ptolemaic

ἀρχ-εδέατρος, ὁ,

A chief seneschal at the Ptolemaic court, OGI169.4 ([place name] Alexandria), 181.4 ([place name] Paphos).

ἀρχι-κῠνηγός, ὁ,

A chief-huntsman, a Ptolemaic court official, OGI99.2 (Ptol. V), 143.3 (Cyprus, Ptol. VIII), Ostr. 1530, J.AJ16.10.3.

ἐπιστολᾱγράφος [γρᾰ], ὁ,

A royal secretary, BCH32.431 (Delos, Ptolemaic period), Plb.30.25.16 cod., OGI259 (v. BCHl.c); cf. ἐπιστολογράφος.

ἰσότιμ-ος, ον,

A equal in honour or privilege, Απόλλων (i.e. sharing the honours paid to Zeus) OGI234.25 (Delph., iii B.C.), CR Acad.Inscr.1906.419 ([place name] Alabanda);

ὁ θεὸς.. -ον παρέχι τράπεζαν τοῖς ὁποθενοῦν ἀφικνουμένοις BCH51.73

([place name] Panamara);

πίστις 2 Ep.Pet.1.1

; οἱ πρῶτοι καὶ ἰ. Plu.Lys.19, cf. Wilcken Chr.13.10 (i A.D.), Luc.D Mort.24.3, etc.;

πόλεις τισί D.Chr.41.2

: [comp] Comp.

-ότεροι, τοῖς κρατοῦσιν Id.39.4

; τὸ ἰ.,= ἰσοτιμία, Ph.2.246; of a person, maintaining equality of privilege, Hdn.2.4.9. Adv.

-μως, τινάς τισιν ἄγειν Ath.5.177c

; ζῶντα δικαίως καὶ ἰ. OGI544.34 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), cf. CIG4032.5 (ibid.), IGRom.3.195 (ibid.);

ἰ. ἔχουσι πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ ὅροι Phlp.in APr.167.14

, cf. Alex.Aphr.in Metaph.241.11.

2 generally, equal in value: hence, equal,

ἁμάρτημα ἀκούσιον ἰ. ἑκουσίῳ Ph.2.248

;

τὸ ἰ. δυσέφικτον ἐν ταῖς ἀμοιβαῖς Hdn.2.3.6

; ἰ. μάχη evenly balanced, Ael.NA10.1.

3 as title of rank at the Ptolemaic court,

τῶν ἰσοτίμων τοῖς πρώτοις φίλοις PRyl.66

intr., 253 (ii B.C.), Arch.Pap. 6.372.

ἴδιος [ῐδ], α, ον, [dialect] Att. also ος, ον Pl.Prt. 349b, Arist.HA 532b32 (v. sub fin.):

I one's own, pertaining to oneself: hence,

1 private, personal (opp. κοινός): twice in Hom., πρῆξις δ' ἥδ' ἰδίη οὐ δήμιος this business is private, not public, Od.3.82; δήμιον ἦ ἴδιον; 4.314; ἴδιος ἐν κοινῷ σταλείς embarking as a private man in a public cause, Pi.O. 13.49; ἰ. στόλῳ χρᾶσθαι, opp. δημοσίῳ, Hdt.5.63;

γῆς.. νοσούσης ἴ. κινοῦντες κακά S.OT 636

;

κοινὸν ἐξ ἰδίας ἀνοίας κακόν E.Hec. 641

(lyr.), cf. Or. 766 (troch.); ἴδια πράσσων ἢ στρατοῦ ταχθεὶς ὕπο; Id.IA 1363 (troch.);

ἴ. κέρδεα Hdt.6.100

;

συμφορά Antipho 2.1.11

;

πρόσοδος And.4.11

;

τὰ ἴ. διάφορα Th.2.37

;

πλοῦτος ἴ. καὶ δημόσιος Id.1.80

, cf. Pl.R. 521a; ἴ. οὐ κοινὸς πόνος ib. 535b, cf. 543b; ξυμβόλαια ib. 443e;

ἰ. ἢ πολιτικὴ πρᾶξις Id.Grg. 484d

;

πόλεις καὶ ἴ. οἶκοι Id.Lg. 890b

, cf. 796d, etc.; τὰ ἱρά, opp. τὰ ἴ., temples, opp. private buildings, Hdt. 6.9, 8.109; τὸ ἐν ἰδίοις discussion among private persons, Pl.Sph. 225b.

2 one's own, opp.

ἀλλότριος, ἐπικώμια Pi.N.6.32

;

ἡ ἰ. ἐλευθερίη Hdt.7.147

;

Ζεὺς ἰδίοις νόμοις κρατύνων A.Pr. 404

(lyr.); ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ ib. 543 (lyr.);

οὔτοι τὰ χρήματ' ἴ. κέκτηνται βροτοί E.Ph. 555

; φίλων οὐδὲν ἴ., = κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων, Id.Andr. 376: with Pron.,

χωρίον ἡμέτερον ἴδιον D.55.8

.

3 τὰ ἴ. private interests, opp. public, Th.1.82, 2.61, etc.; one's own property, Id.1.141, etc.; τὰ ἴ. πράττειν mind one's own business, in later Gr., Phryn.405, cf. 1 Ep.Thess.4.11; μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰ. Plb.2.57.5; εἰς τὸ ἴ. καταθέσθαι for self, X.An.1.3.3, etc.: with Pron., τοὐμὸν ἴ. εἰπεῖν my personal opinion, Isoc.6.8; τὰ ἐμὰ ἴ. D.50.66; τὰ αὑτοῦ ἴ. Thgn.440 (dub.l.), cf. Antipho 5.61, Isoc.8.127; τὰ ὑμέτερα ἴ. D.19.307; τὰ ἴ. σφῶν αὐτῶν, τὰ ἴ. τὰ σφέτερα αὐτῶν, And.2.2,3.36; ἔγωγε τοὐμὸν ἴ. I for my own part, Luc.Merc.Cond.9.

4 of persons, personally attached to one,

ἴδιοι Σελεύκου Plb.21.6.4

, cf. Arist.Pol. 1315a36, UPZ146.38 (ii B.C.), 109.18 (i B.C.);

ἄνθρωπος ἴδιος τῇ εὐνοίᾳ τῇ πρὸς.. PCair.Zen.32

(iii B.C.);

ταῖς εὐνοίαις ἴδιοι D.S.11.26

; ἴδιοι, οἱ, members of one's family, relatives, BGU 665 ii 1 (i A.D.), Vett.Val.70.5, etc.

5 ἡ ἰ. (sts. with κώμη added, BGU15.13 (ii A.D.)), one's place of origin, PTeb. 327.28 (ii A.D.), etc.: pl., καταπορεύεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἰ.ib.5.7 (ii B.C.).

