.24, of a greedy person.

Other forms: ῡ (but how do we know?).

Derivatives: βαιτύλιον (Dam. etc.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.

Etymology: The discussion is very unclear, also because archeologists use the term in a very wide sense, without caring for the name. Zuntz Class. et Mediaeval. 8, 169ff. (who discusses the sources) thought it was a Mediterranean word, from which also Sem. bethel, interpreted as `House of God'. Unwisely, Zuntz postulates a pan-Mediterranan substrate to explain his facts, which nobody will accept. Hemmerdinger, Glotta 48 (1970) 99f. thinks it is Sem.; thus Röllig, Dict. Deities Demons (s.v. Bethel). The fact that the word appears very late, and in the context of northern Syria, makes it most probable that the word is Semitic, Bayt-el `House of El'; an old Pre-Gr. word is therefore improbable; cf. also Ribichini ib. s.v. Baetyl. (West, East Face 294f., makes the mistake (pointed out in the laterature) that in Gen. 28. 10-22 the place, not the stone, is called 'House of God'; see Wests concluding remark. Comparable stones are called abaddir in Punic, but what conclusion can be drawn from it (I think none), is unclear; the meaning of the term is unknown). Not helpful Davidson Hermes 123 (1995) 363-9.

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