the host

-εως ⁺ ἡ N 3 76-150-63-112-189=590 Gn 21,22.32; 26,26; Ex 6,26; 7,4

power, might, strength Dt 6,5; ability Dt 16,17; outward power, influence, authority Jos 4,24; force for war, army, host Gn 21,22; power, heavenly host 2 Chr 18,18; power, personal supernatural spirit or angel 4 Mc 5,13

υἱοὶ δυνάμεων mighty men 1 Sm 10,26

*2 Sm 23,36 ἀπὸ δυνάμεως of the army-צבא/מ for MT צבה/מ from Zobah; *Jb 11,6 δύναμιν power -עלם^I for MT תעלמות עלם^II secrets, see also 28,11; *Jb 40,10 δύναμιν power-גבורה for MT גבה height, eminence; *Ct 2,7 δυνάμεσι the powers, the hosts-צבאות צבא for MT צבאות צביא gazelle, see also Ct 3,5;

*Dn^Th 8,9 τὴν δύναμιν the host-צבא for MT צבי the fairest (of all lands)

Cf. LARCHER 1983, 171-172; SCHOLTISSEK 1993, 81-85; TOV 1976b, 531-532; WEVERS 1990, 132;

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καλέω impf. ἐκάλουν; fut. καλέσω (LXX; JosAs 17:5; 20:6; Jos., Ant. 11, 266.—W-S. §13, 5; B-D-F §74, 1; Mlt-H. 242); 1 aor. ἐκάλεσα; pf. κέκληκα. Mid.: fut. 3 sg. καλέσεται (Just., D. 43, 5). Pass. 1 fut. κληθῆσομαι (W-S. §15); 2 fut. 3 sg. κεκλήσεται Lev 13:45; Hos 12:1; 1 aor. ἐκλήθην; pf. κέκλημαι (Hom.+).

① to identify by name or attribute, call, call by name, name

ⓐ call (to someone) abs., with naming implied (opp. ὑπακούειν; cp. PHamb 29, 3 [89 A.D.] κληθέντων τινῶν καὶ μὴ ὑπακουσάντων; Just., D. 136, 2 οὔτε καλοῦντος αὐτοῦ ἀνέχεσθε οὔτε λαλοῦντος ἀκούετε) of God ἐκάλουν καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε 1 Cl 57:4 (Pr 1:24); w. obj. τὰ ἴδια πρόβατα καλεῖ κατʼ ὄνομα J 10:3 v.l.

ⓑ call, address as, designate as w. double acc. (Just., D. 3, 5 θεὸν σὺ τί καλεῖς; Hippol., Ref. 6, 20, 1) αὐτὸν καλῶμεν κύριον 2 Cl 4:1; cp. Mt 22:43, 45; 23:9 (here the sense supplies the second acc.: you are to call no one your father); Lk 20:44; Ac 14:12; Ro 9:25; Hb 2:11; 1 Pt 1:17 P⁷²; 3:6. A voc. can take the place of the second acc. τί με καλεῖτε κύριε, κύριε; Lk 6:46. Pass. καλεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ῥαββί Mt 23:7. ὑμεῖς μὴ κληθῆτε ῥαββί you are not to have people call you ‘rabbi’ vs. 8; vs. 10. Cp. Lk 22:25; Js 2:23. ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται Mt 21:13; Mk 11:17 (both Is 56:7). κληθήσονται υἱοὶ θεοῦ Ro 9:26 (Hos 2:1).

ⓒ name, provide with a name w. double acc. (Iren. 1, 1, 1 [Harv. I 8, 3]) ἐκάλουν αὐτὸ … Ζαχαρίαν they were for naming him Z. Lk 1:59 (on ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τ. πατρός after his father[’s name] cp. 1 Esdr 5:38; Sir 36:11 and s. Hs 9, 17, 4).—Pass. be given a name, be named (Jos., Ant. 1, 34) κληθήσεται Ἰωάννης his name is to be John Lk 1:60; cp. vs. 62. σὺ κληθήσῃ Κηφᾶς J 1:42. Also of localities Mt 27:8; Ac 1:19; ApcPt Rainer (s. Ἀχερουσία).—Have as a name, be called (Lucian, Jud. Voc. 7 Λυσίμαχος ἐκαλεῖτο; Just., D. 1, 3 Τρύφων…καλοῦμαι; 63, 5 Χριστιανοὶ … καλούμεθα) ὸ̔ς καλεῖται τ. ὀνόματι τούτῳ who bears this name Lk 1:61. Also of localities (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 70 §289; 3, 91 §374; SIG 599, 5 τὸ φρούριον ὸ̔ καλεῖται Κάριον; Just., A I, 59, 6 τὸ καλούμενον Ἔρεβος) πόλις Δαυὶδ ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλέεμ Lk 2:4. Cp. Ac 28:1; Rv 11:8.—Lk, Ac, Rv, GPt add to a pers. or thing the name or surname which he, she, or it bears, by means of the pres. pass. ptc. (cp. SIG 685, 39 νῆσον τὴν καλουμένην Λεύκην; 826e 22; 1063, 5; PPetr II, 45 II, 20; BGU 1000, 6; PCairGoodsp 9, 4; O. Wilck II, 1210, 4). The name: ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη Μαριάμ a sister named Mary Lk 10:39 (PCairMasp 23, 16 τ. ἀδελφὴν καλουμένην Πρόκλαν; TestJob 48:1 ἡ καλουμένη Ἡμέρα). Cp. 19:2; Ac 7:58; Rv 19:11, also 12:9. πόλις καλουμένη Ν. Lk 7:11; cp. 9:10; 19:29; 21:37; 23:33; Ac 1:12; 3:11; 8:10; 9:11; 10:1; 27:8, 14, 16; Rv 1:9; 16:16; GPt 6:24. The surname (2 Macc 10:12 Πτολεμαῖος ὁ καλούμενος Μάκρων; 1 Macc 3:1; Jos., Ant. 13, 367; TestJob 1:1 Ιωβ τοῦ καλουμένου Ιωβαβ): Σίμων ὁ κ. ζηλωτής Simon the Zealot Lk 6:15. Cp. 1:36; 8:2; 22:3 (s. ἐπικαλέω 2); Ac 1:23; 13:1; 15:22 (s. ἐπικαλέω), 37.—The example of the OT (Gen 17:19; 1 Km 1:20; Hos 1:9; 1 Macc 6:17) has influenced the expr. καλεῖν τὸ ὄνομά τινος, w. the name added in the acc. καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν Mt 1:21; GJs 11:3; 14:2. Cp. Mt 1:23 (Is 7:14), 25; Lk 1:13, 31. Pass. Lk 2:21; Rv 19:13.

ⓓ Very oft. the emphasis is to be placed less on the fact that names are such and such, than on the fact that the bearers of the name actually are what the name says about them. The pass. be named thus approaches closely the mng. to be, and it must be left to the sensitivity of the interpreter whether this transl. is to be attempted in any individual case (Quint. Smyrn. 14, 434 οὔτʼ ἔτι σεῖο κεκλήσομαι=I do not wish any longer to be yours, i.e. your daughter). Among such pass. are these: Ναζωραῖος κληθήσεται he is to be a Nazarene Mt 2:23. υἱοὶ θεοῦ κληθήσονται 5:9; cp. vs. 19ab. υἱὸς ὑψίστου κληθήσεται (in parallelism w. ἔσται μέγας) Lk 1:32; so GJs 11:3, but without the ref. to greatness; cp. Lk 1:35, 76; 2:23. οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου 15:19, 21. οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς καλεῖσθαι ἀπόστολος 1 Cor 15:9. ἵνα τέκνα θεοῦ κληθῶμεν, καί ἐσμέν that we should be called children of God; and so we really are 1J 3:1 (sim. Eur., Ion 309 τ. θεοῦ καλοῦμαι δοῦλος εἰμί τε; cp. Just., D. 123, 9; καλεῖσθαι beside εἶναι as Plut., Demetr. 900 [25, 6]). οἱ κεκλημένοι ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου those who are identified by the Lord’s name i.e. as Christians Hs 8, 1, 1. ἄχρις οὗ τὸ σήμερον καλεῖται as long as it is called ‘today’, as long as ‘today’ lasts Hb 3:13 (WLorimer, NTS 12, ’66, 390f, quoting Pla., Phd. 107c).—Here we may also class ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα in (through) Isaac you are to have your descendants Ro 9:7 and Hb 11:18 (Gen 21:12).

② to request the presence of someone at a social gathering, invite (Hom. et al.; pap; 2 Km 13:23; Esth 5:12; ISardRobert 1, ’64, p. 9, lines 1–4) τινά someone εἰς (τοὺς) γάμους to the wedding (Diod S 4, 70, 3; POxy 1487, 1 καλεῖ σε Θέων εἰς τοὺς γάμους) Mt 22:9; Lk 14:8, cp. vs. 10 (Syn. ἐρωτάω; s. three texts, invitations to the κλινή of Sarapis [ZPE 1, ’67, 121–26], two w. ἐ. and one w. καλέω New Docs 1, 5–9; on Luke’s compositional use of the meal context, s. XdeMeeûs, ETL 37, ’61, 847–70; cp. J 2:2; Rv 19:9. Abs. invite τινά someone 1 Cor 10:27 (Diog. L. 7, 184 of Chrysippus: ἐπὶ θυσίαν [sacrificial meal] ὑπὸ τῶν μαθητῶν κληθῆναι); priests to a child’s birthday GJs 6:2. Cp. Lk 7:39; 14:9, 12f, 16. οἱ κεκλημένοι the invited guests (Damox. Com. [IV/III B.C.] Fgm. 2, 26 K. in Athen. 3, 59, 102c τ. κεκλημένον; Jos., Ant. 6, 48; 52); Mt 22:3b (οἱ κεκλημένοι εἰς τ. γάμους as Diphilus Com. [IV/III B.C.] Fgm. 17, 1), 4, 8; Lk 14:7, 17; cp. vs. 24. ὁ κεκληκώς, the host 14:10 (s. above).—If αὐτοῦ Mk 2:15 refers to Jesus’ home, κ. in vs. 17 registers the double sense of an invitation to dinner and receipt of Messianic benefits, w. Jesus as host (s. AMcNeile, Mt ’57, 118); difft. Lk 5:27–32, s. 4 below. Of a follow-up invitation to guests upon completion of banquet preparations Mt 22:3a (cp. 3b below).

