mei-u-

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: name of an Umbellate, `bald money, spignel, Meum. athamanticum' (Dsc., Plin.).

Other forms: (v. l. μεῖον)

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Carnoy REGr. 71, 96 connects mei- `être rafraîchissant' (= WP. 8. mei- [2, 244], Pok. 7. mēi- [711]). Hardly convincing. Fur. 235 n. 35 suggests comparing μαῖον `Trifolium arvense. ?

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κενός, ή, όν (Hom.+) gener. ‘empty’

① pert. to being without someth. material, empty (TestJob 10:4; GrBar 12:6; Jos., Vi. 167) κεράμιον empty jar Hm 11:15. σκεῦος (4 Km 4:3) m 11:13. κ. ἀποστέλλειν τινά send someone away empty-handed (cp. PRein 55, 9 [III A.D.] μὴ ἀναπέμψῃς αὐτὸν κενόν; Gen 31:42; Dt 15:13; Job 22:9) Mk 12:3; cp. Lk 1:53; 20:10f.

② pert. to being devoid of intellectual, moral, or spiritual value, empty fig. extension of mng. 1

ⓐ of things: without content, without any basis, without truth, without power κ. λόγοι empty words (Pla., Laches 196b; Menand., Mon. 512 [752 J.] Mei.; Herm. Wr. 16, 2; Ex 5:9; Dt 32:47; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 225; TestNapht 3:1.—PParis 15, 68 [120 B.C.] φάσει κενῇ) 1 Cor 3:18 D; Eph 5:6; Dg 8:2; AcPl Ox 6, 13 (cp. Aa I 241, 14); cp. D 2:5. πνεῦμα Hm 11:11, 17. κ. ἀπάτη empty deceit Col 2:8 (cp. Arrian, Anab. 5, 10, 4 κενὸς φόβος=false alarm). Of the things of everyday life vain Hm 5, 2, 2. τρυφή 12, 2, 1. πεποίθησις Hs 9, 22, 3. Of preaching and faith 1 Cor 15:14ab (cp. the theme of ‘empty hope’ Reader, Polemo p. 313); Js 2:20 P⁷⁴ (cp. Demosth. 18, 150 κ. πρόφασις; Aeschyl., Pers. 804 κ. ἐλπίς; cp. Wsd 3:11; Sir 34:1). As κ. =μάταιος (1 Cor 15:17), the two words are found together in the same sense (cp. Demosth. 2, 12; Plut., Artox. 1018 [15, 6], Mor. 1117a; Oenomaus in Eus., PE 5, 21, 5 κενὰ καὶ μάταια of oracles; Hos 12:2; Job 20:18; EpArist 205) 1 Cl 7:2; cp. κενὴ ματαιολογία Pol 2:1.

ⓑ of pers. (Pind. et al.; Soph., Ant. 709; Plut., Mor. 541a ἀνόητοι καὶ κενοί; Epict. 2, 19, 8; 4, 4, 35; Judg 9:4; 11:3 B; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 311; Just., D. 64, 2 οἱ προφῆται οἱ κενοί): foolish, senseless, empty Hm 12, 4, 5. οἱ προφῆται οἱ κενοί 11:15. ἄνθρωπος κ. Js 2:20; Pol 6:3; τῶν δούλων τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν κ. Hs 6, 2, 1. ἄνθρωπος κενὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ δικαίου empty of the upright spirit Hm 5, 2, 7. κ. ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας 11:4; ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως κ. Hs 9, 19, 2 (cp. κενοὶ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγάπης Iren. 4, 33, 7 [Harv. II 261, 2]). In paronomasia (cp. Job 27:12) αὐτὸς κ. ὢν κενὰς καὶ ἀποκρίνεται κενοῖς he himself, empty (of God’s Spirit) as he is, gives empty answers to empty people m 11:3.—Vs. 13.

③ pert. to being without purpose or result, in vain κενὰ μελετᾶν imagine vain things Ac 4:25 (Ps 2:1). κενὸν γενέσθαι be in vain: ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη 1 Cor 15:10. ἡ εἴσοδος ἡμῶν ἡ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐ κ. γέγονεν 1 Th 2:1. κόπος 1 Cor 15:58.—εἰς κενόν in vain, to no purpose (Diod S 19, 9, 5; Heliod. 10, 30; PPetr II, 37, 1b recto, 12 [III B.C.]; Kaibel 646, 10; Lev 26:20; Is 29:8; 65:23; Jer 6:29; TestJob 24:2 [εἰς τὸ κ. codd., S. and V. with Job 2:9f]; Jos., Ant. 19, 27; 96) 2 Cor 6:1. εἰς κ. τρέχειν run in vain (cp. Menand., Mon. 51 Mei. ἀνὴρ ἄβουλος εἰς κ. μοχθεῖ τρέχων) Gal 2:2; Phil 2:16a, echoed in Pol 9:2; cp. Phil 2:16b; 1 Th 3:5.—B. 932. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

πονηρός, ά, όν (s. πονέω, πόνος; Hes., Thu.+) comp. πονηρότερος Mt 12:45; Lk 11:26; superl. πονηρότατος (Diod S 14, 4, 2; PRyl III, 493, 89) Hm 3:5.—Freq. in Gk. lit. the opp. of ἀγαθός/καλός or χρηστός.

① pert. to being morally or socially worthless, wicked, evil, bad, base, worthless, vicious, degenerate

ⓐ as adj.

α. of humans or transcendent beings (since Trag. and Ps.-X., Rep. Ath. 1, 1; Is 9:16; Sir 25:16, 25; TestJob 43:5; ApcMos 21 γύναι; Philo, Joseph., Just.) ὁ πον. ἄνθρωπος (Plut., Alcib. 196 [13, 4]; cp. GrBar 13:1, 3; Philo, Exsecr. 149; Jos., Ant. 7, 291; Just., A II, 12, 3) Mt 12:35a; Lk 6:45a (where ἄνθρωπος is to be supplied); cp. 2 Th 3:2; 2 Ti 3:13. δοῦλος πον. (Comp. 120; Jos., Ant. 2, 55; 16, 296) Mt 18:32; 25:26; Lk 19:22 (cp. PFouad 25 verso I, 2 [II A.D.] address to an incompetent helper); γενεὰ πον. Mt 12:39, 45b; 16:4; Lk 11:29.—Mt 12:34. ἄνδρες πον. rowdies, ruffians Ac 17:5. People are called πονηροί in contrast to God Mt 7:11 (here the component of class distinction finds dramatic expression); Lk 11:13 (Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 18, 82 ἀληθέστατον … πονηροὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι).—Of hostile spirits τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρόν (Cat. Cod. Astr. X 180, 16; 186, 4; cp. EGoodspeed, The Harrison Papyri, no. 1, 7: ClPh 5, 1910, 321) Ac 19:15f. Pl. (Cyranides p. 51, 14; Just., D. 30, 2 al.) Lk 7:21; 8:2; Ac 19:12f. Of the evil spirit that contends w. the Holy Spirit for a place in the human soul (cp. 1 Km 16:14–23) Hm 5, 1, 2 and 3. ἄγγελος πον. B 9:4 (Just., A II, 9, 4, D. 105, 3; cp. Paus. Attic. τ, 18 and Just., A I, 66, 4 πονηροὶ δαίμονες; Julian p. 371, 5; 11 Hertlein δαίμονες πονηροί; PLips 34 recto, 8 [375 A.D.] π. δαίμων. Did., Gen. 45, 4 αἱ π. δυνάμεις). ὁ πονηρὸς ἄρχων 4:13 (ἄρχων 1c).

