the Heavenly City

1. божественный, небесный; священный

2. неземной, небесный, чистый

3. эмоц.-усил. великолепный, изумительный, восхитительный, божественный

4. астр. небесный

1. возвыш. божественно, волей неба

2. эмоц.-усил. до неба

{'siti}
1. голям град
holy CITY свещен град (Мека, Медина и пр.), the Heavenly CITY раят
the Holy CITY Иерусалим
2. град, получил право на самоуправление чрез кралски указ (в Англия)
3. централната част на град, особ. the CITY търговският и финансов център на Лондон, Сити
4. atir градски, на града, на ситито
to be in the С. занимавам се с търговия/финанси

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{'siti} n 1. голям град; holy city свещен град (Мека, Медина и пр.)

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център; градски; град;

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city[´siti] n 1. (голям) град; сити; the Celestial C. небесата; the Eternal C., the city of the Seven Hills Рим, Вечният град; the Holy C. Йерусалим; C. of Refuge библ. един от шест града в Палестина, където убийците са могли да намерят убежище; прен. убежище; Cities of the Plain библ. Содом и Гомор; C. of Brotherly Love ам. шег. Филаделфия; \city dwellers граждани (не селяни); 2. (в Англия) селище, което е добило значение чрез кралски указ; особ. седалище на митрополит; 3. централна част на град; особ. the C. Сити, търговският център на Лондон; \city editor редактор по финансови и търговски въпроси; \city man лондонски търговец, финансист; C. Company ист. еснаф, гилдия; to be in the \city занимавам се с търговия (финанси); 4. ист. град държава в древна Гърция.

1) [choir, vision] celestiale; [ peace] divino

2) colloq. (wonderful) divino

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1) (very pleasant; beautiful: What a heavenly colour!) divino

2) (of or from heaven.) celeste

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1 del Cielo; celeste; celestiale; divino; paradisiaco: heavenly bliss, beatitudine celeste; heavenly body, corpo celeste; heavenly beauty, bellezza celestiale

2 (fam.) eccellente; splendido; magnifico: heavenly weather, tempo splendido

● (relig.) the Heavenly City, la Città Celeste □ the heavenly host, (relig.) le schiere celesti; gli angeli; (poet.) il sole, la luna, le stelle □ heavenly-minded, devoto; pio; santo □ the Heavenly Twins, (mitol.) i Dioscuri; (astron.) i Gemelli

n. [u]

l'essere celeste (o celestiale).

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1) [choir, vision] celestiale; [ peace] divino

2) colloq. (wonderful) divino

{'hevnii}
1. небесен
2. прен. небесен, божествен, ангелски, чист, блажен
HEAVENLY-minded откъснат от земното (за човек), благочестив, набожен, свят
3. разг. чудесен, великолепен, божествен

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{'hevnii} а 1. небесен; 2. прен. небесен, божествен, ангелск

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райски; божествен; възхитителен; небесен; неземен;

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heavenly[´hevnli] I. adj 1. небесен; \heavenly body небесно светило; the \heavenly city ( Jerusalem) рел. новият Йерусалим; our \heavenly Father нашият небесен отец; 2. прен. прекрасен, възвишен, райски; божествен, небесен; \heavenly-minded откъснат от земното (за човек); набожен; свят; 3. разг. възхитителен, чудесен, прекрасен; what \heavenly peaches! какви разкошни праскови! II. adv (в съчет. с прилагателно).

- a big city

- rapidly growing city

1. adj

1) небесний, божественний; священний

2) неземний, чистий

3) чудовий, дивовижний, дуже гарний, прекрасний

4) астр. небесний

2. adv

1) божественно; волею неба

2) до неба

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1) божественний, небесний; священний

2) неземний, чистий

3) прекрасний

4) acтp. небесний

1) піднес. божественно, волею неба

2) до неба

1) (very pleasant; beautiful: What a heavenly colour!) božanski

2) (of or from heaven.) božanski

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nebeški, božanski (tudi figuratively); vzvišen

heavenly bodies — nebesna telesa

Heavenly City — raj

the Heavenly Twins — dvojčka (zvezdi)

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f town

grande city

città dormitorio dormitory town

città giardino garden city

città universitaria university town ( in the provinces)

la città vecchia the old (part of) town

Città del Vaticano Vatican City

la città eterna the Eternal City

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città s.f.

