higher than I

ὑπερμιξολύ̱διον, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: masc /fem acc sg

ὑπερμιξολύ̱διον, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ὑπερμιξολύ̱διον, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: masc /fem acc sg

ὑπερμιξολύ̱διον, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ὄρος, ους, τό (Hom.+) pl. τὰ ὄρη; gen., uncontracted ὀρέων (as early as X., An. 1, 2, 21 [Kühner-Bl. I 432]; SIG 646, 18 [170 B.C.]; LXX [Thackeray 151; Helbing 41f]; EpArist 119. Joseph. prefers ὀρῶν.—Schweizer 153; B-D-F §48; Mlt-H. 139) Rv 6:15; 1 Cl; Hermas (Reinhold 52); a relatively high elevation of land that projects higher than a βοῦνος (‘a minor elevation, hill’), mountain, mount, hill (in Eng. diction what is considered a ‘mountain’ in one locality may be called a ‘hill’ by someone from an area with extremely high mountain ranges; similar flexibility prevails in the use of ὄρος, and the Eng. glosses merely suggest a comparative perspective; in comparison w. Mt. Everest [8848 meters] or Mount McKinley [6194 meters] any mountain in Palestine is a mere hill) w. βουνός Lk 3:5 (Is 40:4); 23:30 (Hos 10:8). W. πέτρα Rv 6:16; cp. vs. 15. W. πεδίον (SIG 888, 120f) Hs 8, 1, 1; 8, 3, 2. W. νῆσος Rv 6:14; 16:20. As the scene of outstanding events and as places of solitude (PTebt 383, 61 [46 A.D.] ὄρος denotes ‘desert’; Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 40 Zoroaster withdraws fr. among men and lives ἐν ὄρει; Herm. Wr. 13 ins. Hermes teaches his son Tat ἐν ὄρει) mountains play a large part in the gospels and in the apocalypses: Jesus preaches and heals on ‘the’ mountain Mt 5:1 (HCarré, JBL 42, 1923, 39–48; Appian, Mithrid. 77 §334 understands τὸ ὄρος in ref. to the Bithynian Olympus, but without naming it.—On the Sermon on the Mount s. GHeinrici, Beiträge II 1899; III 1905; JMüller, D. Bergpredigt 1906; KProost, De Bergrede 1914; HWeinel, D. Bergpr. 1920; KBornhäuser, D. Bergpr. 1923, ²1927; PFiebig, Jesu Bergpr. 1924; GKittel D. Bergpr. u. d. Ethik d. Judentums: ZST 2, 1925, 555–94; ASteinmann, D. Bergpr. 1926; AAhlberg, Bergpredikans etik 1930; MMeinertz, Z. Ethik d. Bergpr.: JMausbach Festschr. ’31, 21–32; HHuber, D. Bergpredigt ’32; RSeeberg, Z. Ethik der Bergpr. ’34; JSchneider, D. Sinn d. Bergpr. ’36; ALindsay, The Moral Teaching of Jesus ’37; MDibelius, The Sermon on the Mount ’40; TSoiron, D. Bergpr. Jesu ’41; DAndrews, The Sermon on the Mount ’42; HPreisker, D. Ethos des Urchristentums² ’49; HWindisch, The Mng. of the Sermon on the Mount [tr. Gilmour] ’51; WManson, Jesus the Messiah ’52, 77–93; TManson, The Sayings of Jesus ’54; GBornkamm, Jesus v. Naz. ’56, 92–100, 201–4 [Eng. tr. by JRobinson et al. ’60, 100–109, 221–25]; JJeremias, Die Bergpredigt ’59; JDupont, Les Béatitudes, I, rev. ed. ’58; II, ’69; W Davies, The Setting of the Sermon on the Mount, ’64; JManek, NovT 9, ’67, 124–31; HDBetz, The Sermon on the Mt [Hermeneia] ’95.