β. of things βουλή (Menand., Mon. 134 [568 Mei.]) B 6:7 (Is 3:9); 19:3; D 2:6; Hv 1, 2, 4b (βουλή 1). διαλογισμοί Mt 15:19; Js 2:4 (διαλογισμός 2). διδαχή Hm 6, 2, 7 (παντὶ ἔργῳ is dat. of disadvantage [Schwyzer II 150f]). δόλος (SIG 693, 6 [129 B.C.]) IEph 7:1. ἐπιθυμία (-αι: Dio Chrys. 4, 89) 2 Cl 16:2; Hv 1, 1, 8b; 1, 2, 4c; Hs 6, 2, 1 and oft. ἔργον 2 Ti 4:18; Hv 1, 2, 4b. (TestAbr A 6 p. 83, 28 [Stone p. 14] w. opp. ἀγαθόν.) ἔργα J 3:19; 7:7; Col 1:21; 1J 3:12b; 2J 11; Hv 3, 7, 6; 3, 8, 4 al. θησαυρός Mt 12:35b; Lk 6:45b (here θης. is to be supplied fr. the context). καρδία (ApcMos 13; cp. Menand., Fgm. 540, 8 [=538 Kö.], ψυχή) 1 Cl 3:4; καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας (gen. of quality; s. Schwyzer under πονηρία; B-D-F §165; definition Mlt. 74) Hb 3:12. καταλαλιά Hm 2:3. Arrogant καύχησις Js 4:16; λόγοι π. malicious words (Menand., Mon. 822 [542 Mei.]) 3J 10. Of the ὁδὸς τοῦ θανάτου D 5:1; cp. B 4:10 (PsSol 10:1). ὀφθαλμὸς π. (ὀφθαλμός 1 and s. 3 below) Mt 20:15; Mk 7:22. πρᾶγμα (Menand., Epitr. 1107 S. [749 Kö.]; Fgm. 530 Kö.; TestAbr A 4 p. 81, 5 [Stone p. 10]; Tat. 17, 3) Hv 1, 1, 8a; ῥᾳδιούργημα π. Ac 18:14. ῥῆμα π. slanderous, evil word (SIG 1175, 16; Jdth 8:8, 9) Mt 5:11 v.l. (the ῥ. is ‘bad’ because of the content consisting, as the context indicates, of false charges); Hs 5, 3, 6; συνείδησις π. evil, guilty conscience Hb 10:22 (the conscience is not itself intrinsically bad, but evil deeds load it with a bad content; B 19:12; D 4:14; Hm 3:4; ὑπόνοιαι π. 1 Ti 6:4. Cp. Ac 25:18 v.l. τὸ πονηρότατον ψεῦσμα the most wicked sin of lying Hm 3:5. Of a Christian’s name ἐκβάλλειν τὸ ὄνομα ὡς πονηρόν spurn the name as vile (i.e as held only by worthless persons) Lk 6:22 (cp. Ath. 2, 2).—In the judgment of Christians a close connection w. sin is the chief characteristic of this age: ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος πονηροῦ Gal 1:4. Cp. αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν Eph 5:16.—B 2:1. Sg. Eph 6:13.

ⓑ as subst.

α. wicked or evil-intentioned person, evildoer (Dt 21:21; Esth 7:6; Just., A I, 27, 1; Ath. 2, 3; Theoph. Ant. 2, 37 [p. 198, 22]) ὁ πονηρός (the art. is generic) Mt 5:39; 1 Cor 5:13 (Dt 17:7, cp. 19:19 al.; PZaas, JBL 103, ’84, 259–61); B 19:11 v.l. (but τὸ πον. in text).—Pl. πονηροὶ καὶ ἀγαθοί (cp. Philo, Praem. 3; Jos., Ant. 6, 307; 8, 314 God ἀγαπᾷ τ. ἀγαθούς, μισεῖ δὲ τ. πονηρούς; Iren. 1, 24, 2 [Harv. I 198, 4]) Mt 5:45; 22:10. Opp. οἱ δίκαιοι 13:49 (cp. T. Kellis 22, 48f). W. οἱ ἀχάριστοι (s. ἀχάριστος; also Lucian, Timon 48, perh. fr. comedy [III p. 654 Kock]) Lk 6:35. W. ἁμαρτωλοί B 4:2.

β. ὁ πονηρός the evil one=the devil (who is not defined as a sinner but as one who is morally destructive) Mt 13:19; J 17:15; Eph 6:16; 1J 2:13f; 5:18, 19 (κεῖμαι 3d); B 2:10; B 21:3; MPol 17:1; AcPlCor 2:2, 15) ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ εἶναι be a child of the evil one (ἐκ 3a, end) 1J 3:12a; cp. οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ πονηροῦ Mt 13:38, in case πον. is masc. here.—The gen. τοῦ πονηροῦ Mt 5:37; 6:13 can also be taken as masc. (it is so taken by Ps.-Clem., Hom. 3, 55 p. 51, 19; 21; Tertullian, Cyprian, Origen, Chrysostom; KFritzsche, JWeiss; s. also Schniewind on Mt 6:13; Weymouth, Goodsp.;—it is taken as a neut. [s. γ] by Augustine: WMangold, De Ev. sec. Mt 6:13, 1886; BWeiss, Zahn, Wlh.; Harnack, SBBerlAk 1907, 944; PFiebig, D. Vaterunser 1927, 92; Betz, SM 380f; 405–13; Mft., NRSV marg.); Lk 11:4 v.l.; 2 Th 3:3; D 8:2. These passages may also belong under

γ. τὸ πονηρόν (that which is) evil Lk 6:45c; Ro 12:9; 1 Th 5:22 (sim. Plut., Mor. 82c; s. also εἶδος 2); B 19:11. πᾶν πον. every kind of evil Mt 5:11; ποιεῖν τὸ πονηρὸν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ κυρίου (cp. Dt 17:2; 4 Km 21:2, 20) Hm 4, 2, 2; cp. Ac 5:4 v.l.; 1 Cl 18:4 (Ps 50:6). τὸ πονηρὸν τοῦτο this shameful deed GJs 13:1. ἀγρυπνεῖν εἰς τὸ π. D 5:2 and ἐπὶ τὸ π. B 20:2 s. ἀγρυπνέω 2. ἐλάλησέν τι περὶ σοῦ πονηρόν Ac 28:21 (cp. JosAs 6:6).—Pl. wicked thoughts, evil deeds (Gen 6:5; 8:21) Mt 9:4; 12:35c; Mk 7:23; Lk 3:19; J 3:20 v.l.; Ac 25:18; 2 Cl 8:2. δύο καὶ πονηρά two evil things B 11:2 (Jer 2:13 v.l.).—πονηρόν ἐστίν τινι it is bad for someone Hm 5, 1, 4.—ῥύσασθαι ἀπὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ D 10, 5.

② pert. to being so deficient in quality in a physical sense as to be worthless, of poor quality, worthless (X., Pla. et al.) καρποί (Ael. Aristid. 23, 57K.=42 p. 787 D.) Mt 7:17f (the same idea 13:48; cp. Jer 24:8 τὰ σῦκα τὰ πονηρά).

③ pert. to being in an unhealthy condition physically

ⓐ in ref. to a part of the body sick (Pla., Prot. 313a σῶμα; πονηρῶς ἔχειν ‘be badly off’, ‘be ill’ since Thu. 7, 83, 3) of the eye (cp. Pla., Hipp. Min. 374d πονηρία ὀφθαλμῶν) Mt 6:23; Lk 11:34 (Weizsäcker, BWeiss, HHoltzmann, Fitzmyer, Goodsp., NRSV. But see s.v. ἁπλοῦς, λύχνος b, ὀφθαλμός 1, also 1aβ above and the four articles ET 53, ’42, 181f; 354f; 54, ’42, 26; 26f).

ⓑ in ref. to the status of some ailment painful, virulent, serious (since Theognis 274) ἕλκος sore, ulcer (Dt 28:35; Job 2:7) Rv 16:2.—See Lofthouse s.v. κακός, end; WBrandt, ZNW 14, 1913, 189ff.—DELG s.v. πένομαι. M-M. TW.

μίτρα η

митра – головное украшение, которое надевает архиерей во время священнослужения. По наружности митра подобна царскому украшению, знаменуя высокое достоинство архиерея, но в сущности митра есть знак его покорности Евангелию Христову, так как на ней, как и на каждом напрестольном Евангелии полагаются изображения Спасителя, Богоматери и евангелистов. Митра символизирует терновый венец Христа

первоначальное значение «связь» < инд. mei «связывать, соединять»

στοιχεῖον, τό:

I in a form of sun-dial, the shadow of the gnomon, the length of which in feet indicated the time of day, ὅταν ᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ ς. when the shadow is ten feet long, Ar.Ec. 652, v. Sch.;

ὁπηνίκ' ἂν εἴκοσι ποδῶν.. τὸ σ. ᾖ Eub.119.7

, cf. Philem.83.

II element,

1 a simple sound of speech, as the first component of the syllable, Pl.Cra. 424d; τὸ ῥῶ τὸ ς. ib. 426d;

γραμμάτων σ. καὶ συλλαβάς Id.Tht. 202e

;

σ. ἐστι φωνὴ ἀδιαίρετος Arist.Po. 1456b22

;

φωνῆς σ. καὶ ἀρχαὶ δοκοῦσιν εἶναι ταῦτ' ἐξ ὧν σύγκεινται αἱ φωναὶ πρώτων Id.Metaph. 998a23

, cf.Gal.15.6:— στοιχεῖα therefore, strictly, were different from letters ([etym.] γράμματα), Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.213, Sch.D.T.p.32, al., but are freq. not clearly distd. from them, as by Pl.Tht.l.c., Cra. 426d;

τὰ σ. τῶν γραμμάτων τὰ τέτταρα καὶ εἴκοσι Aen.Tact.31.21

; σ. ε ¯ letter ε (in a filing-system), BGU959.2 (ii A.D.); ἀκουόμενα ς. letters which are pronounced, A.D.Adv.165.17; γράμματα and ς. are expressly identified by D.T.630.32; the ς. and its name are confused by A.D. Synt.29.1, but distd. by Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob.in Theod.1.340, Sch.D.T. l.c.:—

κατὰ στοιχεῖον

in the order of the letters, alphabetically,

AP11.15

(Ammian.); dub.sens.in Plu.2.422e.

