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Συχέμ (שְׁכֶם) indecl.

① fem., Shechem (Συχέμ TestLevi 5:3=Σίκιμα Gen 48:22; Josh 24:32; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 8 Jac.; Theodotus [II B.C.]: 732 Fgm. 1 p. 692, 23 al. Jac. [in Eus., PE 9, 22, 2]; Joseph.), a city in Samaria, destroyed 128 B.C. by Hyrcanus I. West of it Vespasian founded a new city, Flavia Neapolis (Eus., Onom. p. 150, 1) Ac 7:16ab.—KBaedeker, Pal. u. Syr.⁷ 1910, 203ff; FFörster, Sichem, s. Gesch. u. Bed., diss. Leipzig 1923; various articles ZDPV 1926–28; ESellin (earlier material in PThomsen, Palätina u. s. Kultur³ ’31, 116): ZAW 50, ’32, 303–8; PThomsen, Reallex. d. Vorgesch. XII 1928, 74ff; TBöhl, De opgraving van Sichem 1927; GWright in BASOR ’56–’62, The Biography of a Bibl. City ’65; ENielsen, Shechem, A Traditio-Hist. Investigation ’55; BHHW III, 1781–83; Kl. Pauly V 163.

② masc., a son of Hamor, Shechem (s. Ἑμμώρ) Ἑμμὼρ τοῦ Συχέμ (cp. Gen 33:19; JosAs 23:13) Hamor the father of Shechem Ac 7:16 v.l. (in Jos., Ant. 1, 337f Συχέμμης).—M-M. EDNT.

φημί 2 sg. φῄς (Just.), 3 sg. φησίν, 3 pl. φασίν Ro 3:8; 2 Cor 10:10 v.l.; 3 sg. of impf. and 2 aor. ἔφη (s. Kühner-Bl. II 210), 3 pl. ἔφασαν (Esth 10:31; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 5 Jac. [Eus., PE 9, 29, 16]); fut. φήσω (Just.); 1 aor. 3 sg. ἔφησεν 2 Macc 3:27 al. (Hom.+).

① to state someth. orally or in writing, say, affirm w. direct discourse

ⓐ w. interchange of first and third persons in dialogue Hv 2, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1; 3, 3, 1f and oft.

ⓑ introducing direct discourse

α. preceding it ὁ δέ φησιν• οὔ, μήποτε … Mt 13:29. Cp. 26:61; 27:11, 23; Mk 10:29; J 9:38; 18:29; Ac 7:2; 8:36; 10:30 al. Oft. w. dat. of the pers. addressed ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς• πάλιν γέγραπται … Mt 4:7. Cp. 13:28; 21:27; Mk 9:12; 14:29; Lk 7:44; Ac 26:32. Also πρός τινα (TestAbr A 15 p. 96, 7 [Stone p. 40]) Lk 22:70; Ac 10:28; 16:37; 26:1.—Used w. a ptc. to denote the nature of the statement ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος ἔφη• κύριε … Mt 8:8. Cp. Lk 23:3, 40.

β. inserted after the first word or words of the direct discourse (Oenomaus in Eus., PE 6, 7, 8 ἀγγελῶ, νὴ Δία, φήσει τις, …; TestJob 34:4; JosAs 24:8; Just., D. 1, 3) δός μοι, φησίν, ὧδε … Mt 14:8. ποίας; φησίν 19:18 v.l. Cp. Lk 7:40 (here φησίν stands at the close of a direct quot. consisting of only two words; cp. Just., D. 3, 7 οὐ γάρ, φημί); Ac 2:38 v.l.; 23:35; 25:5, 22; 26:25. ὡς ἔφην Papias (2:15) (ApcMos 42).

ⓒ without a subj., where it is self-evident ὅρα γάρ φησιν ποιήσεις πάντα for see to it, (God) says (Ex 25:40; Just., D. 126, 6; Mel., P. 12, 78; Ath. 32, 1), you must make everything Hb 8:5. But φησίν is also used impersonally, it is said, so that it can also go w. a plural subject that makes a statement (cp. Demosth. 23, 31; ViJer 8 [p. 72, 12 Sch.]; Epict., Enchir. 24, 2; Maximus Tyr. 5, 4a) αἱ ἐπιστολαὶ μέν, φησίν, βαρεῖαι 2 Cor 10:10 (the subject of this statement is the opposition to Paul in the Corinthian church; hence the v.l. φασίν). οὐ δεῖν, φησίν (i.e. gnostics) προφήταις χρῆσθαι AcPlCor 1:10. W. scripture quotations φησίν it says (φησίν abs. w. a quot. fr. Aratus: Synes., Prov. 2, 5 p. 125a) 1 Cor 6:16; 1 Cl 30:2; 2 Cl 7:6; B 7:7.

