nether+world

βάσανος, ου, ἡ (Theognis, Pind.+, orig. ‘touchstone, test’, then of procedures or ‘torment’ used to extract a confession; ins, pap, LXX, En; TestSol 1:3; Philo; Jos., Ant. 12, 255; 13, 241; Just.)

① severe pain occasioned by punitive torture, torture, torment (Herodas 2, 88 and Diod. S, 15, 58, 2 of torture ordered by a court to extort a confession; SIG 780, 12; PLille 29 I, 22; LXX, esp. oft. 4 Macc; Philo, De Jos. 86; Jos., Bell. 1, 635; Ant. 16, 245) MPol 2:3, 4; Ox 840, 7. Of the tortures in the nether world (cp. Wsd 3:1; 4 Macc 13:15) and as synon. of ‘unquenchable fire’ 2 Cl 17:7b; ὑπάρχειν ἐν β. be in torment Lk 16:23. Descriptive of place in the nether world τόπος τῆς β. place of torment vs. 28. Cp. 2 Cl 10:4.—Of persecutions of Christians 1 Cl 6:1; 2 Cl 17:7a.—Cp. Hv 3, 7, 6; Hs 6, 3, 4; 6, 4, 3f; 6, 5, 1; 3; 7.

② gener. severe pain caused by someth. oppressive, severe pain, torment (w. νόσοι; cp. Sext. Emp., Eth. 153 [Adv. Math. 11, 153]; 1 Macc 9:56; Philo, Abr. 96) Mt 4:24.—Papias (3:3).—PduBois, Torture and Truth 1991. B. 1115. DELG. M-M. TW.

(-s, -ar), m.

1) a place of abode, a region or world (níu man ek heima); spyrja e-n í hvern heim, to ask one freely;

2) this world (segðu mér ór heimi, ek man ór helju); koma í heiminn, to be born; fara af heiminum, to depart this life; liggja milli heims ok heljar, to lie between life and death;

3) the earth; kringla heimsins, the globe.

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m. [Ulf. heimos (fem. pl.) = κώμη; A. S. hâm; cp. Eng. home, and in local names -ham; O. H. G. haim; Germ. heim; Dan. hjem; Swed. hem]:—prop. an abode, village, and hence land, region, world:

I. abode, land,

1. partly in a mythol. sense, each heimr being peopled with one kind of beings, gods, fairies, men, giants, etc.; níu man ek heima, I remember nine abodes, Vsp. 2, and also Alm. 9 sqq., Vþm. 45, refer to the mythol. conception of nine heavens, nine kinds of beings, and nine abodes, cp. Goð-heimr, God-land, Yngl. S., Stor.; Mann-heimar, Man-land, the abode of men, Yngl. S.; Jötun-heimar, Giant-land; Álf-heimr, Elf-land, Fairy-land; Nifl-heimr, Mist-land, the world below, Edda, Gm.; Undir-heimar, the nether world, Fms. iii. 178, Fas. iii. 391; Upp-heimr, the ‘Up-land,’ Ether, Alm. 13; cp. also Sól-heimar, ‘Sun-ham,’ Sunniside, freq. as a local name, Landn.; vind-h., ‘wind-ham,’ the heaven, Vsp. 62; sá heimr er Múspell heitir, Edda 3; heyrir blástr hans í alla heima, 17: the phrase, spyrja einn í alla heima, to ask one freely; er slíkt harla úhöfðinglegt at spyrja úkunna menn í hvern heim, Fb. i. 211.

2. the region of the earth or sky; Austr-heimr, the East; Norðr-h., the North; Suðr-h., the South; Vestr-h., the West; Jórsala-heimr, Palestine: poët., dvalar-heimr, a dwelling-place, Sól. 35; ægis-h., 33; alda-h., the abode of men, 41; heimar goða, the abode of gods, Hkm. 13; munar-h., a place of bliss, Hkv. Hjörv. 42; ljóð-h., the abode of men, Gg. 2; myrk-h., the mirky abode, Akv. 42; sólar-h., the sun’s abode, heaven, Geisli.

3. a village, in local names, Engl. -ham, Germ. -heim; but in mod. Dan., Norse, and Swed. local names contracted to -om or -um, so that in many instances it is doubtful whether it is from heim or a dat. pl. in um, thus Veom, Viom may be Véheimr or Véum; Sæ-heimr = mod. Norse Sæm; Há-heimr = Hæm; Fors-heimr = Forsum, Munch, Norge’s Beskr. Pref.: in Icel. not very freq., Sól-heimar, Man-heimar (cp. Safn i. 353 note), Vind-h.: the mythical Glaðs-h., ‘Bright-ham,’ Þrym-h., Þrúð-h., Gm. 4, 8, 11.

II. this world, opp. to Hel or other worlds; fyrst fólkvíg í heimi, Vsp. 26; segðu mér ór heimi ek man ór Helju, Vtkv. 6, Hkv. Hjörv. 40, Skv. 3, 62, Vþm. 49, Am. 83, Stor. 19, Vsp. 46, Helr. 4; koma í heiminn, to be born, Fas. ii. 513; þessa heims, in this world, 623. 48, Gþl. 42, Hom. 48; opp. to annars heims, in the other world; þessa heims ok annars, Nj. 200, Sks. 354; kringla heimsins, the globe, orbis terrarum, Hkr. (init.); um allan heim, Grág. i. 169; heimr er bygðr, Ísl. ii. 381; spor þín liggja lengra út í heim en ek fæ séð, Orkn. 142; var heimrinn allr greindr í þriðjunga, Al. 117, Sks. 194, Rb. 134; al-heimr, the universe; minni-h., microcosmos, Eluc. 19.

2. phrases, liggja (vera) milli heims ok Heljar, to lie between life and death, in extreme illness, Fb. i. 260 (of a swoon); lá Þorsteinn þá milli heims ok heljar ok vætti sér þá ekki nema dauða, Fas. ii. 437; þá sigaði svá at honum, … ok lá náliga í milli heims ok heljar, Grett. 114; sýna e-m í tvo heimana, to make one look into two worlds, i. e. to treat a person roughly; cp. laust hann svá at hann vissi lítið í þenna heim, he struck him so that he nearly swooned, Karl. 35.

3. eccl. the world, mundus; heims ágirni, Hom. 73; stíga yfir heiminn, to overcome the world, 49, N. T. passim, e. g. John xvi. 8, 11, 20, 33; heims börn, the children of the world, Pass.; heims dýrð, the glory of the world, Post.; heims skraut, the pomp of the world, Hom. 83; hold ok heimr, the flesh and the world, N. T. 4. denoting people, only in the compd þing-heimr, an assembly, cp. Fr. monde.

COMPDS: heimsaldr, heimsálfa, heimsbrestr, heimsbygð, heimsendi, heimskringla, heimsskapan, heimsskaut, heimsslit, heimssól, heimsstaða, heimsstjórn, heimsstýrir, heimsvist, heimsþriðjungr.

अलोक a.

1 Not having space (Ved.).

-2 That which cannot be seen, as in लोकालोक इवाचलः R.1.68 (न लोक्यत इत्यलोकः Malli.); see लोकालोक also.

-3 Having no people.

-4 One who does not go to any other world after death (not having performed meritorious deeds).

-5 Beyond space (लोकातीत परब्रह्म); पश्यतां सर्वलोकानामलोकं समपद्यत Bhāg.6.12.35.

-कः, -कम् 1 Not the world.

-2 End of, destruction of the world; absence of people; रक्ष सर्वानिमाँल्लोकान् नालोकं कर्तुमर्हसि Rām.

