gʷoh₂-mos

νοῦς, νοός, νοί̈, νοῦν, ὁ (contracted fr. νόος.—Hom. et al.; pap, LXX, TestSol, Test12Patr; SibOr 3, 574; EpArist 276; Philo [oft.]; Jos., Ant. 3, 65, Vi. 122 al.; apolog. exc. Mel.—On its declension s. B-D-F §52; W-S. §8, 11; Mlt-H. 127; 142) in the NT only in Pauline lit. except for Lk 24:45; Rv 13:18; 17:9.

① the faculty of intellectual perception

ⓐ mind, intellect as the side of life contrasted w. physical existence, the higher, mental part of a human being that initiates thoughts and plans (Apollonius of Tyana [I A.D.] in Eus., PE 4, 13; Orig., C. Cels. 8, 38, 21; 52, 24; Did., Gen. 57, 26): ὁ νόμος τοῦ νοός (μου) the law of (my) intellect Ro 7:22 v.l., 23. (Opp. σάρξ) τῷ ν. δουλεύειν νόμῳ θεοῦ serve the law of God w. one’s intellect vs. 25.

ⓑ understanding, mind as faculty of thinking (Hippol., Ref. 4, 43, 2; Did., Gen. 44, 11 [w. λογισμός]) διανοίγειν τὸν ν. τινος open someone’s mind Lk 24:45. ὁ ἔχων νοῦν whoever has understanding Rv 13:18 (ν. ἔχειν as Aristoph., Equ. 482; Hyperid. 3, 23; Dio Chrys. 17 [34], 39; 23 [40], 26; Ael. Aristid. 23, 12 K.=42 p. 771 D.; EpArist 276; Philo, Mos. 1, 141; TestReub 3:8; Ar. 9, 5; Just., D. 30, 1; 60, 2; Tat. 1, 2). ὧδε ὁ ν. ὁ ἔχων σοφίαν here is (i.e. this calls for) a mind with wisdom 17:9. νοῦν διδόναι grant understanding Dg 10:2. Also παρέχειν νοῦν 11:5. ὁ σοφίαν καὶ νοῦν θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν τῶν κρυφίων αὐτοῦ who has placed in us wisdom and understanding of his secrets 6:10. ποικίλος τῇ φρονήσει καὶ τῷ ν. diverse in thought and understanding Hs 9, 17, 2a; cp. vs. 2b. Of the peace of God ἡ ὑπερέχουσα πάντα ν. which surpasses all power of thought Phil 4:7. In contrast to the divine Pneuma which inspires the ‘speaker in tongues’: ὁ ν. μου ἄκαρπός ἐστιν my mind is unfruitful, because it remains inactive during the glossolalia 1 Cor 14:14. προσεύχεσθαι τῷ ν. (opp. τῷ πνεύματι.—νόῳ as instrumental dat. as Pind., P. 1, 40) pray w. the understanding vs. 15a; ψάλλειν τῷ ν. vs. 15b. θέλω πέντε λόγους τῷ ν. μου λαλῆσαι I would rather speak five words w. my understanding vs. 19 (cp. 1QS 10:9).—As a designation of Christ (cp. SibOr 8, 284) in a long series of expressions (w. φῶς) Dg 9:6 (cp. Epict. 2, 8, 2 τίς οὖν οὐσία θεοῦ; νοῦς, ἐπιστήμη, λόγος ὀρθός. Theoph. Ant. 1, 3 [p. 62, 14] νοῦν ἐὰν εἴπω, φρόνησιν αὐτοῦ [sc. τοῦ θεοῦ] λέγω; Ath. 10, 2 νοῦς καὶ λόγος τοῦ πατρὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. The god Νοῦς in the Herm. Wr.: Rtzst., Mysterienrel³ 47 al.; JKroll, D. Lehren des Hermes Trismegistos 1914, 10ff; 60ff al.; PGM 5, 465 ὁ μέγας Νοῦς; Iren. 1, 1, 1 [Harv. I 9, 7], 1, 2, 1 [Harv. I 13, 7]: names of Aeons in gnostic speculation).—Also the state of sensibleness, composure in contrast to the disturbances of soul brought about by the expectation of the Parousia, σαλευθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ νοός be shaken, and thereby lose your calmness of mind 2 Th 2:2.

② way of thinking, mind, attitude, as the sum total of the whole mental and moral state of being (Just., A I, 15, 16)

ⓐ as possessed by every person μεταμορφοῦσθαι τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ ν. be transformed by the renewing of the mind, which comes about when Christians have their natural νοῦς penetrated and transformed by the Spirit which they receive at baptism Ro 12:2 (s. Ltzm., Hdb. ad loc.). W. the same sense ἀνανεοῦσθαι τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ ν. ὑμῶν you must adopt a new attitude of mind Eph 4:23 (the piling up of synonyms is a distinctive feature of Eph; s. MDibelius, Hdb. exc. on Eph 1:14). Of polytheists παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς εἰς ἀδόκιμον ν. God abandoned them to depraved thoughts Ro 1:28. τὰ ἔθνη περιπατεῖ ἐν ματαιότητι τοῦ ν. αὐτῶν the nations/gentiles live w. their minds fixed on futile things Eph 4:17. Of one who is in error: εἰκῇ φυσιούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ ν. τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ groundlessly conceited (lit. ‘puffed up’) by his mind, fixed on purely physical things Col 2:18. κατεφθαρμένος τὸν ν. with depraved mind 2 Ti 3:8; also διεφθαρμένος τὸν ν. 1 Ti 6:5 (B-D-F §159, 3; Rob. 486). μεμίανται αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ ν. καὶ ἡ συνείδησις their minds and consciences are unclean Tit 1:15. ὁ ν. αὐτῶν περὶ τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτῶν καταγίνεται their mind is fixed on their own business Hm 10, 1, 5.

ⓑ specif. of the Christian attitude or way of thinking κατηρτισμένοι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ νοί̈ 1 Cor 1:10. Through baptism believers receive μίαν φρόνησιν καὶ ἕνα νοῦν Hs 9, 17, 4; cp. 9, 18, 4. εἷς νοῦς, μία ἐλπίς is to rule in the church IMg 7:1.

