is+over+someone

στεφανόω (στέφανος) fut. 2 sg. στεφανώσει Ps 5:13 Aq., Sym.; 1 aor. ἐστεφάνωσα. Pass.: fut. 3 sg. στεφανωθήσεται 3 Macc 3:28; 1 aor. ἐστεφανώθην; pf. ptc. ἐστεφανωμένος (Hom.+)

① to encircle someone’s head with ornamental foliage, wreathe, crown τινά (s. στέφανος 1) someone (Diod S 20, 94, 5) Hs 8, 2, 1. The winner in an athletic contest (who received a wreath of some botanical variety), pass. (Pind., O. 4, 14; Hdt. 8, 59; PCairZen 60, 7 [257 B.C.]) 2 Ti 2:5; 2 Cl 7:1; cp. 7:2, 3; 20:2 (where 2 Cl passes over to the crowning of the victor in the immortal contest. See the hymn to Sarapis IG XI/4, 1299, 9f [c. 200 B.C.] διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἐστεφανώθη ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ). Hs 8, 3, 6; 8, 4, 6.—One of the two goats on the great Day of Atonement (Lev 16:5ff) is called ἐστεφανωμένος and is taken to be a type of Christ B 7:9.

② to recognize distinguished service or performance with an award, honor, reward, crown, fig. ext. of 1 (Pind., Eur. et al.—Cebes 22, 1 στ. δυνάμει; 23, 4) δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν Hb 2:7 (Ps 8:6); cp. vs. 9 (Windisch, Hdb. ad loc. [lit.]). Of Polycarp the martyr ἐστεφανωμένος τὸν τῆς ἀφθαρσίας στέφανον MPol 17:1 (Diod S 16, 13, 1 στεφάνοις ἐστεφανωμένους; cp. Iren. 5, 29, 1 [Harv. II 404]). Cp. 2 Cl 20:2 (s. 1 above). Pregnant constr. στεφανωθεὶς κατʼ αὐτῆς crowned as victor (in the struggle) against it (i.e., evil desire) Hm 12, 2, 5.—So intimately are the terms τιμή and τιμάω (q.v.) associated with the awarding of a wreath or crown that the usage of these terms suggests the kinds of qualities or deeds that invite such public recognition (s. MBlech, Studien zum Kranz bei den Griechen ’82, 161; lit. xvii–xxxiii).—DELG s.v. στέφω. M-M. TW.

ἀνατίθημι fut. 2 sg. ἀναθήσεις Mi 4:13; 2 aor. ἀνέθηκα LXX; pf. ptc. ἀνατεθηκώς Just., A I, 14, 2; 2 aor. mid. ἀνεθέμην; aor. pass. ἀνετέθην LXX.—ἀνάκειμαι, q.v., functions as the pass. of this vb. (s. τίθημι; Hom. et al. w. var. mngs.; ins, pap, LXX, TestIss 2:5; Philo, Joseph., Just.; Ath., R. 70, 8) lit. ‘place upon’.

① act. to attribute someth. to someone, ascribe, attribute τινί τι (schol. on Eur., Hippol. 264 τὸ μηδὲν ἄγαν τῷ Χίλωνι) τῷ θεῷ τὴν κατὰ πάντων ἐξουσίαν ascr. to God power over all things MPol 2:1 (cp. Alex. Aphr., Fat. 30, CAG Suppl. II/2 p. 201, 26 πρόγνωσιν ἀνατιθέναι τοῖς θεοῖς; Jos., Ant. 1, 15, C. Apion. 2, 165).

② otherw. only mid. to lay someth. before someone for consideration, communicate, refer, declare w. connotation of request for a person’s opinion (Polyb. 21, 46, 11; Diog. L. 2, 141; Alciphron 3, 23, 2; PParis 69d, 23; 2 Macc 3:9) τινί τι (Plut., Mor. 772d τὴν πρᾶξιν ἀνέθετο τ. ἑταίρων τισί; Artem. 2, 59 v.l. ἀ. τινι τὸ ὄναρ; Mi 7:5) ὁ Φῆστος τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀνέθετο τὰ κατὰ τὸν Παῦλον Ac 25:14. ἀνεθέμην αὐτοῖς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον I laid my gospel before them Gal 2:2. Cp. Nägeli 45; on the use of ἀ. as an administrative term s. Betz, Gal, 86, 268.—M-M. TW.

ἐλπίς, ίδος, ἡ (s. ἐλπίζω; Hom.+ ‘expectation, hope’, also ‘foreboding’ Aeschyl. et al.)

① the looking forward to someth. with some reason for confidence respecting fulfillment, hope, expectation:

ⓐ gener. hope, expectation, prospect ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι (for the spelling s. 1bα below) in hope (Ps.-Pla., Alc. 1, 105a ἐπὶ τίνι ἐλπίδι ζῇς; Eur., Herc. Fur. 804; X., Mem. 2, 1, 18; Diod S 13, 21, 7; Jos., Ant. 4, 36) 1 Cor 9:10a in a quotation (source unknown; cp. Sir. 6:19). παρʼ ἐλπίδα contrary to (all human) expectation (Aeschyl., Ag. 899; Aeneas Tact. 1020; Lycophron vs. 535; Dionys. Hal. 6, 25; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 22 §85; Philo, Mos. 1, 250; Jos., Bell. 3, 183, Vi. 380; Just., D. 2, 5) Ro 4:18. W. objective gen. (Diod S 16, 55, 4 τῆς εὐεργεσίας ἐλπίς; Appian, Celt. 1 §9 ἐλπὶς ἀναβιώσεως; Jos., Vi. 325 ἐ. κέρδους; Just., D. 8, 3 ἐ. … ἀμείνονος μοίρας) ἐλπὶς τ. ἐργασίας hope of gain Ac 16:19; μετανοίας IEph 10:1; Hs 6, 2, 4; 8, 7, 2; 8, 10, 2. W. gen. of the inf. (Dositheus 19, 6 ἐ. τοῦ δύνασθαι; Ath. 33, 1 τοῦ συνέσεσθαι θεῷ) τοῦ σῴζεσθαι Ac 27:20; τοῦ μετέχειν 1 Cor 9:10b. ἐλπίδα ἔχειν (oft. LXX and non-bibl. wr.) w. gen. of the inf. τοῦ μετανοῆσαι Hs 8, 6, 5. τῇ ἐ. ἐσώθημεν we are saved (or possess salvation) only in hope/anticipation (not yet in reality) Ro 8:24 (Diod S 20, 40, 1 περιεβάλετο ταῖς ἐλπίσι μείζονα δυναστείαν=he entertained prospects of control over a larger realm). ἡ ἐ. ἡμῶν βεβαία ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν our expectations involving you are well founded (Paul is confident that the Cor. will hold out under oppression in the future as they have in the past) 2 Cor 1:7. Of the confidence that the Jews placed in their temple ματαία ἡ ἐ. αὐτῶν B 16:2 (on empty hope, s. Reader, Polemo 313).

ⓑ esp. pert. to matters spoken of in God’s promises, hope

α. without specif. ref. to Christian hope ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι (for the spelling ἐφʼ ἑλπίδι s. B-D-F §14; Rob. 224 and cp. an ins fr. Asia Minor: PASA II, 1888, p. 89 ln. 15 ἐπʼ ἐλπίδος and ln. 26 ἐφʼ ἑλπίδος) in (the) hope (Diod S 13, 21, 7 ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι [σωτηρίας]) Ro 8:20 (B-D-F §235, 2); cp. Tit 1:2. ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν full of hope he believed (in God) Ro 4:18. The ἐπʼ ἐ. of Ac 2:26 could also be understood in this way, but it is also prob. that in this quot. fr. Ps 15:9 the OT mng. in safety (Judg 18:7 B, 27 B; Hos 2:20; Pr 1:33) is correct, as 1 Cl 57:7 (Pr 1:33), unless, with Lat., Syr., and Copt. transl. and Clem. Al., Strom. 2, 22 πεποιθώς is to be added. Of Israel’s messianic hope Ac 23:6 (ἐ. καὶ ἀνάστασις for ἐ. τῆς ἀν. [obj. gen.] as 2 Macc 3:29 ἐ. καὶ σωτηρία); 26:6; 28:20. In imagery of one who combines γνώσις with interest in ζωή Dg 12:6.

β. of Christian expectation: abs. Ro 5:4f; 12:12; 15:13; 1 Cor 13:13 (cp. Pol. 3:3; on the triad: faith, hope, love s. on ἀγάπη 1aα; s. also WWeis, ZNW 84, ’93, 196–217); Hb 3:6; 6:11; 10:23; 1 Pt 3:15; Agr. 7; 2 Cl 17:7; IEph 1:2; IMg 7:1; expectation of resurrection 1 Cl 27:1. ἐ. ἀγαθή (Pla., Phd. 67c; X., Mem. 2, 1, 18 et al.; FCumont, Lux Perpetua ’49 p. 401–5 with numerous reff., including some from the mystery religions [IG V/2 p. 63: 64/61 B.C.]; μετὰ ἀγαθῆς ἐ. Hippol., Ref. 4, 49, 3; cp. ἐ. ἔχειν … ἀρίστας Orig., C. Cels. 4, 27, 14) 2 Th 2:16 (POtzen, ZNW 49, ’58, 283–85); ἐ. κρείττων Hb 7:19; ἐ. ζῶσα 1 Pt 1:3; cp. εἰς ἐ. B. 11:8. τὸ κοινὸν τῆς ἐ. the common hope 1 Cl 51:1; cp. κοινὴ ἐ. IPh 5:2; καινότης ἐλπίδος new hope IMg 9:1. W. subj. gen. Phil 1:20; ἐ. τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν 1 Cl 58:2; cp. 57:2. W. obj. gen., which designates the obj. of the hope (Ps.-Callisth. 1, 18, 1 ἱλαρὸς ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ τέκνου ἐλπίδι=glad because of hope for the son; τῆς ἀναστάσεως Iren. 4, 18, 5 [Harv. II 208, 2]; Orig., C. Cels. 3, 3, 9; Did., Gen. 216, 16) ἐπʼ ἐ. τῆς ἐπαγγελίας because of hope in the promise Ac 26:6, cp. vs. 7; ἐ. ζωῆς αἰωνίου Tit 1:2; 3:7 (Ath. 33, 1); cp. B 1:4, 6; Hs 9, 26, 2; ἐ. τῆς δόξης τ. θεοῦ Ro 5:2; cp. Col 1:27; ἐ. σωτηρίας (cp. Aeneas Tact. ln. 14; Lucian, Abdic. 31; En 98:14; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 329; Jos., Bell. 3, 194) 1 Th 5:8; 2 Cl 1:7. ἐλπίδα δικαιοσύνης ἀπεκδεχόμεθα Gal 5:5 is also obj. gen., since it is a blending of the two expressions ‘we await righteousness’ and ‘we have expectation of righteousness’ (cp. Job 2:9a προσδεχόμενος τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς σωτηρίας μου); ἐ. τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν 1 Th 1:3 prob. belongs here also: hope in our Lord.—The gen. can also give the basis for the expectation: ἐ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου hope that is based on the gospel Col 1:23; ἐ. τῆς κλήσεως the hope that is given w. the calling Eph 1:18; 4:4; ἐ. τῆς πίστεως hope that faith affords B 4:8; ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἐ. Ro 15:13. Sim. ἐ. εἰς (Plut., Galba 1061 [19, 6]; Achilles Tat. 6, 17, 5): ἐ. εἰς θεόν (εἰς τὸν θεόν Did., Gen. 150, 26) hope in God or directed towards God 1 Pt 1:21 (cp. AcThom 28 [Aa II/2, 145, 4]); εἰς τ. Ἰησοῦν B 11:11; cp. ἐ. ἐν (αὐτῷ Diod S 17, 26, 2): ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ Mt 12:21 v.l. ἐπὶ λίθον ἡ ἐ.; is (our) hope based on a stone? (w. ref. to Is 28:16) B 6:3.—As obj. of ἔχω: ἔχειν ἐλπίδα Ro 15:4; 2 Cor 3:12 (cp. Just., D. 141, 3); ἐ. μὴ ἔχοντες (Diod S 21, 12, 1 μηδεμίαν ἔχειν ἐλπίδα σωτηρίας) Eph 2:12; 1 Th 4:13; Hv 3, 11, 3; Hs 9, 14, 3; οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἐλπίδα (Wsd 3:18) Hv 1, 1, 9; ἀπώλεσάς σου τὴν πᾶσαν ἐ. 33, 7. W. ἐπί τινι in someone 1J 3:3 (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 86 §354 ἐφʼ ἑνί; Lucian, Somn. 2; Ps 61:8; Is 26:3f; ἐπὶ τῇ μετανοίᾳ Orig., C. Cels. 3, 65, 17); likew. εἴς τινα (Thu. 3, 14, 1;—Appian, Liby. 51 §223 ἐλπίδα τῆς σωτηρίας ἔχειν ἔν τινι=place a hope of safety in someone) Ac 24:15; πρός τινα ibid. v.l. The obj. of the hope follows in the aor. inf. 2 Cor 10:15; in the acc. w. inf. Ac 24:15; w. ὅτι Ro 8:20f (v.l. διότι [q.v. 4]); Phil 1:20.