—On the site of the Sermon, CKopp, The Holy Places of the Gosp., ’63, 204–13); 8:1; 15:29; calls the twelve Mk 3:13; performs oustanding miracles J 6:3; prays Mt 14:23; Mk 6:46; Lk 6:12; 9:28; ApcPt 2:4. On an ὄρος ὑψηλόν (Lucian, Charon 2) he is transfigured Mt 17:1; Mk 9:2 and tempted Mt 4:8; the risen Christ shows himself on a mountain (cp. Herm. Wr. 13, 1) Mt 28:16. Jesus is taken away by the Holy Spirit εἰς τὸ ὄρος τὸ μέγα τὸ Θαβώρ GHb 20, 61 (cp. Iren. 1, 14, 6 [Harv. I 139, 8: gnostic speculation]); likew. the author of Rv ἐπὶ ὄρος μέγα κ. ὑψηλόν Rv 21:10. From the top of one mountain the angel of repentance shows Hermas twelve other mountains Hs 9, 1, 4; 7ff. On the use of mt. in apocalyptic lang. s. also Rv 8:8; 17:9 (ἑπτὰ ὄρ. as En 24:2. Cp. JohJeremias, D. Gottesberg 1919; RFrieling, D. hl. Berg im A u. NT 1930). GJs 22:3 ὄρ. θεοῦ, where follows ἐδιχάσθη τὸ ὄρ. and ἦν τὸ ὄρ. ἐκεῖνο διαφαῖνον αὐτῇ φῶς the mt. split and that mt. was a bright light for her. On theophanies and mountain motif s. JReeves, Heralds of That Good Realm ’96, 148f.—Of the mt. to which Abraham brought his son, to sacrifice him there 1 Cl 10:7 (cp. Gen 22:2; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 7 Jac.). Esp. of Sinai (over a dozen sites have been proposed for it) τὸ ὄρος Σινά (LXX.—τὸ Σιναῖον ὄρ. Jos., Ant. 2, 283f) Ac 7:30, 38; Gal 4:24f; 11:3 (cp. Is 16:1); 14:2 (cp. Ex 31:18); 15:1; also without mention of the name: Hb 8:5 (Ex 25:40); 12:20 (cp. Ex 19:13); 1 Cl 53:2; 4:7. Of the hill of Zion (Σιών) Hb 12:22; Rv 14:1. τὸ ὄρ. τῶν ἐλαιῶν the Hill or Mount of Olives (s. ἐλαία 1; about 17 meters higher than Jerusalem) Mt 21:1; 26:30; Mk 14:26; Lk 19:37; 22:39; J 8:1 al. τὸ ὄρ. τὸ καλούμενον Ἐλαιῶν Lk 19:29; 21:37; Ac 1:12 (s. ἐλαιών). Of Mt. Gerizim, about 868 meters in height (without mention of the name) J 4:20f (cp. Jos., Ant. 12, 10; 13, 74).—πόλις ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη a city located on an eminence or hill Mt 5:14 (cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 203 πόλις ἐπʼ ὄρους κειμένη). Also πόλις οἰκοδομημένη ἐπʼ ἄκρον ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ Ox 1 recto, 17 (GTh 32) (Stephan. Byz. s.v. Ἀστέριον says this city was so named ὅτι ἐφʼ ὑψηλοῦ ὄρους κειμένη τοῖς πόρρωθεν ὡς ἀστὴρ φαίνεται).—Pl. τὰ ὄρη hills, mountains, hilly or mountainous country (somet. the sing. also means hill-country [Diod S 20, 58, 2 an ὄρος ὑψηλὸν that extends for 200 stades, roughly 40 km.; Polyaenus 4, 2, 4 al. sing. = hill-country; Tob 5:6 S]) AcPl Ha 5, 18; as a place for pasture Mt 18:12.—Mk 5:11; Lk 8:32. As a remote place (s. above; also Dio Chrys. 4, 4) w. ἐρημίαι Hb 11:38. As a place for graves (cp. POxy 274, 27 [I A.D.]; PRyl 153, 5; PGrenf II, 77, 22: the grave-digger is to bring a corpse εἰς τὸ ὄρος for burial) Mk 5:5. Because of their isolation an ideal refuge for fugitives (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 30 §130 ἐς ὄρος ἔφυγεν=to the hill-country; 1 Macc 9:40) φεύγειν εἰς τὰ ὄρ. (Plut., Mor. 869b οἱ ἄνθρωποι καταφυγόντες εἰς τὰ ὄρη διεσώθησαν; Jos., Bell. 1, 36, Ant. 14, 418) Mt 24:16; Mk 13:14; Lk 21:21.—Proverbially ὄρη μεθιστάνειν remove mountains i.e. do something that seems impossible 1 Cor 13:2; cp. Mt 17:20; 21:21; Mk 11:23. Of God: μεθιστάνει τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ τὰ ὄρη καὶ τοὺς βουνοὺς καὶ τὰς θαλάσσας (God) is moving from their places the heavens and mountains and hills and seas Hv 1, 3, 4 (cp. Is 54:10 and a similar combination PGM 13, 874 αἱ πέτραι κ. τὰ ὄρη κ. ἡ θάλασσα κτλ.).—B. 23. DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

