make+a+statement

⁺ V 18-9-16-8-7=58 Gn 25,23; 30,28.35.40; Lv 5,4

A: to put asunder from, to separate from [τινα ἔκ τινος] Nm 8,14; to separate out [abs.] Mi 5,7; to separate, to distinguish [τι] (of anim.) Gn 30,35; to draw aside (a curtain) Jdt 14,15; to split up, to divide (people) [τινα] Sus^LXX 48; to define precisely [τι] Gn 30,28; to define, to teach [abs.] Neh 8,8; to discharge (a vow) [τι] Lv 22,21; to pay (for food) [τινι εἴς τι] Mal 3,11; to assign, to appoint [τι] Sir 16,26; to give charge [τινι] Ezr 8,24

M: to set aside [τι] Lv 16,26; to command (expressly), to give express orders to [τινι] Jdt 11,12; Ez 3,21(bis)

P: to be separated from [ἔκ τινος] Gn 25,23; to be sent away Na 1,12; to be set apart Lv 16,26; to be divided, to be structured [τινι] (archit.) Jer 22,14

τὰ διεσταλμένα the agreements 2 Mc 14,28; διαστεῖλαι ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ἀκαθάρτων καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν καθαρῶν to distinguish between the unclean and the clean Lv 11,47; διέστειλαν ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων it separated between them both 2 Kgs 2,11; ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα distinct vision 1 Sm 3,1; ἡ διαστέλλουσα τοῖς χείλεσιν (it) pronounces, makes an explicit statement Lv 5,4

*Jgs 1,19 διεστείλατο he set apart-הבדיל for MT ברזל iron; *Ez 24,14 οὐ διαστελῶ I will not make distinctions?-לא־אפרץ? for MT לא־אפרע I will not neglect it?, cpr. 1 Sm 3,1; *Hos 13,15 διαστελεῖ he will divide-יפריד? for MT יפריא he shall be fruitful

Cf. CAIRD 1968b=1972 124-125; HARL 1986a, 208-209(Gn 25,23); HELBING 1928 165.210; →NIDNTT; PREISIGKE; TWNT

αὐθεντ-ικός, ή, όν,

A principal,

ἄνεμοι Gp.1.11.1

.

2 warranted, authentic, χειρογραφία, ἀποχή, διαθήκη, POxy.260.20 (i A. D.), Ostr. 1010, BGU 326ii 23 (ii A. D.); original,

ἐπιστολαί PHamb. 18ii6

(iii A. D.);

ἐπιθύματα PMag.Leid.W.9.15

; ὄνομα ib.14.25; authoritative, Ptol.Tetr. 182. Adv. -κῶς, loqui make an authoritative statement, Cic.Att.9.14.2; αὐ. nuntiabatur ib.10.9.1: [comp] Comp.

- ώτερον

with higher authority,

Ptol. Tetr. 177

.

παραβάλλω, [tense] fut. - βᾰλῶ: [tense] aor. 2 παρέβᾰλον: [tense] pf. - βέβληκα:—

A throw beside or by, throw to one, as fodder to horses,

παρὰ δέ σφισι βάλλετ' ἐδωδήν Il.8.504

, cf. 5.369;

πὰρ δ' ἔβαλον ζειάς Od.4.41

;

π. [τοῖς ἵπποις] ἀμβροσίαν Pl.Phdr. 247e

;

π. τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοῖς ὄχλοις Plb.38.17.2

; πυρὶ φρύγανα π. add fuel to the flame, Arr.Epict.2.18.5, cf. 2.18.12:— [voice] Pass., παραβληθῆναι [τοῖς θηρίοις] D.C.59.10; τάριχος.. ἀπόνως παραβεβλημένον thrown carelessly before people, Ar.Fr. 333:—[voice] Med., μάζας ἐπὶ κάλαμον παραβαλλόμενοι ordering them to be served up, Pl.R. 372b.

b throw in,

φακέλους ἐς τὸ μεταξύ Th.2.77

, cf. 6.99.

2 hold out to one as a bait, X.Cyn.11.2.

3 cast in one's teeth,

τινί τι Aeschin.3.189

; object, offer in rejoinder,

τῷ πρώτῳ -βληθήσεται τοιοῦτος λόγος Phld.Ir.p.95

W.

II expose, παρέβαλέν τ' ἐμὲ παρὰ γένος ἀνόσιον put me in their power, Ar.Av. 333 (lyr.);

τῇ τύχῃ.. αὑτὸν π. Philippid.6

(v.l. for προ-) ; ἂν δ' ἀληθινὸν σαυτὸν παραβάλλῃς if you present, show yourself.., Posidipp.26:—freq. in [voice] Med., expose oneself or what is one's own to hazard or danger, αἰὲν ἐμὴν ψυχὴν παραβαλλόμενος πολεμίζειν risking it in war, Il.9.322; π. τὰ τέκνα risk the lives of one's children, Hdt.7.10.

θ; παῖδας Th.2.44

; πλείω παραβαλλόμενοι having greater interests at stake, Id.3.65;

οὐκ ἴσα π. X.Cyr.2.3.11

: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. in med. sense, Λακεδαιμονίοις πλεῖστον δὴ παραβεβλημένοι having risked far the most upon them, Th.5.113; also

τὸν κίνδυνον τῶν σωμάτων παραβαλλομένους Id.3.14

; venture,

πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν ὅταν -βάλωνται Plb.1.37.9

;

π. καὶ τολμᾶν Id.18.53.2

: c. dat.,

π. τοῖς ὅλοις Id.2.26.6

;

τῷ βίῳ IG12(3).1286.22

([place name] Astypalaea): c. inf., venture to do, Plu.Pel.8:—[voice] Pass., παραβεβλημένον τι εἰπεῖν make an unguarded statement, Philostr.VA4.42.

b in wagering, deposit one's stake, Plu.Cat.Mi.44.

2 [voice] Pass., c. dat., to be given up to,

πόρναισι καὶ κύβοισι παραβεβλημένος Ar.Pl. 243

.

III set beside or parallel with, Arist.PA 668a17 ([voice] Pass.), cf. Rh. 1419b35; Εὔβοια τῇ ἠπείρῳ παραβεβλημένη lying parallel with, Str.9.1.22: hence,

2 compare one with another, Isoc.9.34, etc.;

τι παρά τι Pl.Grg. 472c

; π. [ἵππον] ἵππῳ match one against another, X.Eq.9.8:—in [voice] Med., παραβάλλομαί σοι (sc. ὄρνιθι) θρήνους I set my songs against.., E.IT 1094 (lyr.): abs., παραβαλλόμεναι vying with one another, Id.Andr. 289 (lyr.); [

ἀφορμὰς] αἷς οὔτε Ἁρμόδιος παραβεβλήσεται Philostr.VA5.34

:—freq. in [voice] Pass.,

π. τινί Hdt.4.198

;

πρός τι Hp.Art.51

, X.Mem.2.4.5;

παρά τι Pl.Grg. 475e

; ἀπάτα δ' ἀπάταις παραβαλλομένα one piece of treachery set against another, S.OC 231 (lyr.).

3 bring alongside, in [voice] Med., τὴν ἄκατον παραβάλλου bring your boat alongside, heave to, Ar.Eq. 762;

ἐφόλκιον Plu.Pomp.73

; also

π. τὼ κωπίω Ar.Ra. 269

: abs., παραβαλοῦ ib. 180: metaph., παραβάλλου λοιδορῶν avast with your abuse! Plu.2.711d.

IV throw, turn, bend sideways, ὄμμα π. θύννου δίκην cast it askance, A.Fr. 308;

τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν παράβαλλ' ἐς Καρίαν Ar.Eq. 173

;

τὠφθαλμὼ παραβάλλεις Id.Nu. 362

(referred to by Pl.Smp. 221b);

π. τὸ ἕτερον οὖς πλάγιον X.Cyn.5.32

; π. τὰ ὦτα apply one's ears to listen, Pl.R. 531a;

παραβαλὼν τὴν κεφαλήν Id.Phd. 103a

; Ἡρακλεῖ στόμα π. lend one's mouth to Heracles, i.e. join in his praise, Pi.P.9.87 (v.l. περιβ-) ; π. τοὺς γομφίους lay to one's grinders, Ar. Pax34; π. τὸ θύριον τοῦ λόγου, metaph., put to the door.., close it, Plu.2.94 of.

V deposit with one, entrust to him,

τινί τι Hdt.2.154

.

VI in [voice] Med., deceive, betray, Id.1.108, Th.1.133, Alc.Com.30 ([voice] Act. in the same sense, Hsch.; cf. παραβαλλέταιρος).

VII Geom., π. παρά .. apply a figure to a finite line,

παραλληλόγραμμον π. παρὰ εὐθεῖαν Euc.6.27

, cf. Archim.Aequil.2.1.

2 since to apply an area xy to a line of length x is to divide xy by x, π. = divide,

τι παρά τι Dioph.5.10

, al.; cf. παρά C. 1.4c.

