reaction

reaction

κάθαψις

good reaction: fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)

κάθαψις

good reaction: fem nom /acc pl (attic)

καθάπτω

fasten: aor subj act 2nd sg (epic)

καθάπτω

fasten: fut ind act 2nd sg

καθά̱ψεις, καθάπτω

fasten: futperf ind act 2nd sg (doric aeolic)

ἀνταπό-δοσις, εως, ἡ,

A giving back in turn, opp. ἀποδοχή, Th.4.81; rendering, requiting, repayment, Arist.EN 1133a3, 1163a11, al.;

χάριτος Men.Mon. 330

, D.S.20.100;

τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν Phld.Piet.14

; retribution, LXXIs.61.2, 63.4, al.; reprisals,

γίγνεται ἀ. ἔκ τινος Plb.5.30.6

; reward, LXXPs.18 (19).11, Ep.Col.3.24.

II turning back, opposite direction or course, of a current,

ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Plb.4.43.5

, etc., cf. Plu.2.136b.

2 responsive sound, Arist.Aud. 803a31.

III alternation, e.g. of action and reaction,

περιόδων πρὸς ἀλλήλας Hp.Aph.1.12

; reaction, prob. in Epicur.Ep.2p.48U., cf. Thphr.Vent.10.

2 Rhet., parallelism or opposition of clauses in a periodic sentence, Demetr.Eloc.23, cf. 250; in a simile, correspondence with the object of comparison, Quint. Inst.8.3.77.

b Gramm., correlativity of words such as τοιοῦτος, οἷος, A.D.Synt.54.1.

c answering clause, Hermog.Id.1.11, 2.1; v l. in A.D.Synt.20.6.

3 capping verses, as a subject of competition, Michel 913 ([place name] Teos).

σεμνότης, τητος, ἡ (s. σεμνός; Eur., X., Pla. et al.; SIG 807, 8; OGI 567, 19; EpArist 5; 171; Philo; Tat. 34, 2; μεγαλόνοια καὶ ς. θεολογίας Orig., C. Cels. 6, 18, 21) a manner or mode of behavior that indicates one is above what is ordinary and therefore worthy of special respect

ⓐ of a human being dignity, seriousness, probity, holiness=Lat. gravitas (Diod S 17, 34, 6; Philo; Jos., Vi. 258 μετὰ πάσης ς; Theoph. Ant. 3, 13 [p. 230, 16] περὶ ς. διδάσκειν; Did., Gen. 249, 14 ς. καὶ γνησιότης) 1 Ti 3:4; 1 Cl 41:1; Hm 4, 1, 3. W. εὐσέβεια 1 Ti 2:2. W. ἁγνεία Hm 4, 4, 3; Hs 5, 6, 5. W. ἁγνεία and other virtues m 6, 2, 3. W. ἁπλότης and ἀκακία v 3, 9, 1. W. other καλὰ ἔργα Tit 2:7. Loved by the Lord Hm 5, 2, 8; ἐνδύσασθαι τὴν ς. 2:4. Personified w. other virtues v 3, 8, 5; 7; 3, 9, 1.—Neg. reaction to ς. AcPl Ha 4, 14, prob. construed as arrogance by the crowd (cp. Soph., Ajax 1107 on neg. reaction to σέμνα ἔπη).

ⓑ of a deity holiness (cp. 2 Macc 3:12; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 7; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 225) πορεύεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ς. τοῦ θεοῦ walk in accordance with God’s holiness Hv 3, 5, 1.—DELG s.v. σέβομαι III. RAC XII 752–79 s.v. gravitas. M-M. TW. Spicq.

καθάψεω̆ς, κάθαψις

good reaction: fem gen sg (attic)

καθάψηι, κάθαψις

good reaction: fem dat sg (epic)

καθάπτω

fasten: aor subj mid 2nd sg

καθάπτω

fasten: aor subj act 3rd sg

καθάπτω

fasten: fut ind mid 2nd sg

καθά̱ψῃ, καθάπτω

fasten: futperf ind mp 2nd sg (doric aeolic)

καθά̱ψῃ, καθάπτω

fasten: futperf ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)

καθάψηι, κάθαψις

good reaction: fem dat sg (epic)

καθάπτω

fasten: aor subj mid 2nd sg

καθάπτω

fasten: aor subj act 3rd sg

καθάπτω

fasten: fut ind mid 2nd sg

καθά̱ψῃ, καθάπτω

fasten: futperf ind mp 2nd sg (doric aeolic)

καθά̱ψῃ, καθάπτω

fasten: futperf ind mid 2nd sg (doric aeolic)

κάθαψις, εως, ἡ,

A good reaction, produced by friction after the bath, ἄχρι πολλῆς κ. Agathin. ap. Orib.10.7.18.

ἀνάκρου-σις, εως, ἡ,

A pushing back, esp. pushing a ship back, backing water, Th.7.36; ἡ πάλιν ἀ. ib.62; of a horse, with the bit, Plu.2.549c: metaph., reaction against depression, - σεις τοῦ φρονήματος ib. 78a; return,

τῆς παλινδρομίας Iamb.in Nic.p.76

P.

