he who sends

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: epithet of Apollo (I 404). ἀφητορεία μαντεία H. σαφητωρ· μάντις ἀληθής, μηνὺτης, ἐρμηνεὺς H.

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: Acc. to Eustathios and the scholl. (also) explained as `prophet' (Eust. ὁμοφήτωρ), i.e. from α copulative and φημί, which is no doubt wrong. Rather from ἀφίημι, s. Fraenkel, Nom. ag. 1, 14f., 42, i.e. `who sends off'. This could well mean `archer' ( ἀφὶημι `discharge'). Doubted by Kraus, WienAkAnz. 87, 516ff., who suggests `who sends off' (people on their journey).

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⁺ V 94-283-97-64-153=691 Gn 8,7.8; 19,13; 20,2; 21,14

to send off, to send away [τινα] Gn 19,13; id. [τι] Ex 4,28; to send off or away from [ἀπό τινος] Gn 26,27; to put forth [τι] Jb 2,5; to diffuse [τι] 3 Mc 5,11

*Is 14,12 ὁ ἀποστέλλων he who sends-ולחשׁ for MT שׁחול he who defeats; *Is 33,7 ἀποσταλήσονται they shall be sent-לחושׁ for MT לוםשׁ of peace; *Prv 26,13 ἀποστελλόμενος being sent-לוחשׁ for MT חלשׁ young lion;

Cf. LEE, J. 1983, 93-94; →NIDNTT; TWNT

ἐπιπομπός

one who sends visitations: masc nom /voc pl

ἐπιπομπός

one who sends visitations: masc nom /voc pl

πέμπω, [dialect] Ep. inf. -έμεναι, -έμεν, Od.13.48, 10.18: [dialect] Ion. [tense] impf.

A

πέμπεσκε Hdt.7.106

: [tense] fut.

πέμψω Od.5.167

, etc.; [dialect] Dor.

πεμψῶ Theoc.5.141

; [dialect] Ep.inf.

πεμψέμεναι Od.10.484

: [tense] aor. ἔπεμψα, [dialect] Ep.

πέμψα Il.1.442

, 21.43, etc.: [tense] pf.

πέπομφα Th.7.12

, X.Cyr.6.2.10, D.4.48 : [tense] plpf. ἐπεμπόμφει, [dialect] Ion. - εε, X.Cyr.6.2.9, Hdt.1.85 :—[voice] Med. (not in early Prose, exc. in compds. ἀπο-, μετα-, προ-πέμπομαι), [tense] fut. πέμψομαι only f.l. in E. Or. 111 : [tense] aor.

ἐπεμψάμην Id.Hec. 977

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

πεμφθήσομαι Str. 1.1.4

, Plu.Demetr.27 : [tense] aor.

ἐπέμφθην Pi.N.3.59

, S.El. 1163, etc.: [ per.] 3sg.[tense] pf.

πέπεμπται A.Th. 473

, ([etym.] προ-) Th.7.77; part.

πεπεμμένος D.23.159

, Luc. Alex.32, D.C.50.13: [tense] plpf.

ἐπέπεμπτο Id.36.18

, ([etym.] προὐπ-) Th.8.79 (cj.):— send, freq. of persons, as messengers, spies, etc., Il.3.116, A.Th.37, Hdt.7.15, etc.; of troops, A.Pers.34 (anap.), Th. 470 : c. dupl. acc., ὁδὸν π. τινά send one on a journey, S.Aj. 739, cf.El. 1163 ([voice] Pass.); also of things,

πέμψω δέ τοι οὖρον ὄπισθεν Od.5.167

, etc.; π. γράμματα, ἐπιστολήν, Pl.Ep. 310d, 323b; in letters, in the epistolary aorist, Th.1.129, X. An.1.9.25, LXX2 Es.4.14; π. κακόν τινι send one evil, Il.15.109;

π. παραβᾶσιν Ἐρινύν A.Ag.59

(anap.); ποινάς, ζημίαν, Id.Eu. 203 (dub.), E.Fr. 506;

ψόφον π. ἔσω Id.IT 1308

; ὕπνον, ὀνείρατα, S.Ph.19, El. 460; freq. of omens, π.οἰωνόν, τέρατα, Il.24.310, X.Mem. 1.4.15, cf. Smp. 4.48;

μαντείας S.OT 149

; also

ἱκεσίους π. λιτάς Id.Ph. 495

; π. ἀρωγάς, ἀλκάν, A.Eu. 598, S. OT 189(lyr.):—Constr.:

1 c. acc. of place to which, π. τινὰ Θήβας, ἀγρούς, Id.OC 1770 (anap.), OT 761 : also c. dat.,

Ἀΐδᾳ E.IT 159

(anap.): but usu. with Preps., ἐς Τροίην, φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν, etc., Il.6.207, Od.5.37, etc.;

π. εἰς Ἀΐδαο Il.21.48

;

δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω Od.9.524

; π. εἰς διδασκάλων send to school, Pl.Prt. 325d (so πέμπειν alone, Ar.Fr. 216); π. ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης over.., Od.4.560, etc. ; π.ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν ἵππους to them, Il.10.464; but πέμπειν ἐπί τι send for a purpose,

ἐπ' ὕδωρ Hdt.5.12

;

ἐπὶκατασκοπήν X. Cyr.6.2.9

(π. εἰς κ. S.Ph.45);

π. ἀρωγὴν ἐπὶ νίκην A.Ch. 477

codd. (anap.); π. ἐπί τινι send to him, Il.2.6; against.., A.Ag. 61 (anap.), etc.; for a purpose,

ἐπὶ πολέμῳ X. HG4.8.17

; περί τινος about something, Th.1.91, X.Cyr.6.2.10; ὑπέρ τινος Epist. Philipp. ap.D.12.12; παρά or πρός τινα to some one, Th.2.81, X.An.5.2.6;

ὥς τινα Th.8.50

.

2 folld. by Advbs., οἴκαδε, οἶκόνδε, Od.19.281, 24.418;

ὅνδε δόμονδε Il.16.445

;

θύραζε Od.9.461

;

πόλεμόνδε Il. 18.452

, etc.; ἕταρον γὰρ.. πέμπ' Ἄϊδόσδε was conducting or convoying Patroclus to Hades, 23.137.

3 folld. by inf. of purpose,

τὴν.. ἅρμασι π. νέεσθαι Od.4.8

;

ἕπεσθαι Il.16.575

;

ἰέναι Od.14.396

;

ἱκανέμεν 4.29

;

ἄγειν 24.419

;

φέρειν Il.16.454

; φέρεσθαι ib. 681 ;

μήτηρ με πέμπει πατρὶ τυμβεῦσαι χοάς S.El. 406

; send word,

πέμπεις.. σῇ δάμαρτι, παῖδα σὴν δεῦρ' ἀποστέλλειν E.IA 360

; πέμπουσιν οἱ ἔφοροι.. στρατεύεσθαι sent him orders to march, X.HG3.1.7 : also c. part.,

κήρυκας π. ἀγγέλλοντας IG 12.76.22

: the place from which is expressed by ἀπό or ἐκ, Il.16.447, Od.11.635, etc.

4 abs.,

ἐπέμψαμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ ἀποστάσεως Th.3.13

;

πέμπει κελεύων Th.1.91

, 2.81;

ἐκέλευε.. πέμπων X. An.2.3.1

;

ἔπεμπε πρὸς Κῦρον δεόμενος Id.Cyr.1.5.4

;

ἔπεμπον ἐρωτῶντες Id.An.6.6.4

, etc.

5 send forward, nominate a person for a post, ὀνόματα Wilcken Chr.28.20 (ii A.D.) :—[voice] Pass., ib.392.7 (ii A.D.).

II send forth or away, dismiss, send home,

τὸν ξεῖνον Od.7.227

, al.: less freq. in Il., as 24.780; χρὴ ξεῖνον παρεόντα φιλεῖν, ἐθέλοντα δὲ πέμπειν 'welcome the coming, speed the parting guest', Od.15.74 ;

ὑπέδεκτο καὶ πέμπε 23.315

; of the father who sends off his daughter to go to her husband, c. dat., 4.5 ;

π. τινὰ ἄποικον S.OT 1518

, etc.

2 of missiles, discharge, shoot,

πέτρας Hes. Th. 716

: metaph.,

ὄμματος.. τόξευμα A. Supp. 1005

: abs.,

οἱ πολλάκις πέμποντες ἔστιν ὅτε τυγχάνουσι τοῦ σκοποῦ Eun. VS p.495

B.

3 of words, send forth, utter, A. Th. 443, S.Ph. 846 (lyr.), 1445 (anap.).