③ to use authority to have a person or group appear, summon

ⓐ call together τινάς people: Workers to be paid Mt 20:8. Slaves to receive orders 25:14; Lk 19:13. Shepherds GJs 4:3. τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν Ἑβραίων for Mary’s diversion 6:1; 7:2. τὰς παρθένους Ox 404 recto, 21 (Hs 113, 5); GJs 10:1. Guests Mt 22:3a (s. 2 end).

ⓑ summon τινά someone (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 82 §347; 4, 86 §362; 1 Macc 1:6) ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν καλοῦντες αὐτόν they sent to him to summon him Mk 3:31. Cp. Mt 2:7; 22:3a. Of Joseph ἐκάλεσεν αὐτήν GJs 13:2 (for the context cp. Mt 1:18f). Of God: the Israelites fr. Egypt (as a type of Christ) Mt 2:15.— Call upon (Himerius, Or. 48 [=Or. 14], 10; 4 Macc 3:19) Hb 11:8.

ⓒ a legal t.t. call in, summon before a court (oft. pap) τινά someone (Jos., Ant. 14, 169) Ac 4:18; 24:2.—The transition to mng. 4 is well illustrated by Mt 4:21; Mk 1:20; Papias (8), where the summons is also a call to discipleship.

④ From the mngs. ‘summon’ and ‘invite’ there develops the extended sense choose for receipt of a special benefit or experience, call (Paus. 10, 32, 13 οὓς ἂν ἡ ῏Ισις καλέσῃ διʼ ἐνυπνίων; Ael. Aristid. 30, 9 K.=10 p. 116 D.: ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κληθείς) καλούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ Hb 5:4. τινὰ εἴς τι someone to someth., in the usage of the NT, as well as that of the LXX, of the choice of pers. for salvation: God (much more rarely Christ) calls εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ βασιλείαν καὶ δόξαν 1 Th 2:12; εἰς τὴν αἰώνιον αὐτοῦ δόξαν 1 Pt 5:10. εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον 1 Ti 6:12. εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ to fellowship with his son 1 Cor 1:9. ἐκ σκότους εἰς τὸ αὐτοῦ φῶς from darkness to his light 1 Pt 2:9. ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς 1 Cl 59:2. διὰ τ. χάριτος αὐτοῦ Gal 1:15. for this God called you through our proclamation, namely to obtain the glory 2 Th 2:14; cp. 1 Th 2:12. καλέσαντι … εἰς τὴν μερίδα τοῦ κλήρους τῶν ἁγίων Col 1:12 v.l. (for ἱκανώσαντι). Without further modification Ro 8:30; 9:24; 1 Cor 7:17f, 20–22, 24; Eph 1:11 v.l.; 2 Cl 9:5; 10:1.—κ. κλήσει ἁγίᾳ call with a holy calling 2 Ti 1:9. ἀξίως τῆς κλήσεως ἧς (attraction, instead of ἣν) ἐκλήθητε worthily of the calling by which you were called Eph 4:1 (on the constr. s. W-S. §24, 4b; Rob. 478). Of God: ὁ καλῶν τινά Gal 5:8; 1 Th 5:24. Abs. ὁ καλῶν Ro 9:12. ὁ καλέσας τινά Gal 1:6; 1 Pt 1:15; 2 Pt 1:3. Likew. of Christ ὁ καλέσας τινά 2 Cl 5:1 (Just., A I, 15, 7). Pass. οἱ κεκλημένοι those who are called Hb 9:15. κεκλημένοι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ διʼ αὐτοῦ (=Ἰ. Χρ.) 1 Cl 65:2. οἱ κεκλημένοι ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ (=υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ) Hs 9, 14, 5. οἱ κληθέντες Hm 4, 3, 4. S. also 1d.—More closely defined: ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ B 14:7 (Is 42:6). ἐπʼ ἐλευθερίᾳ (s. ἐλευθερία) Gal 5:13. οὐκ ἐπὶ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ ἀλλʼ ἐν ἁγιασμῷ not for impurity, but in consecration 1 Th 4:7. ἐν εἰρήνῃ in peace 1 Cor 7:15. ἐκλήθητε ἐν μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς κλήσεως ὑμῶν you were called in the one hope that you share in your call Eph 4:4. ἡμεῖς διὰ θελήματος αὐτου (=θεοῦ) ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ κληθέντες 1 Cl 32:4. εἰς εἰρήνην τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν ἐνὶ σώματι Col 3:15. ἐν τῇ σαρκί 2 Cl 9:4. ἐν Ἰσαάκ Hb 11:18 (=Ro 9:7). πόθεν ἐκλήθημεν καὶ ὑπὸ τίνος καὶ εἰς ὸ̔ν τόπον 2 Cl 1:2. εἰς τοῦτο ἵνα for this reason, that 1 Pt 3:9; cp. 2:21. Of Christ: οὐκ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς (+ εἰς μετάνοιαν v.l.) Mt 9:13; Mk 2:17 (on a prob. double sense in this pass. s. 2); 2 Cl 2:4; cp. vs. 7 (cp. Just., A I, 40, 7 εἰς μετάνοιαν καλεῖ πάντας ὁ θεός); Lk 5:32 (ἐλήλυθα … εἰς μετάνοιαν). Of God: ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς οὐκ ὄντας he called us when we did not exist 2 Cl 1:8. ὁ καλῶν τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα the one who calls into being what does not exist Ro 4:17 (Philo, Spec. Leg. 4, 187 τὰ μὴ ὄντα ἐκάλεσεν εἰς τὸ εἶναι; cp. Is 41:4; 48:13).—Of the call to an office by God Hb 5:4.—JHempel, Berufung u. Bekehrung (also GBeer Festschr.) ’35; HWildberger, Jahwes Eigentumsvolk ’60.—B. 1276. DELG. EDNT. M-M. TW.

ξένος, ὁ, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. [full] ξεῖνος (also freq. in Pi., N.7.61, al., used by Trag. metri gr. even in trim., mostly in voc., S.OC33, al., E.IT 798 codd., El. 247), [dialect] Aeol. [full] ξέννος Hdn.Gr.2.302 ; scanned [pron. full] ¯ ?ξένοςX and written ξεῖνος in Theoc.28.6, 30.17: [dialect] Aeol. [comp] Sup. ξεννότατος Sch. Tz. in An. Ox. 3.356.18 (sed v. fin.).

I guest-friend, applied to persons and states bound by a treaty or tie of hospitality, Od.1.313, etc. ;

ξεῖνοι δὲ.. εὐχόμεθ' εἶναι ἐκ πατέρων φιλότητος 15.196

;

ξ. πατρώϊός ἐσσι παλαιός Il.6.215

;

ξ. δ' ἀλλήλων πατρώϊοι εὐχόμεθ' εἶναι Od.1.187

;

φησὶ δ' Ὀδυσσῆος ξεῖνος πατρώϊος εἶναι 17.522

; later freq. coupled with

φίλος, Πλούταρχος ὁ τούτου ξένος καὶ φίλος D.21.110

, cf. 18.46, X.An.2.1.5, Lys. 19.19 ;

βασιλέως πατρικὸς ξ. Pl.Men. 78d

.

2 of parties giving or receiving hospitality, Od.8.145, etc. ; mostly of the guest, opp. the host, ξεινοδόκοι καὶ ξεῖνος ib. 543, etc. ; ἁ ξείνα the visitor, Theoc.2.154 ; of guests at a club, opp. σύνδειπνοι, PTeb.118.4 (ii B. C.) : less freq. of the host, Il.15.532, A.R.1.208, Ep.Rom.16.23, etc.: c. dat.,

ξεῖνός τινι Hdt.1.20

,22, cf. Th.2.13, X.An.1.1.10, etc. ; also ξ. τινός ib. 2.4.15.

II stranger, esp. wanderer, refugee (under the protection of Ζεὺς ξένιος), sts. coupled with

ἱκέτης, Ζεὺς ἐπιτιμήτωρ ἱκετάων τε ξείνων τε ξείνιος Od.9.270

, cf. 8.546; with

πτωχός, πρὸς γὰρ Διός εἰσιν ἅπαντες ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε 6.208

.

III generally, stranger, foreigner, opp. ἔνδημος, Hes.Op. 225; opp. ἀστός, Pi.O.7.90, S.OC13, And.4.10, etc. ;

πολιατᾶν καὶ ξ. Pi.I.1.51

, cf. A. Th. 924 (lyr.), Pl.Grg. 473d, etc. ; opp. ἐπιχώριος, Id.Men. 94d: coupled with μέτοικος, Th. 4.90, cf. IG12.39.53 ; with ἔπηλυς, Luc.Herm.24 ; opp. a member of the family, PMasp.169.10 (vi A. D.), etc.

b as a term of address to any stranger,

ὦ ξένε E. Ion 247

, Mosch.1.5, etc. ;

ὦ ξένη Pl.Smp. 204c

.

2 = βάρβαρος, at Sparta, Hdt.9.11,55.

IV hireling, Od.14.102 ; esp. mercenary soldier, IG12.949.89, X.An.1.1.10, D.18.152, etc. ;

ξ. ναυβάται Th.1.121

: rarely simply, ally, X.Lac. 12.3.

B as Adj. [full] ξένος, η, ον (also ος, ον E.Supp.94), [dialect] Ion. [full] ξεῖνος, η, ον, foreign, not in Hom. (in the phrases

ξεῖνε πάτερ Od.7.28

,

ἄνθρωποι ξεῖνοι Il.24.202

, both words are Subst.) ; freq. in later writers,

ξείνα γαῖα Pi.P.4.118

codd.;

ξένης ἐπὶ χθονός S.OC 1256

; γᾶς ἐπὶ ξένας ib. 1705 (lyr., cf. ξένη); ἐν ξένῃσι χερσί by foreign hands, Id.El. 1141 ; ξ. δόμοι, πόλις, etc., E.Ph. 339 (lyr.), 369, etc. ; of alien property,

ξ. ἄρουραι PMasp.295.22

(vi A.D.).

II c. gen. rei, strange to a thing, unacquainted with, ignorant of it,

ξ. τοῦ λόγου S.OT 219

, cf. AP4.3a.37 (Agath.);

ξ. τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας Ep.Eph.2.12

, cf. BGU405.12 (iv A. D.). Adv. ξένως, ἔχω τῆς ἐνθάδε λέξεως I am a stranger to the mode of speech, Pl.Ap. 17d ;

ἔχειν τῆς διαλέκτου Them. Or.21.253c

.