ⓓ φησίν, in introducing scripture quot., can be pred. to a wide variety of subjects (cp. φησὶν ὁ λόγος Pla., Phil. 51c; Maximus Tyr. 22, 5b; Just., D. 93, 3) φησὶν ὁ ἅγιος λόγος 1 Cl 13:3. (τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον) 16:2. αὐτός (=ὁ κύριος) φησιν 16:15. ὁ θεός 33:5. ὁ ἐκλεκτὸς Δαυίδ 52:2.

② to say someth. that provides a fuller explanation of a statement, mean by one’s statement (Artem. 1, 67 p. 62, 16 φημὶ δὲ ἐγώ=but I mean), w. acc. (Diod S 37, 29, 5 Κράσσον φημί; Syntipas p. 10, 12) τοῦτο 1 Cor 7:29; cp. 10:15, 19. Foll. by ὅτι 1 Cor 10:19 (Caecil. Calact., Fgm. 103 p. 93, 18 ἀλλὰ τί φημι; ὅτι κτλ.); τοῦτο ὅτι 15:50. Foll. by acc. and inf. (Synes., Kingship 15 p. 14c) Ro 3:8; Papias (3:2).—HFournier, Les verbes ‘dire’ en Grec ancien ’46. B. 1257. DELG. M-M.

Ἀβραάμ, ὁ indecl. (אַבְרָהָם ‘father of a multitude’) (LXX; TestSol 18:22 P; TestAbr, Test12Patr, ParJer; ApcSed 14:6; ApcEsdr; ApcrEzk P 1 recto, 10; SibOr 2, 246; Philo, Just.; Mel., P. 83 , 625 and Fgm.; PGM 7, 315; 13, 817 δύναμιν τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, Ἰσὰκ καὶ τοῦ Ἰακώβ; 35, 14 τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ Ἀβρὰμ καὶ Ἰσακὰ καὶ Ἰακώβ. Indecl. also in Apollonius Molon [I B.C.], an opponent of the Jews: 728 Fgm. 1, 2 and 3 Jac. [Eus., PE 9, 19, 2; 3].—In the Jew Artapanus [II B.C.]: 726 Fgm. 1 Jac. [Eus. 9, 18, 1]; in Ps.-Hecataeus: 264 Fgm. 24 Jac. in a work Κατʼ Ἄβραμον καὶ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους; and in Joseph. Ἄβραμος, ου [Ant. 1, 148]; cp. EpArist 49; BGU 585 II, 3 [212 A.D.]; Damasc., Vi. Isid. 141.—Nicol. Dam. [I B.C.]: 90 Fgm. 52 Jac. [Jos., Ant. 1, 159f] Ἀβράμης, ου. Charax of Pergam. [II A.D.]: 103 Fgm. 52 Jac. ἀπὸ Ἀβράμωνος.—Hesychius 1, 81 has Ἀβραμίας, obviously a Hellenized form of Abraham, as the name of a throw in dice-playing. Personal names were frequently used for this purpose: Eubulus, Com. Fgm. 57K. Dssm., NB 15 [BS 187]; B-D-F §260.2). In the NT receives mention second to Moses. [b]Abraham (husband of Sarah Gen 18:10f), in the genealogy of Jesus Mt 1:1, 2, 17; Lk 3:34; progenitor of the Israelite nation (Jos., Ant. 1, 158 ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἀ.), and of the Christians, as authentically Israel Mt 3:9; Lk 1:73; 3:8; J 8:39, 53, 56; Ac 7:2; Ro 4:1; Js 2:21. Hence the people of Israel are called Α.’s seed (e.g. PsSol 9:9; 18:3) J 8:33, 37; Ro 9:7; 11:1; 2 Cor 11:22; Gal 3:29; Hb 2:16.—Α. as bearer of the promise Ac 3:25; 7:17; Ro 4:13; Gal 3:8, 14, 16, 18; Hb 6:13. His faith Ro 4:3 (Gen 15:6), 9, 12, 16; Gal 3:6 (Gen 15:6), 9; 1 Cl 10:6 (Gen 15:6); Js 2:23. Here and 1 Cl 10:1; 17:2 called a friend of God (cp. Is 41:8; 2 Ch 20:7; Da 3:35. But only Is 41:8 Sym. and, indirectly, Ex 33:11 use the word φίλος [as TestAbr A 1 78, 6=Stone p. 4]. LXX Is 41:8 and the other passages use a form of ἀγαπάω; s. EPeterson, ZKG 42, 1923, 172ff. Philo quotes Gen 18:17 φίλος μου Sobr. 56 [s. PKatz, Philo’s Bible, ’50, 85; on use of the name, 154ff]; cp. Wsd 7:27; Book of Jubilees 19:9; 30:20); like Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets Lk 13:28, A. occupies a prominent place in the next life 16:22ff (s. on κόλπος 1). God is designated as God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Ex 3:6.—MRist, The God of A., I., and J.: JBL 57, ’38, 289–303) Mt 22:32; Mk 12:26; Lk 20:37; Ac 3:13; 7:32; B 6:8. W. Isaac and Jacob at the banquet in the Kingdom Mt 8:11; listed among the great people of God (cp. SibOr 2, 245–48) B 8:4; IPhld 9:1 (on the triad s. above and s.v. Ἰακώβ). Points typologically to Jesus B 9:7f.—OSchmitz, Abr. im Spätjudent. u. im Urchristent.: ASchlatter Festschr. 1922, 99–123; Billerb. (s. index of persons and things: IV 1213); MColacci, Il Semen Abrahae alla luce del V e del NT: Biblica 21, ’40, 1–27.—M-M. TW.

