n+(procedure)

νόμος, ου, ὁ (νέμω; [Zenodotus reads ν. in Od. 1, 3] Hes.+; loanw. in rabb.—On the history of the word MPohlenz, Nomos: Philol 97, ’48, 135–42; GShipp, Nomos ‘Law’ ’78; MOstwald, Nomos and the Beginnings of Athenian Democracy ’69). The primary mng. relates to that which is conceived as standard or generally recognized rules of civilized conduct esp. as sanctioned by tradition (Pind., Fgm. 152, 1=169 Schr. νόμος ὁ πάντων βασιλεύς; cp. SEG XVII, 755, 16: Domitian is concerned about oppressive practices hardening into ‘custom’; MGigante, ΝΟΜΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ [Richerche filologiche 1] ’56). The synonym ἔθος (cp. συνήθεια) denotes that which is habitual or customary, especially in reference to personal behavior. In addition to rules that take hold through tradition, the state or other legislating body may enact ordinances that are recognized by all concerned and in turn become legal tradition. A special semantic problem for modern readers encountering the term ν. is the general tendency to confine the usage of the term ‘law’ to codified statutes. Such limitation has led to much fruitless debate in the history of NT interpretation.—HRemus, Sciences Religieuses/Studies in Religion 13, ’84, 5–18; ASegal, Torah and Nomos in Recent Scholarly Discussion, ibid., 19–27.

① a procedure or practice that has taken hold, a custom, rule, principle, norm (Alcman [VII B.C.], Fgm. 93 D² of the tune that the bird sings; Ocellus [II B.C.] c. 49 Harder [1926] τῆς φύσεως νόμος; Appian, Basil. 1 §2 πολέμου ν., Bell. Civ. 5, 44 §186 ἐκ τοῦδε τοῦ σοῦ νόμου=under this rule of yours that governs action; Polyaenus 5, 5, 3 ν. πόμπης; 7, 11, 6 ν. φιλίας; Sextus 123 τοῦ βίου νόμος; Just., A II, 2, 4 παρὰ τὸν τῆς φύσεως ν.; Ath. 3, 1 νόμῳ φύσεως; 13, 1 θυσιῶν νόμῳ)

ⓐ gener. κατὰ νόμον ἐντολῆς σαρκίνης in accordance w. the rule of an external commandment Hb 7:16. εὑρίσκω τὸν νόμον I observe an established procedure or principle or system Ro 7:21 (ν. as ‘principle’, i.e. an unwritten rightness of things Soph., Ant. 908). According to Bauer, Paul uses the expression νόμος (which dominates this context) in cases in which he prob. would have preferred another word. But it is also prob. that Paul purposely engages in wordplay to heighten the predicament of those who do not rely on the gospel of liberation from legal constraint: the Apostle speaks of a principle that obligates one to observe a code of conduct that any sensible pers. would recognize as sound and valid ὁ νόμος τ. νοός μου vs. 23b (s. νοῦς 1a). Engaged in a bitter struggle w. this νόμος there is a ἕτερος νόμος which, in contrast to the νοῦς, dwells ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου in my (physical) members vs. 23a, and hence is a νόμος τῆς ἁμαρτίας vs. 23c and 25b or a νόμος τ. ἁμαρτίας καὶ τ. θανάτου 8:2b. This sense prepares the way for the specific perspective

ⓑ of life under the lordship of Jesus Christ as a ‘new law’ or ‘system’ of conduct that constitutes an unwritten tradition ὁ καινὸς ν. τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ 2:6; in brief ν. Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ IMg 2 (cp. Just., D. 11, 4; 43, 1; Mel., P. 7, 46). Beginnings of this terminology as early as Paul: ὁ ν. τοῦ Χριστοῦ =the standard set by Christ Gal 6:2 (as vs. 3 intimates, Christ permitted himself to be reduced to nothing, thereby setting the standard for not thinking oneself to be someth.). The gospel is a νόμος πίστεως a law or system requiring faith Ro 3:27b (FGerhard, TZ 10, ’54, 401–17) or ὁ ν. τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς ἐν Χρ. Ἰ. the law of the spirit (=the spirit-code) of life in Chr. J. 8:2a. In the same sense Js speaks of a ν. βασιλικός (s. βασιλικός) 2:8 or ν. ἐλευθερίας vs. 12 (λόγος ἐλ. P⁷⁴), ν. τέλειος ὁ τῆς ἐλευθερίας 1:25 (association w. 1QS 10:6, 8, 11 made by EStauffer, TLZ 77, ’52, 527–32, is rejected by SNötscher, Biblica 34, ’53, 193f. On the theme of spontaneous moral achievement cp. Pind., Fgm. 152 [169 Schr.] 1f νόμος ὁ πάντων βασιλεὺς | θνατῶν τε καὶ ἀθανάτων | ἄγει δικαιῶν τὸ βιαιότατον| ὑπερτάτᾳ χειρί=custom is lord of all, of mortals and immortals both, and with strong hand directs the utmost power of the just. Plut., Mor. 780c interprets Pindar’s use of νόμος: ‘not written externally in books or on some wooden tablets, but as lively reason functioning within him’ ἔμψυχος ὢν ἐν αὐτῷ λόγῳ; Aristot., EN 4, 8, 10 οἷον ν. ὢν ἑαυτῷ; Diod S 1, 94, 1 ν. ἔγγραπτος; cp. also Ovid, Met. 1, 90 sponte sua sine lege fidem rectumque colebat; Mayor, comm. ‘Notes’ 73.—RHirzel, ΑΓΡΑΦΟΣ ΝΟΜΟΣ 1903.). Some would put ὁ νόμος Js 2:9 here (s. LAllevi, Scuola Cattol. 67, ’39, 529–42), but s. 2b below.—Hermas too, who in part interprets Israel’s legal tradition as referring to Christians, sees the gospel, exhibited in Christ’s life and words, as the ultimate expression of God’s will or ‘law’. He says of Christ δοὺς αὐτοῖς (i.e. the believers) τὸν ν., ὅν ἔλαβε παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Hs 5, 6, 3, cp. Hs 8, 3, 3. Or he sees in the υἱὸς θεοῦ κηρυχθεὶς εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς, i.e. the preaching about the Son of God to the ends of the earth, the νόμος θεοῦ ὁ δοθεὶς εἰς ὅλον. τ. κόσμον 8, 3, 2. Similarly to be understood are τηρεῖν τὸν ν. 8, 3, 4. ὑπὲρ τοῦ ν. παθεῖν 8, 3, 6. ὑπὲρ τοῦ ν. θλίβεσθαι 8, 3, 7. ἀρνησάμενοι τὸν νόμον ibid. βλασφημεῖν τὸν ν. 8, 6, 2.

② constitutional or statutory legal system, law

ⓐ gener.: by what kind of law? Ro 3:27. ν. τῆς πόλεως the law of the city enforced by the ruler of the city (ν. ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι γραπτός Orig., C. Cels. 5, 37, 2); the penalty for breaking it is banishment Hs 1:5f. τοῖς ν. χρῆσθαι observe the laws 1:3; πείθεσθαι τοῖς ὡρισμένοις ν. obey the established laws Dg 5:10; νικᾶν τοὺς ν. ibid. (νικάω 3). Ro 7:1f, as well as the gnomic saying Ro 4:15b and 5:13b, have been thought by some (e.g. BWeiss, Jülicher) to refer to Roman law, but more likely the Mosaic law is meant (s. 3 below).