III strange, unusual,

λόγοι A.Pr. 688

(lyr.) ;

τιμωρίαι Ti.Locr.104d

;

ποιεῖν ξένην τὴν διάλεκτον Arist.Rh. 1404b11

, cf. 1415a7 ;

οὐδὲν ξ. ἐν τῷ παντὶ ἀποτελεῖται Epicur.Fr. 266

;

τοῖς νέοις ποιεῖν ξένα τὰ φαῦλα Arist.Pol. 1336b34

;

ξένα ταῖς ὄψεσι D.S.3.15

; ὡς ξένου συμβαίνοντος I Ep.Pet.4.12 ;

διδαχαὶ ποικίλαι καὶ ξ. Ep.Hebr.13.9

;

ξ. δαιμόνια Act.Ap.17.18

: [comp] Sup.,

πράξεων ὡς -οτάτων Phld.Herc.1251.5

;

ξ. αὐτῷ δοκεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα Luc.Cont.13

, etc. Adv.

ξένως, λαλεῖν Phld.P0.5.12

.

2 τοῦ πνεύματος.. ῥύσις ὡς -ωτάτη air as fresh as possible, Hp.Nat.Hom.9. (From ξένϝος, cf.

πρόξενϝος IG9(1).867

, Ξενϝάρης ib.869, Ξενϝοκλῆς, Ξένϝων, ib.4.315,348: hence it is improb. that the [dialect] Aeol. form was ξέννος.)

ξένος, η, ον (s. prec. four entries; Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.)

① adj. pert. to being unfamiliar because of someth. being unknown, strange

ⓐ in ref. to someth. coming from an external source, strange, foreign

α. because it comes from an external source ξ. δαιμόνια foreign divinities (δαιμόνιον 1 and Achilles Tat. 2, 30, 1; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 251; 267 ξένους θεούς; cp. Plut., Pompey 631 [24, 5] ‘strange sacrifices’) Ac 17:18. ἀνδρὶ ξένῳ AcPl Ox 6, 11 (=Aa I 241, 14). διδαχαί strange teachings (coming fr. outside the community; cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 414 θρησκεία ξένη) Hb 13:9; Hs 8, 6, 5 v.l.

β. because it is unheard of, fig. ext. of α: strange in kind, surprising, unheard of, foreign (Aeschyl., Prom. 688; Diod S 3, 15, 6; 3, 52, 2; M. Ant. 8, 14; POxy 1772, 3 οὐδὲν ξένον; Wsd 16:2, 16; 19:5; Philo, Mos. 1, 213; Just., A I, 16, 4, cp. D. 2, 2 τὸ ξ. τῶν λόγων; Tat. 33, 2; Mel., P. 53, 387; τὸ ξ. Did., Gen. 186, 7; ξένον θαῦμα Hippol., Ref. 4, 46, 2) PEg² 64. ὡς ξένου ὑμῖν συμβαίνοντος as though something unheard of were happening to you 1 Pt 4:12. οὐ ξένα ὁμιλῶ I have nothing strange to say Dg 11:1. W. dat. of pers. ἡ ξένη τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς τοῦ θεοῦ στάσις the uprising (which is) foreign to God’s chosen people 1 Cl 1:1.—Papias (2:11, Eus. on Papias) ξένας τέ τινας παραβολὰς τοῦ σωτῆρος some strange parables of the Savior.

ⓑ in ref. to an entity that is unacquainted with someth., w. gen. τινός strange to someth., estranged fr. it, unacquainted w. it, without interest in it (Soph., Oed. R. 219; Pla., Apol. 17d; Heliod. 10, 14; POxy 1154, 8 [I A.D.] εἰμὶ ξένος τῶν ἐνθάδε.—B-D-F §182, 3; Rob. 516) ξ. τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας Eph 2:12.

② as subst. an entity involved in experience of unfamiliarity

ⓐ one who comes as a stranger. ὁ ξένος stranger, alien (Orig., C. Cels. 5, 27, 18) Mt 27:7; 3J 5. Opp. πολίτης (cp. Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 163 D.; SIG 495, 115; 708, 16f; 729, 4 al.; OGI 764, 18; Philo, Poster. Cai. 109; Jos., Ant. 11, 159, Vi. 372) Dg 5:5. W. πάροικοι (opp. συμπολίτης) Eph 2:19 (cp. SIG 799, 24f ξ. ἢ μέτοικος). W. παρεπίδημοι (Diod S 4, 27, 3 and OGI 268, 9 τ. παρεπιδημοῦντας ξένους; cp. 339, 29; Just., A I, 67, 6 τοῖς παρεπιδήμοις οὖσι ξένοις) Hb 11:13; οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ξ. the strangers who lived (or visited) there Ac 17:21 (SIG 1157, 80f τῶν ἐνδημούντων ξένων).—Because of a firmly entrenched code of hospitality in the Mediterranean world (for a Semitic perspective, s. esp. Gen 18:1–8; the Greek world finds its sanction in Homer, s. esp. Od. 6, 198–210 with its description of the Phaeacians in contrast to the inhospitality of Polyphemus Od. 9, 272–80) ξ. freq. implies the status of a suppliant who ought to be treated as a guest: Mt 25:35, 38, 43f (on divine protection of a total stranger cp. Od. 6, 207f [=14, 57f]; 9, 270f; 17, 483–87).

ⓑ ἡ ξένη a foreign country (Soph., Phil. 135; POxy 251, 11; 253, 7; τις ἀπὸ ξένης Hippol., Ref. 9, 20, 1) Dg 5:5. ἐπὶ ξένης (X., Resp. Lac. 14, 4; Epict. 1, 27, 5; Plut., Mor. 576c; BGU 22, 34 [114 A.D.]; 159, 7; PFay 136, 10; ACalderini, ΟΙ ΕΠΙ ΞΕΝΗΣ, JEA 40, ’54, 19–22 (numerous pap cited); 2 Macc 5:9; 9:28; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 15; Jos., Ant. 18, 344) ἐπὶ ξένης κατοικεῖν live in a foreign country Hs 1:1, 6.

ⓒ ὁ ξένος the host, one who extends hospitality and thus treats the stranger as a guest (since Il. 15, 532; also Mel., P. 51, 375 ξένον ᾐδίκησεν) w. gen. (X., An. 2, 4, 15) ὁ ξ. μου καὶ ὅλης τῆς ἐκκλησίας host to me and to the whole congregation, prob. because he furnished space for its meetings Ro 16:23.—B. 1350–52. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

δεξίστρατος

receiving the host: masc /fem acc sg

δεξίστρατος

receiving the host: neut nom /voc /acc sg

⁺ ἡ N 1 5-18-5-1-13=42 Ex 14,4.9.17; Nm 10,28; Dt 20,9

army Ex 14,4; host, company, band (of heavenly elements) 2 Chr 33,3

*Jer 7,18 τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ to the host of heaven?-מיםשׁה צבא or-מיםשׁה לממלכת for MT מיםשׁה למלכת

Cf. WALTERS 1973 37.42-43.285; WEVERS 1990, 210; →NIDNTT; TWNT

οὐρανός, οῦ, ὁ 24:31 (Hom.+; ‘heaven’ in various senses)

① the portion or portions of the universe gener. distinguished from planet earth, heaven (so mostly in the sing.; s. B-D-F §141, 1)

ⓐ mentioned w. the earth

α. forming a unity w. it as the totality of creation (Pla., Euthyd. 296d οὐρανὸς καὶ γῆ; Gen 1:1; 14:19, 22; Tob 7:17 BA; Jdth 9:12; Bel 5; 1 Macc 2:37 al.; PsSol 8:7; ParJer 5:32; Just., D. 74, 1; PGM 13, 784 ὁ βασιλεύων τῶν οὐρανῶν κ. τῆς γῆς κ. πάντων τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐνδιατριβόντων; Orig., C. Cels. 6, 59, 6; Theoph. Ant. 1, 4 [p. 64, 13]) ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ Mt 5:18; 11:25; 24:35; Mk 13:31; Lk 10:21; 16:17; 21:33; Ac 4:24; 14:15; 17:24 (on the absence of the art. s. B-D-F §253, 3); Rv 14:7; 20:11; Dg 3:4; AcPlCor 2:9; 19.

β. standing independently beside the earth or contrasted w. it: Mt 5:34f; Ac 7:49 (cp. on both Is 66:1). ἐν (τῷ) οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ (τῆς) γῆς Mt 6:10; 28:18; Lk 11:2 v.l.; Rv 5:13.—1 Cor 8:5; Rv 5:3; ISm 11:2. τὸ πρόσωπον τ. γῆς καὶ τ. οὐρανοῦ Lk 12:56. Cp. Hb 12:26 (Hg 2:6); Js 5:12.—τὰ ἔσχατα τ. γῆς as extreme contrast to heaven 1 Cl 28:3. By God’s creative word the heaven was fixed and the earth founded on the waters Hv 1, 3, 4. Neither heaven nor earth can be comprehended by human measure 16:2 (Is 40:12). On ἀπʼ ἄκρου γῆς ἕως ἄκρου οὐρανοῦ Mk 13:27 s. under ἄκρον. ὁ πρῶτος οὐρ. καὶ ἡ πρώτη γῆ will give way in the last times to the οὐρ. καινός and the γῆ καινή Rv 21:1 (cp. Is 65:17; 66:22).

ⓑ as firmament or sky over the earth; out of reach for humans Hm 11:18. Hence ἕως οὐρανοῦ (ApcEsdr 4:32) Mt 11:23; Lk 10:15 or εἰς τὸν οὐρ. Hv 4, 1, 5 as an expr. denoting a great height. Likew. ἀπὸ τ. γῆς ἕως τ. οὐρανοῦ 1 Cl 8:3 (scripture quot. of unknown origin); GPt 10:40 (for a transcendent being who walks on the earth and whose head touches the sky, s. Il. 4, 443). Since the heaven extends over the whole earth, ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρ. under (the) heaven = on earth, throughout the earth (Pla., Tim. 23c, Ep. 7, 326c; UPZ 106, 14 [99 B.C.]; Eccl 1:13; 3:1; Just., A II, 5, 2) Ac 2:5; 4:12; Col 1:23; Hs 9, 17, 4; m 12, 4, 2. ὑποκάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ throughout the earth 1 Cl 53:3 (Dt 9:14). ἐκ τῆς (i.e. χώρας) ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρ. εἰς τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανόν from one place on earth to another Lk 17:24 (cp. Dt 29:19; Bar 5:3; 2 Macc 2:18 ἐκ τῆς ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρ. εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τόπον).—In the last days there will appear τέρατα ἐν τ. οὐρανῷ ἄνω wonders in the heaven above Ac 2:19 (Jo 3:3 v.l.). σημεῖον ἐν τῷ οὐρ. Rv 12:1, 3 (cp. Diod S 2, 30, 1 τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ γινόμενα=what takes place in the heavens; Ael. Aristid. 50, 56 K.=26 p. 519 D., where the statue of Asclepius from Pergamum appears ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ). The sky can even be rolled up; s. ἑλίσσω.—Rain falls fr. heaven (X., An. 4, 2, 2) and heaven is closed to bring about a drought Lk 4:25.—Rv 11:6; Js 5:18 (cp. 2 Ch 6:26; 7:13; Sir 48:3). Lightning also comes fr. heaven (Bacchylides 17, 55f ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ … ἀστραπάν [=Attic-ήν]) Lk 10:18. Likew. of other things that come down like rain to punish sinners: fire Lk 9:54 (cp. 4 Km 1:10; TestAbr A 10 p. 88, 14 [Stone p. 24]); Rv 20:9; fire and brimstone Lk 17:29 (cp. Gen 19:24); apocalyptic hail Rv 16:21; AcPl Ha 5, 7.