II in Music, first beginning of a tune, Str.9.3.10.

ἐγκῠοποιέω,

A impregnate: metaph. of a chemical reaction, Zos. Alch.p.211 B.

ἐπανά-κλησις, εως, ἡ,

A recall, reaction,

ἐπανάκλησιν θέρμης ποιέεσθαι Hp.Aph.5.21

, Aret.CA2.3: metaph.,

ἡ ἐ. τῶν ἀπορρεόντων μερῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅλου εἰς αὐτὸ τὸ ὅλον Dam.Pr. 241

; call to repentance, Hierocl. in CA7p.429M.

II double inspiration, Hp.Epid.2.3.7, Gal.7.899.

ἐπιβολ-ή, ἡ,

A throwing or laying on,

ἱματίων Th.2.49

(pl.); χειρῶν σιδηρῶν, of grappling-irons, Id.7.62 (pl.);

τῶν χρωμάτων Luc.Zeux.5

; σημείων affixing of seals, Id.Tim. 13; χειρῶν ἐπιβολαὶ ἐγίνοντο a fray arose, D.H.10.33.

ἐπιστροφ-ή,ἡ,

A turning about,

τῆς τοῦ ἀτράκτου δίνης Pl.R. 620e

; twisting, Thphr.HP3.13.3; of strands, Ph.Bel.58.15;

τῶν σχοινίων Plu.Alex.25

(pl.);

ἡ εἴσω ἐ. τῶν δακτύλων Philostr.Im.1.23

.

5 intentness, vehemence,

ἐπιστροφὴν εἶχεν ὁ λόγος καὶ ἔρρωτο Philostr.VS1.21.5

; θρασυτέρᾳ τῇ ἐ. χρήσασθαι ib.2.5.2.

b gravity of deportment,

ἡ ἐ. τοῦ εἴδους Id.Im. 2.16

.

6 correction, reproof, Plu.2.55b.

7 conversion, Act.Ap.15.3 ;

ἡ πρὸς θεὸν ἐ. Hierocl. in CA24p.473M.

8 in Philos., return to the source of Being, Plot.1.2.4 ;

ἡ ἐ. πρὸς αὑτόν Id.5.3.6

, cf. Procl. Inst.31 ; [ἡ ἐ.]

τοῦ προελθόντος ἐπάνοδος εἰς τὸ γεννῆσαν Dam.Pr.75

; ἡ ἐ. τῆς ἐκστάσεώς ἐστιν ἐπανόρθωσις ib.61.

9 in Logic, conversion of a proposition, ἡ σὺν ἀντιθέσει ἐ. the contraposition, Suppl.ad Procl. in Prm.p.1004S.

μηδαμῶς (Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; pap [Mayser 182; also POxy 901, 11; PStras 40, 34]; LXX; JosAs; Jos., Ant. 18, 20; 70); also μηθαμῶς (UPZ 79, 8 [159 B.C.]) 1 Cl 33:1; 45:7; 53:4 (s. B-D-F §33; W-S. §5, 27f; Reinhold §6, 3). By no means, certainly not, no adv., stating a negative reaction (Chion, Ep. 16, 7; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 4, 2; Ael. Aristid. 23, 79 K.=42 p. 794 D.) Ac 10:14; 11:8; Hv 1, 2, 4; also the pass. fr. 1 Cl cited above.—M-M.

ξενίζω (ξένος) 1 aor. ἐξένισα. Pass.: 1 fut. ξενισθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐξενίσθην (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr B; Philo, Joseph., Ath.).

① to show hospitality, receive as a guest, entertain (Hom. et al.) τινά someone (X., Cyr. 8, 3, 35; Diod S 14, 31, 3; Aelian, VH 13, 26) Ac 10:23. ἀγγέλους (TestAbr B 2 p. 106, 21f [Stone p. 60]; cp. Polyaenus 6, 1, 3 ξ. θεούς) Hb 13:2 (after Gen 18:3; 19:2f). The obj. is to be supplied fr. the context (Sir 29:25) Ac 28:7.—Pass. be entertained as a guest, stay ἐν οἰκίᾳ τινός 10:32. παρά τινι with someone (Diod S 14, 30, 3; Philo, Abr. 131; Jos., Ant. 12, 171) vs. 6; 21:16 (on the constr. s. B-D-F §294, 5; Rob. 721); 1 Cor 16:19 v.l. ἐνθάδε Ac 10:18.

② to cause a strong psychological reaction through introduction of someth. new or strange, astonish, surprise (Polyb. 3, 114, 4; Diod S 12, 53, 3; Jos., Ant. 1, 45) ξενίζοντά τινα astonishing things Ac 17:20.—Pass. be surprised, wonder (Polyb.; M. Ant. 8, 15; PStras 35, 6; PIand 20, 1; Ath., R. 16 p. 67, 9) w. dat. of the thing causing surprise (Polyb. 1, 23, 5; 3, 68, 9) μὴ ξενίζεσθε τῇ ἐν ὑμῖν πυρώσει do not be surprised (upset, ESelwyn, 1 Pt ’46, 212) at the fiery ordeal among you 1 Pt 4:12; v.l. ἐπὶ τῇ κτλ. (corresponding to Polyb. 2, 27, 4; UPZ 146, 4; 6 [II B.C.]; Jos., Ant. 1, 35). Also ἔν τινι vs. 4 (B-D-F §196; s. Rob. 532). Abs. 2 Cl 17:5.—M-M. TW. Spicq.