ἀγαθός, ή, όν (Hom.+) Comp. ἀμείνων (not in NT, but e.g. PGM 5, 50; 6, 2; Jos., Bell. 5, 19, Ant. 11, 296) 1 Cl 57:2; IEph 13:2; 15:1; βελτίων, also κρείσσων, colloq. ἀγαθώτερος (Diod S 8 Fgm. 12, 8; Judg 11:25 B; 15:2 B) Hm 8:9, 11. Superl. ἄριστος (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 156, Ant. 16, 142; Ath., R. 72, 8); colloq. ἀγαθώτατος (Diod S 16, 85, 7; Philo Bybl. [c. 100 A.D.] s. below 2aα; Heliod. 5, 15, 2; Synes., Ep. 143; Jos., Bell. 2, 277) Hv 1, 2, 3.—Ael. Dion. α, 10 rejects the forms ἀγαθώτερος, -τατος as wholly foreign to Greek (B-D-F §61, 1). When used of pers., freq. in ref. to good citizenship or acceptance of communal responsibility (cp. the def. in Cleanthes 3 [Coll. Alex. p. 229]).

① pert. to meeting a relatively high standard of quality, of things.

ⓐ adj. useful, beneficial καρποί (Procop. Soph., Ep. 27; Sir 6:19; Da 4:12 LXX) Js 3:17. δένδρον Mt 7:17f. γῆ productive, fertile soil (X., Oec. 16, 7 γῆ ἀ.—γῆ κακή; Diod S 5, 41, 6; Arrian, Anab. 4, 28, 3; Jos., Ant. 5, 178) Lk 8:8; B 6:8, 10. δόματα beneficial (Sir 18:17) Mt 7:11; Lk 11:13. δόσις Js 1:17; λόγος ἀ. πρὸς οἰκοδομήν useful for edification Eph 4:29 (cp. X., Mem. 4, 6, 11; Chion, Ep. 3, 6 πρὸς ἀνδρείαν ἀμείνους; Isocr. 15, 284 ἄριστα πρὸς ἀρετήν); γνώμη ἀ. a gracious declaration 1 Cl 8:2; ἡμέραι ἀ. happy (Cass. Dio 51, 19; PGen 61, 10; Sir 14:14; 1 Macc 10:55) 1 Pt 3:10; 1 Cl 22:2 (both Ps 33:13; 34:12); cp. 50:4.

ⓑ used as a pure subst.: sg. (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX), ἀγαθόν, οῦ, τό the good (Diog. L. 1, 105 ἀγαθόν τε καὶ φαῦλον=a good and bad thing at the same time. TestAbr A 4, p. 80, 32 [Stone p. 8] of food); opp. (τὸ) κακόν Did., Gen. 21, 5; pl. ἀγαθά, ῶν, τά good things, possessions.

α. quite gener. τὰ ἀγαθά σου Lk 16:25 (cp. Job 21:13; En 103:3; PsSol 1:6, 5, 18; 17:44; 18:6; the opp. of τὰ κακά as Ephorus of Cyme [IV B.C.] περὶ ἀγαθῶν κ. κακῶν: 70 test. 1 Jac.; Diod S 18, 53, 1 ἀγαθῶν τε καὶ κακῶν μεταλαμβάνων; Job 2:10; s. SAalen NTS 13, ’66, 5 on En 98:9); τοιαῦτα ἀ. such fine things Hs 9, 10, 1.—ποιήσαι ταῦτα κ. περισσότερα ἀ. μεθʼ ἡμῶν to do these and far better things for us 1 Cl 61:3.