ⓒ as starry heaven IEph 19:2. τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρ. (cp. ἄστρον and s. Eur., Phoen. 1; Diod S 6, 2, 2 ἥλιον κ. σελήνην κ. τὰ ἄλλα ἄστρα τὰ κατʼ οὐρανόν; Ael. Aristid. 43, 13 K.=1 p. 5 D.; TestAbr A 1 p. 78, 1 [Stone p. 4]; JosAs 2:11) Hb 11:12. οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρ. 1 Cl 32:2 (Gen 22:17); cp. 10:6 (Gen 15:5). In the time of tribulation at the end of the world the stars will fall fr. heaven Mt 24:29a; Mk 13:25a; Rv 6:13; 12:4. Cp. 8:10; 9:1. ἡ στρατιὰ τοῦ οὐρ. (s. οὐράνιος) the host of heaven, of the stars, which some Israelites illicitly worshipped Ac 7:42 (worship of the στρατιὰ τοῦ οὐρ. in enmity to Yahweh also Jer 7:18; 19:13; Zeph 1:5; 2 Ch 33:3, 5). These are also meant by the δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν Mt 24:29b; Lk 21:26; cp. Mk 13:25b (cp. δύναμις 4).

ⓓ as place of atmosphere (cp. TestAbr A 9 p. 87, 15 [Stone p. 22] εἰς τὴν αἰθέρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ); clouds hover in it, the νεφέλαι τοῦ οὐρ. (s. νεφέλη) Mt 24:30b; 26:64; Mk 14:62; D 16:8. Likew. the birds, τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Gen 1:26; Ps 8:9; Jdth 11:7; ParJer 7:3; cp. Bar 3:17) Mt 6:26; 8:20; 13:32; Mk 4:32; Lk 8:5; 9:58; Ac 10:12; 11:6; 6:12 (Gen 1:26), 18; Hs 9, 24, 1; GJs 3:2 codd.; 18:2 codd.—πυρράζει ὁ οὐρανός Mt 16:2, 3.—In connection w. τὸν σατανᾶν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεσόντα Lk 10:18 the atmosphere may well be thought of as an abode of evil spirits. On Satan as the ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, s. ἀήρ. Cp. also the λεγόμενοι θεοὶ εἴτε ἐν οὐρ. εἴτε ἐπὶ γῆς 1 Cor 8:5. In any case Rv 12:7f speaks of the dragon and his angels as being in heaven.

ⓔ The concept of more than one heaven (the idea is Semitic; but s. FTorm, ZNW 33, ’34, 48–50, who refers to Anaximander and Aristot. Also Ps.-Apollod. 1, 6, 1, 2 ms. and Achilles Tat. 2, 36, 4 and 37, 2 ms. have οὐρανοί; Himerius, Or. 66 [=Or. 20], 4 οὐρανοί as the abode of the gods; also Hesychius Miles. [VI A.D.] c. 66 JFlach of the ‘godless heathen’ Tribonian.—Schlatter, Mt² p. 58 on 3:2: ‘The pl. οὐρανοί is found neither in Philo nor Joseph.’ Cp. PKatz, Philo’s Bible ’50, 141–46; Mussies 84) is also found in our lit. (s. 1aα; Theoph. Ant. 1, 4 [p. 64, 15]), but it is not always possible to decide with certainty just where the idea is really alive and where it simply survives in a formula (in J’s Gospel the pl. is entirely absent; Rv has it only 12:12 [fr. LXX]. Eph always has the pl. In others the sing. and pl. are interchanged for no apparent reason [cp. Hb 9:23 w. 24 or Hv 1, 1, 4 w. 1, 2, 1; also GPt 10:40f; Ps. 113:11 lines 1 and 2; TestAbr, TestJob, Just., Tat.]): the third heaven (cp. Ps.-Lucian, Philopatris 12 ἐς τρίτον οὐρανὸν ἀεροβατήσας [s. on ἀνακαινίζω and πνεῦμα 8]; PSI 29, 2ff [IV A.D.?] ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε τὸν καθήμενον ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ οὐρανῷ … ἐν τῷ β´ οὐρ. … ἐν τῷ γ´ οὐρ.; Simplicius, In Epict. p. 100, 13 Düb. ὀκτὼ οὐρανοί; TestLevi 3:3; GrBar 11:1 εἰς πέμπτον οὐ. Combination of the third heaven and paradise, GrBar 10:1ff; ApcMos 37. S. τρίτος 1a) 2 Cor 12:2 (s. JohJeremias, Der Gottesberg 1919, 41ff; Ltzm., Hdb.⁴ ’49, exc. on 2 Cor 12:3f [lit.]). ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν Eph 4:10. τ. πάντα ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς κ. ἐπὶ τ. γῆς Col 1:16; cp. vs. 20. ἔργα τ. χειρῶν σού εἰσιν οἱ οὐρ. Hb 1:10 (Ps 101:26).—4:14; 7:26; 2 Pt 3:5, 7, 10, 12f (of the heavens, their destruction in the final conflagration, and their replacement by the καινοὶ οὐρ.); 1 Cl 20:1; 33:3. τακήσονταί τινες τῶν οὐρανῶν 2 Cl 16:3.—S. also Lampe s.v. 2.—From the concept of various celestial levels a transition is readily made to

② transcendent abode, heaven (the pl. is preferred for this mng.: B-D-F §141, 1; Rob. 408)

ⓐ as the dwelling-place (or throne) of God (Sappho, Fgm. 56 D.² [=Campbell 54] of Eros; Solon 1, 22 D.³ of Zeus; Hom. Hymn to Aphrodite 291 [all three οὐρ. in the sing. as the seat of the gods]; Pla., Phdr. 246e ὁ μέγας ἐν οὐρανῷ Ζεύς; Ps.-Aristot., De Mundo 2, 2; 3, 4 ὁ οὐρ. as οἰκητήριον θεοῦ or θεῶν; Dio Chrys. 19[36], 22 θεῶν μακάρων κατʼ οὐρανόν; Artem. 2, 68 p. 159, 13 ὁ οὐρανὸς θεῶν ἐστὶν οἶκος; Ael. Aristid. 43, 14 K.=1 p. 5 D.; Maximus Tyr. 11, 11b; ins from Saïtaï in Lydia [δύναμις 5]; IAndrosIsis, Cyrene 8 p. 129.—On the OT: GWestphal, Jahwes Wohnstätten 1908, 214–73) Mt 23:22; Ac 7:55f; Hb 8:1; 16:2b (Is 66:1); Dg 10:7. ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρ. Hv 1, 1, 6 (cp. Tob 5:17 S). ὁ θεὸς τοῦ οὐρ. (Gen 24:3) Rv 11:13; 16:11. ὁ κύριος ἐν οὐρανοῖς Eph 6:9; cp. Col 4:1. ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν (μου, ἡμῶν) ὁ ἐν (τοῖς) οὐρ. (silver tablet fr. Amisos: ARW 12, 1909, 25 ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ μέγας ὁ ἐν οὐρανῷ καθήμενος) Mt 5:16, 45; 6:1, 9; 7:11, 21b; 10:33; 12:50; 16:17; 18:10b, 14, 19; Mk 11:25f; Lk 11:2 v.l.; D 8:2 (here the sing. ὁ ἐν τῷ οὐρ. Cp. PGM 12, 261 τῷ ἐν οὐρανῷ θεῷ). ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ the Father who (gives) from heaven Lk 11:13 (Jos., Ant. 9, 73 ἐκχέαι τὸν θεὸν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ). God dwells in τὰ ὕψη τῶν οὐρ. 1 Cl 36:2. Therefore the one who prays looks up toward heaven: ἀναβλέπειν εἰς τὸν οὐρ. (s. ἀναβλέπω 1) Mt 14:19; Mk 6:41; 7:34; Lk 9:16; MPol 9:2; 14:1. ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸν οὐρ. εἶδεν δόξαν θεοῦ Ac 7:55; ἐπάρας τ. ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρ. J 17:1.—The Spirit of God comes fr. (the open) heaven Mt 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:21; J 1:32; Ac 2:2(–4); 1 Pt 1:12; AcPlCor 2:5. The voice of God resounds fr. it (Maximus Tyr. 35, 7b Διὸς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ μέγα βοῶντος, the words follow) Mt 3:17; Mk 1:11; Lk 3:22; J 12:28; Ac 11:9; MPol 9:1 (cp. Just., D. 88, 8), and it is gener. the place where divine pronouncements originate Ac 11:5 and their end vs. 10. The ὀργὴ θεοῦ reveals itself fr. heaven Ro 1:18 (s. Jos., Bell. 1, 630 τὸν ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ δικαστήν). Also, a σημεῖον ἐκ (ἀπὸ) τοῦ οὐρ. is a sign given by God Mt 16:1; Mk 8:11; Lk 11:16; cp. 21:11.—Lampe s.v. 4.