② that which is the basis for hoping, (foundation of) hope (ἐλπὶς … σύ, ὁ θεός PsSol 15:1; Thu. 3, 57, 4 ὑμεῖς, ὦ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, ἡ μόνη ἐλπίς; Plut., Mor. 169c; Oenom. in Eus., PE 5, 23, 5: for the Athenians in the Persian Wars, σωτηρίας ἐλπὶς μόνος ὁ θεός=God was their only hope for deliverence; IG III, 131, 1; Jer 17:7) of a Christian community 1 Th 2:19; of Christ, our hope 1 Ti 1:1 (sim. POxy 3239 [II A.D.] of Isis; New Docs 2, 77; EJudge, TynBull 35, ’84, 8); cp. Col 1:27; IEph 21:2; IPhld 11:2; IMg 11; ISm 10:2; ITr ins; 2:2; Pol 8:1.

③ that for which one hopes, hope, something hoped for (Vi. Aesopi G 8 P. ἀπὸ θεῶν λήμψεσθαι ἐλπίδας) ἐ. βλεπομένη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐ. something hoped for, when it is seen, is no longer hoped for=one cannot hope for what one already has Ro 8:24. διὰ τ. ἐλπίδα τὴν ἀποκειμένην ὑμῖν ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς because of what you hope for, which is stored up for you in the heavens Col 1:5; προσδεχόμενοι τ. μακαρίαν ἐ. waiting for the blessed hope Tit 2:13 (cp. 2 Macc 7:14 τὰς ὐπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ προσδοκᾶν ἐλπίδας and Aristot. EN 1, 9, 10 οἱ δὲ λεγόμενοι διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα μακαρίζονται of children who may be called fortunate in the present only because of latent promise). ἡ προκειμένη ἐ. Hb 6:18 (cp. Just., D. 35, 2 ἐν τῇ ἐ. κατηγγελμένῃ ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ).—PVolz, D. Eschatol. der jüd. Gemeinde ’34, 91ff; JdeGuibert, Sur l’emploi d’ ἐλπίς et ses synonymes dans le NT: RSR 4, 1913, 565–96; APott, D. Hoffen im NT 1915; WGrossouw, L’espérance dans le NT: RB 61, ’54, 508–32; DDenton, SJT 34, ’81, 313–20 (link w. ὑπομονή).—B. 1164. Schmidt, Syn. III 583–90. DELG s.v. ἔλπομαι. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ἐμπί(μ)πλημι alternate form ἐμπι(μ)πλάω in ptc.; ἐμπιπλῶν Ac 14:17; fut. ἐμπλήσω LXX; 1 aor. ἐνέπλησα. Pass.: impf. 3 sg. ἐνεπίμπλατο MPol 12:1; fut. ἐμπλησθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐνεπλήσθην; pf. ἐμπέπλησμαι, ptc. ἐμπεπλησμένος; B-D-F §93; 101, p. 48; Mlt-H. 205; 384 (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol 20:3 P; TestJob, Test12Patr; ParJer 9:20; JosAs 15:4 cod. A; Philo, Joseph., Just.; Tat. 30, 1).

① to completely take up the space of someth., fill ὅλην τὴν πέτραν cover the entire rock Hs 9, 4, 2 (cp. Ezk 35:8). Fig. (cp. Himerius, Or. 47 [=Or. 3], 4 μουσικῆς ἐμπ.=fill with song; Is 29:19; Jer 15:17; Sir 4:12) τινά or τί τινος someone or someth. w. someth. (Pla., 7th Letter, 350e πάντα κακῶν ἐμπεπλήκασιν; Jos., Ant. 3, 99) Ac 14:17 (s. 2 below). Pass. w. gen. (Socrat., Ep. 13, 1; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 77 §324 μετανοίας; Heliod. 7, 27, 4 ὀργῆς; Jos., Ant. 5, 146 ὕβρεως) ἐ. θάρσους καὶ χαρᾶς MPol 12:1 (Diod S 20, 8, 6 ἐνέπλησε τὴν δύναμιν θάρσους=he filled the army w. courage). πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν (cp. Ps 106:9 ψυχὴν πεινῶσαν ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν; Jer 38:25.—Eutecnius 4 p. 41, 26 of Dionysus: σύμπασαν γῆν ἐμπιπλάντα τ. ἀγαθῶν; Appian, Hann. 60 p. 251 ἄνδρας ἐμπλήσας κακῶν=overwhelm with evils) he has filled the hungry w. good things Lk 1:53 leads over to

② to provide a sufficient amount, satisfy (Diod S 5, 39, 4 ἀπὸ λαχάνων ἐμπίμπλανται; oft. LXX; Jos., Ant. 4, 234 al.) τινά τινος someone w. someth. Ac 14:17 (s. 1); ἐ. τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν satisfy oneself Hs 5, 3, 7. Abs. (Dio Chrys. 57 [74], 11; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 64 §268) ὡς ἐνεπλήσθησαν when they had eaten their fill J 6:12. μετὰ τὸ ἐμπλησθῆναι D 10:1. οἱ ἐμπεπλησμένοι those who have plenty to eat Lk 6:25. Cp. B 3:5 v.l. (Funk; Is 58:10).

③ ἐμπλησθῆναί τινος ‘have one’s fill of someth.’, in the sense enjoy someth. (cp. ‘looking one’s fill’ Od. 11, 451; Socrat., Ep. 27, 5; Sus 32; Philo, Deus Imm. 151) ὑμῶν your company Ro 15:24.—DELG s.v. πίμπλημι. M-M. TW.

ἐμπί(μ)πλημι alternate form ἐμπι(μ)πλάω in ptc.; ἐμπιπλῶν Ac 14:17; fut. ἐμπλήσω LXX; 1 aor. ἐνέπλησα. Pass.: impf. 3 sg. ἐνεπίμπλατο MPol 12:1; fut. ἐμπλησθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐνεπλήσθην; pf. ἐμπέπλησμαι, ptc. ἐμπεπλησμένος; B-D-F §93; 101, p. 48; Mlt-H. 205; 384 (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol 20:3 P; TestJob, Test12Patr; ParJer 9:20; JosAs 15:4 cod. A; Philo, Joseph., Just.; Tat. 30, 1).

① to completely take up the space of someth., fill ὅλην τὴν πέτραν cover the entire rock Hs 9, 4, 2 (cp. Ezk 35:8). Fig. (cp. Himerius, Or. 47 [=Or. 3], 4 μουσικῆς ἐμπ.=fill with song; Is 29:19; Jer 15:17; Sir 4:12) τινά or τί τινος someone or someth. w. someth. (Pla., 7th Letter, 350e πάντα κακῶν ἐμπεπλήκασιν; Jos., Ant. 3, 99) Ac 14:17 (s. 2 below). Pass. w. gen. (Socrat., Ep. 13, 1; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 77 §324 μετανοίας; Heliod. 7, 27, 4 ὀργῆς; Jos., Ant. 5, 146 ὕβρεως) ἐ. θάρσους καὶ χαρᾶς MPol 12:1 (Diod S 20, 8, 6 ἐνέπλησε τὴν δύναμιν θάρσους=he filled the army w. courage). πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν (cp. Ps 106:9 ψυχὴν πεινῶσαν ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν; Jer 38:25.—Eutecnius 4 p. 41, 26 of Dionysus: σύμπασαν γῆν ἐμπιπλάντα τ. ἀγαθῶν; Appian, Hann. 60 p. 251 ἄνδρας ἐμπλήσας κακῶν=overwhelm with evils) he has filled the hungry w. good things Lk 1:53 leads over to

② to provide a sufficient amount, satisfy (Diod S 5, 39, 4 ἀπὸ λαχάνων ἐμπίμπλανται; oft. LXX; Jos., Ant. 4, 234 al.) τινά τινος someone w. someth. Ac 14:17 (s. 1); ἐ. τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν satisfy oneself Hs 5, 3, 7. Abs. (Dio Chrys. 57 [74], 11; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 64 §268) ὡς ἐνεπλήσθησαν when they had eaten their fill J 6:12. μετὰ τὸ ἐμπλησθῆναι D 10:1. οἱ ἐμπεπλησμένοι those who have plenty to eat Lk 6:25. Cp. B 3:5 v.l. (Funk; Is 58:10).

③ ἐμπλησθῆναί τινος ‘have one’s fill of someth.’, in the sense enjoy someth. (cp. ‘looking one’s fill’ Od. 11, 451; Socrat., Ep. 27, 5; Sus 32; Philo, Deus Imm. 151) ὑμῶν your company Ro 15:24.—DELG s.v. πίμπλημι. M-M. TW.

ἐπέρχομαι fut. ἐπελεύσομαι; 2 aor. ἐπῆλθον (3 pl. ἐπῆλθαν Ac 14:19; B-D-F §81, 3; W-S. §13, 13; Mlt-H. 208); plpf. 3 sg. ἐπεληλύθει 2 Macc 9:18 (Hom.+).

① to move to or upon

ⓐ come, arrive, abs. (Just., D. 51, 2) Agr 22=Mt 20:28 D. ἀπό τινος (1 Macc 8:4) ἐπῆλθαν ἀπὸ Ἀντιοχείας Ἰουδαῖοι Judeans came fr. Antioch Ac 14:19; AcPl Ha 5, 21 (s. entry ἥττων).