πέρᾱ (A), Adv.

A beyond, further,

μέχρι τοῦ μέσου καθιέναι, π. δ' οὔ Pl. Phd. 112e

;

μέχρι τούτου.., π. δὲ μή Id.R. 423b

: with Art.,

τὸ π. λέγειν Id.Phdr. 241d

.

2 c. gen., π. ὅρου ἐλαύνειν further than, Lex ap.D. 23.44;

τούτου μὴ π. προβαίνειν Arist.Pol. 1319b14

, cf. Pl.Ti. 29d.

II of Time, longer,

οὐκέτι π. ἐπολιόρκησαν X.An.6.1.28

: with Art.,

τὸ π. καθεύδειν τοῦ πρέποντος Aeschin.Socr.52

.

2 c. gen.,

π. μεσούσης τῆς ἡμέρας X.An.6.5.7

; τῶν πεντήκοντα π. γεγονότας above fifty years old, Pl.Lg. 670a (v.l. πέραν).

III freq. metaph., beyond measure, extravagantly, π. λέξαι, φράσαι, S.El. 633, Ph. 332, cf. E.Hipp. 1033 ;

Ζεύς.. με λυπήσει πέρα Ar.Av. 1246

;

π. ματεύειν S.OC 211

(lyr.);

μέλεα καὶ π. παθεῖν E.El. 1187

(lyr.);

οἵ τοι π. στέρξαντες οἵδε καὶ π. μισοῦσιν Trag.Adesp.78

; τὸ π. Arr.Fr.123J.; but π. is f.l. in S.OC 1745 (lyr.).

2 c. gen., more than, beyond, exceeding, π. δίκης, καιροῦ π., A.Pr.30, 507; τοῦ εἰκότος π. S.OT74;

π. τῶν νῦν εἰρημένων Id.OC 257

;

π. τῶν νόμων Id.El. 1506

;

π. τοῦ προσήκοντος Antipho 5.1

;

π. ὧν προσεδεχόμεθα Th.2.64

; π. τοῦ δέοντος, π. τοῦ μετρίου, Pl.Grg. 487d, Ti. 65d ;

π. τοῦ μεγίστου φόβου Id.Phlb. 12c

; θαυμάτων π. more than marvels, E.Hec. 714 ;

δεινὸν καὶ π. δεινοῦ D.45.73

; π. μεδίμνου more than a medimnus, Is.10.10; ἐλπίδος π. Plu.Sull.11.

b abs., more, further, οὐδὲν ἐρρήθη π. E.IT91 ; ἄπιστα καὶ π. κλύων things incredible, and more than that, Ar.Av. 417 ; πᾶν τολμήσασα καὶ π. S.Fr. 189.

3 as [comp] Comp., folld. by ἤ, Id.OC 651, Ph. 1277.

IV above, higher than, τῶν ἐμῶν ἐχθρῶν μ' ἔνερθεν ὄντ' ἀνέστησας π. ib. 666 ; π. ἀνθρώπου, π. τέχνης, Philostr. Her.18.1, 19.4.—In all senses πέρα may stand either before or after the gen., but commonly before.—[comp] Comp. περαίτερος, α, ον, Adv. περαίτερον and - τέρω (qq. v.); cf. sq.

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πέρα (B), ἡ,

A = ἡ περαία, (περαῖος), the land on the other side. ἐκ πέρας Ναυπακτίας A.Supp. 262 ;

Χαλκίδος πέραν ἔχων Id.Ag. 190

(lyr.):—hence [full] πέρανδε, to a foreign city, SIG 56.13 (Argos, V B.C.).

ἀνώτερος, έρα, ον (comp. of ἄνω=ἀνώτερον εἶναί τινος ‘to be higher than someth. else’; Tatian; Vi. Da. [p. 77, 1 Sch. ‘Upper Beth-Horon’]); in our lit. only neut. as adv. (Aristot. et al.; SIG 674, 55; Lev 11:21; 2 Esdr 13:28; En 14:17 τὸ ἀ.; 15:9 [prob. corruption for ἀνθρώπων]; TestLevi 3:4; cp. B-D-F §62; Rob. 298).

① pert. to a position that enhances status, higher προσαναβαίνω ἀ. go up higher, i.e. to a more prestigious place Lk 14:10.

② pert. to being precedent in a series, preceding, above, earlier (as we say ‘above’ in ref. to someth. expressed previously; PCairZen 631, 10 [III B.C.] ἀνώτερον γεγράφαμεν; Polyb. 3, 1, 1 τρίτῃ ἀνώτερον βίβλῳ; Jos., Ant. 19, 212 καθάπερ ἀν. ἔφην; cp. AHeisenberg and LWenger, Byz. Pap. in d. Staatsbibl. zu München 1914, no. 7, 47) ἀ. λέγειν Hb 10:8.—DELG s.v. ἀνά. M-M.

ὑπερέχω fut ὑπερέξω (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; En 24:3; TestJud 21:4; GrBar 10:3; ApcMos 38; Philo; Jos., Ant. 6, 25; Ath.)

① lit. to be at a point higher than another on a scale of linear extent, rise above, surpass, excel (Polyaenus 2, 2, 1) τὶ someth (3 Km 8:8; Jos., Ant. 1, 89) ἀνὴρ ὑψηλός, ὥστε τὸν πύργον ὑπερέχειν Hs 9, 6, 1.

② fig. to be in a controlling position, have power over, be in authority (over), be highly placed (οἱ ὑπερέχοντες=‘those in authority’, ‘superiors’ Polyb. 28, 4, 9; 30, 4, 1 7; Herodian 4, 9, 2; Artem. 2, 9 p. 92, 17 H. [p. 109, 25 P.]; 2, 12 p. 102, 4 H. [p. 121, 21 P.]; PGM 4, 2169; of kings Wsd 6:5) βασιλεῖ ὡς ὑπερέχοντι 1 Pt 2:13. ἐξουσίαι ὑπερέχουσαι governing authorities (Syntipas p. 127, 4) Ro 13:1. οἱ ὑπερέχοντες those who are in high position (cp. Epict. 3, 4, 3; Diog. L. 6, 78; Philo, Agr. 121) B 21:2, those who are better off (economically) Hv 3, 9, 5. λαὸς λαοῦ ὑπερέξει one people shall rule over the other B 13:2 (Gen 25:23).