ⓑ Christ is ἐξ οὐρανοῦ from heaven, of a heavenly nature 1 Cor 15:47 (s. ἄνθρωπος 1d. On this HKennedy, St. Paul and the Conception of the ‘Heavenly Man’: Exp. 8th ser., 7, 1913, 97–110; EGraham, CQR 113, ’32, 226) and has come down from heaven J 3:13b, 31; 6:38, 42, 50 (Ar. 15, 1 ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς; Mel., P. 66, 467 ἀφικόμενος ἐξ οὐρανῶν), as ὁ ἄρτος ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (s. ἄρτος 2). Cp. Ro 10:6. He returned to heaven (τὴν ἔνσαρκον εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺ ἀνάληψιν Iren. 1, 10, 1 [Harv. I 91, 2]; on the ascension s. CHönn, Studien zur Geschichte der Hf. im klass. Altertum: Progr. Mannheim 1910; EPfister, Der Reliquienkult im Altertum II 1912, 480ff; HDiels, Himmels u. Höllenfahrten v. Homer bis Dante: NJklA 49, 1922, 239–53; RHolland, Zur Typik der Himmelfahrt: ARW 23, 1925, 207–20; JKroll, Gott u. Hölle ’32, 533 [ind.: Ascensus]; WMichaelis, Zur Überl. der Hf.s-geschichte: ThBl 4, 1925, 101–9; AFridrichsen, D. Hf. bei Lk: ibid. 6, 1927, 337–41; GBertram, Die Hf. Jesu vom Kreuz: Deissmann Festschr. 1927, 187–217 [UHolzmeister, ZKT 55, ’31, 44–82]; HSchlier, Christus u. d. Kirche im Eph 1930, 1ff; VLarrañaga, L’Ascension de Notre-Seigneur dans le NT ’38 [fr. Spanish]. S. also at ἀνάστασις 2 end, and διά A 2a) to live there in glory: Mk 16:19; Lk 24:51; Ac 1:10f (AZwiep, The Ascension of the Messiah in Lukan Christology ’97); 2:34; 7:55f; 9:3; 22:6; 1 Pt 3:22; 15:9. Christians await his return fr. heaven: Ac 1:11; Phil 3:20; 1 Th 1:10; 4:16; 2 Th 1:7 (Just., A I, 51, 8 al.).—When Messianic woes have come to an end, τότε φανήσεται τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ υἱοῦ τ. ἀνθρώπου ἐν οὐρανῷ then the sign of the Human One (who is) in heaven will appear; acc. to the context, the sign consists in this, that he appears visibly in heavenly glory Mt 24:30.—Lampe s.v. 10b.

ⓒ as the abode of angels (Gen 21:17; 22:11; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 8, 12; TestAbr A 4 p. 80, 34 [Stone p. 8]; ParJer 3:2; ApcMos 38; Just., D. 57, 2) Mt 18:10a; 22:30; 24:36; 28:2; Mk 12:25; 13:32; Lk 2:15; 22:43; J 1:51; Gal 1:8; Rv 10:1; 18:1; 19:14; 20:1. Cp. Eph 3:15.—Lampe s.v. 7.

ⓓ Christians who have died also dwell in heaven (cp. Dio Chrys. 23 [40], 35 οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ θείων κ. μακαρίων αἰώνιον τάξιν; Libanius, Or. 21 p. 459, 9 F. πόρρω τοῦ τὸν οὐρανὸν οἰκοῦντος χοροῦ; Oenomaus in Eus., PE 5, 33, 5; 12; Artem. 2, 68 p. 160, 25 τὰς ψυχὰς ἀπαλλαγείσας τῶν σωμάτων εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνιέναι τάχει χρωμένας ὑπερβάλλοντι; Himerius, Or. 8 [=23], 23: the daemon of the dead holds the σῶμα of the dead person, τὴν ψυχὴν ὁ οὐρανός; Quintus Smyrn. 7, 88; TestAbr A 20 p. 103, 26 [Stone p. 54]; TestJob 39:13; ApcEsdr 7:3). Their life, τὸ ἀληθῶς ἐν οὐρανῷ ζῆν, stands in strong contrast to the ὄντως θάνατος, that leads to the everlasting fire Dg 10:7b. Rhoda, who greets Hermas from heaven Hv 1, 1, 4, need not have died (s. MDibelius, Hdb. ad loc.), and still she shows us that heaven is open to the devout. Furthermore, the true citizenship of Christians is in heaven (Tat. 16, 1 τὴν ἐν οὐρανοῖς πορείαν; s. πολίτευμα) Phil 3:20; cp. Dg 5:9. Their names are enrolled in heaven (s. βίβλος 2) Lk 10:20; Hb 12:23. In heaven there await them their glorified body 2 Cor 5:1f, their reward Mt 5:12; Lk 6:23, their treasure Mt 6:20; Lk 12:33, the things they hoped for Col 1:5, their inheritance 1 Pt 1:4. It is a place of peace Lk 19:38.—ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ the New Jerusalem (s. Ἱεροσόλυμα 2) will come down to earth Rv 3:12; 21:2, 10.

ⓔ The concept of a heaven in which God, attendant spirits of God, and the righteous dead abide, makes it easy to understand the taking over of certain OT expressions in which heaven is personified εὐφραίνεσθε οἱ οὐρανοί (cp. Is 44:23; 49:13; Mel., P. 98, 747) Rv 12:12; cp. 18:20; 9:3 (Is 1:2); 11:2 (Jer 2:12); 1 Cl 27:7 (Ps 18:2).

③ an indirect reference to God, God fig. ext. of 2 (s. βασιλεία 1b.—A common Hebrew practice, but not unknown among polytheists: Philippides Com. [IV/III B.C.] 27 νὴ τὸν οὐρανόν. Acc. to Clem. Al., Protr. 5, 66, 4 Θεόφραστος πῇ μὲν οὐρανὸν, πῇ δὲ πνεῦμα τὸν θεὸν ὑπονοεῖ=Theophrastus at one time thinks of God as heaven and at another time as spirit; Appian, Hann. 56 §233 σημεῖα ἐκ Διός [ln. 14 Viereck-R.]=ἐξ οὐρανοῦ [ln. 16]; JosAs 19:2; SEG XXVIII, 1251, 3 [III/IV A.D.; s. New Docs 3, 49f]). ἁμαρτάνειν εἰς τὸν οὐρ. sin against God Lk 15:18, 21. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἢ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων Mt 21:25; Mk 11:30f; Lk 20:4f. βασιλεία τῶν οὐρ. (GrBar 11:2) in Mt=βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ 3:2; 4:17; 5:3, 10, 19f; 7:21; 8:11; 10:7; 11:11f; 13:11, 24, 31, 33, 44f, 47, 52; 16:19; 18:1, 3f, 23; 19:12, 14, 23; 20:1; 22:2; 23:13; 25:1: J 3:5 v.l.; AcPl Ha 8, 31 (restored)=BMM verso 3.—B. 53; 1484. DELG. M-M. DLNT 439–43. EDNT. TW. Sv.

-οῦ ⁺ ὁ N 2 1037-851-511-898-687=3984 Gn 1,1.2.3.4(bis)

God Ps 131(132),2; god Ps 80(81),10; θεοί gods, idols Is 44,15

ὁ θεός ὁ θεός μου oh God, my God (nom. for voc.) Ps 21(22),2; τὰ πρὸς τὸν θεόν the relations with God Ex 4,16; κύριος ὁ θεός the Lord God Gn 8,21; (τὰς κέδρους) τοῦ θεοῦ divine, beautiful (cedars) (gen. as adj.) Ps 79(80),11, cpr. Gn 1,2

*Dt 33,12 ὁ θεός God-עליון for MT עליו over him; *1 Sm 3,13 θεόν God-אלהים for MT להם themselves;

*Jer 3,19 θεοῦ παντοκράτορος of the Lord Almighty-צבאות אלהי for MT צבאות צבי glory of the host, most glorious; *Ps 7,7 ὁ θεός μου my God-ֵאִלי for MT ֵאַלי for me, see also Ps 83(84),8; Hos 11,7; Jer 27(50),29; *Ps 74(75),6 κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ against God-צור/ב against the Rock for MT צואר/ב with (insolent) neck; *Prv 30,3 θεός God-אל for MT לא not, see also 1 Sm 2,3; *Prv 31,8 λόγῳ θεοῦ for the word of God-ֵאִלים (דבר)ל אל for MT םלֵּלִאֵ אלם for the mute

Cf. BARR 1961 151.266; HARL 1986a, 49-51; JOHNSON 1938, 48-51; KATZ 1950, 141-154; LE

BOULLUEC 1989 99-101.215.230-231; WALTERS 1973, 250-255; WEVERS 1995, 513; →NIDNTT; TWNT

ὑποδέχομαι, in [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Dor. Prose [suff] ὑπο-δέκομαι Hdt. (v. infr.), IG42 (1).121.46 (Epid., iv B. C.): [tense] fut.

A

δέξομαι Od.16.70

, [dialect] Dor.

- δεξοῦμαι SIG 558.22

(Ithaca, iii B. C.): [tense] aor.

- εδεξάμην Il.6.136

, rarely

- εδέχθην E. Heracl. 757

(lyr.; used in pass. sense by Poll.1.74, D.C.48.15, PLond. 5.1659.6 (iv A. D.), Sch.Il.14.323; - δεχόμενος in pass. sense, D.C. 55.10, POxy.1894.14 (vi A. D.)): [ per.] 3sg. [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. 2 or [tense] impf.

ὑπέδεκτο Od.14.52

, 275, Hes.Th. 513, Pi.P.9.9; [ per.] 2pl. imper. ὑπόδεχθε cj. Bentl. in Call.Epigr.42; inf.

ὑποδέχθαι Il.7.93

; part.

ὑποδέγμενος Od.13.310

:—receive into one's house, welcome, ὁ δέ με (sc. Φοίνικα)

πρόφρων ὑπέδεκτο Il.9.480

;

χαῖρε δ' Ὀδυσσεὺς ὅττι μιν ὣς ὑπέδεκτο Od.14.52

;

τὸν δ' οὐχ ὑποδέξομαι αὖτις Il.18.59

, Od.19.257;

ξεῖνον.. ὑποδέξομαι οἴκῳ 16.70

;

Θέτις δ' ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ Il.6.136

, cf. 18.398;

Διὸς πλαστὴν ὑπέδεκτο γυναῖκα Hes.

l. c.;

οἰκίοισι ὑ. τινά Hdt.1.41

; ὑπέδεκτο ξεῖνον ὀχέων received the stranger [as he lighted] from his chariot, Pi. l. c.; ὁ ὑποδεξάμενος the man who had received him, Isoc.9.20;

ἱκέτας ὑ. E.Heracl. 757

(lyr.), cf. Berl.Sitzb.1927.167 ([place name] Cyrene), Ep.Jac.2.25;

φυγάδας Th.5.83

, cf. PRev.Laws44.14 (iii B. C.); harbour a runaway slave, POxy.1643.12 (iii A. D.); [

ξένον] ἀγοραῖς καὶ λιμέσι καὶ δημοσίοις οἰκοδομήμασιν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως Pl.Lg. 952e

, cf. 953b, 953d, OGI49.5 (Ptolemais, iii B. C.); ὑ. φρουράν admit an enemy's garrison, D.58.38, cf. 67, IG12.87.10, Arist.Pol. 1303a36; λῃστάς, πειρατάς, harbour brigands, pirates, SIG38B21 (Teos, v B. C.), Supp.Epigr.3.378B11 (Delph., ii/i B. C.), cf. POxy.1408.23 (iii A. D.);

γυναῖκάς τινι εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ φοιτώσας ὑποδέχεσθαι Plu.Per.32

; αἱ Θίβρωνα ὑποδεξάμεναι πόλεις those who admitted him as a friend, X.HG4.8.21, cf. Th.3.111, 6.34: with a thing as subject, γαῖα.. ὑπέδεκτο μάντιν Οἰκλείδαν the earth opened up to receive the seer O., Pi.N.10.8; αἰθὴρ μὲν ψυχὰς ὑπεδέξατο σώμ [ατα δὲ χθών] IG12.945.6; τῆς τεκούσης καὶ θρεψάσης καὶ ὑποδεξαμένης [χώρας] Pl.Mx. 237c.