III conduct, escort, Il.1.390, Od.14.336, S.Tr. 571, etc.; freq. of Hermes and other gods, Od.11.626, A. Eu. 12, Supp. 219; ὁ πέμπων abs., of Hermes, S. Ph. 133 (cf.πομπός, πομπαῖος, etc.); of a ship, convey, carry, Od.8.556, cf. A.Supp. 136(lyr.);

κραιπνοφόροι δέ μ' ἔπεμψαν αὖραι Id.Pr. 132

(lyr.), cf. Pi.P.4.203 ([voice] Pass.).

2 πομπὴν π. conduct, or take part in, a procession, Hdt.5.56, Ar. Ec. 757, Th.6.56, Lys. 13.80, D.4.26, etc.; π. χορούς move in dancing procession, E.El. 434(lyr.); Παναθήναια π. Men. 494, Philostr. VA4.22 :—[voice] Pass., φαλλὸς Διονύσῳ πεμπόμενος carried in procession in his honour, Hdt.2.49, cf. Plu.Aem. 32, Demetr.12;

τῆς πομπῆς ὅπως ἂν ὡς κάλλισταπεμφθῇ IG12.84.27

;

χορὸς ὁ εἰς Δῆλον πεμπόμενος X. Mem.3.3.12

.

IV send as a present, εἵματα, σῖτον, Od. 16.83,4.623; π. δῶρα, σκῦλα, ξένια, Hdt.7.106 ([voice] Act. and [voice] Pass.), S.Ph. 1429, X.Cyr.3.1.42.

V send up, produce,

ὅσα πέμπει βιόδωρος αἶα S.Ph. 1162

(lyr.).

B [voice] Med., πέμπεσθαί τινα send for one, S.OC 602, ubiv. Sch.; τί χρῆμ' ἐπέμψω τὸν ἐμὸν ἐκ δόμων πόδα; E.Hec. 977.

II send in one's own service or cause to be sent, S.OT 556, Luc. Tox.14.

σημᾰλέος, α, ον, ([etym.] σῆμα)

A giving a sign, epith. of Zeus, who sends signs by thunder, Paus.1.32.2.

ἐπιπομπ-ός, ὁ,

A one who sends visitations, PMag.Leid.V.7.10.

Ἰάσων, ονος, ὁ (freq. found, also in LXX; EpArist 49; Joseph. It was a favorite practice among Jews to substitute the purely Gk. name Ἰάσων for the Hebrew-Gk. Ἰησοῦς: Dssm., B 184, 1 [BS 315, 2]; B-D-F §53, 2d) Jason.

① host of Paul and Silas in Thessalonica Ac 17:5–7, 9.

② one who sends a greeting Ro 16:21, hardly the same as 1.

③ Ἰάσονι is found for Μνάσωνι Ac 21:16 v.l.—LGPN I. M-M.

πέμπω fut. πέμψω; 1 aor. ἑπεμψα; pf. πέπομφα IEph 17:2. Pass.: fut. inf. πεμφθήσεσθαι (Just., A I, 28); 1 aor. ἐπέμφθην; 1 pf. ptc. πεπεμμένος (Just., D. 126, 6); plpf. 3 sg. ἐπέπεμπτο Just., D. 56, 5).