2 in Physics, στοιχεῖα were the components into which matter is ultimately divisible, elements, reduced to four by Empedocles, who called them ῥιζὤματα, the word στοιχεῖα being first used (acc. to Eudem. ap. Simp.in Ph.7.13 ) by Pl., τὰ πρῶτα οἱονπερεὶ ς, e)c w(=n h(mei=s te sugkei/meqa kai\ ta)/lla Tht. 201e; τὰ τῶν πάντων ς. Plt. 278d;

αὐτὰ τιθέμενοι σ. τοῦ παντός Ti. 48b

, cf. Arist.GC 314a29, Metaph. 998a28, Thphr.Sens.3, al., D.L.3.24;

σ. σωματικά Arist.Mete. 338a22

, Thphr.Fr.46; ἄτομα ς. Epicur.Ep.2p.36U.; equivalent to ἀρχαί, Thales ap.Plu.2.875c, Anaximand. ap. D.L.2.1, Anon. ap. Arist.Ph. 188b28, Metaph. 1059b23, al.; but Arist. also distinguishes ς. from ἀρχή as less comprehensive, ib.1070b23; τὰ σ. ὕλη τῆς οὐσίας ib.1088b27; τρία τὰ ς. Id.Ph. 189b16; distd. from ἀρχή on other grounds by Stoic.2.111; ς. used in three senses by Chrysipp., ib.136, cf. Zeno ib.1.24, al.; in Medicine, Gal.6.3, 420, al., 15.7, al.;

Αἰθέρ, κόσμου σ. ἄριστον Orph.H.5.4

; ἀνηλεὲς ς., of the sea, Babr.71.4; τὸ ς., of the sea, Polem.Cyn.44; ἄμφω τὰ ς., i.e. land and sea, ib.11, cf. Hdn.3.1.5, Him.Ecl.2.18.

3 the elements of proof, e.g. in general reasoning the πρῶτοι συλλογισμοί, Arist.Metaph. 1014b1; in Geometry, the propositions whose proof is involved in the proof of other propositions, ib. 998a26, 1014a36; title of geometrical works by Hippocrates of Chios, Leon, Theudios, and Euclid, Procl. in Euc.pp.66,67,68F.: hence applied to whatever is one, small, and capable of many uses, Arist.Metaph. 1014b3; to whatever is most universal, e.g. the unit and the point, ib.6; the line and the circle, Id.Top. 158b35; the τόπος (argument applicable to a variety of subjects), ib. 120b13, al., Rh. 1358a35, al.;

στοιχεῖα τὰ γένη λέγουσί τινες Id.Metaph. 1014b10

; τὸ νόμισμα σ. καὶ πέρας τῆς ἀλλαγῆς coin is the unit.. of exchange, Id.Pol. 1257b23; in Grammar, σ. τῆς λέξεως parts of speech, D.H.Comp.2; but also, the letters composing a word, A.D.Synt.313.7; letters of the alphabet, Diog. Bab.Stoic.3.213; σ. τοῦ λόγου the elements of speech, viz. words, or the kinds of words, parts of speech, Thphr. ap. Simp. in Cat.10.24, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.45, A.D.Synt.7.1, 313.6.

4 generally, elementary or fundamental principle, ἀρξάμενοι ἀπὸ τῶν ς. X.Mem.2.1.1;

σ. χρηστῆς πολιτείας Isoc.2.16

; τὸ πολλάκις εἰρημένον μέγιστον ς. Arist.Pol. 1309b16;

σ. τῆς ὅλης τέχνης Nicol.Com.1.30

, cf. Epicur. Ep.1p.10U., Ep.3p.59U., Phld.Rh.1.127S., Gal.6.306.

5 ἄστρων στοιχεῖα the stars, Man.4.624;

σ. καυσούμενα λυθήσεται 2 Ep.Pet.3.10

, cf. 12; esp. planets,

στοιχείῳ Διός PLond.1.130.60

(i/ii A.D.); so perh. in Ep.Gal.4.3, Ep.Col.2.8; esp. a sign of the Zodiac, D.L.6.102; of the Great Bear, PMag.Par.1.1303.

6 σ. = ἀριθμός, as etym. of Στοιχαδεύς, Sch.D.T.p.192 H.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `change, exchange', mid. also `answer, repay, requite.' (Il.).

Other forms: ἀμεὶβοντες `rafters that meet and cross each other' (Il. Ψ 712).

Derivatives: ἀμοιβή `change, exchange, requital, recompense, answer'. - Adj. ἀμοιβός `one who exchanges, in requital' (Il.)

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [713] * h₂meigʷ- `change'

Etymology: No exact correspondence. One compares Lat. migrare `wander' as from * migros `changing (place)'. The - β- will go back to *gʷ as *b is rare in PIE, which gives * h₂meigʷ- The root * h₂mei - `change' is well known, Skt. máyate, Lat. (com)mū- nis, but the enlargement -gʷ- is rare.

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Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `better, stronger, more advantageous' (Il.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Attic proper names with Άμειν- are supposed to show that the - ει is a real diphtong, so not from *ἀμενι̯ων. Seiler Steigerungsformen 120 assumes *ἀ-μεινι̯ων, from *μινύς. DELG remarks that a suffix - yon- is uncertain and that the word could be an old positive. Note that a root * h₂mein- is impossible in IE (so * h₂mei-n-). No etym.

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Grammatical information: pron.

Meaning: `me'

Other forms: encl. με acc. `me', ἐμοί (Dor. Phok. ἐμίν), encl. μοι dat. (also gen.) `to me' (`mine'); interchanging genetive forms: Ion. etc. ἐμέο (Hom. also ἐμεῖο), ἐμεῦ, μευ, Att. contr. ἐμοῦ, μου; Dor. also ἐμέος, ἐμεῦς etc.; Lesb. Hom. etc. ἐμέθεν; more in Schwyzer 602.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [702] * h₁me `me'

Etymology: Old pronoun: to με cf. Lat. mē, Skt. mā, Goth. etc. mi-k (after ik `I'; not = *μέ γε), IE *mē̆; μοι = Skt. mē, Lat. mī (used as vocative), OLith. -mi etc.; ἐμέ, ἐμοί after ἐγώ (Arm. im `mei'); ἐμίν after ἁ̄μίν etc. The genetives are all innovations: ἐμέο (from where ἐμεῖο analogically or with metr. lengthening) after τέο etc. (s. τίς), with ἐμέο-ς, ἐμέ-θεν (like οἴκο-θεν etc.). - Adjectivised ἐμέ gave the possessive ἐμός `meus'; thus Av. ma-, Hitt. - miš, Lat. meus. - Further Schwyzer 601ff.

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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: μεῖον `smaller' (Il., Hp., X., Dor., Arc.; cf. Seiler Steigerungsformen 115f.), also μειότερος (A. R., Arat.), superl. μεῖστος `least' (Lokr. V^a, Hdn., H.).

Dialectal forms: Myc. meujo, mewijo.

Compounds: As 1. member e.g. in μειον-εκτέω `draw the shorter, be in disadvantage' with - εξία (X.), from μεῖον ἔχειν after πλεον-έκτης, - εκτέω, - εξία (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 166).

Derivatives: Derivv. (analogical after the ο-stems [Schwyzer 731 f.], not with Egli Heteroklisie 77 from a secondary ο-stem μεῖο-ν): 1. μειότης f. `minority' (A.D., Vett.Val.); 2. μειόομαι, - όω `become smaller, be inferior, make smaller' (Hp., X., Arist.) with μεί-ωσις `lessening' (Hp., Arist.), - ωμα `lessening of wealth' = `penalty' (X. An. 5, 8, 1), - ώτης m. `who makes smaller' (Paul. Al.), - ωτικός `decreasing' (hell.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [711] * mei-u- ``less, small'

Etymology: Primary comparative from a verb `lessen' in Skt. minā́ti `lessen, damage', mī́yate `become less, dwindle'; cf. the opposite πλείων, πλέων, πλεῖστος (s. πολύς). The judgement of the general - ει- is uncertain. -- Myc. meujo, mewijo, appar. = μείων, cannot be combined with this explanation, but might find support in Toch. B maiwe `small, young' (from *meiu̯o-, *moiu̯o-; Duchesne-Guillemin BSL 41, 157); but the u̯o-suffix (older u-stem?) belongs only to the positive. -- Diff. on μείων Osthoff. MU 6, 303ff.: from *μείνων to ἀ-μείνων (s.v.) with loss of the - ν- after πλείων (? improbable). Cf. μινύθω.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `cut up meat' (Il.); aor. μιστῦλαι, - ασθαι (Semon., Lyc., Nonn.); δια-μιστῦλαι (Hdt. 1, 132). backformation μίστυλλον `piece of meat' (Strato Com.).