B intr., come near, approach, Pl.Ly. 203b, PPetr.3p.102 (iii B. C.), etc.; enter, Arist.Pol. 1331a34; π. ἀλλήλοις meet one another, Pl.R. 556c; f.l. for περιβάλῃ, ib. 499b;

παρέβαλεν Ἀναξιμένει τῷ ῥήτορι

was a pupil of

A.

, Plu.2.846f.

II go by sea, cross over,

παρέβαλε νηυσὶ ἰθὺ Σκιάθου Hdt.7.179

, cf. Philipp. ap. D.12.16, Arist.Mir. 836a29; of ships,

ναῦς Πελοποννησίων ἐς Ἰωνίαν π. Th.3.32

.

III come alongside, bring to,

περὶ Ῥόδον παραβαλόντος ναυτικοῦ στόλου Arist.GA 763a31

; παραβαλόντες τῇ πεντήρει having come alongside of her, in a sea-fight, Plb.15.2.12, cf. 1.22.9: generally, come to land, of quails, Arist.HA 597b15:—in [voice] Med., put in,

πρός τινας Philostr. VA6.16

.

IV metaph., direct one's course towards,

εἰς ἡδονάς Arist.EN 1153b34

.

V Astrol., to be in the same right ascension as, c. dat., Cat.Cod.Astr.1.113, 5(1).188.

προκατα-τίθημι, in [tense] aor. προκατέθηκεν,

A gloss on ἔθηκεν, Apollon.Lex.

II mostly [voice] Med., set down before, τὸν λόγον make an introductory statement, Hp.Vict.1.1.

2 lay up in store,

χάριν J.AJ19.1.10

;

εὐεργεσίαν ἔς τινα D.C.48.30

.

ἔοικα,

A as, ε, etc., [tense] pf. with [tense] pres. sense, to be like: rarely in other tenses, [ per.] 3sg. [tense] impf.

εἶκε

it was opportune,

Il.18.520

(unless fr.

εἴκω 111

): [tense] fut.

εἴξω

will be like,

Ar.Nu. 1001

; [tense] pf. [ per.] 3 dual

ἔϊκτον Od.4.27

; [ per.] 1pl.

ἔοιγμεν S.Aj. 1239

, Ichn.95, E.Cyc.99;

ἐοίκαμεν Pl.La. 193d

; [ per.] 3pl.

εἴξασι E.Hel. 497

, Ar.Av.96, Pl.Plt. 291a, Sph. 230a, Pl.Com.22, 153, Eub.98.8;

ἐοίκασι Pl.R. 584d

; inf.

εἰκέναι E.Fr. 167

, Ar.Nu. 185 (cf. προσέοικα); part. εἰκώς (also

ἐϊκώς Il.21.254

, v. sub εἰκός)

; εἰοικυῖαι 18.418

: [dialect] Ion. (not [dialect] Ep.) οἶκα, ας, ε, Hdt.4.82,5.20, 106, part.

οἰκώς Id.6.125

; but ἔοκια, ἐοικώς are found in other Ionic writers, as Semon. 7.41, Anacr.84, Heraclit.1, Hp.Aër.6, Democr.266, and codd. of Hdt. vary; [ per.] 2sg. εἶκας (v.l. οἶκας) Alcm.80: [tense] plpf. ἐῴκειν, εις, ει, Od. 1.411, etc.; [ per.] 3pl.

ἐῴκεσαν Th.7.75

, etc., [dialect] Ep.

ἐοίκεσαν Il.13.102

; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3 dual

ἐΐκτην 1.104

, Od.4.662, Hes.Sc. 390 codd.: [dialect] Att. [tense] plpf.

ᾔκειν Ar. Av. 1298

(Dawes from Sch.):—[voice] Pass., [ per.] 3sg. [tense] pf.

ἤϊκται Nic.Th. 658

: [tense] plpf.

ἤϊκτο Od.20.31

, al.,

ἔϊκτο Il.23.107

.

I to be like, look like, c. dat., Il.14.474, etc.;

Μαχάονι πάντα ἔοικε 11.613

;

κεφαλήν τε καὶ ὄμματα καλὰ ἔοικας κείνῳ Od.1.208

; so εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε, δέμας, etc., Il.2.58, 21.285, etc.; εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν, ἄντα ἐῴκει, 3.158, 24.630, al.; μελαίνῃ κηρὶ ἔοικε is considered like, i.e. hated like, death, Od.17.500: c. part., αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην seemed always just about to set foot upon the chariot, Il.23.379; ἔοικε σημαίνοντι seems to indicate, Pl.Cra. 437a; τοὐναντίον ἔοικεν σπεύδοντι seems to urge the opposite, Id.Prt. 361b, cf. X.Mem.1.6.10,4.3.8, Arist.Sens. 437b24; ἔοικεν τοῦτο ἀτόπῳ this is like an absurdity, seems absurd, Pl.Phd. 62d;

δαιμονίᾳ ἔοικεν εὐεργεσίᾳ D.2.1

: used by A. in this sense only in part. εἰκώς like, c. dat., Ag. 760 (lyr.), Ch. 560 (cf. IV.1).

2

ἐοικέναι κατά τι

to be analogous to,

Plot.4.4.39

.

II seem, c. inf. (where we make the Verb impersonal): c. inf. [tense] pres., methinks, ἔοικα δέ τοι παραείδειν ὥς τε θεῷ I seem to sing (i. e. methinks I sing) to thee, as to a god, Od.22.348; χλιδᾶν ἔοικας methinks thou art delicate, A.Pr. 971;

ἔοικα θρηνεῖν μάτην Id.Ch. 926

, cf. 730;

ἔοικα.. οὐκ εἰδέναι S.OT 744

;

ἔοικα.. ἐποικτίρειν σε Id.Ph. 317

: c. [tense] fut. inf., θέλξειν μ' ἔοικας it seems likely that thou wilt.., A.Eu. 900;

ἐρεῖν ἔοικας Id.Pr. 984

;

ἔοικα θεσπιῳδήσειν Id.Ag. 1161

;

κτενεῖν ἔοικας Id.Ch. 922

;

τὸν ἄνδρ' ἔοικεν ὕπνος ἔξειν S.Ph. 821

;

ἔοικα πράξειν οὐδέν E.Hec. 813

, cf. Cyc.99: c. [tense] aor. inf., πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν.. ἀγῶνας κηρῦξαι methinks we proclaimed, S.Aj. 1239: c. [tense] pf. inf.,

ἔοικεν ἐπωνομάσθαι Pl.Cra. 419c

: c. part., ἔοικε κεκλημένη seems to be called, ibid.;

ἐοίκατε ἡδόμενοι X.HG6.3.8

;

κατακεκομμένη ἔοικεν ἡ σύνθεσις καὶ εὐκαταφρόνητος Demetr.Eloc.4

.

2 impers., ἔοικε it seems: ὡς ἔοικε as it seems, S.Ant. 576, 740, El. 772, 1341, E.Andr. 551, etc., used by Pl. merely to modify a statement, probably, I believe, Phd.61c, R. 332b, al.; ἔοικεν in answers, so it seems, ib. 334a, 346c, al.

3 personal in the same sense,

ὡς ἔοικας S.El. 516

, Tr. 1241;

ὡς εἴξασιν E.Hel. 497

.

III beseem, befit, c. dat. pers.,

τὸ μὲν ἀπιέναι.. οὐδενὶ καλῷ ἔοικε X.An.6.5.17

(unless οὐδενὶ κ. is neut.);

ἀνδράσι ἔοικεν τὰ τῆς γεωργίας POxy. 899.18

( 200 A.D.): c. dat. et inf.,

τὰ μὲν οὔ τι καταθνητοῖσιν ἔοικεν ἄνδρεσσιν φορέειν Il.10.440

; cf. 111.2 fin.

2 most freq. impers., ἔοικε it is fitting, reasonable, mostly with neg. and folld. by inf.,

οὐκ ἔστ' οὐδὲ ἔοικε τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι Il.14.212

;

οὐ γὰρ ἔοικ' ὀτρυνέμεν 4.286

: freq. c. acc. et inf., 12.212, al.; in Od.22.196 an inf. must be supplied, εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ καταλέγμενος, ὥς σε ἔοικεν (sc. καταλέξασθαι) ; ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε (sc. εἶναι) Il.1.119:—rare in [dialect] Att.,

ἔοικεν νέῳ.. ὀργὴν ὑποφέρειν Pl.Lg. 879c

.

IV part. ἐοικώς, εἰκώς, [dialect] Ion. οἰκώς, υῖα, ός,

1 seeming like, like, Il.3.449, etc.:—the longer form is found in [dialect] Att. Prose,

φόβος οὐδενὶ ἐοικώς Th.7.71

;

εἰκώς A.Ag. 760

(lyr.), Ch. 560, E.Cyc. 376, Ar.V. 1321.

2 fitting, seemly, μῦθοί γε ἐοικότες.., ὧδε ἐοικότα μυθήσασθαι, Od.3.124, 125, cf. 4.239;

ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ 1.46

; ἐϊκυῖαν ἄκοιτιν a suitable wife, 'a help meet for him', Il.9.399.