6 in later Gr., almost as a possessive Pron.,=

ἑαυτοῦ, ἑαυτῶν, ἡ ἰ. φιλαγαθία IG22.1011.71

(ii B.C.), etc.;

χρῶνται ὡς ἰδίοις UPZ11.14

(ii B.C.); περὶ τῶν ἰ. βιβλίων, title of work by Galen.

b ἴ. θάνατος one's own, i.e. a natural death, Ramsay Cities and Bishoprics No. 133;

ἰδίοις τελευτῶσι θανάτοις Ptol.Tetr. 199

; also ἰδία μοίρῃ Ramsay op.cit. No. 187.

II separate, distinct,

ἔθνος ἴ. καὶ οὐδαμῶς Σκυθικόν Hdt.4.18

, cf. 22; ἴδιοί τινές σοι [θεοί]; Ar.Ra. 890;

ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὑπόκειταί τις ἴδιος οὐσία Pl.Prt. 349b

; πόλεις.. βαρβάρους καὶ ἰδίας Decr. ap. D.18.183; ὁ βάτραχος ἰδίαν ἔχει τὴν γλῶτταν, τὴν ἰ. ἀφίησι φωνήν, a peculiar kind of tongue,.. its peculiar note, Arist. HA 536a8,11: folld. by ἤ, ἴδιον ἔπασχεν πάθος ἢ οἱ ἄλλοι unique and different from others, Pl.Grg. 481c; so

ἴδιον παρὰ τὰ ἄλλα Thphr.HP 6.4.10

.

b ἴ. λόγος, in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, private account,

δεδώκαμεν Πύρωνι τὸν ἔσχατόν σου ἴ. λόγον PCair.Zen. 253

(iii B.C.), cf. PGrenf.1.16 (ii B.C.), etc.; later, special account, a branch of the fiscal administration, Wilcken Chr. 162 (ii B.C.), PAmh.2.31 (ii B.C.), PGnom.Prooem. (ii A.D.), etc.;

ὁ γνώμων τοῦ ἰ. λόγου OGI669.44

(i A.D.); also as the title of the Controller, Str. 17.1.12 codd., OGI 408 (ii A.D.), Mitteis Chr. 372 vi 1 (ii A.D.).

2 strange, unusual,

ἰδίοισιν ὑμεναίοισι κοὐχὶ σώφροσιν E.Or. 558

; peculiar, exceptional,

περιττὸν καὶ ἴ. γένος Arist.GA 760a5

;

τὰ περιττὰ καὶ ἴ. τῶν δένδρων Thphr.CP2.7.1

; παράδοξον εἰπεῖν τι καὶ περιττὸν καὶ ἴ. Plu.2.1068b; eccentric, of persons, ib.57e;

ἴ. τις ἐν πᾶσι βουλόμενος εἶναι Id.Them.18

.

3 peculiar, appropriate, ἴδια ὀνόματα proper, specific words, opp. περιέχοντα, class-names, Arist. Rh. 1407a31;

ὄνομα ἴ. τινος Pl.R. 580e

;

τὸ ἴ. τοῦ ἐπαίνου Luc.Pr.Im. 19

.

III ἴ. λόγοι ordinary private conversation, opp. ποίησις, Pl. R. 366e, cf. Euthd. 305d; v. infr. VI. 2b.

IV τὸ ἴ. characteristic property of a species, Arist.Top. 102a18, 103b11, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.75, Plot.5.5.13; but also, distinguishing feature in a relative sense,

ἴ. πρός τι Arist.Top. 128b25

.

V regul. [comp] Comp.

ἰδιώτερος Isoc.12.73

, Thphr.HP3.1.6: [comp] Sup.

- ώτατος D.23.65

, Thphr.HP1.14.2; also ἰδιαίτερος, -αίτατος, Arist.PA 656a26, 658b33; - αίτατος but not - αίτερος acc. to Thom.Mag.p.189R.

VI Adv. [full] ἰδίως, peculiarly, Isoc.5.108; severally, Pl.Lg. 807b: [comp] Comp.

ἰδιωτέρως Thphr.HP1.13.4

;

ὡς -ώτερον εἰπεῖν Phld.Oec.p.68

J.;

ἰδιαίτερον Hdn.7.6.7

: [comp] Sup. ἰδιώτατα (v.l. -αίτατα) D.S.19.1; ἰδίως καλεῖσθαι to be called specifically, Arist.Mu. 394b28;

- αίτατα λέγεσθαι Id.Mete. 382a3

; ἰδίως, opp.

κοινῶς, λέγεσθαι Demetr.Lac.Herc.1014.41

F. (but in Gramm., to be used as a proper name, D.T.634.13); in a peculiar sense or usage, Sch. Ar.Pl. 115;

ἰ.Αἰσχύλος τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα ἐπὶ σκηνῆς ἀναιρεῖσθαι ποιεῖ A. Ag.

Arg., cf. Sch.E.Ph. 1116; also,= extra versum, τὸ φεῦ ἰδίως Sch. Ar.Nu.41 (v.l. ἰδίᾳ).

2 [full] ἰδίᾳ, [dialect] Ion. - ιη, as Adv., by oneself, privately, on one's own account,

θύοντι ἰδίῃ μούνῳ Hdt.1.132

, cf. 192, Ar.Eq. 467;

οὔτε ἰδίᾳ οὔτε ἐν κοινῷ Th.1.141

;

καὶ ἰ. καὶ δημοσίᾳ Id.3.45

, Pl.Ap. 30b;

καὶ ἰ. καὶ κοινῇ Arist.Ath.40.3

;

ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστος Th.8.1

, cf. Pl.Lg. 946d, etc.: c. gen., ἰ. τῆς φρενός apart from.., Ar.Ra. 102.

b in ordinary talk, opp. ὑπὸ ποιητῶν, Pl.R. 363e, cf. 606c; v. supr. 111.

3 κατ' ἰδίαν in private, Philem.169;

κατ' ἰδίαν εἰπεῖν τινι D.S.1.21

; κατ' ἰ. λαβεῖν τινα to take him aside, Plb.4.84.8; also, separately, apart, Plu.2.120d;

οἱ κατ' ἰ. βίοι Plb.1.71.1

. (

ϝίδιος Tab.Heracl.1.13

, al., Schwyzer 324.4 (Delph., iv B.C.), IG9(1).333.12 ([dialect] Locr., v B.C.), etc.; with spiritus asper,

ἐκ τοῦ ηιδίου Jahresh.14

Beibl.141 (Argos, v B.C.);

καθ' ἱδίαν IG22.891.6

, 5(1).6 ([dialect] Lacon.), 9(2).66 ([place name] Lamia), Aët.3.159, etc.; καθ' ἱδδίαν prob. in IG9(2).461.26 (Thess.).)