③ to surpass in quality or value, be better than, surpass, excel

ⓐ w. gen. (Ps.-X., Cyneg. 1, 11; Pla., Menex. 237d; Demosth. 23, 206; Diod S 17, 77, 3; PEdg 11 [=Sb 6717], 6 [257 B.C.]; Sir 33:7; Test Jud 21:4; GrBar 10:3; Ath. 6:2 [w. acc. 23:1]) ἀλλήλους ἡγούμενοι ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν each one should consider the others better than himself Phil 2:3. W. acc. (Eur., Hipp. 1365; X., Hell. 6, 1, 9; Da 5:11) of some angels who are greater than others ὑπερέχοντες αὐτούς Hv 3, 4, 2. ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ ὑπερέχουσα πάντα νοῦν Phil 4:7 (νοῦς 1b). Abs. ὑπερέχων more excellent, superior Hs 9, 28, 3; 4.

ⓑ The neut. of the pres. ptc. as subst. τὸ ὑπερέχον the surpassing greatness w. gen. τῆς γνώσεως of personal acquaintance (w. Christ; s. γνῶσις 1, end) Phil 3:8.—M-M. TW.

ὑπερβαίνω, [tense] fut.

A

- βήσομαι Heraclit.94

: [tense] aor. 2 ὑπερέβην, [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl.

ὑπέρβᾰσαν Il.12.469

:—step over, mount, scale, c. acc.,

τεῖχος Il.

l. c.;

οὐδόν Od.8.80

;

τείχη E.Ba. 654

, Th.3.20;

γεῖσα τειχέων E.Ph. 1180

;

τάφρους Id.Rh. 111

; ὑ. τοὺς οὔρους cross the boundaries, Hdt.6.108; τὰ ὄρεα, Αἷμον, Id.4.25, Th.2.96; δόμους step over the threshold of the house, E.Med. 382 codd.;

δῶμα Id. Ion 514

(troch., s. v. l.);

ὑ. τέγος ὡς τοὺς γείτονας D.22.53

; ὑ. τὴν οἰκίαν τινός, of burglars, PTeb.796.2 (ii B. C.); but more usu. ὑ. εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ib. 793vi21 (ii B. C.), cf. BGU 1007.10 (iii B. C.), PSI4.396.4 (iii B. C.) (the usage c. gen. is more than dub.; in Hdt.3.54 the best codd. have ἐπέβησαν; in E.Supp. 1049 Kirchhoff restored ὑπεκβᾶσ'; in Ion 220 Herm. supplied βᾱλόν): abs.,

ὑ. εἰς τὴν τῶν Θηβαίων X.HG5.4.59

;

τῶν [ἡδονῶν] εἰς τὸ ἐπέκεινα ὑ. Pl.R. 587c

; of rivers, overflow, ἐς τὴν χώρην, ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας, Hdt.2.13,14; εἰ ἐθελήσει ὑπερβῆναι ὁ ποταμὸς ταύτῃ ib.99.

2 overstep, transgress,

μέτρα Heraclit.

l. c.;

οὐ θέμιν οὐδὲ δίκαν Pi.Fr.1.5

;

νόμους τοὺς Περσέων Hdt.3.83

, cf. S.Ant. 449, al.;

τοὺς ὅρκους D.11.2

;

τὸν τῶν ἀναγκαίων ὅρον Pl.R. 373d

;

τῆς εἱμαρμένης ὅρον IG12(7).53.32

(Amorgos, iii A. D.); τἀληθές exceed the truth, Phld.Po.5.24: abs., transgress, trespass, sin, ὅτε κέν τις ὑπερβήῃ ([dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. subj.)

καὶ ἁμάρτῃ Il.9.501

;

ὑ. καὶ ἁμαρτάνοντες Pl.R. 366a

, cf. 1 Ep.Thess.4.6.

3 pass or go beyond,

τοὺς προσεχέας Hdt.3.89

; leave out, omit, Pl.R. 528d, al., Epicur.Ep.3p.63U., Gal.15.592, etc.;

ὑ. τι τῷ λόγῳ D.4.38

;

ὑ. τὸ σαφὲς εἰπεῖν Id.60.31

; pass over, i. e. leave unmolested, the next heir, Is. 3.57; ὑ. τῆς οὐσίας omit part of it, Arist.APo. 91b27.

4 jump across an intervening space, Phld.D.3.9.

5 of Time, pass by, elapse,

ὑπερβάντων τῶν τῆς συμπαθείας χρόνων Sor.2.41

.