ξενισμός, οῦ, ὁ (ξενίζω; Pla. et al.; Polyb. 15, 17, 1; Diod S 3, 33, 7; ins; Pr 15:17; TestAbr B 13 p. 117, 20 [Stone p. 82] ‘shelter’) a strong psychological reaction caused by someth. strange, astonishment ξενισμὸν παρεῖχεν ἡ καινότης αὐτοῦ the newness of it caused astonishment IEph 19:2.

σκληρός, ά, όν (σκέλλομαι ‘be parched, be dry’; Hes., Hdt.+; ‘hard [to the touch], harsh’)

① pert. to being externally hard or rough, hard (to the touch), rough, of things λίθοι hard (OGI 194, 28; Wsd 11:4) Hs 9, 6, 8; 9, 8, 6ab. ῥάβδος rough, of a knotty stick (s. Pind., O. 7, 29; Diogenes the Cynic [IV B.C.] in Diog. L. 6, 21 σκληρὸν ξύλον=a hard staff; Aelian, VH 10, 16) 6, 2, 5.

② pert. to causing an adverse reaction because of being hard or harsh, hard, harsh, unpleasant, fig. ext. of 1, of words (Demetrius in Stob., Flor. 3, 8, 20 vol. III p. 345 H.; Diogenes, Ep. 21; Gen 21:11; 42:7; Dt 1:17; En) J 6:60; Jd 15 (after En 1:9); s. Hv 1, 4, 2 (w. χαλεπός). ἐντολαί hard, difficult (Diod S 14, 105, 2 σκ. πρόσταγμα; Porphyr., Vi. Pyth. 8 προστάγματα) Hm 12, 3, 4f; 12, 4, 4 (w. δύσβατος). ἄνεμοι rough, strong (Aelian, VH 9, 14; Pollux 1, 110; Procop., Bell. 3, 13, 5; Pr 27:16) Js 3:4.

③ pert. to being difficult to the point of being impossible, hard, implying an adverse force that is unyielding, the neut.: σκληρόν σοι (sc. ἐστίν) it is hard for you w. inf. foll. Ac 9:4 v.l., 6 v.l.; 26:14.

④ pert. to being unyielding in behavior or attitude

ⓐ of pers., in dealing with others hard, strict, harsh, cruel, merciless (Soph., Pla. et al.; OGI 194, 14; 1 Km 25:3; Is 19:4; 48:4; PsSol 4:2; EpArist 289; Mel., P. 20, 138) Mt 25:24. Of the devil Hm 12, 5, 1.

ⓑ in response to a call for change of mind, subst. τὸ σκληρόν stubbornness w. gen. (Polyb. 4, 21, 1; Jos., Ant. 16, 151 τὸ σκ. τοῦ τρόπου) τὸ σκ. τῆς καρδίας the hardness of heart B 9:5 v.l. (for σκληροκαρδία, q.v.).—On the history of the word s. KDieterich, RhM, n.s. 60, 1905, 236ff; FDanker, Hardness of Heart, CTM 44, ’73, 89–100, Deafness and Hearing in the Bible, in The Word in Signs and Wonders, ed. DPokorny/RHohenstein ’77, 25–37.—B. 1064.—DELG s.v. σκέλλομαι. M-M. TW. Spicq.

χάρις, ιτος, ἡ (Hom.+) acc. quite predom. χάριν, but χάριτα Ac 24:27; 25:9 v.l.; Jd 4 and pl. χάριτας Ac 24:27 v.l.; 1 Cl 23:1 (Eur., Hel. 1378; Hdt. 6, 41; X., Hell. 3, 5, 16; ins, pap; Zech 4:7; 6:14; EpArist 272, pl. 230.—B-D-F §47, 3; W-S. §9, 7; Mayser 271f; Thackeray 150; Helbing 40f; Mlt-H. 132.—It seems that χάρις is not always clearly differentiated in mng. fr. χαρά; Apollodorus [II B.C.]: 244 Fgm. 90 Jac. says in the second book περὶ θεῶν: κληθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰς ἀπὸ μὲν τ. χαρᾶς Χάριτας• καὶ γὰρ πολλάκις … οἱ ποιηταὶ τ. χάριν χαρὰν καλοῦσιν ‘the [deities] Charites are so called from χαρά [joy], for poets freq. equate χάρις with χαρά’. Cp. the wordplay AcPl Ha 8, 7 χαρᾶς καὶ χάριτος the house was filled with gaiety and gratitude.).