Ὄσῑρις, ὁ,

A Osiris, Hdt.2.42, etc.; gen.

Ὀσείριδος IG11(4).1234

(Delos, ii B. C.),

Ὀσίριος Hdt.

l. c., OGI90.10 (Rosetta, ii B. C.),

Ὀσίρεως Man.

ap. J.Ap.1.26 ; dat.

Ὀσίριδι IG22.1367.4

,

Ὀσίρει OGI60.4

(Canopus, iii B. C.): Ὀσίριδος ἀστήρ, = the planet Jupiter, Ach.Tat. Intr.Arat.17: [full] Ὀσῑρίειον, τό, temple of O., Sammelb.5022 ([place name] Ptolemaic) ; later [full] Ὀσῑρεῖον, Theognost.Can.129:—Verb [full] Ὀσῑριάζω, to be given to his worship, Dam. ap. Suid. s.v. Ἀσκληπιόδοτος (- ράζ- codd.):—Adj. [full] Ὀσῑριακός,

τὰ -κά Plu.2.360f

: fem. Adj. [full] Ὀσῑριάς, Dam.Isid. 107; πόα, = ὄσιρις, Aët.1.304.

ὑπομνημᾰτ-ισμός, ὁ,

A memorandum, of a shoppinglist, PFreib.ap.Wilcken ad UPZ62.12 ([place name] Ptolemaic); minute, Plb.23.2.4, 25.4.5; royal decree, OGI262.3 ([place name] Baetocaece); στρατηγοῦ (in Roman Egypt) his official diary, in pl., Sammelb. 7404 ii 31 (ii A. D.), Wilcken Chr.41i1, iv 1, VI (iii A. D.); of other officials, e. g.

ἐπιστρατήγου PSI10.1100.1

(ii A. D.); ἀναγραφὴ -ισμῶν list (register) of records, PLips.123.2 (ii A. D.); a decree of the Areopagus, because these were kept as written records, Cic.Fam.13.1.5, Att.5.11.6, IG 22.3952,4012, 42(1).83.18 (Epid., i A. D.), SIG1008.2 (Eleusis, iii A. D.).

b note-taking, Ath.Med. ap. Orib.inc.21.6.

2 = ὑπόμνημα 11.3, memoirs, annals, Plb.2.40.4; treatise, Phld.Rh.1.120 S., al., Stob.2.7.5, etc.

3 commentary on an author, Eust.746.29.

γναφεύς, έως, ὁ (Hdt. et al.; the older spelling was κναφεύς [s. Kühner-Bl. I 147f; Meisterhans³-Schw. 74, 1; Schwyzer I 343]; the form w. γν. as early as an Att. ins of IV B.C., and gener. in the Ptolemaic pap [Mayser 170, further ref. there], also Mitt-Wilck., I/2, 315, 8 [88 A.D.]; LXX. But κν. reappears, as e.g. Dio Chrys. 55 [72], 4; Artem. 4, 33 p. 224, 4; Diog. L. 5, 36; Celsus 3, 55) gener. a specialist in one or more of the processes in the treatment of cloth, incl. fulling, carding, cleaning, bleaching. Since the Eng. term ‘fuller’ refers to one who shrinks and thickens cloth, a more general rendering such as cloth refiner is required to cover the various components. In our lit. (only Mk 9:3) ref. is to the bleaching aspect, without suggesting that the term applies only to one engaged in that particular feature. Hence such glosses as ‘bleacher’ or ‘fuller’ would overly limit the professional niche.—DELG s.v. κνάπτω. M-M.

Εὐβούλα, ας (so also IGLSyria 931, otherwise Εὐβούλη [s. WRoscher I 1396 and Aa I 63, 2 al.] as Sb 8954 [Ptolemaic]) Eubula, wife of the freedman Diophantos (s. Διόφαντος) AcPl Ha 2, 13; 17; 35; 3, 3; 11; 4, 15; 5, 19.

λειτουργέω impf. ἐλειτούργουν; fut. λειτουργήσω LXX; 1 aor. ἐλειτούργησα (cp. Att. λεώς = λαός, q.v. + ἐργον; X.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 12:6 v.l.; TestLevi 3:5, TestAsh 2:2; EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; on the spelling s. Mayser 127; Mlt-H. 76f) gener. ‘perform a public service, serve in a public office’ (in the Gr-Rom. world distinguished citizens were expected to serve in a variety of offices, including esp. as high priests, with all costs that such service involved, or to assume the costs of construction or maintenance of public buildings and production of dramas and games; for their services they would be recognized as people of exceptional merit [s. ἀρετή] or benefactors [s. εὐεργέτης]; but the word is also used of less prestigious activity SEG XXVI, 1392, 31 supply carts and mules; New Docs 1, 42–44) in our lit. almost exclusively of religious and ritual services both in a wider and a more restricted sense (SIG 717, 23f [100 B.C.] ἐλειτούργησαν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ εὐτάκτως; 736, 73; 74f λειτουργούντω τοῖς θεοῖς; 97f [92 B.C.]; PLond I, 33a, 3 p. 19 [II B.C.]; 41 B, 1; UPZ 42, 2 [162 B.C.]; 47, 3; BGU 1006, 10; LXX; EpArist 87; Dssm., B 137 [BS 140f]; Anz 346f; Danker, Benefactor [lit.]). Through the use of this term NT writers suggest an aura of high status for those who render any type of service.

① to render special formal service, serve, render service, of cultic or ritual responsibilities

ⓐ of priests and Levites in God’s temple (cp. Ex 28:35, 43; 29:30; Num 18:2; Sir 4:14; 45:15; Jdth 4:14; 1 Macc 10:42; Philo, Mos. 2, 152; Jos., Bell. 2, 409, Ant. 20, 218) abs. Hb 10:11. λ. τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ τοῦ θεοῦ perform services at the altar of God 1 Cl 32:2 (cp. Jo 1:9, 13); (w. ἱερατεύειν as Sir 45:15) λ. τῷ θεῷ 43:4; GJs 4:1 (1 Km 3:1).—Of Christian services ἐν τ. θυσιαστηρίῳ λ. τὸ θεῖον perform service to God at the altar Tit 1:9 v.l.—Of officials of Christian congregations: λ. ἁμέμπτως τῷ ποιμνίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ serve Christ’s flock blamelessly 1 Cl 44:3. Of supervisors Hs 9, 27, 3. Of supervisors and servers λ. τὴν λειτουργίαν τῶν προφητῶν καὶ διδασκάλων perform the service of prophets and teachers D 15:1 (s. b, below on Ac 13:2.—λειτ. λ. Demosth. 21, 154; oft. in LXX; also Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 82; SIG 409, 61).—Of angels (TestLevi 3:5) τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ (sc. θεοῦ) λειτουργοῦσιν παρεστῶτες they stand at (God’s) side and serve (God’s) will 1 Cl 34:5; cp. vs. 6 (Da 7:10 Theod.).