③ result of thinking, mind, thought, opinion, decree (Hom. et al. of gods and humans; cp. Hippol., Ref. 9, 10, 8) ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ ν. πληροφορείσθω each pers. is to be fully convinced in his own mind Ro 14:5. τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν κυρίου; who has known the Lord’s thoughts? (Is 40:13) 11:34; 1 Cor 2:16a. When Paul continues in the latter passage vs. 16b w. ἡμεῖς νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν, he is using the scriptural word νοῦς to denote what he usu. calls πνεῦμα (vs. 14f). He can do this because his νοῦς (since he is a ‘pneumatic’ person) is filled w. the Spirit (s. 2a above), so that in his case the two are interchangeable. Such a νοῦς is impossible for a ‘psychic’ person.—OMoe, Vernunft u. Geist im NT: ZST 11, ’34, 351–91; RJewett, Paul’s Anthropological Terms, ’71, 358–90; TKrischer, Glotta 62, ’84, 141–49. S. καρδία end; νοέω end.—B. 1198. DELG s.v. νόος. Schmidt, Syn. III 621–55. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

ξενία, ας, ἡ (ξένος; Hom. et al.; ins, pap, Sir 29:27 v.l.; Philo, Joseph., loanw. in rabb.) hospitality, entertainment shown a guest (so mostly), less frequently the place where the guest is lodged, guest room (Suda and sim. Hesychius equate ξενία with καταγώγιον, κατάλυμα. Cp. also Sb 3924, 7; 17 [19 A.D.]; PMich 473, 13 [II A.D.]; PSI 50, 16 [IV–V A.D.]; Philo, Mos. 2, 33; Jos., Ant. 1, 200; 5, 147; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 1, 15; 8, 2; 12, 24; 14, 1; 8). In the two places in our lit. where ξ. occurs, both mngs. are possible, though the second is perh. more probable. ἑτοιμάζειν τινὶ ξενίαν prepare a guest room for someone Phlm 22 (Ps.-Clem., Hom. 12, 2 τὰς ξενίας ἑτοιμάζοντες.—ξενία=guest room also schol. on Nicander, Ther. 486. Cp. Lat. hospitium parare). Of Paul’s lodgings in Rome Ac 28:23 (on the question whether ξ. here=μίσθωμα vs. 30, s. Lghtf. on Phlm 22 and in the comm. on Phil p. 9; also s. HCadbury, JBL 45, 1926, 320ff; Haenchen ad loc.).—DELG s.v. ξένος. M-M. TW. Spicq.

ξένος, η, ον (s. prec. four entries; Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.)

① adj. pert. to being unfamiliar because of someth. being unknown, strange

ⓐ in ref. to someth. coming from an external source, strange, foreign

α. because it comes from an external source ξ. δαιμόνια foreign divinities (δαιμόνιον 1 and Achilles Tat. 2, 30, 1; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 251; 267 ξένους θεούς; cp. Plut., Pompey 631 [24, 5] ‘strange sacrifices’) Ac 17:18. ἀνδρὶ ξένῳ AcPl Ox 6, 11 (=Aa I 241, 14). διδαχαί strange teachings (coming fr. outside the community; cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 414 θρησκεία ξένη) Hb 13:9; Hs 8, 6, 5 v.l.

β. because it is unheard of, fig. ext. of α: strange in kind, surprising, unheard of, foreign (Aeschyl., Prom. 688; Diod S 3, 15, 6; 3, 52, 2; M. Ant. 8, 14; POxy 1772, 3 οὐδὲν ξένον; Wsd 16:2, 16; 19:5; Philo, Mos. 1, 213; Just., A I, 16, 4, cp. D. 2, 2 τὸ ξ. τῶν λόγων; Tat. 33, 2; Mel., P. 53, 387; τὸ ξ. Did., Gen. 186, 7; ξένον θαῦμα Hippol., Ref. 4, 46, 2) PEg² 64. ὡς ξένου ὑμῖν συμβαίνοντος as though something unheard of were happening to you 1 Pt 4:12. οὐ ξένα ὁμιλῶ I have nothing strange to say Dg 11:1. W. dat. of pers. ἡ ξένη τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς τοῦ θεοῦ στάσις the uprising (which is) foreign to God’s chosen people 1 Cl 1:1.—Papias (2:11, Eus. on Papias) ξένας τέ τινας παραβολὰς τοῦ σωτῆρος some strange parables of the Savior.

ⓑ in ref. to an entity that is unacquainted with someth., w. gen. τινός strange to someth., estranged fr. it, unacquainted w. it, without interest in it (Soph., Oed. R. 219; Pla., Apol. 17d; Heliod. 10, 14; POxy 1154, 8 [I A.D.] εἰμὶ ξένος τῶν ἐνθάδε.—B-D-F §182, 3; Rob. 516) ξ. τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας Eph 2:12.

② as subst. an entity involved in experience of unfamiliarity

ⓐ one who comes as a stranger. ὁ ξένος stranger, alien (Orig., C. Cels. 5, 27, 18) Mt 27:7; 3J 5. Opp. πολίτης (cp. Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 163 D.; SIG 495, 115; 708, 16f; 729, 4 al.; OGI 764, 18; Philo, Poster. Cai. 109; Jos., Ant. 11, 159, Vi. 372) Dg 5:5. W. πάροικοι (opp. συμπολίτης) Eph 2:19 (cp. SIG 799, 24f ξ. ἢ μέτοικος). W. παρεπίδημοι (Diod S 4, 27, 3 and OGI 268, 9 τ. παρεπιδημοῦντας ξένους; cp. 339, 29; Just., A I, 67, 6 τοῖς παρεπιδήμοις οὖσι ξένοις) Hb 11:13; οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ξ. the strangers who lived (or visited) there Ac 17:21 (SIG 1157, 80f τῶν ἐνδημούντων ξένων).—Because of a firmly entrenched code of hospitality in the Mediterranean world (for a Semitic perspective, s. esp. Gen 18:1–8; the Greek world finds its sanction in Homer, s. esp. Od. 6, 198–210 with its description of the Phaeacians in contrast to the inhospitality of Polyphemus Od. 9, 272–80) ξ. freq. implies the status of a suppliant who ought to be treated as a guest: Mt 25:35, 38, 43f (on divine protection of a total stranger cp. Od. 6, 207f [=14, 57f]; 9, 270f; 17, 483–87).

ⓑ ἡ ξένη a foreign country (Soph., Phil. 135; POxy 251, 11; 253, 7; τις ἀπὸ ξένης Hippol., Ref. 9, 20, 1) Dg 5:5. ἐπὶ ξένης (X., Resp. Lac. 14, 4; Epict. 1, 27, 5; Plut., Mor. 576c; BGU 22, 34 [114 A.D.]; 159, 7; PFay 136, 10; ACalderini, ΟΙ ΕΠΙ ΞΕΝΗΣ, JEA 40, ’54, 19–22 (numerous pap cited); 2 Macc 5:9; 9:28; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 15; Jos., Ant. 18, 344) ἐπὶ ξένης κατοικεῖν live in a foreign country Hs 1:1, 6.