1 town: città di provincia, country town; città giardino, garden town (o city); città natale, native (o home) town; città universitaria, university town; città satellite, satellite town; città industriale, industrial town; città dormitorio, dormitory town; città commerciale, trading town; città sede di mercato, market town; città portuale, seaport; una casa di città e una di campagna, a town house and a country house; gente di città, townspeople (o city-dwellers); città alta, bassa, the upper, lower town; vita di città, town life; preferisci vivere in città o in campagna?, do you prefer living in town or in the country?; andare in città, to go (in)to town; essere in città, fuori di città, to be in town, out of town; centro città, city (o town) centre; (amer.) downtown: un ristorante in centro città, a downtown restaurant

2 ( città grande, importante, metropoli) city: la città di Londra e il suo centro d'affari, the city of London and the City; la città e lo Stato di New York, New York city and New York State; Monza è una cittadina vicino a Milano, la grande città lombarda, Monza is a small town near Milan, the great city of Lombardy // la città celeste, the Heavenly City (o our Heavenly Home) // la Città del Vaticano, the Vatican City // la Città Eterna, the Eternal City // la città santa, the Holy City // (st.) città stato, city-state

3 ( gli abitanti) town: tutta la città ne parla, è la favola della città, the whole town is talking about it (o it is the talk of the town); la città è in festa, the town is celebrating.

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sostantivo femminile invariabile

1) (agglomerato urbano) city, town

2) (quartiere)

3) geogr.

4) (cittadini)

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città

/t∫it'ta/

Dei due equivalenti inglesi dell'italiano città, il termine city designa una città che è sede vescovile o con diritto di autogoverno e, per estensione, una città genericamente grande e importante; town, invece, definisce le località di dimensioni inferiori: Canterbury è forse la città più importante nel sud est dell'Inghilterra = Canterbury is perhaps the most important city in the south-est of England; Mestre è una piccola città vicino a Venezia = Mestre is a small town near Venice. - City de-signa anche il centro commerciale e finanziario di Londra: l'ufficio di mio padre è nella City = my father's office is in the City. - Quando si contrappone la città alla campagna, la parola da usare in inglese è town: viviamo in campagna ma andiamo in città almeno due volte alla settimana = we live in the country but go into town at least twice a week. - Per altri usi ed esempi si veda la voce qui sotto.

f.inv.

 1 (agglomerato urbano) city, town; andare in città to go into town; città di provincia, di frontiera provincial, frontier town; gente di città city folk; in, fuori città [ vivere] in town, out of town; la vita di città urban life

 2 (quartiere) città alta, bassa upper, lower city; la città vecchia the old town

 3 geogr. Città del Capo Cape Town; Città del Messico Mexico City; Città del Vaticano Vatican City

 4 (cittadini) tutta la città ne parla the whole city is talking about it

COMPOUNDS

città d'arte = town of artistic interest; città giardino garden city; città olimpica Olympic city; città santa holy town; città satellite satellite o overspill town; città universitaria university town.

πόλις, εως, ἡ (Hom.+. Gener. a population center in contrast to a relatively uninhabited or rural area. In the Gr-Rom. world the term gener. implied strong political associations, esp. in the sense ‘city-state’).