ⓑ of other expression of religious devotion (Dionys. Hal. 2, 22, 2 ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν of the wives of priests and their children who perform certain rites that would not be approved for males) including prayer (w. νηστεύειν, and of the prophets and teachers) τ. κυρίῳ Ac 13:2. λ. τῷ θεῷ (cp. Jo 1:13b) Hm 5, 1, 2; cp. 3; Hs 7:6. Of OT worthies οἱ τελείως λειτουργήσαντες those who have rendered superb service to God 1 Cl 9:2.

② to confer a special material benefit, serve (X., Mem. 2, 7, 6; Chares Hist.: 125 Fgm. 4 p. 659, 28 Jac. [in Athen. 12, 54, 538e]; τῷ βίῳ λ. Orig., C. Cels. 8, 57, 1 and 6) ἐν τοῖς σαρκικοῖς λ. do a service in material things Ro 15:27—On this entry and the foll. one s. Elbogen 5; 511; FOertel, D. Liturgie, 1917; NLewis, Inventory of Compulsory Services in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt ’68; WBrandt, D. Wortgruppe λειτουργεῖν im Hb u. 1 Kl: Jahrb. d. Theol. Schule Bethel 1, 1930, 145–76; OCasel, λειτουργία—munus: Oriens Christ. III 7, ’32, 289–302; EPeterson, Nuntius 2, ’49, 10f; ARomeo, Miscellanea Liturgica (LMohlberg Festschr.), vol. 2, ’49, 467–519; FDanker, Gingrich Festschr. ’72, 108ff.—S. λειτουργία, λειτουργικός, λειτουργός.—DELG s.v. λαός. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

μάχαιρα, ης, ἡ (Hom.+. The Ptolemaic pap as a rule decline it [Mayser p. 12] μαχαίρας,-χαίρᾳ; likew. LXX [Thackeray p. 141f; Helbing p. 31ff]; ISm 4:2b; also mss. and some edd. of the NT. The pap fr. Roman times prefer-ρης, -ρῃ [isolated exx. fr. earlier times, e.g. PTebt 16, 14: 114 B.C.; 112, 45: 112 B.C.]; sim. 4 [6] Esdr [POxy 1010]; likew. the NT)

① a relatively short sword or other sharp instrument, sword, dagger Mt 26:47, 55; Mk 14:43, 48; Lk 22:36, 38 (ASchlatter, Die beiden Schwerter: BFCT 20, 6, 1916; TNapier, ET 49, ’38, 467–70; IZolli, Studi e Mat. di Storia delle Rel. 13, ’38, 227–43; RHeiligenthal, NTS 41, ’95, 39–58. Field, Notes 76f suggests ‘knives’ here), 52; Rv 6:4; 13:10. ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρης ἀποθανεῖν be killed with the sword Hb 11:37 (Ex 17:13; Dt 13:16). ἀποσπᾶν τὴν μ. draw the sword Mt 26:51. Also σπάσασθαι τὴν μ. (1 Ch 21:5; 1 Esdr 3:22; Jos., Vi. 303) Mk 14:47; Ac 16:27. λαμβάνειν μάχαιραν take, grasp the sword (Jos., Vi. 173) Mt 26:52b (HKosmala, NovT 4, ’60, 3–5: Targum Is 50:11 as parallel); ἑλκύειν μ. J 18:10; πατάσσειν ἐν μ. strike w. the sword Lk 22:49. βάλλειν τὴν μ. εἰς τὴν θήκην put the sword into its sheath J 18:11; cp. Mt 26:52a. Of execution by the sword ISm 4:2ab. ἀναιρεῖν μαχαίρῃ have someone put to death w. the sword Ac 12:2; ἔχειν πληγὴν τῆς μ. have a sword-wound Rv 13:14. στόμα μαχαίρης the edge of the sword (cp. Gen 34:26; 2 Km 15:14; TestJud 5:5; Theod. Prodr. 1, 19 Hercher; 2, 264; 6, 101) Lk 21:24; Hb 11:34 (OHofius, ZNW 62, ’71, 129f); the corresponding figure μ. κατέδεται (cp. 2 Km 11:25; Theod. Prodr. 6, 122 H. ἔτρωγεν … τὸ ξίφος κρέα, ἔπινεν ἡ μ. πηγὰς αἱμάτων) 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:20). (S. also πίπτω 1bαא.) μ. δίστομος a double-edged sword (Judg 3:16; Pr 5:4) Hb 4:12 (for the interpretation ‘scalpel’ or ‘bistoury’ s. CSpicq, RB 58, ’51, 482–84 [difft. idem, Lexique s.v. δίστομο], but the chief objections to such renderings are the absence of references in ancient medical writers to a double-edged surgical instrument and their preference for the diminutive μαχαίριον in connection w. such instruments).

② in various images μ. sword stands for

ⓐ violent death Ro 8:35

ⓑ for war (Gen 31:26; SibOr 8, 120.—Opp. εἰρήνη.) Mt 10:34 (Harnack, ZTK 22, 1912, 4–6).

ⓒ the powerful function of the divine word ἡ μ. τοῦ πνεύματοςthe sword of the Spirit, explained as the Word of God Eph 6:17 (cp. Hb 4:12 in 1 above).

ⓓ the power of authorities to punish evildoers τὴν μάχαιραν φορεῖν carry the sword Ro 13:4 (cp. Philostrat., Vi. Soph. 1, 25, 3 δικαστοῦ ξίφος ἔχοντος; Ulpian in Digest of Justinian 2, 1, 3).—B. 559; 1392. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

μίγνυμι/μιγνύω (the pres. is lacking in our lit. [B-D-F §92; Mlt-H. 249], as well as in the Ptolemaic pap [Mayser I/2², ’38, 187].—On the spelling [μιγ-all edd. instead of μειγ-] s. B-D-F §23; Kühner-Bl. II 482; Mayser 91; Mlt-H. 249.—The word is found Hom. [μίσγω] et al.; also ins, pap, LXX, TestSol, Joseph., Just., Ath.) 1 aor. ἔμιξα. Pass.: 1 aor. ptc. μιχθείς (Ath. 18, 4); 2 aor. ἐμίγην; pf. ptc. μεμιγμένος mix, mingle, lit. τί τινι mingle someth. with someth. Rv 15:2 (Chariton 3, 10, 2 αἵματι μεμιγμένον ὕδωρ; Quint. Smyrn. 6, 281 οἴνῳ δʼ αἷμα μέμικτο; schol. on Nicander, Alexiph. 353). Also τὶ ἔν τινι (cp. Ps 105:35) 8:7. τὶ μετά τινος (Pla., Tim. 35b) οἶνον μετὰ χολῆς μεμιγμένον Mt 27:34. ὧν τὸ αἷμα Πιλᾶτος ἔμιξεν μετὰ τ. θυσιῶν αὐτῶν whose blood Pilate mingled with (the blood of) their sacrifices, i.e. whom P. ordered slain while they were sacrificing Lk 13:1 (on quest. of connection w. accounts in Jos. s. JFitzmyer, AB Comm. ad loc.). ὄξος καὶ οἶνος μεμιγμένα ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό vinegar and wine mixed together Hm 10, 3, 3b.—In affective imagery mix, blend τί τινι someth. with someth. (Jos., Bell. 5, 332, Ant. 15, 52) ἡ ὀξυχολία τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ 5, 1, 6. τὶ μετά τινος: ἡ λύπη μετὰ τῆς ἐντεύξεως, … μετὰ του ἁγίου πνεύματος 10, 3, 3ac.—B. 335. DELG s.v. μείγνυμι. M-M. s.v. μίγν-.