ⓑ of the Holy Spirit come upon, from a superior position ἐπί τινα Lk 1:35 (FSteinmetzer, ‘Empfangen v. Hl. Geiste’ 1938); Ac 1:8 (cp. Is 32:15; for movement from a transcendent realm, cp. Biogr. p. 448 of an inspiration: τοῦτο ἐπελθὸν αὐτῷ πράττειν ἐκ τοῦ θείου).

② to occur as an event or process happen, come about

ⓐ of a period of time (Jos., Ant. 6, 305 ἡ ἐπερχομένη ἡμέρα) νύξ 1 Cl 24:3. ὁ αἰὼν ὁ ἐπερχόμενος the coming age Hv 4, 3, 5. ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις in the ages to come Eph 2:7. τῷ σαββάτῳ ἐπερχομένης τῆς κυριακῆς, ἐν ἡμέρα, ᾗ ἔμελλεν θηριουμαχεῖν ὁ Παῦλος on the Sabbath before the Lord’s Day (Sunday) on which Paul was to fight the wild beasts AcPl Ha 3, 8.

ⓑ of what happens in the course of time; in our lit. exclusively of someth. unpleasant.

α. come (on), approach κακὰ ἐπερχόμενα 1 Cl 56:10 (Job 5:21). ἐπὶ ταῖς ταλαιπωρίαις ὑμῶν ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις over the miseries that are coming upon you Js 5:1. In the same eschatological sense (cp. Is 41:22f; τέλος ἐπερχόμενον En 10:2) κρίσιν τὴν ἐπερχομένην Hv 3, 9, 5 (Just., D. 138, 3); θλῖψις ἐ. v 4, 1, 1; Hs 7:4; cp. τὰ λοιπὰ … τὰ ἐ. Hs 9, 5, 5. τὰ ἐπερχόμενα (cp. Is 41:4, 22f; Jdth 9:5): τὰ ἐ. τῇ οἰκουμένῃ what is coming upon the world Lk 21:26.

β. in related vein, abs. (Horapollo 2, 25 ὁ θάνατος; Pr 27:12; Jos., Ant. 2, 86) come about Ac 13:40. ἐπί τινα (Gen 42:21; Wsd 12:27; EpJer 48; 2 Macc 9:18) come upon someone ὅπως μηδὲν ἐπέλθῃ ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ὧν εἰρήκατε that none of the things you have spoken of may come upon me Ac 8:24.—Possibly to be restored in AcPl Ha 6, 25f (s. Schmidt’s transcription and note).—Lk 21:35 v.l.

③ to come against someone with force, attack (Hom. et al.; ins, pap; 1 Km 30:23; ViEz 9 [p. 75, 1 Sch.]; Jos., Ant. 5, 195; 6, 23; Just., D. 139, 3 τῇ γῇ) abs. Lk 11:22 (v.l. ἐλθών).—DDaube, The Sudden in the Scriptures ’64, 34ff.—M-M. TW.

θριαμβεύω 1 aor. ἐθριάμβευσα (Ctesias; Polyb.; Diod S 16, 90, 2; Dionys. Hal.; Epict. 3, 24, 85 al.; not a Lat. loanw.—s. B-D-F §5, 1 and L-S-J-M s.v. θρίαμβος II). The verb θ. appears only in 2 Cor 2:14 and Col 2:15. The principal interpretations follow:

① lead in a triumphal procession, in imagery (cp. Seneca, On Benefits 2, 11, 1) of the Roman military triumph (Lat. triumphare; Plut., Rom. 33, 4; Arat. 1052 [54, 8]; Appian, Mithrid. 77 §338; 103 §482; Jos., Bell. 7, 123–57; cp. Theophyl. Sim., Ep. 68), w. acc. τινά someone as a captive.

ⓐ of Paul τῷ θεῷ χάρις τῷ πάντοτε θριαμβεύοντι ἡμᾶς ἐν τ. Χριστῷ thanks be to God, who continually leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession (REB) 2 Cor 2:14. The rhetorical pattern of the Ep. appears to favor this interpr.

ⓑ of God’s victory over hostile forces θριαμβεύσας αὐτοὺς ἐν αὐτῷ in connection with him (Christ) God exhibits them (the hostile transcendent powers) in triumph Col 2:15.

② to lead in triumph, in imagery of Roman generals leading their troops in triumph (s. Jos., Bell.7, 5, 4–6), so numerous scholars and versions 2 Cor 2:14 τῷ θεῷ χάρις κτλ. thanks be to God, who always leads us as partners in triumph in Christ. Since there is no lexical support for this interpr. (L-S-J-M cites the pass. but without external support), others see a shift of mng. from ‘lead in triumph’ to the sense

③ cause to triumph. This interpr. (KJV, Beza, Calvin, Klöpper, Schmiedel, Belser, GGodet, Sickenberger ad loc.; sim. Weizsäcker.) remains unexampled in Gk. usage (appeal to Ctesias: 688 Fgm. 13 [Pers. 13] p. 461, 8 Jac. in this sense is very questionable, s. 6 below).

④ triumph over is preferred by many for Col 2:15 (Mel., P. 102, 781 of Christ ἐγὼ ὁ καταλύσας τὸν θάνατον καὶ θριαμβεύσας τὸν ἐχθρόν.—Pass.: διʼ … σταυροῦ … ἐθριαμβεύθη σατανᾶς Serap. of Thmuis, Euch. 25, 2).

⑤ expose to shame (Marshall; s. also Lietzmann, HNT ad loc. and app.; cp. Ctesias [s. 3 above; the textual sequence is in question] θριαμβεύσας τὸν μάγον ‘after he had publicly unmasked the magician’), in which case the triumphal aspect is submerged in a metaphor expressing the low esteem in which God permits the apostle’s office to be held. Col 2:15 can also be understood in this way. (The idea that the term θρ. itself expresses the paradox of a disgraced apostle and a victorious mission [Williamson s. 6 below] is semantically untenable.) ἀναστενάζων, ὅτι ἐθριαμβεύετο ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως, groaning that he had become the city’s object of ridicule AcPl Ha 4, 12f.

⑥ display, publicize, make known (Ctesias: 688 Fgm. 16 [Pers. 58 of the head and right hand of a slain enemy] p. 472, 30 Jac.; s. Ltzm., Hdb. ad loc.; ἐκθριαμβίζω BGU 1061 [14 B.C.]), a semantic shift affirmed by Egan for both NT pass (παύσασθε λόγους ἀλλοτρίους θριαμβεύοντες ‘cease [openly] expressing these strange opinions’ Tat. 26, 1).—Windisch leaves the choice open between 3 and 6.—LWilliamson, Jr., Int 22, ’68, 317–32; REgan, NovT 19, ’77, 34–62; Field, Notes 181f; RPope, ET 21, 1910, 19–21; 112–14; AKinsey, ibid. 282f; FPrat, RSR 3, 1912, 201–29; HVersnel, Triumphus ’70; PMarshall, NovT 25, ’83, 302–17; CBreytenbach, Neot. 24, ’90, 250–71; JScott, NTS 42, ’96, 260–81; cp. TSchmidt, NTS 41, ’95, 1–18, on Mk 15:16–32.—Against triumphal imagery, JMcDonald, JSNT 17, ’83, 35–50.—DELG s.v. θρίαμβος. M-M. EDNT. TW.

κλαίω (Hom.+) impf. ἔκλαιον; fut. (B-D-F §77; Mlt-H. 244) κλαύσω (TestJob, ApcMos, Just., Tat.) and κλαύσομαι (LXX; Rv 18:9 v.l.; Hv 3, 3, 2; Jos., Bell. 1, 628; SibOr 5, 170); 1 aor. ἔκλαυσα; mid.-pass. ἐκλαύσθην; fut. κλαυσθήσομαι LXX.

① weep, cry Mk 14:72; Lk 7:38; J 11:31, 33; 20:11, 13, 15; Ac 9:39; 21:13; 1 Cl 48:1; Hv 4, 1, 7; GJs 3:1 v.l.; AcPl Ha 1, 31; 6, 4. πικρῶς (q.v.) Mt 26:75; Lk 22:62; GJs 13:1; 15:3. πολύ vehemently Rv 5:4. πολλά Ac 8:24 D; λίαν κ. weep bitterly Hm 3:3. μὴ κλαῖε, μὴ κλαίετε do not weep Lk 7:13; 8:52b; 23:28a; Rv 5:5. Of mourning for the dead (s. on ἀλαλάζω 1) Mk 5:38f; Lk 7:32; 8:52. ἐπί w. acc. over (Judg 14:17 A; TestJob 40:11 al.; s. B-D-F §233, 2) Lk 19:41; 23:28ab. Also ἐπί τινι (Plut., Mor. 216d; Synes., Ep. 140 p. 277a; Sir 22:11) Lk 19:41 v.l. (on weeping and lamenting over the imminent destruction of Jerusalem cp. τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ πόλει θρῆνον by Jesus, son of Ananias: Jos., Bell. 6, 304–9). W. κόπτεσθαι (Jos., Ant. 13, 399; on lamentation for one yet living cp. Thetis for Achilles Il. 18, 52–64; Andromache for Hector 6, 407–39.) Lk 8:52; Rv 18:9; GPt 12:52, 54. W. λυπεῖσθαι (TestZeb 4:8; ParJer 7:26; Iren. 1, 4, 2 [Harv. I 36, 1]) GPt 14:59. W. πενθεῖν (POxy 528, 8 νυκτὸς κλαίων ἡμέρας δὲ πενθῶν) Mk 16:10; Lk 6:25; Js 4:9; Rv 18:11, 15, 19; GPt 7:27.—As an expression of any feeling of sadness, care, or anxiety J 16:20 (w. θρηνεῖν, as Iren. 1, 14, 8 [Harv. I 143, 4]); 1 Cor 7:30; Js 5:1. (Opp. γελᾶν) Lk 6:21, 25; GJs 17:2. (Opp. χαίρειν as Hippocr., Ep. 17, 49) J 16:20; Ro 12:15 (cp. Diod S 13, 22, 5); Hv 3, 3, 2. κλαίων λέγω I say with tears Phil 3:18; Hv 1, 2, 2. κλαίουσα προσεύξομαι GJs 2:4 (sc. cod. A).

② weep for, bewail τινά someone trans. (as early as Hom.; Sb 4313, 15; Jer 8:23; 22:10; 1 Macc 9:20; TestSim 9; ParJer 4:5; ApcEsdr 6:25 p. 32, 4 Tdf.; Ar. 11:3; Just., D. 78, 8; Tat. 8:4) Mt 2:18; Rv 18:9 v.l. (B-D-F §148, 2; Rob. 475).—MGolden, Did the Ancients Care When Their Children Died?: Greece and Rome 35, ’88, 152–63; IMorris, Death, Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity ’92.—B. 1129. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

A. as adj. (perh. as early as Hom., certainly Pind.; in Ath. only R. title)

① pert. to being in a state of loss of life, dead, of pers.: lit. καταπίπτειν νεκρόν fall dead Ac 28:6. ἤρθη νεκρός he was taken up dead 20:9 (another possibility is as dead, for dead: Lucian, Ver. Hist. 1, 22; Eunapius, Vi. Soph. 76 συγχωρήσατε τῷ νεκρῷ [the one who is deathly sick] με δοῦναι φάρμακον.—ἤρθη ν. as TestJud 9:3). νεκρὸς κεῖται (Mel., P. 90, 672) lies dead AcPt Ox 849 recto, 15.—Ac 5:10; Js 2:26a. ἔπεσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ὡς ν. I fell at his feet as if I were dead Rv 1:17 (ὡς ν. as Diod S 36, 8, 4; TestAbr A 9 p. 86, 17 [Stone p. 20]). ἐγενήθησαν ὡς νεκροί Mt 28:4. ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός Mk 9:26. Of Christ ἐγενόμην ν. I was dead Rv 1:18; cp. 2:8.