ⓑ specifically: of the law that Moses received from God and is the standard according to which membership in the people of Israel is determined (Diod S 1, 94, 1; 2: the lawgiver Mneves receives the law from Hermes, Minos from Zeus, Lycurgus from Apollo, Zarathustra from the ἀγαθὸς δαίμων, Zalmoxis from Hestia; παρὰ δὲ τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, Μωϋσῆς receives the law from the Ἰαὼ ἐπικαλούμενος θεός) ὁ ν. Μωϋσέως Lk 2:22; J 7:23; Ac 15:5. ν. Μωϋσέως Ac 13:38; Hb 10:28. Also ὁ ν. κυρίου Lk 2:23f, 39; GJs 14:1. ὁ ν. τοῦ θεοῦ (Theoph. Ant. 2, 14 [p. 136, 4]) Mt 15:6 v.l.; Ro 8:7 (cp. Tat. 7, 2; 32, 1; Ath. 3:2). ὁ ν. ἡμῶν, ὑμῶν, αὐτῶν etc. J 18:31; 19:7b v.l.; Ac 25:8. κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον ν. 24:6 v.l. (cp. Jos., Ant. 7, 131). ὁ πατρῷος ν. 22:3. τὸν ν. τῶν ἐντολῶν Eph 2:15. Since the context of Ac 23:29 ἐγκαλούμενον περὶ ζητημάτων τοῦ νόμου αὐτῶν points to the intimate connection between belief, cult, and communal solidarity in Judean tradition, the term νόμος is best rendered with an hendiadys: (charged in matters) relating to their belief and custom; cp. ν. ὁ καθʼ ὑμᾶς 18:15. Ro 9:31 (CRhyne, Νόμος Δικαιοσύνης and the meaning of Ro 10:4: CBQ 47, ’85, 486–99).—Abs., without further qualification ὁ ν. Mt 22:36; 23:23; Lk 2:27; J 1:17; Ac 6:13; 7:53; 21:20, 28; Ro 2:15 (τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου the work of the law [=the moral product that the Mosaic code requires] is written in the heart; difft. Diod S 1, 94, 1 ν. ἔγγραπτος, s. 1b, above), 18, 20, 23b, 26; 4:15a, 16; 7:1b, 4–7, 12, 14, 16; 8:3f; 1 Cor 15:56; Gal 3:12f, 17, 19, 21a, 24; 5:3, 14; 1 Ti 1:8 (GRudberg, ConNeot 7, ’42, 15); Hb 7:19 (s. Windisch, Hdb. exc. ad loc.), 28a; 10:1; cp. Js 2:9 (s. 1b above); μετὰ τὸν ν. Hb 7:28b; οἱ ἐν τῷ ν. Ro 3:19; κατὰ τὸν ν. according to the (Mosaic) law (Jos., Ant. 14, 173; 15, 51 al.; Just., D. 10, 1) J 19:7b; Ac 22:12; 23:3; Hb 7:5; 9:22. παρὰ τ. νόμον contrary to the law (Jos., Ant. 17, 151, C. Ap. 2, 219; Ath. 1, 3 παρὰ πάντα ν.) Ac 18:13.—νόμος without the art. in the same sense (on the attempt, beginning w. Origen, In Ep. ad Ro 3:7 ed. Lomm. VI 201, to establish a difference in mng. betw. Paul’s use of ὁ νόμος and νόμος s. B-D-F §258, 2; Rob. 796; Mlt-Turner 177; Grafe [s. 3b below] 7–11) Ro 2:13ab, 17, 23a, * 25a; 3:31ab; 5:13, 20; 7:1a (s. above); Gal 2:19b; 5:23 (JRobb, ET 56, ’45, 279f compares κατὰ δὲ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστι νόμος Aristot., Pol. 1284a). δικαίῳ νόμος οὐ κεῖται, ἀνόμοις δὲ … 1 Ti 1:9. Cp. ἑαυτοῖς εἰσιν νόμος Ro 2:14 (in Pla., Pol. and in Stoic thought the wise person needed no commandment [Stoic. III 519], the bad one did; MPohlenz, Stoa ’48/49 I 133; II 75). Used w. prepositions: ἐκ ν. Ro 4:14; Gal 3:18, 21c (v.l. ἐν ν.); Phil 3:9 (ἐκ νόμου can also mean corresponding to or in conformity with the law: PRev 15, 11 ἐκ τῶν νόμων); cp. ἐκ τοῦ νόμου Ro 10:5. διὰ νόμου Ro 2:12b; 3:20b; 4:13; 7:7b; Gal 2:19a, 21; ἐν ν. (ἐν τῷ ν. Iren. 3, 11, 8 [Harv. II 49, 9]) Ro 2:12a, 23; Gal 3:11, 21c v.l.; 5:4; Phil 3:6. κατὰ νόμον 3:5; Hb 8:4; 10:8 (make an offering κατὰ νόμον as Arrian, Anab. 2, 26, 4; 5, 8, 2); χωρὶς ν. Ro 3:21a; 7:8f; ἄχρι ν. 5:13a. ὑπὸ νόμον 6:14f; 1 Cor 9:20; Gal 3:23; 4:4f, 21a; 5:18 (cp. Just., D. 45, 3 οἱ ὑπὸ τὸν ν.).—Dependent on an anarthrous noun παραβάτης νόμου a law-breaker Ro 2:25b ( 27b w. art.); Js 2:11. ποιητὴς ν. one who keeps the law 4:11d (w. art. Ro 2:13b). τέλος ν. the end of the law Ro 10:4 (RBultmann and HSchlier, Christus des Ges. Ende ’40). πλήρωμα ν. fulfilment of the law 13:10. ν. μετάθεσις a change in the law Hb 7:12. ἔργα ν. Ro 3:20a, 28; 9:32 v.l.; Gal 2:16; 3:2, 5, 10a.—(ὁ) ν. (τοῦ) θεοῦ Ro 7:22, 25a; 8:7 because it was given by God and accords w. his will. Lasting Mt 5:18; Lk 16:17 (cp. Bar 4:1; PsSol 10:4; Philo, Mos. 2, 14; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 277).—Used w. verbs, w. or without the art.: ν. ἔχειν J 19:7a; Ro 2:14 (ApcSed 14:5). πληροῦν ν. fulfill the law Ro 13:8; pass. Gal 5:14 (Mel., P. 42, 291). πληροῦν τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ ν. fulfill the requirement of the law Ro 8:4. φυλάσσειν τὸν ν. observe the law Ac 21:24; Gal 6:13. τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ ν. φυλάσσειν observe the precepts of the law Ro 2:26; διώκειν ν. δικαιοσύνης 9:31a; πράσσειν ν. 2:25a. ποιεῖν τὸν ν. J 7:19b; Gal 5:3; Ro 2:14b, s. below; τὸν ν. τηρεῖν Js 2:10. τὸν ν. τελεῖν Ro 2:27. φθάνειν εἰς ν. 9:31b. κατὰ ν. Ἰουδαϊσμὸν ζῆν IMg 8:1 v.l. is prob. a textual error (Pearson, Lghtf., Funk, Bihlmeyer, Hilgenfeld; Zahn, Ign. v. Ant. 1873 p. 354, 1 [difft. in Zahn’s edition] all omit νόμον as a gloss and are supported by the Latin versions; s. Hdb. ad loc.). τὰ τοῦ ν. ποιεῖν carry out the requirements of the law Ro 2:14b (ApcSed 14:5; FFlückiger, TZ 8, ’52, 17–42). καταλαλεῖν νόμου, κρίνειν ν. Js 4:11abc. ἐδόθη ν. Gal 3:21a.—Pl. διδοὺς νόμους μου εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν Hb 8:10; cp. 10:16 (both Jer 38:33).—Of an individual stipulation of the law ὁ νόμος τοῦ ἀνδρός the law insofar as it concerns the husband (Aristot., Fgm. 184 R. νόμοι ἀνδρὸς καὶ γαμετῆς.—SIG 1198, 14 κατὰ τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐρανιστῶν; Num 9:12 ὁ ν. τοῦ πάσχα; Philo, Sobr. 49 ὁ ν. τῆς λέπρας) Ro 7:2b; cp. 7:3 and δέδεται νόμῳ vs. 2a (on the imagery Straub 94f); 1 Cor 7:39 v.l.—The law is personified, as it were (Demosth. 43, 59; Aeschin. 1, 18; Herm. Wr. 12, 4 [the law of punishment]; IMagnMai 92a, 11 ὁ ν. συντάσσει; b, 16 ὁ ν. ἀγορεύει; Jos., Ant. 3, 274) J 7:51; Ro 3:19.