2 entertain to a meal,

θύων Διὶ Κτησίῳ κἀκεῖνον ὑποδεχόμενος Antipho 1.18

, cf. IG4.679.15 (Hermione, iii/ii B. C.); ἵνα ἔχῃ ἡ στρατιὰ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ([etym.] πολλὴ γὰρ οὖσα οὐ πάσης ἔσται πόλεως ὑποδέξασθαι) Th.6.22; ὁ ὑποδεχόμενος the host (at a dinner party), Epict.Fr.17;

τὸ πλῆθος λαμπρῶς ὑπεδέξατο D.S. 17.115

, cf. Plu.Alex.23.

3 give ear to, hearken to,

εὐχάς Hes. Th. 419

;

τοὺς λόγους Hdt.8.106

; ὑ. διαβολάς give ear to accusations, Lys.25.11 codd. (leg. ἀπο-).

4 admit, allow a thing with which one is taxed, Hdt.4.167;

οὐκ ὑ.

refuse to admit, deny,

Id.3.130

, 6.69.

II take up a burden,

ἡ γυνὴ ὑποδεξαμένη φέρει τὸ φορτίον τοῦτο X.Mem.2.2.5

; of ships, take on board,

τὰ εἴδη POxy.1412.10

(iii A. D.); of dolphins, Luc.DMar.8.1.

2 bear patiently,

βίας ὑποδέγμενος ἀνδρῶν Od.13.310

, 16.189; submit to,

τὰς κατὰ νόμους παραγγελίας POxy.67.11

(iv A. D.); μέτρον, i. e. accept it as correct, ib. 157.5 (vi A. D.);

τροφὴ θλίβουσα πᾶν τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτὴν ὑποδέχεσθαι Sor. 1.115

.

III undertake, promise,

αἴδεσθεν μὲν ἀνήνασθαι, δεῖσαν δ' ὑποδέχθαι Il.7.93

, cf. Hdt.9.21, 22; ὁ δέ οἱ πρόφρων ὑπέδεκτο (sc. δώσειν) Od.2.387; ὑποδέκομαι (sc. ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀποθυσεῖν τὰ ἴατρα) IG42(1).121.46 (Epid., iv B. C.); c. inf. [tense] fut., h.Cer. 443, Hdt.3.69, 4.119, 133, 6.11, 7.158, 8.29, 102, Th.2.29 (inf. [tense] aor. is v.l. for [tense] fut. in Hdt.1.24, 6.2); c. inf. [tense] pres., Antipho 3.3.6 (s. v. l.); ὑ. τινὶ ἦ μὴν .. c. inf. [tense] fut., Th.8.81; Κορίνθιοι ὑπεδέξαντο τὴν τιμωρίαν undertook to champion their cause, Id.1.25; ὥσπερ ὑπεδέξασθε, βοηθήσατε ib.71; ὑ. μεγάλα τινί make him great promises, Hdt.2.121.

ζ; τὴν ἀτραπὸν ἐθελονταὶ Φωκέες ὑποδεξάμενοι Λεωνίδῃ ἐφύλασσον Id.7.217

;

ἃ ὑπεδέξατο οὐκ ἐπετέλει Th.2.95

; undertake to contribute,

ὅσον ἂν ἕκαστος θέλῃ AJP56.362

(Colophon, iv B. C.); abs., ibid.; ὑπεδέξαντο εἰς τὰ τείχη ib.363; also τὰ ἐκφόρια ἅπερ ὑπεδέξω the rents which you undertook to collect, POxy.1134.7 (v A. D.).

2 accept as a responsibility, take in charge, as a nurse, h.Cer. 226; of officials, shippers, farm bailiffs, etc., take over, receive as agent (cf. ὑποδέκτης) , τοὺς νεολέκτους.. ὑποδεξάμενοι κατὰ διαδοχὴν.. παραπέμψατε Wilcken Chr. 469.5 (iv A. D.);

καταπιστεῦσαι Αὐρηλίῳ Πέτρῳ.. σιτομέτρῃ.. ὑποδέξασθαι τὸν δημόσιον σῖτον Sammelb.5273.4

(v A. D.), cf. Wilcken Chr.434.12 (iv A. D.), PLips. 34v.7, 58.9, al. (iv A. D.), POxy.1899.16, 1982.17 (v A. D.), Cod.Just.1.5.18.11;

τὴν ὑποδοχὴν πᾶσαν τοῦ μακαρίου Ἰούστου αὐτὸς ὑπόδεξαι POxy.1838.1

(vi A. D.); accept (as a liability) a dowry or donatio ante nuptias, Cod.Just.5.17.12, Just.Nov.22.19.

IV receive in succession, take up,

μέλος A.Supp. 1022

(lyr.);

περαιωθέντας.. λειμὼν ὑποδέχεται Luc.Luct.5

, cf. VH2.44;

τὴν εἰς τὸ στόμα φορὰν τῶν περιττωμάτων ὑποδέχεται στόμαχος Gal.6.421

, cf. 432, 18(2).163,176,218; ὁ ὑποδεξάμενος the receiver of stolen goods, Cat.Cod.Astr.1.96.

2 intr., of a place, come next,

τὸ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ θάλασσα ὑποδέκεται καὶ τενάγεα Hdt.7.176

; of rank, come next in order, ὅταν πλείονες συνδειπνῶσι,.. μέσος ὁ κράτιστος (sc. κάθηται)

, ὁ δ' ὑποδεχόμενος παρ' αὐτόν Posidon. 15J.

3 intercept,

ὁ μὲν.. ἐπόρουσεν, ὁ δ' ἐμμαπέως ὑπέδεκτο Hes. Sc. 442

;

ἐν δυσχωρίᾳ [τοὺς πολεμίους] X.Cyr.1.6.35

; of hunters, intercept beaten-up game, ib.2.4.20; catch,

τὸ πήδημα τῆς σφαίρας Poll. 9.105

;

ὑπτίαις ταῖς χερσὶ [τὸ μῆλον] Philostr.Im.1.6

;

τὸ ἐνθεῦτέν μιν οἱ ἐχθροὶ ὑποδεξάμενοι καὶ ὑπὸ δικαστήριον ἀγαγόντες Hdt.6.104

; catch as in a trap, στυγερὸς δ' ὑπεδέξατο κοῖτος a hateful resting-place receives (entraps) them, Od.22.470; ἔτιγάρ νύ με πῆμ' ὑπέδεκτο still more sorrow was in store for me, 14.275;

ἀκλεής νιν δόξα πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ὑποδέξεται

will be her lot,

E.Heracl. 624

(lyr.); ὑποδεξαμένης αὐτοὺς πολλῆς ῥύσεως ὕδατος when a rush of water takes them by surprise, Pl.Lg. 944b.

4 catch, collect a liquid,

παιδίον θεασάμενος, ἐπειδὴ κατέαξε τὸ σκεῦος, τῷ κοίλῳ τοῦ ψωμίου τὴν φακῆν ὑποδεχόμενον D.L.6.37

; of channels, receive,

τὸ στόμα τῶν μητρέων οὐχ ὑποδέχεται τὸν γόνον Hp.

Aër.31;

τὴν ἐσομένην τῶν ὑδάτων εἴσροιαν POxy.1409.19

(iii A. D.);

κατεφίλει καὶ ὑπεδέχετο τὰ δάκρυα X.Eph.1.9

;

ποταμὸς πάσας ὑποδεχόμενος τὰς ἀνθρωπείας λύμας Plb.5.59.11

, cf. Gp.12.2.4, al.; ἀγγεῖον τὸ μέλλον ὑποδέξεσθαι τὸ ὕδωρ v. l. in Hero Spir.1.24, cf. 30.

① army (so Pind., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestAbr A 2 p. 78, 28 [Stone p. 4]; JosAs 14:7 [τοῦ ὐψίστου]; ApcEsdr 6:16f p. 31, 23 Tdf. [ἀγγέλων]; ApcMos 38 [κύριος στρατιῶν]; Philo; Jos., Bell. 7, 31, Ant. 14, 271; Just.; loanw. in rabb.) of Pharaoh’s army 1 Cl 51:5 (cp. Ex 14:4, 9, 17).—στρατιὰ οὐράνιος the heavenly army of angels (s. 3 Km 22:19; 2 Esdr 19: 6.—Pla., Phdr. 246e στρατιὰ θεῶν τε καὶ δαιμόνων; Just., D. 131, 2 τοῦ διαβόλου) Lk 2:13 (for the constr. ad sensum πλῆθος στρατιᾶς … αἰνούντων cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 64 §272 ὁ στρατὸς αἰσθανόμενοι εἵλοντο). ἡ στρατιὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ the host of heaven of the heavenly bodies (cp. Ps.-Demetr. c. 91 after an ancient lyric poet ἄστρων στρατόν; Maximus Tyr. 13, 6e; 2 Ch 33:3, 5; Jer 8:2; PGM 35, 13) Ac 7:42.

② occasionally (poets, pap) in the same sense as στρατεία 2 Cor 10:4 v.l., but s. στρατεία on this passage.—DELG s.v. στρατός. M-M. TW.

πρωτοκλισία, ας, ἡ (ins fr. Delos [II B.C.]: JHS 54, ’34, 142; Suda) the place of honor at a dinner, beside the master of the house or the host Mt 23:6; Mk 12:39; Lk 14:7f; 20:46.—DELG s.v. κλίνω. M-M. TW.