μίγνυμι/μιγνύω (the pres. is lacking in our lit. [B-D-F §92; Mlt-H. 249], as well as in the Ptolemaic pap [Mayser I/2², ’38, 187].—On the spelling [μιγ-all edd. instead of μειγ-] s. B-D-F §23; Kühner-Bl. II 482; Mayser 91; Mlt-H. 249.—The word is found Hom. [μίσγω] et al.; also ins, pap, LXX, TestSol, Joseph., Just., Ath.) 1 aor. ἔμιξα. Pass.: 1 aor. ptc. μιχθείς (Ath. 18, 4); 2 aor. ἐμίγην; pf. ptc. μεμιγμένος mix, mingle, lit. τί τινι mingle someth. with someth. Rv 15:2 (Chariton 3, 10, 2 αἵματι μεμιγμένον ὕδωρ; Quint. Smyrn. 6, 281 οἴνῳ δʼ αἷμα μέμικτο; schol. on Nicander, Alexiph. 353). Also τὶ ἔν τινι (cp. Ps 105:35) 8:7. τὶ μετά τινος (Pla., Tim. 35b) οἶνον μετὰ χολῆς μεμιγμένον Mt 27:34. ὧν τὸ αἷμα Πιλᾶτος ἔμιξεν μετὰ τ. θυσιῶν αὐτῶν whose blood Pilate mingled with (the blood of) their sacrifices, i.e. whom P. ordered slain while they were sacrificing Lk 13:1 (on quest. of connection w. accounts in Jos. s. JFitzmyer, AB Comm. ad loc.). ὄξος καὶ οἶνος μεμιγμένα ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό vinegar and wine mixed together Hm 10, 3, 3b.—In affective imagery mix, blend τί τινι someth. with someth. (Jos., Bell. 5, 332, Ant. 15, 52) ἡ ὀξυχολία τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ 5, 1, 6. τὶ μετά τινος: ἡ λύπη μετὰ τῆς ἐντεύξεως, … μετὰ του ἁγίου πνεύματος 10, 3, 3ac.—B. 335. DELG s.v. μείγνυμι. M-M. s.v. μίγν-.

σωτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ (σῴζω) one who rescues, savior, deliverer, preserver, as a title of divinities Pind., Aeschyl.+; ins, pap; TestSol 17:4. This was the epithet esp. of Asclepius, the god of healing (Ael. Aristid. 42, 4 K. ς. τῶν ὅλων; OGI 332, 9 [138–133 B.C.], s. note 8; SIG 1112, 2; 1148); Celsus compares the cult of Ascl. w. the Christian worship of the Savior (Origen, C. Cels. 3, 3). Likew. divinities in the mystery religions, like Sarapis and Isis (Σαράπιδι Ἴσιδι Σωτῆρσι: OGI 87; Sb 597 [both III B.C.]; Sb 169 [Ptolemaic times]; 596; CIG 4930b [I B.C.]), as well as Heracles (τῆς γῆς κ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων ς.: Dio Chrys. 1, 84) or Zeus (Ael. Aristid. 52 p. 608 D.: Ζεὺς ὁ ς.).—GAnrich, Das antike Mysterienwesen 1894, 47ff; GWobbermin, Religionsgesch. Studien 1896, 105ff.—In gnostic speculation: ὁ ς. = ὁ παράκλητος Iren. 1, 4, 5 (Harv. I, 38, 9). The LXX has σωτήρ as a term for God; so also ApcSed 13:6 p. 135, 29 Ja.; and so do Philo (s. MDibelius, Hdb., exc. on 2 Ti 1:10) and SibOr 1, 73; 3, 35; but ς. is not so found in EpArist, Test12Patr, or Josephus (s. ASchlatter, Wie sprach Jos. von Gott? 1910, 66).—At an early date σωτήρ was used as a title of honor for deserving pers. (s. X., Hell. 4, 4, 6, Ages. 11, 13; Plut., Arat. 53, 4; Herodian 3, 12, 2.—Ps.-Lucian, Ocyp. 78 in an address to a physician [s. θεός 4a]; JosAs 25:6 [of Joseph]; the same phrase IXanthos p. 45 no. 23, 3f, of Marcus Agrippa [I B.C.]; Jos., Vi. 244; 259 Josephus as εὐεργέτης καὶ σωτήρ of Galilee), and in ins and pap we find it predicated of high-ranking officials and of persons in private life. This is never done in our lit. But outside our lit. it is applied to personalities who are active in the world’s affairs, in order to remove them fr. the ranks of ordinary humankind and place them in a significantly higher position. For example, Epicurus is called σωτήρ by his followers (Philod.: pap, Herc. 346, 4, 19 ὑμνεῖν τὸν σωτῆρα τὸν ἡμέτερον.—ARW 18, 1930, 392–95; CJensen, Ein neuer Brief Epikurs: GGAbh. III/5, ’33, 80f). Of much greater import is the designation of the (deified) ruler as ς. (Ptolemy I Soter [323–285 B.C.] Πτολεμαῖος καὶ Βερενίκη θεοὶ Σωτῆρες: APF 5, 1913, 156, 1; see Sb 306 and oft. in later times, of Roman emperors as well [Philo, In Flacc. 74; 126, Leg. ad Gai. 22; cp. Jos., Bell. 3, 459]).—PWendland, Σωτήρ: ZNW 5, 1904, 335ff; Magie 67f; HLietzmann, Der Weltheiland 1909; WOtto, Augustus Soter: Her 45, 1910, 448–60; FDölger, Ichthys 1910, 406–22; Dssm., LO 311f (LAE 368f); ELohmeyer, Christuskult u. Kaiserkult 1919; Bousset, Kyrios Christos² 1921, 241ff; EMeyer III 392ff; E-BAllo, Les dieux sauveurs du paganisme gréco-romain: RSPT 15, 1926, 5–34; KBornhausen, Der Erlöser 1927; HLinssen, Θεος Σωτηρ, diss. Bonn 1929=Jahrb. f. Liturgiewiss. 8, 1928, 1–75; AOxé, Σωτήρ b. den Römern: WienerStud 48, 1930, 38–61; WStaerk, Soter, I ’33; II ’38. S. also GHerzog-Hauser, Soter … im altgriech. Epos ’31; ANock, s.v. εὐεργέτης.—CColpe, Die Religionsgeschichtliche Schule ’61 (critique of some of the lit. cited above); FDanker, Benefactor ’82.