3 likely, probable, εἰκός ἐστι, = ἔοικε, S.El. 659, 1488, etc.; esp. ὡς εἰκός, [dialect] Ion. ὡς οἰκός, = ὡς ἔοικε, Hdt.1.45 (sc. ἦν), S.Ph. 498, etc.;

οἷον εἰκός Pl.R. 406c

;

καθάπερ εἰκός Id.Ti. 24d

; also

ὡς τὸ εἰκός Id.Phd. 67a

, R. 407d, etc.; οἱ εἰκότες λόγοι, μῦθοι, Id.Ti. 48d, 59c; ἀδύνατα εἰκότα plausible miracles, opp. δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα, Arist.Po. 1460a27.

4 καὶ τὰ ἐοικότα and the like,

αἶγες, αἴλουροι, καὶ τὰ ἐ. S.E.P.1.47

, cf. 3.180;

ἄρτιον, περιττόν, τέλειον, τὰ ἐ. Nicom. Ar.1.3

.

5 neut. Subst. εἰκός (q.v.).

ὅτῐ, [dialect] Ep. [full] ὅττῐ (both in Hom.): Conj., to introduce an objective clause,

A that, after Verbs of seeing or knowing, thinking or saying; in Hom. freq. strengthd. ὅτι ῥα, and ὅτι δή:—Usage:

I when ὅτι introduces a statement of fact:

a in Hom. always with ind., the tense following the same rules as in English,

ἤγγειλ' ὅττι ῥά οἱ πόσις ἔκτοθι μίμνε πυλάων Il.22.439

.

b in [dialect] Att., ὅτι takes ind. after primary tenses, ind. or opt. after secondary tenses, e.g.

ἐνδείκνυμαι ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι σοφός Pl.Ap. 23b

;

ᾔσθετο ὅτι τὸ Μένωνος στράτευμα ἤδη ἐν Κιλικίᾳ ἦν X.An.1.2.21

, cf. 2.2.15, al.;

ἔλεγον ὅτι οὐκ ὀρθῶς αἱ σπονδαὶ γένοιντο Th.5.61

, cf. Pl.Phd. 59e, etc.;

ἠπείλησ' ὅτι.. βαδιοίμην Ar.Pl. 88

: the ind. is freq. retained in the same tense which the speaker used or would have used, ἠγγέλθη.. ὅτι Μέγαρα ἀφέστηκε news came that Megara had (lit. has) revolted, Th.1.114; ἀποκρινάμενοι ὅτι πέμψουσι ib.90: sts. opt. and ind. are found in the same sentence,

ἔλεγον, ὅτι Κῦρος μὲν τέθνηκεν, Ἀριαῖος δὲ πεφευγὼς.. εἴη X.An. 2.1.3

;

Περικλῆς.. προηγόρευε.. ὅτι Ἀρχίδαμος μέν οἱ ξένος εἴη.., τοὺς δ' ἀγροὺς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ καὶ οἰκίας.., ἀφίησιν αὐτὰ δημόσια εἶναι Th. 2.13

, cf. Pl.Phd. 61b, etc.: also ὅτι .. and the acc. with inf. are found together, Th.3.25, X.Cyr.1.3.13.

2 when ὅτι introduces a conditional sentence, the Constr. after ὅτι is the same as in independent conditional sentences, εἴ τις ἔροιτο, καθ' ὁποίους νόμους δεῖ πολιτεύεσθαι, δῆλον ὅτι ἀποκρίναισθ' ἄν .. it is manifest that you would answer.., D.46.12, cf. X.Mem.1.6.12.

II ὅτι is freq. inserted pleon. in introducing a quotation (where we use no Conj. and put inverted commas), λόγον τόνδε ἐκφαίνει ὁ Πρωτεύς, λέγων ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰ μὴ περὶ πολλοῦ ἡγεύμην .. Hdt.2.115; καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον, ὅ. ἡ αὐτή μοι ἀρχή ἐστι .. Pl.Prt. 318a, cf. 356a, 361a, etc.; even where the quotation consists of one word, ib. 330c, Men. 74b, 74c.

2 ὅ. is also used pleon. with the inf. and acc. (cf.

ὡς B.

I.I), εἶπον ὅτι πρῶτον ἐμὲ χρῆναι πειραθῆναι κατ' ἐμαυτόν (which is in fact a mixture of two constrr.) Id.Lg. 892d, cf. Phd.63c, X.HG2.2.2, etc.; but ὅτι has freq. been wrongly inserted by the copyists, as if εἶπεν or λέγουσιν must be followed by it, as in Th.4.37 (om. Pap.), X.Cyr.5.4.1, etc.

III ὅτι in [dialect] Att. freq. represents a whole sentence, esp. in affirm. answers, οὐκοῦν.. τὸ ἀδικεῖν κάκιον ἂν εἴη τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι. Answ. δῆλον δὴ ὅτι (i.e. ὅτι κάκιον ἂν εἴη, or ὅτι ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει) Pl.Grg. 475c; cf. οἶδ' ὅτι, ἴσθ' ὅτι, οἶσθ' ὅτι, S.Ant. 276, 758, Pl.Grg. 486a, etc.: hence arose the practice of using δηλονότι (q.v.) as Adv.

2 what we make the subject of the Verb which follows ὅτι freq. stands in the preceding clause, Αυκάονας δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ εἴδομεν, ὅτι.. καρποῦνται (for εἴδομεν, ὅτι Λυκάονες καρποῦνται) X.An.3.2.23, cf. 3.2.29, etc.

IV ὅτι sts.= with regard to the fact that,

ὅτι.. οὔ φησι.. ὄνομα εἶναι, ὑποπτεύω αὐτὸν σκώπτειν Pl.Cra. 384c

, cf. Prt. 330e, etc.

V οὐχ ὅ..., ἀλλὰ or

ἀλλὰ καὶ.., οὐχ ὅ. ὁ Κρίτων ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ἦν, ἀλλὰ οἱ φίλοι αὐτοῦ

not only

Crito

.., but his friends, X.Mem.2.9.8; more fully,

οὐ μόνον ὅ. ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες Pl.Smp. 179b

: so folld. by ἀλλ' οὐδὲ.., ταύτῃ ἀδύνατα ἐξισοῦσθαι οὐχ ὅ. τὰ ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ, ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ not only the powers in Europe, but.., Th.2.97: οὐχ ὅ., not folld. by a second clause, means although,

οὐχ ὅ. παίζει καί φησι Pl.Prt. 336d

, cf. Grg. 450e, Tht. 157b; cf.

ὅπως A.

II. 2.

2 for ὅτι μή, v. ὅ τι 11.

B as a causal Particle, for that, because, generally after Verbs of feeling, Il.1.56, 14.407, al.;

οὐδὲν ἐκπλαγείς, ὅτι.. εἶδες Jul.Or.1.31a

: but without such a Verb,

ὃν περὶ πάσης τῖεν ὁμηλικίης, ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη Il.5.326

, cf. 9.76, al.;

μάλιστα δ' αὐτοὺς ἐπεκαλέσαντο ὅτι τειχομαχεῖν ἐδόκουν δυνατοὶ εἶναι Th.1.102

, cf. And.1.75, Aeschin.3.231; so

ὅτιπερ Th.4.14

.

b folld. by τί, ὅτι τί; why? (lit. because why?) D.23.214; ὅτι τί δή; Ar.Pl. 136, Luc.Dem.Enc.22; ὅτι δὴ τί μάλιστα; Pl.R. 343a; ὅτι δὴ τί γε; Id.Chrm. 161c; cf. ὁτιή.

2 seeing that, in giving the reason for saying what is said, γλαυκὴ δέ σε τίκτε θάλασσα.. ὅτι τοι νόος ἐστὶν ἀπηνής as is proved by the fact that.., Il.16.35, cf. 21.488, Od.22.36. [The last syll. is never elided in [dialect] Att., prob. to avoid confusion with ὅτε: in Hom. ὅτ' ([etym.] ὅ τ') prob. always represents ὅτε ([etym.] ὅ τε): there are no examples of ὅττ': hiatus after ὅτι is permitted in Com., Ar.Lys. 611, Ach. 516.]

ναί particle denoting affirmation, agreement, or emphasis (Hom.+; POxy 1413, 7 al. in pap; LXX, TestSol, TestAbr; JosAs17:1 cod. A; ApcSed 3:2; ApcMos 17:1; EpArist 201 ναί, βασιλεῦ; Jos., Ant. 17, 169; Just.) yes, certainly, indeed, it’s true that

ⓐ in answer to a question

α. asked by another pers., yes (Ael. Aristid. 34 p. 663 D.; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 4, 1 al.; Alexander Numenianus [time of Hadrian]: Rhet. Gr. ed. LSpengel III 1856 p. 24f: the answer to a question should be ναὶ ἢ οὔ; Ammonius Phil., In Int. p. 199, 21 ἀποκρίν. τὸ ναὶ ἢ τὸ οὔ; Sb 7696, 57 [250 A.D.]) Mt 9:28; 13:51; 17:25; 21:16; J 11:27; 21:15f; Ac 5:8; 22:27; GPt 10:42; Hs 9, 11, 8; GJs 19:1 codd.; AcPl Ha 5, 2 (restored).