① population center of varying size, city, town, lit. Mt 5:14; Lk 10:8, 10. Pl. Mt 11:20; Lk 5:12; 19:17, 19. ἡ πόλις the city or the town designated in the context Mt 8:33; 21:17f; 26:18; Mk 11:19; 14:13, 16; Lk 4:29a; 7:12ab; J 4:8, 28, 30; Ac 8:9; 14:4; Rv 11:13; B 16:5; AcPl Ha 4, 18; 5, 17. Likew. αἱ πόλεις Ac 16:4. ἡ πόλις the city can also be the capital city, the main city (Mayser II/2 p. 28; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 125) Ac 8:5; cp. Mk 5:14 (s. vs. 1); Lk 8:27 (s. vs. 26). ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη Mt 10:14f; Lk 9:5; 10:12; 18:3; J 4:39; Ac 8:8; Hs 9, 12, 5b. ἡ πόλ. αὕτη Mt 10:23a; Ac 4:27; 18:10; 22:3; Hs 1:3. ἔν τινι πόλει in a certain city Lk 18:2; cp. Hs 9, 12, 5a. εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν Js 4:13 (s. ὅδε 2). πᾶσα πόλις Lk 10:1. αἱ πόλεις πᾶσαι Mt 9:35; Ac 8:40; cp. Mk 6:33.—πόλις (πόλεις) beside κώμη (κῶμαι) Mt 9:35; 10:11; Lk 8:1; 13:22. W. κῶμαι and ἀγροί Mk 6:56. ἡ πόλις καὶ οἱ ἀγροί 5:14; Lk 8:34. W. τόπος 10:1. In contrast to the open plain or the desert, where no cities are found Mt 14:13; Mk 1:45; 2 Cor 11:26; to the interior of a building Ac 12:10.—Used w. the gen.: to denote the region in which it is located πόλ. τῆς Γαλιλαίας Lk 1:26; 4:31. πόλ. Ἰούδα (Ἰούδας 1c) 1:39. Cp. J 4:5; Ac 14:6; 21:39; to denote the inhabitants (Diod S 34 and 35 Fgm. 23 ἡ τῶν Γαλατῶν πόλις; Jos., Ant. 1, 200) ἡ πόλ. Δαμασκηνῶν 2 Cor 11:32. π. Σαμαριτῶν Mt 10:5; Lk 9:52 v.l. Cp. 23:51; Ac 19:35; EpilMosq 4; AcPl Ox 6, 20 (=Aa I 242, 1). αἱ πόλεις τοῦ Ἰσραήλ the cities in which the people of Israel live Mt 10:23b (Ἰσραήλ 2).—Rv 16:19b. ἡ πόλ. αὐτῶν Mt 22:7; Lk 4:29b.—2:39. Also w. the gen. sg. πόλ. Δαυίδ city of David 2:4b, 11; ἡ ἑαυτοῦ πολ. the person’s own town (=ancestral locale; but 2:39 Nazareth = their place of residence) 2:3.—J 1:44. Also ἡ ἰδία πόλ. (s. ἴδιος 1b) Mt 9:1; Lk 2:3 v.l.; Hs 1:2b (in imagery, s. 2 below). Pl. 1 Cl 55:1. The πόλεις ἴδιαι of the Christians Dg 5:2 are those inhabited by them alone; they are contrasted w. πόλεις Ἑλληνίδες Greek cities (cp. SIG 761, 15 [48/47 B.C.]; 909, 2), π. βάρβαροι Dg 5:4.—π. μεγάλαι great cities 1 Cl 6:4; AcPl Ha 2, 25f. In Rv ἡ πόλ. ἡ. μεγάλη (Tat. 19, 1; 29, 1 Rome) is almost always ‘Babylon’ (s. Βαβυλών) 16:19a; 17:18; 18:16, 18f, 21; ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη, Βαβυλὼν ἡ πόλις ἡ ἰσχυρά 18:10. On the other hand ἡ πόλ. ἡ μεγάλη 11:8 is clearly Jerusalem (as SibOr 5, 154; 226). Elsewh. Jerus. is called ἡ πόλ. ἡ ἠγαπημένη 20:9 (cp. ApcSed 8:3 πρῶτον ἠγάπησας … εἰς τὰς πόλεις τὴν Ἰερουσαλήμ); ἡ ἁγία πόλ. Mt 4:5; 27:53; Rv 11:2 (ἅγιος 1aα); πόλ. τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως the city of the Great King Mt 5:35 (βασιλεύς 2b). εἰς πόλιν ἄρχουσαν ὀπύσεως in the city that sponsors fornication ApcPt Rainer 4, 1 (Ja. p. 278; s. also ὄπυσις).—The name of the town or city that goes w. πόλις stands either in the epexegetic gen. (Aeschyl. et al.; also Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 8 Jac. πόλιν Σικίμων) πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας 2 Pt 2:6 or in the case in which πόλις itself is found, ἐν πόλει Ἰόππῃ Ac 11:5; πόλις Λασαία 27:8. From the construction πόλεως Θυατίρων Ac 16:14 no determination of the nom. of Θυ-can be made: either πόλις Θυατίρων or πόλις Θυάτιρα (B-D-R §167, 3). W. indecl. place names Lk 2:4a, 39. πόλις λεγομένη or καλουμένη w. the name following Mt 2:23; Lk 7:11; 9:10. Cp. J 11:54.—ἀπὸ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν (Aesop, Fab. 228 P./421 H./354 Ch./H-H. 256 μεταβαίνουσιν ἀπὸ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν) Mt 23:34. κατὰ τὴν πόλιν anywhere in the city Ac 24:12. Cp. Lk 8:39 (κατά B1a). κατὰ πόλιν from city to city IRo 9:3; pl. Lk 13:22; in every city (Appian, Bell. Civ. 1. 39 §177) Ac 15:21, 36 (κατὰ πόλιν πᾶσαν); 20:23; Tit 1:5 (Diod S 5, 78, 2 Crete has, indeed, ‘not a few’ cities). Cp. Lk 8:1, 4 (κατά B1d). αἱ ἔξω πόλεις Ac 26:11 (ἔξω 1aβ). αἱ πέριξ πόλεις 5:16 (s. πέριξ). αἱ περὶ αὐτὰς (i.e. Sodom and Gomorrah) πόλεις Jd 7. πρὸ τ. πόλεως (Jos., Bell. 1, 234, Ant. 10, 44) Ac 14:13.