③ a collection of holy writings precious to God’s people, sacred ordinance

ⓐ in the strict sense the law=the Pentateuch, the work of Moses the lawgiver (Diod S 40, 3, 6 προσγέγραπται τοῖς νόμοις ἐπὶ τελευτῆς ὅτι Μωσῆς ἀκούσας τοῦ θεοῦ τάδε λέγει τ. Ἰουδαίοις=at the end of the laws this is appended: this is what Moses heard from God and is telling to the Jews. ὁ διὰ τοῦ ν. μεταξὺ καθαρῶν καὶ ἀκαθάρτων διαστείλας θεός Iren. 3, 12, 7 [Harv. II 60, 3]; cp. Hippol., Ref. 7, 34, 1) τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ νόμου Gal 3:10b (cp. Dt 27:26). Also simply ὁ νόμος (Jos., Bell. 7, 162 ὁ ν. or 2, 229 ὁ ἱερὸς ν. of the holy book in a concrete sense) Mt 12:5 (Num 28:9f is meant); J 8:5; 1 Cor 9:8 (cp. Dt 25:4); 14:34 (cp. Gen 3:16); Gal 4:21b (the story of Abraham); Hb 9:19. ὁ ν. ὁ ὑμέτερος J 8:17 (cp. Jos., Bell. 5, 402; Tat. 40, 1 κατὰ τοὺς ἡμετέρους ν.). ἐν Μωϋσέως νόμῳ γέγραπται 1 Cor 9:9. καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ κυρίου Lk 2:23 (γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ as Athen. 6, 27, 23c; IMagnMai 52, 35 [III B.C.]; Mel., P. 11, 71; cp. Just., D. 8, 4 τὰ ἐν τῷ ν. γεγραμμένα); cp. vs. 24. ἔγραψεν Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ J 1:45 (cp. Cercidas [III B.C.], Fgm. 1, 18f Diehl² [=Coll. Alex. p. 204, 29=Knox p. 196] καὶ τοῦθʼ Ὅμηρος εἶπεν ἐν Ἰλιάδι).—The Sacred Scriptures (OT) referred to as a whole in the phrase ὁ ν. καὶ οἱ προφῆται (Orig., C. Cels. 2, 6, 4; cp. Hippol., Ref. 8, 19, 1) the law (הַתּוֹרָה) and the prophets (הַנְּבִיאִים) Mt 5:17; 7:12; 11:13; 22:40; Lk 16:16; Ac 13:15; 24:14; 28:23; Ro 3:21b; cp. Dg 11:6; J 1:45. τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ ν. Μωϋσέως καὶ τοῖς προφήταις καὶ ψαλμοῖς Lk 24:44.

ⓑ In a wider sense=Holy Scripture gener., on the principle that the most authoritative part gives its name to the whole (ὁ ν. ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ Theoph. Ant. 1, 11 [p. 82, 15]): J 10:34 (Ps 81:6); 12:34 (Ps 109:4; Is 9:6; Da 7:14); 15:25 (Ps 34:19; 68:5); 1 Cor 14:21 (Is 28:11f); Ro 3:19 (preceded by a cluster of quotations fr. Psalms and prophets).—Mt 5:18; Lk 10:26; 16:17; J 7:49.—JHänel, Der Schriftbegriff Jesu 1919; OMichel, Pls u. s. Bibel 1929; SWesterholm, Studies in Religion 15, ’86, 327–36.—JMeinhold, Jesus u. das AT 1896; MKähler, Jesus u. das AT² 1896; AKlöpper, Z. Stellung Jesu gegenüber d. Mos. Gesetz, Mt 5:17–48: ZWT 39, 1896, 1–23; EKlostermann, Jesu Stellung z. AT 1904; AvHarnack, Hat Jesus das atl. Gesetz abgeschafft?: Aus Wissenschaft u. Leben II 1911, 225–36, SBBerlAk 1912, 184–207; KBenz, D. Stellung Jesu zum atl. Gesetz 1914; MGoguel, RHPR 7, 1927, 160ff; BBacon, Jesus and the Law: JBL 47, 1928, 203–31; BBranscomb, Jes. and the Law of Moses 1930; WKümmel, Jes. u. d. jüd. Traditionsged.: ZNW 33, ’34, 105–30; JHempel, D. synopt. Jesus u. d. AT: ZAW 56, ’38, 1–34.—Lk-Ac: JJervell, HTR 64, ’71, 21–36.—EGrafe, D. paulin. Lehre vom Gesetz² 1893; HCremer, D. paulin. Rechtfertigungslehre 1896, 84ff; 363ff; FSieffert, D. Entwicklungslinie d. paul. Gesetzeslehre: BWeiss Festschr. 1897, 332–57; WSlaten, The Qualitative Use of νόμος in the Pauline Ep.: AJT 23, 1919, 213ff; HMosbech, Pls’ Laere om Loven: TT 4/3, 1922, 108–37; 177–221; EBurton, ICC, Gal 1921, 443–60; PFeine, Theol. des NT⁶ ’34, 208–15 (lit.); PBenoit, La Loi et la Croix d’après S. Paul (Ro 7:7–8:4): RB 47, ’38, 481–509; CMaurer, D. Gesetzeslehre des Pls ’41; PBläser, D. Gesetz b. Pls ’41; BReicke, JBL 70, ’51, 259–76; GBornkamm, Das Ende d. Gesetzes ’63; HRaisänen, Paul and the Law² ’87; PRichardson/SWesterholm, et al., Law in Religious Communities in the Rom. Period, ’91 (Torah and Nomos); MNobile, La Torà al tempo di Paolo, alcune ri-flessioni: Atti del IV simposio di Tarso su S. Paolo Apostolo, ed. LPadovese ’96, 93–106 (lit. 93f, n. 1).—Dodd 25–41.—B. 1358; 1419; 1421. DELG s.v. νέμω Ic. Schmidt, Syn. I 333–47. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

εἰσαγγελ-ία, ἡ,

A information, news, Plb.9.9.7.

2 public announcement, IG12(3).325.16 (Thera, ii B.C.).

3 application to an authority, PStrassb.56.25 (iii A.D.).

II at Athens, state prosecution, impeachment,

Σόλωνος θέντος νόμον εἰσαγγελίας Arist.Ath.8.4

, cf. And.1.43, Lys.30.22, X.HG1.7.9, Isoc.8.130, etc.;

εἰ. δέδωκας ὑπέρ τινος Hyp.Lyc.12

; εἰ. ἐδόθη εἰς τὴν βουλὴν ὑπὲρ Ἀριστάρχου Test. ap. D.21.121;

εἰ. εἰσαγγέλλειν Arist.Ath.59.2

.

2 a process brought before the chief Archon, to punish κάκωσις (q.v.) or maltreatment of parents by children, of ἐπίκληροι by their husbands, or of wards by their guardians, Is.3.47.

3 a procedure employed against unfair arbitrators, Harp.

μετά-βᾰσις, εως, ἡ,

A moving over, shifting, e.g. of the body in walking, from one leg to the other, Hp.Mochl.20; change of position, Epicur.Ep.1p.16U.: pl., ib.p.17 U.

2 passing over, ἐς τὸ ἕτερον πλοῖον v.l. in Antipho 5.22; migration, change of residence,

εἰς Κόρινθον ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν Plu.2.78d

; μ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐπί .. BGU137.6 (ii A. D.).

II change,

τῶν πολιτειῶν γένεσις καὶ μ. Pl.Lg. 676c

;

δοκεῖ ἡ μ. ἐντεῦθεν γίγνεσθαι Id.R. 547c

;

τῶν νομίμων Arist.Pol. 1303a22

(pl.);

ἡ μ. ἐκ [τῶν φυτῶν] εἰς τὰ ζῷα συνεχής ἐστιν Id.HA 588b11

;

μ. ἀπὸ ποιότητος εἰς ποιότητα Sor.2.15

;

αἱ τῆς τραγῳδίας μ. Arist.Po. 1449a37

; but ἡ μ. the reversal of fortune in a drama, ib. 1455b28.

III transition from one subject to another, Luc.Hist.Conscr.55; as a figure in Rhet., Quint.9.3.25.