① a winning quality or attractiveness that invites a favorable reaction, graciousness, attractiveness, charm, winsomeness (Hom.+; Jos., Ant. 2, 231) of human form and appearance παῖς λίαν εὐειδής ἐν χάριτι an exceptionally fine-looking and winsome youth AcPl Ha 3, 13. Of speech (Demosth. 51, 9; Ps.-Demetr. [I A.D.], Eloc. §127; 133; 135 al.; Eccl 10:12; Sir 21:16; Jos., Ant. 18, 208) οἱ λόγοι τῆς χάριτος (gen. of quality) the gracious words Lk 4:22. ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι let your conversation always be winsome Col 4:6 (cp. Plut., Mor. 514f; s. also HAlmqvist, Plut. u. das NT ’46, 121f; Epict. 3, 22, 90). τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ χάριτος ἐπληροῦτο MPol 12:1 can also be placed here in case χάρις means nothing more than graciousness (s. 4 below); prob. also GJs 7:3 (s. 3b).

② a beneficent disposition toward someone, favor, grace, gracious care/help, goodwill (almost a t.t. in the reciprocity-oriented world dominated by Hellenic influence [cp. e.g. OGI 669, 29] as well as by the Semitic sense of social obligation expressed in the term חֶסֶד [NGlueck, Das Wort ḥesed in alttestamentlichen Sprachgebrauche etc. 1927]. Of a different order and spirit is the subset of reciprocity known as Roman patronage, in which superiority of the donor over the client is clearly maintained)

ⓐ act., that which one grants to another, the action of one who volunteers to do someth. not otherwise obligatory χάρις θεοῦ ἦν ἐπʼ αὐτό Lk 2:40. ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ (cp. τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ Κλαυδίου χάριτι OGI 669, 29) Ac 11:2 D; 14:26. τοῦ κυρίου 15:40.—Esp. of the beneficent intention of God (cp. χ. in reference to God: Apollon. Rhod. 3, 1005 σοὶ θεόθεν χάρις ἔσσεται; Dio Chrys. 80 [30], 40 χ. τῶν θεῶν; Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 320 D.; 53 p. 620; Sextus 436b; likew. in LXX, Philo, Joseph.; SibOr 4, 46=189; 5, 330; Ezk. Trag. 162 [Eus., PE 9, 29, 12].—χ. to denote beneficent dispensations of the emperor: OGI 669, 44 [I A.D.]; BGU 19 I, 21 [II A.D.] χάρ. τοῦ θεοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος; 1085 II, 4) and of Christ, who give (undeserved) gifts to people; God: δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι Ro 3:24. Cp. 5:15a, 20f; 6:1; 11:5 (ἐκλογή 1), 6abc; Gal 1:15 (διά A 3e); Eph 1:6f (KKuhn, NTS 7, ’61, 337 [reff. to Qumran lit.]); 2:5, 7, 8; cp. Pol 1:3; 2 Th 1:12; 2:16; 2 Ti 1:9; Tit 2:11 (ἡ χάρ. τοῦ θεοῦ σωτήριος; s. Dibelius, Hdb. exc. after Tit 2:14); 3:7; Hb 2:9 (χωρίς 2aα); 4:16a (DdeSilva, JBL 115, ’96, 100–103); 1 Cl 50:3; ISm 9:2; IPol 7:3. ἐν χάρ[ιτι θεοῦ] AcPl Ha 7, 23 (restoration uncertain). κατὰ χάριν as a favor, out of goodwill (cp. Pla., Leg. 740c; schol. on Soph., Oed. Col. 1751 p. 468 Papag.) Ro 4:4 (opp. κατὰ ὀφείλημα), 16.—The beneficence or favor of Christ: διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ πιστεύομεν σωθῆναι Ac 15:11. Cp. Ro 5:15b; 2 Cor 8:9; 1 Ti 1:14; IPhld 8:1. On Ac 2:47 in this sense s. TAnderson, NTS 34, ’88, 604–10.

ⓑ pass., that which one experiences fr. another (Arrian, Anab. Alex. 3, 26, 4) χάριν ἔχειν have favor 3J 4 v.l. πρός τινα with someone=win his respect Ac 2:47 (cp. 2a end; cp. Pind., O. 7, 89f χάριν καὶ ποτʼ ἀστῶν καὶ ποτὶ ξείνων grant him respect in the presence of his townfolk as well as strangers); παρά τινι (Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 89 §376) Hm 10, 3, 1, cp. 5, 1, 5. εὑρεῖν χάριν παρά τινι (Philo, Leg. All. 3, 77, end) Lk 1:30; Hs 5, 2, 10; ἐνώπιόν τινος Ac 7:46; GJs 11:2 (JosAs 15:14). ἐν τοῖς μέλλουσι μετανοεῖν among those who are about to repent Hm 12, 3, 3. Ἰησοῦς προέκοπτεν χάριτι παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις Lk 2:52 (an indication of exceptional ἀρετή, cp. Pind. above). Cp. Ac 4:33; 7:10 (ἐναντίον Φαραώ); Hb 4:16b.—ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστίν; what credit is that to you? Lk 6:32–34; s. D 1:3; 2 Cl 13:4. Cp. 1 Cor 9:16 v.l. In these passages the mng. comes close to reward (s. Wetter [5 below] 209ff w. reff.).—Also by metonymy that which brings someone (God’s) favor or wins a favorable response fr. God 1 Pt 2:19, 20.