ⓐ of God ὁ θεὸς ὁ σωτήρ μου (Ps 24:5; 26:9; Mi 7:7 al.) Lk 1:47. θεὸς ς. ἡμῶν 1 Ti 1:1; Jd 25. ὁ ς. ἡμῶν θεός 1 Ti 2:3; Tit 1:3; 2:10; 3:4. ς. πάντων ἀνθρώπων μάλιστα πιστῶν 1 Ti 4:10 (cp. PPetr III, 20 I, 15 [246 B.C.] πάντων σωτῆρα and s. above Heracles as τῶν ἀνθρώπων ς. and in b below Sarapis). ὁ τῶν ἀπηλπισμένων σωτήρ the Savior of those in despair 1 Cl 59:3.

ⓑ of Christ (Just., A I, 33, 7 τὸ … Ἰησοῦς … σωτὴρ τῇ Ἑλληνίδι διαλέκτῳ δηλοῖ) Lk 2:11; Ac 13:23; Phil 3:20; Dg 9:6; Ox 840, 12; 21 (restored); 30; GMary 463, lines 4, 8, 18, 22, 31; Ox 1081, 27 (SJCh 90, 4); Qua. W. ἀρχηγός Ac 5:31; 2 Cl 20:5 (ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ἀφθαρσίας). σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος Savior of the body (i.e. of his body, the Christian community) Eph 5:23. ὁ σωτὴρ τοῦ κόσμου (ins; cp. WWeber, Untersuchungen zur Gesch. des Kaisers Hadrianus 1907, 225f; 222) J 4:42; 1J 4:14. ς. τῶν ἀνθρώπων (Ael. Aristid. 45, 20 K.=8 p. 90 D. calls Sarapis κηδεμόνα καὶ σωτῆρα πάντων ἀνθρώπων αὐτάρκη θεόν) GPt 4:13. ὁ ς. ἡμῶν Χρ. Ἰ. 2 Ti 1:10; ISm 7:1; w. Χρ. Ἰ. or Ἰ. Χρ. preceding Tit 1:4; 3:6; IEph 1:1; IMg ins; Pol ins. ὁ μέγας θεὸς καὶ ς. ἡμῶν Χρ. Ἱ. our great God and Savior Christ Jesus Tit 2:13 (cp. PLond III, 604b, 118 p. 80 [47 A.D.] τῷ μεγάλῳ θεῷ σωτῆρι; but the presence of καί Tit 2:13 suggests a difft. semantic aspect and may justify the rendering in NRSV mg). S. MDibelius, exc. after Tit 2:14; HWindisch, Z. Christologie der Past.: ZNW 34, ’35, 213–38.—ὁ σωτὴρ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰ. Χρ. IPhld 9:2. ὁ ς. τῶν ψυχῶν MPol 19:2. ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ς. Ἰ. Χρ. 2 Pt 1:1. ὁ κύριος (ἡμῶν) καὶ ς. Ἰ. Χρ. vs. 11; 2:20; 3:18; without any name (so ὁ σωτήρ [meaning Asclep.] Ael. Aristid. 47, 1 K.=23 p. 445 D.; 66 K.=p. 462 D.; 48, 7 K.=24 p. 466 D.—Orig., C. Cels. 6, 64, 16; Hippol., Ref. 5, 8, 27) 2 Pt 3:2; AcPl Ha 8, 29 (restored: καὶ σωτῆρα). S. Loewe s.v. σωτηρία end.—Pauly-W. 2, VI 1211–21; Kl. Pauly V 289; RAC VI 54–219; DLNT 1082–84; BHHW I 430–32.—M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

τυγχάνω (Hom.+) impf. ἐτύγχανον; fut. τεύξομαι; 2 aor. ἔτυχον; 1 aor. mid. inf. τεύξασθαι LXX. Perf. (for Att. τετύχηκα, s. Phryn. p. 395 Lob.) τέτευχα (Ion. [Hdt. and Hippocr.; s. Kühner-Bl. II 556], then Aristot. et al.; OGI 194, 31 [42 B.C.]; pap [Mayser I/2² ’38, 151f]; LXX [Thackeray §24 p. 287]; EpArist 121; Nachmanson 160, 1; Crönert 279; Schmid I 86; IV 40 and 600) Hb 8:6 v.l. or, as in the text, τέτυχα (Diod S 12, 17, 99; Aesop, Fab. 363 H. [removed by correction]; Jos., Bell. 7, 130 [removed by correction]; EpArist 180 συντέτυχε); s. B-D-F §101; W-S. §13, 2; Mlt-H. 262.

① to experience some happening, meet, attain, gain, find, experience w. gen. of pers. or thing that one meets, etc. (Hom. et al.; LXX; TestAbr A 19 p. 102, 9 [Stone p. 52]; GrBar 17:4; AssMos, apolog.) Lk 20:35; Ac 24:2; 26:22; 27:3; 2 Ti 2:10 (Diod S 4, 48, 7 τετεύχασι τῆς σωτηρίας. With the v.l. σωτηρίαν in mss. FG cp. Solon 24, 2 D.² τυγχ. τι); Hb 8:6; 11:35; 1 Cl 61:2; 2 Cl 15:5; Dg 2:1; 9:6; IEph 10:1; IMg 1:3; ISm 9:2; 11:3; IPol 4:3; Hm 10, 1, 5; Hs 9, 26, 4.

② to prove to be in the result, happen, turn out, intr.

ⓐ happen to be, find oneself (X., Hell. 4, 3, 3; Tob 5:13 AB; TestJob 36:5; ApcMos 9; Just., D. 3, 2; Ath., R. p. 78, 14) ἐν σαρκὶ τυγχάνειν Dg 5:8; ἐπὶ γῆς 10:7. ἀφέντες ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα they left him for half-dead, as indeed he was Lk 10:30 v.l.