2 inference or procedure by analogy, Phld. Rh.1.105 S., Sign.19, S.E.M.8.194;

ἡ κατὰ τὸ ὅμοιον μ. Phld.Sign. 38

, al.; also in Medicine,

ἡ τοῦ ὁμοίου μ. Gal.1.118

.

ποί-ησις, εως, ἡ,

A fabrication, creation, production, opp. πρᾶξις (action, v. Arist. EN 1140a2, Pol. 1254a5), [ μύρου] Hdt.3.22;

νεῶν Th.3.2

, etc.;

ἡ τῶν ζῴων π. Pl.Smp. 197a

;

ἡ τῶν μελῶν π. Id.Grg. 449d

;

μίμησις π. τίς ἐστιν, εἰδώλων μέντοι Id.Sph. 265b

, etc.;

αἱ ὑπὸ πάσαις ταῖς τέχναις ἐργασίαι ποιήσεις εἰσί Id.Smp. 205b

.

2 of Poetry, ἡ τῶν διθυράμβων π., τῆς τραγῳδίας, τῶν ἐπῶν, Pherecr.145.10, Pl.Grg. 502a, 502b, R. 394c: abs., art of poetry,

οἱ ἐν π. γενόμενοι Hdt.2.82

, cf. Ar.Ra. 868, etc.;

οὕτως.. ἀταλαιπώρως ἡ π. διέκειτο Id.Fr. 254

; οἱ ἄκροι τῆς π. ἑκατέρας, i.e. tragedy and comedy, Pl.Tht. 152e;

ᾠδαὶ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη π. Id.Phdr. 245a

; π. ψιλὴ ἢ ἐν ᾠδῇ ib. 278c.

b poetic composition, poem,

ἐς ποίησιν ἐσενείκασθαι Hdt.2.23

, cf. Th.1.10, etc.;

περὶ ὧν Ὅμηρος τὴν π. πεποίηκεν Pl. Ion 531d

: pl., Id.Lg. 829e.

II = εἰσποίησις, adoption, in pl., Is.7.1, D.44.7, al.; κατὰ ποίησιν ibid., Michel836.5 (Didyma, ii B.C.);

ποιήσει υἱοί D.H.4.7

;

τῇ παρ' ὑμῶν π. πολίτης D.20.30

.

2 in collect. sense, those adopted,

τῆς π. ἣν ἐκεῖνος ἐποιήσατο Id.44.61

.

III method of procedure, in Magic, PMag.Par.1.1248.

σύν-θεσις, εως, ἡ,

A putting together, composition, combination, Pl.Phd. 93a, R. 611b;

τῶν λίθων Arist.EN 1174a23

, cf. IG42(1).103.56 (Epid., iv B.C.), 7.3073.92 (Lebad., ii B.C.);

τῶν σπονδύλων Sor.1.102

; storage, τῶν μήλων (quinces in a ῥίσκος) Phylarch.10 J.; but ἐλαιῶν ς. a preserve of olives, Gp.9.28.2.

b in concrete sense, junction,

ὀστῶν Arist.PA 658b19

; συνθέσεις ([etym.] λέγω τὰς γωνίας) Id.Pr. 910b14.

2 in various technical senses:

a in Grammar, composition, γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις, i.e. syllables and words, A.Pr. 460, cf. Arist.Metaph. 1092a26; σ. ἔκ τε ῥημάτων γιγνομένη καὶ ὀνομάτων, i.e. sentences, Pl.Sph. 263d, cf. Cra. 431c, Arist. Po. 1458a28, Gal.15.487; περὶ συνθέσεως ὀνομάτων, title of work by D.H.; also, the juxtaposition of letters in a word, Arist.Rh.Al. 1434b34; of an author's composition, Isoc.10.11; so ἡ τῶν μέτρων ς. metrical composition, Arist.Po. 1449b35; ἡ τῶν ἐπῶν ς. D.S.5.74; ἡ τοῦ παίωνος ξ. the way the paeon is made up, Plu.2.1143d; the constitution of things, Hp.Virg.1.

b Math., synthesis of a problem (opp. ἀνάλυσις), Archim.Sph.Cyl.2.7, explained in Papp.634; ἡ κατὰ σ. ἀγωγή synthetic procedure, Id.412.2.

c Math., σ. λόγου transformation of a ratio known as componendo, Euc.5 Def.14; κατὰ -σιν, = componendo, Archim.Aequil.2.9.

d Math., addition, Ph.1.11, Plu.2.1018c, Dioph.1 Intr.; καθ' ἁντινοῦν -σιν however many times added, i.e. whatever number of times taken (multiplied), Archim.Spir.1:—also as Pythag. name for 2, Anatol. ap. Theol.Ar.8.

e in Logic, union of noun and verb or of two objects of thought in a statement, Arist. Int. 16a12, de An. 430a27; also ὁ παρὰ τὴν σ. [λόγος] the fallacy of composition, opp. διαίρεσις, Id.SE 177a33.

f in Physics, composition of substances, parts of organisms, from their elementary constituents, Id.PA 646a12, Top. 151a23; opp μίξις (combination), Id.GC 328a6.

g in Medicine, compounding of essences and drugs,

τῶν μύρων Thphr. Od.14

, al., cf. D.S.4.45, Aglaïas 8.

II combination of parts so as to form a whole, γενέσεις καὶ ς. Pl.R. 533b; ἡ τῶν στρωμάτων ς. Id.Plt. 280b, cf. Arist.PA 645a35, Metaph. 1014b37; in plants, Thphr.HP 5.5.2.

b in concrete sense, a social or political combination, Arist. Pol. 1276b7; a military formation, Ael.Tact.18.5.

III agreement, treaty, Pi.P.4.168, Fr. 205; πὸς τὰς συνθέσις in accordance with the agreements, IG5(2).343.41,60 (Orchom. Arc., iv B.C.); ἐκ συνθέσεως by arrangement, D.S.13.112, etc.;

συνθέσεις περὶ γάμων Plu. Sull.35

.

2 σ. λόγων making up accounts, Stud.Pal.4.70.391 (i A.D.); so ς. alone,

εἰς σύνθεσιν τῷ βασιλεῖ PTeb.714.6

(ii B.C.).

IV set, service (most freq. in Lat. synthesis):

1 collection of clothes, wardrobe, Dig.34.2.38.1; also, dress, gown, costume, suit, σ. τελείας λευκὰς δεκατρεῖς, γυναικείας ς. PHamb.10.13,21 (ii A.D.), cf. POxy. 1153.23 (i A.D.), 496.4 (ii A.D.), PSI10.1117.11,13 (ii A.D.), Mart.2.46.4, 5.79.2; synthesinam indutus, Suet.Ner.51.

2 service of plate,

σ. πινακίων BGU 781 i 5

(i A.D.), cf. Mart.4.46.15, Stat.Silv.4.9.44.

ἔφοδ-ος (A), ον,

A accessible, f.l. for εὐεφ-, Th.6.66 (in [comp] Sup. - ώτατος), Polyaen.1.49.

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ἔφοδ-ος (B), ὁ,

A one who goes the rounds, X. Cyr.8.6.16, Plb.6.36.6.

2 inspector, PTeb.30.27 (ii B. C.).

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ἔφοδ-ος (C), ἡ,

A approach, Th.4.129, 6.99 (pl.);

αὐτόθεν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους X. An.4.2.6

; εἰς τὸν λόφον ib.3.4.41; entrance to a holy place, Jahresh. 18 Beibl.23 (Cilicia, ii A. D.); ἔφοδον θύειν sacrifice on arrival, GDI 2501.34 (Delph.).

b ἔφοδοι θαλάττης advance of the tides, Thphr. Metaph.29.

c in argument, method of reasoning,

ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν καθ' ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου ἔ. Arist.Top. 105a14

; τὰ ἀκόλουθα, τὰ ἑξῆς τῆς ἐ., Ph.1.572, 598; ἐξ ἐναργέος ἐφόδου, i. e. from the clear teaching of experience, Hp.Praec.1.

d Archit., course of masonry, IG22.244.98 (iv B. C.), 5(2).33 (Tegea, iii B. C.).