β. asked by one who answers: yes, indeed ναὶ λέγω ὑμῖν Mt 11:9; Lk 7:26 gives an affirmative answer to the question directed to the crowd, thereby confirming the correctness of the crowd’s opinion; the people are ‘on the right track’, but need further instruction.—If the question is put in negative form, the answer may be of course Ro 3:29 (cp. after negative assertion TestAbr A 17 p. 99, 9 [Stone p. 46]; ApcMos 17).

ⓑ in declarations of agreement to the statements of others: certainly, indeed, quite so (Gen 42:21; Epict. 2, 7, 9 ναί, κύριε; Diod S 13, 26, 1 ναί, ἀλλά=indeed, but; Lucian, Jupp. Tr. 6 and 9 ναί. ἀλλὰ …) ναί, κύριε• καὶ γάρ certainly, Lord (or sir); and yet Mt 15:27; Mk 7:28 v.l. (but it may also mean an urgent repetition of the request: B-D-F §441, 1; AFridrichsen, ConNeot 1, ’36, 10–13; Athen. Tafel Elderkin 2 [III A.D.]: Hesperia 6, ’37, 383ff, ln. 7 a fervent invocation in prayer: ναὶ κύριε Τυφώς, ἐκδίκησον … καὶ βοήθησον αὐτῷ; PGM 1, 216 ναί, κύριε; cp. 36, 227); Hv 3, 3, 1; 4, 3, 1; m 6, 1, 1. Prob. Rv 14:13; 16:7; 22:20b v.l. belong here.

ⓒ in emphatic repetition of one’s own statement yes (indeed) Mt 11:26; Lk 10:21; 11:51. ναὶ λέγω ὑμῖν, τοῦτον φοβήθητε yes, indeed, that’s the one to fear, I tell you 12:5.— Phlm 20; 14:1. The repetition can consist in the fact that one request preceded and a similar one follows ναὶ ἐρωτῶ καὶ σέ yes, and I ask you Phil 4:3.—1 Cl 60:3.

ⓓ in solemn assurance (Herodas 1, 86 ναὶ Δήμητρα = by Demeter) ναὶ ἔρχομαι ταχύ surely I am coming soon Rv 22:20. ναί, ἀμήν so it is to be, assuredly so 1:7.

ⓔ In wordplay ναί is used w. οὔ: ἤτω ὑμῶν τὸ ναὶ ναί, καὶ τὸ οὒ οὔ let your ‘yes’ be yes, and your ‘no’ no i.e., the absolute dependability of your statements should make an oath unnecessary Js 5:12. But Mt 5:37 reads ἔστω ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ i.e., a clear ‘yes’, a clear ‘no’ and nothing more (ναί doubled also Archilochus [VII B.C.] 99 Diehl³; Alciphron 4, 13, 8; Theodor. Prodr. 8, 321 Hercher; PGM 1, 90; PMinear, NovT 13, ’71, 1–13). Yet many (B-D-F §432, 1; Wlh., EKlostermann, M‘Neile on Mt 5:37; CTorrey, The Four Gospels ’33, 291; ELittmann, ZNW 34, ’35, 23f) assume that Mt 5:37 has the same sense as Js 5:12; the Koridethi gosp. (ms. Θ) assimilates the text of the Mt pass. to the one in Js.—Paul denies that, in forming his plans, he has proceeded in such a way ἵνα ᾖ παρʼ ἐμοὶ τὸ ναὶ ναὶ καὶ τὸ οὒ οὔ that my ‘yes’ should at the same time be ‘no’ 2 Cor 1:17; cp. vs. 18. This is just as impossible as that in the gospel ναὶ καὶ οὔ ‘yes’ and ‘no’ are preached at the same time vs. 19a. Rather, in Jesus Christ there is only ‘yes’ vs. 19b to all the promises of God vs. 20.—EKutsch, Eure Rede aber sei ja ja, nein nein: EvTh ’60, 206–18.—DELG. M-M.

σκεῦος, ους, τό (Aristoph., Thu.+)

① a material object used to meet some need in an occupation or other responsibility, gener. thing, object used for any purpose at all (e.g. a table: Diod S 17, 66, 5) Mk 11:16 (PCasey, CBQ 59, ’97, 306–32). σκεῦος ἐλεφάντινον or ἐκ ξύλου Rv 18:12ab. Pl. (Diod S 13, 12, 6) Dg 2:2–4. Of all one has (Jos., Vi. 68; 69) τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ his property Lk 17:31.—Mt 12:29; Mk 3:27 (both in allusion to Is 49:24f).—By an added statement or via the context σκ. can become an object of a certain specific kind: τὰ σκεύη τῆς λειτουργίας the equipment used in cultic service Hb 9:21 (ParJer 3:9; 11:18; cp. Jos., Bell. 6, 389 τὰ πρὸς τὰς ἱερουργίας σκεύη). Also τὰ ἅγια σκεύη Ox 840, 14; 21; 29f (Jos., Bell. 2, 321; cp. Plut., Mor. 812b σκεῦος ἱερόν; Philo, Mos. 2, 94; Just., D. 52, 3 σκεύη ἱερά). τὸ σκεῦος Ac 27:17 seems to be the kedge or driving-anchor (Breusing 17ff; Blass and Haenchen ad loc.; Voigt [s. σκευή]. Differently HBalmer, Die Romfahrt des Ap. Pls 1905, 355ff. See FBrannigan, TGl 25, ’33, 182–84; PEdg 6 [=Sb 6712], 10 [258 B.C.] ἄνευ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σκευῶν πλεῖν τὰ πλοῖα. Pl. also X., Oec. 8, 11f; ; TestJob 18:7 and elsewh. of ship’s gear; Arrian, Peripl. 5, 2 τὰ σκεύη τὰ ναυτικά. Eng. tr. have ‘gear’, ‘sails’). Ac 10:11, 16; 11:5 represent a transitional stage on the way to 2.

② a container of any kind, vessel, jar, dish, etc. (Aristoph., Thesm. 402; X., Mem. 1, 7, 5; Aelian, VH 12, 8; Herodian 6, 7, 7; LXX; Jos., Bell. 7, 106; 8, 89; PsSol 17:38; TestNapth 2:2; JosAs; Just., A I, 9, 2 ἐξ ἀτίμων … σκευῶν) Lk 8:16; J 19:29; 2 Ti 2:20 (four kinds as Plut., Caes. 730 [48, 7]). τὸ κενὸν σκεῦος Hm 11:13. ποιεῖν σκ. make a vessel 2 Cl 8:2. τὰ σκεύη τὰ κεραμικά Rv 2:27 (s. κεραμικός). σκ. εἰς τιμήν or εἰς ἀτιμίαν (s. τιμή 2b) Ro 9:21; 2 Ti 2:21 (a fig. sense makes itself felt in the latter pass.).

③ a human being exercising a function, instrument, vessel fig. ext. of 1 or 2 (Polyb. 13, 5, 7 Δαμοκλῆς ὑπηρετικὸν ἦν ς.) for Christ Paul is a σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς a chosen instrument Ac 9:15.—Of the body, in which the Spirit dwells (cp. TestNapht 8:6 ὁ διάβολος οἰκειοῦται αὐτὸν ὡς ἴδιον σκεῦος; ApcMos 16 γενοῦ μοι σκεῦος; and the magical prayer in FPradel, Griech. u. südital. Gebete1907, p. 9, 11f ἐξορκίζω σε ἐξελθεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ σκεύους τούτου) Hm 5, 1, 2. Christ’s body as τὸ σκ. τοῦ πνεύματος the vessel of the Spirit B 7:3; 11:9; cp. τὸ καλὸν σκεῦος 21:8 (of the human body, as ApcSed 11:5 [p. 134, 17 Ja.] ὦ χεῖρες … διʼ ἃς τὸ σκεῦος τρέφεται; cp. 10 [ln. 25 Ja.]; 11 [ln. 27 Ja.]). On the human body as ὀστράκινα σκεύη 2 Cor 4:7, s. ὀστράκινος. Those who are lost are σκεύη ὁργῆς Ro 9:22 (cp. Jer 27:25.—CDodd, JTS 5, ’54, 247f: instruments of judgment; sim. AHanson, JTS 32, ’81, 433–43), those who are saved σκ. ἐλέους vs. 23.—1 Pt 3:7 woman is called ἀσθενέστερον σκεῦος (ἀσθενής 2a). τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος 1 Th 4:4 from antiquity has been interpreted to mean one’s own body (Theodoret, Calvin, Milligan, Schlatter, MDibelius; RKnox, transl. ’44; CCD transl. ’41, mg.; NRSV) or one’s own wife (Theodore of Mopsuestia, Schmiedel, vDobschütz, Frame, Oepke; WVogel, ThBl 13, ’34, 83–85; RSV et al.). The former interpr. is supported by passages cited at the beg. of this section 3, and the latter is in accord w. rabb. usage (Billerb. III 632f. S. also κτάομαι 1). Also probable for 1 Th 4:4 is ‘penis’ (so Antistius [I A.D.] in Anthol. Plan. 4, 243; Aelian, NA 17, 11; cp. the euphemistic Lat. ‘vasa’ in this sense: Plautus, Poenulus. 863; s. MPoole, Synopsis Criticorum Ali. Sacrae Script., rev. ed.1694, V col. 908; on sim. usage at Qumran s. TElgvin, NTS 43, ’97, 604–19; NAB [1970] renders guarding his member [difft. rev. ed. of NAB, 1986]. Cp. KDonfried, NTS 31, ’85, 342). In such case κτᾶσθαι must mean someth. like ‘gain control of’, etc.—DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

στρεβλόω (στρέφω, cp. prec. entry) impv. 2 sg. στρέβλου (Hdt., Aristoph. et al.; pap, LXX) orig. ‘twist, make taut’ of cables, then in various senses of wrenching dislocated limbs for the purpose of setting them, and of the use of tortuous devices in the course of inquiries (s. e.g. BGU 195, 13 [II A.D.]; 4 Macc; Jos., Bell. 7, 373); in our lit. only fig. (cp. 2 Km 22:27 of perverse pers.)