② pert. to being so morally or spirtually deficient as to be in effect dead, dead, fig. ext. of 1

ⓐ of pers. (Soph., Philoct. 1018 ἄφιλον ἔρημον ἄπολιν ἐν ζῶσιν νεκρόν; Menand., Colax 50; Epict. 3, 23, 28; schol. on Aristoph., Ran. 423 διὰ τὴν κακοπραγίαν νεκροὺς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους καλεῖ; Sextus 175 ν. παρὰ θεῷ; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 35, Conf. Lingu. 55, Fuga 56) of the prodigal son either thought to be dead, missing, or morally dead, depraved Lk 15:24, 32. Of a congregation that is inactive, remiss Rv 3:1. Of persons before baptism Hs 9, 16, 3f; 6. W. dat. of disadvantage ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ dead to sin Ro 6:11.—ἐκ νεκρῶν ζῶντας Ro 6:13; sim. on the mng. of baptism ν. τοῖς παραπτώμασιν dead in sins Eph 2:1, 5; Col 2:13. Of worldly-minded Christians: τὸ ἥμισυ ν. ἐστι Hs 8, 8, 1 v.l.

ⓑ of things ν. ἔργα dead works that cannot bring eternal life Hb 6:1; 9:14; Hs 9, 21, 2. ἡ πίστις χωρὶς ἔργων ν. ἐστιν faith apart from deeds (i.e. without practical application) is dead, useless Js 2:26b (κενή P⁷⁴), cp. vss. 17, 20 v.l. (DVerseput, Reworking the Puzzle of Faith and Deeds in Js 2:14–26: NTS 43, ’97, 97–115). Of sin χωρὶς νόμου ἁμαρτία ν. where there is no law, sin is dead, i.e. sin is not perceptible Ro 7:8 (cp. 5:20). Of the believer, in whom Christ lives: τὸ σῶμα νεκρόν the body (of σάρξ and sin) is dead 8:10 (Herm. Wr. 7, 2 visible corporeality is called ὁ αἰσθητικὸς νεκρός. Sim. Philo, Leg. All. 3, 69ff, Gig. 15).

③ pert. to having never been alive and lacking capacity for life, dead, lifeless (Wsd 15:5; Ar. 3:2; Just., A I, 9, 1 ἀψυχα καὶ νεκρά) of the brass serpent 12:7. Of polytheistic objects of cultic devotion PtK 2 p. 14, 21. νεκροὶ θεοί 2 Cl 3:1; D 6:3. (On the borderline between 1 and 2: τὰ μὲν ὀνόματα … θεῶν ὀνόματά ἐστιν νεκρῶν ἀνθρώπων Theoph. Ant. 1, 9 [p. 76, 8]).

B. as subst. ὁ ν. (so mostly Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, En 103:5; TestGad 4:6; ApcEsdr 4:36; Philo; Jos., Bell. 4, 331 al.; Ar. 15, 3; Just., Mel., Ath., R. title; Jos.)

① one who is no longer physically alive, dead person, a dead body, a corpse, lit. Lk 7:15; Hb 9:17; 11:35; Rv 20:5; 12:13. μακάριοι οἱ ν. οἱ ἐν κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκοντες 14:13; cp. 1 Th 4:16. Without art. νεκροῦ βληθέντος AcPlCor 2:32 (w. ζῶν as Appian, Liby. 129 §617 τ. νεκροὺς κ. τ. ζῶντας; Aesop, Fab. 69 H.=288 P.; EpArist 146) of God οὐκ ἔστιν (ὁ) θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων Mt 22:32; Mk 12:27; Lk 20:38. καὶ ν. καὶ ζώντων κυριεύειν rule over the living and the dead i.e. over all humankind past and present Ro 14:9. κρίνειν ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς 2 Ti 4:1; 1 Pt 4:5; 7:2; κριτὴς ζώντων καὶ ν. Ac 10:42; 2 Cl 1:1; Pol 2:1. In this combination ν. without the article means all the dead, all those who are in the underworld (νεκροί=the dead: Thu. 4, 14, 5; 5, 10, 12; Lucian, Ver. Hist. 1, 39; Polyaenus 4, 2, 5). Of deceased Christians νεκροῖς εὐαγγελίσθη 1 Pt 4:6 (Selwyn, comm. 337–39). The art. can also be used without special significance: ὁ καιρὸς τῶν ν. κριθῆναι Rv 11:18; οἱ ν. ἀκούσουσιν τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ J 5:25. In prepositional phrases oft. without the art. ἐκ. ν. and ἀπὸ ν. (B-D-F §254, 2; Rob. 791f). ἐγείρειν ἐκ ν., ἐγείρεσθαι ἐκ ν. Mt 17:9; Mk 6:14; Lk 9:7; 24:46; J 2:22; 12:1, 9, 17; 21:14; Ac 3:15; 4:10; 13:30; Ro 4:24; 6:4, 9; 7:4; 8:11ab, 34 v.l.; 10:9; 1 Cor 15:12a, 20; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 2 Ti 2:8; Hb 11:19; 1 Pt 1:21; IMg 9:3; ITr 9:2; Pol 2:1f; 5:2; AcPlCor 2:6; 5:2. ἀναστῆναι ἐκ ν. and ἀναστῆσαί τινα ἐκ ν. (Just.; Mel., P.) Mk 9:9f; 12:25; Lk 16:31; J 20:9; Ac 10:41; 13:34; 17:3, 31; 1 Cl 24:1; 15:9; GPt 8:30 (KKuhn, NTS 7, ’61, 343f); Papias (11:3); Qua. ἡ ἐκ ν. ἀνάστασις (Mel., P. 3, 20) 5:6; Lk 20:35; Ac 4:2. Also ἡ ἐξανάστασις ἡ ἐκ ν. Phil 3:11; ζωὴ ἐκ ν. Ro 11:15; ἀνάγειν ἐκ ν. (Just., A I, 45, 1; 50, 12 al.) bring up from the realm of the dead Ro 10:7; Hb 13:20. ἀπὸ ν. πορεύεσθαι πρός τινα come up to someone fr. the realm of the dead Lk 16:30. Somet. the art. is included in these prep. combinations without appreciable difference in mng.: ἐγείρεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ν. Mt 14:2; 27:64; 28:7 (but ἐγείρεσθαι ἐκ ν. 17:9). ἐγείρειν ἐκ τῶν ν. 1 Th 1:10 v.l.; πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν ν. Col 1:18 beside ὁ πρωτότοκος τῶν ν. Rv 1:5. The art. is often omitted w. the gen.; so as a rule in ἀνάστασις ν. (Did., Gen. 96, 13) resurrection of the dead, an expr. that is explained by the locution ἀναστῆναι ἐκ ν. (also Ar. 15, 3; Just., D. 80, 4) Ac 17:32; 23:6; 24:21; 26:23; Ro 1:4; 1 Cor 15:12b, 13, 21; D 16:6. νεκροῦ ἀνάστασιν Papias (2:9). ἀνάστασις ἐκ ν. 1 Pt 1:3; ἐκ ν. ἀνάστασις AcPlCor 2:35. Also ἀνάστασις τῶν ν. Mt 22:31; 1 Cor 15:42 (Just., D. 45, 2). νεκροὺς ἐγείρειν raise the dead Mt 10:8; Ac 26:8; AcPl Ha 8, 35=BMM verso 8f. Pass. (Theoph. Ant. 1, 8 [p. 74, 6]) Mt 11:5; Lk 7:22 (cp. 4Q 521:12; on the fig. understanding s. κωφός 2); 1 Cor 15:15f, 29b, 32. Also τοὺς ν. ἐγείρειν J 5:21; 2 Cor 1:9. Pass. Mk 12:26; Lk 20:37; 1 Cor 15:35, 52. Of God ζωοποιεῖν τοὺς ν. Ro 4:17. μετὰ τῶν ν. among the dead Lk 24:5. βαπτίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ τῶν ν. be baptized for the dead 1 Cor 15:29a (s. βαπτίζω 2c; JWhite, JBL 116, 97, 487–99). τάφοι νεκρῶν IPhld 6:1. ὀστέα νεκρῶν the bones of the dead Mt 23:27. ἄτονος ὥσπερ νεκροῦ νεῦρα powerless as the sinews of a corpse Hm 12, 6, 2. αἷμα ὡς νεκροῦ blood like that of a dead person Rv 16:3.

② one who is so spiritually obtuse as to be in effect dead, dead pers., fig. ext. of 1 (cp. Philo, Fuga 56) ἄφες τοὺς ν. θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν ν. let the dead bury their dead of those who do not give priority to discipleship Mt 8:22; Lk 9:60 (cp. Theophyl. Sim., Ep. 25 τ. θνητοῖς τὰ θνητὰ καταλείψομεν.—FPerles, ZNW 19, 1920, 96; 25, 1926, 286f; Bleibtreu [s. μισέω 2]. AEhrhardt, Studia Theologica VI, 2, ’53, 128–64.—θάπτειν τοὺς ν. lit. Jos., Bell. 5, 518). The words ἀνάστα ἐκ τ. νεκρῶν Eph 5:14 appear to belong to a hymn (s. Rtzst., Erlösungsmyst. 1921, 136) that may have become part of the baptism ritual (MDibelius, Hdb. ad loc.; FDölger, Sol Salutis², 1925, 364ff).—B. 290. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

παράδοσις, εως, ἡ (παρά, δίδωμι; Thu.+; ins, pap, LXX, Philo, Joseph.; Just., D. 38, 2; Tat. 39, 1) ‘handing down/over’.

① handing over of someone to authorities, surrender, arrest (Diod S 11, 33, 4) PEg², 29.