2 means of approach, Plb.1.13.9; right of access,

δίδοσθαί τινι τὴν ἔ. ἐπὶ τοὺς πολλούς Id.4.34.5

;

ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὸν δῆμον SIG278.12

(Priene, iv B. C.), cf. IG11(4).547 (Delos, iii B. C.); access for traffic and intercourse, communication,

ἔφοδοι παρ' ἀλλήλους Th.1.6

;

πρὸς ἀλλ. Id.5.35

; right of importation,

τῶν ἐπιτηδείων X.HG2.4.3

.

b pl., natural passages, e.g. nostrils, Hp.Epid.6.2.16.

3 attempt, plan, method, ib.6.5.1, Arist.EE 1230a35, Thphr.Sens.60;

ἔ. τῆς ἐξηγήσεως Plb.3.1.11

; method of procedure, Vett. Val.24.12;

σοφιστικοῖς λόγοις καὶ ἐφόδοις χρησάμενοι Id.334.9

.

II attack, onslaught, A.Eu. 375 (lyr., pl.), Th.1.93, etc.;

τοῦ στρατεύματος X.An.2.2.18

;

ἔφοδον ποιεῖσθαι Th.2.95

;

δέξασθαι Id.4.126

, Pl.Phd. 95b;

γνώμης μᾶλλον ἐφόδῳ ἢ ἰσχύος Th.3.11

; ἐξ ἐφόδου τρέψασθαι at the first assault, Plb.1.36.11, cf. OGI 654.4 (Egypt, i B. C.), etc.;

τῇ πρώτῃ ἐφόδῳ ἁλῶναι D.H.4.51

;

αὐτῆ ἐ. τρεψόμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους Id.3.4

; of ships, εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἔφοδον dub.l. in Plb.3.25.4 codd. (leg. ἄφ-) ; νυκτιπόλοι ἔφοδοι of the haunting powers of darkness, as subject to Persephone, E. Ion 1049 (lyr.).

2 attack or access of fever, Hp.Prog.20; afflux of heat or cold, Id.Vict.1.32 (pl.).

3 Rhet., artful exordium, D.H.Is.3 (pl.), Lys.15; = insinuatio, [Cic.] ad Herenn.1.4.6, cf. Aphth.Prog. 13, etc.

III proceedings in a law-court, suit, PHib.1.96.10 (iii B. C.), etc.

ὑπογρᾰφ-ή, ἡ,

A written accusation, Pl.Tht. 172e (but perh. in signf.11.2), IG9(2).522.20 (Larissa, iii/ii B. C., dub. sens.); cf.

ὑπογράφω 1.2

.

b in Egypt, an unknown form of legal procedure before a court, PEnteux.50.8 (iii B. C.), PPetr.2p.55 (iii B. C.).

c decision of an official on a petition handed to him, PTeb.45.28 (ii B. C.); of a court (perh. orig. so called because written below a petition), including a record of the legal proceedings, UPZ118.1, 162 vii 33, ix 24 (ii B. C.), BGU1759.4, 1827.12 (i B. C.).

2 admission of liability in writing. IG12(7).3.35 (Amorgos, iv B. C.), Mél.Navarre 357 ([place name] Thespiae), PEnteux.35.7 (iii B. C.).

3 copy, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.6 M. (pl.).

4 entering of horses at the Olympic games, D.S.13.74 codd. ( ἀπογρ-Schaefer).

5 pl., = Lat. commentarii, App.Pun. 136, BC4.132.

II outline, contour, Arist.GA 764b30; τενόντων ὑπογραφαί traces of feet, foot-prints, A.Ch. 209.

2 architect's plan, SIG1156 (Priene, iii/ii B. C.); diagram, Ascl.Tact.11.7: metaph., outline, sketch, general description, opp. τελεωτάτη ἀπεργασία, Pl.R. 504d, cf. 548d, Lg. 737d;

θεωρείσθω ἐκ τῆς ὑ. Arist.Int. 22a22

, Mete. 346a32, HA 510a30: Medic., as Empiric t.t., Gal.8.720.

3 in Logic, description, general illustration, opp. definition, Stoic.2.75.

4 example, illustration,

ὑπογραφῆς ἕνεκα Ael.Tact.8.3

.

III painting under of the eyelids, X.Cyr.1.3.2, Nicostr. ap. Stob.4.23.62; cf.

ὑπόγραμμα 11

, ὑπογράφω v, ὑποχρίω.

βασανίζω impf. ἐβασάνιζον; fut. 3 sg. βασανίσει Sir 4:19 and βασανιεῖ 2 Macc 7:17; 1 aor. ἐβασάνισα. Pass.: 1 fut. βασανισθήσομαι; 1 aor. pass. ἐβασανίσθην (s. βάσανος; Pre-Socr.+) prim. ‘put to a test, prove’.

① to subject to punitive judicial procedure, torture (Thu. 8, 92, 2; Chariton 4, 3, 2; BGU 1847, 16; PAnt 87, 13; 2 Macc 7:13; 4 Macc 6:5 al.; Jos., Ant. 2, 105; 16, 232) MPol 2:2; used on slaves (Antiphon 2, 4, 8; POxy 903, 10) 6:1.

② to subject to severe distress, torment, harass

ⓐ harass (Maximus Tyr. 11, 2a βασανίζειν τὸν χρυσὸν ἐν πυρί =torture the gold with fire [in the smelting process]) πλοῖον βασανιζόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων a boat harassed by the waves Mt 14:24; cp. Mk 6:48 they had rough going in the waves or they were straining (at the oars?) to make headway. Synon. τυμπανίζω. In these pass. the lit. component dominates, in b and c the metaphorical.

ⓑ mostly physical: in diseases (Lucian, Soloec. 6 censures this use; Jos., Ant. 9, 101; 12, 413; POxyHels 46, 19 [I/II A.D.]) Mt 8:6. Of birth-pangs (Anth. Pal. 9, 311 βάσανος has this mng.) Rv 12:2. Of Jesus as threat to evil spirits ἦλθες βασανίσαι ἡμᾶς; Mt 8:29; cp. Mk 5:7; Lk 8:28. Of prophetic testimony as source of annoyance Rv 11:10.—9:5; 14:10; 20:10; GPt 4:14; Hv 3, 7, 6; Hs 6, 4, 1f; 4; 6, 5, 3f; 6.

ⓒ essentially affective IEph 8:1; ἑαυτόν torment oneself Hs 9, 9, 3 (Epict. 2, 22, 35; Philo, Deus Imm. 102). For this τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν (TestAsh 6:5 ἡ ψυχὴ βασανίζεται) m 4, 2, 2 (w. ταπεινοῦν); ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν (Lot) felt his upright soul tormented by the lawless deeds (of the Sodomites) 2 Pt 2:8 (s. Harnack, Beitr. VII 1916, 105f).—M-M. DELG s.v. βάσανος. TW.

βεβαίως adv. of βέβαιος (Aeschyl., Thu. et al.; PYadin 19, 23; Lev 25:30; 3 Macc 5:42; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 221; Just., D. 58, 3; Ath., R. 63, 13).

① pert. to being high on a scale of reliability, certainly, truly, reliably (w. ἀληθῶς) πράττεσθαι certainly done IMg 11; (w. ἀκριβῶς; cp. Jos., C. Ap. 1, 15) reliably, dependably (PGM 7, 710; 836) διδάσκειν Pol 3:2.

② pert. to being valid because in keeping w. established procedure, valid, proper, συναθροίζεσθαι meet in valid manner = hold valid meetings i.e. as authorized by the ecclesiastical overseer IMg 4 (cp. ISm 8).

γεμίζω fut. γεμίσω (ApcSed); 1 aor. ἐγέμισα; pass. ἐγεμίσθην (Aeschyl.+) to put someth. into an object to the extent of its capacity (the procedure of filling, in contrast to the result expressed by γέμω, next entry) fill

ⓐ τί τινος (Aeschyl., Ag. 443; Demosth. 34, 36; Ar. 4, 3 [γῆ] γεμίζεται νεκρῶν; OGI 383, 146; PSI 429, 12 [III B.C.] τὸ πλοῖον γεμίσαι ξύλων) an object w. someth. a sponge w. vinegar Mk 15:36; jars w. water J 2:7; jars w. wine Hm 12, 5, 3; baskets w. fragments J 6:13. Pass. ἐγεμίσθη ὁ ναὸς καπνοῦ the temple was filled w. smoke Rv 15:8.