λύσις [ῠ], εως, [dialect] Ion. ιος, ἡ, ([etym.] λύω)

A loosing, releasing, ransoming,

νεκροῖο Il.24.655

;

σώματος Lys.4.13

;

ἡ λ. τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἐγρήγορσις Arist.Somn.Vig. 454b27

: c. gen. objecti, θανάτου λ. deliverance from death, Od.9.421, Thgn.1010;

λ. ἔριδος Hes.Th. 637

;

χρεέων Id.Op. 404

;

πενίης Thgn.180

;

λύσιν αἰτησόμενοι τῶν παρεόντων κακῶν Hdt. 6.139

;

πενθέων Pi.N.10.76

;

μόχθων τῶν ἐφεστώτων S.Tr. 1171

;

τῶν δειμάτων Th.2.102

;

τῶν δεσμῶν Pl.R. 515c

; ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν ib. 532b;

ἐκ χαλεπῶν Thgn.1385

;

βλασφημίας D.Ep.3.39

;

μάχης PLips. 40 ii 16

(iv/v A. D.).

2 abs., οὐ γὰρ λ. ἄλλη στρατῷ πρὸς οἶκον no other means of letting the host loose from port for home, S.El. 573.

3 deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites, ὅπως λ. τιν' ἡμὶν εὐαγῆ πόρῃς may'st grant us a deliverance such as may purify us, Id.OT 921; οὐδ' ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of atonement, Id.Ant. 598 (lyr.);

λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων Pl.R. 364e

; τῇ [τῆς φιλοσοφίας] λύσει καὶ καθαρμῷ by her offer to release them, Id.Phd. 82d; αἱ νομιζόμεναι λ., in cases of homicide, Arist.Pol. 1262a32; λ. ἁμαρτημάτων blotting out of sins, Ph.2.151.

4 redemption of mortgage or pledge, [

χωρίον] πεπραμένον ἐπὶ λύσει IG2.1103

, al., cf. 12(7).55.14 ([place name] Amorgos), 12(8).18 ([place name] Lemnos).

b release, discharge from a financial obligation,

λύσιν ποιήσασθαι τῆς συγχωρήσεως BGU1115.46

(i B. C.), etc.

5 for ὠμὴ λύσις, v. ὠμήλυσις.

II loosing, parting,

λ. καὶ χωρισμὸς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος Pl.Phd. 67d

; simply,

ἡ τοῦ σώματος λ. Id.Ax. 371a

; dissolution,

πολιτείας Id.Lg. 945c

;

νόμων ἢ πολιτείας Arist.Pol. 1268b30

;

βίου λύσιν ἔσχε IG14.140

([place name] Syracuse);

λ. κομήτου Phlp.in Mete.86.25

; τῶν σφραγίδων αἱ λ. breaking them, Luc.Alex. 20.

2 emptying, evacuation, πείνη μέν που λ. καὶ λύπη; Pl.Phlb. 31e; ἡ λ. τῶν κοιλιῶν, κοιλίας, Arist.Pr. 947b29, Dsc.1.64 (v.l.); emission of semen, Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.125 (pl.).

3 λ. πυρετοῦ remission of fever, Gal.11.28; λ., opp. κρίσις, Id.9.732; cure, Anon.Lond.3.20; τὰ πάθη defined as συστολαὶ καὶ λύσεις (v.l. χύσεις) τῆς ψυχῆς, opp. κρίσεις, Zeno Stoic.3.113 = 1.51.

4 as a technical term,

a solution of a difficulty, ἡ λ. τῆς ἀπορίας its solution, Arist.EN 1146b7, al.; ἔχει τινὰ λ. πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἀπορίαν, ὅτι .. Id.de An. 422b28;

οὐ συμβαίνει ἡ λ. Id.EN 1153b5

;

ὅταν τὸ θάμβος.. μὴ δύνηται τὴν λ. λαμβάνειν Epicur.Ep.1p.29U.

;

εὑρεῖν λ. τοῦ προβλήματος Plb.30.19.5

;

λ. εὑρέσθαι Phld.Rh.1.267

S.; also, interpretation,

σημείων τεράτων τε λύσεις Orph.A.37

.

b refutation of an argument, Arist.SE 179a27, Rh. 1402b23, al.

c unravelling of the plot of a tragedy, opp. δέσις, Id.Po. 1454a37 (pl.), 1455b24.

d softening of a strong expression, Longin.38.5.

e resolution of one vowel into two, as in ἥλιος, ἠέλιος, like διαίρεσις, Demetr.Eloc.70.

f looseness of structure in writing, esp. asyndeton, ib. 192, al.

g in metric, resolution of ¯ into [pron. full] ?λύσιςX?λύσιςX, Heph.6.

5 divorce, 1 Ep.Cor.7.27;

λ. γάμου Just.Nov. 140

Prooem., cf. 117 tit.

III = δόρπου λ., place for banqueting (cf.

κατάλυσις 11

), Pi.O.10(11).47.

δεξίστρᾰτος, ον,

A receiving the host,

ἀγορά B.14.43

.

δῐ-παλτος, ον,

A brandished with both hands,

ξίφη E.IT 323

; δ. πῦρ lightning hurled by Zeus with both hands, i. e. with all his might, Id.Tr. 1103 (lyr.); πᾶς.. στρατὸς δίπαλτος ἄν με χειρὶ φονεύοι all the host would kill me with sword brandished in both hands, i. e. with all their might, S.Aj. 408 (lyr.).

ἐξανδρόομαι,

A come to man's years,

ἐξανδρωμένος Hdt.2.63

, cf. Antipho Soph.61;

ἐξανδρούμενος E.Ph.32

, Ar.Eq. 1241.

II λόχος δ' ὀδόντων ὄφεος ἐξηνδρωμένος the host having grown to men from teeth, E.Supp. 703.

III ἐξηνδρωμένον· ὀρθιάζοντα, Hsch.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `foreigner, guest, guestfriend, host' (Il.), `mercenary, soldier' (ξ 102, Att.); ξένη (scil. γυνή, γῆ) f. `the foreign, foreign country' (trag., X.); adj. `foreign' (posthom.).

Other forms: ep. Ion. poet. ξεῖνος, Dor. ξένϜος (in Cor. ΞενϜοκλῆς, Corc. El. ΞενϜάρης), ξῆνος (Cyr. Φιλόξηνος), (hyper)Aeol. ξέννος (Hdn.; vgl. Schwyzer 228), (?),

Dialectal forms: Myc. kesenuwo \/ ksenwos\/

Compounds: Many compp., e.g. ξενο-, ξεινο-δόκος m. `receiving foreigners, guests, host' (Il.), φιλό-ξε(ι)νος `loving guests, hospitable' (Od.; on the verbal function of the 1. element Schwyzer 442), πρόξενος, Corc. πρόξενϜος m. `deputy guest, state guest' (posthom.; Risch IF 59, 38 f.); on Εὔξεινος ( πόντος) s. v.

Derivatives: A. Adj. 1. ξένιος, ξείνιος `regarding the foreigner', τὰ ξε(ί)νια `gust-gifts (Il.; Myc. kesenuwija); 2. younger ξε(ι)νικός `id.' (IA.; Chantraine Études, s. Index) ; 3. ξεινήϊος in τὰ ξεινήϊα ( τὸ ξ-ον) = τὰ ξείνια (Hom.), after πρεσβήϊα (Risch ̨ 46); 4. ξενόεις `full of foreigners' (E. in lyr.). B. Subst. 1. ξε(ι)νίη, - ία f. `guest-friendship, guest-right' (since ω); 2. ξεινοσύνη f. `hospitality' (φ 35; Porzig Satzinhalte 226, Wyss - συνη 26); 3. ξενών, - ῶνος m. `guest-room, -house' (E., Pl.; cf. H.Bolkestein Ξενών [MAWNeth. 84 B: 3] 1937); ξενῶνες οἱ ἀνδρῶνες ὑπὸ Φρυγῶν H.; after Pisani AnFilCl 6, 211ff. to the family of χθών(?); 4. ξενίς, - ίδος f. `road leading into foreign countries' (Delph. II^a); 5. ξενίδιον n. `small guesthous' (pap. III<sup>p</sup>); 6. ξεν-ύδριον (Men.), - ύλλιον (Plu.) depreciatory dimin. of ξένος (Chantraine Form. 73 f.). C. Verbs. 1. ξε(ι)νίζω `receive guestly, hospitalize' (Il.), also `wonder' (hell.) with ξένισις f. `hospitality' (Th.), ξενισμός m. `id.' (Pl., inscr., Luc.), also `wonder, innovation' (Plb., D. S., Dsc.); ξενιστής m. `host' (sch.). 2. ξε(ι)νόομαι `accept s.body as a guest' (Pi., IA.), also `live in foreign country, go in..' (S., E.), - όω `embessle' (Hld.); ξένωσις f. `residence abroad' (E. HF 965; cf. v. Wilamowitz ad loc.). 3. ξενιτεύομαι `serve as soldier abroad' (Isoc., Antiph.), -ω `live abroad' (Timae. Hist., J.); after πολιτεύομαι, -ω: πολίτης: πόλις (Georgacas Glotta 36, 173); ξενιτ-εία f. `mercenary, live abroad' (Democr., LXX), - ευτής m. `who lives abroad' (VI^p).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Isolated. The semantic agreement with the old word for `foreigner, guest' in Lat. hostis m. `foreigner, enemy', Germ., e.g. Goth. gasts `guest', OCS gostь `id.', IE * ghosti-s, led to attempts, to connect them also formally, which is possible omly with a mechanic and arbitrary analysis: *ξ-εν-Ϝος to a sero grade and nasalized present *ghs-en-u̯ō (Brugmann IF 1, 172ff.; s also Schwyzer 329 and Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73: 2, 30). Other explanations, also to be rejected, in Bq, WP. 1, 640f., W.-Hofmann s. hostis. -- Jokl (IF 37, 93, after Pedersen) wants to find a lengthened grade * ghsēn- in Alb. huai `foreign'. Very uncertein Newphryg. voc. ξευνε; on it with a Illyrian hypothesis v. Blumenthal Glotta 20, 288. Is it Pre-Greek?

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πλῆθος, ους, τό (πίμπλημι; Hom.+.—In our lit. it is lacking in Mt, the Pauline epp., the catholic epp. [except Js and 1 Pt], Rv, and D [B has it only in a quot. fr. the OT]; in the NT the large majority of occurrences are in Lk and Ac).

① the fact or condition of being many, quantity/number καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει Hb 11:12 (cp. Josh 11:4; Da 3:36 v.l.; TestJob 13:2.—S. also Hdt. 6, 44 al.).