ⓒ In Christian epistolary lit. fr. the time of Paul χάρις is found w. the sense (divine) favor in fixed formulas at the beginning and end of letters (Zahn on Gal 1:3; vDobschütz on 1 Th 1:1; ELohmeyer, ZNW 26, 1927, 158ff; APujol, De Salutat. Apost. ‘Gratia vobis et pax’: Verb. Dom. 12, ’32, 38–40; 76–82; WFoerster, TW II ’34, 409ff; Goodsp., Probs. 141f. S. also the lit. s.v. χαίρω 2b). At the beginning of a letter χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη (sc. εἴη; New Docs 8, 127f) Ro 1:7; 1 Cor 1:3; 2 Cor 1:2; Gal 1:3; Eph 1:2; Phil 1:2; Col 1:2; 1 Th 1:1; 2 Th 1:2; Phlm 3; Rv 1:4; without ὑμῖν Tit 1:4. χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη πληθυνθείη 1 Pt 1:2; 2 Pt 1:2; 1 Cl ins. χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη 1 Ti 1:2; 2 Ti 1:2; 2J 3 (on the triplet cp. En 5:7 φῶς καὶ χάρις καὶ εἰρήνη).—At the end ἡ χάρις (τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ etc.) μεθʼ ὑμῶν (or μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν etc.) Ro 16:20, 23 (24) v.l.; 1 Cor 16:23; 2 Cor 13:13; Gal 6:18; Eph 6:24; Phil 4:23; Col 4:18; 1 Th 5:28; 2 Th 3:18; 1 Ti 6:21; 2 Ti 4:22; Tit 3:15; Phlm 25; Hb 13:25; Rv 22:21; 1 Cl 65:2. ἔσται ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων τῶν φοβουμένων τὸν Κύριον GJs 25:2. ὁ κύριος τῆς δόξης καὶ πάσης χάριτος μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν B 21:9. χάρις ὑμῖν, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη, ὑπομονὴ διὰ παντός ISm 12:2. ἔρρωσθε ἐν χάριτι θεοῦ 13:2.

③ practical application of goodwill, (a sign of) favor, gracious deed/gift, benefaction

ⓐ on the part of humans (X., Symp. 8, 36, Ages. 4, 3; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 49 §213; Dionys. Hal. 2, 15, 4) χάριν (-ιτα) καταθέσθαι τινί (κατατίθημι 2) Ac 24:27; 25:9. αἰτεῖσθαι χάριν 25:3 (in these passages from Ac χ. suggests [political] favor, someth. one does for another within a reciprocity system. Cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 108 §506 ἐς χάριν Σύλλα=as a favor to Sulla; ApcSed 8:1 οὐκ ἐποίησάς μοι χάριν=you did me no favor). ἵνα δευτέραν χάριν σχῆτε that you might have a second proof of my goodwill 2 Cor 1:15 (unless χάρις here means delight [so in poetry, Pind. et al., but also Pla., Isocr.; L-S-J-M s.v. χάρις IV; cp. also the quot. fr. Apollodorus at the beg. of the present entry, and the fact that χαρά is v.l. in 2 Cor 1:15]; in that case δευτέρα means double; but s. comm.). Of the collection for Jerusalem (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 42 §173 χάριτας λαμβάνειν=receive gifts) 1 Cor 16:3; 2 Cor 8:4, 6f, 19 (DdeSilva, JBL 115, ’96, 101). Cp. B 21:7.—Eph 4:29 may suggest a demonstration of human favor (cp. Plut., Mor. 514e χάριν παρασκευάζοντες ἀλλήλοις), but a ref. to the means by which divine grace is mediated is not to be ruled out (s. b below).

ⓑ on the part of God and Christ; the context will show whether the emphasis is upon the possession of divine favor as a source of blessings for the believer, or upon a store of favor that is dispensed, or a favored status (i.e. standing in God’s favor) that is brought about, or a gracious deed wrought by God in Christ, or a gracious work that grows fr. more to more (so in contrast to the old covenant Mel., P. 3, 16 al.). God is called ὁ θεὸς πάσης χάριτος 1 Pt 5:10, i.e. God, who is noted for any conceivable benefit or favor; cp. B 21:9.—χάριν διδόναι τινί show favor to someone (Anacr. 110 Diehl; Appian, Ital. 5 §10): τὸν δόντα αὐτῷ τὴν χάριν GJs 14:2. ταπεινοῖς δίδωσι χάριν (Pr 3:34) Js 4:6b; 1 Pt 5:5; 1 Cl 30:2; without a dat. Js 4:6a (Menand., Epitr. 231 S. [55 Kö.]). Perh. καὶ ἔβαλλε κύριος … χάριν ἐπʼ αὐτήν GJs 7:3 (but s. 1 above). The Logos is πλήρης χάριτος J 1:14. Those who belong to him receive of the fullness of his grace, χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος vs. 16 (ἀντί 2). Cp. vs. 17. τὴν χάριν ταύτην ἐν ᾗ ἑστήκαμεν this favor (of God) we now enjoy Ro 5:2 (Goodsp.).—5:17; 1 Cor 1:4; 2 Cor 4:15 (divine beneficence in conversion); cp. Ac 11:23; 6:1; Gal 1:6 (by Christ’s gracious deed); 2:21; 5:4; Col 1:6; 2 Ti 2:1; Hb 12:15; 13:9; 1 Pt 1:10, 13; 3:7 (συνκληρονόμοι χάριτος ζωῆς fellow-heirs of the gift that spells life; s. ζωή 2bα); 5:12; 2 Pt 3:18; Jd 4; IPhld 11:1; ISm 6:2. Christians stand ὑπὸ χάριν under God’s gracious will as expressed in their release from legal constraint Ro 6:14f, or they come ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ 1 Cl 16:17 (ζυγός 1). The proclamation of salvation is the message of divine beneficence τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ Ac 20:24 or ὁ λόγος τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ (=τοῦ κυρίου) 14:3; 20:32. Even the gospel message can be called ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ 13:43; cp. 18:27; MPol 2:3. τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς χάριτος the Spirit from or through whom (God’s) favor is shown Hb 10:29 (AArgyle, Grace and the Covenant: ET 60, ’48/49, 26f).—Pl. benefits, favors (Diod S 3, 2, 4; 3, 73, 6; Sb 8139, 4 [ins of I B.C.] of Isis; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 190) 1 Cl 23:1.—Nelson Glueck, Das Wort ḥesed etc. 1927, but s. FAndersen, ‘Yahweh, the Kind and Sensitive God’: God Who is Rich in Mercy, ed. PO’Brien/DPeterson ’86.