① to cause inward pain, torture, torment (Diod S 16, 61, 3 tortured by anxiety) μὴ στρέβλου σεαυτόν do not trouble yourself (with the solving of a riddle, as Vi. Aesopi W 78 P.) Hs 9, 2, 7.

② to distort a statement so that a false mng. results, twist, distort (2 Km 22:27) τὶ someth. (Numenius of Apamea, περὶ τῆς τῶν Ἀκαδημαϊκῶν πρὸς Πλάτωνα διαστάσεως 1, 1 ed. KGuthrie [1917] p. 63) 2 Pt 3:16.—DELG s.v. στρεβλό. M-M.

τὶς, τὶ, gen. τινός, dat. τινί, acc. τινά, τὶ (Hom.+) enclitic, indefinite pronoun (W-S. §26, 1–4; B-D-F §301 al.; Rob. 741–44)

① a ref. to someone or someth. indefinite, anyone, anything; someone, something; many a one/thing, a certain one

ⓐ subst.

α. τὶς, τινές

א. someone, anyone, somebody Mt 12:29, 47; Mk 8:4; 9:30; 11:16; Lk 8:46; 9:57; 13:6, 23; J 2:25; 6:46; Ac 5:25; 17:25; Ro 5:7ab; 1 Cor 15:35; 2 Cor 11:20 (five times); Hb 3:4; Js 2:18; 2 Pt 2:19 al. Pl. τινές some, a number of (people—supplied as in Appian, Hann. 47 §203 λαβών τινας=he received some, i.e. people; TestAbr B 14 p. 118, 20 [Stone p. 84]; TestJob 9:8; Just., A I, 28, 2) Lk 13:1; Ac 15:1; Gal 2:12; 2 Th 3:11; anyone 2 Pt 3:9b (TestAbr B 12 p. 116, 24 [Stone p. 80] εἶδεν … τινὰς ἀπερχομένους εἰς ἔρημον τόπον).—In contrast to a majority made evident by the context some of those present (Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 26 §119 ἔφερόν τινες) Mk 14:65; J 13:29a; of all (under consideration) 1 Cor 8:7; 9:22. ἀνατρέπουσιν τήν τινων πίστιν 2 Tim 2:18; AcPlCor 1:2.—W. partitive gen. (Diod S 2, 24, 4; Plut., Mor. 189a τῶν ἐχθρῶν τις; Epict. 2, 14, 1 τὶς τῶν Ῥωμαϊκῶν; TestReub 4:2 τινὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν; Ar. 12, 7 τινὲς … αὐτῶν; Just., A I, 27, 3; Tat. 36, 2) τὶς τῶν Φαρισαίων (some) one of the Pharisees, a Pharisee Lk 7:36. Cp. 11:45; Ac 5:15. τὶς ὑμῶν 1 Cor 6:1. Pl. τινὲς τῶν γραμματέων some (of the) scribes Mt 9:3. Cp. 12:38; 28:11; Mk 7:1f; 12:13; Lk 6:2; Ac 10:23; 12:1; 17:18a, 28; 1 Cor 10:7–10 al.—Also τὶς ἐκ (Plut., Galba 1065 [27, 2]; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 84 §343 τὶς ἐκ τῆς βουλῆς) τὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν Js 2:16; Hb 3:13; GJs 24:2. Pl. τινὲς ἐξ αὐτῶν (Jos., Bell. 1, 311; Just., D. 85, 1 τινὲς ἐξ ὑμῶν) Lk 11:15. Cp. J 6:64; 7:25, 44; 9:16; 11:37, 46; Ac 15:24.—τὶς ἐν ὑμῖν any one among you, any of you Js 5:13a, 14, 19. ἐν ὑμῖν τινες 1 Cor 15:12.—ταῦτά τινες ἦτε some of you were that sort of people 6:11 (οὗτος 1bζ). τινές described by a rel. clause (Dionysius Com. [IV B.C.] 11 εἰσίν τινες νῦν, οὓς …) Mk 9:1. τὶς in 14:47 is prob. not original (PDickerson, JBL 116, ’97, 302).

ב. with suggestion of non-specificity in a context where an entity is specified to some extent τίς a certain pers., etc., of a definite pers. Lk 9:49; 2 Cor 2:5; 10:7; 11:21 (of an opponent as UPZ 146, 2 [II B.C.]; Sallust. 12 p. 24, 20; 24.—Artem. 4, 22 p. 214, 20ff τὶς … οὗ ἐγὼ καίπερ εὖ εἰδὼς τὸ ὄνομα οὐκ ἐπιμνησθήσομαι; Tat. 27, 1 [of Callimachus]). Pl. τινές certain people, etc. (Crates, Ep. 32 [p. 82 Malherbe]; Demosth. 25, 40, Ep. 3, 8; Diod S 15, 18, 1; Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 112 §470 ‘certain’ people who had conspired to cause trouble; Iambl., Myst. 1, 13 p. 43, 2 P.; Sallust. 4 p. 4, 28) Ro 3:8; 1 Cor 4:18; 15:34; 2 Cor 3:1; 1 Ti 1:3, 19 al.; 2 Pt 3:9a. W. a name added ἦν δέ τις ἀσθενῶν, Λάζαρος there was a man who was ill, named L. J 11:1 (begins like a story that originally circulated independently; cp. Alcman 84 Diehl² ἦσκέ [=ἦν] τις Καφεὺς ἀνάσσων=there was once someone, named Capheus, who ruled). The name is also added in Ac 18:7. W. a subst. ptc. τινές εἰσι οἱ ταράσσοντες Gal 1:7 (cp. Lysias 19, 57 εἰσί τινες οἱ προαναλίσκοντες).

ג. For εἷς τις s. εἷς 3c. For εἴ τις s. εἰ 7. ἐάν τις (TestAbr B 13 p. 118, 7 [Stone p. 84]; Just., D. 46, 1 ἐὰν δέ τινε) Mt 21:3a; 24:23; Mk 11:3; Lk 16:30; J 6:51 al.; Ac 13:41 (Hab 1:5); 1 Cor 8:10; 10:28; Col 3:13a; 1 Ti 1:8; 2 Ti 2:5; Js 2:14; 1J 2:1, 15; 4:20; Rv 3:20; 22:18f. ἐὰν μή τις if someone … not J 3:3, 5; 15:6; if no one Ac 8:31. τὶς w. a neg. no one, nobody οὐ … τὶς J 10:28. οὐδὲ … τὶς Mt 11:27; 12:19. οὔτε … τὶς Ac 28:21. οὐ … ὑπό τινος 1 Cor 6:12. μή τις that no one Mt 24:4; Mk 13:5; Ac 27:42; 1 Cor 1:15; 16:11; 2 Cor 8:20; 11:16a; Eph 2:9; 1 Th 5:15; Hb 4:11 al. πρὸς τὸ μή τινα 1 Th 2:9. ὥστε μὴ … τινά Mt 8:28.

ד. The ptc. that belongs directly w. the indef. pron. is added w. the art. πρός τινας τοὺς πεποιθότας to some who put their trust Lk 18:9. Cp. 2 Cor 10:2; Gal 1:7; Col 2:8. But it also stands without the art: τινῶν λεγόντων when some were talking Lk 21:5. Cp. 1 Ti 6:10, 21; Hb 10:28.

ה. corresponding τὶς … ἕτερος δέ someone … and another 1 Cor 3:4. τινὲς (μὲν) … τινὲς (δέ) Lk 9:7f; Phil 1:15 (τινὲς μὲν … τινὲς δέ as Diod S 12, 41, 6; Ar. 8, 2).

ו. each one καθώς τις ἄξιός ἐστιν κατοικεῖν as each one deserves to dwell Hs 8, 2, 5a. Cp. 8, 4, 2. B-D-F §301, 2.

β. τὶ, τινά

א. something, anything ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἔχει τι κατὰ σοῦ Mt 5:23. Cp. 20:20; Mk 8:23; 9:22; 13:15; Lk 7:40; 11:54; J 13:29a; 1 Cor 10:31 al.—W. partitive gen. (Diod S 20, 39, 3 τινὰ τῶν ἀφηρπασμένων=some of what had been seized [by the enemy]; Just., D. 2, 4 τὶ τῶν εἰς εὐδαιμονίαν συντελούντων something that contributes to happiness) τὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Ac 4:32. Cp. Ro 15:18; Eph 5:27. τὶ ἀγαθοῦ Hs 5, 3, 3.