② the (heavenly) city = the New Jerusalem (Bousset, Rel.³ 283ff; RKnopf, GHeinrici Festschr. 14, 213–19; McQueen, Exp. 9th ser., 2, 1924, 220–26; FDijkema, NThT 15, 1926, 25–43) Hb 11:10, 16 (cp. TestJob 18:8; TestAbr A 2 p. 78, 30 [Stone p. 4] ἀπὸ τῆς μεγάλης πόλεως ἔρχομαι [of Michael]). πόλ. θεοῦ ζῶντος 12:22 (SibOr 5, 250 θεοῦ π. of Jerus.). ἡ μέλλουσα (opp. οὐ … μένουσα πόλις) 13:14. Esp. in Rv: ἡ πόλις ἡ ἁγία Ἰερουσαλὴμ (καινή) 21:2, 10 (CBouma, GereformTT 36, ’36, 91–98). Further vss. 14–16, 18f, 21, 23; 22:14, 19; also 3:12. (Cp. Lucian’s description of the wonder-city in Ver. Hist. 2, 11f: ἡ πόλις πᾶσα χρυσῆ, τὸ τεῖχος σμαράγδινον. πύλαι … ἑπτά, πᾶσαι μονόξυλοι κινναμώμιναι … γῆ ἐλεφαντίνη … ναοὶ βηρύλλου λίθου … βωμοὶ … ἀμεθύστινοι … ποταμὸς μύρου τοῦ καλλίστου … οἶκοι ὑάλινοι … οὐδὲ νὺξ οὐδὲ ἡμέρα.) On the topic s. JMorwood, Aeneas, Augustus, and the Theme of the City: Greece and Rome new ser. 38, ’91, 212–23.—Hs 1:1, 2.

③ inhabitants of a city, city abstr. for concrete (X., Cyr. 1, 4, 25; Herodian 3, 2, 7; Jos., Ant. 5, 357) Lk 4:43; Ac 14:21; 16:20 (cp. Jos., Bell. 7, 41; DWhitehead, MusHelv 53/1, ’96, 1–11 [on identification of citizens and place cp. Thu. 2, 2, 1; X., Hell. 2, 2, 9]). πᾶσα ἡ πόλις (Diod S 18, 70, 2; Appian, Numid. 1) Mt 8:34; 21:10 (w. λέγουσα foll.); Ac 13:44; ὅλη ἡ π. (Diod S 10, 3, 2) Mk 1:33; Ac 21:30. πόλις μερισθεῖσα καθʼ ἑαυτῆς Mt 12:25. ἐθριαμβεύετο ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως (Paul) was derided by the city AcPl Ha 4, 13 (s. θριαμβεύω 5). HConn, Lucan Perspective and the City: Missiology 13, ’85, 409–28 (Lk-Ac contains half of the 160+ occurrences of π. in the NT).—B. 1308. Schmidt, Syn. II 495–507. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

φῶς, φωτός, τό (Trag.+ [in Hom. φάος or φόως]; loanw. in rabb.) ‘light’

① light in contrast to darkness, light

ⓐ in the physical realm καθόλου τὸ φῶς μὴ βλέπειν (of Judas) Papias (3:2).—Opp. σκότος, as Job 18:18; En 104:8; PGM 5, 101; 7, 262; 13, 335; Theoph. Ant. 1, 2 (p. 60, 7) 2 Cor 4:6 (cp. Gen 1:3ff); 6:14. Not present at night J 11:10. λευκὸς ὡς τὸ φ. Mt 17:2. νεφέλη φωτός a bright cloud vs. 5 v.l. (TestAbr A 9 p. 87, 12 [Stone p. 22]). Of the light of the sun (φ. ἡλίου: Dio Chrys. 57 [74], 20 fr. Eur., Hippol. 617; Ael. Aristid. 45, 29 K.=8 p. 95 D; ApcZeph; Just., D. 128, 4; τὸ φ. τοῦ ἡλίου Theoph. Ant. 1, 2 [p. 60, 16]) Rv 22:5b; of a wondrous star IEph 19:2ab. Of lamp-light (Jer 25:10; Jos., Ant. 12, 319) Lk 8:16; 11:33 (v.l. φέγγος); J 5:35 (in imagery); Rv 18:23; 22:5a. Light fr. a transcendent source (Ael. Aristid. 49, 46 K.=p. 500, 17 D. ἐγένετο φῶς παρὰ τῆς Ἴσιδος; Marinus, Vi. Procli 23: a halo of light around Proclus’ head moves the beholder to προσκύνησις): an angel Ac 12:7; 2 Cor 11:14 (here ἄγγελος φωτός [cp. 1QS 3:20] is a messenger of the world of light in contrast to Satan); of Paul’s conversion experience Ac 9:3; 22:6 (both w. ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, as X., Cyr. 4, 2, 15; Dio Chrys. 11 [12], 29), 9, 11; 26:13 (οὐρανόθεν); the heavenly city Rv 21:24 (s. also bα below). ἐφάνη φῶς μέγα ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ a bright light appeared in the cave GJs 19:2, followed by φῶς ἐκεῖνο ὑπεστέλλετο that light faded out. ἦν τὸ ὄρος ἐκεῖνο διαφαίνων (pap=διαφαῖνον) αὐτῇ φ. that mountain was shining a light for her GJs 22:3.—In imagery: (εἰς φ. ἐλθεῖν=‘become apparent’ Hippol., Ref. 4, 28, 4) ἐν τῷ φωτί in the open, publicly (φ. of ‘the open’ X., Ages. 9, 1.—Opp. ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ) Mt 10:27; Lk 12:3 (Proverbia Aesopi 104 P.: ἅπερ ἐν νυκτὶ καλύπτεται, ταῦτα εἰς φῶς λαληθέντα … ‘what is hidden in the night gets talked about in the light’). Of an evil-doer it is said: μισεῖ τὸ φῶς καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς J 3:20 (cp. Eur., Iph. T. 1026 κλεπτῶν γὰρ ἡ νύξ, τῆς δʼ ἀληθείας τὸ φῶς=the night’s for thieves, the light’s for truth; Plut., Mor. 82b, Contra Volupt. in Stob., Anthol. 3, 6, 33 vol. III 299 H.; Philo, De Jos. 68, Spec. Leg. 1, 319–23; TestNapht 2:10).