④ exceptional effect produced by generosity, favor. Of effects produced by divine beneficence which go beyond those associated with a specific Christian’s status (ins μεγάλαι χάριτες τοῦ θεου: FCumont, Syria 7, 1926, 347ff), in the congregations of Macedonia 2 Cor 8:1 and Corinth 9:14; cp. vs. 8; in Rome AcPl Ha 7, 8. The Christian confessor is in full possession of divine grace ISm 11:1. Paul knows that through the χάρις of God he has been called to be an apostle, and that he has been fitted out w. the powers and capabilities requisite for this office fr. the same source: Ro 1:5; 12:3; 15:15; 1 Cor 3:10; 15:10ab (for the subject matter cp. Polyb. 12, 12b, 3 αὐτὸν [Alex. the Great] ὑπὸ τοῦ δαιμονίου τετευχέναι τούτων ὧν ἔτυχεν=whatever he has received he has received from what is divine. [For this reason he does not deserve any divine honors.]); 2 Cor 12:9; Gal 2:9; Eph 3:2, 7f; Phil 1:7.—The χάρις of God manifests itself in various χαρίσματα: Ro 12:6; Eph 4:7; 1 Pt 4:10. This brings into view a number of passages in which χάρις is evidently to be understood in a very concrete sense. It is hardly to be differentiated fr. δύναμις (θεοῦ) or fr. γνῶσις or δόξα (q.v. 1b. On this subj. s. Wetter [5 below] p. 94ff; esp. 130ff; pap in the GLumbroso Festschr. 1925, 212ff: χάρις, δύναμις, πνεῦμα w. essentially the same mng.; PGM 4, 2438; 3165; Herm. Wr. 1, 32; Just., D. 87, 5 ἀπὸ χάριτος τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ πνεύματος). οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ ἀλλʼ ἐν χάριτι θεοῦ 2 Cor 1:12. οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀλλὰ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ σὺν ἐμοί 1 Cor 15:10c. αὐξάνετε ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει τοῦ κυρίου 2 Pt 3:18; cp. 1 Cl 55:3; B 1:2 (τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάρις). Stephen is said to be πλήρης χάριτος καὶ δυνάμεως Ac 6:8. Divine power fills the Christian confessor or martyr w. a radiant glow MPol 12:1 (but s. 1 above). As the typical quality of the age to come, contrasted w. the κόσμος D 10:6.