① to dispatch someone, whether human or transcendent being, usually for purposes of communication, send τινά someone J 1:22; 13:16; 20:21b; Phil 2:23, 28; ISm 11:3. δοῦλον Lk 20:11; cp. vs. 12f. τ. ἀδελφούς 2 Cor 9:3. ἄνδρας πιστούς 1 Cl 63:3. ὑπηρέτην Dg 7:2. ἐπισκόπους IPhld 10:2. W. double acc. π. τινὰ κατάσκοπον send someone out as a spy B 12:9; w. acc. of a ptc. π. τινὰ κρίνοντα send someone as a judge Dg 7:6. π. τινὰ πρεσβεύσοντα send someone to be a representative Pol 13:1. W. a destination indicated (the ref. to a legation somet. being omitted as self-evident, like the Engl. ‘send to someone’= ‘send a messenger to someone’): π. (τινὰ) εἴς τι send (someone) to, into (X., Hell. 7, 4, 39; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 271 εἰς Ἱερος.) Mt 2:8; Lk 15:15; 16:27; Ac 10:5, 32 (without acc.); 15:22; IEph 6:1; GJs 16:2. W. the point of departure and the destination given ἀπὸ τῆς Μιλήτου εἰς Ἔφεσον Ac 20:17 (without acc.). W. indication of the pers. to whom someone is sent π. (τινὰ) πρός τινα send (someone) to someone (X., Cyr. 1, 5, 4; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1:13 Jac.; Diod S 20, 72, 1 π. τινὰ εἰς Συρακούσας πρὸς τ. ἀδελφόν; PHib 127 descr. 3 [III B.C.] π. τινὰ πρός τινα; Sb 6769, 5; 2 Esdr 5:17; En 10:2; TestJos 9:1; Manetho: 609 Fgm. 10 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 241]) Lk 7:19 (αὐτούς them is supplied by the immediate context); Ac 10:33 (without acc.); 15:25; 19:31 (without acc.); 23:30 (the acc. αὐτόν him is supplied by the context.—S. further below, where this pass. is cited again); Eph 6:22; Phil 2:25; Col 4:8; Tit 3:12; GJs 21:2 codd. In several of these places π. is used w. another verb that tells the purpose of the sending. This verb can be in the ptc.: ἔπεμψεν λέγων he sent to ask (cp. Gen 38:25; 2 Km 14:32; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 262) Lk 7:19; cp. vs. 6. Or the verb w. π. is in a finite mood and π. stands in the ptc. (Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 9 §34 πέμψας ἀνεῖλε=he sent and had [her] put to death; 5, 118 §489 ἤρετο πέμπων=he sent and asked; Gen 27:42; Jos., Ant. 7, 149) πέμψαντες παρεκάλουν they sent and advised Ac 19:31; cp. πέμψας ἀπεκεφάλισεν he sent and had (John) beheaded Mt 14:10.—22:7. Differently πέμψας αὐτοὺς εἶπεν he sent them and said 2:8. W. indication of the one who is to receive someone, in the dat. π. τινά τινι send someone to someone 1 Cor 4:17; Phil 2:19.—ὁ Ἰω. πέμψας δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ=‘sent two of his disciples and had them say to him’ Mt 11:2 v.l. (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 96 §449 πέμψας τινὰς ὁ Πομπήιος συνέλαβεν [Κάρβωνα]=Pompey sent certain men and had Carbo taken into custody). W. purpose indicated by the inf. (Just., D. 45, 4) Lk 15:15; 1 Cor 16:3; cp. also J 1:33; Rv 22:16. By subst. inf. w. εἰς 1 Th 3:2, 5. By εἰς (Appian, Mithrid. 108 §516 ἔπεμπεν τὰς θυγατέρας ἐς γάμους=in order to marry them [to Scythian princes]) εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο for this very purpose Eph 6:22; Col 4:8. εἰς ἐκδίκησιν κακοποιῶν 1 Pt 2:14. W. εἰς twice: εἰς θεοῦ τιμὴν εἰς Σμύρναν IEph 21:1. W. purpose indicated by ἵνα Lk 16:24.—Esp. of sending forth of God’s representatives (Aberciusins. 7; Philosoph. Max. 497, 8, the wise man is ἀποσταλείς, his πέμψας is God) Moses 1 Cl 17:5; Elijah Lk 4:26. The angel of repentance Hs 8, 11, 1. Above all the Father sends the Son (upon the earth) Ro 8:3; IMg 8:2. πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν Lk 20:13 (cp. Hdt. 1, 119, 2f ἦν οἱ παῖς εἷς μοῦνος … τοῦτον ἐκπέμπει … ἐς Ἀστυάγεος … Ἀστυάγης σφάξας αὐτόν). John’s gospel is dominated by the thought that Jesus is sent by God fr. heaven (s. Hdb. exc. on J 3:17) J 4:34; 5:23f, 30, 37; 6:38f, 44; 7:16, 28, 33; 8:16, 18, 26, 29; 9:4; 12:44f, 49; 13:20; 14:24; 15:21; 16:5. Jesus, or God in his name, will send the Paraclete or Holy Spirit J 14:26; 15:26 (ὸ̔ν ἐγὼ πέμψω ὑμῖν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός); 16:7. Sim. πέμπει αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς ἐνέργειαν πλάνης God sends them a deluding influence 2 Th 2:11.—The idea of moving from one place to another, which is inherent in ‘sending’, can retreat into the background, so that π. takes on the mng. instruct, commission, appoint: ὁ πέμψας με βαπτίζειν ἐν ὕδατι J 1:33. Cp. 7:18 and the pass. 1 Pt 2:14. Elsewh., too, π. takes on a particular mng. fr. the context: πέμψον ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς χοίρους eject us into the swine Mk 5:12. Of one under arrest: have him transported to his destination Ac 25:25, 27; cp. 23:30 (on these pass. s. TGagos/PSijpesteijn, BASP 33, ’96, 77–97).—Abs. οἱ πεμφθέντες those who were sent Lk 7:10.—In several of the places already mentioned (Ac 23:30; Eph 6:22; Phil 2:28; Col 4:8) ἔπεμψα is an epistolary aorist (Thu. 1, 129, 3; Chion, Ep. 15, 3 ἔπεμψα δὲ τὸ ἀντίγραφον; POxy 937, 21.—B-D-F §334; Rob. 845f).