ⓑ τὶ ἔκ τινος Lk 15:16 (v.l. ἀπὸ τῶν κερατίων) of filling a censer with fire from an altar Rv 8:5 (PEnteux 27, 14=PMagd 11, 14 [221 B.C.] γεμίσαι τὸ πλοῖον ἐκ τῶν τόπων; 4 Macc 3:14 v.l. πηγήν, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐγέμισαν τ. βασιλεῖ τὸ ποτόν).

ⓒ abs. in pass. (PEnteux 27 verso περὶ τοῦ γεμισθῆναι τὸ πλοῖον [restored]; PSI 429, 12; BGU 1303, 31) (begin to) be filled (with water) Mk 4:37. Of a house be filled (with guests) Lk 14:23. Cp. Rv 10:10 v.l. (with a little scroll).

ⓓ w. acc. of content: fill a vessel ἔλαβεν τὴν κάλπιν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν γεμίσαι ὕδωρ GJs 11:1 (sim. Paus. 3, 13, 3; s. deStrycker 268). S. ὕδωρ.—DELG s.v. γέμω. M-M. TW.

γέμω impf. ἔγεμον (Aeschyl., Hdt.+) to be full of someth. (of state rather than procedure), be full.

ⓐ w. simple gen. τινός (Thu. 7, 25, 1 et al.; LXX; GrBar 12:1; PGM 8, 94 πυρὸς γ.) of someth.: of bones of the dead Mt 23:27 (cp. Just., D. 17, 4; 112, 4); GNaass 284, 153; of sins B 11:11 (cp. Isocr., Panath. 10, 29 πολλῶν ἁμαρτημάτων γέμοντες); of rapacity and wickedness Lk 11:39 (cp. Isocr., Areop. 17, 43 πλείστων γ. ἐπιθυμιῶν; Plut., Pomp. 657 [72, 4], Aemil. 271 [31, 4]); of cursing and bitterness (cp. Philod., Ira p. 56 W. πικρίας) Ro 3:14 (Ps 9:28; 13:3); of incense Rv 5:8 (cp. GrBar 12:1–5); of pollutions 17:4; of the seven plagues 21:9; of God’s wrath 15:7. ζῷα γέμοντα ὀφθαλμῶν living creatures full of eyes (of heavily loaded animals, Posidon.: 87 Fgm. 2 Jac. ὄνους γέμοντας οἴνου; Aesop, Fab. 322a H./180 P./266 Ch./191 H-H. S. also Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 15 §55 γέμων ῥύπου, covered with filth) 4:6, 8. ὄρος σχισμῶν ὅλον ἔγεμεν the mountain was all full of cracks Hs 9, 1, 7; be full of mistiness 2 Cl 1:6 (contrast Diod. Sic. 13, 84, 3 ἡ πόλις ἔγεμε φωτός). Pregnant constr. θεοῦ γ. be full of God IMg 14 (cp. Vergil in Seneca Rhet., Suasoria 3, 5 HMüller: plena deo, of the Sibyl; Lucan 9, 564; Pollux 1, 15 πλήρης θεοῦ; schol. on Pla. 856e of μάντις• ἄνωθεν λαμβάνειν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ πληροῦσθαι τοῦ θεοῦ).

ⓑ w. prep. and gen. ἔκ τινος of extortion Mt 23:25.

ⓒ w. acc. of thing: θηρίον γέμοντα (constr. ad sensum) ὀνόματα βλασφημίας full of sacrilegious names Rv 17:3 (s. AThumb, Hdb. d. neugriech. Volkssprache² 1910 §50c; B-D-F §159, 1; KWolf, Studien z. Sprache d. Malalas II, diss. Munich 1912, 33).—DELG. M-M. TW.

δοκιμάζω (s. four next entries) fut. δοκιμάσω, δοκιμῶ LXX; 1 aor. ἐδοκίμασα; pf. 2 sg. δεδοκίμακας Jer 12:3, pass. δεδοκίμασμαι (Hdt., Thu.+)

① to make a critical examination of someth. to determine genuineness, put to the test, examine (so mostly LXX.—EpArist 276; Jos., Ant. 1, 233; 3, 15; TestAsh 5:4; Tat., Ath.; Iren. 1, prol. 2 [Harv. I 3, 9]) w. acc., test oxen for their usefulness Lk 14:19 (Hdt. 2, 38 of the Apis bulls). ἑαυτόν examine oneself 1 Cor 11:28; 2 Cor 13:5; one’s own work Gal 6:4; the works of God Hb 3:9 v.l. (Ps 94:9); of God’s self (w. πειράζω); ApcPt (Ox 849, 25); τὰ διαφέροντα Ro 2:18; Ph 1:10; φθοριμαίοις (cod. φθοριμειοις) λόγοις, οὓς σὺ (cod. σοι) δοκίμασον destructive statements, which you must evaluate AcPlCor 1:3; everything 1 Th 5:21; spirits (of bogus prophets) 1J 4:1; cp. D 12:1; Hm 11, 7, 16; 1 Cl 42:4; believers in general Hs 8, 2, 5; fig. οἰκοδομήν 9, 5, 2; heaven and earth Lk 12:56a; τὸν καιρόν 56b; be convinced of someone’s faithfulness 1 Cl 1:2; try to learn τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ κυρίῳ what is pleasing to the Lord Eph 5:10.—Of the examination of prospects for special service in the Christian community (acc. to Attic usage: Lysias 16, 3; Pla., Leg. 6, 765c; Attic ins) 1 Ti 3:10. Of God 1 Th 2:4b (Jer 11:20; 17:10; 20:12; Ps 7:10; 26:2; Jos., Ant. 1, 233).—Of opponents Βαρσαββὰς … δοκιμαζόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἀπίστων Barsabbas … was put to the test by the unbelievers Papias (11:2).—For Ro 2:18, and 12:2 s. 2b below.

② to draw a conclusion about worth on the basis of testing, prove, approve, here the focus is on the result of a procedure or examination.

ⓐ prove by testing, of gold (Isocr., Panathen. 14, 39; SIG 334, 45 [on monetary assoc. s. other reff. in SEG XLII, 1851]; Pr 8:10; Sir 2:5; Wsd 3:6) 1 Pt 1:7 (on testing of character cp. Pind., P. 10, 67f); Hv 4, 3, 4; cp. 1 Cor 3:13 (JGnilka, Ist 1 Cor 3:10–15 ein Schriftzeugnis für d. Fegefeuer? ’55). τὰς ψυχάς ApcPt 3.

ⓑ accept as proved, approve (PEleph 1, 10; POxy 928, 7 ἵνα ἐὰν δοκιμάσῃς ποιήσῃς; PTebt 326, 10) w. acc. τὶ ISm 8:2. οὓς ἐὰν δοκιμάσητε whom you consider qualified 1 Cor 16:3. ἐδοκιμάσαμεν σπουδαῖον ὄντα we have tested and found him zealous 2 Cor 8:22. ἐδοκίμασε γὰρ ὑμᾶς ὁ κύριος καὶ ἐνέγραψεν ὑμᾶς εἰς τὸν ἀριθμὸν τὸν ἡμέτερον Hs 9, 24, 4; cp. λίθους v 3, 5, 3. δ. τὸ ἀγάπης γνήσιον prove the genuineness of love 2 Cor 8:8. ἐν ᾧ δοκιμάζει for what he approves Ro 14:22. δ. τὰ διαφέροντα approve (or discover s. under 1) what is essential Ro 2:18; Phil 1:10. W. inf. (Appian, Iber. 90 §392, Bell. Civ. 2, 114 §475; Jos., Ant. 2, 176, Vi. 161 simply = intend, wish) οὐκ ἐδοκίμασαν τὸν θεὸν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει they did not see fit to have a true knowledge of God Ro 1:28 (anticipating the opposite in 12:2.—WReiss, ‘Gott nicht kennen’ im AT, ZAW 58, ’40/41, 70–98). W. indir. quest. foll. δ., τί τὸ θέλημα τ. θεοῦ approve (or discover s. under 1) what God’s will is 12:2. Pass. (Prov. Aesopi 171 P. φίλος καὶ ἵππος ἐν ἀνάγκῃ δοκιμάζονται=stand the test; Jos., Ant. 3, 71) δεδοκιμάσμεθα we have been found worthy w. inf. foll. 1 Th 2:4a. δεδοκιμασμένος tested, approved of genuine prophets D 11:11 (Diod S 4, 7, 1 δεδοκιμασμένος of the story writer who has a good reputation; cp. SIG 807, 9; PFay 106, 23; 2 Macc 4:3); cp. Hm 11, 7, 16 (s. 1 above); πνεῦμα δεδοκιμασμένον v 2, 4; of Jesus Ac 2:22 D.—B. 652. DELG s.v. δοκάω etc. EDNT. M-M. TW. Spicq.