⑤ response to generosity or beneficence, thanks, gratitude (a fundamental component in the Gr-Rom. reciprocity system; exx. fr. later times: Diod S 11, 71, 4 [χάριτες=proofs of gratitude]; Appian, Syr. 3, 12; 13. Cp. Wetter [below] p. 206f) χάριν ἔχειν τινί be grateful to someone (Eur., Hec. 767; X., An. 2, 5, 14; Pla., Phlb. 54d; Ath. 2, 1; PLips 104, 14 [I B.C.] χάριν σοι ἔχω) foll. by ὅτι (Epict. 3, 5, 10; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 270; 2, 49) Lk 17:9 (ERiggenbach, NKZ 34, 1923, 439–43); mostly of gratitude to God or Christ; χάρις in our lit. as a whole, in the sense gratitude, refers to appropriate respone to the Deity for benefits conferred (Hom., Pind., Thu. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Jos., Ant. 7, 208) χάριν ἔχω τῷ θεῷ (POxy 113, 13 [II A.D.] χάριν ἔχω θεοῖς πᾶσιν.—Epict. 4, 7, 9) 2 Ti 1:3; foll. by ὅτι because 1 Ti 1:12 (Herm. Wr. 6, 4 κἀγὼ χάριν ἔχω τῷ θεῷ …, ὅτι; Jos., Ant. 4, 316); χάριν ἔχειν ἐπί τινι be grateful for someth. Phlm 7 v.l. (to humans). ἔχωμεν χάριν let us be thankful (to God) Hb 12:28 (the reason for it is given by the preceding ptc. παραλαμβάνοντες). Elliptically (B-D-F §128, 6; cp. Rob. 1201f) χάρις (ἔστω) τῷ θεῷ (X., Oec. 8, 16 πολλὴ χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς; Epict. 4, 4, 7 χάρις τῷ θεῳ; BGU 843, 6 [I/II A.D.] χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς al. in pap since III B.C..—Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 309) Ro 7:25; MPol 3:1. Foll. by ὅτι (X., An. 3, 3, 14 τοῖς θεοῖς χάρις ὅτι; PFay 124, 16 τοῖς θεοῖς ἐστιν χάρις ὅτι; Epict. 4, 5, 9) Ro 6:17. Foll. by ἐπί τινι for someth. (UPZ 108, 30 [99 B.C.]) 2 Cor 9:15. The reason for the thanks is given in the ptc. agreeing w. τῷ θεῷ 2:14; 8:16; 1 Cor 15:57 (cp. Jos., Ant. 6, 145; Philo, Somn. 2, 213). Thankfulness (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 15 §51 πρός τινα=toward someone) χάριτι in thankfulness 10:30. So prob. also ἐν τῇ χάριτι in a thankful spirit Col 3:16 (Dibelius, Hdb. ad loc.). πλησθῆναι χαρᾶς καὶ χάριτος AcPl Ha 8, 7. S. εὐχαριστέω, end. Also PSchubert, Form and Function of the Pauline Thanksgivings ’39.—OLoew, Χάρις, diss., Marburg 1908; GWetter, Charis 1913; AvHarnack, Sanftmut, Huld u. Demut in der alten Kirche: JKaftan Festschr. 1920, 113ff; NBonwetsch, Zur Geschichte des Begriffs Gnade in der alten Kirche: Harnack Festgabe 1921, 93–101; EBurton, Gal ICC 1921, 423f; WWhitley, The Doctrine of Grace ’32; JMoffatt, Grace in the NT ’31; RWinkler, D. Gnade im NT: ZST 10, ’33, 642–80; RHomann, D. Gnade in d. Syn. Ev.: ibid. 328–48; JWobbe, D. Charisgedanke b. Pls ’32; RBultmann, Theologie des NT ’48, 283–310 (Paul); HBoers, Ἀγάπη and Χάρις in Paul’s Thought: CBQ 59, ’97, 693–713; on 2 Cor 8: FDanker, Augsburg Comm. 2 Cor, 116–34; PRousselot, La Grâce d’après St. Jean et d’après St. Paul: SR 18, 1928, 87–108, Christent. u. Wissensch. 8, ’32, 402–30; JMontgomery, Hebrew Hesed and Gk. Charis: HTR 32, ’39, 97–102; Dodd 61f; TTorrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apost. Fathers, ’48; JRenié, Studia Anselmiana 27f, ’51, 340–50; CRSmith, The Bible Doctrine of Grace, ’56; EFlack, The Concept of Grace in Bibl. Thought: Bibl. Studies in Memory of HAlleman, ed. Myers, ’60, 137–54; DDoughty, NTS 19, ’73, 163–80.—B. 1166. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ἀγωνιάω impf. ἠγωνίων; 1 aor. ptc. ἀγωνιάσας (Esth 5:1e); inf. ἀγωνιᾶσαι (Just., A I, 4, 2) be anxious, be distressed (so in later writers, including Dio Chrys. 4, 55 [w. μή foll.]; ins, pap [s. Preis.; Witkowski index], LXX; Jos., Ant. 9, 32) ἀγωνιῶντες μεγάλως (PGiss 19, 3; 2 Macc 3:21; cp. συναγωνιάω ‘be in fearful suspense’ Polyb. 3, 43, 7 and 8) full of great anxiety GPt 11:45; w. indir. quest. foll. μήποτε (UPZ 62, 30 [161/160 B.C.]; w. μή Just., A I, 4, 2) 5:15. W. gen. abs. foll. οὐ γὰρ μικρῶς ἀγωνιῶ τοιούτου σου ὄντος I am quite worried seeing you like this (in reaction to the disturbed countenance of Jesus) AcPl Ha 7, 31.—DELG s.v. ἄγω.

ἀποκρίνομαι 1 aor. mid. ἀπεκρινάμην (occas. NT, but the usual form in Joseph.). Pass.: 1 fut. ἀποκριθήσομαι; aor. ἀπεκρίθην (freq. in NT; in Jos. only Ant. 9, 35 and in Just. only D. 3, 6) (Ammonios, De Adfin. Voc. Diff. 67 [KNikkau ’66] states the purist’s position: ἀποκριθῆναι … ἐστι τὸ ἀποχωρισθῆναι, ἀποκρίνασθαι δὲ τὸ ἐρωτηθέντα λόγον δοῦναι = ἀποκριθῆναι has to do w. making distinctions, ἀποκρίνασθαι with making a reply; cp. Phryn. 108 Lob; on developments in the Koine s. M-M; also B-D-F §78; W-S. §13, 9; Rob. 334; Mayser I 2², 158; Thackeray 239; DELG s.v. κρίνω).