β. possessions, treasures (Hdt. 2, 172 et al.; PRyl 28, 182 δεσπότης πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν κ. κτημάτων; Sir 14:4; Wsd 7:11; TestJob 4:8; SibOr 3, 660; 750) Lk 1:53 (Ps 106:9.—Amphis Com. Fgm. 28 [IV B.C.], in Athen. 3, 56, 100a, χορτάζομαι ἐν ἅπασιν ἀγαθοῖς; Sb 7517, 4 [211/12 A.D.] ἀγαθῶν πεπληρῶσθαι); Gal 6:6; Hv 3, 9, 6; τὰ ἀ. τῆς γῆς 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:19; cp. TestAbr A 4 p. 81, 18 [Stone p. 10] ἀ. τῶν ἐπιγείων); esp. of crops (Diod S 3, 46, 1 τὰ ἀ.=‘the good gifts’, specifically ‘products of nature’; likewise 19, 26, 3. Even more generally Synes., Kingship 16 p. 17d τὰ ἀ.=food; Philo, Op. M. 16, Mos. 1, 6) Lk 12:18f.

γ. possessions of a higher order (Dio Chrys. 64 [14], 1 ἐλευθερία as μέγιστον τ. ἀγαθῶν; Ael. Aristid. 24, 4 K.=44 p. 825 D.: ὁμόνοια as μέγ. τῶν ἀ.; 45, 18 K.=8 p. 89 D.: τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀγ. Diog. L. 6, 4 the priest promises the initiate into the Orphic mysteries πολλὰ ἐν ᾅδου ἀγαθά) Ro 3:8; 10:15 (Is 52:7).—Hb 9:11; 10:1; 2 Cl 6:6; 15:5.

② pert. to meeting a high standard of worth and merit, good

ⓐ as adj.

α. of humans and deities (the primary focus is on usefulness to humans and society in general, so Pind.+, s. AAdkins Merit and Responsibility ’60, 189f) beneficent, of God (Dio Chrys. 80 [30], 26 οἱ θεοί; Zoroaster in Philo Bybl.: 790 Fgm. 4, 52 Jac. [Eus. PE 1, 10, 52] God is ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθώτατος. Sallust. 1 πᾶς θεὸς ἀγαθός; contrast Did., Gen. 109, 3 ὁ διάβολος οὐ φύσει κακός … ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ … ἀγαθὸς γέγονεν.—Cp. IKosPH 92, 6f which calls Nero ἀ. θεός, ἀγαθὸς δαίμων [OGI 666, 3; POxy 1021, 8, both referring to Nero; POxy 1449, 4; s. also JKroll, D. Lehren d. Hermes Trismeg. 1914, 90; Rtzst., Erlösungsmyst. 189; 191ff] and Sb 349 θεῷ ἀγαθῷ Διὶ Ἡλίῳ; Philo, Leg. All. 1, 47 al.; Celsus 4, 14) Mt 19:17b (in Cleanthes, Stoic. I 127, 3ff [Eus. PE 13, 13, 37], a description of God follows the question τἀγαθὸν ἐρωτᾷς μʼ οἷόν ἐστʼ; cp. Orig., C.Cels. 3, 70, 9; Did., Gen. 98, 28); Mk 10:18b (Unknown Sayings 33–36); Lk 18:19b; Dg 8:8 (on these passages cp. Simonid., Fgm. 4, 6f χαλεπὸν ἐσθλὸν [=ἀγαθός ln. 10] ἔμμεναι; 7 θεὸς ἂν μόνος τοῦτʼ ἔχοι γέρας); μόνος ἀ. ἐστιν ibid.; πατὴρ ἀ. 1 Cl 56:16 (Philo, Op. M. 21 ἀ. εἶναι τὸν πατέρα κ. ποιητήν); ἀ. ἐν τ. ὁρωμένοις good in the visible world 60:1.—Of Christ Mk 10:17, 18a (DomGMurray, Downside Review 103, ’85, 144–46, w. ref. to Pirke Aboth 6, 3); Lk 18:18, 19a (WWagner, ZNW 8, 1907, 143–61; FSpitta, ibid. 9, 1908, 12–20; BWarfield, PTR 12, 1914, 177–228; WCaspari, Christent. u. Wissensch. 8, ’32, 218–31.—Cp. also the saying of Pythagoras in Diog. L., Prooem. 12, who does not wish to be called σοφός because μηδένα εἶναι σοφὸν ἀλλʼ ἢ θεόν); J 7:12.—Of humans, other than Jesus Mt 12:35; Ro 5:7; D 3:8; νομοθέται B 21:4; πονηροί τε καὶ ἀ. good and bad designating a motley crowd Mt 22:10. Same contrast 5:45 (cp. Jos., Ant. 8, 314). βελτίονα ποιεῖν make better 1 Cl 19:1; βελτίω γενέσθαι become better Dg 1; kind, generous (X., Cyr. 3, 3, 4; CIG 37, 49) Mt 20:15 (in Mk 10:17f=Lk 18:18 [s. above] it is understood as kind by JWellhausen, EKlostermann, Billerb., Wagner, Spitta, Dalman [Worte 277], EHirsch [D. Werden des Mk ’41, 246]); δεσπόται benevolent 1 Pt 2:18 (cp. PLips 40 II, 19, where a slave says ὁ ἀγαθὸς δεσπότης μου). δοῦλος (Heraclitus, Ep. 9, 3 [p. 212, 4 Malherbe]) Mt 25:21, 23; Lk 19:17. ἀνήρ (Teles p. 16, 6; Diod S 20, 58, 1; Epict. 3, 24, 51 al.; PLond I, 113/1, 8 p. 201; 2 Macc 15:12; 4 Macc 4:1; Jos., Bell. 5, 413, Ant. 18, 117; JGerlach, ΑΝΗΡ ΑΓΑΘΟΣ, diss. Munich ’32) Lk 23:50; Ac 11:24; νέαι Tit 2:5. ἀπόστολοι superb 1 Cl 5:3.