II go beyond, ὑπερβὰς ἑβδομήκοντα [ ἔτη] after passing the age of seventy, Pl.Lg. 755b; ὑ. τοῦτο go beyond this, in their demands, Plb.2.15.6; transcend,

τὸν νοῦν Plot.6.7.39

: abs., dies ὑπερβαίνοντες supernumerary days in the calendar, Macr.Sat.1.13.10.

2 surpass, outdo,

πάσῃ παρὰ πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὑ. ἀρετῇ Pl.Ti. 24d

;

ὑ. ἢ γνῶσιν σαφηνείᾳ ἢ ἄγνοιαν ἀσαφείᾳ Id.R. 478c

: abs., dub. l. in Thgn. 1015.

III stand over. shield, protect, c. dat., Opp.H.1.710.

IV in [tense] pf., to be higher than,

δύο [ἐσχάρας] ὑπερβεβηκυίας τὴν ἐν τῷ μεταφρένῳ ἐσχάραν Paul.Aeg.6.44

.

B Causal in [tense] aor. 1, put over, ὑπερβησάτω ἐπὶ τὰς δεξιὰς πλευρὰς τὴν κνήμην, as a direction to one mounting a horse, X.Eq.7.2.

ἔμπροσθεν (also ἐνπ-; Hdt.+; also in OT quotes w. and against LXX; Mel., P. 61, 444 [ἀπέναντι Dt 28:66]) ἔμπροσθε (SIG 371, 13 [289/288 B.C.]; 915, 27) ApcPt 3:6; orig. adv. of place, then used as prep. (B-D-F §104, 2; 214, 1; 6; Mlt-H. 329).

① pert. to a position in front of an object

ⓐ gener. adv. as marker of something that is relatively removed in distance in front, ahead (opp. ὄπισθεν, as X., Equ. 1, 3; Polyb. 12, 15, 2; Aelian, VH 12, 21; Palaeph. 29, 2; 2 Ch 13:14; Ezk 2:10) Rv 4:6. As subst.: εἰς τὸ ἔ. toward the front (Diod S 11, 18, 5; 19, 26, 10; 19, 83, 2; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 203) προδραμὼν εἰς τὸ ἔ. he ran ahead Lk 19:4 (where εἰς τὸ ἔ. is pleonast., as Artem. 2, 9 p. 93, 2 προϊέναι εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν; B-D-F §484; Semitism [?]: MBlack, An Aramaic Approach³, ’67, 116); τὰ ἔ. (sc. ὄντα; cp. X., An. 6, 3, 14; 1 Macc 13:27; TestJob 27:1; location in a dialogue Just., D. 126, 6; 140, 4) what lies ahead (as a goal) Phil 3:13.—Forward, ahead πορεύεσθαι ἔ. (X., Cyr. 4, 2, 23) Lk 19:28. αἱ ἔ. ἐκκλησίαι the congregations/churches farther on or principal churches (s. JKleist, tr., ’46, ad loc. w. note) IPol 8:1.

ⓑ indicating more immediate presence of the object that is in front, with ἔ. functioning as prep. w. gen. (s. on ἀνά, beg.) in front of, before in a variety of aspects

α. purely local (X., Cyr. 3, 2, 5; Jos., Bell. 6, 366) Hs 9, 2, 7 (opp. ὀπίσω); ἔ. τοῦ ναοῦ before the shrine (Cebes, Tab. 1, 1) 1 Cl 41:2; ἔ. τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου Mt 5:24; ἔ. τοῦ βήματος Ac 18:17; ἔ. τοῦ Ἰησοῦ Lk 5:19; cp. 14:2; ApcPt 3:6; GPt 4:12. γονυπετεῖν ἔ. τινος kneel before someone Mt 27:29; πίπτειν ἔ. τῶν ποδῶν τινος fall at someone’s feet Rv 19:10; 22:8; βάλλειν ἔ. τινος Mt 7:6 (PGM 4, 1229 βάλε ἔ. αὐτοῦ κλῶνας ἐλαίας). μαστιγοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἔ. τούτων τῶν εἰδώλων flagellating themselves before these images ApcPt Bodl. (as restored by EWinstedt, s. MJames, JTS 1910, 12, 157).

β. of position without ref. to motion toward, before, in the presence of (Gen 45:5) ὁμολογεῖν and ἀρνεῖσθαι Mt 10:32f; 26:70; Lk 12:8; cp. Gal 2:14. Esp. of appearance before a judge Mt 27:11; also before the divine judge 25:32; Lk 21:36; 1 Th 2:19; 3:13; GPt 11:48; cp. 2 Cor 5:10. But the judicial element is not decisive in all the pass. in which pers. stand or come ἔ. τοῦ θεοῦ or ἔ. τ. χυρίου; cp. 1 Th 1:3; 3:9; 1J 3:19.

γ. of appearance before a large assemblage to discharge an obligation, before, in the sight of (SIG 1173, 14 [138 A.D.] the man who was healed through the intervention of Asklepios ηὐχαρίστησεν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ δήμου) Mt 5:16; 6:1; 17:2; 23:13 in the face of; Mk 2:12; 9:2; Lk 19:27; J 12:37; Ac 10:4.