② to dispatch someth. through an intermediary, send τινί τι someth. to someone Rv 11:10; Hv 2, 4, 3a; Hs 5, 2, 9; 5, 5, 3. The thing that is the object of the sending can remain unmentioned if it is easily supplied fr. the context πέμψον ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις, εἰς Ἔφεσον καὶ εἰς … send (the book) to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to … Rv 1:11. πέμψει Κλήμης εἰς τὰς ἔξω πόλεις Clement is to send (it=his copy or rescripts of it) to the cities abroad Hv 2, 4, 3b. ὥρισαν εἰς διακονίαν πέμψαι τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς they decided to send (someth.) to the brethren for their support Ac 11:29. εἰς τὴν χρείαν μοι ἐπέμψατε you have sent me (what was necessary) to satisfy my needs Phil 4:16 (cp. vv.ll. without the prep. εἰς and s. Ar. Milne p. 74 ln. 26: πέμπουσιν αὐτοῖ ἃ χρέαν ἔχουσιν). Fig. μερίσας … ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔπεμψεν εἰς τοὺς προφήτας (God) sent a portion of Christ’s spirit into the prophets AcPlCor 2:10.—On π. τὸ δρέπανον Rv 14:15, 18 s. δρέπανον.—π. διά τινος could come fr. the OT (=שָׁלַח בְּיַד פּ׳ 1 Km 16:20; 2 Km 11:14; 3 Km 2:25) and could have given rise to the expr. πέμψας διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν εἶπεν αὐτῷ he sent word by his disciples and said to him Mt 11:2 ([Just., D. 53, 1]; yet a similar expr. is found in Appian, Mithrid. 108 §516 ἔπεμπεν διʼ εὐνούχων).—π. abs. means send, write a document, letter, etc. (Ps.-Callisth. 3, 18, 4; PGiss 13, 5 [II A.D.] Ἀρσινόη μοι ἔπεμψε περὶ τῶν δύο ταλάντων; 17, 8; 13; 27, 8 οὗ ἕνεκα πρὸς σὲ ἔπεμψα ἵνα ἐπιγνῶ; 81, 6; 14 πέμψον μοι οὖν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου and oft. in pap) ἐσπούδασα κατὰ μικρὸν ὑμῖν πέμπειν I have taken pains to write to you briefly B 1:5.—DELG. M-M. EDNT.

προφήτης, ου, ὁ (πρό, φημί; ind., Hdt.+. Exx. in Fascher, s. end of this entry) a proclaimer or expounder of divine matters or concerns that could not ordinarily be known except by special revelation (a type of person common in polytheistic society, s. e.g. Plato Com. [V/IV B.C.] 184 [Orpheus]; Ephor. [IV B.C.]: 70 Fgm. 206 Jac. of Ammon, likew. Diod S 17, 51, 1; Plut., Numa 9, 8 the pontifex maximus as ἐξηγητὴς κ. προφήτης; Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 42 πρ. τῶν Μουσῶν; Ael. Aristid. 45, 4 K.=8 p. 83 D.: προφῆται τῶν θεῶν; 45, 7 K.=8 p. 84 D.; 46 p. 159 D.: οἱ πρ. κ. οἱ ἱερεῖς, likew. Himerius, Or. 8 [Or. 23], 11; Alciphron 4, 19, 9 Διονύσου πρ.; Himerius, Or. 38 [Or. 4], 9 Socrates as Μουσῶν καὶ Ἑρμοῦ προφήτης, Or. 48 [Or. 14], 8 προφῆται of the Egyptians [on the role of the Egypt. proph. s. HKees, Der berichtende Gottesdiener: ZASA 85, ’60, 138–43]; PGM 3, 256).