ⓒ ὁ ξένος the host, one who extends hospitality and thus treats the stranger as a guest (since Il. 15, 532; also Mel., P. 51, 375 ξένον ᾐδίκησεν) w. gen. (X., An. 2, 4, 15) ὁ ξ. μου καὶ ὅλης τῆς ἐκκλησίας host to me and to the whole congregation, prob. because he furnished space for its meetings Ro 16:23.—B. 1350–52. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ξόανον, ου, τό (Trag. et al.; ins, pap) a wooden cult image (so Eur.; X., An. 5, 3, 12; ins, pap; Aq. Ezk 6:4; Manetho in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 244; 249; Philo, Mos. 1, 298 al.; Ath. 4, 1; SibOr 3, 723) ApcPt 18:33.—DELG s.v. ξέω.

οἰκοδομή, ῆς, ἡ (οἶκος, δέμω ‘build’; rejected by the Atticists [Lob., Phryn. 421; 487ff; WSchmid, Der Attizismus III 1893, 248], but found since Aristot., EN 5, 14, 7; Diod S 1, 46, 4; Plut., Lucull. 518 [39, 2]; IG XIV, 645, 146 [Dorian]; OGI 655, 2 [25 B.C.]; PGrenf I, 21, 17 [126 B.C.]; BGU 699, 3; 894, 2; LXX; En; TestSol; Philo, Mos. 1, 224 v.l., Spec. Leg. 1, 73 v.l.; Joseph. [Schmidt 528f]; Just., D. 86, 6).

① process of building, building, construction

ⓐ lit. (2 Ch 3:2 v.l.; Sir 40:19; Jos., Ant. 11, 59; ViHg 1 [p. 87, 18 Sch.]; Jos., Ant. 11, 59; Theoph. Ant. 3, 22 [p. 246, 24]; Did., Gen. 33, 27) ἐτελέσθη ἡ οἰκοδομή the construction was at an end Hs 9, 5, 1a. ἀνοχὴ τῆς οἰκ. a delay in the building ibid. b; 9, 14, 2. Hv 3, 2, 8 prob. belongs in 2a.

ⓑ fig., of spiritual strengthening (s. οἰκοδομέω 3) edifying, edification, building up.

α. act., w. obj. gen. πρὸς τὴν οἰκ. τῆς ἐκκλησίας for the building up of the church 1 Cor 14:12. ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν οἰκ. 2 Cor 12:19. Abs. πρὸς οἰκοδομήν for edification Ro 15:2; 1 Cor 14:26; cp. Eph 4:29 (Straub 36). Paul has received his authority fr. the Lord εἰς οἰκοδομὴν καὶ οὐκ εἰς καθαίρεσιν 2 Cor 13:10; cp. 10:8. τὰ τῆς οἰκ. τῆς εἰς ἀλλήλους what makes for the edification of each other Ro 14:19. The letters of Ignatius contain πᾶσαν οἰκοδομήν Pol 13:2. Abstr. for concr. ὁ προφητεύων λαλεῖ οἰκοδομήν the one who prophesies speaks words that edify 1 Cor 14:3.

β. pass. οἰκοδομὴν λαβεῖν receive edification, be edified 1 Cor 14:5. εἰς οἰκ. τ. σώματος τ. Χριστοῦ that the body of Christ might be built up Eph 4:12. εἰς οἰκ. ἑαυτοῦ for its own edification vs. 16 (for the grammar cp. TestJob 11:5 εἰς οἰκονομίαν τῶν πτωχῶν).

② a building as result of a construction process, building, edifice

ⓐ lit.; pl., of secular buildings (Diod S 16, 76, 2; 20, 8, 3) Hs 1:1 (w. ἀγροί, παρατάξεις, οἰκήματα); GJs 9:3; 13:1. Esp. of temple buildings (1 Esdr 5:70) εἰς τὴν οἰκ. ἐλπίζειν put one’s hope in the building alone 16:1. Pl. of various buildings in the temple area Mk 13:1f. αἱ οἰκοδομαὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ Mt 24:1. Esp. freq. in the imagery of the tower in Hermas (v 3; Hs 9). Yet in many pass. mng. 1a is also prob.: ἡ οἰκ. τοῦ πύργου the tower building (or the building of the tower) Hv 3, 2, 6b; 3, 4, 1f; 3, 5, 1b; 3, 12, 3; Hs 9, 1, 2; 9, 3, 3; 9, 4, 2ff; 9, 5, 2; 9, 17, 4 al. τὰ ἐξώτερα μέρη τῆς οἰκ. the outside of the building Hs 9, 9, 3b. Of the stones: εὔχρηστοι εἰς (τὴν) οἰκ. v 3, 5, 5; 3, 6, 1; 6; also εὔχρηστοι τῇ οἰκ. Hs 9, 15, 6. χρήσιμοι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. τοῦ πύργου v 4, 3, 4. ἀπενεχθῆναι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 8, 3a. ἀπέρχεσθαι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 5, 3f; 9, 7, 4a; 6f; 9, 10, 2. ἀποβάλλεσθαι ἐκ (ἀπὸ) τῆς οἰκ. Hs 9, 7, 1; 9, 8, 3b; 9, 9, 5. ἀποδοκιμάζειν ἐκ τῆς οἰκ. Hs 9, 12, 7; pass. (without ἐκ) 9, 23, 3; ἁρμόζειν εἰς τὴν οἰκ. v 3, 6, 5; 3, 7, 5; pass. Hs 9, 4, 3; 9, 8, 5ff; 9, 9, 4; 9, 15, 4. βάλλειν εἰς τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 7, 4; 6; 9, 8, 2a; pass. 9, 7, 5; 9, 10, 1; 9, 30, 2. δοκιμάζειν τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 5, 2b. εἰσέρχεσθαι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 12, 4; 9, 13, 4. ἐκλέγεσθαι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 9, 3a. ἐπιδιδόναι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 4, 5; 8; 9, 15, 5; pass. 9, 4, 6. ἐπιθυμεῖν τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 9, 7. ἐπιτίθεσθαι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. v 3, 5, 2. ἐργάζεσθαι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. work at the building Hs 9, 6, 2b. εὑρεθῆναι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 6, 4. ὁ ἐφεστὼς εἰς τὴν οἰκ. Hs 9, 6, 2a. κατανοεῖν τὴν οἰκ. examine the building Hs 9, 5, 7; 9, 6, 3. συναρμόζεσθαι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. τοῦ πύργου Hs 9, 16, 7. τιθέναι εἰς τὴν οἰκ. v 3, 2, 6a; 7; Hs 9, 7, 2; 9, 8, 2b; pass. v 3, 5, 4; Hs 9, 6, 8; 9, 8, 4; 9, 9, 2; 9, 13, 6; 9, 16, 1; 9, 17, 3; 9, 29, 4; 9, 30, 1. τίθεσθαι ἐκ τῆς οἰκ. Hs 9, 8, 1. ὑπάγειν εἰς τὴν οἰκ. v 3, 5, 1a; 3; 3, 6, 2; Hs 9, 3, 3f. χρᾶσθαι εἰ τὴν οἰκ. v 3, 2, 8.