ⓑ εἰ τύχοι as a formula if it should turn out that way, perhaps (Cleanthes, Fgm. 529 vArnim=Sext. Emp., Math. 9, 89; Dionys. Hal. 4, 19; Hero Alex. III p. 220, 13; Dio Chrys. 16 [33], 53; Philo [KReik, Der Opt. bei Polyb. u. Philo von Alex. 1907, 154]; Just., D. 27, 3; B-D-F §385, 2) 1 Cor 15:37 (cp. Plut., Fgm. 104, ed. Sanbach, ’67 πυροῦ τυχὸν ἢ κριθῆς=perhaps of wheat or barley); Dg 2:3. In τοσαῦτα εἰ τύχοι γένη φωνῶν εἰσιν 1 Cor 14:10, εἰ τύχ. is prob. meant to limit τοσαῦτα (Heinrici: JWeiss) there are probably ever so many different languages (Goodsp.—Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 130, 110 Jac. καθʼ ἣν τύχοι πρόφασιν=‘under who knows what sort of pretext’).

ⓒ τυχόν, actually the acc. absolute of the neut. of the aor. ptc. (B-D-F §424; Rob. 490) if it turns out that way, perhaps, if possible (X., An. 6, 1, 20; Ps.-Pla., Alcib. 2, 140a; 150c; Epict. 1, 11, 11; 2, 1, 1; 3, 21, 18 al.; letter [IV B.C.] in Dssm., LO 121 [LAE 151]; Just., D. 4, 7 τὸ τυχόν; SIG 1259, 8; SibOr 5, 236) 1 Cor 16:6; Lk 20:13 D; Ac 12:15 D.

ⓓ ὁ τυχών the first one whom one happens to meet in the way (X., Pla. et al.; Philo, Op. M. 137), hence οὐχ ὁ τυχών not the common or ordinary one (Fgm. Com. Att. III 442 Fgm. 178 Kock; Theophr., HP 8, 7, 2; Περὶ ὕψους 9 [of Moses]. Numerous other exx. fr. lit. in Wettstein on Ac 19:11. Ins fr. Ptolemaic times: BCH 22, 1898 p. 89 θόρυβον οὐ τὸν τυχόντα παρέχοντες; SIG 528, 10 [221/219 B.C.] ἀρωστίαις οὐ ταῖς τυχούσαις; BGU 36, 9; POxy 899, 14; 3 Macc 3:7; Jos., Ant. 2, 120; 6, 292) δυνάμεις οὐ τὰς τυχούσας extraordinary miracles Ac 19:11. Cp. 28:2; 1 Cl 14:2.—B. 658. DELG. M-M. TW.

ἀγαπάω impf. ἠγάπων; fut. ἀγαπήσω; 1 aor. ἠγάπησα; pf. ἠγάπηκα, ptc. ἠγαπηκώς; plpf. 3 sg. ἠγαπήκει Is. 2:25. Pass.: 1 fut. ἀγαπηθήσομαι; 1 aor. 2 sg. ἠγαπήθης Sir 47:16; pf. ptc. ἠγαπημένος (in var. mngs. Hom.+.—STromp de Ruiter, Gebruik en beteekenis van ἀγαπᾶν in de Grieksche Litteratuur 1930; CRichardson, Love: Gk. and Christian, JR 23, ’43,173–85).

① to have a warm regard for and interest in another, cherish, have affection for, love

ⓐ by human beings (Pind., Pla. et al.)

α. to a broad range of persons, apart from recipients of special devotion, for which see β; w. obj. given γυναῖκας Eph 5:25, 28, 33 (on proper attitude of the husband cp. Plut., Mor. 142e); Col 3:19; ὡς ἀδελφήν Hv 1, 1, 1. τὸν πλησίον Mt 5:43; 19:19; 22:39; Mk 12:31, 33 (on 33b s. Aristaen., Ep. 2, 13, end φιλῶ σε ὡς ἐμαυτήν); Ro 13:9; Gal 5:14; Js 2:8; B 19:5 (all quots. fr. Lev 19:18); s. πλησίον 2; τὸν ἕτερον Ro 13:8. τὸν ἀδελφόν 1J 2:10; 3:10; 4:20f. τοὺς ἀδελφούς 3:14. τὰ τέκνα τοῦ θεοῦ 5:2. ἀλλήλους J 13:34; 15:12, 17; 1J 3:11, 23; 4:7, 11f; 2J 5; Ro 13:8; 1 Th 4:9. τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας Mt 5:46; Lk 6:32. τὸ ἔθνος ἡμῶν 7:5. τοὺς ἐχθρούς Mt 5:44; Lk 6:27, 35; s. WvanUnnik, NovT 8, ’66, 284–300, and s. ἐχθρός 2bβ; ἀ. τινα ὑπὲρ τὴν ψυχήν love someone more than one’s own life B 1:4; 4:6; 19:5; D 2:7 (cp. Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 42 ὑπερφυῶς ἀ.; Kaibel 716, 5 φίλους ὑπὲρ ἁτὸν [=αὑτὸν] ἐτίμα). εἰ περισσοτέρως ὑμᾶς ἀγαπῶ, ἧσσον ἀγαπῶμαι; if I love you the more, am I to be loved less? 2 Cor 12:15; ἀ. πολύ, ὀλίγον show much or little affection Lk 7:47; cp. πλεῖον ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν will love him more vs. 42 (on the love-hate pair s. AFridrichsen, Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok 5, ’40, 152–62.—The meaning be grateful is suggested for Lk 7:42 by HWood, ET 66, ’55, 319, after JJeremias. See Jos., Bell. 1, 392 and Ps 114:1 LXX). Abs. ἡμεῖς ἀγαπῶμεν 1J 4:19. πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν vs. 7. ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν vs. 8. W. indication of the kind of affection: ἀ. ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χρ. I Mg 6:2. Opp. μισεῖν (Dt 21:15–17) Mt 6:24; Lk 16:13.

β. to transcendent recipients of special devotion: to Jesus 1 Pt 1:8. Esp. in J: 8:42; 14:15, 21, 23f; 21:15f (always spoken by Jesus).—On the last passage s. AFridrichsen, SymbOsl 14, ’35, 46–49; EMcDowell, RevExp 32, ’35, 422–41; Goodsp., Probs. 116–18; JScott, ClW 39, ’45–’46, 71f; 40, ’46–’47, 60f; M-EBoismard, RB 54, ’47, 486f.—ἀ. and φιλέω may be used interchangeably here (cp. the freq. interchange of synonyms elsewh. in the same chapter [βόσκειν–ποιμαίνειν, ἀρνία–προβάτια, ἑλκύειν–σύρειν], but s. KMcKay, NovT 27, ’85, 319–33; also φιλέω).—To God (Dio Chrys. 11 [12], 61; Sextus 442; 444; ParJer 6:6; LXX; Philo, Post. Caini 69; Jos., Ant. 7, 269; TestBenj 3:1; 4:5) Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30, 33; Lk 10:27 (all Dt 6:5); Ro 8:28; 1 Cor 2:9; 8:3. Of affection for the Creator B 19:2.