ב. in negative statements not (nor) anything = nothing οὔτε … τὶ Ac 25:8. οὐδὲ … τὶ 1 Ti 6:7 (TestJob 11:12; cp. JosAs 10:20 μηδὲ … τινό).

ג. τινὰ μὲν … τινὰ δέ some … others (w. ref. to πρόβατα and hence neut.) Hs 6, 2, 2.

ד. On εἴ τι s. εἰ 7.

ה. εἶναί τι be or amount to someth. Gal 2:6; 1 Cor 3:7. εἰ δοκεῖ τις εἶναί τι μηδὲν ὤν Gal 6:3 (s. 2 below and s. W-S. §26, 3).

ⓑ adj.

α. some, any, a certain, though oft. omitted in transl. into Engl.; used with

א. a subst. τὶς: ἱερεύς τις Lk 1:5; 10:31. ἀνήρ (a narrative begins in this way Syntipas p. 16, 4; 30, 3; 46, 16; 57, 1; Just., D. 81, 4 [of John]) Ac 3:2; 8:9a; 14:8. ἄνθρωπος Mt 18:12 (JosAs 28:4). κώμη Lk 17:12 (Just., A I, 34, 2). Cp. 7:2, 41; 18:2; J 4:46; Ac 27:8; Hb 4:7.—τὶ: ὕδωρ Ac 8:36. σκεῦος 10:11.

ב. a proper name (X., Hell. 5, 4, 3; Jos., Ant. 12, 160; Ar. 10, 1 Ἥφαιστόν τινα; Just., A I, 26, 4 Μένανδρον … τινά; Ath. 12, 1 Μίνως τις) Σίμωνά τινα a certain Simon Lk 23:26; Ac 10:5f; Mk 15:21. Σίμων τις AcPlCor 1:2. Cp. Ac 21:16; 22:12; 25:19b.

ג. an adj. or adjectival pron. μέγας Ac 8:9b. ἕτερός τις vs. 34 (GrBar 6:6; Just., D. 128, 4; Mel., P. 26, 180). τὶς ἕτερος Papias (2, 4). τὶς ἄλλος 1 Cor 1:16; Phil 3:4 (TestAbr B 6 p. 110, 7 [Stone p. 68] ἄλλο τι; TestJob 11:2 ἄλλοι τινές; Just., D. 6, 1 ἄλλο τι). τινὲς ἄλλοι (Diod S 5, 81, 4 ἄλλοι τινὲς [τ. ποιητῶν]; Jos., Ant. 8, 248; Just., D. 84, 4 ἄλλαι τινές) Ac 15:2. τὶ ἀγαθόν Ro 9:11; Hs 2:10. ἀσφαλές τι Ac 25:26. Cp. Hb 11:40.—In neg. statements (TestAbr A 8 p. 86, 3 [Stone p. 20]) not any = no Lk 11:36; Js 5:12.

β. serving to moderate or heighten

א. to moderate an expr. that is too definite (Just., D. 48, 1 [λόγος] … παράδοξός τις … δοκεῖ μοι εἶναι [your statement], in my judgment, does not make much sense; Diod S 1, 1, 3; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 15 §65 οἷά τινες δορυφόροι=as a kind of bodyguard) ἀπαρχήν τινα a kind of first-fruits Js 1:18 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 39 §162 τὶς μετάνοια=something like remorse; 3, 77 §314 συγγνώμη τις=some kind of pardon).—So perh. δύο τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν several disciples, perhaps two Lk 7:18 (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 59 §245 δύο τινάς=a few [ships], about two; Jos., Ant. 16, 274). But the expr. in Ac 23:23 τινὰς δύο τῶν ἑκατονταρχῶν certainly means two, who simply cannot be more closely defined (s. W-S. §26, 1b; Rob. 742; Mlt-Turner 195).

ב. w. adjectives of quality and quantity to heighten the rhetorical emphasis φοβερά τις ἐκδοχὴ κρίσεως Hb 10:27. βραχύ τι (only) a little 2:7, 9 (Ps 8:6).

γ. of an indefinite quantity that is nevertheless not without importance, some, considerable χρόνον τινά (Diod S 13, 75, 6 μετά τινα χρόνον; Jos., Ant. 8, 398) Ac 18:23; 1 Cor 16:7. Cp. Ro 1:11, 13. μέρος τι 1 Cor 11:18.

δ. τινές several (Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 49 §202 ἱππεῖς τινες; Just., D. 50, 2 λόγους τινάς; Ath. 23, 1 τινὰς … ἐνεργείας) ἡμέρας τινάς Ac 9:19; 10:48; 15:36. γυναῖκές τινες Lk 8:2. Cp. Ac 15:2; 17:5f al.—On its position in the sentence s. W-S. §26, 4; B-D-F §473, 1; Rob. 743.

② a ref. to someone of prominence, a person of importance τὶς εἶναι τις to be a person of importance, to be somebody (Eur., El. 939; Theocr. 11, 79; Herodas 6, 54; Epict. 3, 14, 2, Ench. 13; Lucian, Lexiph. 22, Adv. Indoct. 1; Tat. 16, 2 εἶναί τινες; PGM 13, 288 ἐγώ εἰμί τις) λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτόν claiming to be somebody Ac 5:36; IEph 3:1 (so also τὶ; s. 1aβה above; antonym s.v. οὐδείς 2bβ).—DELG. M-M. EDNT.

ἀλήθεια, ας, ἡ (cp. λανθάνω ‘escape notice’ s. DELG s.v. λανθάνω; Schwyzer I 469; Hom. +) prim. ‘hiding nothing’.

① the quality of being in accord with what is true, truthfulness, dependability, uprightness in thought and deed (Alcaeus 57 [366 L.-P.]; Mimnermus 8 al.) of God (Gen 24:27 al.) Ro 3:7; 15:8. Of people (Pittacus in Diog. L. 1, 78; Arrian, Anab. 7, 30, 3; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 11, 6; 4 Km 20:3; Judg 9:15f al.; EpArist 206) ἐν ἀ. λαλεῖν speak truthfully 2 Cor 7:14; (w. εἰλικρίνεια) 1 Cor 5:8; (w. ἀγαθωσύνη and δικαιοσύνη) Eph 5:9; 1 Cl 19:1; 31:2; 35:2; Pol 2:1; ἐν πάσῃ ἀ. w. perfect fidelity 4:2.—Hm 8:9; 12, 3, 1; Hs 9, 15, 2.

② the content of what is true, truth (opp. ψεῦδος)

ⓐ gener. ἀ. λαλεῖν tell the truth (Zech 8:16) Eph 4:25; Hm 3:5; 2 Cl 12:3. ἀ. λέγειν (Hdt. 2, 115 al.; PGiss 84, 14 [II A.D.] τὴν ἀ. εἰπεῖν) Ro 9:1; 1 Ti 2:7. Fut. ἀ. ἐρῶ 2 Cor 12:6. ἀ. ἀγαπᾶν Hm 3:1. Opp. ψεύδεσθαι κατὰ τῆς ἀ. lie against the truth Js 3:14; εἶπεν αὐτῷ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀ. she told him the whole truth Mk 5:33 (cp. Hdt. 9, 89; Thu. 6, 87, 1 al.; Cleopatra ln. 88; POxy 283, 13f [45 A.D.] γνωσθῆναι πᾶσαν τὴν ἀ.; Jos., Bell. 7, 31 πυθόμενος παρʼ αὐτοῦ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀ.). ἐν λόγῳ ἀληθείας by truthful speech 2 Cor 6:7; ῥήματα ἀληθείας Ac 26:25; μόρφωσις τῆς γνώσεως καὶ τῆς ἀ. embodiment of knowledge and truth Ro 2:20; ἡ ἁγνότης τῆς ἀ. the purity that belongs to truth Hv 3, 7, 3. ἔξωθεν τῆς ἀ.=ψευδής 3, 4, 3.