β. of things characterized esp. in terms of social significance and worth, πνεῦμα Lk 11:13 v.l.; ἐντολή Ro 7:12 (Ps.-Archytas [IV B.C.] in Stob., Ecl. 4, 138, IV 85, 17 H. νόμος ἀ. καὶ καλός); ἀγγελία (Pr 25:25) Hv 3, 13, 2; παιδεία Hs 6, 3, 6; μνεία ἀ. kindly remembrance 1 Th 3:6 (2 Macc 7:20 μνήμη ἀ.); ἐλπίς dependable (Pla., Rep. 331a; Chariton 7, 5, 10; Jos., Ant. 14, 96) 2 Th 2:16; μερὶς ἀ. the better part Lk 10:42; πρᾶξις (Democr. 177 πρῆξις; Did., Gen. 69, 7) 1 Cl 30:7; συνείδησις clear Ac 23:1; 1 Ti 1:5, 19; 1 Pt 2:19 v.l.; 3:16, 21; 1 Cl 41:1; διάνοια Hm 5, 2, 7; ἐπιθυμία (Pr 11:23; 13:12) pure (i.e. directed toward pure things) desire m 12, 1, 1f; 2:4f; 3:1; γνώμη ἀ. good intention B 21:2; ἀ. ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναστροφή admirable Christian conduct 1 Pt 3:16; ἀ. θησαυρός Mt 12:35; Lk 6:45; καρδία καλὴ καὶ ἀ. 8:15; ἔργον (Thu. 5, 63, 3; PCairMasp 151, 237) a good deed 2 Cor 9:8; Col 1:10; 1 Ti 5:10; 2 Ti 2:21; 3:17; Tit 1:16; 3:1; 1 Cl 2:7; 33:1; 34:4. Pl. ἔργα ἀ. (Empedocles [V B.C.] 112, 2) 1 Ti 2:10; also specif. of benefactions (w. ἐλεημοσύναι) Ac 9:36; 1 Cl 33:7; ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ κ. λόγῳ ἀ. (for this Hellenic formulation cp. Lk 24:19; Ac 7:22; for the simple λόγος ἀ. s. 3Km 8:56; 4 Km 20:19; Is 39:8) 2 Th 2:17; ὑπομονὴ ἔργου ἀ. persistency in doing right Ro 2:7.

ⓑ as subst., sg. (s. 1b). Opp. (τὸ) κακόν Did., Gen. 21, 5; 27, 5.

α. that which is beneficial or helpful ἐργάζεσθαι τὸ ἀ. do what is good Ro 2:10; Hm 4, 2, 2; 7:4; also specif. of benefaction Gal 6:10 and of socially acceptable work Eph 4:28; Hm 2:4; τὸ ἀ. ποιεῖν (cp. Jos., Bell. 1, 392) Ro 13:3b; Hm 8:12; cp. 6, 2, 8.—Mt 19:17a; Ro 7:13; 12:9; 16:19; 1 Th 5:15; 1 Pt 3:13; 1 Cl 21:6; 2 Cl 13:1; Hm 8:2, 7.

β. τὰ ἀ. (ἀληθινὰ ἀ. Orig., C. Cels 7, 21, 10) good deeds J 5:29; cp. Hm 10, 3, 1 (TestAbr A 9 p. 87, 28 [Stone p. 22] ἀγαθά τε καὶ πονηρά).—B. 1176. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

Ἑβραῖος, ου, ὁ (W-H. Ἐβ.; s. their Introd.² §408; B-D-F §39, 3) ‘a Hebrew’ (Paus. 1, 5, 5; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 71; Plut.; Porphyr., Vi. Pyth. 11; Sallust. 9 p. 18, 17; Damasc., Vi. Isidori 56 ὁ Ἑβραίων θεός; 141; PGM 4, 3019, corresp. to what Jews oft. called themselves; LXX; TestSol 6:8; JosAs 1:7; ch. 11 cod. A and Pal. 364 [p. 54, 6 Bat.]; Ezk. Trag., Philo, Joseph., SibOr; TestJos 12:2; 3; ins [exx. in Schürer III 97, 29]; συναγωγὴ Ἑβραίων s. on συναγωγή 2a; MDibelius, Hdb.² on Phil 3:5 exc.; Just., D. 1, 3)