ⓑ Hermas hesitates betw. the literal and nonliteral uses of οἰκ. but the fol. passages are quite nonliteral (οἱ τοῦ χριστιανισμοῦ Orig., C. Cels. 3, 28, 8): θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε you are God’s building 1 Cor 3:9 (AFridrichsen [s. γεώργιον]; on the imagery Straub 85–88). In Eph 2:21 the Christian community is called an οἰκοδομή, more definitely a ναὸς ἅγιος ἐν κυρίῳ that is erected on the foundation of the apostles and prophets w. Christ Jesus as cornerstone (HSchlier, Christus u. d. Kirche im Eph 1930).—Of Christians ὄντες λίθοι ναοῦ πατρὸς ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς οἰκοδομὴν θεοῦ πατρός since you are stones for the Father’s temple, made ready for the building of God the Father IEph 9:1.—Fig., in another way, of the glorified body of the departed Christian οἰκοδομὴν ἐκ θεοῦ ἔχομεν, οἰκίαν ἀχειροποίητον we have a building fr. God, a house not made w. hands 2 Cor 5:1; Rv 21:18 v.l. (for ἐνδώμησις). S. on οἰκητήριον 2.—Lit. on οἰκοδομέω end.—DELG s.v. δέμω. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

οἰνοφλυγία, ας, ἡ (οἶνος, φλύω ‘bubble up’; X.; Aristot., EN 3, 5, 15; Stoic. III 397 οἰνοφλυγία δὲ ἐπιθυμία οἴνου ἄπληστος) drunkenness pl. (X., Oec. 1, 22; Polyb. 2, 19, 4; Musonius p. 14, 15 H.; Philo, Mos. 2, 185, Spec. Leg. 4, 91) w. ἀσέλγειαι, κῶμοι, πότοι et al., of the individual occurrences of drunkenness 1 Pt 4:3.—DELG s.v. φλύω. M-M.

παλιγγενεσία, ας, ἡ (Plut., Mor. 722d does not, as some have affirmed, assign the use of this word to Democritus [Fgm. 158 Diels]; it is found in Neanthes [200 B.C.]: 84 Fgm. 33 Jac.; Memnon [I B.C./I A.D.]: 434 Fgm. 1, 40, 2 Jac.; Cicero, Ad Attic. 6, 6, also a t.t. of the Pythagoreans and Stoics [EZeller, Philosophie der Griechen I⁵ 1892, 442; III 1⁴ 1902, 158; HDiels, Doxographi Graeci 1879, p. 469, 11ff] as well as of the Mysteries of Dionysus [Orph. Fragmente 205 p. 225 OKern 1922] and of Osiris [Plut., Mor. 389a; also 364f; 379f; 438d; 996c; 998c; cp. Lucian, Musc. Enc. 7]. It is found in the Herm. Wr. [3, 3; 13, 1 ὁ τῆς παλιγγενεσίας λόγος; 13, 3 al.—JKroll, Die Lehren des Hermes Trismegistos 1914, 360ff; Prümm 559–61]; IDefixWünsch 4, 18 ὁ θεὸς ὁ τῆς παλινγενεσίας Θωβαρραβαυ; PLond 878 δῶρον παλινγενεσίας; Philo, Cher. 114, Poster. Caini 124, Leg. ad Gai. 325; Jos., Ant. 11, 66)

① state of being renewed, w. focus on a cosmic experience, renewal

ⓐ after the Deluge (so Philo, Mos. 2, 65, but the idea of the παλιγγενεσία of the κόσμος is gener. Stoic and originated w. the Pythagoreans: M. Ant. 11, 1, 3; Philo, Aet. M. 47; 76) Νῶε παλ. κόσμῳ ἐκήρυξεν 1 Cl 9:4.

ⓑ of the renewing of the world in the time of the Messiah, an eschatol. sense (Schürer II 537f; Bousset, Rel.³ 280ff) ἐν τῇ παλ. in the new (Messianic) age or world Mt 19:28.

② experience of a complete change of life, rebirth of a redeemed person (cp. Heraclit., Ep. 4, 4 ἐκ παλιγγενεσίας ἀναβιῶναι; Herm. Wr., loc. cit. and PGM 4, 718 where the initiate calls himself πάλιν γενόμενος. Theoph. Ant. 2, 16 [p. 140, 9] λαμβάνειν … ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν διὰ ὕδατο καὶ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσία): λουτρὸν παλιγγενεσίας καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως πνεύματος ἁγίου bath of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit Tit 3:5 (MDibelius, Hdb., exc. ad loc.; ESelwyn, I Pt ’46, 306f; ANock, JBL 52, ’33, 132f).—PGennrich, Die Lehre v. d. Wiedergeburt in dogmengeschichtl. und religionsgeschichtl. Beleuchtung 1907; AvHarnack, Die Terminologie der Wiedergeburt: TU 42, 3, 1918, p. 97–143; ADieterich, Eine Mithrasliturgie 1903, 157ff; Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ indices; HWilloughby, Pagan Regeneration 1929; VJacono, La παλιγγενεσία in S. Paolo e nel ambiente pagano: Biblica 15, ’34, 369–98; JDey, Παλιγγενεσία (on Tit 3:5) ’37; JYsebaert, Gk. Baptismal Terminology, ’62, 90; FBurnett, CBQ 46, ’84, 447–70 (Philo, the rebirth of the soul into incorporeal existence).—Kl. Pauly IV 428f; BHHW III 2171f.—S. DELG s.v. πάλιν. M-M s.v. παλινγενεσία. EDNT. TW. Sv.

πανοικεί/πανοικί (πᾶς, οἶκος; it is difficult to decide which sp. to choose; s. Kühner-Bl. II 303; B-D-F §23, 122; Schwyzer I 623; Mlt-H. 279) adv. (Ps.-Pla., Eryx. 392c; PRyl 434, 12; PIand 8, 15; PFay 129, 9; 130, 20; addtl. exx. New Docs 2, 93; Ex 1:1 v.l.; Philo, De Jos. 251, Mos. 1, 5; Jos., Ant. 4, 300; 5, 11) with one’s whole household Ac 16:34; MPol 20:2.—M-M.