-3 The immaterial or spiritual world.

-4 The nether world (पाताल).

-5 A Ritvij or any such priest.

-6 One who is not a seer or observer.

-का A kind of bird.

-Comp. -व्रतम् Religious practice like ब्रह्मचर्यः चरन्त्यलोकव्रतमव्रणं वने Bhāg.8.3.7.

-सामान्य a. extraordinary, uncommon; ˚गुणस्तनूजः Māl.1.1.

1) General subject: after-life, afterlife, futurity, great beyond, hereafter, nether world, postexistence, the beyond, the next world, the other side, the other world, the world to come, beyond, post-existence

2) Religion: afterlife (An existence after death), eternity, future life, futurity ( Time that is to come after death), second birth, the other (eternal, future) life

3) Psychology: future

4) Makarov: survival after death

1) General subject: the lower (nether) world, this world

2) Makarov: natural world, the natural world

m. the middle world (between heaven andﾠ the nether world), the earth;

[khams gsum]

3 worlds, world spheres, 3 realms, world planes: 'dod pa'i khams, gzugs kyi khams, gzugs med pa'i khams, 3 worlds (heaven, earth, nether world)

ἄνω (A), imper.

A

ἀνέτω S.Ichn.70

, inf.

ἄνειν Pl.Cra. 415a

, part. ἄνων, [tense] impf. ἦνον, etc. (v. infr.): [tense] aor.

ἤνεσα IG7.3226

(Orchom. [dialect] Boeot.), Hymn.Is.35, prob. in AP7.701.1 (Diod.) ( ἤνεσ' codd.):— = ἀνύω, ἀνύτω, accomplish, finish,

ἦνον ὁδόν Od.3.496

;

οὔτ' ἄν τι θύων οὔτ' ἐπισπένδων ἄνοις A.Fr. 161

(Dobree, cf. AB406);

ἀλλ' οὐδὲν ἦνεν E.Andr. 1132

;

ἦ τὸ δέον.. ἤνομεν; S.Ichn.98

; ταῦτα πρὸς ἀνδρός ἐστ' ἄνοντος εἰς σωτηρίαν (cf.

ἀνύω 1.6

) Ar.V. 369;

ἀρυσσάμενοι ποτὸν ἤνομεν AP 11.64

(Agath.).

II [voice] Pass., come to an end, be finished, mostly of a period of time, μάλα γὰρ νὺξ ἄνεται night is quickly drawing to a close, Il.10.251; ἔτος ἀνόμενον the waning year, Hdt.7.20;

ἦμαρ ἀνόμενον A.R.2.494

;

ἀνομένου τοῦ μηνός SIG577.30

(Milet., iii/ii B.C.); also

ὅππως.. ἔργον ἄνοιτο Il.18.473

;

ἤνετο τὸ ἔργον Hdt.1.189

, 8.71;

ἀνομένων βημάτων A.Ch. 799

;

ὁπόταν θήρης.. ἔργον ἄνηται Opp.H.5.442

: impers., λιταῖς ἄνεται, = λιταὶ ἀνύονται, Pi.O.8.8. [[pron. full] ᾱ Hom., exc. Il.18.473: afterwds. common, cf. A. l.c., Opp.H. l.c. Orig. ἄνϝω, cf. ἀνύω.]

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ἄνω (B), [dialect] Aeol. [full] ὄνω, Adv., ([etym.] ἀνά):

I with Verbs implying Motion, upwards,

ἄ. ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον Od.11.596

; ἄ. ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἀναπλεῖν up stream, Hdt.2.155;

ἄ. ποταμῶν χωροῦσι παγαί E.Med. 410

(lyr.), hence "ἄ. ποταμῶν", proverbial, D.19.287, etc.;

κόνις δ' ἄ. φορεῖτο S. El. 714

;

κονιορτὸς ἄ. ἐχώρει Th.4.34

; ἡ ἄ. ὁδός the upward road, Pl. R. 621c; ἄ. ἰόντι going up the country (i.e. inland, v. infr. 11.1f), Hdt.2.8; ἄ. κάτω, v. infr. 11.2; πέμπειν ἄ., i.e. from the nether world, A.Pers. 645 (lyr.), cf. Ch. 147;

σύριγγες ἄ. φυσῶσιμέλαν μένος S. Aj. 1412

(lyr.).

II with Verbsimplying Rest, aloft, on high, ib. 240, etc.;

τὸ ἄ. Pl.Phdr. 248a

, etc.

b on earth, opp. the world below,

νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄ. S.OT 416

;

ἡνίκ' ἦσθ' ἄ. Id.El. 1167

;

ἄ. βλέπειν Id.Ph. 1348

;

ἄ. ἐπὶ [τῆς] γῆς Pl.Phd. 109c

; οἱ ἄ. the living, opp. οἱ κάτω the dead, S.Ant. 1068, cf. Ph. 1348, etc.; τὰ ἄ. πράγματα the world above, Luc.Cont.1.

c in heaven, opp. earth, οἱ ἄ. θεοί the gods above, S.Ant. 1072;

κῆρυξ τῶν ἄ. τε καὶ κάτω A.Ch. 124

: esp. in NT,

ἐκ τῶν ἄ. εἰμί Ev.Jo.8.23

;

ἡ ἄ. Ἱερουσαλήμ Ep.Gal.4.26

;

ἡ ἄ. κλῆσις Ep.Phil.3.14

.

d generally, of relative position, ὁ δῆμος ἄ. καθῆτο in the upper quarter of the city, i.e. the Pnyx, D.18.169; ἡ ἄ. βουλή, i.e. the Areopagus, Plu.Sol.19; βαλλόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν ἄ. by those above on the roofs, Th.4.48;

τὰ ἄ. X.An.4.3.25

; τὰ ἄ. τῆς οἰκίας, opp. θεμέλια, Id.Eq.1.2;

οἱ ἄ. τόποι OGI111.17

.

e geographically, on the upper side, i.e. on the north,

ἄ. πρὸς βορέην Hdt.1.72

; οὔτε τὰ ἄ. χωρία οὔτε τὰ κάτω [οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην] Id.1.142;

ὁ ἄ. τόπος Pl.R. 435e

.

f inward from the coast,

ἡ ἄ. Ἀσίη Hdt.1.95

; τὰ ἄ. τῆς Ἀσίης ib. 177; ἡ ἄ. ὁδός the upper or inland road, Id.7.128, X.An.3.1.8; ἡ ἄ. πόλις, opp. the Piraeus, Th.2.48; in full, οἱ ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἄ. ib.83;

ἡ ἄ. Μακεδονία Plu.Pyrrh.11

; ὁ ἄ. βασιλεύς the king of the upper country, i.e. of Persia, X.An.7.1.28.

g in the race-course,

τὰ ἄ.

turning-post,

Pl.R. 613b

; cf. κάτω.

h in the body, τὰ ἄ. the upper parts, opp. τὸ κάτω, Arist.GA 741b28, al.;

ἡ ἄ. κοιλία Id.Mete. 360b23

.

i of Time, formerly, of old, εἰς τὸ ἄ. reckoning upwards or backwards, of generations, Pl.Tht. 175b; οἱ ἄ. men of olden time, Id.Criti. 110b;

οἱ ἄ. τοῦ γένους Id.Lg. 878a

; αἱ ἄ. μητρός the mother's lineal ancestors, Id.R. 461c, cf. infr. c;

ἐν τοῖς ἄ. χρόνοις D.18.310

.

k above, in referring to a passage, Pl.Grg. 508e;

ἐν τοῖς ἄ. λόγοις R. 603d

, cf. Arist.Rh. 1412b33, etc.