Derivatives: backformation μίστυλλον `piece of meat' (Strato Com.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Seems as denominat. to go back on *μιστύλος `cut up, in pieces' ( στωμύλλω: - ύλος, καμ-πύλλω: - ύλος; cf. Debrunner IF 21, 98); as further basis one might best posit a noun *μιστο- v. t., which could stand for *μιτ-το- ( μιδ-το-, μιθ-το-) and which could be connected with some Germ. words for `hew, cut etc.', e.g. Goth. maitan, OWNo. meita (IE *d), OWNo. meiđa `injure the body, mutilate' (IE *t or *dh); further there is the in all respects suspected Skt. méthati `injure (?), which must be kept apart (Mayrhofer KEWA s.v.). Further, even more uncertain or wrong combinations in WP. 2, 222 f. (after Persson Stud. a.o.), Pok. 697. (Diff. Schwyzer Glotta 12, 8f.: *μίστυ-λος from *μιστύς \< *μυσ-τύς to Oberdt. Müsel, Musel f. ` log, chump, sawn off clump'.) -- Cf. μίτυλος. -- The word may well be Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `girdle with metal' (Il.), `maiden's girdle' (Theoc., A. R., Call.), `headband, diadem' (Alcm., Hdt., E., Ar., Call.), `victor's chaplet' (Pi.).

Other forms: ion. - ρη f.

Compounds: Compp., e.g. μιτρη-φόρος (- ο-φ.) 'μ.-bearing' (Hdt., Plu.), αἰολο- μίτρης `with motley girdle' (E 707, Theoc.; on the ending - ης Schwyzer 451), ἄ-μιτρος `without girdle' (Call.).

Derivatives: μιτρίον (gloss.), μιτρώδης 'μ.-like' (An. Ox.), μιτραῖον (cod. - έον) ποικίλον H.; μιτρόομαι, - όω `put on a μ., wear, clothe with a μ.' (Str., Nonn.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: By H. Petersson Studier tillegn. Esaias Tegner (Uppsala 1913) 226ff. (agreeing Güntert Weltkönig 50f.) as inherited word identified with Skt. mitrá- n. m. `friend', prop. `friendship', Av. miθ ra- m. `treaty, friend', as personification `Mithra' = OP. MiÞra-; orig. meaning *'connection', to IE * mei- `bind, attach' (WP. 2, 241 f., Pok. 710); here after P. also μίτος. The combination remains quite hypothetical, as long as nothing is known of an agreeing primary verb, esp. as the other adduced evidence, e.g. Skt. mékhalā `girdle', are very doubtful (cf. Schwyzer WuS 12, 32 n. 1). Other hypotheses on mitrá- in Mayrhofer KEWA s.v., who gives an extensive treatment. -- Given its technical meaning the in Greek isolated μίτρα (the semantically unclear μίτος can better be left out) can very well be a loan, perhaps from an Indo-Iranian source. Does the short -α point to a Pre-Greek word?

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καλός, ή, όν (Hom.+; pert. to meeting high standards or expectations of appearance, kind, or quality) superl. κάλλιστος, η, ον (Diod S 5, 13, 1; JosAs 14:17 cod. A; ApcSed 11:4 p. 134, 14 Ja. καλλίστατε; Jos., Ant. 16, 142; Just., D. 20, 3; Tat. 28, 1).

① pert. to being attractive in outward appearance, beautiful, handsome, fine in outward appearance λίθοι κ. beautiful stones Lk 21:5. Of pers. (Lucian, Tim. 16, Dial. Mort. 1, 3) Hv 3, 13, 1; Hs 9, 3, 1.

② pert. to being in accordance at a high level w. the purpose of someth. or someone, good, useful.

ⓐ of things τόπον καλὸν ἀνακεχωρηκότα a beautiful remote place Hv 3, 1, 3; in the phys. sense free from defects, fine, precious opp. σαπρός (PLond II, 356, 4ff p. 252 [I A.D.]; TestJob 7:5 ἄρτον [opp. κεκαιμένον]) of fish Mt 13:48; superl. τὰ κάλλιστα the especially good ones vs. 48 D. Of a tree and its fruit 12:33; Lk 6:43. Opp. πονηρός of fruits Mt 7:17ff. Otherw. of fruits (Menand., Mon. 303 Mei. [402 J.] καρπός) 3:10; Lk 3:9; Hs 2, 4. ἀμπελῶνες m 10, 1, 5. τράγοι B 7:6, 10. γῆ good soil Mt 13:8, 23; Mk 4:8, 20; Lk 8:15. σπέρμα Mt 13:24, 27, 37f. οἶνος J 2:10ab; Hm 12, 5, 3. μαργαρῖται fine pearls Mt 13:45. Subst. (Epict. 1, 12, 12 καλόν τι ἐλευθερία ἐστί) καλὸν τὸ ἅλας salt is a good thing Mk 9:50; Lk 14:34. ἔργον something useful Hs 5, 2, 7.—Superl. of Polycarp’s writings συγγράμματα κάλλιστα most excellent writings EpilMosq 2.

ⓑ of moral quality (opp. αἰσχρός IAndrosIsis, Kyme 32) good, noble, praiseworthy, contributing to salvation etc. ἔργον καλόν, ἔργα καλά (Hippocr., Ep. 27, 30; Athen. 1, 15 p. 8f ἐν τοῖς καλοῖς ἔργοις; SibOr 3, 220) Mt 5:16; 26:10; Mk 14:6; J 10:32f; 1 Ti 5:10, 25; 6:18; Tit 2:7, 14; 3:8ab, 14; Hb 10:24; 1 Pt 2:12; 2 Pt 1:10 v.l.; 2 Cl 12:4. λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ 2 Cl 13:3. καλόν: ἐν καλῷ Gal 4:18b; cp. Pol 6:3. (Opp. κακόν) διάκρισις καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ Hb 5:14 (Sext. Emp., Pyrrh. 3, 168 διάκρισις τῶν τε καλῶν κ. κακῶν). (τὸ) κ. (opp. κακ.) ποιεῖν (2 Ch 14:1; 31:20) Ro 7:21; 2 Cor 13:7. Without the contrast w. κακ. Gal 6:9; Js 4:17; 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:17); Dg 4:3. κατεργάζεσθαι Ro 7:18. ἐργάζεσθαι B 21:2. καλὰ προνοεῖσθαι ἐνώπιόν τινος (Pr 3:4) Ro 12:17; sim. 2 Cor 8:21.—ἀναστροφή (cp. 2 Macc 6:23) Js 3:13; 1 Pt 2:12. συνείδησις Hb 13:18 (cp. PRein 52, 5 οὐ καλῷ συνειδότι χρώμενοι); φόβος 1 Cl 21:8; νουθέτησις 56:2; νηστεία Hs 5, 3, 5; μαρτυρία κ. a good reputation 1 Ti 3:7. ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ κ. ἀγαθῇ in a noble and good heart Lk 8:15 (w. ἀγ., as freq. in Gr-Rom. wr. to characterize exceptional citizens [s. καλοκἀγαθία], also Jos., Ant. 4, 67; 10, 188 al.; Just., A II, 2, 7 al.). Of the law morally unobjectionable (Maximus Tyr. 20, 9a) Ro 7:16; cp. 1 Ti 1:8. ἐντολαί Hm 12, 3, 4; Hs 6, 1, 1f. οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν 1 Cor 5:6. τοῦτο καλὸν καὶ ἀπόδεκτον ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ 1 Ti 2:3; 5:4 v.l.; cp. 1 Cl 7:3; 21:1; 60:2; 61:2; Pol 6:1 (Pr 3:4). πολυτέλεια καλὴ καὶ ἱλαρά Hs 1, 10. λειτουργία 5, 3, 8. Superl.: of martyrs ὑπόδειγμα κάλλιστον finest example 1 Cl 6:1.

ⓒ in any respect unobjectionable, blameless, excellent.