ⓑ of the affection of transcendent beings

α. for ordinary human beings (Dio Chrys. 3, 60 ἀγαπώμενος ὑπὸ θεῶν; 79 [28], 13; CIG 5159 Βρουτταρᾶτος, ὸ̔ν ἀγαπᾷ ἡ Φαρία ῏Ισις; Norden, Agn. Th. 225 ὸ̔ν Ἄμμων ἀγαπᾷ; 226 [= OGI 90, 4]; s. β below; LXX; Jos., Ant. 8, 173; 314; TestNapht 8:4, 10) Ro 8:37; 9:13 (Mal 1:2); 2 Th 2:16; Hb 12:6 (Pr 3:12); J 14:21 (τηρηθήσεται P⁷⁵); 1J 4:10, 19; 1 Cl 56:4 (Pr 3:12). ἱλαρὸν δότην 2 Cor 9:7.—Jesus’ affection for people Ἰ. ἠγάπησεν αὐτον J. liked him or was fond of him Mk 10:21 (displayed affection, caressed him has also been suggested; cp. X., Cyr. 7, 5, 50; Plut., Pericl. 152 [1, 1] al.).—Gal 2:20; Eph 5:2; J 11:5; 15:9; B 1:1. Of the beloved disciple J 13:23; 19:26; 21:7, 20; s. Hdb.³ on J 13:23, also JMaynard, JSOR 13, 1929, 155–59; Bultmann ad loc. et al.; AKragerud, Der Lieblingsjünger im Johannesevangelium, ’59; LJohnson, ET 77, ’66, 157f; see also μαθητής 2bα.—W. pf. pass. ptc. (cp. β) ἀδελφοὶ ἠ. ὑπὸ τ. θεοῦ (cp. Sir 45:1; 46:13) 1 Th 1:4; 2 Th 2:13; ἅγιοι καὶ ἠ. Col 3:12; τοῖς ἐν θεῷ πατρὶ ἠγαπημένοις Jd 1; ἐκκλησία ἠ. ITr ins; IRo ins.—Ro 9:25 (Hos 2:25 v.l.).

β. for other transcendent beings: God’s love for Jesus J 3:35; 10:17; 17:26, from before creation 17:24. Here belongs also the pf. pass. ptc. the one loved by God (cp. Dt 32:15; 33:5, 26; Is 44:2) as designation of Jesus (cp. ParJer 3:11; AscIs 3:4; TestAbr A 1 p. 78, 6 [Stone p. 4] Ἀβραὰμ τὸν ἠ. μου φίλον; OGI 90, 4 [II B.C.] an Egyptian king is ἠγαπημένος ὑπό τοῦ Φθᾶ; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 109, 12 [III B.C.] a king ἠγαπημένος ὑπὸ τ. Ἴσιδος) Eph 1:6; B 3:6; 4:3, 8. ἠγαπημένος παῖς αὐτοῦ 1 Cl 59:2f; υἱὸς ἠ. Hs 9, 12, 5. Of Jerusalem τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἠ. (Sir 24:11) Rv 20:9.—S. the lit. on φιλέω 1a.—Jesus’ love for God J 14:31.

② to have high esteem for or satisfaction with someth., take pleasure in (Aesop, Fab. 156 P.)—Appian, Mithrid. 57 §230 τὰ προτεινόμενα=the proffered terms. PsSol 14:6 ἡμέραν ἐν μετοχῇ ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν day of partnership in their sin. Also striving after someth. (Theopomp. [IV B.C.]: 115 Fgm. 124 Jac. τιμήν; Diod. S 11, 46, 2 τ. πλοῦτον; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 49 §215 citizenship; SIG 1268 I, 9 [III B.C.] φιλίαν ἀγάπα=‘value friendship’; pap of early Ptolemaic times in WCrönert, NGG 1922, 31; Ps 39:17; Sir 3:26) τὴν πρωτοκαθεδρίαν καὶ τοὺς ἀσπασμούς Lk 11:43. μισθὸν ἀδικίας 2 Pt 2:15. τὸν κόσμον 1J 2:15. τὸν νῦν αἰῶνα 2 Ti 4:10; Pol 9:2. δικαιοσύνην (Wsd 1:1; Orig., C. Cels. 6, 79, 22) Hb 1:9 (Ps 44:8). σεμνότητα Hm 5, 2, 8. τὴν ἀλήθειαν (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 296; TestReub 3:9) 1 Cl 18:6 (Ps 50:8); Hm 3:1. Opp. ἀ. ψεύδη B 20:2. ὅρκον ψευδῆ 2:8 (Zech 8:17). μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς J 3:19 (on ἀγ. μᾶλλον w. acc. cp. Jos., Ant. 5, 350 and see μᾶλλον 3c); ἀ. τὴν δόξαν τ. ἀνθρώπων μᾶλλον ἤπερ τ. δ. τοῦ θεοῦ value the approval of human beings more highly than that of God 12:43 (cp. Pla. Phdr. 257e). ζωήν enjoy life (Sir 4:12) 1 Pt 3:10; also τὴν ψυχήν (Sir 30:23 v.l.) Rv 12:11.—Hence long for τὶ someth. (Ps 39:17) τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ his appearing 2 Ti 4:8. W. inf. fol. wish (Anton. Lib. 40, 1 ἠγάπησεν ἀεὶ παρθένος εἶναι) ἀ. ἡμέρας ἱδεῖν ἀγαθάς to see good days 1 Cl 22:2 (Ps 33:13). τὸ παθεῖν wish for martyrdom ITr 4:2.—ἀγάπην ἀ. (2 Km 13:15) show love J 17:26; Eph 2:4; show one’s admiration τὰ δεσμά for my bonds i.e. they were not embarrassed by them IPol 2:3 (not kiss; there is so far no evidence for that mng. of ἀ.).—ISm 7:1 the context seems to require for ἀ. the sense ἀγάπην ποιεῖν (8:2)=hold a love-feast, but so far this mng. cannot be confirmed lexically. But since the noun ἀγάπη is used absolutely in 6:2 in the sense ‘concern for’ someone, it may be that ἀγαπᾶν in 7:1 refers to acts of kindness.

③ to practice/express love, prove one’s love J 13:1, 34 (perh. an allusion to the agape or love-feast, s. ἀγάπη 2). Abs. w. indication of the means μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ μηδὲ τῇ γλώσσῃ ἀλλὰ ἐν ἔργῳ let us show our love with deeds as well as w. word or tongue (TestGad 6:1 ἀγαπήσατε ἀλλήλους ἐν ἔργῳ) 1J 3:18; cp. ἀ. τῷ στόματι love w. the mouth 1 Cl 15:4 (Ps 77:36 Swete; ed. Rahlfs ’31 v.l.).—RJoly, Le vocabulaire chretien de l’amour est-il original? ’68.—B. 1110. DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.