1 of tones in the voice,

οἱ ἄ. τόνοι Plu.Cic.3

.

m metaph., ἄ. βαίνειν walk proudly, Philostr.VA1.13;

ἄ. φρονεῖν Hld.7.23

.

n higher, more general, of κατηγορίαι, Arist.AP0.82a23.

2 ἄ. καὶ κάτω up and down, to and fro,

εἷρπ' ἄ. τε καὶ κάτω E.HF 953

;

ἄ. καὶ κ. φεύγειν Ar.Ach.21

;

ἄ. τε καὶ κ. κυκᾶν Id.Eq. 866

;

περιπατεῖν ἄ. κ. Id.Lys. 709

.

b upside-down, topsy-turvy,

τὰ μὲν ἄ. κ. θήσω, τὰ δὲ κ. ἄ. Hdt.3.3

;

πάντ' ἄ. τε καὶ κ. στρέφων τίθησιν A.Eu. 650

;

τρέπουσα τύρβ' ἄ. κ. Id.Fr. 311

, cf. Ar.Av.3;

ἄ. κ. συγχεῖν E.Ba. 349

;

ἄ. καὶ κ. ποιεῖν τὰ πράγματα D.9.36

;

τοὺς νόμους στρέφειν 21.19

;

πόλλ' ἄ., τὰ δ' αὖ κ. κυλίνδοντ' ἐλπίδες Pi.O.12.6

;

πολλάκις ἐμαυτὸν ἄ. κ. μετέβαλλον

backwards and forwards,

Pl.Phd. 96a

, cf. Prt. 356d.

3 ἄ. ἔχειν τὸ πνεῦμα pant or gasp, Men.23, cf. Sosicr.1.

B as Prep. with gen., above,

ἡ ἄ. Ἅλυος Ἀσίη Hdt.1.130

, cf. 103, Call.Jov.24; αἱ ἄ. μητρός (v. supr. 11.1 i); ἄ. τοῦ γόνατος above the knee, Thphr.Char.4.4;

ἀπὸ ἄ. τῆς χθονὸς ταύτης LXX 3 Ki.14.15

.

2 with partitive gen., αἰθέρος ἄ. ἑλεῖν dub. in S.Ph. 1092, cf. E.Or. 1542;

γῆς ἥκοντ' ἄ. Id.HF 616

;

μικρὸν προαγαγὼν ἄ. τῶν πραγμάτων Aeschin.2.34

.

C [comp] Comp. ἀνωτέρω, abs., higher,

ἀ. θακῶν.. Ζεύς A.Pr. 314

; ἀ. οὐδὲν τῶν πρηγμάτων προκοπτομένων not getting on any farther, Hdt. 1.190;

ἀδελφῷ ἢ πατρὶ ἢ ἔτι ἀ. Pl.Lg. 880b

;

οὐ προήϊσαν ἀ. τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρης Hdt.8.130

.

2 c. gen., ἀ. Σάμου ib. 132;

ἀ. γίγνεσθαί τινων X.An.4.2.25

; ἀ. τῶν μαστῶν above them, ib.1.4.17; later

ἀνώτερον Plb.1.7.2

, etc.; cf. ἀνώτερος.

II [comp] Sup. ἀνωτάτω, ἐς τοὺς ἀ. (sc. στάντας) Hdt.7.23;

ἡ ἀ. κώμη X.An.7.4.11

;

ἀνῳκίσανθ' ὅπως ἀ. Ar. Pax 207

; ἡ ἀ. ἄσκησις the highest, Arr.Epict.3.24.84, cf. Ph.1.33, al.;

τὰ ἀ. τῶν γενῶν Arist.Metaph. 998b18

, cf. Zeno Stoic.1.51, S.E.P. 1.138;

τὰ ἀ. τρία Ph.1.321

; ἡ ἀ. διαίρεσις Ps.-Alex.Aphr. in SE20.27.

ἁμαρτία, ίας, ἡ (w. mngs. ranging fr. involuntary mistake/ error to serious offenses against a deity: Aeschyl., Antiphon, Democr.+; ins fr. Cyzicus JHS 27, 1907, p. 63 [III B.C.] ἁμαρτίαν μετανόει; PLips 119 recto, 3; POxy 1119, 11; LXX; En, TestSol, TestAbr, TestJob, Test12Patr; JosAs 12:14; ParJer, ApcEsdr, ApcSed, ApcMos; EpArist 192; Philo; Jos., Ant. 13, 69 al.; Ar. [Milne 76, 42]; Just., A I, 61, 6; 10; 66, 1, D. 13, 1 al.; Tat. 14, 1f; 20, 1; Mel., P. 50, 359; 55, 400; s. ClR 24, 1910, 88; 234; 25, 1911, 195–97).