ⓑ esp. of the content of Christianity as the ultimate truth (cp. Plut., Mor. 351e ἀ. περὶ θεῶν; Philo, Spec. Leg. 4, 178, the proselyte is a μεταναστὰς εἰς ἀ.) Eph 4:21 (CScott, Exp. 8th ser. 3, 1912, 178–85; FBriggs, ET 39, 1928, 526). ὁ λόγος τῆς ἀ. the word of truth Eph 1:13; 2 Ti 2:15; Js 1:18. ὁ λόγος τῆς ἀ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τοῦ παρόντος εἰς ὑμᾶς Col 1:5; cp. 2 Pt 1:12. ἡ ἀ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Gal 2:5, 14. ἔστιν ἀ. Χριστοῦ ἐν ἐμοί 2 Cor 11:10. ὁ περὶ ἀ. λόγος Pol 3:2; πείθεσθαι τῇ ἀ. Gal 5:7; πιστεύειν τῇ ἀ. 2 Th 2:12; hence πίστει ἀληθείας belief in the truth vs. 13; δύνασθαί τι κατὰ τῆς ἀ. … ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀ. 2 Cor 13:8; περιπατεῖν ἐν ἀ. 2J 4; 3J 3f (cp. 4 Km 20:3); ζῆν κατὰ ἀ. IEph 6:2; πορεύεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ἀ. Pol 5:2; ἐν ἀ. (3 Km 2:4) Hm 3:4; gird oneself w. truth Eph 6:14; cp. Hm 11:4.—Truth expresses itself in virtues like righteousness and holiness, Eph 4:24 (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 67, 1 Jac. δικαιοσύνην κ. ἀλ.). Hence it is contrasted w. ἀδικία 1 Cor 13:6; Ro 1:18; 2:8. In the last-named passage a negative attitude toward the truth is called ἀπειθεῖν τῇ ἀ. Also πλανᾶσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀ. wander from the truth Js 5:19; ἀστοχεῖν περὶ τὴν ἀ. 2 Ti 2:18; καταστρέφειν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀ. Hs 6, 2, 1, cp. 4; ἀποστρέφειν τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀ. 2 Ti 4:4 opp. μῦθοι, cp. ἀποστρέφεσθαι Tit 1:14; ἀποστερεῖσθαι τῆς ἀ. 1 Ti 6:5; ἐρευνᾶν περὶ τῆς ἀ. make inquiries about the truth Hm 10, 1, 4; 6; ἀνθίστασθαι τῇ ἀ. oppose the truth (i.e. the gospel) 2 Ti 3:8. Opp. μῦθοι 4:4. Truth can be communicated (cp. Did., Gen. 86, 21): φανερώσει τῆς ἀ. by a clear statement of the truth 2 Cor 4:2 (sim. in later Christian prayer POxy 925, 4f φανέρωσόν μοι τὴν παρὰ σοὶ ἀλ.); is taught D 11:10; recognized 1 Ti 4:3; Hv 3, 6, 2; cp. ἐπίγνωσις τῆς ἀληθείας (Alex. Aphr., Quaest. 3, 12, II 2 p. 102, 3 γνῶσις τ. ἀληθείας) 1 Ti 2:4; 2 Ti 2:25; 3:7; Tit 1:1; Hb 10:26; ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀ.1 Ti 3:15; ὁδὸς τῆς ἀ. 2 Pt 2:2; 1 Cl 35:5 (cp. Pind., P. 3, 103; Eur., Fgm. 289; Gen 24:48 al.; En 104:13; OdeSol 11:3); ὑπακοὴ τῆς ἀ. 1 Pt 1:22; ἀγάπη τῆς ἀ. 2 Th 2:10. God is πατὴρ τῆς ἀ. 2 Cl 3:1; 20:5; φῶς ἀληθείας IPhld 2:1 (cp. Ps 42:3); θεὸς τῆς ἀ. (1 Esdr 4:40) 2 Cl 19:1; cp. 1 Cl 60:2. The reverse genitival constr. in ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ Ro 1:25, is best rendered truth about God (so Twentieth Century NT, NRSV) as opp. to the deception of polytheists, who in effect lie about God despite their better knowledge described vss. 19–21 (REB et al.: truth of God).—Ἀ. is a favorite word of the Joh. lit., and plays a major role in it. God’s word is truth J 17:17 (Ps 118:142). Truth w. χάρις 1:14, 17; w. πνεῦμα 4:23f; cp. ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀ. 1J 3:18 (opp. λόγῳ, γλώσσῃ). W. ἀγάπη 2J 3. The Spirit leads into truth J 16:13; hence πνεῦμα τῆς ἀ. 14:17; 15:26; 16:13; 1J 4:6 (cp. Hm 3:4). πνεῦμα is identified w. ἀ. 1J 5:6; it is mediated through Christ J 1:17, who calls himself truth 14:6 (cp. PGM 5, 148 ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια, on the other hand POxy 1380, 63 [early II A.D.] Isis is called ἀ.; Apollonaretal. Berl. Gr. Pap. 11517 [II A.D.]: Her 55, 1920, 188–95 ln. 52 Apollo as the ἀψευδὴς ἀ.; M. Ant., 9, 1, 2 God=Nature ἀλήθεια ὀνομάζεται; Lucian, Hist. Conscr. 61 says of a good history-writer: ἦν ἀλήθεια ἐπὶ πᾶσι); hence as source of praise for a Christian Δημητρίῳ μεμαρτύρηται … ὑπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. 3J 12. One who possesses Christ knows truth (γινώσκ. τὴν ἀ. as Jos., Ant. 13, 291; Tat. 13, 1; ἀληθείας γνῶσις: Maximus Tyr. 26, 5b; Did., Gen. 116, 17) J 8:32; (cp. 1QS 5:10); 2J 1; does the truth J 3:21, cp. 1J 1:6 (ποιεῖν τὴν ἀ. Gen 32:11; 47:29; Is 26:10 al.; TestReub 6:9; TestBenj 10:3; ἔλεος καὶ ἀ. PsSol 17:15); stands in the truth J 8:44; is of the truth 18:37; cp. 1J 2:21; 3:19 (ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας=corresponding to the truth PTurin I, 6, 13). The truth sets one free J 8:32, but is not present in those who deny the fact of sin in their lives 1J 1:8 or do not heed Christ’s commands. Christ proclaims this truth: λέγειν (Jos., Ant. 10, 124) J 8:45f; 16:7; λαλεῖν 8:40 (also λαλεῖν ἐν ἀ. IEph 6:2); μαρτυρεῖν τῇ ἀ. 18:37. As John the Baptist witnesses to Jesus, he witnesses to the truth 5:33; cp. μαρτυρούντων σου τῇ ἀληθείᾳ bear witness to your ( fidelity to the) truth 3J 3; ἵνα συνεργοὶ γινώμεθα τῇ ἀ. vs. 8. In Pilate’s question τί ἐστιν ἀ.; J 18:38 the worldling speaks (cp. 4 Macc 5:10). Opp. θάνατος ISm 5:1.—Mlt-Turner 177f.

③ an actual event or state, reality (Diogenes 21 p. 114, 10 al. Malherbe; Mel., P. 4, 33; 42, 289 [opp. τύπος] Diod S 2, 8, 4) as opposed to mere appearance (opp. πρόφασις) Phil 1:18. κατὰ ἀλήθειαν rightly Ro 2:2 (cp. Diod S 4, 64, 2 οἱ κατʼ ἀλήθειαν γονεῖς; M. Ant. 2, 11, 3; 4, 11; Damianus of Larissa p. 20, 2 [ed. Schöne 1897]; PCairZen 202, 7 [254 B.C.]; EpArist 140; 4 Macc 5:18; Just. A I, 2, 1; Ath., R. 66, 11; Orig., C. Cels. 2, 13, 84; PGM 12, 235). ἐν ἀληθείᾳ indeed, truly (Jer 33:15; ἀγαπᾶν PsSol 6:6; 10:3; 14:1 al.) Mt 22:16; J 17:19; 1 Cl 63:1 (s. also 2b on 1J 3:18). ἐπιγινώσκειν τὴν χάριν ἐν ἀλ. Col 1:6; οὓς ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ἐν ἀλ. 2J 1, cp. 3J 1, belongs here (like the epist. formulas PFay 118, 26; 119, 26 [100–110 A.D.] τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς πρὸς ἀ.=‘really and truly’). ἐπʼ ἀληθείας in accordance w. the truth, truly (Demosth. 18, 17; SIG 495, 174 [III B.C.]; PAmh 68, 33; POxy 480, 9; Job, Da; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 60; 248): διδάσκειν Mk 12:14; Lk 20:21; εἰπεῖν Mk 12:32; λέγειν Lk 4:25; συνάγεσθαι Ac 4:27; καταλαμβάνεσθαι 10:34; τελειοῦν 1 Cl 23:5; ἐπιστέλλειν 47:3; ἐπʼ ἀ. καὶ οὗτος μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἦν certainly this fellow (s. οὗτος 1aα) was with him, too Lk 22:59.—GStorz, Gebr. u. Bedeutungsentwicklg v. ἀλήθεια u. begriffsverwandten Wörtern, diss. Tüb. 1922; WLuther, ‘Wahrheit’ u. ‘Lüge’ im ältest. Griechentum ’35; HBraun, Qumran und d. NT II ’66, 118–44; I de la Potterie, TU 73, ’59, 277–94 (John); BJackayya, CTM 41, ’70, 171–75 (John); RBultmann, Untersuchungen z. J. Ἀλήθεια: ZNW 27, 1928, 113–63.—EDNT. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ἀχρεῖος, ον (χρεῖος ‘useful’; Hom. et al.; pap, LXX; Jos., Vi. 50; 117; Ath., R. 70, 16 al.)

① pert. to being of no use or profit, esp. economic, useless, worthless of slaves (Ps.-Pla., Alcib. 1, 17 p. 122b τῶν οἰκετῶν τὸν ἀχρειότατον; Achilles Tat. 5, 17, 8; PParis 68, 54 ἀ. δούλους) in wordplay of one who fails to make a good investment profitless Mt 25:30.