δ. as a reverential way of expressing oneself, when one is speaking of an eminent pers., and esp. of God, not to connect the subject directly w. what happens, but to say that it took place ‘before someone’ (s. Dalman, Worte 171–74): ἐπακοῦσαι ἔ. αὐτοῦ ἔθνη that the nations should give heed (or obey) (before) God B 12:11 (Is 45:1). ποιεῖν τὸ πονηρὸν ἔ. τοῦ κυρίου Hm 4, 2, 2 (cp. Judg 2:11; 3:12; 4:1). εὐδοκία ἔ. σου pleasing to you Mt 11:26; Lk 10:21; θέλημα ἔ. τ. πατρὸς ὑμῶν Mt 18:14.

ε. before, ahead of, w. motion implied ἔ. τινος (UPZ 78, 15 [159 B.C.] ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν ἐπορευόμην) J 10:4; B 11:4 (Is 45:2); προπορεύεσθαι ἔ. τινος 3:4 (Is 58:8); cp. 4:12; ἀποστέλλεσθαι ἔ. τινος (Gen 24:7; 32:4) J 3:28; σαλπίζειν ἔ. τινος blow a trumpet before someone Mt 6:2; τὴν ὁδὸν κατασκευάζειν ἔ. τινος Mt 11:10; Lk 7:27.

ζ. of rank (Pla., Leg. 1, 631d; 5, 743e; 7, 805d; Demosth. 56, 50 εἶναι ἔ. τινος; Gen 48:20) ἔ. τινος γίνεσθαι rank before (i.e. higher than) someone J 1:15, 30 (Plut., Pericl. 158 [11, 1] οἱ ἀριστοκρατικοὶ … Περικλέα … πρόσθεν ὁρῶντες γεγονόντα τῶν πολιτῶν). If ἔ. τινος γ. is to be understood temporally here (as 3 Km 3:12; 16:25, 33; 4 Km 18:5; Eccl 1:16; 2:7, 9; Jos, Ant. 1, 109; cp. Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 12 Jac. ἔτει ἑνὶ ἔμπροσθεν)=‘be earlier than someone’, the foll. ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν, which gives the reason for it, would simply be an instance of tautology (but s. OCullmann, ConNeot 11, ’47, 31, who holds that the ὅτι-clause refers to the absolute time of the Prologue while the preceding words merely give the order in which the ministries of John and Jesus began). S. on ὀπίσω 2b.

② on the front surface of someth., in front (opp. ὄπισθεν, as cp. Ezk 2:10) Rv 4:6.—DELG s.v. πρόσθε(ν). M-M.

ὑπερμιξολῡδίου, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: masc /fem /neut gen sg

ὑπερμιξολῡδίου, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: masc /fem /neut gen sg

ὑπερμιξολύ̱δια, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: neut nom /voc /acc pl

ὑπερμιξολύ̱δια, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: neut nom /voc /acc pl

ὑπερμιξολύ̱διος, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: masc /fem nom sg

ὑπερμιξολύ̱διος, ὑπερμιξολύδιος

higher than the mixo-Lydian: masc /fem nom sg

⁺ V 15-19-47-87-31=199 Gn 7,17.20.24; 19,13; 24,35

A: to lift high, to raise up [τι] Ezr 9,9; to set sb upon sth [τινα ἔν τινι] Ps 26(27),5; to take up [τι] 2 Kgs 2,13; to raise, to lift up (the voice) [τι] Gn 39,15; to raise (a song) [τι] Ezr 3,12; to set on high [τινα] (metaph.) 2 Sm 22,49; to elevate, to exalt [τινα] Ex 15,2; id. [τι] Tob^BA 12,6

M: to rise Jb 39,27

P: to be lifted up Gn 7,17; to be exalted Dt 8,14

ὕψωσεν τοὺς γάμους Εσθηρ he extolled his marriage with Esther, he celebrated his marriage with Esther

Est 2,18

*Dn^LXX 12,1 ὑψωθήσεται shall be exalted corr.? σωθήσεται (=Dn^Th 12,1) for MT ימלט shall be delivered;

*Nm 32,35 καὶ ὕψωσαν αὐτάς they raised them up-גבה for MT ויגבהה and Jogbehah; *Is 19,13 ὑψώθησαν they are lifted up-אושׂנ for MT אושׁנ they are deluded; *Jer 38,35(31,37) ἐὰν ὑψωθῇ if (the sky) should be raised-ירמו אם for MT ימדו אם if (the sky) should be measured; *Mi 6,12 ὑψώθη has been exalted רום for MT רמיה deceit; *Hab 2,19 ὑψώθητι be exalted-רומם or-רומי רום for MT דומם silent, cpr. Ps 130(131),2; *Ps 36(37),20 καὶ ὑψωθῆναι and to be exalted-רום/כ for MT כרים rams; *Ps 60(61),3 ὕψωσάς με you lifted me-תרוממני for MT ממני ירום higher than I; *Ps 63(64),8 καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὁ θεός and God shall be exalted אלהים וירם רום for MT אלהים ם/ויר ירה and God will shoot them