② the content of instruction that has been handed down, tradition, of teachings, commandments, narratives et al., first in the act. sense (Pla., Leg. 7 p. 803a; Ps.-Pla., Def. 416; Epict. 2, 23, 40; Philo, Ebr. 120; Jos., Vi. 361), but in our lit. only pass., of that which is handed down (SIG 704e, 12 εἰσαγαγὼν τὴν τῶν μυστηρίων παράδοσιν; Herm. Wr. 13, 22b τῆς παλιγγενεσίας τὴν παράδοσιν; Tat. 39, 1 τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων παράδοσιν; Orig., C. Cels. 1, 52, 15; Hippol., Ref. 9, 23, 1): of the tradition preserved by the scribes and Pharisees (Orig., C. Cels. 2, 1, 46; Hippol., Ref. 9, 28, 4). They themselves called it ἡ παράδοσις τῶν πρεσβυτέρων Mt 15:2; Mk 7:5; cp. vs. 3. In conversation w. them Jesus calls it ἡ παράδοσις ὑμῶν Mt 15:3, 6; Mk 7:9, 13 or even ἡ παράδοσις τῶν ἀνθρώπων vs. 8 (on Pharisaic π. s. ABaumgarten, HTR 80, ’87, 63–77). Paul uses the latter term to characterize dissident teaching at Colossae Col 2:8. In looking back upon his Judean past he calls himself a ζηλωτὴς τῶν πατρικῶν παραδόσεων Gal 1:14 (cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 297 τὰ ἐκ παραδόσεως τῶν πατέρων; 408. By this is meant the tradition of the rabbis [‘fathers’; s. Pirqe Aboth], accepted by Pharisees but rejected by Sadducees). Of Christian teaching ὁ τῆς π. ἡμῶν κανών 1 Cl 7:2. Of Paul’s teaching 2 Th 3:6 (used w. παραλαμβάνειν; cp. Iren. 3, 3, 3 [Harv. II, 11, 2]). ἀποστόλων π. Dg 11:6. Pl. of individual teachings 1 Cor 11:2 (w. παραδιδόναι); 2 Th 2:15 (s. ASeeberg, D. Katechismus d. Urchristenheit 1903, 1ff; 41f).—WKümmel, Jesus u. d. jüd. Traditionsgedanke: ZNW 33, ’34, 105–30; ADeneffe, D. Traditionsbegriff ’31, 1ff; JRanft, D. Ursprung des kath. Traditionsprinzips ’31; LGoppelt, Tradition nach Paulus, Kerygma u. Dogma 4, ’58, 213–33; BGerhardsson, Memory and Manuscript, etc. ’61 (rabb. Judaism and Early Christianity); PFannon, The Infl. of Trad. in St. Paul, TU 102, ’68, 292–307.—ὡς ἐκ παραδόσεως ἀγράφου εἰς αὐτὸν ἥκοντα παρατέθειται he transmits (some other) things that came to him apparently from unwritten tradition Papias (2:11); cp. Papias (2:7f; 14).—DELG s.v. δίδωμι A 1. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

ἄρχω fut. ἄρξω; 1 aor. ἦρξα LXX. Mid.: fut. ἄρξομαι; 1 aor. ἠρξάμην; pf. ἦργμαι (Hom.+) lit. be first.

① to rule or govern, w. implication of special status, rule act. w. gen. over someth. or someone (Hom., Hdt. et al.; UPZ 81 col. 2, 18 [II B.C.] as an epithet of Isis: τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἄρχουσα; En 9:7; EpArist 190; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 12 Jac.; Philo, Congr. Erud. Gr. 6; Just., D. 90, 4; 111, 1) τῶν ἐθνῶν Mk 10:42; Ro 15:12 (Is 11:10). εἰς πόλιν ἄρχουσαν δύσεως into the city that rules over the West ApcPt Rainer 15f. τῶν θηρίων τ. γῆς B 6:12 (cp. Gen 1:26, 28). τῆς περὶ τὴν γῆν διακοσμήσεως ἔδωκεν ἄ. (angels) authority to govern the earth Papias (4).

② to initiate an action, process, or state of being, begin mid., except for GMary s. 2aα.

ⓐ w. pres. inf. (DHesseling, Z. Syntax v. ἄρχομαι: ByzZ 20, 1911, 147–64; JKleist, Mk ’36, 154–61 Marcan ἤρξατο; GReichenkron, Die Umschreibung m. occipere, incipere u. coepisse: Syntactica u. Stilistica, Festschr. EGamillscheg ’57, 473–75; MReiser, Syntax u. Stil (Mk), ’84, 43–45).

α. lit., to denote what one begins to do, in pres. inf. (Polyaenus 3, 9, 40 σφαγιάζειν) λέγειν (Jos., Ant. 8, 276; 18, 289) Mt 11:7; ὀνειδίζειν vs. 20; τύπτειν 24:49; κηρύσσειν 4:17; Mk 5:20; cp. the use of the act. GMar 463 ἀπ̣[ελθὼ]ν ἤ̣ρ̣χεν κη[ρύς]|[σειν τὸ εὐαγγέλι]ο̣ν̣ [κατὰ Μάριαμ] (Levi) went off and began to proclaim [the gospel according to Mary]; παίζειν Hs 9, 11, 5 al.; εἶναι IRo 5:3. Emphasis can be laid on the beginning Lk 15:14; 21:28, Ac 2:4; 11:15, or a contrast can be implied, as w. continuation Mk 6:7; 8:31; IEph 20:1; w. completion Mt 14:30; Lk 14:30; J 13:5; w. an interruption Mt 12:1; 26:22; Ac 27:35.—μὴ ἄρξησθε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς don’t even begin to think=do not cherish the unfortunate thought Lk 3:8.

β. Oft. ἄ. only means that the pers. in question has been doing something else and that the activity now takes a new turn (GrBar 4:11 ὅταν … ἐξήλθε Νῶε τῆς κιβωτοῦ, ἤρξατο φυτεύειν ‘after Noah left the Ark, he began to beget’) Mt 26:37, 74; Lk 4:21; 5:21; 7:15, 24, 38, 49 al. In such cases it is freq. almost superfluous as an auxiliary, in accordance w. late Semitic usage (Jos., Ant. 11, 131; 200; Dalman, Worte 21f; s. JHunkin, ‘Pleonastic’ ἄρχομαι in the NT: JTS 25, 1924, 390–402). So ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰης. ποιεῖν Ac 1:1=simply what Jesus did (sim. Lat. coepio).

ⓑ abs. (sc. the inf. fr. the context) ἦν Ἰησοῦς ἀρχόμενος ὡσεὶ ἐτῶν τριάκοντα Lk 3:23 prob. Jesus was about 30 years old when he began his work. In ἀρξάμενος Πέτρος ἐξετίθετο (Aesop, Fab. 100 P.=H-H. 102 [Halm 155 ἀχθόμενος] Μῶμος ἀρξάμενος ἕλεγε; X. Eph. 5, 7, 9 ἀρξαμένη κατέχομαι) ἀ. receives its content fr. the foll. καθεξῆς: P. began and explained in order Ac 11:4.

ⓒ w. indication of the starting point ἄ. ἀπὸ τότε begin fr. that time Mt 4:17; 16:21; ἄ. ἀπό τινος (Pla. et al., also Arrian, Cyneg. 36, 4; PMeyer 24, 3; Ezk 9:6; Jos., Ant. 7, 255 ἀπὸ σοῦ; in local sense SIG 969, 5; PTebt 526; Jos., Ant. 13, 390) ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ Μωϋσέως beginning w. Moses Lk 24:27; ἀ. ἀπὸ τῆς γραφῆς ταύτης beginning with this passage of Scripture Ac 8:35; J 8:9; 1 Pt 4:17. Locally Lk 24:47; Ac 10:37. With both starting point and end point given (Lucian, Somn. 15 ἀπὸ τῆς ἕω ἀρξάμενος ἄχρι πρὸς ἑσπέραν; Gen 44:12) ἀπό τινος ἕως τινός: ἀπὸ τ. ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων Mt 20:8; Ac 1:22; local Lk 23:5.—B. 976; 1319. EDNT. DELG. M-M s.v. ἄρχομαι. TW.

ἐπιδίδωμι impf. 3 sing. ἐπεδίδου, 3 pl. ἐπεδίδουν; ἐπέδοσαν Hs 8, 5, 4; fut. ἐπιδώσω; 1 aor. ἐπέδωκα; 2 aor. ptc. ἐπιδούς; pf. ἐπιδέδωκα. Pass.: 1 aor. ἐπεδόθην; pf. ptc. ἐπιδεδομένος (s. δίδωμι; Hom.+).

① to make a transfer of someth., give, hand over, deliver τινί τι someth. to someone (for a meal: Lucian, Symp. 36; Aberciusins. 15) a stone Lk 11:11 v.l.; Mt 7:9; a snake vs. 10; Lk 11:11; cp. a scorpion vs. 12; a serving of fish 24:42; bread vs. 30; cp. ψωμίον J 13:26 v.l.; a letter Ac 15:30 (cp. Diod S 14, 47, 2; Plut., Alex. 675 [19, 6]; PParis 20, 5; PEleph 15, 3; Jos., Ant. 15, 170); land of Canaan AcPl Ha 8, 13. Abs. give Ac 27:35 v.l.—Hv 3, 2, 5; Hs 8, 1, 2 and oft. τινὶ τ. χεῖρα Hv 1, 1, 2. Pass. ἐπεδόθη αὐτῷ βιβλίον τοῦ προφήτου Ἠσαί̈ου the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him Lk 4:17 (cp. Jos., Vi. 361 ἐ. τὰ βιβλία). λίθοι ἦσαν ἀπὸ τῶν παρθένων ἐπιδεδομένοι Hs 9, 4, 6.

② to yield control of someth., give up/over, surrender (Thu. 4, 11, 4; Plut., Mor. 319d; Athen. 12, 29, 525e εἰς τρυφήν) ἑαυτόν τινι (Polyaenus 4, 6, 1; Alex. Aphr., Fat. 32, II/2 p. 204, 27; OGI 730, 7 [s. also Larfeld I 494]; Jos., Bell. 6, 56, Ant. 4, 42; ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας … τὰς ψυχάς Ath. 3, 2) 1 Cl 14:2; 2 Cl 9:7. Abs. ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα we gave (ourselves) up (to the wind) and let ourselves be driven Ac 27:15 (cp. Lucian, Hermot. 28 ἐ. ἑαυτὸν τῇ πνεούσῃ; s. also Alciphron 1, 10, 2).—M-M.

ἐπισπάω (σπάω) in our lit. ἐ. only mid. (which is found Hdt.+; Herm. Wr., ins, pap, LXX; TestReub 5:1; JosAs 5:9 cod. A [p. 46, 2 Bat.]; Philo; Jos., Ant. 14, 424, C. Ap. 2, 31) fut. 3 pl. ἐπισπάσονται (TestReub 5:1); 1 aor. ἐπεσπασάμην LXX.

① to cause to come to oneself, draw to oneself lit. τινί τι an animal MPol 3:1 (cp. Diod S 17, 13, 2 ἐπισπᾶσθαι πληγάσ=draw the blows [of the enemies] to oneself [in order to die more quickly]).

② to be responsible for bringing someth. on oneself, bring upon, fig. ext. of 1 (Hdt. 3, 7, 72; Polyb. 3, 98, 8; Anth. Pal. 11, 340, 2 ἔχθραν; OGI 13, 6 τ. κρίσιν; Wsd 1:12) τί τινι someth. (on) someone αἰχμαλωτισμὸν ἑαυτοῖς bring captivity on themselves Hv 1, 1, 8. ἀσθένειαν τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτῶν v 3, 9, 3. μεγάλην ἁμαρτίαν ἑαυτῷ m 4, 1, 8. ἑαυτῷ λύπην Hs 9, 2, 6.