② pert. to being unworthy of any praise, unworthy.—As suggested by the the words that immediately follow it, the clause λέγετε ὅτι δοῦλοι ἀχρεῖοί ἐσμεν Lk 17:10 may play on commercial associations of the cognate noun χρεῖος ‘debt’ Say, ‘We are slaves who are now debt-free’ (as respects the obligations cited in vs. 9), but the statement may simply be typical of servile self-abasement. ἀ. can mean more gener. unworthy, miserable (2 Km 6:22; Is 33:9 Sym., Theod.; Ezk 17:6), or simply worthless without moral connotation (Arrian, Anab. 1, 24, 3; 2, 7, 3). Therefore it is not nec. to omit the adj., as some commentators, following the Sin. Syr., have done (e.g. FBlass; AMerx; Wlh.; JWeiss; APott, D. Text des NTs.² 1919, 103; Moffatt, NT).—CdeVillapadierna, in ACacciari Festschr. ’94, 327–35 renders ‘simple slaves’:—DELG s.v. χρή. M-M.

ὁμολογία, ας, ἡ (ὁμολογέω; Hdt., Thu. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, Philo; Jos., Bell. 4, 92, Ant. 15, 52, C. Ap. 1, 89 al.; Just., Did., Hippol.; loanw. in rabb.)

① expression of allegiance as an action, professing, confessing (s. ὁμολογέω 4b; θανάτου καταφρονεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς ὁμολογίας τοῦ Χριστιανισμοῦ=to disdain death in favor of confessing allegiance to Christ, Orig., C. Cels. 2, 15, 16) act. ἡ ὑποταγὴ τῆς ὁμ. ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον the subjection of your professing of the gospel (=your professing of the gospel finds expression in obedient subjection to its requirements) 2 Cor 9:13.

② statement of allegiance, as content of an action, confession, acknowledgment that one makes: Jesus as the ἀρχιερεὺς τῆς ὁμ. ἡμῶν the high priest of (whom) our confession (speaks) Hb 3:1. κρατεῖν τῆς ὁμ. hold fast (to) the confession 4:14. κατέχειν τὴν ὁμ, τῆς ἐλπίδος ἀκλινῆ hold fast the confession of hope without wavering 10:23. ὁμολογεῖν τὴν καλὴν ὁμ. make the good profession of faith 1 Ti 6:12 (ὁμολογέω 4b). Jesus, the first Christian martyr (s. μαρτυρέω 1c), bore witness or testified to the same good profession of faith vs. 13 (s. CTurner, JTS 28, 1927, 270–3).—ASeeberg, Der Katechismus der Urchristenheit 1903, 143; 172; 186; PFeine, D. Gestalt d. apostolischen Glaubensbekenntnisses in d. Zeit des NTs 1925; EvDobschütz, D. Apostolicum in bibl.-theol. Beleuchtung ’32; GBornkamm, Ὁμολογία: Her 71, ’36, 377–93, also ThBl 21, ’42, 56–66 (Hb); AHunter, Paul and His Predecessors ’40; PCarrington, The Primitive Christian Catechism ’40; OCullmann, Les premières confessions de foi chrétiennes ’43; VNeufeld, The Earliest Christian Confessions ’63; HvCampenhausen, Das Bekenntnis im Urchristentum, ZNW 63, ’72, 210–53.—DELG s.v. ὁμό. M-M. TW. Sv.

ῥῆμα, ατος, τό (Pind.; Pla., Leg. 840c [w. μῦθο], prob. of edifying maxims; Hdt.+)

① that which is said, word, saying, expression, or statement of any kind τὰ ῥήματα the words (opp. τὰ ἔργα) 2 Cl 13:3; Hs 9, 21, 2; cp. Ac 16:38. πᾶν ῥῆμα every word B 11:8. πᾶν ῥῆμα ἀργόν Mt 12:36. πᾶν ῥ. πονηρόν Hs 5, 3, 6; οὐδὲ ἓν ῥ. not even one word Mt 27:14; cp. ῥῆμα ἕν Ac 28:25.—Lk 2:17, 50; 20:26; 1 Cl 27:7 (Ps 18:3). φωνὴ ῥημάτων the sound of words, a voice whose words Hb 12:19; αἰσχρὸν ῥ. Hv 1, 1, 7. ὡσεὶ λῆρος τὰ ῥ. Lk 24:11. ἄρρητα ῥήματα (s. ἄρρητος 2) 2 Cor 12:4. ῥ. ἔκφρικτα Hv 1, 3, 3b. ῥ. ἀληθῆ m 11:3; δεινὰ ῥ. MPol 8:3. ῥ. βλάσφημα Ac 6:11. ῥῆμα, ῥήματα ἀκούειν B 16:10; Hv 1, 1, 6; 4, 1, 7; 4, 2, 6 al. τὰ προειρημένα ῥ. (s. προεῖπον 1) 2 Pt 3:2; s. Jd 17; Hm 9:4. πολὺν ἐν ῥήμασιν γενέσθαι be profuse in speech, be too talkative 1 Cl 30:5 (Job 11:3).—τὸ ῥ., τὰ ῥ. oft. takes a special significance fr. the context: prophecy, prediction Mt 26:75; Mk 9:32; 14:72; Lk 1:38; 2:29; 9:45ab; 18:34; 22:61 (v.l. λόγο); 24:8; Ac 11:16; MPol 16:2. Declaration of scripture 2 Cl 15:4 (cp. Mel., P. 11, 73 τὰ ῥ. τῆ γραφῆ).—Command(ment), order, direction Lk 5:5; esp. of God (Dt 1:26) 3:2; Hb 11:3; 1 Cl 10:1; ῥ. τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ Hb 1:3. τὸ ἰσχυρὸν ῥ. the mighty creative word Hv 1, 3, 4; cp. 3, 3, 5. διὰ ῥήματος Χριστοῦ Ro 10:17.— Threat λαλεῖν ῥήματα κατά τινος make threats against someth. Ac 6:13.—τὰ ῥ. speech, sermon, proclamation πάντα τὰ ῥ. αὐτοῦ everything he had to say Lk 7:1. ἐνωτίσασθε τὰ ῥήματά μου pay attention to what I am proclaiming Ac 2:14.—10:44; J 8:20. τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν their preaching Ro 10:18 (Ps 18:5).—Of pronouncements of (Christian) teaching or of divine understanding πῶς τοῖς ἐμοῖς ῥήμασιν πιστεύσετε; J 5:47. Cp. 6:63; 10:21; 12:47f; 14:10; 15:7; 17:8; Ac 10:22. ῥήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου J 6:68. τὰ ῥήματα τῆς ζωῆς ταύτης Ac 5:20. ῥήματα ἐν οἷς σωθήσῃ 11:14. ῥήματα ἀληθείας κ. σωφροσύνης 26:25. τὰ ῥ. τοῦ θεοῦ (Sextus 4, 39 ῥήματα θεοῦ; Marinus, Vi. Procli 32 θεῖα ῥ.) J 3:34; 8:47. ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος θεοῦ (Dt 8:3) Mt 4:4. τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ κυρίου τὰ λεγόμενα διὰ παραβολῶν the Lord’s teachings which were expressed in the form of parables Hs 5, 4, 3. διάσταλμα ῥήματος the special meaning of the teaching B 10:11. Gener. the sing. brings together all the divine teachings as a unified whole, w. some such mng. as gospel, or confession: ἐγγύς σου τὸ ῥῆμά ἐστιν Ro 10:8a (Dt 30:14); cp. vs. 9 v.l. MSuggs, ‘The Word Is Near You’ Ro 10:6–10, JKnox Festschr. ’67, 289–312. Cp. Eph 5:26. ἐπότισεν ῥήματι he (Paul) gave (Artemilla) a drink of words to ponder AcPl Ha 4, 5. τὸ ῥῆμα τὸ εὐαγγελισθὲν εἰς ὑμᾶς 1 Pt 1:25b. W. objective gen. τὸ ῥῆμα τῆς πίστεως Ro 10:8b. W. subjective gen. ῥῆμα θεοῦ Eph 6:17; Hb 6:5. τὸ ῥ. κυρίου 1 Pt 1:25a (cp. Is 40:8).—GKittel, D. Wort Gottes im NT: Pastoralblätter für Predigt etc. 80, ’37/38, 345–55.

② after the Hebrew an event that can be spoken about, thing, object, matter, event οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πᾶν ῥῆμα nothing will be impossible with God Lk 1:37 (Gen 18:14). ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων σταθῇ πᾶν ῥῆμα Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1 (both Dt 19:15; cp. TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 24 [Stone p. 32]). Cp. the sing. (TestAbr A 15 p. 96, 15 [Stone p. 40]; JosAs 17:1 [CBurchard, A Note on ῥῆμα in JosAs 17:1f; Lk 2:15, 17; Ac 10:3: NovT 27, ’85, 281–95]) Lk 2:15 (cp. 1 Km 4:16); Ac 10:37. Pl. Lk 1:65; 2:19, 51; Ac 5:32; 13:42.—ERepo, Der Begriff Rhema im Biblisch-griechischen (Academia Scientia Fennica) I ’52 (LXX); II ’54 (NT and early Christian lit.), but s. critique by GZuntz, L’Antiquité Classique 22, ’53, 106–12.—B. 1262. DELG s.v. εἴρω (2). M-M. EDNT. TW.