ⓑ in a transcendent sense

α. the passages in the central portion of 1a above show that light is the element and sphere of the divine (Ael. Aristid. 28, 114 K.=49 p. 528 D.: τοῦ θεοῦ φῶς; SibOr 3, 787 ἀθάνατον φ.; Tat. 13, 2 λόγος … ἐστὶ τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ φ.—Iren. 1, 4, 1 [Harv. I 32, 1]). God is called φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον 1 Ti 6:16 (Plut., Pericl. 173 [39, 2] the gods dwell in τὸν τόπον ἀσάλευτον φωτὶ καθαρωτάτῳ περιλαμπόμενον, Mor. 567f: the divine φωνή proceeds fr. a φῶς μέγα that suddenly shines forth), or it is said that God dwells ἐν τῷ φωτί 1J 1:7b. In fact, God is described as light pure and simple ὁ θεὸς φῶς ἐστιν vs. 5 (Philo, Somn. 1, 75; cp. TestJob 4:1 εἶπεν τὸ φῶς; ParJer 6:12; Ath. 31, 3 πάντα δὲ φῶς αὐτὸν ὄντα.—OSchaefer, StKr 105, ’33, 467–76). Cp. Dg 9:6. Likew. the Divine Redeemer (ParJer 9:14 τὸ φῶς τῶν αἰώνων πάντων) in the Fourth Gospel: J 1:7–9 (FAuer, Wie ist J 1:9 zu verstehen?: ThGl 28, ’36, 397–407); 12:35ab, 36ab (for 1J 2:8 s. β; on divinity as light s. RCharles, The Book of Enoch 1912, 71f; GWetter, Phōs [ΦΩΣ] 1915. S. also MDibelius, Die Vorstellung v. göttl. Licht: Deutsche Literaturzeitung 36, 1915, 1469–83 and MNilsson, GGA 1916, 49ff; FDölger, Die Sonne der Gerechtigkeit 1918, Sol Salutis 1920; WBousset, Kyrios Christos 2, 1921, 173; 174, 2 and 3; HJonas, Gnosis u. spätantiker Geist I ’34; Dodd 133–36; 183–87 al.; EGoodenough, By Light, Light: The Mystic Gospel of Hellenistic Judaism ’35; RBultmann, Z. Gesch. der Lichtsymbolik im Altertum: Philol 97, ’48, 1–36; 1QH 4:6; 18:29; BGU 597, 33 [I A.D.]). Jesus calls himself τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου J 8:12a; 9:5; 12:46; cp. 3:19a (Mel., P. 103, 795; Wetter, ‘Ich bin das Licht der Welt’: Beiträge zur Religionswissenschaft I/2, 1914, 171ff), and is called τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων 1:4 (Ael. Aristid. 45, 33 K.=8 p. 97 D.: Sarapis as κοινὸν ἄπασιν ἀνθρώποις φῶς; hymn to Anubis fr. Kios [IAndrosIsis, p. 139] 7: Isis as φῶς πᾶσι βροτοῖσι). His very being is light and life (ζωή 2aβ; s. JWeisengoff, CBQ 8, ’46, 448–51) 1:4. Cp. also vs. 5; 3:19b, 21; Lk 2:32 (Jesus is a φῶς εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν).—FDölger, Lumen Christi: Ac V/1, ’35, 1–43. The martyr καθαρὸν φῶς λαμβάνει receives the pure light of heaven IRo 6:2.