ζευκτηρία, ας, ἡ (s. ζεύγνυμι) someth. used to link things (usually two) together, bands, the ropes that tied the rudders (the nautical t.t. is ‘pendant’ or ‘pennant’ [s. OED s.v. ‘pennant’]: LCasson, Ships, etc. in the Ancient World ’71, 228) Ac 27:40 (the adj. ζευκτήριος since Aeschyl., Pers. 736. The subst. neut. = ‘yoke’ in sg. in Aeschyl., Ag. 515; PHerm 95, 18, in pl. τὰ ζευκτήρια. PLond III, 1177, 167 [113 A.D.] p. 185 σχοινίων καὶ ζευκτηρίων; POxy 934, 5; PFlor 16, 26 al. in pap; for the procedure cp. Eur., Hel. 1552 πηδάλια ζεύγλαισι παρακαθίετο, Breusing 102–3).—DELG s.v. ζεύγνυμι I.

θεμιτός, ή, όν (θέμις ‘law as established by custom’; Hom. Hymns, Hdt. et al.; ins, pap; Jos., Bell. 6, 432) pert. to being appropriate or right, with implication that the thing so described is not a matter of codified law but unwritten procedure based on custom and awareness of the transcendent, allowed, permitted, right θεμιτόν ἐστιν it is right w. inf. foll. (Sext. Emp., Adv. Gramm. 81; SIG 965, 16f) 1 Cl 63:1. Mostly w. neg. (Hdt. 5, 72 al.; Ael. Aristid. 45 p. 25 D.; Tob 2:13 BA; Philo, Op. M. 17 οὐ θ.; Jos., Ant. 14, 72) οὐ θ. it is not right (without copula as Hyperid. 6, 27; Just., D. 134, 3; Ath., R. 77, 29) Dg 6:10.—HVos, ΘΕΜΙΣ ’56; LfgrE col. 991 (lit.) s.v. θέμις. DDD 1613f. DELG s.v. θέμις.

θυσία, ας, ἡ (s. θύω and next entry; Pind., Hdt.+).

① act of offering, offering fig. ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ τ. πίστεως ὑμῶν as you offer your faith Phil 2:17 (though mng. 2b is not impossible for the complex set of imagery in this pass.; s. below).

② that which is offered as a sacrifice, sacrifice, offering

ⓐ lit.

α. (stated gener. Dg 3:5; Just., D. 43, 1 al.; Ath. 26, 3) Mt 9:13; 12:7 (both Hos 6:6); Mk 9:49 v.l., s. ἁλίζω; Hb 10:5 (Ps 39:7), 26. Pl. Mk 12:33; Lk 13:1 (cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 30 παρὰ ταῖς ἰδίαις θυσίαις ἀπεσφάχθαι); Hb 10:1, 8; 1 Cl 4:2 (Gen 4:5; cp. Diod S 12, 20, 2 τῶν θεῶν οὐ χαιρόντων ταῖς τῶν πονηρῶν θυσίαις); B 2:4, 5 (Is 1:11), 7 (Jer 7:22). The various kinds are specified 1 Cl 41:2. ἀνάγειν θυσίαν bring an offering Ac 7:41 (ἀνάγω 3). Also ἀναφέρειν θ. Hb 7:27 (ἀναφέρω 3); δοῦναι θ. Lk 2:24. προσφέρειν (Ex 32:6; Lev 2:1, 8 and oft.; Just., D. 41, 3 al.) Ac 7:42 (Am 5:25); Hb 5:1; 8:3; 10:11; 11:4; 1 Cl 10:7. Pass. Hb 9:9. φέρειν θ. (2 Ch 29:31, Jer 17:26; Just. A I, 24, 2 al.) 1 Cl 4:1 (Gen 4:3). προσάγεσθαι θ. (cp. 1 Esdr 1:16) be led as a sacrifice 1 Cl 31:3.

β. of a sacrificial meal (Polycrates: 588 Fgm. 1 Jac. equated w. θοίνη [‘feast’]; Ps.-Callisth. 3, 29, 9 τὴν θυσίαν ἐποιησάμεθα τῶν Σωτηρίων=the meal to celebrate deliverance) ἐσθίειν τὰς θ. eat the sacrifices (Ps 105:28; Num 25:2) 1 Cor 10:18. The Eucharist is spoken of as a sacrifice or offering and sacrificial meal D 14:1ff (s. Knopf, Hdb. exc. on D 9 and 10, p. 24f).

γ. of the sacrificial death of Christ which, in contrast to the earthly sacrifices, is to be classed among the κρείττονες θυσίαι Hb 9:23; 10:12. διὰ τῆς θυσίας αὐτοῦ 9:26. παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν θυσίαν τ. θεῷ Eph 5:2 (Diod S 4, 82, 2 τὴν θυσίαν ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων τ. Ἑλλήνων).—B 7:3.—Of aspiration to martyrdom ἵνα διὰ τῶν ὀργάνων τούτων θεοῦ θυσία εὑρεθῶ IRo 4:2. προσδεχθείην … σήμερον ἐν θυσίᾳ πίονι καὶ προσδεκτῇ MPol 14:2.

ⓑ fig. (Sextus 47: the doing of good as the only θυσία pleasing to God; sim. Persius 2, 73–75, a pure heart is the appropriate sacrifice in temples: compositum ius fasque animo … haec cedo ut admoveam templis) a broken spirit designated as θ. 1 Cl 18:16f; 52:4; B 2:10 (all three Ps 50:19). θ. αἰνέσεως praise-offering (s. on αἴνεσις) is used fig. in our lit. of spiritual sacrifice 1 Cl 35:12 (Ps 49:23); 52:3 (Ps 49:14). It is explained Hb 13:15 as καρπὸς χειλέων ὁμολογούντων τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ (=τ. θεοῦ).—εἰ σπένδομαι ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν even if I must pour out my blood over the sacrifice of your faith (i.e., consisting in your faith) Phil 2:17 (cp. Arrian, Anab. 6, 19, 5 σπείσας ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ τὴν φιάλην; but s. 1 above). θ. δεκτή an acceptable sacr. (s. δεκτός 2) Phil 4:18; Hs 5, 3, 8; cp. Hb 13:16 and 2aγ end. πνευματικαὶ θ. spiritual sacrifices 1 Pt 2:5 (cp. Herm. Wr. 13, 18; 19; 21 λογικαὶ θυσίαι; s. on this Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 38; 328f.—SibOr 8, 408 ζῶσα θυσία). παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς παραστῆσαι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν I appeal to you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice Ro 12:1 (παριστάναι θυσίαν is a t.t. of sacrificial procedure: OGI 332, 17 and 42; 456, 20f; 764, 23 and 33 al., SIG² 554, 6; SIG³ 694, 50.—PSeidensticker, Lebendiges Opfer Röm 12:1, diss. Münster, ’54).—OSchmitz, Die Opferanschauung d. spät. Judentums u. die Opferaussagen d. NTs 1910; HWenschkewitz, D. Spiritualisierung der Kultusbegriffe Tempel, Priester u. Opfer im NT ’32; WvLoewenich, Z. Verständnis d. Opfergedankens im Hb: ThBl 12, ’32, 167–72; JBrinktrine, D. Messopferbegr. in den ersten 2 Jahrh. 1918; RYerkes, ATR 29, ’47, 28–33; RdeVaux, Les Sacrifices de l’Ancien Testament ’64. BHHW II 1345–52; Pauly-W. XVIII 579–627; JCasabona, Recherches sur le vocabulaire des Sacrifices en Grec ’66.—B. 1467. DELG s.v. 2 θύω B6. TRE XXV esp. 253–78. M-M. Sv. S. also εὐχαριστία 3.