① ethnic name for an Israelite, Hebrew in contrast to other nations (in this sense Eus. applies the term Ἑβρ. to such Jews as Philo [Eus., HE 2, 4, 2] and Aristobulus [PE 8, 8, 56/Holladay T 11 (10) p. 123] who spoke Gk. and were Gk. scholars; s. the Jew. grave-ins in Rome and Lydia: Ltzm., Hdb.³ on 2 Cor 11:22 exc.; MAMA III, 32; Just., D. 1, 3) 2 Cor 11:22; Phil 3:5 (on these pass. s. 2). The word prob. has this mng. in the title πρὸς Ἑβρ. of Hb, as well as in the name of the GHb in the old orig. Gk. in Clem. Al. and Origen (Kl. T. 8³, p. 7, 2; 12; note on ln. 8; cp. p. 5, 9f; 18; 22; 11, 25f) τὸ καθʼ Ἑβραίους εὐαγγέλιον. Papias (2:17). The author of GJs 6:1; 7:2; 18:1 compares Palestinian and Egyptian conditions (deStrycker 147, n. 2).

② Hebrew-/Aramaic-speaking Israelite in contrast to a Gk.-speaking Israelite, Hebrew-speaking Israelite (s. Ἑλληνισταί; GWetter, ARW 21, 1922, 410ff; Haenchen) Ac 6:1 in contrast to Gk.-speaking Israelites (Philo, Conf. Ling. 129, makes a difference betw. Ἑβρ. and ἡμεῖς, who speak Gk. [Congr. Erud. Grat. 43f]). Windisch proposes that Paul emphasizes his fluency in his ancestral language 2 Cor 11:22; Phil 3:5 (s. 1).—S. on Ἰσραήλ, end. HKosmala, Hebräer-Essener-Christen ’59; MHengel, ZTK 72, ’75. 151–206.—M-M. EDNT. TW.

ἵλεως, ων (B-D-F §44, 1; W-S. §8, 8; Rdm. 62; Mlt. 240; Mlt-H. 121.—Hom. et al. as ἵλαος; ἵλεως is the Attic form. Also ins, pap, LXX, JosAs, Philo, Joseph.) pert. to being favorably disposed, with implication of overcoming obstacles that are unfavorable to a relationship, gracious, merciful, in the wider lit. mostly—in our lit. and in LXX always—of God (also Diod S 4, 24, 4; Lucian, Pro Imag. 12; Oenomaus [time of Hadrian] in Eus., PE 5, 19, 1 θεὸς ἵ. ἔσται; 6, 7, 42; M. Ant. 12, 36; Philo; Jos., Ant. 4, 222; 7, 290; SibOr 1, 161) ἵ. ἔσομαι τ. ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν I will be merciful toward their iniquities Hb 8:12 (Jer 38:34). ἵλεώ τινος τυγχάνειν find someone merciful = find mercy in someone’s sight (Herm. Wr. 5, 2; Philo, De Jos. 104) 1 Cl 61:2. ἵ. γενέσθαι τινί be gracious or forgiving to someone (Archilochus, Fgm. 75 Ἥφαιστε, … μοὶ, … ἵλαος γενεῦ; Sallust. 4 p. 10, 4; Num 14:19; Dt 21:8; 2 Macc 2:22) Hv 2, 2, 8. Abs. ἵ. γενέσθαι (Alciphron 4, 18, 17; UPZ 78, 24 [159 B.C.]; Ezk. Trag. vs. 124 [in Eus., PE 9, 29, 11]; TestSol 20:4) 1 Cl 2:3; 48:1; Hs 9, 23, 4.—ἵλεώς σοι, κύριε (sc. εἴη ὁ θεός, as, in a related way, Herodas 4, 25; Plut., Mor. 983e ἵλεως ὁ θεὸς εἴη) may God be gracious to you, Lord, i.e. may God in mercy spare you this, God forbid! Mt 16:22 (cp. IGR, 107, 10 ἵλεώς σοι=may [Sarapis] help you; OGI 721, 10; Gen 43:23; 2 Km 20:20; 1 Ch 11:19; JosAs 6:4; ViDa 18 [p. 79, 8 Sch.].—Difft. PKatz, TLZ 82, ’57, 113f (s. also Kratylos 5, ’60, 159) and B-D-F §128, 5. S. Rob. 395f; HMaehler, ZPE 4, ’69, 99f).—DELG s.v. ἱλάσκομαι 1. M-M. TW.