πανοικεί/πανοικί (πᾶς, οἶκος; it is difficult to decide which sp. to choose; s. Kühner-Bl. II 303; B-D-F §23, 122; Schwyzer I 623; Mlt-H. 279) adv. (Ps.-Pla., Eryx. 392c; PRyl 434, 12; PIand 8, 15; PFay 129, 9; 130, 20; addtl. exx. New Docs 2, 93; Ex 1:1 v.l.; Philo, De Jos. 251, Mos. 1, 5; Jos., Ant. 4, 300; 5, 11) with one’s whole household Ac 16:34; MPol 20:2.—M-M.

παραβαίνω fut. παραβήσομαι LXX; 2 aor. παρέβην; pf. part. παραβεβηκώς LXX (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, En, PsSol 18:10; TestJud 13:7; ApcSed 5:3; EpArist, Philo, Joseph., apolog.)

① intr. go aside fig. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ deviate from the way 1 Cl 53:2 (Ex 32:8; Dt 9:12). Turn aside fr. an office ἀποστολή, ἀφʼ ἧς παρέβη Ἰούδας Ac 1:25 (on the constr. w. ἀπό cp. Dt 9:16; 17:20).

② trans. transgress, break

ⓐ w. acc. τὶ someth. (Aeschyl. et al.; Thu. 4, 97, 2; oft. in ins, pap, LXX; Ar. 4, 2 τοὺς ἰδίους ὄρους of heavenly bodies; Just., A II, 5, 3 τὴν τάξιν; Ath. 25, 3; π. τὴν πρώτην πίστιν Hippol., Ref. 9, 12, 16) τὸν νόμον (Eur., Ion 231; Pla., Crito 53e; Sir 19:24; 1 Esdr 8:24, 84; 3 Macc 7:12; SibOr 3, 599f; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 176; Ath. 25, 4; Theoph. Ant. 2, 16 [p. 140, 17]) Hs 8, 3, 5. τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ (Epict. 3, 5, 8; Tob 4:5; 4 Macc 13:15; 16:24; Mel., P. 48, 343) Mt 15:3. τὴν παράδοσιν vs. 2; AcPlCor 2:37.

ⓑ abs. (w. ‘commandments’ to be supplied: Did., Gen. 101, 27. Cp. Iren. 1, 10, 1 [Harv. I 91, 11] of fallen angels) παρέβησαν they became transgressors B 9:4. Ptc. ὁ παραβαίνων the transgressor 2J 9 v.l. (Aristot., Pol. 1325b; pl.: POxy 34 III, 12 [II A.D.]; Sir 40:14; Philo, Mos. 2, 49; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 215; Just., A II, 9, 1, D. 141, 1).—S. παράβασις.—M-M. TW.

παραγίνομαι impf. 3 pl. παρεγίνοντο; 2 aor. παρεγενόμην and παρεγενήθην LXX; pf. παραγέγονα LXX; plpf. 3 sg. παραγεγόνει; inf. παραγεγενῆσθαι (Just) (Hom.+).

① to be in movement so as to be present at a particular place, draw near, come, arrive, be present (Aristoph., Hdt. et al.; Vi. Aesopi G 7 Isis; ins, pap, LXX)

ⓐ of pers. foll. by εἰς and acc. of place (Hdt.; SIG 474, 13f παραγεγονὼς δὲ [καὶ εἰς τὴν πό]λιν; POxy 743, 23 [2 B.C.]; PRyl 232, 3; Ex 16:35; Josh 24:11; Philo, Mos. 1, 86) Mt 2:1; J 8:2; Ac 9:26; 13:14 (w. ἀπὸ τ. Πέργης; cp. Jos., Ant. 18, 110); 15:4; AcPl Ant 13, 1 (=Aa I 236, 6); AcPl Cor 1:2. Also ἐν w. dat. of place (POxy 1185, 26; BGU 286, 6; Just., D. 51, 2) Ac 9:26 v.l.; ITr 1:1. Foll. by ἐπί τινα come against someone, mostly w. hostile purpose (Thu. 2, 95, 3; 2 Macc 4:34; 8:16; 11:2; 12:6; 15:24.—ἐπί 12b) Lk 22:52. Foll. by πρός τινα (Lucian, Philops. 6; PCairZen 214, 5 [254 B.C.] πρὸς ἡμᾶς; PSI 341, 4; PEleph 9, 4; Ex 2:18; Judg 8:15; Jos., Ant. 6, 131) Lk 7:4, 20; 8:19; 22:52 v.l.; Ac 20:18. φίλος παρεγένετο ἐξ ὁδοῦ πρός με Lk 11:6 (παραγίνεσθαι ἐκ as SIG 663, 4; PMagd 1, 10 [III B.C.]; Gen 35:9; 1 Macc 5:14; Jos., Vi. 248 ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ παρεγενόμην). παραγίνεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην Mt 3:13 (π. ἐπί w. acc. of place as SIG 633, 85 al.; Sb 3925, 4; Jdth 6:11; 14:13; Bel 15). ἐνθάδε AcPlCor 1:16. Abs. Mk 14:43; Lk 14:21; 19:16; J 3:23; Ac 5:21f, 25; 9:39; 10:33; 11:23; 14:27; 17:10; 18:27; 21:18; 23:16, 35; 24:17, 24; 25:7; 28:21; 1 Cor 16:3; 1 Cl 12:6; IRo 6:2; Hs 9, 5, 7; AcPlCor 1:7.

ⓑ of things taught: ἐντολὰς … τὰς … ἀπʼ αὐτῆς παραγινομένας τῆς ἀληθείας instructions which proceed directly from the truth Papias (2:3). Somet. the coming has rather the sense

② make a public appearance, appear of J. the Baptist Mt 3:1. Of Jesus, w. inf. of purpose foll. (cp. 1 Macc 4:46) Lk 12:51. Χριστὸς παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεύς Hb 9:11.

③ to come to help, stand by, come to the aid of (Trag.; Thu. 3, 54, 4; Pla., Rep. 2, 368b) οὐδείς μοι παρεγένετο 2 Ti 4:16.—DELG s.v. γίγνομαι. M-M.

παράδοξος, ον (παρά, δόξα; X., Pla.+; ins, pap, LXX; JosAs 28:1 cod. A π. θαῦμα [Bat.]; ApcSed 11:1 p. 134, 10 Ja.; EpArist 175; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 53 al; Just.; loanw. in rabb.) contrary to opinion or exceeding expectation, strange, wonderful, remarkable. κατάστασις τῆς πολιτείας Dg 5:4. σημεῖον 1 Cl 25:1. Subst. in pl. παράδοξα wonderful things (Lucian, Somn. 14; Aelian, VH 13, 33; Celsus 1, 6; Philo, Mos. 1, 212; Jos., Bell. 4, 238) Lk 5:26; GJs 19:2; 20:3.—OWeinreich, Antike Heilungswunder 1909, 198f.—DELG s.v. δοκάω. M-M. TW.