① a person inspired to proclaim or reveal divine will or purpose, prophet

ⓐ of prophetic personalities in the OT who bear a message fr. God (cp. GHölscher, Die Profeten v. Israel 1914; BDuhm, Israels Propheten² 1922; HGunkel, Die Proph. 1917; LDürr, Wollen u. Wirken der atl. Proph. 1926; JSeverijn, Het Profetisme 1926; HHertzberg, Prophet u. Gott 1923; JHempel, Gott u. Mensch im AT² ’36, 95–162). Some are mentioned by name (Moses: Orig., C. Cels. 6, 21, 8): Jeremiah Mt 2:17; 27:9. Isaiah (Did., Gen. 52, 13) 3:3; 4:14; 8:17; Lk 3:4; J 1:23; 12:38; Ac 28:25 al. Joel 2:16. Jonah Mt 12:39. Daniel 24:15. Elijah, Elisha, Ezekiel 1 Cl 17:1. Elisha Lk 4:27; AcPlCor 2:32; Samuel Ac 13:20; cp. 3:24. David 2:30 (ApcSed 14:4; Just., A I, 35, 6; JFitzmyer, CBQ 34, ’72, 332–39). Even Balaam 2 Pt 2:16.—Somet. the identity of the prophet is known only fr. the context, or the reader is simply expected to know who is meant; sim. a Gk. writer says ὁ ποιητής, feeling sure that he will be understood correctly (Antig. Car. 7 [Hom. Hymn to Hermes]; Diod S 1, 12, 9; 3, 66, 3 al. [Homer]; schol. on Nicander, Ther. 452; Ps.-Dicaearchus p. 147 F. [Il. 2, 684]; Steph. Byz. s.v. Χαλκίς [Il. 2, 537]—Did., Gen. 25, 20 [Haggai]): Mt 1:22 (Isaiah, as Just., D. 89, 3); 2:5 (Micah), 15 (Hosea); 21:4 (Zechariah); Ac 7:48 (Isaiah). See B 6:2, B 4, B 6f, B 10, B 13; B 11:2, B 4, B 9; B 14:2, B 7–9.—The pl. οἱ προφῆται brings the prophets together under one category (Iren. 1, 7, 3 [Harv. I 63, 2]; cp. Theoph. Ant. 1, 14 [p. 88, 14]): Mt 2:23; 5:12; 16:14; Mk 6:15b; Lk 1:70; 6:23; 13:28; J 1:45 (w. Moses); 8:52f; Ac 3:21; 7:52; 10:43; Ro 1:2; 1 Th 2:15; Hb 11:32 (w. David and Samuel); Js 5:10; 1 Pt 1:10 (classed under e below by ESelwyn, 1 Pt ’46, ad loc. and 259–68); 2 Pt 3:2; 1 Cl 43:1 (Μωϋσῆς καὶ οἱ λοιποί πρ.); B 1:7; IMg 9:3; IPhld 5:2; AcPl Ha 8, 16; AcPlCor 1:10; 2:9 and 36. οἱ θειότατοι πρ. IMg 8:2; οἱ ἀγαπητοὶ πρ. IPhld 9:2. οἱ ἀρχαῖοι πρ. (Jos., Ant. 12, 413) D 11:11b. S. 2 below for prophetic figures in association with their written productions.

ⓑ John the Baptist (Just., D. 49, 3) is also called a prophet Mt 14:5; 21:26; Mk 11:32; Lk 1:76 (προφήτης ὑψίστου; cp. OGI 756, 2 τὸν προφήτην τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου θεοῦ ὑψίστου); 20:6, but Jesus declared that he was higher than the prophets Mt 11:9; Lk 7:26.