α. of pers. κύριος B 7:1; cp. 19:11 (καλό of God: Celsus 4, 14). μαθητής IPol 2:1. ἱερεῖς IPhld 9:1. διάκονος Χριστοῦ Ἰ. 1 Ti 4:6a. οἰκονόμος 1 Pt 4:10. στρατιώτης Χρ. Ἰ. 2 Ti 2:3. ποιμήν J 10:11ab, 14. ἀνταποδότης D 4:7.

β. of things μέτρον good, full measure Lk 6:38. θεμέλιος 1 Ti 6:19. βαθμός 3:13. ἔργον someth. helpful, beneficial 3:1. διδασκαλία 4:6b. παραθήκη 2 Ti 1:14. ὁμολογία 1 Ti 6:12b, 13. ἀγών 6:12a; 2 Ti 4:7. στρατεία 1 Ti 1:18. κτίσμα (3 Macc 5:11) 4:4. πλάσμα B 6:12. σκεῦος 21:8. βάπτισμα ApcPt Rainer 4. καλὸν θεοῦ ῥῆμα (cp. Josh 21:45; 23:15; Zech 1:13) Hb 6:5. τὸ καλὸν ὄνομα τὸ ἐπικληθὲν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς Js 2:7 (in a Pompeian graffito [Dssm., LO 237; LAE 277] a lover speaks of the καλὸν ὄνομα of his beloved). οὐδὲν φαινόμενον καλόν (ἐστιν) IRo 3:3. πάντα ὁμοῦ κ. ἐστιν IPhld 9:2. τὸ καλόν what passes the test 1 Th 5:21.

ⓓ The term καλόν (ἐστιν) in the gener. sense it is good qualifies items that fit under one of the preceding clasifications (Pr 17:26.—כָּלָן=καλόν loanw. in rabb.).

α. it is pleasant, desirable, advantageous (Jos., Bell. 4, 163) Mt 17:4; 18:8f; Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33.—1 Cor 7:26a.

β. it is morally good, pleasing to God, contributing to salvation 1 Cor 7:1 (cp. Gen 2:18), 8, 26b; Hb 13:9.—οὐ καλόν Mt 15:26; Mk 7:27.

γ. καλόν ἐστιν αὐτῷ μᾶλλον it is better for him Mk 9:42; cp. 1 Cor 9:15. καλόν (σοί) ἐστιν … ἤ it is a(n) (greater) advantage (for you) …, than (cp. Jon 4:3; ApcEsdr 1:6 p. 24, 13) Mt 18:8f; Mk 9:43, 45, 47 (s. B-D-F §190, 2). καλὸν ἦν αὐτῷ it would have been better for him Mt 26:24; Mk 14:21 v.l. (B-D-F §358, 1; 360, 1). Without copula Mk 14:21; 1 Cl 51:3; IRo 6:1; 2 Cl 16:4.—That which is good or better is added in the inf., which forms the subject of καλόν ἐστιν (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 13 §46 καλὸν εἴη τινὶ θνῄσκειν; Polyaenus 8, 9, 2; Jos., Bell. 1, 650; 4, 163) Mt 15:26; 18:8f; Mk 7:27; Gal 4:18a; Hm 6, 2, 9; also the articular inf. (Menand., Monost. 283; 291 [396; 410 J.] καλὸν τὸ θνῄσκειν al.). κ. τὸ μὴ φαγεῖν κρέα Ro 14:21; 1 Cor 7:26b; IEph 15:1; IRo 2:2; Pol 5:3; MPol 11:1; w. acc. and inf. ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι Mt 17:4; Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33; cp. Mk 9:43, 45, 47; B 21:1; with εἰ (ApcSed 4:2) Mt 26:24 (1Cl 46:8); Mk 9:42; 14:21; with ἐάν 1 Cor 7:8. S. B-D-F §409, 3; KBeyer, Semitische Syntax im NT ’62, 76–78.—B. 1176; 1191. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

κρυπτός, ή, όν (s. κρύπτω; Hom. et al.; pap, LXX; TestReub 1:4; TestJud 12:5; JosAs 6:3 [also cod. A 24:5 p. 76, 14 λόγος])

① pert. to being unknown because of being kept secret, hidden, secret, adj. (Herodian 5, 6, 3 κ. καὶ ἀόρατος; SIG 973, 5f; BGU 316, 28; 3 Km 6:4; Ezk 40:16; 2 Macc 1:16; Jos., Ant. 15, 424; τὰ κρυπτὰ τῆς φύσεως μυστήρια Hippol., Ref. 1, 24, 2) ὁ κρυπτὸς τῆς καρδίας ἄνθρωπος the heart’s inner self 1 Pt 3:4 (s. ἄνθρωπος 5a; cp. Epict. 4, 11, 33). οὐδὲν … κ. ὸ̔ οὐ γνωσθήσεται there is nothing secret that shall not be made known Mt 10:26; Lk 12:2; cp. Mk 4:22 (Philemon Com. 192 χρόνος τὰ κρυπτὰ πάντα εἰς φάος ἄγει; JosAs 6:3 οὐδὲν κρυπτὸν λέληθεν αὐτῷ).

② a hidden entity, something hidden, subst. τὸ κρυπτόν

ⓐ a hidden thing (Menand., Mon. 225 Mei. [316 J.]; Did., Gen. 171, 1) Lk 8:17. Esp. in pl. τὰ κρυπτά (Dt 29:28; Is 29:10; Sus 42 Theod.; Jos., Bell. 5, 402; 413 ὁ θεὸς τὰ κ. πάντα ἐφορᾷ) τὰ κ. ἐλέγχει it exposes the secret things (so, word for word, Artem. 1, 14 p. 19, 4 and 1, 44 p. 42, 8) IPhld 7:1. τὰ κ. τινος someone’s secret thoughts, plans, purposes (Philemon Com. 233 φίλου; Iambl., Myst. 6, 5 Partey; PGM 57, 13 τὰ κ. τ. θεᾶς Ἴσιδος; Sir 1:30; Jer 30:4) Ro 2:16; IEph 15:3; IPhld 9:1. τὰ κ. τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ (TestReub 1:4 ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου τὰ κ.; cp. Is 22:9 τὰ κ. τῶν οἴκων τῆς ἄκρας) the secret thoughts of the person’s (unbeliever’s) heart 1 Cor 14:25; cp. Pol 4:3. τὰ κ. τοῦ σκότους what is hidden in darkness 1 Cor 4:5. τὰ κ. τῆς αἰσχύνης the things that are hidden out of a sense of shame 2 Cor 4:2 (on the topic s. RKaster, The Shame of the Romans: TAPA 127, ’97, 1–19 [lit.]).

ⓑ a hidden place ἐν τῷ κ. in secret (Vi. Aesopi W 104 P.; Orig., C. Cels. 8, 74, 4) Mt 6:4ab, 6ab, 18 v.l.; ἐν κ. in a secret place J 7:4; 18:20; in secret, secretly (TestJud 12:5; Orig., C. Cels. 7, 22, 31) ὁ ἐν τῷ κ. Ἰουδαῖος the Judean who is one inwardly, not only by the outward sign of circumcision Ro 2:29; ἀνέβη ὡς ἐν κ. he went up privately, as it were J 7:10.—On Lk 11:33 v.l. s. κρύπτη.—DELG s.v. κρύπτω. M-M. EDNT. TW.

μακάριος, ία, ιον (s. prec. and next entry; Pind., Pla., X.+)

① pert. to being fortunate or happy because of circumstances, fortunate, happy.

ⓐ of humans, with less focus on the transcendent dimension compared to usage in 2 below (Chrysippus in Diog. L. 7, 179 calls himself a μακάριος ἀνήρ; Epict. 2, 18, 15; Jos., Ant. 16, 108; 20, 27) ἥγημαι ἐμαυτὸν μακάριον Ac 26:2. Of the widow who remains unmarried μακαριωτέρα ἐστίν she is happier 1 Cor 7:40. μ. ἤμην εἰ τοιαύτην γυναῖκα εἶχον Hv 1, 1, 2 (Chariton 6, 2, 9 μ. ἦν εἰ). Cp. Lk 23:29.

ⓑ of transcendent beings, viewed as privileged, blessed (Aristot., EN 10, 8:1178b, 25f τοῖς θεοῖς ἅπας ὁ βίος μακάριος; Epicurus in Diog. L. 10, 123 τ. θεὸν ζῷον ἄφθαρτον κ. μακάριον νομίζων; Herm. Wr. 12, 13b; Sextus 560; Philo, Cher. 86, Deus Imm. 26 ὁ ἄφθαρτος κ. μακάριος, Leg. ad Gai. 5 [other pass. in MDibelius, Hdb./Hermeneia on 1 Ti 1:11]; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 190, cp. Ant. 10, 278; cp. Ἰησοῦς ὁ μ. Hippol., Ref. 5, 9, 21) 1 Ti 1:11; 6:15 (BEaston, Pastoral Epistles ’47, 179).