β. light, that illuminates the spirit and soul of humans (OdeSol 11:19 μεταβληθέντες ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς τὸ φῶς; JosAs 15:13 ἀναγαγεῖν με εἰς τὸ φῶς; Mel., P. 68, 491 ῥυσάμενος … ἐκ σκότους εἰς φῶς; Philosoph. Max. 499, 39 σωφροσύνη … ψυχῆς φῶς ἐστιν), is gener. the element in which the redeemed person lives, rich in blessings without and within (En 5:6 σωτηρία, φῶς ἀγαθόν; vs. 8 φ. καὶ χάρις; PsSol 3:12 ἡ ζωὴ αὐτῶν ἐν φωτὶ κυρίου): τότε ῤαγήσεται πρώϊμον τὸ φῶς σου then your light will break out early in the morning B 3:4 (Is 58:8; s. πρόϊμος, end). Of God δεῖξαι αὐτῷ (God’s servant) φῶς 1 Cl 16:12 (Is 53:11); of Messianic salvation, the gospel, etc. (opp. σκοτία, σκότος) Mt 4:16ab; AcPl Ha 8, 32f (Is 9:1ab; cp. Lucian, Nigr. 4 ἔχαιρον ὥσπερ ἐκ ζοφεροῦ ἀέρος ἐς μέγα φῶς ἀναβλέπων ‘I rejoiced, looking up as it were from a gloomy atmosphere into a bright light’); Ac 26:18; Eph 5:13; Col 1:12; 1 Pt 2:9; 1 Cl 36:2; 59:2; 2 Cl 1:4. τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς (cp. 1QS 3:7) J 8:12b. τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν (ParJer 9:3 φ. ἀληθινόν; cp. τὸ τῆς ἀληθείας φ. Did., Gen. 87, 23f; Orig., C. Cels. 5, 13, 20; saying of Pythagoreans: WienerStud 8, 1886 p. 280 no. 118 in contrast to σκότος; cp. TestJob 43:6 ὁ τοῦ σκότους καὶ οὐχὶ τοῦ φωτός [of Elihu]) 1J 2:8, cp. J 1:9 (s. α above). φῶς καταγγέλλειν Ac 26:23. To be filled w. Christian truth means ἐν τῷ φωτὶ περιπατεῖν 1J 1:7a, εἶναι 2:9, μένειν vs. 10. Such persons are called υἱοὶ τοῦ φωτός Lk 16:8; J 12:36c (cp. 1QS 1:9 et passim); 1 Th 5:5; τέκνα φωτός Eph 5:8b (ESelwyn, 1 Pt ’46, 375–82; KKuhn, NTS 7, ’61, 339: 1QS 3:20; 5:9, 10); τέκνα φωτὸς ἀληθείας IPhld 2:1 (Porphyr., Ep. ad Marcellam 20 φῶς τοῦ θεοῦ τῆς ἀληθείας; Simplicius p. 88, 3; 138, 30 Düb. τὸ τῆς ἀληθείας φῶς). They put on τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός Ro 13:12, travel the ὁδὸς τοῦ φωτός B 18:1; 19:1, 12, and produce the καρπὸς τοῦ φωτός Eph 5:9. The rdg. τ̣ο̣ [φω]ς Ox 1081, 29 is better restored after the Coptic SJCh as τέλος (q.v. 1).

γ. bearers or bringers of this kind of light (φῶς of persons: Od. 16, 23; Anacr. 51 Diehl [32 Page; 124 Bergk] φάος Ἑλλήνων; Pind., I. 2, 17; Trag.; Biogr. p. 453 Hippocr. as ἀστήρ and φῶς of the healing art; TestJob 53:3 Job as φῶς τῶν τυφλῶν; SIG 1238, 2 [c. 160 A.D.] Φήγιλλα, τὸ φῶς τῆς οἰκίας) Is 49:6 φῶς ἐθνῶν is referred to Paul and Barnabas Ac 13:47, and to Christ B 14:8 (as Just., D. 65, 7); cp. 14:7 (Is 42:6) and cp. bα above. The Ἰουδαῖος considers himself a φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει Ro 2:19. Jesus’ disciples are τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου Mt 5:14; cp. vs. 16.—On Is 49:6 s. HOrlinsky, The 75th Anniv. Vol. of the JQR ’67, 409–28.

δ. by metonymy, one who is illuminated or filled w. such light, or who stands in it Eph 5:8a (s. 1bβ above).—On the dualism of light and darkness, etc., s. Hebr. texts in the Dead Sea scrolls: KKuhn, ZTK 47, ’50, 192–211; WBrownlee, Excerpts fr. theTransl. of the Dead Sea Manual of Discipline: BASOR no. 121, ’51, 8–13; HPreisker, TLZ 77, ’52, 673–78; CHowie, The Cosmic Struggle: Int 8, ’54, 206–17.

② that which gives/bears light, torch, lamp, lantern, etc. (X., Hell. 5, 1, 8 φῶς ἔχειν; Musaeus vs. 224 of a λύχνος. Pl.: Plut., Ant. 927 [26, 6], Pelop. 284 [12, 3] al.; Lucian, Philops. 31) Ac 16:29. Fire, which furnishes both light and heat (X., Hell. 6, 2, 29; Cyr. 7, 5, 27; 1 Macc 12:29) Mk 14:54 (GBuchanan, ET 68, ’56, 27); Lk 22:56. Heavenly bodies (Manetho, Apotel. 6, 146 sun and moon δύο φῶτα; likew. Dio Chrys. 23 [40], 38; Ptolem., Apotel. 2, 13, 8; 3, 3, 3; 3, 5, 3 al. τὰ φ=constellations; Vett. Val. index II p. 384; PGM 13, 400; Ps 135:7; Jer 4:23): God is πατὴρ τῶν φώτων Js 1:17 (TestAbr B 7 p. 111, 11 [Stone p. 70] φῶς καλούμενον πατὴρ τοῦ φωτός; cp. ApcMos 36; 38); the sun as τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου J 11:9 (Macrobius, Saturnal. 1, 23, 21 ἥλιε παντοκράτορ, … κόσμου φῶς; cp. Ps.-Demosth. 60, 24). Of the eye as an organ of light (Eur., Cycl. 633 φῶς Κύκλωπος; Ath. 32, 2) Mt 6:23; Lk 11:35.