ὕψιστος, η, ον (Pind., Aeschyl.+; loanw. in rabb.) superl. of the adv. ὕψι; no positive in use

① pert. to being the highest in a spatial sense, highest (Diog. L. 8, 31 ὁ ὕψιστος τόπος, acc. to Pythagoras, is the place to which Hermes conducts pure souls) τὰ ὕψιστα the highest heights=heaven (Job 16:19; Ps 148:1; PsSol 18:10; JosAs 22:9=מְרוֹמִים; cp. 1QM 14, 14; 17, 8) ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις grant salvation, (thou who art) in the highest heaven Mt 21:9; Mk 11:10 (Goodsp., Probs. 34f). δόξα ἐν ὑψ. Lk 2:14 (opp. ἐπὶ γῆς); 19:38 (w. ἐν οὐρανῷ, which means the same). ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν ὑψίστοις the Most High in the highest (heaven) 1 Cl 59:3 (cp. Is 57:15).

② pert. to being the highest in status, ὁ ὕψιστος the Most High of God, distinguished from lesser deities and other objects of cultic devotion (Ζεὺς ὕψιστος: Pind., N. 1, 60 [90]; 11, 2; Aeschyl., Eum. 28; CIG 498; 503; 1869 al.; Aristonous, in Coll. Alex. 1, 7 p. 163 [ACook, Zeus I/2, 1925, 876–89; CRoberts, TSkeat and ANock, The Gild of Zeus Hypsistos: HTR 29, ’36, 39–88, Gk. text of Sb 7835 cited in this article was not reprinted in Nock, Essays: s. New Docs 1, 28]. θεὸς ὕψιστος: ins fr. Cyprus in BCH 20, 1896 p. 361; Sb 589 [II B.C.]; 1323, 1 [II A.D.]; OGI 378, 1 [I A.D.] θεῷ ἁγίω ὑψίστῳ; 755, 1f τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου [θεοῦ ὑψί]στου σωτῆρος; 756, 3–4 τοῦ ἁγιατάτου θεοῦ ὑψίστου: PGM 4, 1068 ἱερὸν φῶς τοῦ ὑψίστου θεοῦ; 5, 46; 12, 63; 71; New Docs 1, 25 no. 5. Isis as ὑψ. θεός: IAndrosIsis [Kyrene] 7 p. 129 Peek. Also simply Ὕψιστος CIG 499; 502. Other ins and pap New Docs 1, 25–28. On the syncretistic communities of the σεβόμενοι θεὸν ὕψιστον cp. ESchürer, SBBerlAk 1897, 200–225, History III 169; FCumont, Hypsistos: Suppl. à la Rev. de l’instruction publique en Belgique 1897, Pauly-W. s.v. Hypsistos; Kl. Pauly II 129f; APlassart, Mélanges Holleaux 1913, 201ff; Clemen² 58–60. Whether Israelite influence is present cannot be established, for the use of ὕψιστος pervades Gr-Rom. texts [s. lit. cited above and Nock, Essays I 414–43; s. also New Docs 1, 25–29], but ‘God Most High’ certainly has a firm place in Israelite experience, and OT usage [LXX] would account for its use in the NT, coupled w. semantic opportunity provided by polytheistic formulation. Examples of usage across cultural lines include: OGI 96, 5–7 [III/II B.C.]; APF 5, 1913, p. 163 [29 B.C.] θεῷ μεγάλῳ μεγάλῳ ὑψίστω; En, TestAbr, Test12Patr, JosAs; ApcEsdr1, 2 p. 24, 5 Tdf.; ApcZeph; Philo, In Flacc. 46, Ad Gai. 278; 317; Jos., Ant. 16, 163; Ar. 15, 1; Just., D. 32, 3; 124, 1; the Jewish prayers for vengeance fr. Rheneia [Dssm., LO 352ff=LAE 416; SIG 1181, 1f]; CIJ I, 690, 727–30; SibOr 3, 519; 719; Ezek. Trag. 239 [in Eus., PE 9, 29, 14]; Philo Epicus: 729 Fgm. 3, 2 Jac. [Eus., PE 9, 24]; ὁ μέγας καὶ ὕψ. θεός Hippol., Ref. 9, 15, 1; ANock, CRoberts, TSkeat, HTR 29, 36, 39–88). ὁ θεὸς ὁ ὕψ. (cp. Theoph. Ant. 2, 3 [p. 100, 1]) Mk 5:7; Lk 8:28; Ac 16:17; Hb 7:1 (Gen 14:18). τὸν ὕψ. θεόν GJs 24:1. ὁ ὕψ. (TestAbr A 9 p. 87, 10 [Stone p. 22]; oft. Test12Patr; JosAs 8:10; ApcEsdr 1:2; Just., D. 32, 3. ἡ δύναμις τοῦ ὑ. Hippol., Ref. 6, 35, 7) Ac 7:48; 1 Cl 29:2 (Dt 32:8); 45:7; 52:3 (Ps 49:14). ὁ μόνος ὕψ. 59:3 (s. 1 above, end). Also without the art. (En 10:1; TestSim 2:5; TestLevi 8:15; Just., D. 124, 1 and 4; Mel., P. 98, 752 [w. art. Ps 17:14]) ὕψ. Lk 1:35, 76. υἱὸς ὑψίστου vs. 32 (of Christ; on the association of υἱὸς ὑψίστου and υἱὸς θεοῦ [vs. 34] cp. the Aramaic text 4QpsDan A^a [=4Q 246], JFitzmyer, NTS 20, ’73/74, 382–407 [esp. 391–94]); also GJs 11:3; in the pl. of humans (cp. Sir 4:10) Lk 6:35. πατὴρ ὕψ. IRo ins.—DNP V 821–23. DELG s.v. ὕψι. M-M. TW.