Cf. ALLEN 1974a, 42.49(1 Chr 17,17); →NIDNTT; TWNT

(→ἀνὑψόω, ἐξὑψόω, προσὑψόω, ὑπερὑψόω,,)

μετέωρος, ον, [dialect] Ep. [full] μετήορος (q.v.), ([etym.] ἀείρω)

A raised from off the ground,

τάφον ἑωυτῇ κατεσκευάσατο μ. Hdt.1.187

;

σκέλεα δὲ.. κατακρέμαται μ. Id.4.72

;

μ. ἐξεκόμισαν τὰς ἁμάξας X.An.1.5.8

; πῆχυς μ. an arm hanging (without support from a bandage), Hp.Fract.7; μ. αἰωρηθῆναι, of a man, Id.Art.70: freq. of anatomical structures, unsupported, Gal.2.469, al.; τὰ μ. οἰκήματα, opp. τὰ ὑπόγαια, Hdt.2.148; -ότερος.. τῶν σαύρων raised higher than.., above.., of the chamaeleon, Arist.HA 503a21; of high ground,

τῶν χωρίωντὰ-ότατα Th.4.32

; ἀπὸ τοῦ μ. ib. 128, cf. D.55.29 ([comp] Comp.); χωρία νέμεσθαι -ότερα, opp. ἑλώδη, Arist.HA 596b4;

τὰ -ότατα μέρη Protagorid.4

; κατὰ τὸ μ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ as one looks up the river, Paus.8.30.2.

2 on the surface,

ἀπὸ τοῦ -οτάτου IG22.1668.8

: hence, prominent, of eyes, X.Cyn.4.1; of roots, running along the ground, opp. βαθύρριζος, Thphr.HP3.10.3, CP1.3.4, 5.9.8; ἀλγήματα μ. superficial pains, Hp.Aph.6.7;

τομαί Id.Loc.Hom.13

; πνεῦμα μ. shallow, not deep, Id.Epid.3.1.ζ, Gal.7.946; - ότερον ἄσθμα more rapid breathing, Phld.Ir.p.27 W.; also μ. ὀχετοί open, surface drains, Arist.Ath.50.2, OGl483.62 (Pergam., ii B.C.).

II = μετάρσιος, in mid-air, high in air,

ἀνακινῆσαί τινα μ. Hdt.4.94

;

ἆραί τινα μ. Ar.Eq. 1362

;

μ. αἴρεσθαι Id. Pax80

; Ἀήρ, ὃς ἔχεις τὴν γῆν μ. poised on high, Id.Nu. 264;

ἀφικνεῖ μ. ὑπ' αὔρας Cratin. 207

; τὰ μ. χωρία the regions of air, Ar.Av. 818, cf. 690; κρεμασθεὶς καὶ βλέπων μ. looking into mid-air, Pl.Tht. 175d; of birds,

μ. ἀεὶ μένειν ἀδύνατον Arist.IA 714a21

; of fish,

μ. πέτεσθαι Id.HA 535b28

; μ. νεῖν swim near the surface, ib. 602b22; τὰ μ. things in the heaven above, astronomical phenomena, Hp.VM1; οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε ἐξηῦρον ὀρθῶς τὰ μ. πράγματα, says Socrates, Ar.Nu. 228, cf. 1284; τὰ μ. φροντιστής, of Socrates, Pl.Ap. 18b;

ἀλαζονεύεται περὶ τῶν μ. Eup.146b

;

τὰ μ. καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς Pl.Ap. 23d

, cf. Epicur.Ep.1p.27U., etc.: [comp] Comp., οἶσθα -ότερόν τι τῶν θεῶν; X.Smp.6.7. Adv. -ως Philostr.VA4.21.

2 on the high sea, of ships,

καθορῶσι τὰς.. ναῦς μ. Th.1.48

;

αἱ δὲ μ. ὥρμουν Id.4.26

;

μίαν ναῦν ἀπολλύασι μ. Id.8.10

; of persons,

ὅσοι μὴ μ. ἑάλωσαν Id.7.71

;

μ. πλεῖν Str.2.3.4

.

3 of a horse, high-stepping,

πομπικῷ καὶ μ. καὶ λαμπρῷ ἵππῳ X.Eq.11.1

.

4 generally, unsettled, fermenting, undigested,

μ. καὶ ἄπεπτα καὶ ἄκρητα Hp.VM19

; inflated,

ὑποχόνδρια Id.Aph.4.73

.