κέλευσμα, ατος, τό (s. κελεύω; a summons to carry out a procedure, e.g. battle engagement, rowing, hunting: Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; Sb 4279, 3 [I A.D.]; Pr 30:27; TestSol 6:6 P; GrBar ins [κελεύματι]; Philo, Abr. 116; Jos., Ant. 17, 140; 199; on the spelling s. B-D-F §70, 3) signal, (cry of) command (Hdt. 4, 141 of a signal for engagement in battle) ὁ κύριος ἐν κ. καταβήσεται the Lord will come down with a cry of command = when the command is given 1 Th 4:16 (cp. on the κέλευσμα of God, Galen XIX 179 K. τοῦ δημιουργοῦ; Philo, Praem. 117 and Descensus Mariae in Rtzst., Poim. 5, 3).—DELG s.v. κελεύω. TW.

μέλος, ους, τό (Hom.+)

① a part of the human body, member, part, limb lit., of parts of the human body (cp. Did., Gen. 8 A, 7) καθάπερ ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι πολλὰ μ. ἔχομεν as we have many parts/members in one body Ro 12:4ab; cp. 1 Cor 12:12a, 14, 18–20, 25f; Js 3:5 (Apollod. [II B.C.]: 244 Fgm. 307 Jac. κράτιστον τῶν μελῶν ἡ γλῶσσα). τὰ μ. τοῦ σώματος the parts of the body (Diod S 5, 18, 12; Philo, In Flacc. 176; Orig., C. Cels. 7, 38, 13) 1 Cor 12:12b, 22; 1 Cl 37:5; Dg 6:2. W. σάρξ 6:6. μ. σκοτεινόν Lk 11:36 v.l. W. gen. of pers. Mt 5:29f (cp. Sextus 13); Ro 6:13ab; 19ab; 7:5, 23ab; Js 3:6; 4:1 (the pl. in these pass. may also refer to the ‘body’ as the sum of its parts, but the pl. τὰ μέλη Pind., N. 11, 15 which has been used in support does not mean the body as such, but is used with pathos in reference to the athlete’s limbs, so vital to his profession, as θνατά, i.e. while enjoying vigor the athlete must recognize his mortality). συγκοπὴ μελῶν mangling of limbs (leading to martyrdom; Diod S 17, 83, 9 describes a procedure of this kind) IRo 5:3.—Metaph. of sinful characteristics or behavior νεκρώσατε τὰ μέλη τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς put to death your worldly parts = put to death whatever in you is worldly Col 3:5.

② a part as member of a whole, member fig. extension of 1: of the many-sided organism of the Christian community (on the figure of the body and its members, a favorite one in ancient lit., e.g. Aristot., Pol. 1253a 20–29; cp. Ar. 13, 5; Ath. 8, 1; s. Ltzm., Hdb. on 1 Cor 12:12; WNestle, D. Fabel des Menenius Agrippa: Klio 21, 1927, 350–60): the individual Christians are members of Christ, and together they form his body (for this idea cp. Simplicius in Epict. p. 70, 51: souls are μέρη τοῦ θεοῦ; 71, 5.—At p. 80, 54 the soul is called μέρος ἢ μέλος τοῦ θεοῦ; Iren. 5, 2, 2 [Harv. II 319, 2, 1]) 1 Cor 12:27; Eph 5:30; 1 Cl 46:7; IEph 4:2; ITr 11:2; cp. Eph 4:16 v.l. ἀλλήλων μέλη members of each other Ro 12:5; Eph 4:25; 1 Cl 46:7b. In 1 Cor 6:15a for a special reason the σώματα of the Christians are called μέλη Χριστοῦ. Since acc. to Paul’s understanding of Gen 2:24 sexual intercourse means fusion of bodies (1 Cor 6:16), relations w. a prostitute fr. this point of view become particularly abhorrent vs. 15b.—DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

νομίμως adv. of νόμιμος (since Thu. 2, 74, 3; OGI 669, 19; 24; freq. pap; 4 Macc 6:18; SibOr 11, 82; Jos., C. Ap. 2. 152; 217; Ath., R. 23 p. 76, 5) pert. to being in accordance with normal procedure, in accordance with rule(s)/law (cp. Lysias Fgm. 53, 4 ν. ἀποθανεῖν=to die as is the normal human experience) of athletes ν. ἀθλεῖν compete according to the rules 2 Ti 2:5 (perh. as opposed to being properly qualified, cp. Epict. 3, 10, 8 ὁ θεός σοι λέγει ‘δός μοι ἀπόδειξιν, εἰ νομίμως ἤθλησας’). Wordplay καλὸς ὁ νόμος, ἐάν τις αὐτῷ ν. χρῆται the law is good, if one uses it lawfully 1 Ti 1:8 (Rob. 1201).—M-M.

προσάγω 2 aor. προσήγαγον, impv. προσάγαγε, inf. προσαγαγεῖν; pf. 3 pl. προσαγειόχασιν Lev 10:19. Pass.: impf. προσηγόμην; 1 fut. 3 sg. προσαχθήσεται Lev 14:2; 1 aor. προσήχθην (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, EpArist, Philo, Joseph., Test12Patr, apolog.).

① trans. bring into someone’s presence, bring (forward)

ⓐ lit. τινά someone Ac 12:6 v.l.; B 13:5a. Pass. MPol 9:1f. προσάγαγε ὧδε τὸν υἱόν Lk 9:41. W. acc. to be supplied Ἰωσὴφ προσήγαγεν (αὐτόν) εἰς … B 13:5b (πρ. τινὰ εἴς τι Herodian 1, 5, 1). τινά τινι bring someone to someone Ac 16:20; B 13:4 (Gen 48:9); pass. Mt 18:24 v.l.

ⓑ fig.

α. of Christ, who brings people to God (X., Cyr. 1, 3, 8 of admission to an audience with the Great King) ἵνα ὑμᾶς προσαγάγῃ τῷ θεῷ 1 Pt 3:18 (Just., D. 2, 1 al.; Jos., Ant. 14, 272 the mid. conveys the sense ‘negotiate peace’, ‘reconcile’).

β. as a t.t. of sacrificial procedure (Hdt. 3, 24 et al.; LXX; EpArist 45 π. θυσίας) bring, present, of Isaac προσήγετο θυσία 1 Cl 31:3. προσάξω αὐτὸ δῶρον κυρίῳ I will present it (the child, Mary) to the Lord as a gift GJs 4:1. τὴν θρησκείαν πρ. αὐτῷ (=τῷ θεῷ) offer (cultic) worship to God Dg 3:2 (cp. Tob 12:12; Ath. 13, 2). Abs. ὀφείλομεν πλουσιώτερον καὶ ὑψηλότερον προσάγειν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ we ought to sacrifice all the more bountifully and richly out of fear of (God) B 1:7; but s. 2b.

② intr. to move toward a reference point, come near, approach (Theocr. et al.; Plut., Mor. 800a, Pomp. 643 [46, 1]; SIG 1042, 3; PTebt 47, 15; Josh 3:9; 1 Km 9:18; 3 Km 18:30ab; Sir 12:13; 2 Macc 6:19; EpArist 59; Jos., Ant. 6, 52.—Anz 335).

ⓐ lit. ὑπενόουν προσάγειν τινὰ αὐτοῖς χώραν they suspected that land was near (lit. ‘approaching them’) Ac 27:27 (vv.ll. προσανέχειν, προσεγγίζειν, προσαχεῖν).

ⓑ fig., of pers. approaching God B 2:9. προσάγειν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ (= τοῦ θεοῦ) approach (the fear of) God 1:7, unless πρ. here means bring an offering (so Lghtf. et al.; s. 1bβ).—M-M. TW.