① answer, reply (so occas. in Hdt. and fr. Thu. on; ins, pap, LXX; En 106:9; TestSol, TestAbr, TestJob; JosAs 4:16; ParJer, ApcMos, ApcrEsdr [Epiph. 70, 14], EpArist; Philo, e.g. Aet. M. 4 [ἀπεκρίνατο]; Just.; diff. and more precisely Ath. [‘separate oneself’]) τινί and in Lk πρός τινα to someone (Thu. 5, 42, 2; Iambl., Myst. 7, 5 at end) Lk 4:4; 6:3; Ac 3:12; 25:16. To a question Mt 11:4; 13:11; 19:4; Mk 12:28, 34; Lk 3:11; 7:22; J 1:21, 26, 48; 3:5 al.; MPol 8:2. To requests, exhortations, commands, etc., the answer being quoted directly Mt 4:4; 12:39; 13:37; 1 Cl 12:4; MPol 10, 1 al. Freq. in Hermas: v 1, 1, 5 and 7; 3, 3, 1; 3, 4, 1 and 3; 3, 6, 5f al. Not preceded by a question expressed or implied, when the sentence is related in content to what precedes and forms a contrast to it, reply (as a reaction) Mt 3:15; 8:8; 12:48; 14:28; 15:24, 28; Mk 7:28; J 2:18; 3:9; Ac 25:4 al. τινί τι Mt 15:23; 22:46; Mk 14:40; Lk 23:9 (cp. Epict. 2, 24, 1 πολλάκις ἐπιθυμῶν σου ἀκοῦσαι ἦλθον πρός σε καὶ οὐδέποτέ μοι ἀπεκρίνω). οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἀποκριθῇ Mk 9:6; οὐδεν Mt 26:62; 27:12; Mk 14:61; πρός τι to someth. (Pla., Protag. 338d) οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ πρὸς οὐδὲ ἕν ῥῆμα he made no reply to him, not even to a single word or charge Mt 27:14 (cp. Jesus, son of Ananias, before the procurator Albinus: πρὸς ταῦτα οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν ἀπεκρίνατο Jos., Bell. 6, 305; TestAbr A 16 p. 98, 11 [Stone p. 44] ὁ θάνατος … οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ [Abraham] λόγον; Eupolis Com. [V B.C.] K. ὡς ὑμῖν ἐγὼ πάντως ἀποκρινοῦμαι πρὸς τὰ κατηγορούμενα.—Artem. 3, 20 ὁ μηδὲν ἀποκρινόμενος μάντις … καὶ ἡ σιγὴ ἀπόκρισις ἀλλʼ ἀπαγορευτική= … a negative answer, to be sure. Just., A II, 9, 1 πρὸς τοῦτο; D. 50, 1 πρὸς πάντα). W. inf. foll. Lk 20:7 (on the rhetorical exchange 20:2–8 cp. Pla., Meno 76a and b); w. acc. and inf. foll. (X., Hell. 2, 2, 18) Ac 25:4 (cp. Just., D. 67, 9); foll. by ὅτι and direct discourse Mk 8:4; Ac 25:16; IPhld 8:2; foll. by dir. disc. without ὅτι Mk 9:17; J 1:21 (cp. Just., D. 35, 2 al.).

② Of the continuation of discourse like עָנָה (וַיַּעַן וַיּאֹמֶר, cp. the Homeric ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπε Il. 3; 437, s. DGE s.v. ἀμείβω; ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη Il. 1, 84 al.; for related pleonasm s. L-S-J-M λέγω III 7) continue Mt 11:25; 12:38; 15:15; 22:1; 26:25; Mk 10:24; begin, speak up Mt 26:63 v.l.; Mk 9:5; 10:51; 11:14; 12:35; Lk 1:19; 13:14; 14:3; J 5:19; Ac 5:8 (cp. Dt 21:7; 26:5; Is 14:10; Zech 1:10; 3:4; 1 Macc 2:17; 8:19; 2 Macc 15:14). Used formulaically w. εἰπεῖν or λέγειν, and oft. left untransl.: 2 Cl 5:3; ἀπεκρίθη καὶ εἶπεν J 2:19; ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Mt 16:16 al. (TestAbr B 4, p. 108, 21 [Stone p. 64]; TestJob; ParJer 7:2); ἀποκριθεὶς ἔφη Lk 23:3; GPt 11:46; ἀπεκρίθη καὶ λέγει Mk 7:28; J 1:49 v.l.; 4:17; ἀποκριθήσονται λέγοντες Mt 25:37; ἀπεκρίθη λέγων Hs 5, 4, 3 Joly (cp. Hdt. 5, 67, 2 χρᾷ φᾶσα=[the Pythia] declared and said; TestLevi 19:2; B-D-F §420, 1; Mlt. 131; Schwyzer II 301; Dalman, Worte 19f [Eng. 24f]; PJoüon, ‘Respondit et dixit’: Biblica 13, ’32, 309–14).—B. 1266. M-M. TW.