② pert. to being esp. favored, blessed, fortunate, happy, privileged, fr. a transcendent perspective, the more usual sense (the general Gr-Rom. perspective: one on whom fortune smiles)

ⓐ of humans privileged recipient of divine favor (Jos., Ant. 9, 264), of Biblical persons (Ἰωβ Did., Gen. 101, 14; cp. ἄγγελοι Orig., C. Cels. 8, 25, 12): Moses 1 Cl 43:1; Judith 55:4; prophets AcPlCor 2:36 (Just., D. 48, 4); Paul (Hippol., Ref. 8, 20, 3; ὁ μ. ἀπόστολος Iren. 5, 2, 3 [Harv. II 321, 4] of Paul; cp. Orig., C. Cels. 5, 65, 7) 1 Cl 47:1; Pol 3:2 (11:3); AcPl Ha 3, 27. Of other prominent Christians, esp. martyrs: Ignatius, Zosimus, Rufus Pol 9:1. Polycarp MPol 1:1; 19:1, 21; 22:1, 3. Of presbyters who have died 1 Cl 44:5. μ. εἶναι ἐν τῇ ποιήσει αὐτοῦ be blessed in what the person does Js 1:25.—In various sentence combinations, in which the copula belonging with μ. is often omitted (B-D-F §127, 4; Rob. 395; Maximus Tyr. 14, 6f; μ. [opp. δυστυχής] εὐσεβὴς φίλος θεοῦ; but Did., Gen. 103, 2: μ. γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία, ὅτε): as the apodosis of a conditional sentence Lk 6:4 D (Unknown Sayings 49–54); 1 Pt 3:14; 4:14; Hm 8:9. The conditional sentence follows J 13:17; 1 Cl 50:5; Hs 6, 1, 1a. W. relative clause foll. Mt 11:6; Lk 7:23; 14:15 (μ. ὅστις Menand., Fgm. 101 Kö., Mon. 340 Mei. al.); Ro 4:7f; 1 Cl 50:6 (both Ps 31:1f); Js 1:12 (PsSol 6:1; 10:1; Sext. 40 μ. ἀνήρ w. rel.); 1 Cl 56:6 (Job 5:17); 10:10 (Ps 1:1.—Maximus Tyr. 33, 5e ὁ μ. ἀνήρ, ὅν); 11:8; Hv 2, 2, 7; Hs 9, 29, 3. μ. ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ, ὅς IPhld 10:2. The relative clause precedes Hv 3, 8, 4; Hs 5, 3, 9b; 6, 1, 1b. As a predicate w. a subst. or subst. adj. or ptc. μ. ὁ blessed is the one who … (2 Ch 9:7; Da 12:12; PsSol 4:23; ApcEsdr 5:11) Mt 5:3ff (the transl. 0, the happiness of or hail to those, favored by some [Zahn, Wlh., EKlostermann, JWeiss; KBornhäuser, Die Bergpredigt 1923, 24 al.] appears to be exactly right for the Aramaic original [=Hebr. אַשְׁרֵי], but scholars have disputed whether it exhausts the content that μακάριος had in the mouths of Gk.-speaking Christians [s. e.g. Maximus Tyr. 14, 6f μακάριος εὐσεβὴς φίλος θεοῦ, δυστυχὴς δὲ ὁ δεισιδαίμων; Artem. 4, 72 the state of μ. εἶναι is brought about by ascension into heaven and the ὑπερβάλλουσα εὐδαιμονία enjoyed there; other reff. in Betz, SM 97–99].—CMcCown, The Beatitudes in the Light of Ancient Ideals: JBL 46, 1927, 50–61; JRezevskis [Resewski], D. Makarismen bei Mt u. Lk, ihr Verhältnis zu einander u. ihr histor. Hintergrund: StThR I [=IBenzinger Festschr.] ’35, 157–70; JDupont, Les Béatitudes ’54; GStrecker, Die Makarismen der Bergpredigt, NTS 17, ’70/71, 255–75; see lit. s.v. ὄρος); 24:46; Lk 1:45; 6:20ff; 11:28; 12:37; cp. vs. 38, 43; J 20:29; Ro 14:22; Rv 1:3; 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7, 14; 1 Cl 40:4; 48:4; 2 Cl 16:4; 19:3; D 1:5; Pol 2:3 (=Lk 6:20; Hv 2, 3, 3). W. ὅτι foll. (JosAs 16:7) Mt 16:17; Lk 14:14; Hs 2:10; 9, 30, 3. W. ὅταν Mt 5:11. Acc. to the reading of Michigan Pap. (ed. CBonner ’34, p. 46, 11f) and of a parchment leaf at Hamburg (SBBerlAk 1909, 1081) Hs 5, 1, 3 contains the words μακάριόν με ποιήσεις ἐάν (so Whittaker and Joly) you will make me happy, if. W. γίνεσθαι 9, 24, 2.

ⓑ of things or experiences blessed (Eur.+; Eccl 10:17)

α. of parts of the body of persons who are the objects of special grace, which are themselves termed blessed: μ. οἱ ὀφθαλμοί Mt 13:16; Lk 10:23. μ. ἡ κοιλία 11:27 (Cleopatra ln. 168f; prob. Christian despite the ref. to Cleop. Of parallels in non-bibl. wr., the next closest is Musaeus, Hero 137 … γαστήρ, ἥ σʼ ἐλόχευσε μακαρτάτη).

β. of things that stand in a very close relationship to the divinity: τὰ δῶρα τ. θεοῦ 1 Cl 35:1. Of the πνεύματα implanted in Christians 1:2 (cp. Maximus Tyr. 41, 51 the εὐδαίμων κ. μακαρία ψυχή). Of the age to come 2 Cl 19:4 (cp. OGI 519, 9 ἐν τοῖς μακαριοτάτοις ὑμῶν καιροῖς; 17).

γ. of martyrdoms MPol 2:1. Of the object of the Christian hope προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μ. ἐλπίδα Tit 2:13 (cp. OGI 383, 108 μακαριστὰς ἐλπίδας). μακάριόν ἐστιν μᾶλλον διδόναι ἢ λαμβάνειν Ac 20:35 (cp. Pla., Rep. 496c ὡς μακάριον τὸ κτῆμα; 1 Cl 2:1; Beginn. IV 264; Unknown Sayings, 78–81; EHaenchen, Ac ad loc. On Thu. 2, 97, 4 λαμβάνειν μᾶλλον ἢ διδόναι s. JKilgallen, JBL 112, ’93, 312–14.).—HSanders, HTR 36, ’43, 165–67. S. the lit. s.v. ὄρος and cp. εὐδαιμονέω.—B. 1105. DELG s.v. μάκαρ. Schmidt, Syn. IV 402–6. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

μέλλω (Hom.+) fut. μελλήσω; impf. ἔμελλον (all edd. J 6:6; Ac 21:27) and ἤμελλον (all edd. Lk 7:2; 19:4; J 4:47; 12:33; 18:32; Hb 11:8; s. B-D-F §66, 3; W.-S. §12, 3; Mlt-H. 188. In Att. ins the ἠ-appears after 300 B.C. [Meisterhans³-Schw. 169]. In IPriene ἐ-occurs only once: 11, 5 [c. 297 B.C.]).

① to take place at a future point of time and so to be subsequent to another event, be about to, used w. an inf. foll.

ⓐ only rarely w. the fut. inf., w. which it is regularly used in ancient Gk. (Hom. et al.), since in colloquial usage the fut. inf. and ptc. were gradually disappearing and being replaced by combinations with μέλλω (B-D-F §338, 3; 350; s. Rob. 882; 889). W. the fut. inf. μ. denotes certainty that an event will occur in the future μ. ἔσεσθαι (SIG 914, 10 μέλλει ἔσεσθαι; 247 I, 74 ἔμελλε … [δώσε]ιν; Jos., Ant. 13, 322; Mel., P. 57, 415) will certainly take place or be Ac 11:28; 24:15; 27:10; 1 Cl 43:6; cp. Dg 8:2.