③ medical t.t. to pull the foreskin over the end of the penis, pull over the foreskin (Soranus, Gynaec. 2, 34 p. 79, 1 of a nurse: ἐπισπάσθω τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν) to conceal circumcision 1 Cor 7:18 (this special use of the word is not found elsewh., not even 4 Macc 5:2, where ἐπισπᾶσθαι means ‘drag up’, as 10:12). On epispasm [rabbinic מָשַׁךְ], as done by Hellenizing Israelites, esp. ephebes, to undo their circumcision s. 1 Macc 1:15; Jos., Ant. 12, 241; Billerb. IV 33f; MHengel, Judaism and Hellenism ’74, I 74, II 51f, n. 138 [lit.]; RHall, Epispasm—Circumcision in Reverse: BR 18/4, ’92, 52–57.—M-M.

ἤ particle (Hom.+).

① marker of an alternative, or, disjunctive particle (B-D-F §446; Rob. 1188f)

ⓐ separating

α. opposites, which are mutually exclusive λευκὴν ἢ μέλαιναν Mt 5:36. ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ [ἢ] ἰδοὺ ὧδε Lk 17:23. ψυχρὸς ἢ ζεστός Rv 3:15. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἢ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων from God or fr. humans Mt 21:25. δοῦναι ἢ οὔ to give or not (to give) 22:17; cp. Mk 12:14. ἀγαθὸν ποιῆσαι ἢ κακοποιῆσαι 3:4. Cp. Lk 2:24; Ro 14:4; 1 Cor 7:11 (cp. Ath. 2:4 ἀγαθὸς ἢ πονηρός).

β. related and similar terms, where one can take the place of the other or one supplements the other τὸν νόμον ἢ τοὺς προφήτας Mt 5:17 (JosAs 2:11 ἀνὴρ … ἢ παιδίον ἄρρεν; Just., D. 93, 4 φιλίαν ἢ ἀγάπην; schol. on Soph., Oed. Col. 380 Papag. ἢ ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ ἐστί) πόλιν ἢ κώμην 10:11. ἔξω τ. οἰκίας ἢ τ. πόλεως ἐκείνης vs. 14. πατέρα ἢ μητέρα vs. 37. τέλη ἢ κῆνσον 17:25. οὐ μὴ ἀποκριθῆτέ μοι ἢ ἀπολύσητε Lk 22:68 v.l. πρόσκομμα ἢ σκάνδαλον Ro 14:13; cp. vs. 21 v.l. εἰς τίνα ἢ ποῖον καιρόν 1 Pt 1:11. νοῆσαι ἢ συνιέναι B 10:12. Cp. Mk 4:17; 10:40; Lk 14:12; J 2:6; Ac 4:34; 1 Cor 13:1; AcPlCor 2:26. In enumerations as many as six occurrences of ἤ are found: Mk 10:29; Ro 8:35; cp. Mt 25:44; Lk 18:29; 1 Cor 5:11; 1 Pt 4:15 (Just., A II, 1, 2).—ἤτε … ἤτε (Hom. et al.; PRossGeorg III, 2, 4 [IIIA.D.]) ἤτε ἄρσενα ἤτε θήλειαν whether it is a boy or a girl GJs 4:1 pap (εἴτε … εἴτε codd.).—ἢ καὶ or (even, also) (PLond III, 962, 5 p. 210 [254/61 A.D.]; EpJer 58) ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης Lk 18:11; cp. 11:12; 12:41; Ro 2:15; 4:9; 14:10; 1 Cor 16:6; 2 Cor 1:13b.—ἤ for καί Mk 3:33 v.l.; Col 2:16 v.l.

ⓑ ἤ … ἤ either … or Mt 6:24; 12:33; Lk 16:13; AcPlCor 1:7f. ἤ … ἤ … ἤ either … or … or (Philod., οἰκ. col. 22, 41 Jensen; Just., A I, 28, 4 al; Mel., P. 36, 246f) 1 Cor 14:6 (ἤ four times as Libanius, Or. 28 p. 48, 15 F and Or. 31 p. 130, 7; Just., D. 85, 3). Eph 5:4 v.l. ἤτοι … ἤ (Hdt., Thu. et al. [s. Kühner-G. II 298]; PTebt 5, 59; PRyl 154, 25; Wsd 11:18; TestSol 10:28 C [without ἤ]; Philo, Op. M. 37; Jos., Ant. 18, 115; Just., D. 6, 1; 100, 3; Ath. 8, 1 and R. 52, 26) either … or Ro 6:16.

ⓒ In neg. statements ἤ comes to mean nor, or, when it introduces the second, third, etc., item ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ Mt 5:18. πῶς ἢ τί how or what 10:19; cp. Mk 7:12; J 8:14; Ac 1:7. οὐκ ἐδόξασαν ἢ ηὐχαρίστησαν Ro 1:21. διαθήκην οὐδεὶς ἀθετεῖ ἢ ἐπιδιατάσσεται Gal 3:15. ἵνα μή τις δύνηται ἀγοράσαι ἢ πωλῆσαι so that no one can either buy or sell Rv 13:17.—Phil 3:12.—Likew. in neg. rhetorical questions; here present-day English idiom, making the whole sentence neg., requires the transl. or Mt 7:16; cp. Mk 4:21; 1 Cor 1:13; Js 3:12.

ⓓ Gener., ἤ oft. occurs in interrog. sentences

α. to introduce and to add rhetorical questions (Just., D 2, 4 al.; Ath. 8:3 al.) ἢ δοκεῖς ὅτι; or do you suppose that? Mt 26:53. ἢ Ἰουδαίων ὁ θεὸς μόνον; or is God the God of the Judeans alone? Ro 3:29. ἢ ἀγνοεῖτε; or do you not know? 6:3; 7:1; also ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε; 11:2; 1 Cor 6:9, 16, 19; cp. 10:22; 2 Cor 11:7.

β. to introduce a question which is parallel to a preceding one or supplements it Mt 7:10; οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε …; ἢ οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε …; have you not read … ? Or have you not read … ? Mt 12:(3), 5; cp. Lk 13:4; Ro 2:4; 1 Cor 9:6 (cp. Just., D. 27, 5 al.; Mel., P. 74, 541 ἢ οὐ γέγραπταί σοι …;)—Mt 20:15; 1 Cor 11:22; 2 Cor 3:1.

γ. in the second member of direct or indir. double questions: πότερον … ἤ (Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.) whether, if … or J 7:17; B 19:5; D 4:4; Hs 9, 28, 4. ἤ … ἤ … ἤ … ἤ whether … or … or … or (Hom.; Theognis 913f; oracle in Hdt. 1, 65, 3; Theocr. 25, 170f et al.; s. Kühner-G. II 530, 12) Mk 13:35. Usu. the first member is without the particle Mt 27:17; J 18:34; Ac 8:34; Ro 4:10; 1 Cor 4:21; Gal 1:10; 3:2, 5.

δ. used w. an interrog. word, mostly after another interrog. sentence ἢ τίς; Mt 7:9; Mk 11:28; Lk 14:31; 20:2; J 9:21; Ro 3:1; 2 Cl 1:3; 6:9. τίς …; τίς …; ἢ τίς …; 1 Cor 9:7. τί …; ἢ τί …; what … ? Or what? Mt 16:26; 1 Cor 7:16.—ἢ πῶς: ἢ πῶς ἐρεῖς; or how can you say? Mt 7:4; cp. 12:29; Lk 6:42 v.l. (cp. JosAs 6:2; Tat. 17, 3 al.).

② a particle denoting comparison, than, rather than

ⓐ after a comparative before the other member of the comparison ἀνεκτότερον … ἤ more tolerable … than Mt 10:15; cp. 11:22, 24; Lk 10:12. εὐκοπώτερον … ἤ Mt 19:24; Mk 10:25; cp. Lk 9:13; J 4:1. μᾶλλον ἤ more, rather … than Mt 18:13; J 3:19; Ac 4:19; 5:29; 1 Cor 9:15; 1 Cl 2:1a; 14:1; 21:5. For numerals without ἤ after πλείων and ἐλάσσων, e.g. Mt 26:53 (πλείους ἤ v.l. and var. edd.), s. B-D-F §185, 4 (cp. comp. Ath. 16, 8 μηδὲν πλέον [ἢ corr.] ὅσον ἐκελεύσθησαν).

ⓑ also without a preceding comp. (Kühner-G. II 303; B-D-F §245, 3).

α. w. verbs without μᾶλλον (Job 42:12) χαρὰ ἔσται ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἢ ἐπὶ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα there will be more joy over one than over 99 Lk 15:7. λυσιτελεῖ … ἤ it would be better … than 17:2 (cp. Andoc. 1, 125 τεθνάναι νομίσασα λυσιτελεῖν ἢ ζῆν; Tob 3:6 BA). θέλω … ἤ I would rather … than 1 Cor 14:19 (cp. Epict. 3, 1, 41; BGU 846, 16 [II A.D.] θέλω πηρὸς γενέσται [= γενέσθαι], εἲ [= ἢ] γνοῦναι, ὅπως ἀνθρόπῳ ἔτι ὀφείλω ὀβολόν ‘I had rather become maimed than know that I still owe someone an obol’ [1/6 of a drachma]; Hos 6:6; 2 Macc 14:42; Jos., Ant. 18, 59; Just., A I, 15, 8. βούλομαι … ἤ I had rather …, than as early as Hom., e.g. Il. 1, 117).

β. after the positive degree (as early as Hdt. 9, 26) καλόν ἐστιν … ἤ it is better … than Mt 18:8, 9; Mk 9:43, 45, 47; 1 Cl 51:3 (Gen 49:12; Ps 117:8f; Sir 20:25; 22:15; Jon 4:3, 8; 4 Macc 9:1. Cp. Polyaenus 8, 49 καλὸν ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ζῆν; Philemon Com. no. 203 θανεῖν κράτιστόν [=far better] ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως).

γ. ἤ is used in comparison, w. the idea of exclusion (Ps.-Callisth. 1, 37, 4 μέμφεσθε τὸν ἑαυτῶν βασιλέα ἢ ἐμέ=‘blame your own king, not me’; Gen 38:26 δεδικαίωται Θαμαρ ἢ ἐγώ; 2 Km 19:44; Just., A I, 15, 8 on Lk 5:32 θέλει ὁ πατὴρ τὴν μετάνοιαν ἢ τὴν κόλασιν) δεδικαιωμένος ἢ ἐκεῖνος rather than (= and not) the other man Lk 18:14 v.l.

ⓒ οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἤ nothing else than (cp. X., Cyr. 2, 3, 10; 7, 5, 41; Jos., Ant. 8, 104; Tat. 15, 2; cp. οὐδὲν ἄλλο … ἤ Just., A I, 33, 6 al.; Ath. 18, 1 μὴ εἶναι … ἕτερον τρόπον … ἢ τοῦτον) Ac 17:21. τί … ἤ what other … than (X., Oec. 3, 3; TestJob 42:5; s. Kühner-G. II 304, 4) 24:21.

ⓓ πρὶν ἤ before (Ionism, very rare in Attic wr., but common in the Koine [e.g. Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 130, 14 p. 397, 9 Jac.; Diod S 1, 64, 7; 1, 92, 4; Jos., Ant. 8, 345; Just., A I, 12, 10 al.; Tat. 6:1 al.]: ATschuschke, De πρίν particulae apud scriptores aetatis Augusteae prosaicos usu, diss. Bresl. 1913, 31; 33. S. also πρίν a).