αἰνο-γόνος,

A child of praise, Ph.Epic. ap. Eus.PE9.20.

αἰνό-φυτα, τά,

A plants of praise, Ph.Epic. ap. Eus.PE 9.20.

αἰσχρο-ρρημοσύνη, ἡ,

A = αἰσχρολογία, D.Ep.4.11, Phld. Rh.1.175 S., Oenom. ap. Eus.PE5.32 (pl.).

αἱμᾰτουργός, ή, ον,

A murderous,

Ἄρεος δύναμις Porph.

ap. Eus.PE3.11.

αὐγοειδής, ές,

A of the nature of light, πνεῦμα, as the source of sight, Stoic.2.231; αἰσθητήριον, of the eye, Gal.UP8.6; brilliant,

χρόα Plu. 2.922d

: metaph., ψυχή ib.565d; σῶμα, πνεῦμα, Iamb.Myst.5.10, 3.11; ὄχημα luminous vehicle, Procl.in Ti.2.81 D.: [comp] Comp., Ph.1.6: [comp] Sup., ib. 504, al., Eus.Mynd.63. Adv. - δῶς dub. in Ph.2.487.

αὐτο-μηνί, Adv.

A in the very month, Attic. ap. Eus.PE15.4.

αὐτό-πιστος, ον,

A credible in itself,

ἀξιώματα Hero

*Deff.136.6, cf. Olymp.in Phd.p.225N., Heliod. in EN117.36, Simp.in Ph.649.12; f.l. in Oenom. ap. Eus.PE 5.33.

αὐτοπτ-έω,

A see with one's own eyes, Paus.4.31.5, Hld.3.1; esp. witness a divine manifestation, Porph. ap. Eus.PE4.20:—[voice] Pass.,

φάσυατα -ούμενα Marin.Procl.28

.

βᾰσίλ-ειον, [dialect] Ion. [suff] βᾰσιλ-ήϊον, τό,

A kingly dwelling, palace, X.Cyr.2.4.3, etc.; more common in pl., Hdt.1.30, 178, Arist.Oec. 1352a11, etc.

b seat of empire, capital, Plb.3.15.3, D.S.19.18, Str.1.2.25.

2 royal treasury, Hdt.2.149: pl., Isoc. 3.31.

II tiara, diadem, LXX 2 Ki.1.10, Roussel Cultes Égyptiens 233 (Delos, ii B.C.), OGI90.45 ([place name] Rosetta), Plu.2.358d, Porph. ap. Eus. PE3.11, Horap.1.15: metaph., τὸ β. τῆς εὐπρεπείας diadem of beauty, LXX Wi.5.16.

III = ἅλιμος, Ps.-Dsc.1.91; = λευκόϊον, Id.3.123.

IV Βασίλεια, τά, festival of Zeus Basileus, in Boeotia, IG7.552, Sch.Pi.O.7.153, IG12(1).78; at Olbia, IPE1.105.

βλύζω, [tense] aor.

A

ἔβλῠσα A.R.4.1446

, Q.S.1.242, AP7.352, etc.; poet. opt.

βλύσσειε AP11.58

(Maced.): [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. ἐβλύσθη Orac. ap. Eus.PE 5.16:—bubble, gush forth, of liquids, A.R.l.c., Orac. in Paus.5.7.3;

ἐκ πηγῆς Philostr.VA3.45

: c. dat., β. Αυαίῳ with wine, AP11.58 (Maced.): c. acc. cogn., μέθυ β. spout wine: metaph. of Anacreon, ib. 7.27 (Antip. Sid.);

ὕδωρ Orph.A. 599

, cf. Nonn.D.17.125, al.;

χρυσίον Lyd.Mag.3.45

: metaph.,

αἰσχρὰ καθ' ἡμετέρης ἔβλυσε παρθενίης AP 7.352

.

γαίη-θεν, Adv.

A from the land, Opp.H.1.39.

2 out of the earth, ἐκφύεται γ. Orac. ap.Eus.PE6.2 (App.Anth.6.113); from the earth, ἀναστήσαντες Orac. ib.5.9 (App.Anth.6.162).