③ that which is illuminated by light: πᾶν τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν everything that becomes visible is (= stands in the) light Eph 5:14.—CMugler, Dictionnaire historique de la terminologie optique des Grecs ’64.—B. 60. Cp. φέγγος; s. Schmidt, Syn. I 563–98. DELG s.v. φάε. Frisk s.v. φάος. New Docs 1, 98f. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

1) Religion: New Jerusalem

2) Bible: the Heavenly City, the Heavenly Jerusalem

θεμέλιος, ου, ὁ (s. prec. and next entry; Thu. 1, 93, 2; Polyb. 1, 40, 9; Lucian, Calum. 20; Macho Com., Fgm. 2 V. 2 K. [in Athen. 8, 346a]; Epict. 2, 15, 8; SIG 888, 55; 70; LXX [s. Thackeray 154]; En 18:1; TestSol 8:12 τοὺς θ. τοῦ ναοῦ; JosAs 15:13 cod. A [p. 62, 12 Bat.] ἀπὸ τῶν θεμελίων τῆς ἀβύσσου; Philo, Cher. 101, Spec. Leg. 2, 110; Jos., Bell. 5, 152, Ant. 5, 31; 11, 19; loanw. in rabb. In our lit. the masc. is certainly sg. in 1 Cor 3:11f; 2 Tim 2:19; Rv 21:19b; 1 Cl 33:3; Hs 9, 4, 2; 9, 14, 6; pl. in Hb 11:10; Rv 21:14, 19a)

① the supporting base for a structure, foundation

ⓐ of a stone that constitutes a foundation (cp. Aristoph., Aves 1137 θεμέλιοι λίθοι: here θεμέλιος is an adj.) θεμελίους Rv 21:14; οἱ θ. 19a; ὁ θ. 19b.

ⓑ of the structural base for a building (Diod S 11, 63, 1 ἐκ θεμελίων; Philo, Exsecr. 120 ἐκ θεμελίων ἄχρι στέγους οἰκίαν; TestSol 8:12 ὀρύσσειν τοὺς θ. τοῦ ναοῦ) χωρὶς θεμελίου Lk 6:49. τιθέναι θεμέλιον (cp. Hyperid. 6, 14) 14:29; ἐπί τι on someth. 6:48. The foundations of the heavenly city built by God τοὺς θ. Hb 11:10 (s. RKnopf, Heinrici Festschr. 1914, 215; LMuntingh, Hb 11:8–10 in the Light of the Mari Texts: AvanSelms Festschr. ’71, 108–20 [contrasts ‘tents of Abraham’ w. the city]).

② the basis for someth. taking place or coming into being, foundation, fig. extension of mng. 1

ⓐ of the elementary beginnings of a thing; of the founding of a congregation ἐπʼ ἀλλότριον θ. Ro 15:20; θεμέλιον ἔθηκα 1 Cor 3:10; οἰκοδομεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν θ. 12. Of elementary teachings θεμέλιον καταβάλλεσθαι lay a foundation (Dionys. Hal. 3, 69; cp. the lit. use Jos., Ant. 11, 93; 15, 391) Hb 6:1. θεμέλιος τῆς οἰκοδομῆς Hs 9, 4, 2; of Christ s. 2b.

ⓑ of the indispensable prerequisites for someth. to come into being: God’s will is the foundation of an orderly creation ἐπὶ τὸν ἀσφαλῆ … θ. 1 Cl 33:3. The foundation of the Christian church or congregation: Christ θ. … ἄλλον … θεῖναι 1 Cor 3:11 (AFridrichsen, TZ 2, ’46, 316f); αὐτὸς θεμέλιος αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο he (God’s son) became its foundation Hs 9, 14, 6; the apostles and prophets ἐπὶ τῷ θ. Eph 2:20; cp. ὁ … στερεὸς … θ. 2 Ti 2:19.

ⓒ a foundation provides stability, therefore treasure, reserve (Philo, Sacr. Abel. 81 θεμέλιος τῷ φαύλῳ κακία, Leg. All. 3, 113) 1 Ti 6:19 θεμέλιον καλὸν εἰς τὸ μέλλον = ‘something fine to build on for the future’.—DELG s.v. θεμός. Frisk s.v. θέμεθλα. M-M. TW.