παράκλητος, ου, ὁ (παρακαλέω) originally meant in the passive sense (BGU 601, 12 [II A.D.] παράκλητος δέδωκα αὐτῷ=‘when I was asked I gave to him’, but π. is restored from παρακλος, and the restoration is uncertain), ‘one who is called to someone’s aid’. Accordingly Latin writers commonly rendered it, in its NT occurrences, with ‘advocatus’ (Tertullian, Prax. 9; Cyprian, De Domin. Orat. 3, Epist. 55, 18; Novatian, De Trin. 28; 29; Hilary, De Trin. 8, 19; Lucifer, De S. Athanas. 2, 26; Augustine, C. Faust. 13, 17, Tract. in Joh. 94; Tractatus Orig. 20 p. 212, 13 Batiffol. Likew. many [Old Latin] Bible mss.: a c e m q J 14:16; a m q 14:26; e q r 15:26; e m q 16:7. Eus., HE 5, 1, 10 παράκλητος=advocatus, Rufinus. Field, Notes 102f; cp. the role of the ‘patronus’ in legal proceedings: J-MDavid, Le patronat judicaire au dernier siècle de la république romaine ’92). But the technical mng. ‘lawyer’, ‘attorney’ is rare (e.g. Bion of Borysthenes [III B.C.] in Diog. L. 4, 50; SEG XXXVIII, 1237, 18 [235/36 A.D.]). Against the legal association: KGrayston, JSNT 13, ’81, 67–82. In the few places where the word is found in pre-Christian and extra-Christian lit. as well it has for the most part a more general sense: one who appears in another’s behalf, mediator, intercessor, helper (Demosth. 19, 1; Dionys. Hal. 11, 37, 1; Heraclit. Sto. 59 p. 80, 19; Cass. Dio 46, 20, 1; POxy 2725, 10 [71 A.D.]; cp. π. as the name of a gnostic aeon Iren. 1, 4, 5 [Harv. I 38, 8]; Hippol.; s. also the comments on 2 Cor 5:20 s.v. παρακαλέω 2). The pass. idea of παρακεκλῆσθαι retreated into the backgound, and the active idea of παρακαλεῖν took its place (on the justification for equating παράκλητος with παρακαλῶν s. Kühner-Bl. II 289). Jews adopted it in this sense as a loanw. (פְּרַקְלֵיט. Pirqe Aboth 4, 11.—SKrauss, Griech. u. latein. Lehnwörter in Talmud, Midrasch u. Targum 1898/99 I 210; II 496; Dalman, Gramm.² 185; Billerb. II 560–62). In Job 16:2 Aq. and Theod. translate מְנַחֲמִים (=comforters) as παράκλητοι; LXX has παρακλήτορες. In Philo our word somet. means ‘intercessor’ (De Jos. 239, Vi. Mos. 2, 134, Spec. Leg. 1, 237, Exsecr. 166, Adv. Flacc. 13; 22), somet. ‘adviser’, ‘helper’ (Op. M. 23; 165). The Gk. interpreters of John’s gosp. understood it in the active sense=παρακαλῶν or παρακλήτωρ (s. Lampe s.v. παράκλητο, esp. Eusebius of Caesarea, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Ammonius; s. also Ephraem the Syrian in RHarris, Fragments of the Comm. of Ephrem Syr. 1895, 86). In our lit. the act. sense helper, intercessor is suitable in all occurrences of the word (so Goodsp, Probs. 110f). τίς ἡμῶν παράκλητος ἔσται; 2 Cl 6:9. πλουσίων παράκλητοι advocates of the rich B 20:2; D 5:2.—In 1J 2:1 (as AcJ in a damaged fragment: POxy 850, 10) Christ is designated as παράκλητος: παράκλητον ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν δίκαιον we have Jesus Christ the righteous one, who intercedes for us. The same title is implied for Christ by the ἄλλος παράκλητος of J 14:16. It is only the Holy Spirit that is expressly called παρ.=Helper in the Fourth Gosp.: 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7.—HUsener, Archiv für lat. Lexikographie 2, 1885, 230ff; HSasse, Der Paraklet im J: ZNW 24, 1925, 260–77; HWindisch, Johannes u. die Synoptiker 1926, 147f, Die fünf joh. Parakletsprüche: Jülicher Festschr. 1927, 110–37; RAsting, ‘Parakleten’ i Johannes-evangeliet: Teologi og Kirkeliv. Avh. etc. ’31, 85–98; SMowinckel, D. Vorstellungen d. Spätjudentums v. Hl. Geist als Fürsprecher u. d. joh. Paraklet: ZNW 32, ’33, 97–130 (supported now by 1QS 3:24f; 1QM 17:6–8); JMusger, Dicta Christi de Paracleto ’38; EPercy, Untersuchungen üb. den Ursprung d. joh. Theol. ’39; Bultmann, J ’40, 437–40; NJohansson, Parakletoi: Vorstellgen. v. Fürsprechern f. d. Menschen vor Gott in d. atl. Rel., im Spätjudent. u. Urchristent. ’40.; NSnaith, ET 57, ’45, 47–50 (‘Convincer’); WHoward, Christianity acc. to St. John ’47, 71–80; WMichaelis, Con. Neot. 11, ’47, 147–62; GBornkamm, RBultmann Festschr. ’49, 12–35; CBarrett, JTS, n.s. 1, ’50, 8–15; JDavies, ibid. 4, ’53, 35–8; TPreiss, Life in Christ, ’54, 19–25; OBetz, Der Paraklet, ’63; MMiguens, El Paráclito (Juan 14–16) ’63; GJohnston, The Spirit-Paraclete in J, ’70; RBrown, The Paraclete in Modern Research, TU 102, ’68, 158–65; JVeenhof, De Parakleet ’77.—DELG s.v. καλέω. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

παραμυθία, ας, ἡ (παραμυθέομαι; Pla. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 4:11 D π. τῶν θλιβομένων; JosAs ch. 11 cod. A [p. 54, 16 Bat.] τεθλιμμένων π.) that which serves as encouragement to one who is depressed or in grief, encouragement, comfort, consolation (Ps.-Pla., Axioch. 365a; Dio Chrys. 77 [27], 9 [the philosopher is sought out as a comforter]; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 15, 3; Aelian, VH 12, 1 end; SIG 796b, 44; PFlor 382, 65; IGA II, 318, 10=Sb 4313, 11; Wsd 19:12; Philo, Mos. 1, 137; Jos., Bell. 3, 194, Ant. 20, 94; cp. our ‘talk it out’ in coping w. grief) λαλεῖν παραμυθίαν (w. οἰκοδομή, παράκλησις) 1 Cor 14:3.—New Docs 3, 79. DELG s.v. μῦθος. M-M. TW. Spicq.