① a departure fr. either human or divine standards of uprightness

ⓐ sin (w. context ordinarily suggesting the level of heinousness), the action itself (ἁμάρτησις s. prec.), as well as its result (ἁμάρτημα), πᾶσα ἀδικία ἁ. ἐστίν 1J 5:17 (cp. Eur., Or. 649; Gen 50:17). ἁ. w. ἀνομήματα Hv 1, 3, 1; descr. as ἀνομία (cp. Ps 58:3; TestJob 43:17) 1J 3:4; but one who loves is far from sin Pol 3:3, cp. Js 5:20; 1 Pt 4:8, 1 Cl 49:5; Agr 13. ἀναπληρῶσαι τὰς ἁ. fill up the measure of sins (Gen 15:16) 1 Th 2:16. κοινωνεῖν ἁ. ἀλλοτρίαις 1 Ti 5:22. ποιεῖν ἁ. commit a sin (Tob 12:10; 14:7S; Dt 9:21) 2 Cor 11:7; 1 Pt 2:22; Js 5:15; 1J 3:4, 8. For this ἁμαρτάνειν ἁ. (Ex 32:30; La 1:8) 1J 5:16; ἐργάζεσθαι ἁ. Js 2:9; Hm 4, 1, 2 (LXX oft. ἐργάζ. ἀδικίαν or ἀνομίαν). μεγάλην ἁ. ἐργάζεσθαι commit a great sin m 4, 1, 1; 8:2. Pl. (cp. Pla., Ep. 7, 335a τὰ μεγάλα ἁμαρτήματα κ. ἀδικήματα) Hs 7:2. ἐπιφέρειν ἁ. τινί Hv 1, 2, 4. ἑαυτῷ ἁ. ἐπιφέρειν bring sin upon oneself m 11:4; for this ἁ. ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινι m 4, 1, 8 (cp. Is 5:18). προστιθέναι ταῖς ἁ. add to one’s sins (cp. προσέθηκεν ἁμαρτίας ἐφʼ ἁμαρτίας PsSol 3:10) Hv 5:7; m 4, 3, 7; Hs 6, 2, 3; 8, 11, 3; φέρειν ἁ. 1 Cl 16:4 (Is 53:4). ἀναφέρειν vs. 14 (Is 53:12). γέμειν ἁμαρτιῶν B 11:11. εἶναι ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις 1 Cor 15:17 (cp. Alex. Aphr., Eth. Probl. 9 II 2 p. 129, 13 ἐν ἁμαρτήμασιν εἶναι).—Sin viewed from the perspective of God’s or Christ’s response: ἀφιέναι τὰς ἁ. let go = forgive sins (Lev 4:20 al.) Mt 9:2, 5f; Mk 2:5, 7, 9f; Lk 5:20ff; Hv 2, 2, 4; 1 Cl 50:5; 53:5 (Ex 32:32) al. (ἀφίημι 2); hence ἄφεσις (τῶν) ἁμαρτιῶν (Iren. 1, 21, 2 [Harv. I 182, 4]) forgiveness of sins Mt 26:28; Mk 1:4; Lk 1:77; 3:3; 24:47; Ac 2:38; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; Hm 4, 3, 2; B 5:1; 6:11; 8:3; 11:1; 16:8. διδόναι ἄφεσιν ἁ. AcPl Ha 2, 30; λαβεῖν ἄφεσιν ἁ. receive forgiveness of sins Ac 26:18 (Just., D. 54 al); καθαρίζειν τὰς ἁ. cleanse the sins (thought of as a stain) Hs 5, 6, 3; καθαρίζειν ἀπὸ ἁ. 1 Cl 18:3 (Ps 50:4; cp. Sir 23:10; PsSol 10:1); also καθαρισμὸν ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἁ. Hb 1:3; ἀπολούεσθαι τὰς ἁ. Ac 22:16 ([w. βαπτίζειν] Just., D. 13, 1 al.). λύτρον ἁ. ransom for sins B 19:10.—αἴρειν J 1:29; περιελεῖν ἁ. Hb 10:11; ἀφαιρεῖν (Ex 34:9; Is 27; 9) vs. 4; Hs 9, 28, 3; ῥυσθῆναι ἀπὸ ἁ. 1 Cl 60:3; ἀπὸ τῶν ἁ. ἀποσπασθῆναι AcPlCor 2:9. Sin as a burden αἱ ἁ. κατεβάρησαν Hs 9, 28, 6; as a disease ἰᾶσθαι Hs 9, 28, 5 (cp. Dt 30:3); s. also the verbs in question.—Looked upon as an entry in a ledger; hence ἐξαλείφεται ἡ ἁ. wiped away, cancelled (Ps 108:14; Jer 18:23; Is 43:25) Ac 3:19.—Opp. στῆσαι τὴν ἁ. 7:60; λογίζεσθαι ἁ. take account of sin (as a debt; cp. the commercial metaphor Ro 4:6 and s. FDanker, Gingrich Festschr. 104, n. 2) Ro 4:8 (Ps 31:2); 1 Cl 60:2 (Just., D. 141, 3). Pass. ἁ. οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται is not entered in the account Ro 5:13 (GFriedrich, TLZ 77, ’52, 523–28). Of sinners ὀφειλέτης ἁ. Pol 6:1 (cp. SIG 1042, 14–16 [II A.D.] ὸ̔ς ἂν δὲ πολυπραγμονήσῃ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ περιεργάσηται, ἁμαρτίαν ὀφιλέτω Μηνὶ Τυράννωι, ἣν οὐ μὴ δύνηται ἐξειλάσασθαι).—γινώσκειν ἁ. (cp. Num 32:23) Ro 7:7; Hm 4, 1, 5. ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας Ro 3:20; ὁμολογεῖν τὰς ἁ. 1J 1:9; ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἐπὶ ταῖς ἁ. B 19:12; ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τὰς ἁ. Mt 3:6; Mk 1:5; Hv 3, 1, 5f; Hs 9, 23, 4; ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἀλλήλοις τὰς ἁ. confess your sins to each other Js 5:16.—ἐλέγχειν τινὰ περὶ ἁ. convict someone of sin J 8:46; cp. ἵνα σου τὰς ἁ. ἐλέγξω πρὸς τὸν κύριον that I might reveal your sins before the Lord Hv 1, 1, 5.—σεσωρευμένος ἁμαρτίαις loaded down w. sins 2 Ti 3:6; cp. ἐπισωρεύειν ταῖς ἁ. B 4:6; ἔνοχος τῆς ἁ. involved in the sin Hm 2:2; 4, 1, 5. μέτοχος τῆς ἁ. m 4, 1, 9.—In Hb sin is atoned for (ἱλάσκεσθαι τὰς ἁ. 2:17) by sacrifices θυσίαι ὑπὲρ ἁ. 5:1 (cp. 1 Cl 41:2). προσφορὰ περὶ ἁ. sin-offering 10:18; also simply περὶ ἁ. (Lev 5:11; 7:37) vss. 6, 8 (both Ps 39:7; cp. 1 Pt 3:18); προσφέρειν περὶ ἁ. bring a sin-offering Hb 5:3; cp. 10:12; 13:11. Christ has made the perfect sacrifice for sin 9:23ff; συνείδησις ἁ. consciousness of sin 10:2; ἀνάμνησις ἁ. a reminder of sins of the feast of atonement vs. 3.

ⓑ special sins (ἁ. τῆς ἀποστασίας Iren. 5, 26, 2 [Harv. II 397, 4]): πρὸς θάνατον that leads to death 1J 5:16b (ἁμαρτάνω e); opp. οὐ πρὸς θάνατον vs. 17. μεγάλη ἁ. a great sin Hv 1, 1, 8 al. (Gen 20:9; Ex 32:30 al.; cp. Schol. on Pla., Tht. 189d ἁμαρτήματα μεγάλα). μείζων ἁ. m 11:4; ἥττων 1 Cl 47:4. μεγάλη κ. ἀνίατος Hm 5, 2, 4; τέλειαι ἁ. Hv 1, 2, 1; B 8:1, cp. τὸ τέλειον τῶν ἁ. 5:11 (Philo, Mos. 1, 96 κατὰ τῶν τέλεια ἡμαρτηκότων); ἡ προτέρα ἁ. (Arrian, Anab. 7, 23, 8 εἴ τι πρότερον ἡμάρτηκας) sin committed before baptism Hm 4, 1, 11; 4, 3, 3; Hs 8, 11, 3; cp. v 2, 1, 2.

② a state of being sinful, sinfulness, a prominent feature in Johannine thought, and opposed to ἀλήθεια; hence ἁ. ἔχειν J 9:41; 15:24; 1J 1:8. μείζονα ἁ. ἔχειν J 19:11; ἁ. μένει 9:41. γεννᾶσθαι ἐν ἁμαρτίαις be born in sin 9:34 (ἐν ἁμαρτίᾳ v.l).; opp. ἐν ἁ. ἀποθανεῖν die in sin 8:21, 24; AcPl Ha 1, 16. ἁ. ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν 1J 3:5.

③ a destructive evil power, sin

ⓐ Paul thinks of sin almost in pers. terms (cp. Sir 27:10; Mel., P. 50, 359; PGM 4, 1448 w. other divinities of the nether world, also Ἁμαρτίαι χθόνιαι; Dibelius, Geisterwelt 119ff) as a ruling power that invades the world. Sin came into the world Ro 5:12 (JFreundorfer, Erbsünde u. Erbtod b. Ap. Pls 1927; ELohmeyer, ZNW 29, 1930, 1–59; JSchnitzer, D. Erbsünde im Lichte d. Religionsgesch. ’31; ROtto, Sünde u. Urschuld ’32; FDanker, Ro 5:12: Sin under Law: NTS 14, ’67/68, 424–39), reigns there vs. 21; 6:14; everything was subject to it Gal 3:22; people serve it Ro 6:6; are its slaves vss. 17, 20; are sold into its service 7:14 or set free from it 6:22; it has its law 7:23; 8:2; it revives (ἀνέζησεν) Ro 7:9 or is dead vs. 8; it pays its wages, viz., death 6:23, cp. 5:12 (see lit. s.v. ἐπί 6c). As a pers. principle it dwells in humans Ro 7:17, 20, viz., in the flesh (s. σάρξ 2cα) 8:3; cp. vs. 2; 7:25. The earthly body is hence a σῶμα τῆς ἁ. 6:6 (Col 2:11 v.l.).—As abstr. for concr. τὸν μὴ γνόντα ἁ. ὑπέρ ἡμῶν ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησεν (God) made him, who never sinned, to be sin (i.e. the guilty one) for our sakes 2 Cor 5:21.