α. w. aor. inf. foll. (Aelian, VH 1, 5; Herodian 2, 3, 2; Wsd 2:8; Sir 11:8 al.) and accompanying acc. (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 128, 14 [Βίος] p. 397, 9 Jac.; Aelian, VH 1, 21; PSI 171, 25 [II B.C.]; Sir 48:25; Tob 2:4; 3:8; 8:20; TestReub 1:1) Mt 1:18; Mk 14:30; Ac 7:2.

β. foll. by aor. subj. and ἄν Lk 2:26 (without ἄν Jos., Ant. 4, 10).

γ. foll. by pres. opt. Ac 25:16.

ⓔ used w. other particles

α. ἀλλʼ ἤ s. ἀλλά 1a.

β. ἤπερ than (Hom., Il. 1, 260; 9, 26, 7; Hdt.; Polyb. 2, 51; 61; 2 Macc 14:42; 4 Macc 15:16; Jos., Bell. 5, 10, Ant. 18, 62; Just., A I, 29, 1) after μᾶλλον J 12:43 (cp. Tob 14:4 S ἐν τ. Μηδίᾳ ἔσται σωτηρία μᾶλλον ἤπερ ἐν Ἀσσυρίοις; Tat. 13, 3; 14, 1; without μᾶλλον 40, 1; Diod S 13, 60, 3 πλείονα ἤπερ); after πλέον IEph 6:2 (Lat.).—ἢ γάρ Lk 18:14 v.l. may derive from ἤ + παρʼ.—DELG. M-M. EDNT.

πείθω ( πειθέμεν: aor. 1, ἔπεισε; πείσαις, -αις（α): aor. 2, πᾰθον; πᾰθών coni.: πᾰθεῖν: pf. πέποιθα, -ασιν: ep. aor. redupl. πεπᾰθών: med. πείθονται; πειθόμενος; πείθεσθαι: fut. πείσομαι: aor. 2, πίθετο; πίθεο; πιθόμενοι; πιθέσθαι. cf. πιθέω, ἀπιθέω.)

δοῦλος, η, ον (s. next entry; Soph. et al.; PGiss 3, 5 ᾧ πάντα δοῦλα; Ps 118:91; Wsd 15:7; Philo; Jos., Ant. 16, 156; Ar. [Milne, 76, 49]; SibOr 3, 567) pert. to being under someone’s total control, slavish, servile, subject τὰ μέλη δ. τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ the members enslaved to impurity Ro 6:19; τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ibid.—Subst. τὰ δοῦλα things subservient PtK 2 (s. ὕπαρξις 1).—DELG. TW.

δοῦλος, ου, ὁ (Trag., Hdt.et al.; ins, pap, LXX, Philo, Joseph., Test12Patr)

① male slave as an entity in a socioeconomic context, slave (‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times [s. OED s.v. servant, 3a and b]; in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished [Goodsp., Probs., 77–79]). Opp. ἐλεύθερος 1 Cor 7:21. Lit., in contrast

ⓐ to a master (Did., Gen. 66, 25): Mt 8:9; 10:24f; cp. J 13:16; 15:20.—Mt 13:27f; 21:34ff; 24:45f, 48, 50; 25:14, 19, 21, 23, 26, 30; cp. Lk 19:13, 15, 17, 22.—Mt 26:51; cp. Mk 14:47; Lk 22:50; J 18:10, 26 (on δοῦλος of the ἀρχιερεύς s. Jos., Ant. 20, 181).—Mk 12:2, 4; 13:34; Lk 7:2f, 8, 10; 12:37, 43, 45ff; 17:7, 9f; J 4:51; Col 4:1 (Billerb. IV 698–744: D. altjüd. Sklavenwesen; SZucrow, Women, Slaves, etc. in Rabb. Lit. ’32; JJeremias, Jerusalem IIb ’37, 184–88; 217–24).—οἱ δ. και οἱ ὑπηρέται J 18:18.—Of slaves sent out with invitations Mt 22:3f, 6, 8, 10; par. Lk 14:17, 21ff; of one who could not pay his debt Mt 18:23, 26ff (but s. 2bα on these pass. fr. Mt). Opp. δεσπότης (as Diod S 15, 8, 2f ὡς δοῦλος δεσπότῃ; Ps.-Lucian, Asin. 5) 1 Ti 6:1; Tit 2:9; οἱ δ. in direct address Eph 6:5; Col 3:22.—For lit. on Christianity and slavery (Ath. 35, 1 δ. εἰσιν ἡμῖν ‘we have slaves’ [who can attest our innocence of the charges]) s. on χράομαι la.—Christ, the heavenly κύριος, appears on earth in μορφὴ δούλου the form of a slave (anticipating vs. 8 w. its ref. to crucifixion, a fate reserved for condemned slaves; for the contrast cp. Lucian, Catapl. 13 δοῦλος ἀντὶ τοῦ πάλαι βασιλέως) Phil 2:7 (lit. on κενόω 1b); cp. Hs 5, 2ff (on this MDibelius, Hdb. 564f).—On Ac 2:18 s. under 2bβ.

ⓑ to a free pers. (opp. ἐλεύθερος: Pla., Gorg. 57 p. 502d; Dio Chrys. 9 [10], 4; SIG 521, 7 [III B.C.]; Jos., Ant. 16, 126; Just., D. 139, 5) 1 Cor 7:21f (cp. the trimeter: Trag. Fgm. Adesp. 304 N., quot. fr. M. Ant. 11, 30 and Philo, Omn. Prob. Lib. 48, δοῦλος πέφυκας, οὐ μέτεστί σοι λόγου=you are a slave, with no share in discussions); 12:13; Gal 3:28; 4:1; Eph 6:8; Col 3:11; Rv 6:15; 13:16; 19:18; IRo 4:3. W. παιδίσκη D 4:10.—House slave in contrast to a son J 8:35; Gal 4:7.

ⓒ in contrast to being a fellow Christian οὐκέτι ὡς δοῦλον, ἀλλὰ ὑπὲρ δοῦλον, ἀδελφὸν ἀγαπητόν Phlm 16.

② one who is solely committed to another, slave, subject; ext. of mng. 1. Mt 6:24; Lk 16:13 express the ancient perspective out of which such extended usage develops: slaves are duty-bound only to their owners or masters, or those to whom total allegiance is pledged.

ⓐ in a pejorative sense δ. ἀνθρώπων slaves to humans 1 Cor 7:23. παριστάναι ἑαυτόν τινι δοῦλον Ro 6:16. δ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας slave of sin J 8:34; Ro 6:17, 20. τῆς φθορᾶς of destruction 2 Pt 2:19 (cp. Eur., Hec. 865 and Plut., Pelop. 279 [3, 1] χρημάτων; Thu. 3, 38, 5; Dio Chrys. 4, 60 τ. δόξης; Athen. 12, 531c τῶν ἡδονῶν; 542d; Aelian, VH 2, 41 τοῦ πίνειν; Achilles Tat. 6, 19, 4 τ. ἐπιθυμίας).

ⓑ in a positive sense

α. in relation to a superior human being (here the perspective is Oriental and not Hellenic). Of humble service (opp. πρῶτος) Mt 20:27; Mk 10:44. According to oriental usage, of a king’s officials (cp. SIG 22, 4; IMagnMai 115, 4; 1 Km 29:3; 4 Km 5:6; Jos., Ant. 2, 70) ministers Mt 18:23, 26ff (s. Spicq, I 383, n. 14 [Lexique 394, n. 4]); cp. the slaves sent out with invitations 22:3f, 6, 8, 10; Lk 14:17, 21ff (but s. 1a above).

β. esp. of the relationship of humans to God (with roots in both OT and Hellenic thought; s. δουλεύω 2aβ) δ. τοῦ θεοῦ slave of God=subject to God, owned body and soul (Eur., Ion 309 τοῦ θεοῦ καλοῦμαι δοῦλος εἰμί τε; Cass. Dio 63, 5, 2; CFossey, Inscr. de Syrie: BCH 21, 1897, p. 60 [Lucius calls himself the δοῦλος of the θεὰ Συρία]; PGM 12, 71 δ. τοῦ ὑψ. θεοῦ; 13, 637ff δοῦλός εἰμι σὸς … Σάραπι; 59, 2; 4; LXX; ParJer 6:17 [Baruch]; ApcSed 16:7 p. 137, 15; Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 7 al.; Jos., Ant. 11, 90; 101): of Moses (4 Km 18:12; 2 Esdr 19:14; Ps 104:26; Jos., Ant. 5, 39) Rv 15:3. Of recipients of gifts from God’s spirit Ac 2:18 (Jo 3:2). Of Christian prophets Rv 10:7; 11:18 (prophets are also called slaves of God in the OT Jer 25:4; Am 3:7; Da 9:6, 10 Theod.). Of the apostles Ac 4:29; 16:17 (δ. τοῦ θεοῦ τ. ὑψίστου as Da 3:93 Theod.); Tit 1:1; AcPl Ha 6, 35; Christ as master (cp. oriental usage, of a king’s official minister, and the interpretation of δ. in such sense [s. 2bα]) puts his slaves, the apostles, at the disposal of the Corinthians 2 Cor 4:5. Of God-fearing people gener. (Ps 33:23; 68:37 al.) Rv 1:1; Lk 2:29; 1 Pt 2:16; Rv 2:20; 7:3; 19:2, 5; 22:3, 6; 1 Cl 60:2; 2 Cl 20:1; Hv 1, 2, 4; 4, 1, 3; m 3:4 al. The one who is praying refers to himself as your (God’s) slave (cp. Ps 26:9; Ch 6:23; Da 3:33, 44) Lk 2:29; Ac 4:29 (FDölger, ΙΧΘΥΣ I 1910, 195ff).—In the same vein, of one’s relation to Christ δ. Χριστοῦ, self-designation of Paul (on the imagery s. Straub 37; DMartin, Slavery as Salvation: The Metaphor of Slavery in Pauline Christianity ’90) Ro 1:1; Gal 1:10; Phil 1:1; cp. Col 4:12; 2 Ti 2:24; Js 1:1; 2 Pt 1:1; Jd 1; Rv 1:1; 22:3; 1 Cor 7:22; Eph 6:6.—On δοῦλοι and φίλοι of Christ (for this contrast s. Philo, Migr. Abr. 45, Sobr. 55; PKatz, Philo’s Bible ’50, 85ff) J 15:15, s. φίλος 2aα.—Dssm., LO 271ff [LAE 323ff]; GSass, δ. bei Pls: ZNW 40, ’41, 24–32; LReilly, Slaves in Ancient Greece (manumission ins) ’78; COsiek, Slavery in the Second Testament World: BTB 22, ’92, 174–79; JHarril, The Manumission of Slaves in Early Christianity ’95, s. 11–67 on ancient slavery; KBradley, Slavery and Society at Rome ’94; also lit. on χράομαι 1a.—JVogt/HBellen, eds., Bibliographie zur antiken Sklaverei, rev. ed. EHermann/NBrockmeyer ’83 (lists over 5000 books and articles); JCMiller, Slavery and Slaving in World History, A Bibliography 1990–91 ’93 (lit. p. 196–225).—B. 1332. Schmidt, Syn. IV 124–29 s. δεσπότη. New Docs 2, 52–54. DELG. SEG XLII, 1837 (ins reff.). M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

καταργέω fut. καταργήσω; 1 aor. κατήργησα; pf. κατήργηκα. Pass.: 1 fut. καταργηθήσομαι; 1 aor. κατηργήθην; pf. κατήργημαι (s. ἀργέω; since Eur., Phoen. 753; Polyb.; POxy 38, 7 [49/50 A.D.]; PFlor 176, 7; 218, 13; PStras 32, 7; 2 Esdr; TestSol [also PVindobBosw for 18:38]; AscIs 3:31; Just.).