III metaph., of the mind, buoyed up, in suspense,

Ἑλλὰς ἅπασα μετέωρος ἦν Th.2.8

;

μετεώρῳ <τῇ> πόλει κινδυνεύειν Id.6.10

;

μ. ταῖς διανοίαις Plb.3.107.6

, etc.; μ. ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς ἐπὶ πόλεμον eager for.., Id.5.101.2;

πρὸς ἐλπίδας Id.5.62.1

; ἐπί τινος or τινι, Luc.Dem.Enc.28, Merc.Cond.15;

μ. πορεύῃ εἰς Ἀθήνας Arr.Epict.3.24.75

, cf. Jul.Or.3.122d; haughty, puffed up, Plb.3.82.2, LXX 2 Ki.22.28;

γαῦρος καὶ μ. Luc.Nigr.5

; μετέωρε 'proud one', AP5.20 (Rufin.); of style, inflated, opp. ὑψηλός (sublime), Longin.3.2: also in good sense, τὸ μ. καὶ πομπικόν (cf. 11.3) elevation of style, D.H.Is.19.

2 of conditions, uncertain,

τῶν πραγμάτων ὄντων μ. D.19.122

;

ὁπηνίκα ἂν τὰ τῆς βασιλείας μ. ᾖ Hdn. 2.12.4

; unsettled,

χρόνος μ. καὶ κινδυνώδης Heph.Astr.2.28

, cf. 33. Adv. - ρως

, ἔχειν Plu.Cim.13

.

3 of contracts, transactions, suits, etc., in suspense, pending,

δικαστήριον τὸ διαλῦσον τὰ μ. συμβόλαια Supp.Epigr.1.363.9

(Samos, iii B.C.);

μ. οἰκονομίαι POxy.238.1

(i A.D.), cf.PFay.116.12 (ii A.D.);

δίκη Jul.Mis. 368a

; μετέωρα, τά, unfinished business, PRyl.144.10 (i A.D.).

4 unsecured, of debts,

οἱ τὰ μ. ἐγγυώμενοι SIG364.42

,46 (Ephesus, iii B. C.).

5 of persons, thoughtless, absent-minded, 'distrait', Cic.Att.15.14.4, 16.5.3 ([comp] Comp.), Gal.15.910; fickle,

κοῦφοί τε καὶ μ. Ti.Locr.104e

. Adv. - ρως Vett. Val.166.4.

ὑπερμιξολύδιος [pron. full] [λῡ], ον,

A higher than the mixo-Lydian,

ἁρμονία Ath. 14.625d

;

τόνος Cleonid.Harm.12

; -λύδια, τά, ib.13.

ὑπερῠπάται ([etym.] χορδαί), αἱ,

A notes higher than the ὑπάτη, Aristid.Quint. 1.6: sg., Theo Sm.p.88 H.

ὑπερφυ-ής, ές, [dialect] Att. acc. sg.

A

ὑπερφυᾶ Ar.Eq. 141

, Nu.76: [dialect] Att. neut. pl.

ὑπερφυῆ Pl.Grg. 467b

,

- φυᾶ Ar.Ra. 611

: ([etym.] φύομαι):

I literally, growing above the ground, Dsc.4.73, Luc.Lex.6; growing higher than the rest,

οἱ ὑ. τῶν ἀσταχύων D.L.1.100

.

2 overgrown, enormous,

σμίνθος A.Fr. 227

(troch.);

λίθοι ὑ. τὸ μέγαθος Hdt. 2.175

, cf. Ar. Pax 229, Pl. 734;

ὑ. τῷ μεγέθει ψόφος Arist.Cael. 291a21

.

II without a distinct sense of bulk, monstrous, extraordinary, in good and bad sense,

ἔργον ὑ. μέγαθός τε καὶ κάλλος Hdt.9.78

;

ἔργον ὑ. ἐργάσατο Id.8.116

;

ἀτραπὸς δαιμονίως ὑ. Ar.Nu.76

;

ὑ. τέχνη Id.Eq. 141

; πῶς οὐχ ὑπερφυές; is it not most strange? D.29.14; κἀκεῖν' ὑ., εἰ .. Isoc.17.30; τὸ δὲ πάντων -έστατον, ὅτι .. Lys.27.12, cf. Ar. Th. 831 (troch.): freq. joined with a relat.,

ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος Id.Pl. 750

;

ὑπερφυεῖ τινι.. ὡς μεγάλῃ βλάβῃ Pl.Grg. 477d

: freq. also joined with other Adjs., in which case, as a rule, it stands second, σχέτλια λέγεις καὶ ὑ. ib. 467b;

δεινὸν ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ ὑ. D.21.88

, etc.; but it stands first in Plu.2.12b, 155a, al.

2 [comp] Sup. -έστατος, as an honorific title, Stud.Pal.20.129.3 (v A. D.), etc.: also in Posit.,

ἡ ὑ. ὑμῶν ἐξουσία PMasp. 2i 1

(vi A. D.), etc.

III Adv. - ῶς marvellously, strangely, exceedingly,

φιλαθήναιος ἦν ὑ. Ar.Ach. 142

;

ὑ. σπουδάζειν Pl.Grg. 481b

; in affirm. answers,

ὑ. μὲν οὖν Id.R. 525b

: [comp] Comp.

- εστέρως Philostr.Gym.36

.

2 ὑ. ὡς .., before a Verb,

ὑ. ὡς χαίρω Pl.Smp. 173c

, cf. Tht. 155c; before an Adj.,

ὑ. ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγεις Id.Phd. 66a

.

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.