ⓑ w. the aor. inf. (rarely in ancient Gk. [but as early as Hom., and e.g. X., Cyr. 1, 4, 16]; Herodas 3, 78 and 91; UPZ 70, 12 [152/1 B.C.]; PGiss 12, 5; POxy 1067, 17; 1488, 20; Ex 4:12; Job 3:8; 2 Macc 14:41; JosAs 29:3; ParJer 9:13; GrBar 4:15 [Christ.]; ApcMos13; s. Phryn. p. 336; 745ff Lob.; WRutherford, New Phryn. 1881, 420ff) be on the point of, be about to, μ. ἀποκαλυφθῆναι be about to be revealed Ro 8:18. τὸ δωδεκάφυλον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ μέλλον ἀπολέσθαι the twelve tribes of Israel that were about to be destroyed 1 Cl 55:6. ἤμελλεν προαγαγεῖν Ac 12:6. ἀποθανεῖν Rv 3:2. ἐμέσαι vs. 16. τεκεῖν 12:4.

ⓒ w. the pres. inf. So mostly (ca. 80 times in the NT.; oft. in lit., ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr B 4 p. 108, 14 [Stone p. 64]; ApcEsdr 6:23f p. 32, 2f Tdf.; EpArist; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 7 Jac.; Just., A I, 51, 8; D. 32, 4 al.; Tat. 14, 1; Mel., P. 38, 263; Ath. 32, 1).

α. be about to, be on the point of ἤμελλεν τελευτᾶν he was at the point of death (Aristot. Fgm. 277 [in Apollon. Paradox. 27] and Diod S 6, 4, 3 μέλλων τελευτᾶν; cp. Jos., Ant. 4, 83; 12, 357) Lk 7:2. Also ἤμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν (Artem. 4, 24 p. 217, 5 γραῦς μέλλουσα ἀποθνῄσκειν; Aesop, Fab. 131 P.=202 H.; 233 P.=216 H.; 2 Macc 7:18; 4 Macc 10:9) J 4:47. ἤμελλεν ἑαυτὸν ἀναιρεῖν he was about to kill himself Ac 16:27. Of God’s eschat. reign μέλλειν ἔρχεσθαι 1 Cl 42:3. Of heavenly glory ἡ μέλλουσα ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι 1 Pt 5:1. Cp. Lk 19:4; J 6:6; Ac 3:3; 5:35; 18:14; 21:27; 22:26; 23:27.—Occasionally almost = begin ἤμελλον γράφειν Rv 10:4. ὅταν μέλλῃ ταῦτα συντελεῖσθαι πάντα when all these things are (or begin) to be accomplished Mk 13:4; cp. Lk 21:7; Rv 10:7.

β. in a weakened sense it serves simply as a periphrasis for the fut. (PMich III, 202, 8ff; 13ff [105 A.D.].—Mayser II/1, 226) ὅσα λαλῶ ἢ καὶ μ. λαλεῖν (=ἢ καὶ λαλήσω) what I tell or shall tell Hm 4, 4, 3. So esp. oft. in Hermas: μ. λέγειν v 1, 1, 6; 3, 8, 11; m 11:7, 17; Hs 5, 2, 1. μ. ἐντέλλεσθαι v 5:5; m 5, 2, 8. μ. κατοικεῖν Hs 1:1; 4:2. μ. χωρεῖν (=χωρήσω) IMg 5:1. μ. βασιλεύειν GJs 23:2.—Substitute for the disappearing fut. forms (inf. and ptc. B-D-F §356); for the fut. inf.: προσεδόκων αὐτὸν μέλλειν πίμπρασθαι Ac 28:6; for the fut. ptc.: ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι Mt 11:14. ὁ τοῦτο μέλλων πράσσειν the one who was going to do this Lk 22:23; cp. 24:21; Ac 13:34. οἱ μέλλοντες πιστεύειν those who were to believe (in him) in the future 1 Ti 1:16; 1 Cl 42:4; Hm 4, 3, 3. μέλλοντες ἀσεβεῖν those who were to be ungodly in the future 2 Pt 2:6 v.l. (s. 3, end). Of Christ ὁ μέλλων κρίνειν 2 Ti 4:1; 7:2. οἱ μέλλοντες ἀρνεῖσθαι = οἱ ἀρνησόμενοι Hv 2, 2, 8. πυρὸς ζῆλος ἐσθίειν μέλλοντος τοὺς ὑπεναντίους raging fire that will devour the opponents Hb 10:27.

γ. denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind μέλλει Ἡρῴδης ζητεῖν τὸ παιδίον Herod intends to search for the child Mt 2:13. οὗ ἤμελλεν αὐτὸς ἔρχεσθαι where he himself intended to come Lk 10:1. μέλλουσιν ἔρχεσθαι they intended to come J 6:15. Cp. vs. 71; 7:35; 12:4; 14:22; Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30; Hb 8:5; 2 Pt 1:12. τί μέλλεις ποιεῖν; what do you intend to do? Hs 1:5. οὐ μ. ποιεῖν I have no intention of doing MPol 8:2. μ. προσηλοῦν they wanted to nail him fast 13:3. μ. λαμβάνειν we wanted to take him out 17:2.

② to be inevitable, be destined, inevitable

ⓐ w. pres. inf. to denote an action that necessarily follows a divine decree is destined, must, will certainly … μ. πάσχειν he is destined to suffer Mt 17:12; B 7:10; 12:2; cp. 6:7. μ. σταυροῦσθαι must be crucified 12:1. μ. παραδίδοσθαι Mt 17:22; Lk 9:44; 16:5. ἔμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν J 11:51; 12:33; 18:32. ἐν σαρκὶ μ. φανεροῦσθαι B 6:7, 9, 14. Cp. Mt 16:27; 20:22; Ro 4:24; 8:13; Rv 12:5. οὐκέτι μέλλουσιν … θεωρεῖν they should no more see … Ac 20:38. τὰ μ. γίνεσθαι what must come to pass 26:22; cp. Rv 1:19. διὰ τοὺς μέλλοντας κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν those who are to inherit salvation Hb 1:14. μέλλομεν θλίβεσθαι that we were to be afflicted 1 Th 3:4.—Mk 10:32; Lk 9:31; J 7:39; Hb 11:8. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἔμελλε θηριομαχεῖν on the day on which Paul was to fight the wild animals AcPl Ha 3, 9. ὡς μελλούσης τῆς πόλεως αἴρεσθαι in expectation of the city’s destruction 5, 16. ἄνωθεν μέλλω σταυροῦσθαι I (Jesus) am about to be crucified once more 7, 39.

ⓑ w. aor. inf. ἀποκαλυφθῆναι that is destined (acc. to God’s will) to be revealed Gal 3:23.

③ The ptc. is used abs. in the mng. (in the) future, to come (Pind., O. 10, 7 ὁ μέλλων χρόνος ‘the due date’) ὁ αἰὼν μέλλων the age to come (s. αἰών 2b), which brings the reign of God (opp. ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος or ὁ νῦν αἰών) Mt 12:32; Eph 1:21; 2 Cl 6:3; Pol 5:2; cp. Hb 6:5. Also ὁ μ. καιρός (opp. ὁ νῦν κ.) 4:1. ἡ μ. ζωή (opp. ἡ νῦν ζ.) 1 Ti 4:8. ὁ μ. βίος (opp. ὁ νῦν β.) 2 Cl 20:2. ἡ μ. βασιλεία 5:5; ἡ οἰκουμένη ἡ μ. the world to come Hb 2:5. ἡ μέλλουσα πόλις (as wordplay, opp. [οὐ … ] μένουσα π.) 13:14. ἡ μ. ἐπαγγελία the promise for the future 2 Cl 10:3f. τὰ μ. ἀγαθά Hb 9:11 v.l.; Hv 1, 1, 8. ἡ μ. ἀνάστασις 1 Cl 24:1; τὸ κρίμα τὸ μ. the judgment to come Ac 24:25; cp. 1 Cl 28:1; 2 Cl 18:2; MPol 11:2. ἡ μ. ὀργή Mt 3:7; IEph 11:1. ἡ μ. θλῖψις Hv 4, 2, 5. τὰ μ. σκάνδαλα 4:9.—ἡ μέλλουσά σου ἀδελφή your future sister=the one who in the future will be your sister, no longer your wife Hv 2, 2, 3. Several times the noun can be supplied fr. the context: τύπος τοῦ μέλλοντος, i.e. Ἀδάμ Ro 5:14.—Subst. τὸ μέλλον the future (Aeneas Tact. 422; 431 al.; Antiphanes Com. [IV B.C.] 227 K.; Menand., Monostich. 412 [608 Jaekel] Mei.; Anacreont. 36; Plut., Caes. 14, 4; Herodian 1, 14, 2; SIG 609, 5; ViEzk 13 [p. 75, 12 Sch.]; Philo, Mel.) 1 Cl 31:3. εἰς τὸ μ. for the future (Jos., Ant. 9, 162) 1 Ti 6:19; specif. (in the) next year (PLond III, 1231, 4 p. 108 [144 A.D.] τὴν εἰς τὸ μέλλον γεωργείαν; s. Field, Notes 65) Lk 13:9. τὰ μ. the things to come (X., Symp. 4, 47; Aeneas Tact. 1050; Artem. 1, 36; Wsd 19:1; TestJob 47:9; JosAs 23:8; Philo; Just., D. 7, 1; Ath. 27, 2) Col 2:17; PtK 3 p. 15, 21. (Opp. τὰ ἐνεστῶτα the present as PGM 5, 295) Ro 8:38; 1 Cor 3:22; B 1:7; 5:3; 17:2. Ox 1081 39f (SJCh 91, 2) (s. ἀρχή 2). Uncertain 2 Pt 2:6 (if ἀσεβέσιν is to be retained, the ref. is to impending judgment for the impious).