① to cause someth. to be unproductive, use up, exhaust, waste of a tree κ. τὴν γῆν Lk 13:7 (cp. ἀργεῖ οὐδὲν ἀλλὰ καρποφορεῖ OdeSol 11:23).

② to cause someth. to lose its power or effectiveness, invalidate, make powerless fig. extension of 1 (so, above all, in Paul and the writings dependent on him; cp. Herm. Wr. 13, 7 κατάργησον τ. σώματος τὰς αἰσθήσεις; of the soul of Jesus: κ. τὰ ἐπὶ κολάσεσιν πάθη Iren. 1, 25, 1 [Harv. I 205, 4]) make ineffective, nullify τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ God’s fidelity Ro 3:3. ἐπαγγελίαν Gal 3:17; cp. Ro 4:14; τὰ ὄντα κ. nullify the things that (actually) exist 1 Cor 1:28. τὸν νόμον make the law invalid Eph 2:15; cp. Ro 3:31 (RThompson, ETh 63, ’87, 136–48, on alleged rabbinic background; s. also ἵστημι A4). Also in B of the OT cultic ordinances, which have lost their validity for Christians 5:6; 9:4; 16:2.

③ to cause someth. to come to an end or to be no longer in existence, abolish, wipe out, set aside τὶ someth. τὰ τοῦ νηπίου set aside childish ways 1 Cor 13:11. Of God or Christ: God will do away with both stomach and food 6:13; bring to an end πᾶσαν ἀρχήν, ἐξουσίαν, δύναμιν 15:24. τὸν ἄνομον 2 Th 2:8. τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ ἀνόμου put an end to the time of the lawless one (i.e., the devil) B 15:5. τὸν θάνατον break the power of death 2 Ti 1:10; B 5:6; pass. 1 Cor 15:26 (MDahl, The Resurrection of the Body [ 1 Cor 15], ’62, 117–19). τὸν τὸ κράτος ἔχοντα τοῦ θανάτου destroy the one who has power over death Hb 2:14. ἵνα καταργηθῇ τὸ σῶμα τ. ἁμαρτίας in order that the sinful body may be done away with Ro 6:6. In 2 Cor 3:14 the subject may be ἡ παλαιὰ διαθήκη or, more probably (despite some grammatical considerations), κάλυμμα; in the latter case the mng. is remove.—Pass. cease, pass away προφητεία, γνῶσις 1 Cor 13:8. τὸ ἐκ μέρους what is imperfect vs. 10. ἄρα κατήργηται τὸ σκάνδαλον τοῦ σταυροῦ the cross has ceased to be an obstacle Gal 5:11. πᾶς πόλεμος καταργεῖται every war is brought to an end IEph 13:2. καταργούμενος doomed to perish of the ἄρχοντες τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου 1 Cor 2:6. Of the radiance on Moses’ face 2 Cor 3:7. Subst. τὸ καταργούμενον what is transitory vss. 11, 13.

④ to cause the release of someone from an obligation (one has nothing more to do with it), be discharged, be released. In our lit. pass. καταργοῦμαι ἀπό τινος of a woman upon the death of her husband κατήργηται ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου τοῦ ἀνδρός Ro 7:2. Of Christians κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου be released fr. the law vs. 6. Of those who aspire to righteousness through the law κ. ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ be estranged from Christ Gal 5:4.—Frisk s.v. 2 ἀργός; also DELG s.v. ἔργον. M-M. EDNT. TW.

κριτήριον, ου, τό (s. κρίνω; Pla.+) prim. ‘means for judging/trying, a standard.’ Neither this nor the mng. ‘judgment’ (as SEG XXXVIII, 1224, 16) is found in the NT.

① a forum for justice, lawcourt, tribunal (so since Pla., Leg. 6, 767b, also Polyb.; Diod S; SIG 683, 48; 807, 9; UPZ 118, 15; PHib 29=Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 259, 5; BGU 1054, 1; LXX; TestAbr; ApcEsdr 2:30 p. 26, 24 Tdf. al.; cp. Philo, Virt. 66) ἕλκειν τινὰ εἰς κριτήρια drag someone into court Js 2:6 (cp. PTurin I, 1 VI, 11 [117 B.C.] ἑλκυσθέντων ἁπάντων εἰς τὸ κριτήριον). ἔστη εἰς τὸ κ. (Mary) appeared before the tribunal (of the priests) GJs 15:2; [ἀπ] ήγαγον αὐτὴν εἰς τὸ κ. 15:2 v.l. This mng. may underlie two other pass. in our lit. where κ. is found: ἀνάξιοί ἐστε κριτηρίων ἐλαχίστων; could perh. mean: are you unfit to form even the most insignificant courts (i.e. those that have jurisdiction over the petty details of everyday life)? 1 Cor 6:2. Likew. βιωτικὰ κριτήρια ἐὰν ἔχητε, τοὺς ἐξουθενημένους καθίζετε; if you have (need for) courts for the matters of everyday life, do you appoint insignificant people (as judges)? vs. 4 (καθίζειν κριτήριον as Polyb. 9, 33, 12). But in both cases the trend is to prefer for κ. the sense

② case before a court, lawsuit, legal action (e.g., JWeiss, Ltzm., Sickenberger, H-DWendland). Cp. Cyr. Ins. ln. 21 θανατηφόρα κριτήρια=lawsuits involving capital punishment (corresp. to Lat. judicia capitis); SEG VIII, 13 (=Διάταγμα Καίσαρος [I A.D.]; Boffo, Iscrizioni no. 39 [lit.]) ln. 14 κριτήριον γενέσθαι=the lawsuit is to be tried. Sim. Diod S 1, 72, 4; 36, 3, 3.—New Docs 4, 157 (Pfuhl-Möbius ref.=SEG above). DELG s.v. κρίνω. M-M. TW. Sv.

κτάομαι fut. κτήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐκτησάμην; pf. κέκτημαι; fut. pf. 3 sg. κεκτήσεται (Tat. 20, 3 as Aeschyl., Th. 1022 et al.). Pass.: fut. 3 pl. κτηθήσοναι Jer 39:45 (s. next entry; Hom.+)

① to gain possession of, procure for oneself, acquire, get τὶ someth. 2 Cl 5:7. πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι my whole income Lk 18:12. W. acc. and εἴς τι foll.: χρυσὸν … εἰς τὰς ζώνας acquire gold (in order to put it) into your (money-) belts Mt 10:9. Procure τὶ someth. (Plut., Mor. 189d βιβλία κτᾶσθαι) τὴν δωρεὰν τ. θεοῦ διὰ χρημάτων κτᾶσθαι secure the gift of God with money Ac 8:20 (Herodian 2, 6, 5 χρήμασι κ. τι). Also ἐκ: χωρίον ἐκ μισθοῦ τ. ἀδικίας acquire a field w. the reward of his wickedness 1:18 (JSickenberger, BZ 18, ’29, 69–71). Also w. gen. of price πολλοῦ κεφαλαίου for a large sum Ac 22:28. τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι ἐν ἁγιασμῷ καὶ τιμῇ take a wife for himself (or: gain control over his own body; s. σκεῦος 3) in consecration and honor 1 Th 4:4 (cp. κτᾶσθαι γυναῖκα X., Symp. 2, 10; Sir 36:24). ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσεσθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν you will win your lives by your endurance Lk 21:19.

② bring upon oneself, of misfortunes, etc. (Soph.; Eur.; Thu. 1, 42, 2 ἔχθραν; Pr 3:31; ApcEsdr 2:12 p. 26, 5 Tdf. παρακοήν) εὔχομαι, ἵνα μὴ εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτὸ κτήσωνται I pray that they may not bring it (my message) upon themselves as a witness (against them) IPhld 6:3.

③ possess, the pf. (only in Ign. in our lit.) has this present mng. (Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 67 §282 οἱ κεκτημένοι=those who possessed [slaves]; En 97:10; TestSol 1:10 D; TestJob 11:2; JosAs 2:10 cod. A; EpArist 229; Philo, Cher. 119, Mos. 1, 157 al.; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 66; Just., D. 29, 2; Tat. 1:2 al.) τινά someone ἐπίσκοπον IEph 1:3. τὶ someth. ὄνομα 1:1. ἀγάπην 14:2. λόγον Ἰησοῦ 15:2. πνεῦμα IMg 15; IPol 1:3. διακονίαν IPhld 1:1. γνώμην IPol 8:1.—M-M. DELG. TW.

μετέχω fut. μεθέξω (Just., Tat.); 2 aor. μετέσχον, inf. μετασχεῖν; pf. μετέσχηκα (Pind., Hdt.+)

① to have a part or share in someth., share, have a share, participate w. gen. of thing in or of someth. (B-D-F §169, 1; Rob. 509) πάντων Dg 5:5. μετανοίας 1 Cl 8:5. φυλῆς ἑτέρας belong to another tribe Hb 7:13 (cp. Thu. 8, 86, 3). τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν share in the benefits Dg 8:11; θεοῦ μ. share in God IEph 4:2 (cp. Jos., C. Ap. 1, 232 θείας μ. φύσεως). μετέσχεν τῶν αὐτῶν he shared the same things (i.e. flesh and blood) Hb 2:14. Also of rights: τῆς ὑμῶν ἐξουσίας μ. enjoy authority over you 1 Cor 9:12. Abs. ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι τοῦ μετέχειν (sc. τῶν καρπῶν) in the hope of enjoying the crops 1 Cor 9:10, unless this belongs in 2.—W. acc.: the v.l. ἄνδρα μ. Lk 1:34 means be involved with a husband, i.e. have a husband.

② to partake of someth. in common with someone, eat, drink, enjoy, esp. w. foods (Just., D. 20, 3 τῶν…τροφιμωτάτων…ἐφιέμεθα καὶ μετέχομεν): ὁ μετέχων γάλακτος whoever lives on milk Hb 5:13. εἰ ἐγὼ χάριτι μετέχω (sc. τῆς τροφῆς) if I eat with thanks 1 Cor 10:30. Also μ. ἔκ τινος: ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου share, eat one and the same loaf 10:17 (s. Thieme 29f). On 1 Cor 9:10 s. 1 above.—In synecdoche: τραπέζης κυρίου, δαιμονίων share in, partake of the table of the Lord, of daemons i.e. in the Lord’s Supper and in polytheistic banquets 1 Cor 10:21 (Philostrat., Vi. Soph. 2, 15, 1 μ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ; New Docs 1, no. 3, 9 [I/II A.D.] μ. μυστηρίων.—μ. τραπέζης as Lucian, Cyn. 7; Philo, De Jos., 196).—M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.