ⓑ In Hb (as in OT) sin appears as the power that deceives humanity and leads it to destruction, whose influence and activity can be ended only by sacrifices (s. 1a end): ἀπάτη τῆς ἁ. Hb 3:13.—On the whole word s. ἁμαρτάνω, end. GMoore, Judaism I 445–52; ABüchler, Studies in Sin and Atonement in the Rabb. Lit. of the I Cent. 1928; WKnuth, D. Begriff der Sünde b. Philon v. Alex., diss. Jena ’34; EThomas, The Problem of Sin in the NT 1927; Dodd 76–81; DDaube, Sin, Ignorance and Forgiveness in the Bible, ’61; AGelin and ADescamps, Sin in the Bible, ’65.—On the special question ‘The Christian and Sin’ see PWernle 1897; HWindisch 1908; EHedström 1911; RBultmann, ZNW 23, 1924, 123–40; Windisch, ibid. 265–81; RSchulz, D. Frage nach der Selbsttätigkt. d. Menschen im sittl. Leben b. Pls., diss. Hdlb. ’40.—JAddison, ATR 33, ’51, 137–48; KKuhn, πειρασμός ἁμαρτία σάρξ im NT: ZTK 49, ’52, 200–222; JBremer, Hamartia ’69 (Gk. views).—B. 1182. EDNT. DELG s.v. ἁμαρτάνω. M-M. TW.

ἄγγελος, ου, ὁ (Hom.+) ‘messenger’.

① a human messenger serving as an envoy, an envoy, one who is sent

ⓐ by humans (Hom.+; ins, pap; Gen 32:4, 7; Jdth 1:11; 3:1; 1 Macc 1:44; 7:10; Jos., Ant. 14, 451, Vi. 89): in his earthly ministry Jesus ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους (Diod S 2,18,1 the king of India to Semiramis; 4, 65, 4) Lk 9:52; of John the Baptist’s disciples 7:24; of Joshua’s scouts Js 2:25 (cp. Josh 7:22).

ⓑ by God (prophets Hg 1:13; Mal subscr.; a priest Mal 2:7.—1 Esdr 1:48f. S. also Theognis 1, 769, where the poet is Μουσέων ἄγγελος; Epict. 3, 22, 23; 38; Ael. Aristid. 37 K.=1 p. 15 D.; Maximus Tyr. 11, 9c Plato, as the one who brings us information about God, is called ὁ ἐξ Ἀκαδημίας ἄγγ.; Oenomaus in Eus., PE 5, 20, 3; 5 Carnus the soothsayer is ἄγγ. of the gods) of John the Baptist as forerunner Mt 11:10; Mk 1:2; Lk 7:27 (all Mal 3:1; cp. Ex 23:20).

② a transcendent power who carries out various missions or tasks, messenger, angel (ἄ. as a spirit-being, oft. connected w. the nether world in Gr-Rom. sources [EZiebarth, Neue attische Fluchtafeln: NGG 1899, 127ff no. 24; IG XII/3, 933–74. Other material in Dibelius, Geisterwelt 209ff. S. also the oracles: Theosophien 13 p. 169, 31; Ps.-Callisth. 1, 1, 3 ἐπεκαλεῖτο τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ θεὸν Ἄμμωνα; 2, 25, 1; Porphyr., Ad Marcellam 21 ἄγγελοι θεῖοί τε κ. ἀγαθοὶ δαίμονες; Hierocles 3, 424; 23, 468.—ἄ. w. θεοί and δαίμονες Damascius (V/VI A.D.) 183 Ruelle; ἄ. w. δαίμονες and ἥρωες Proclus, Rep. II 243 Kroll, Tim. III 109 Diehl.—FCumont, RHR 72, 1915, 159–82; FAndres, D. Engellehre d. griech. Apologeten 1914 and in Pauly-W. Suppl. III 1918, 101ff; Rtzst., Myst. 171, 2; Bousset, ARW 18, 1915, 170ff] and as a transcendent power in Judaism [LXX; En 10:7; 20:1; 99:3 al.; Essenes in Jos., Bell. 2, 142; Philo, cp. Schürer III 881–85 (on Philo) w. lit.; Joseph.; Test12Patr; prayers for vengeance fr. Rheneia (I B.C.) 9f κύριε ὁ πάντα ἐφορῶν καὶ οἱ ἄνγελοι θεοῦ; on this Dssm. LO 353f; 357=LAE 414; 418f; SIG 1181 w. note 2; PFouad 203, 3f (I A.D.); on this PBenoit, RB 58, ’51, 549–65; PKatz, TZ 10, ’54, 228–31. Loanw. in rabb.—Bousset, Rel. 320ff; J-BFrey, L’Angélologie juive au temps de J-Chr.: RSPT 5, 1911, 75–110; HKuhn, JBL 67, ’48, 217–32 Jewish apocalypses], likewise in the magical pap, w. their mixture of gentile and Jewish infl. [PGM 1, 76 an ἄ. as a star fr. heaven; 4, 570ff; 998; 1112; 13, 329; 585; 609; 744]. Cp. the ins APF 3, 1906, 445 no. 67; 451 no. 94. The more common term in polytheistic lit. for beings intermediate between gods and humans is δαίμων [q.v.], which monotheistic writers reserved for reference to a realm hostile to God’s interests, while retaining the term ἄ. for intermediate beings, either those loyal to God or those in rebellion [s. c].)