ἐκδέχομαι impf. ἐξεδεχόμην; fut. ἐκδέξομαι; 1 aor. ἐξεδεξάμην (both LXX); pf. 3 sg. ἐκδέδεκται Gen 44:32 (Hom. et al.; pap, LXX; TestSol D 7:4; TestAbr A 16 p. 97, 15 [Stone p. 42]; TestJob; TestGad 7:4; TestIss 4:3; ParJer 2:9; GrBar; EpArist 205; Philo, Op. M. 34; Joseph., Just.; intr.: Ath. 12, 2 τὸν ἐκδεχόμενον βίον ‘the life to come’) ‘take, receive’; in our lit. to remain in a place or state and await an event or the arrival of someone, expect, wait (Soph. et al.; pap) τινά (for) someone (Soph., Philoct. 123; Polyb. 3, 45, 6; BGU 892, 6 ἐκδεχόμενός σε) Ac 17:16; συνερχόμενοι εἰς τὸ φαγεῖν ἀλλήλους ἐκδέχεσθε when you come together to eat, wait for one another 1 Cor 11:33; 16:11. τὶ (for) someth. (Plut., Mar. 414 [17, 1]; Ps.-Apollod. 1, 9, 27, 3; POxy 724, 12; 939, 27; PFlor 332, 5 σου τὴν παρουσίαν; Jos., Ant. 11, 328; TestGad 7:4; TestIss 4:3) the movement of the water J 5:3 v.l.; the reign of God 2 Cl 12:1 (Lucian, Nav. 28 ἐ. τὴν βασιλείαν); τ. ἅγιον αἰῶνα B 10:11; fruit Js 5:7; 2 Cl 20:3; the heavenly city Hb 11:10. Foll. by ἕως wait until (Dionys. Hal. 6, 67 ἕως ἂν γένηταί τι) Hb 10:13. W. acc. and ἕως foll. ἐκδέξομαι αὐτὸν ἕως ὀψέ I will wait for him until evening Hs 9, 11, 2. ἔκδεξαί με ὧδε, ἕως wait here for me, until Hs 9, 10, 5.—S. ἐκδοχή.—M-M. TW.

μαργαρίτης, ου, ὁ (Theophr.; Strabo; Aelian, NA 10, 13; pap; En 18:7; TestJud 13:5; loanw. in rabb.) pearl

ⓐ w. gold 1 Ti 2:9. W. gold and precious stones Rv 17:4; 18:12, 16. Of the pearls that serve as gates for the heavenly city 21:21 (each gate a single pearl: EBurrows, JTS 43, ’42, 177–79). καλοὶ μ. Mt 13:45; πολύτιμος μ. a very valuable pearl vs. 46 (μ. more in demand than gold, Chares of Mitylene [IV B.C.]: 125 Fgm. 3 Jac. Among the Indians worth 3 times as much as pure gold: Arrian, Ind. 8, 13 and always in great demand: ibid. 8, 9)

ⓑ in imagery, in a proverb (s. χοῖρος) βάλλειν τοὺς μ. ἔμπροσθεν τ. χοίρων throw pearls to swine i.e. entrust someth. precious (cp. the reff. cited in Betz, SM 499 n. 590; s. also Eur., Bacch. 480; on the value placed on pearls in antiquity s. also HUsener, Die Perle: Weizsäcker Festschr. 1892, 203–13) to people who cannot or will not appreciate it Mt 7:6 (difft. GSchwartz, NovT 14, ’72, 18–25). πνευματικοὶ μ. spiritual pearls of a martyr’s bonds IEph 11:2.—HKahane, Traditio 13, ’57, 421–24; RAC 505–52; Kl. Pauly 3, 1020f; BHHW III 1422f.—DELG. EDNT. TW. Sv.

τεχνίτης, ου, ὁ (τέχνη; X., Pla.; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol; ApcSed 5:4 p. 131, 26 Ja.; EpArist; Philo; Jos., Ant. 20, 219; Ar. 4:2; Just., Ath.) craftsperson, artisan, designer Dg 2:3; D 12:3. Of a silversmith Ac 19:24, 25 v.l., 38 (PLampe, BZ 36, ’92, 66f [ins]). Of a potter 2 Cl 8:2 (metaph., cp. Ath. 15:2). πᾶς τεχνίτης πάσης τέχνης Rv 18:22.—Of God (Dox. Gr. 280a, 7 [Anaxagoras A 46]; Maximus Tyr. 13, 4c; 41, 4g; Herm. Wr. 486, 30 Sc. al.; Wsd 13:1; Philo, Op. M. 135, Mut. Nom. 31 δημιούργημα τοῦ τῶν καλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν μόνων τεχνίτου; Ar. 4, 2; Ath. 16, 1 al.) as the architect of the heavenly city (w. δημιουργός) Hb 11:10. Of the holy Logos ὁ τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς τῶν ὅλων Dg 7:2 (cp. Herm. Wr. 490, 34 Sc. ὁ τῶν συμπάντων κοσμοποιητὴς καὶ τεχνίτης).—HWeiss, TU 97, ’66, 52–5; s. also lit. s.v. δημιουργός.—DELG s.v. τέχνη. M-M.