④ delay τί μέλλεις why are you delaying? (cp. Aeschyl., Prom. 36; Eur., Hec. 1094; Thu. 8, 78; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 10, 13; Jos., Bell. 3, 494 τί μέλλομεν; 4 Macc 6:23; 9:1) Ac 22:16. οὐ μελλήσας without delay AcPl Ha 8, 4. The connection in AcPt Ox 849, 1 is uncertain.—B. 974. DELG. M-M. TW.

σεμνός, ή, όν (σέβομαι; Hom. Hymns+) pert. to evoking special respect

ⓐ of living entities

α. human beings worthy of respect/honor, noble, dignified, serious (ὁ ς. φιλόσοφος Orig., C. Cels. 4, 48, 21) of eccl. assistants 1 Ti 3:8. Of aged men Tit 2:2. Of women (s. X., Mem. 1, 2, 24 and the ins in CB I/2, 656 no. 590) 1 Ti 3:11. W. δίκαιος (Jos., Bell. 4, 319) and other good qualities Hs 8, 3, 8.

β. transcendent beings worthy of reverence, august, sublime, holy (fr. the beginning an epithet of divine beings; s. Sb 4094, 8 [I A.D.] ἡ σεμνὴ ῏Ισις) ὁ σεμνότατος ἄγγελος the most reverend angel (of repentance) Hv 5:2 (SEG VIII, 550, 2 [I B.C.] ῏Ισι σεμνοτάτη); m 5, 1, 7.

ⓑ of characteristics, states of being, and things honorable, worthy, venerable, holy, above reproach

α. adj. (Maximus Tyr. 3, 5c νόμοι; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 221; Just., D. 3, 1 ἦθος) Phil 4:8 (Lucian, Enc. Patr. 1 ὅσα σεμνὰ κ. θεῖα; cp. Cicero, Tusc. Disp. 5, 23 [67]). ἔργα (Philo, Sacr. Abel. 49) Hv 3, 8, 7 (w. ἁγνά [as EpArist 31] and θεῖα). ἐπιθυμία m 12, 1, 1 (w. ἀγαθή; cp. SibOr 5, 262). ἀγωγή 1 Cl 48:1 (w. ἀγνή). συνείδησις 1:3b (w. ἄμωμος and ἁγνή; missing in the ancient versions). κανών 7:2 (w. εὐκλεής). ὄνομα (2 Macc 8:15; Philo, Dec. 136) 1:1 (w. περιβόητον and ἀξιαγάπητον). πνεῦμα Hm 3:4 (w. ἀληθές). κλῆσις (Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 163) m 4, 3, 6 (w. μεγάλη). (On usage in Hermas s. Leutzsch 421 n. 386.)

β. the neut. as subst. (Demosth. 21, 126; BGU 1024 VIII, 7; Philo; Ath. 16, 1; 20, 3) τὸ σεμνὸν τῆς φιλαδελφίας ὑμῶν the worthy character of your brotherly love 1 Cl 47:5. Pl. (Menand., Mon. 336 Mei. [461 Jaekel]; Polyb. 15, 7, 6 τὰ ς. καὶ καλά; Philo, Aet. M. 77) μέτρια καὶ σεμνὰ νοεῖν have moderate and seemly thoughts 1 Cl 1:3a.—DELG s.v. σέβομαι III. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ταπεινός, ή, όν (Pind., Aeschyl., Hdt.+; pap, LXX; En 26, 4 and Did., Gen. 220, 7 [ὄρος]; PsSol 5:12; Test12Patr; JosAs 28:3 cod. A al.; ApcSed, EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; Theoph. Ant. 2, 13 [p. 132, 3]) gener. ‘low’, in our lit. only in a fig. sense.

① pert. to being of low social status or to relative inability to cope, lowly, undistinguished, of no account (Hdt. 7, 14; Pla., Phd. 257c; Isocr. 3, 42 al.; 1 Km 18:23; Jos., Bell. 4, 365, Ant. 7, 95; 13, 415; Did., Gen. 244, 14.—Orig., C. Cels. I, 56, 4) ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὁ ταπ. (opp. πλούσιος, one who has more control of life than the τ.) Js 1:9.—Subst. (Philo, Poster. Cai. 109; Jos., Bell. 4, 319) B 3:3. Pl. (Heraclides Pont., Fgm. 55 W. ταπεινοί beside δοῦλοι; Diod S 14, 5, 4; Menand., Monost. 412 Mei. [608 Jaekel]; Ps.-Callisth. 2, 16, 10 of Fortune: ἢ τοὺς ταπεινοὺς ὑπεράνω νεφῶν τιθεῖ ἢ τοὺς ἀφʼ ὕψους εἰς ζόφον κατήγαγεν; Zeph 2:3; Is 11:4; 14:32) Lk 1:52 (opp. δυνάσται, who have the resources to cope). ὁ παρακαλῶν τοὺς ταπεινούς who encourages the downcast 2 Cor 7:6 (Is 49:13). On τοῖς ταπεινοῖς συναπαγόμενοι Ro 12:16 s. συναπάγω. 1 Cl 59:3f prob. belongs here (but s. 3 below); also B 14:9 (Is 61:1 v.l.).

② pert. to being servile in manner, pliant, subservient, abject a neg. quality that would make one lose face in the Gr-Rom. world, opp. of a free person’s demeanor (X., Mem. 3, 10, 5; Pla., Leg. 6, 774c; Demochares [III B.C.]: 75 Fgm. 1 Jac. αἰσχρὰ κ. ταπεινά; Cass. Dio 74, 5; POxy 79 II, 2 [II A.D.]) in a judgment pronounced by Paul’s opponents upon him κατὰ πρόσωπον ταπεινός 2 Cor 10:1.

③ pert. to being unpretentious, humble (Aeschyl. et al.; Pla., Leg. 4, 716a; X., Ag. 11, 11 in a description of Agesilaus, who does not let success or station go to his head; PGen 14, 6; LXX; EpArist 263; TestGad 5:3; Orig., C. Cels. 3, 64, 6) ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ (w. πραΰς, q.v.) Mt 11:29. Subst. pl., opp. (οἱ) ὑψηλοί 1 Cl 59:3 (but s. 1 above); B 19:6; D 3:9. Opp. ὑπερήφανοι (after Pr 3:34) Js 4:6; 1 Pt 5:5; 1 Cl 30:2. τὸ ταπεινὸν τῆς ψυχῆς humility of the soul 55:6. RLeivestad, ΤΑΠΕΙΝΟΣ-ΤΑΠΕΙΝΟΦΡΩΝ, NovT 8, ’66, 36–47. S. πραΰτης.—DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ἰσότης, ητος, ἡ (s. prec. entry; Eur.et al.; oft. Philo; only twice LXX; EpArist 263).

① state of matters being held in proper balance, equality (Ps.-Phoc. 137) ἐξ ἰσότητος as a matter of equality 2 Cor 8:13; also ὅπως γένηται ἰ. that there may be equality vs. 14.

② state of being fair, fairness extension of mng. 1 (Menand., Monost., 259 Mei.; Polyb. 2, 38, 8 ἰ. κ. φιλανθρωπία; Diod S 5, 71, 2 [=362 J.]; Vett. Val. 332, 34) w. τὸ δίκαιον (cp. Diog. L. 7, 126; Philo, Spec. Leg. 4, 231 ἰσότης μήτηρ δικαιοσύνης) justice and fairness Col 4:1. On fair treatment of slaves s. Pl. Leges 5, 776d–788a; Aristot. Politica 1260b, 6; Seneca, Letter 47.—On the topic: PvanderHorst, The Sentences of Pseudo-Phocyclides ’78, 205 (reff.); RHirzel, Themis, Dike u. Verwandtes 1907; Betz, 2 Cor (Hermeneia) 67f.—DELG s.v. ἴσος. M-M. TW. Spicq.