ⓐ as messengers of God, angels (LXX; Philo, Somn. 1, 190; transcendent messengers of the gods in Hom. are not intermediate beings. Yet the description of Hermes, the κῆρυξ τῶν θεῶν, as their ἄγγελος ἄριστος [Diod S 5, 75, 2] may have made it easier for Gr-Romans in general to understand ἄ. as God’s heavenly messenger; cp. the messenger of the god Men: EA 18, ’91 p. 92f, no. 2, 5f [lit.]) mostly w. gen.: κυρίου (Gen 16:10f al.) Mt 1:20; 2:13, 19; Lk 1:11; 2:9; Ac 5:19; 12:7, 23. τοῦ θεοῦ (Gen 31:11; 32:2 al.; Philo, Deus Imm. 1; Jos., Bell. 5, 388) Lk 12:8f; 15:10; J 1:51 (HWindisch, ZNW 30, ’31, 215–33; also s. below on Lk. 2:15). ἄ. θεοῦ (Gen 21:17 A; Judg 13:6 B; Jos., Ant. 1, 73; Orig., C. Cels. 8, 31, 18) Gal 4:14; Hb 1:6 (Ps 96:7; Dt 32:43); 1 Cl 29:2 (Dt 32:8). Abs. (Num 20:16; Judg 13:11; Tob 6:4ff al.) Lk 1:13, 18, 38; 2:10, 13, 15, 21; J 20:12; Ac 7:53; 1 Ti 3:16; 1 Pt 1:12 (in wordplay on the superiority of human beings to angels s. Sextus 32; on their status and classification s. also Orig., C. Cels. 4, 29, 16) al. ἅγιοι ἄ. (PGM 4, 1934, 1938) Mk 8:38; Lk 9:26; Ac 10:22; Rv 14:10; 1 Cl 39:7 (Job 5:1); Hv 2, 2, 7; ἐκλεκτοὶ ἄ. 1 Ti 5:21 (ἄ. as witnesses so TestLevi 19:3 and SIG 1181, 10=Dssm. LO 351–62 [LAE 413–24]; cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 401); ἄ. ἰσχυρός (cp. Da 4:13; Ps 102:20) Rv 5:2; 18:21. Their abode is heaven, and so they are ἄ. τῶν οὐρανῶν Mt 24:36 (unless οὐρ.=θεοῦ); ἄ. ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς Mk 12:25; ἄ. ἐν οὐρανῷ 13:32; ἄ. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ Gal 1:8, cp. Mt 22:30; 28:2; Lk 22:43. They return to heaven when they have fulfilled their mission on earth 2:15. Hence ἄ. φωτός (cp. SJCh 78, 17) 2 Cor 11:14; ἄ. φωταγωγοί B 18:1. There the good are united w. them after death Hv 2, 2, 7; Hs 9, 27, 3. They appear in dazzling light Lk 2:9; Ac 7:30 (Ex 3:2); ISm 6:1; cp. the ‘shining face’ of Ac 6:15; or in white garments J 20:12; cp. Mt 28:3; Lk 24:4. Called πνεύματα Hb 1:7; 1 Cl 36:3 (both after Ps 103:4). πνεύματα λειτουργικά serving spirits Hb 1:14. Their voice is like thunder J 12:29; γλῶσσαι τῶν ἀ. language of angels 1 Cor 13:1 (after the analogy of the languages of the gods, Plato in Clem. Al., Strom. 1, 143; cp. 2 Cor 12:4; Rv 14:2f; TestJob 48–50; GSteindorff, Apk. d. Elias: TU 17, 3a, 1899, 153). They bring messages fr. God to men Lk 1:11f; Mt 28:2ff, and were also active in the giving of the law νόμος διαταγεὶς διʼ ἀγγέλων Gal 3:19; cp. Ac 7:38, 53; Hb 2:2 (Jos., Ant. 15, 136 τῶν ἐν τοῖς νόμοις διʼ ἀγγέλων παρὰ τ. θεοῦ μαθόντων; cp. Did., Gen. 110, 15 κἂν γὰρ διὰ ὑπουργῶν ἀγγέλων ποιῇ ἃ βούλεται θεός). As guardian angels of individuals (Tob 5:6, 22; cp. PGM 1, 172ff; Ael. Aristid. 50, 57 K.=26 p. 519 D.: ὁ σὸς Ἑρμῆς ἐστιν, to whom Aristid. has been entrusted since his birth) Mt 18:10 (PBarry, ET 23, 1912, 182); Ac 12:15 (JMoulton, JTS 3, 1902, 514–27, ET 14, 1903, 5ff); Lk 4:10 (Ps 90:11); Hv 5:1f. They conduct the blessed dead into heaven Lk 16:22 (Hermes does this acc. to Pythag. [Diog. L. 8, 31]); instruct humans to do good Hv 3, 5, 4; δικαιοσύνης m 6, 2, 1 (ParJer 8:12); rejoice at the repentance of a sinner Lk 15:10; cp. the ἄ. τῆς μετανοίας Hm 12, 4, 7; 12, 6, 1 al. They preside over various realms ἄ. ὁ ἔχων ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρός Rv 14:18; ἄ. τῶν ὑδάτων 16:5; the four winds 7:1. God assigns them διακόσμησις γῆς Pa (4) (cp. ἄγγελοι ἐπὶ τῶν ἐξουσιῶν GrBar 12:3). An angel, Thegri, rules the animal world Hv 4, 2, 4 (Synes., Ep. 57 p. 192b δαίμονες as leaders of the grasshoppers). ἄ. τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ προφητικοῦ m 11:9; τὸν ἄ. τὸν τιμωρητήν Hs 7:6; cp. ὁ ἄ. ὁ μέγας Hs 8, 4, 1.—As creator of the world AcPlCor 1:15. On ἄ. τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν Rv 1:20, cp. 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14 (on the textual problems associated w. these vss. s. RCharles, ICC Comm. 1920, I, clvii; clxf; II 244; RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 42f) and s. on ἀστήρ.—Subordinate to Christ Mt 4:11; 13:41; 16:27; Hb 1:4ff (Ps 96:7; B-D-F §254, 2); 1 Pt 3:22; Rv 5:11f; glorify him J 1:51 (JFritsch “… videbitis … angelos Dei ascendentes …,” VD 37, ’59, 1–11). δώδεκα λεγιῶνας ἀ. Mt 26:53; μυριάσιν ἀ. Hb 12:22; cp. Rv 5:11. Seven principal angels (Tob 12:15) Rv 8:2, 6; 15:1, 6; 16:1; 17:1; 21:9 (GDix, The Seven Archangels and the Seven Spirits: JTS 28, 1927, 233–50). Six angels, created first, to whom the management of all creation is entrusted Hv 3, 4, 1. Angels at the Parousia Mt 24:31; 2 Th 1:7. Μιχαὴλ καὶ οἱ ἄ. αὐτοῦ Rv 12:7. Revered by people (Celsus 1, 26 Ἰουδαίους σέβειν ἀγγέλους; 5, 6) θρησκείᾳ τῶν ἀ. worship of angels Col 2:18; λατρεύειν ἀγγέλοις as a sign of Jewish piety PtK 2 p. 14, 26=Clem. Al., Strom. 6, 41 p. 452, 9. Christ as σεμνότατος ἄ. Hv 5:2; m 5, 1, 7; cp. ὁ ἅγιος ἄ. Hs 5, 4, 4 v.l.; ὁ ἔνδοξος ἄ. Hs 5, 4, 4; 7:1ff; 8, 1, 2. ὁ ἄ. κυρίου Hs 7:5; 8, 1, 2ff; called Michael in Hs 8, 3, 3, where it is to be noted that Michael was the guardian angel of God’s people (WLueken, D. Erzengel Michael 1900; MDibelius, Hdb. exc. on Hs 5, 6, 8 p. 575f).

ⓑ intermediate beings gener., w. no ref. to their relation to God (opp. ἄνθρωποι; s. 2 above immediately before a) 1 Cor 4:9 (cp. TestJos 19:9 ἔχαιρον ἐπʼ αὐτῷ οἱ ἄγγελοι κ. οἱ ἄνθρωποι κ. πᾶσα ἡ γῆ).—Ro 8:38 ἄ. as serving spirit-powers seem to be differentiated fr. the ἀρχαί, who rule.