ⓒ Jesus appears as a prophet (FGils, Jésus prophète [synoptics], ’57 [lit.]) appraised for his surprising knowledge J 4:19 and ability to perform miracles 9:17. οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ προφήτης Ἰησοῦς Mt 21:11. Cp. vs. 46; Mk 6:15a; Lk 7:16 (πρ. μέγας), 39; 13:33; 24:19; J 7:52. This proverb is applied to him: οὐκ ἔστιν προφήτης ἄτιμος εἰ μὴ ἐν τῇ πατρίδι αὐτοῦ Mt 13:57; Mk 6:4; cp. Lk 4:24; J 4:44; Ox 1:10f (GTh 31; EPreuschen, Das Wort v. verachteten Proph.: ZNW 17, 1916, 33–48). He was also taken to be one of the ancient prophets come to life again: Mt 16:14; Mk 8:28. πρ. τις τῶν ἀρχαίων Lk 9:8, 19.—In Ac 3:22f and 7:37 (cp. 1QS 9:11), Dt 18:15, 19 is interpreted w. ref. to the Messiah and hence to Jesus (HSchoeps, Theol. u. Geschichte des Judenchristentums ’49, 87–98).—For J, Jesus is ὁ προφήτης the Prophet 6:14; 7:40, a title of honor which is disclaimed by the Baptist 1:21, 25 (s. exc. in the Hdb. on J 1:21; HFischel, JBL 65, ’46, 157–74). Cp. Lk 7:39 v.l.—RMeyer, Der Proph. aus Galiläa ’40; PDavies, Jesus and the Role of the Prophet: JBL 64, ’45, 241–54; AHiggins, Jesus as Proph.: ET 57, ’45/46, 292–94; FYoung, Jesus the Proph.: JBL 68, ’49, 285–99.—RSchnackenburg, D. Erwartung des ‘Propheten’ nach dem NT u. Qumran: Studia Evangelica ’59, 622, n. 1; HBraun, Qumran u. das NT, I, ’66, 100–106.

ⓓ also of other pers., without excluding the actual prophets, who proclaim the divine message w. special preparation and w. a special mission (1 Macc 4:46; 14:41; Hippol., Ref. 1, prol. 10): Mt 11:9 and parallels (s. 1b above); 13:57 and parall. (s. 1c above); 23:30, 37; Lk 10:24 (on προφῆται καὶ βασιλεῖς s. Boll 136–42); 13:33f; Ac 7:52. The two prophets of God in the last times Rv 11:10 (s. μάρτυς 2c and Πέτρος, end). In several of the passages already mentioned (1 Th 2:15 [s. a above]; Mt 23:30, 37; Lk 13:34; Ac 7:52), as well as others (s. below for Mt 23:34; Lk 11:49 [OSeitz, TU 102, ’68, 236–40]), various compatriots of Jesus are murderers of prophets (cp. 3 Km 19:10, 14; Jos., Ant. 9, 265). HJSchoeps, D. jüd. Prophetenmorde ’43.—Jesus also sends to his own people προφήτας καὶ σοφούς Mt 23:34 or πρ. κ. ἀποστόλους Lk 11:49; s. also Mt 10:41 (πρ. beside δίκαιος, as 13:17). This brings us to

ⓔ Christians, who are endowed w. the gift of προφητεία Ac 15:32; 1 Cor 14:29, 32, 37; Rv 22:6, 9; D 10:7; 13:1, 3f, 6. W. ἀπόστολοι (Celsus 2, 20) Lk 11:49; Eph 2:20 (though here the ref. could be to the OT prophets, as is surely the case in Pol 6:3. Acc. to PJoüon, RSR 15, 1925, 534f, τῶν ἀπ. καὶ πρ. in Eph 2:20 refer to the same persons); 3:5; D 11:3. πρ. stands betw. ἀπόστολοι and διδάσκαλοι 1 Cor 12:28f; cp. Eph 4:11. W. διδάσκαλοι Ac 13:1; D 15:1f. W. ἅγιοι and ἀπόστολοι Rv 18:20. W. ἅγιοι 11:18; 16:6; 18:24. Prophets foretell future events (cp. Pla., Charm. 173c προφῆται τῶν μελλόντων) Ac 11:27 (s. vs. 28); 21:10 (s. vss. 11f). True and false prophets: τὸν προφήτην καὶ τὸν ψευδοπροφήτην Hm 11:7; s. vss. 9 and 15 (the rest of this ‘mandate’ also deals w. this subj.); D 11:7–11.—Harnack, Lehre der Zwölf Apostel 1884, 93ff; 119ff, Mission⁴ I 1923, 344f; 362ff; Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 236–40; s. ESelwyn on 1 Pt 1:10 in 1a above; HGreeven, Propheten, Lehrer, Vorsteher b. Pls: ZNW 44, ’52/53, 3–15.

ⓕ Only in one place in our lit. is a polytheist called a ‘prophet’, i.e. the poet whose description of the Cretans is referred to in Tit 1:12: ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης their (the Cretans’) own prophet (s. ἀργός 2).