παροιμία, ας, ἡ (fr. παρʼ οἶμον?=side-remark [s. Schwyzer II 498; Frisk s.v. “semantically unclear”])

① a pithy saying, proverb, saw, maxim (so Aeschyl. et al.; Herodas 2, 61; Socrat., Ep. 36 παροιμίαι κ. παραβολαί; Sir 6:35; Philo, Abr. 235, Vi. Mos. 1, 156; 2, 29, Exsecr. 150) τὸ τῆς παροιμίας (Lucian, Dial. Mort. 6, 2; 8, 1) what the proverb says 2 Pt 2:22.—LBieler, Die Namen d. Sprichworts in den klass. Sprachen: RhM n.s. 85, ’36, 240–47; GDalman, Jesus (Engl. tr.) 1929, 223–36.

② a brief communication containing truths designed for initiates, veiled saying, figure of speech, in which esp. lofty ideas are concealed: in Johannine usage (Suda: παροιμία = λόγος ἀπόκρυφος; Sir 39:3 ἀπόκρυφα παροιμιῶν ἐκζητήσει. Acc. to 47:17 ἑρμηνεία is an adjunct of παροιμίαι) J 10:6; 16:25ab, 29.—JQuasten, CBQ 10, ’48, 8f.—M-M. TW.

πεντακοσιοστός, ή, όν (Aristoph., Lysias et al.; Philo, Mos. 1, 316) five hundredth ἔτος 1 Cl 25:5.—DELG s.v. πέντε.

περιβόητος, ον (βοάω; Soph., Thu. et al.) pert. to being acclaimed far and wide, well known, far famed, celebrated (so Demosth. 34, 29; Menand., Fgm. 402, 3 Kö.; Plut., Ages. 609c [24, 5], Themist. 119 [15, 4]; 2 Macc 2:22; Philo, Mos. 2, 284 εὐσέβεια; Jos., Ant. 6, 165, C. Ap. 1, 315) φιλαδελφία 1 Cl 47:5; (w. σεμνός and πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἀξιαγάπητος) ὄνομα 1:1.—DELG s.v. βοή.

περίκειμαι mid. dep. (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 4:13 D; TestAbr A; JosAs ch. 18 cod. A [p. 68, 19 Bat.]; Philo, Mos. 2, 182; Just., Mel.)

① to be positioned around some object or area, be around, surround.

ⓐ lit., lie or be placed around περίκειται μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ a millstone is hung about his neck Mk 9:42; cp. Lk 17:2.

ⓑ fig., of a crowd of people surrounding someone (Herodian 7, 9, 1 τὸ περικείμενον πλῆθος) τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρτύρων Hb 12:1 (s. νέφος).

② to put someth. around, wear someth., have someth. on περίκειμαί τι (for περιτέθειμαί τι as pass. of περιτίθημί τινί τι put someth. on someone)

ⓐ lit. (Hdt. 1, 171, 4; Dionys. Hal. 2, 19; Strabo 15, 3, 15; Plut., Arat. 1034 [17, 6]; Polyaenus 1, 20, 2; Herodian 2, 13, 8 ἐσθῆτας στρατιωτικάς; OGI 56, 66; EpJer 23; TestAbr A 17 p. 99, 14 [Stone p. 46]; Jos., Ant. 14, 173, Vi. 334; Just., D. 1, 2.—B-D-F §159, 4; Rob. 485) δέρμα λευκόν wear a white (goat) skin Hv 5:1; cp. Hs 6, 2, 5. Of fetters (4 Macc 12:2 τὰ δεσμά) τὴν ἄλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι I am bearing this chain Ac 28:20.

ⓑ fig. (SibOr 5, 228) νέφος be clothed in or surrounded by a cloud 2 Cl 1:6b.—ἀσθένειαν be beset by weakness, perh. with suggestion of various kinds Hb 5:2 (cp. Theocr. 23, 14 ὕβριν ‘clad in insolence’, but the text may be corrupt, s. app.). ἀμαύρωσιν blanketed in darkness 2 Cl 1:6a.

③ In τοῦ κλήρου, οὗ περίκειμαι ἐπιτυχεῖν ITr 12:3 the text can hardly be in good order, and it is only w. reservations that the transl. the lot which is incumbent upon me to obtain (Goodsp.) is suggested (s. Hdb. ad loc.; IHeikel, StKr 106, ’35, 317), but s. CStory, VigChrist 33, ’79, 319–23 (οὗ πέρι κεῖμαι [to obtain the lot] for which I am appointed).—M-M. TW.

περιτίθημι fut. 3 sg. περιθήσει LXX; 1 aor. περιέθηκα; 2 aor. impv. 2 pl. περίθετε, ptc. περιθείς. Mid.: fut. 3 sg. περιθήσεται Wsd 5:18; aor. περιεθέμην LXX. Pass.: impf. περιετιθέμην; 1 aor. περιετέθην; pf. ptc. περιτεθειμένος (Hom. [in tmesis]+).

① put/place around/on τί τινι someth. around someone or someth. φραγμὸν αὐτῷ (=τῷ ἀμπελῶνι) περιέθηκεν a fence around a vineyard Mt 21:33; Mk 12:1 (the dat. is to be supplied here, as Is 5:2.—SIG 898, 7f. τὸν περίβολον ὸ̔ν περιέθηκε τῷ τεμένει). αὐτῷ περιετίθετο τὰ ὄργανα the wooden instruments (or firewood) were placed around him MPol 13:3 (Appian, Iber. §132 ξύλα περιθέντες αὐτῇ. Likew. Appian, Mithrid. 108 §512 ξύλα περιθέντες in order to ignite someth.). The bars or limits set for the sea 1 Cl 20:6 (cp. Job 38:10). σπόγγον καλάμῳ put a sponge on a reed Mt 27:48; Mk 15:36; cp. J 19:29. Put or lay pieces of clothing around, on someone (Herodian 3, 7, 5 χλαμύδα; OGI 383, 137; PSI 64, 17 [I B.C.]; Job 39:20; Jos., Ant. 6, 184; TestLevi 8:5, 6) χλαμύδα περιέθηκαν αὐτῷ Mt 27:28. Esp. of headbands, wreaths etc. (Ps.-Pla., Alcib. 2, 151a στέφανόν τινι. Several times LXX; PsSol 2:21; TestLevi 8:9; Philo, Mos. 2, 243) Mk 15:17; Lk 23:37 v.l. (RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 33f). κρεῖττον ἦν αὐτῷ περιτεθῆναι μύλον 1 Cl 46:8.—Var. prep. constrs. take the place of the dat.: π. τὸ ἔριον ἐπὶ ξύλον put the wool on a stick B 8:1 (cp. Gen 41:42). π. τὸ ἔριον περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν 7:8 (a quot. that cannot be identified w. certainty.—On π. περὶ τὴν κεφ. cp. Pla., Rep. 3, 406d).