ⓒ evil spirits (Lactant., Inst. 2, 15, 8 daemonas Trismegistus ἀγγέλους πονηρούς appellat. Cp. also Job 1:6; 2:1; Philo, Gig. 16; TestAsh 6:4; PGM 4, 2701; αἱ πονηραὶ δυνάμεις, διάβολος καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ Did., Gen. 45, 5; ADieterich, Nekyia 1893, 60f) τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ Mt 25:41; cp. Rv 12:9. ὁ δράκων καὶ οἱ ἄ. αὐτοῦ vs. 7; ἄ. τῆς ἀβύσσου 9:11 (s. Ἀβαδδών); ἄ. πονηρός B 9:4; ἄ. τῆς πονηρίας in contrast to guardian angels Hm 6, 2, 1; ἄ. Σατανᾶ, which causes physical pain 2 Cor 12:7; esp. called ἄ. τρυφῆς καὶ ἀπάτης Hs 6, 2, 1f; leading men into evil B 18:1. Of the angels’ fall and their punishment (cp., in the opinion of many, Gen 6:2; En 6ff; 54; Book of Jubilees 5; SyrBar 56:13; LJung, Fallen Angels in Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan Lit. 1926; ALods, Congr. d’Hist. du Christ. I 29–54) ὁ θεὸς ἀγγέλων ἁμαρτησάντων οὐκ ἐφείσατο 2 Pt 2:4; ἀ. τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀρχήν who did not keep to their proper domain (s. ἀρχή 7) Jd 6. From the pass. already quoted above w. Gen. 6:2 (cp. also TestReub 5:3; Jos., Ant. 1, 73 ἄγγελοι θεοῦ γυναιξὶ συνιόντες; and polytheists’ concept of erotic desires of transcendent beings: HUsener, Weihnachtsfest² 1911, 74f; Rtzst., Poim. 228ff. Herr der Grösse 14f; and GJs 14:1) some conclude that the angels were subject to erotic desires; this is held to explain the regulation that women are to wear a veil in church services, since angels are present (cp. Origen, Orat. 31 and Ps 137:1 ἐναντίον ἀγγέλων ψαλῶ σοι) 1 Cor 11:10 (for another view and for the lit. s. ἐξουσία 7; s. also JFitzmyer, [Qumran angelology] NTS 4, ’57/58, 48–58; LJervis, JBL 112, ’93, 243–45: angels mediate God’s presence). In 6:3 οὐκ οἴδατε, ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν; it is not certain whether only fallen angels are meant; θρησκείᾳ τῶν ἀ. worship of angels Col 2:18 polemicizes against what appears to be a type of gnostic reverence for angels. (On Qumran angelology s. Fitzmyer, cited above.)—OEverling, D. paulinische Angelologie u. Dämonologie 1888; Dibelius, Geisterwelt 1909; GKurze, D. Engels-u. Teufels-glaube d. Ap. Pls 1915; MJones, St Paul and the Angels: Exp. 8th ser., 16, 1921, 356–70; 412–25; EPeterson, D. Buch von den Engeln ’35; JMichl, D. Engelvorstellungen in Apk I ’37; ELangton, The Angel Teaching of the NT ’37; JBernardin, JBL 57, ’38, 273–79; ESchick, D. Botschaft der Engel im NT ’40; WMichaelis, Z. Engelchristol. im Urchristent. ’42; GHatzidakis, Ἄγγελος u. Verwandtes: SBWienAk 173, 1914.—B. 1486. DELG. DDD 81–96 (lit.). M-M. New Docs 5, 72f. TW. Sv.

adj. infernal

n. hell, inferno, gehenna, lower world, nether world, swelter, underworld, blazes, Hades

* * *

κάτω, Adv., ([etym.] κατά):

I with Verbs implying Motion, downwards,

ἐπισκύνιον κ. ἕλκεται Il.17.136

;

κ. ὁρόων Od.23.91

;

κατὰ τείχεος κ. ῥίπτειν Hdt.8.53

;

κατώρυξέν με κατὰ τῆς γῆς κ. Ar.Pl. 238

;

χώρει κ. A.Pr.74

;

κ. δάκρυ' εἰβομένη S.Ant. 527

(anap.), cf. E.Fr. 384; esp. of the nether world, A.Pers. 839, S.Ant. 197, etc.; κ. βλέπειν, φέρεσθαι, Pl.R. 500b, 584e; κ. διεχώρει αὐτοῖς they suffered from diarrhoea, X.An.4.8.20, cf. Hp.Epid.5.20; φάρμακον πῖσαι κ. give a purgative, Id.Aff.32, cf. 15; κ. βοηθεῖν go down to help, D.32.5; for ἄνω καὶ κάτω, ἄνω κάτω, etc., v. ἄνω (B) A. 11.2.

2 downwards, in a chain of causes,

ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἰέναι Arist.Metaph. 994a19

.

3 c. gen., down from,

πετρῶν ὦσαι κ. E.Cyc. 448

.

II with Verbs implying Rest (so more freq. in Prose), beneath, below, opp. ἄνω, Hes.Th. 301, etc.:

ὁ τόπος ὁ κ. καλούμενος Pl.Phd. 112c

.

b in the world below, S.Aj. 660, OC 1563 (lyr.), etc.; οἱ κ. the dead, Id.Aj. 865, Ant.75, etc.;

οἱ κ. θεοί Id.El. 292

, cf. E.Alc. 851.

c geographically below, southward, Hdt., v. ἄνω (B) A. 11.1e; also κ. οἰκεῖν to dwell on the coast, Th.1.7; οἱ κ., opp. οἱ τὴν μεσόγειαν κατῳκημένοι, ib. 120; ἡ. κ. Γαλατία lower Galatia, Plu Aem.9, etc.;

βασιλεὺς τῶν τε ἄνω καὶ τῶν κ. χωρῶν OGI90.3

(Rosetta, ii B.C.).

d in the race-course, τὰ κ. the starting-place, opp. τὰ ἄνω (the goal), Pl.R. 613b.

e τὰ κ. τῶν μελῶν the lower limbs of the body, Id.Lg. 794d; ἡ κ. κοιλία, opp. ἡ ἄνω, Arist.Mete. 360b24.PA 676a5; περὶ τὰ κ. χωρεῖν miscarry, fail, Luc. Ind.1.

f of Time, afterwards, later, Ael.VH5.13;

οἱ κ. χρόνοι Plu. Cor.25

; οἱ κ., opp. οἱ πάλαι, Luc.Hipp.1; τοῦ χρόνου κ. later in time, Ael.VH3.17, NA2.18; Δαρεῖος ὁ κ. ib.6.48; cf. ἄνω (B) A.11.1i.

g in Logic, τὰ κ. the lower members in a descending series of genera and species, Arist.AP0.97a31, Metaph. 992a18.

III c. gen., under, below, κ. χθονός, γῆς, A.Eu. 1023, S.OT 968, etc.

IV [comp] Comp. κατωτέρω lower, downwards, Ar.Ra.70, Alex.173.2: c. gen., lower than, below, Hdt.8.132.

2 [comp] Sup. κατωτάτω at the lowest part,

τὰ κ. Id.2.125

(but in signf. 11.g, Phld.Sign.29).

χθόνιος, α, ον, also ος, ον S.OC 1727 (lyr.), E.Hipp. 1201, Hel. 345 (lyr.): ([etym.] χθών):—

A in, under, or beneath the earth, θεός, δαίμων, Hes.Th. 767, A.Th. 522 (lyr.); Ἄϊδα στόμα, of the cavern at Taenarus, Pi.P.4.43, cf. S.OC 1727 (lyr.);

χ. λίμνη E.Alc. 902

(anap.); Ζεὺς χ., of Hades or Pluto, Hes.Op. 465; κτύπησε Ζεὺς χ., of noise from beneath the earth, S.OC 1606;

βροντήματα χ. A.Pr. 994

;

ἠχὼ χ. ὡς βροντὴ Διός E.Hipp.

l.c., cf. Ar.Av. 1750 (lyr.); χ. θεοί gods of the nether world, opp. ὕπατοι, A.Ag.89 (anap.), etc.;

χ. δαίμονες Id.Pers. 628

(anap.); χθόνιοι alone,

μᾶνις χθονίων Pi.P.4.159

, cf. A.Pers. 641 (lyr.), Ch. 399 (lyr.), al., Pl.Lg. 828c, 959d (but [dialect] Ion. χθονίη, ἡ, earlier name of Γῆ, Pherecyd.Syr.1, cf. Dam.Pr. 124bis; χ. θεαί, i.e. Demeter and Persephone, Hdt.6.134, 7.153; of the Erinyes, S.OC 1568 (lyr.); χ. Ἅιδας, Ἅιδης, E.Alc. 237 (lyr.), Andr. 544 (anap.); χ. Ἑρμῆς, as conductor of the dead, A.Ch.1, S.El. 111 (anap.), Aj. 832, Ar.Ra. 1145, Plu.Arist.21; χ. πορεία, opp. οὐρανία, Pl.R. 619e; χθονίᾳ φρενί, of the dead, Pi.P.5.101;

χ. Ἑκάτη Ar.Fr. 500

(anap.); χάρις ἡ χ. grace with the gods below, S.OC 1752 (lyr.); χ. φάμα rumour that is heard in the world below, Id.El. 1066 (lyr.).