② a large amount, large number, multitude, in concrete sense

ⓐ of things, w. gen. (Diod S 15, 3, 3 σίτου; 15, 9, 3; Polyaenus 8, 28, Exc. 15, 9; TestJob 18:4 τῶν ὠδίνων; JosAs 5:7 καρποῦ; SEG VIII, 467, 15f [217 B.C.] πολὺ πλ. χρυσίου κτλ.) πλ. ἰχθύων (Eparchides [III B.C.]: 437 Fgm. 1 Jac.; Diod S 3, 44, 8; 5, 19, 4) πολύ Lk 5:6; cp. J 21:6. πλ. ἁμαρτιῶν a host of sins (cp. Sir 5:6; Ezk 28:17f; ParJer 1:1, 8; Jos., Ant. 12, 167) Js 5:20; 1 Pt 4:8; 1 Cl 49:5; 2 Cl 16:4. φρυγάνων πλ. a bundle of sticks Ac 28:3. πλ. αἵματος a great quantity of blood MPol 16:1. πλ. τῆς χαλάζης density of the hail AcPl Ha 5, 10. πλ. τῶν θυσίων B 2:5 (Is 1:11). τὸ πλ. τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου the abundance of your compassion 1 Cl 18:2 (Ps 50:3). τὸ πλ. τῶν σχισμάτων the large number of cracks Hs 9, 8, 3.

ⓑ of persons

α. gener. crowd (of people), throng, host, also specif. a disorganized crowd (as Maximus Tyr. 39, 2eh) πολὺ πλ. Mk 3:7f. W. gen. of pers. (Diod S 15, 14, 4 στρατιωτῶν; Cebes 1, 3 γυναικῶν; Appian, Bell. Civ, 1. 81 §370 στρατιᾶς πολὺ πλ.=a large number of military personnel; Jos., Bell. 7, 35, Ant. 18, 61; Just., D. 120, 2) πλῆθος πολὺ τοῦ λαοῦ a great throng of people Lk 6:17; 23:27 (a πλ. at an execution Jos., Ant. 19, 270). τὸ πλ. τοῦ λαοῦ Ac 21:36 (πλῆθος … κράζοντες is constructio ad sensum as Diod S 13, 111, 1 συνέδριον … λέγοντες; Polyb. 18, 9, 9 σύγκλητος … ἐκεῖνοι and similar expressions). τὸ πλ. τοῦ ὄχλου Hs 9, 4, 4. πλ. τῶν ἀσθενούντων a large number of sick people J 5:3. Ἑλλήνων πολὺ πλ. Ac 14:1; 17:4. πλῆθός τι ἀνδρῶν a large number of (other) men Hs 9, 3, 1 (Diod S 15, 76, 2 and Appian, Iber. 59 §248 πλ. ἀνδρῶν, Bell. Civ. 2, 67 §276 πολὺ πλ. ἀνδρῶν). πολὺ πλ. ἐκλεκτῶν 1 Cl 6:1.—Of angels πλ. στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου a throng of the heavenly army Lk 2:13 (πλ. of military personnel Diod S 20, 50, 6; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 81 §370 στρατιᾶς πλ.; Jos., Ant. 14, 482). τὸ πᾶν πλ. τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ 1 Cl 34:5.—Pl. (cp. Socrat., Ep. 1, 2; Diod S 1, 64, 5; 1, 85, 2; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 120 §503; 2 Macc 12:27; 3 Macc 5:24; EpArist 15; 21. S. Mayser II/1, 1926, 38f) πλήθη ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν large numbers of men and women Ac 5:14.

β. a (stated) meeting, assembly ἐσχίσθη τὸ πλ. Ac 23:7. πᾶν τὸ πλ. MPol 3:2. ἅπαν τὸ πλ. αὐτῶν Lk 23:1 (the verb is in the pl. as Polyaenus 7, 1; 8, 46; Xenophon Eph. 1, 3, 1 ἦλθον ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος).

γ. people, populace, population (Diod S 5, 15, 2; Appian, Samn. 4 §14; SIG 581, 95 [c. 200 B.C.] τὸ πλῆθος τὸ Ῥοδίων; 695, 20 [II B.C.] τὸ πλ. τὸ Μαγνήτων; IG XII/1, 846, 10; 847, 14 [cp. SIG 765, 129 note 5: τὸ πλέθος τὸ Λινδίων]; 1 Macc 8:20; 2 Macc 11:16; EpArist 308, the last three: τὸ πλ. τῶν Ἰουδαίων; Jos., Vi. 198 τὸ πλ. τῶν Γαλιλαίων; Just., D. 119, 4 Ἁμμανιτῶν πολὺ πλ.) τὸ πλῆθος the populace abs. (as Polyaenus 8, 47; 50) Ac 2:6; 1 Cl 53:5 (=ὁ λαός vss. 3, 4). ὅλον τὸ πλ. Ac 14:7 D; AcPl Ha 4, 21. W. gen. τὸ πλ. τῆς πόλεως (Sir 7:7) Ac 14:4. τὸ πλ. τῶν πέριξ πόλεων 5:16. ἅπαν τὸ πλ. τῆς περιχώρου Lk 8:37. ἅπαν τὸ πλ. τῶν Ἰουδαίων Ac 25:24; cp. MPol 12:2.

δ. in the usage of cultic communities as a t.t. for the whole body of their members, fellowship, community, congregation (cp. 1QS 5:2, 9, 22; 6:19; IG XII/1, 155, 6; 156, 5; SIG 1023, 16f τὸ πλ[ῆθος] τῶν μετεχόντων τοῦ ἱεροῦ; OGI 56, 71 [237 B.C.]; Lucian, Syr. Dea 50) abs. τὸ πλ. the community, the church Ac 15:30; 19:9; 21:22 v.l.; 1 Cl 54:2; ISm 8:2; Hm 11:9. πᾶν τὸ πλ. the whole community, group Ac 6:5; 15:12. Also τὸ πᾶν πλ. IMg 6:1. τὸ ἐν θεῷ πλ. ITr 8:2. W. gen. τὸ πᾶν πλ. ὑμῶν 1:1. πᾶν το πλ. τοῦ λαοῦ Lk 1:10. ἅπαν τὸ πλ. τῶν μαθητῶν the whole community of his disciples Lk 19:37; cp. Ac 6:2. τὸ πλ. τῶν πιστευσάντων 4:32.—Dssm., NB 59f [BS 232f].—B. 929. DELG s.v. πίμπλημι. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `troop, department of the people' (Pi., trag., Crete), `troop of warriors, army, navy' (Il.), also `(army-, ships)camp' (Il.); στάρτοι αἱ τάξεις τοῦ πλήθους H.

Other forms: Aeol. στρότος (Sapph.), Cret. σταρτος (inscr.).

Compounds: Often as 1. member, e.g. στρατ-ηγός (IA.), -ᾱγός (Dor. Arc.) m. `army-commander' (cf. Chantraine Études 90), στρατό-πεδον n. `army-camp, army, fleet' (IA.; Risch IF59,15); also as 2. member e.g. δεξί-στρατος `recieving a host' (B.); to this numerous PN.

Derivatives: 1. Collective formation στρατ-ίά, - ιή f. `troop, host, army', also `campaign' = στρατεία (Pi., IA.; Scheller, Oxytonierung 84f.) with - ιώτης m. `warrior, soldier' (IA.), - ιωτικός (Att.; Chantraine Études 126). - ιωτάριον n. meaning uncertain, perh. `soldier's sack' (pap. III^p). 2. - ιος, f. - ία `warlike', also as surn. of Zeus, of Ares, resp. of Athena a.o. (Alc., Hdt. a.o.); also - ειος, - εία `id.' (Mylasa II^a). 3. στρατύλλαξ m. disparaging dimin. of στρατηγός (Cic. Att.; cf. Delph. Στρατυλλις). Denom. 4. στρατ-άομαι (- όομαι?), also w. ἀμφι-, ἐπι-, συν-, `to troop together', only in ep. ipf. ἐστρατόωντο (Il., A. R., Nonn.; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 185, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 80; 359; 364); - όομαι certain in the ptc. στρατωθέν ( στόμιον) `consisting of an army' (A. Ag. 133 [lyr.]; Wackernagel Unt. 125). 5. - εύω, - εύομαι, also w. ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν- a.o., `to take the field, to serve in the army' (IA.) with - εία, Ion. - ηΐη f. ( ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-) `campaign, war-service' (IA.), - ευμα n. `campaign, army' (IA.), - ευσις ( ἐπι-) f. `campaign' (Hdt., D.H. u.a.), - εύσιμος, - ευτικός.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1029] * ster- `camp, spread out'

Etymology: Orig. meaning `troop, department of people', from there `troop of warriors, army', second. `camp'. -- With Skt. str̥ta- `thrown down, sprinkled' (older á-str̥ta- `unconquered, unconquerable'), Av. stǝrǝta- `spread out', also with OIr. sreth `strues' (IE *str̥tā) formally identical, but with unclear development of meaning: prop. `spread (or spreading) heap'? Cf. Persson Beitr. 1, 451 ff. (with older lit.), who however starts from the meaning `ordened troop, row'. Quite diff. Strunk Münch. Stud. 17, 77 ff. (w. extensive streatment), Nasalpräs. u. Aor. (1967) 111 w. n. 309 (w. lit.): στρατός prop. `*which can be thrown down' \> `*enemy's army' or `*which throws down'. -- Further s. στόρνυμι (with lit.); older lit. also in Bq. -- The oldest meaning may have been `camping army'.

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νέφος, ους, τό (Hom.+; ins, LXX; TestJob 42:1; GrBar 10:6; Jos., Bell. 6, 298) cloud as a symbol of darkness (Chariton 3, 9, 11 νέφος ἀνεκάλυψε τῆς ψυχῆς; IAndrosIsis 158; Philo, Mos. 1, 176; Jos., Ant. 16, 376 ν. ἐπάγειν τοῖς πράγμασιν=‘spread darkness over the events’; SibOr 3, 173) ἀποθέμενοι ἐκεῖνο ὸ̔ περικείμεθα ν. we laid aside the cloud that surrounded us 2 Cl 1:6. ν. ἐγένετο a cloud formed Hv 4, 3, 7. Fig. of a compact, numberless throng (Il. 4, 274 al.; Hdt. 8, 109 νέφος τοσοῦτον ἀνθρώπων; Timon [III B.C.] Fgm. 39 [Poet. Philos., 1901 Diels], in Diog. L. 7, 16 throngs of serfs; Diod S 3, 29, 2 hordes of locusts; Ps.-Callisth. 1, 2, 2 νέφος ἐχθρῶν. Further exx. in Bleek on Hb 12:1) host τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν ν. μαρτύρων since we have so great a host of witnesses about us Hb 12:1 (CRose, Die Wolke der Zeugen ’94).—DELG s.v. νεφέλη I. M-M. TW.