② to cause a state to exist relative to an object, put on/ around, grant/bestow τί τινι someth. to/on someone ext. of 1 w. image of investiture in force (Hdt.+; SIG 985, 51; LXX; Philo, Aet. M. 41; Just., A II, 11, 7) τιμὴν π. w. the dat. show honor (OGI 331, 23; BGU 1141, 19 [14 B.C.]; Esth 1:20; cp. also Thu. 6, 89, 2 ἀτιμίαν τινὶ π.) 1 Cor 12:23. περιθεὶς τὴν εὐπρέπειαν τῇ κτίσει αὐτοῦ Hv 1, 3, 4.—M-M.

πέτρα, ας, ἡ (Hom. [πέτρη as ‘massive stone’ Il. 15, 273; Od. 10, 87f]+; loanw. in rabb.).

① bedrock or massive rock formations, rock as distinguished from stones (s. 2 below)

ⓐ lit., of the rock in which a tomb is hewn (s. λατομέω 1) Mt 27:60; Mk 15:46. The rocks split apart during an earthquake Mt 27:51 (cp. PGM 12, 242). αἱ πέτραι w. τὰ ὄρη (PGM 13, 872; all the elements are in disorder) Rv 6:16; likew. vs. 15, where πέτρα rather takes on the mng. rocky grotto (as Il. 2, 88; 4, 107; Soph., Phil. 16 al.; Judg 15:13; 1 Km 13:6; Is 2:10; Pr 30:26. Cp. Diod S 5, 39, 5 ἐν ταῖς κοίλαις πέτραις καὶ σπηλαίοις). πέτρα rocky ground with a thin layer of topsoil Lk 8:6, 13 (Maximus Tyr. 20, 9g ἐπὶ πετρῶν σπείρεις; Pla., Leg. 8, 838e; Ael. Aristid. 46 p. 302 D.; PSI 433, 6 [260 B.C.] οὐκ ἐφυτεύθη ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας). It forms a suitable foundation for the building of a house Mt 7:24f; Lk 6:48ab v.l.—Used w. an adj.: of Sinai π. ἔρημος a barren rock B 11:3 (Is 16:1). στερεὰ πέτρα 5:14; 6:3 (both Is 50:7; cp. En 22:1; 26:5; OdeSol 11:5). π. ἰσχυρά 11:5 (Is 33:16). π. ἀκίνητος IPol 1:1.—The rock in the vision of Hermas: Hs 9, 2, 1f; 9, 3, 1; 9, 4, 2; 9, 5, 3; 9, 9, 7; 9, 12, 1 (the interpretation); 9, 13, 5; 9, 14, 4.—The rock at various places in the desert fr. which Moses drew water by striking it (Ex 17:6; Num 20:8ff; Ps 77:15f, 20; Philo, Mos. 1, 210; Jos., Ant. 3, 86; Just., D. 86, 1; Mel.—Apollon. Rhod. 4, 1444–46: Heracles, when thirsty, struck a πέτρη at the suggestion of a divinity, and a great stream of water gushed forth at once). Paul calls it πνευματικὴ πέτρα 1 Cor 10:4a and identifies it w. the preexistent Christ vs. 4b (EEllis, JBL 76, ’57, 53–56; Philo, Leg. All. 2, 86 πέτρα = σοφία, Det. Pot. Ins. 118=λόγος θεῖος).

ⓑ in wordplay (as symbol of firmness Reader, Polemo p. 265) w. the name Πέτρος (GGander, RTP n.s. 29, ’41, 5–29). The apostle so named, or the affirmation he has just made, is the rock on which Christ will build his church (for the figure s. Od. 17, 463: Antinous fails to shake Odysseus, who stands firm as rock.—Arrian, Anab. 4, 18, 4ff; 4, 21, 1ff; 4, 28, 1ff πέτρα is a rocky district [so also Antig. Car. 165] as the foundation of an impregnable position or a rocky fortress; 4, 28, 1; 2 this kind of πέτρα could not be conquered even by Heracles.—Diod S 19, 95, 2 and 4; 19, 96, 1; 19, 97, 1 and 2; 19, 98, 1 al. ἡ πέτρα [always with the article] is the rock [Petra] that keeps the Nabataeans safe from all enemy attacks; Stephan. Byz. s.v. Στάσις: πόλις ἐπὶ πέτρης μεγάλης of a city that cannot be taken) Mt 16:18 (s. ADell, ZNW 15, 1914, 1–49; 17, 1916, 27–32; OImmisch, ibid. 17, 1916, 18–26; Harnack, SBBerlAk 1918, 637–54; 1927, 139–52; RBultmann, ZNW 19, 1920, 165–74, ThBl 20, ’41, 265–79; FKattenbusch, Der Quellort der Kirchenidee: Festgabe für Harnack 1921, 143–72, Der Spruch über Pt. u. d. Kirche bei Mt: StKr 94, 1922, 96–131; SEuringer, D. Locus Classicus des Primates: AEhrhard Festschr. 1922, 141–79; HDieckmann, Die Verfassung der Urkirche 1923; JJeremias, Αγγελος II 1926, 108–17; ECaspar, Primatus Petri 1927; KGoetz, Pt. als Gründer u. Oberhaupt der Kirche 1927; JGeiselmann, D. petrin. Primat (Mt 16:17ff) 1927; BBartmann, ThGl 20, 1928, 1–17; HKoch, Cathedra Petri 1930; TEngert, ‘Tu es Pt’: Ricerche relig. 6, 1930, 222–60; FSeppelt, Gesch. d. Papsttums I ’31, 9–46; JTurmel, La papauté ’33, 101ff; VBurch, JBL 52, ’33, 147–52; JHaller, D. Papsttum I ’34, 1–31; ACotter, CBQ 4, ’42, 304–10; WKümmel, Kirchenbegr. u. Gesch.-bewusstsein in d. Urgem. u. b. Jesus: SymbBUps 1, ’43; OSeitz, JBL 69, ’50, 329–40. OCullmann, TManson mem. vol., ’59, 94–105; OBetz, ZNW 48, ’57, 49–77; cp. 1QH 6:26–28; HClavier, Bultmann Festschr., ’54, 94–107.—OCullmann, TW VI 94–99: πέτρα. S. also the lit. under Πέτρος, end).

② a piece of rock, rock (in an OT quot., where πέτρα is used in parallelism w. λίθος) π. σκανδάλου Ro 9:33; 1 Pt 2:8 (both Is 8:14).—B. 51. DELG. M-M. TW.