II sprung from the earth,

Τιτῆνες Hes.Th. 697

; of Echion, one of the Theban γηγενεῖς, E.Ba. 541 (lyr.), cf. Paus.9.5.3, etc.; but also of mankind, ὁ χ. ἄνθρωπος, opp. ὁ ἐν οὐρανῷ.. λαχὼν τὴν ὑπόστασιν, Procl. in Prm.p.765 S. Adv. χθονίως in an earthly manner, opp. οὐρανίως, Id.Sacr. p.148 B.

2 in or of the country, θεοί, ἡρῷσσαι, E.Hec.79 (anap.), A.R.4.1322; native,

Ἄρεος.. πάγον.. ξυνῄδη χθόνιον ὄντα S.OC 948

;

γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπ' Ἐρεχθειδᾶν Id.Aj. 202

(anap.).

III of things, of the earth, χ. κόνις (sed leg. γαΐα, Hsch.), A.Th. 736 (codd., lyr.); opp. ἀέριος, E.Fr.27.4 (lyr.);

πρηστήρ Arist.Mu. 395a10

.—Poet. word, used once or twice in Pl. and in late Prose (v. supr.).

χθών, ἡ, gen. χθονός,

A earth, esp. the surface of it (rarely soil,

χθονὸς τρίμοιρον χλαῖναν A.Ag. 872

): poet. word (Com. only in lyr. or paratrag.), very rare in Prose, LXX 3 Ki.14.15 (cod. Alex.), Supp.Epigr. 2.520 ([place name] Rome); seldom with Art. (only when an Adj. is added, v. infr. 11);

ἀπὸ χ. ὑψόσ' ἀερθείς Od.8.375

, cf. 10.149, Il.14.349;

ἐξ ἵππων ἀποβάντες ἐπὶ χθόνα 8.492

, cf. 11.619;

ἐπὶ χθονὶ κεῖτο τανυσθείς 20.483

;

κατέθηκεν ἐπὶ χθονί 6.473

, cf. 3.89;

χθονὶ φύλλα πελάσσαι 13.180

; ἐπὶ χ., opp. οὐρανῷ, 4.443;

ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο 1.88

;

ἐπὶ χ. σῖτον ἔδοντες Od.8.222

, etc.;

τοὶ ἐπὶ χ. ναιετάουσι 6.153

;

ἄριστον ἄνδρα τῶν ἐπὶ χ. S.Tr. 811

; χθόνα δύμεναι to go beneath the earth, i.e. to die, Il.6.411, Hes.Sc. 151; ἐτέθαπτο ὑπὸ

χθονός Od.11.52

; κεκευθὼς ὑπὸ χθονὸς buried, A.Th. 588;

κατὰ χθονὸς κρύψαι τινά S.Ant.24

, cf. OC 1546 ([voice] Pass.);

χθονὶ γυῖα καλύψαιμι Pi.N.8.38

;

κούφα σοι χ. ἐπάνωθε πέσοι E.Alc. 463

(lyr.); opp. θάλασσα, A.Ag. 576; ὑπὸ χθονός, of the nether world,

Τάρταρον.., ἧχι βάθιστον ὑπὸ χ. ἐστι βέρεθρον Il.8.14

;

κάτω μελαίνας χ. Alc.Supp.7.10

, cf. A.Eu.72; οἱ ὑπὸ χ. φίλοι, i.e. those in the shades below, Id.Ch. 833 (lyr.), cf. S.Ant.65; ὦ κατὰ χθονὸς θεαί, i.e. the Erinyes, A.Eu. 115; εἰς τοὺς ἔνερθε καὶ κάτω χ. τόπους ib. 1023.

2 earth, i.e. the world, Id.Pr. 139 (anap.), Ag. 528;

ἐπ' ἔσχατα χθονός S.Fr. 956

.

3 Earth, as a goddess, A.Pr. 207, Eu.6.

II land, country, once in Hom., εἴσατο δὲ χ., of Ithaca, Od. 13.352; πολύμηλος χ., of Libya, Pi.P.9.7; εὔκαρπος χ., of Sicily, Id.N.1.14; freq. in Trag., freq. without Art., χ. Ἀσιᾶτις, Φωκέων, A.Pers.61 (anap.), 485; with Art.,

πᾶσαν τὴν Μυκηναίων χθόνα S.El. 423

;

τῆς περιρρύτου χ. Αήμνου Id.Ph.1

;

τὴν Κορινθίαν χ. Id.OT 795

;

τὴν ἐμὴν χ. Id.Aj. 846

; τῆς Ἀθηναίων χ. (paratrag.) Ephipp. 14.13; even of a city,

τῆσδε δημοῦχοι χ. S.OC 1348

;

νόμους χθονός Id.Ant. 368

(lyr.), cf. OT 736, 939; Com.,

ὦ πόλι φίλη Κέκροπος,.. οὖθαρ ἀγαθῆς χθονός Ar.Fr. 110

(lyr.);

ξένης ἀπὸ χ. Eup.71

(paratrag.). (Cf. Skt. loc. k[ snull ] ámi 'on the ground', Hittite tegan 'ground', Tocharian tkan- 'place', Ir. dū 'place' (acc. don, dat. dun).)

ἐνθάδε [ᾰ], Adv.:

I of Place, thither, hither, Od.15.492, S.Ph. 304, Th.6.36, etc.

2 after Hom. more freq., = ἔνθα, here or there,

ἐνθάδε αὐτοῦ μένων Ar.V. 765

; in this world, opp. the nether-world, Pi.O.2.57, Pl.Grg. 525b;

ὁ δ' εὔκολος μὲν ἐνθάδ' εὔκολος δ' ἐκεῖ Ar.Ra.82

; οἱ ἐ., opp. οἱ κάτω, A.Supp. 923, S.Ant.75; also, the people of this country, Id.OC42; τοῖς ἐνθάδ' αὐτοῦ ib.78;

τις τῶν ἐνθάδ' αὐτοῦ Eup.357

; τὰ ἐνθάδε, opp. τὰ ἐκεῖ, Th.6.17.

II of circumstances, in this case or state, X.Cyr.2.4.17; ἐνθάδ' ἥκων having come to this point, S. Ph. 377: c. gen., ἐ. τοῦ πάθους at this stage of my suffering, ib. 899.

2 of Time, here, now, οὔτ' ἐνθάδ' ὁρῶν οὔτ' ὀπίσω neither the present nor the future, Id.OT 488 (lyr.);

αὐτίκ' ἐ. Id.OC 992

.

1) General subject: gangland, subterrene ( the subterrene), the subterrene, underworld

2) Law: criminal underworld, gangdom

3) Literature: nether world

1) General subject: Avernus, nether world

2) Greek mythology: Erebus

3) Literature: necromancy