② by metonymy, the writings of prophets. The prophet also stands for his book ἀνεγίνωσκεν τ. προφήτην Ἠσαί̈αν Ac 8:28, 30; cp. Mk 1:2. λέγει (κύριος) ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ B 7:4. ἐν ἄλλῳ πρ. λέγει 11:6. See 6:14; 12:1 and 4. Pl. of the prophets as a division of scripture: οἱ προφῆται καὶ ὁ νόμος (s. 2 Macc 15:9; Mel., HE 4, 26, 13, P. 72, 530) Mt 11:13. Cp. Lk 16:16; Ac 13:15; 24:14; Ro 3:21; Dg 11:6. Μωϋσῆς κ. οἱ πρ. Lk 16:29, 31. Cp. also 24:27; Ac 28:23. πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωϋσέως καὶ τοῖς προφήταις καὶ ψαλμοῖς Lk 24:44. Now and then οἱ προφῆται alone may mean all scripture Lk 24:25; J 6:45 (s. JHänel, Der Schriftbegriff Jesu 1919, 21); Hb 1:1 (s. CBüchel, Der Hb u. das AT: StKr 79, 1906, 508–91).—οἱ πρ. Mt 5:17; 7:12; 22:40 (all three w. ὁ νόμος) unmistakably refers to the contents of the prophetic books.—EFascher, Προφήτης. Eine sprach-und religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung 1927; GFohrer, TRu 19, ’51, 277–346; 20. ’52. 193–271, 295–361; JLindblom, Prophecy in Ancient Israel ’67; DAune, Prophecy ’83; ASchwemer ZTK 96, ’99, 320--50 (prophet as martyr); Pauly-W. XXIII 797ff; Kl. Pauly IV, 1183f; BHHW III 1496–1514.—DELG s.v. φημί II A. EDNT. TW. Sv.

βρέχω 1 aor. ἔβρεξα. Pass.: fut. 3 sg. βραχήσεται Is 43:3; 2 aor. ἐβράχην (Pind., Hdt. et al.; pap, LXX; TestSol 10:7 C; GrBar; ApcSed 8:10 p. 133, 16 Ja.; Ar. 4, 3).

① to cause someth. to become wet, to wet (B-D-F §309, 2) τινί with something (schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 2, 819) τοῖς δάκρυσιν τοὺς πόδας feet with tears Lk 7:38, 44 (cp. Ps 6:7; IG XIV, 1422, 5 δακρύοισιν ἔβρεξαν ὅλον τάφον). Without obj. ἵνα μὴ ὑετὸς βρέχῃ that no rain may fall Rv 11:6 (τ. ἡμ. is acc. of duration of time; B-D-F §161, 2; Rob. 469ff).

② to cause rain to fall, send rain (Phryn. 291 Lob.; Polyb. 16, 12, 3; ἐὰν ἐπὶ πλέον βραχῇ, φθείρεται ἡ γῆ Ar. 4, 3) pers. (B-D-F §129) of God (Gen 2:5 ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν; s. Philo, Leg. All. 1, 25; 26; 29; POxy 1482, 6 [II A.D.] ὁ Ζεὺς ἔβρεχε.—Proverbially of Zeus, who sometimes lets the sun shine and sometimes sends rain: Theognis 25; Theocritus 4, 43; Liban., Declam. 1, 78 vol. V p. 57, 1 F.) βρέχει causes it to rain Mt 5:45; GNaass 59, 24. ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον Lk 17:29 (s. Gen 19:24, but w. κύριος as the subj.; cp. Ezk 38:22; PGM 36, 301; SibOr 5, 508), but cp. vs. 28, a formulaic parallel, w. meteorological phenomenon as subj.

③ to fall in drops, rain, impers. βρέχει it rains (so since the comic poet Teleclides [V B.C.]; Epict. 1, 6, 26; SibOr 5, 377) Js 5:17; perh. Lk 17:29 (s. 2 end).—DELG. M-M.

ἀλγέω fut. ἀλγήσω, 1 aor. ἤλγησα LXX (denom. fr. ἄλγος ‘pain’; Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 200; 211; Jos., Ant. 15, 58) feel pain ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ causes pain=sends suffering 1 Cl 56:6 (Job 5:18). ὁ ἀλγῶν σάρκα one who is ill in body B 8:6 (cp. Pla., Rep. 7, 515e τὰ ὄμματα; Artem. 4, 24 p. 218, 7 τὴν κεφαλήν; Jos., Vi. 420 τὴν ψυχήν).—DELG s.v. ἄλγος.