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  • 1 ἐλάχιστος

    ἐλάχιστος, ίστη, ον (ἐλαχύς ‘small, little’; since Hom. Hymns, Merc. 573 and Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX; Test12Patr; JosAs 1:13 codd. AHPal. 364 for χεῖρον; ApcMos 16; Just., Ath.) used as superl. of μικρός. From it a vernac. comp. ἐλαχιστότερος is formed (B-D-F §61, 2; W-S. §11, 4; Mlt. 236; M-M. s.v. ἐλαχιστότερος).
    ① pert. to being the lowest in status, least. In our lit. only rarely as a true superl. (Jos., Bell. 6, 198) smallest, least (PTebt 24, 67 [117 B.C.]; Josh 6:26) ὁ ἐ. τῶν ἀποστόλων the least of the apostles 1 Cor 15:9. Otherwise elative (s. B-D-F §60, 2; Mlt. 236) in this mng. and the succeeding ones, οὐδαμῶς ἐ. εἶ ἐν τ. ἡγεμόσιν Ἰούδα you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah Mt 2:6. Of pers. unimportant (SIG 888, 58; PsSol 2:26; TestJos 17:8) Mt 5:19b; 25:40, 45 (WBrandt, D. geringsten Brüder: Jahrb. d. Theol. Schule Bethel 8, ’37, 1ff; on the disguised beggar theme cp. Od. 14, 55ff and s. Od. 17, 485–87 [Old Testament, cp. 3 Km 17:8ff]; s. DFlückiger-Guggenheim, Göttliche Gäste ’84 [Gk. Mythology]; ABurnett, ClPh 65, ’70, 124–25 [lit]); comp. w. same sense as the superlative ἐμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ to me, the very least Eph 3:8.
    ② pert. to being relatively the smallest in a specific class or group, very small/short (TestJud 15:6; Jos., Bell. 6, 330 ἐ. μέρος) ἐ. πηδάλιον very small rudder Js 3:4; ἐ. κοκκάριον a very small grain Hm 11:20, cp. 21; of animals the smallest 1 Cl 20:10.—Neut. as adv. in this sense (Polyaenus 8, 7, 2) ἐ. βασανίζεσθαι be tortured (punished) a very short time Hs 6, 4, 2 (restored fr. Lat. texts)=for too short a time. W. ref. to number very few (Diod S 1, 71, 3 ἐλάχιστα ἀγνοήματα=fewest mistakes [in contrast to many failures of others]) Hs 8, 5, 4 people; 9, 8, 7 stones. τὸ ἐ. ἀψίνθιον very little wormwood Hm 5, 1, 5. ἐ. τῶν ῥάβδων a very small section (w. ref. to being partially verdant or dry) of the sticks Hs 8, 1, 14f; 8, 5, 5f; 8, 10, 1 and 3.
    ③ pert. to being considered of very little importance, insignificant, trivial (also elative). Of commandments (relatively) insignificant Mt 5:19a (FDibelius, ZNW 11, 1910, 188–90; GDalman, Jesus 1929, 62–65 [tr. PLevertoff]). Of parts of the body 1 Cl 37:5. κριτήρια ἐ. trivial cases 1 Cor 6:2. ἐλάχιστον a very little thing Lk 12:26; (opp. τὸ πολύ) 16:10; 19:17; 2 Cl 8:5 (on ἐν ἐ. cp. Mitt-Wilck. II/2, 372 V, 23f). ἐμοὶ εἰς ἐ. ἐστιν 1 Cor 4:3 (s. εἰμί 2cβ). Adv. ἐλάχιστον ἐξαμαρτεῖν sin a little Hs 8, 10, 1.—DELG s.v. ἐλαχύς. M-M. EDNT. TW.

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  • 2 μέγας

    μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα (Hom.+) comp. μείζων and beside it, because of the gradual disappearance of feeling for its comp. sense, μειζότερος 3J 4 (APF 3, 1906, 173; POxy 131, 25; BGU 368, 9; ApcSed 1:5 [cp. J 15:13]; s. B-D-F §61, 2; W-S. §11, 4; Mlt-H. 166; Gignac II 158). Superl. μέγιστος (2 Pt 1:4).
    ① pert. to exceeding a standard involving related objects, large, great
    ⓐ of any extension in space in all directions λίθος Mt 27:60; Mk 16:4. δένδρον Lk 13:19 v.l. (TestAbr B 3 p. 107, 6 [Stone p. 62]). κλάδοι Mk 4:32. Buildings 13:2. Fish J 21:11. A mountain (Tyrtaeus [VII B.C.], Fgm. 4, 8 D.2; Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 138; Theopomp. [IV B.C.]: 115 Fgm. 78 Jac.) Rv 8:8. A star vs. 10. A furnace 9:2 (ParJer 6:23). A dragon (Esth 1:1e; Bel 23 Theod.) 12:3, 9. ἀετός (Ezk 17:3; ParJer 7:18 [RHarris; om. Kraft-Purintun]) vs. 14. μάχαιρα a long sword 6:4. ἅλυσις a long chain 20:1. πέλαγος AcPl Ha 7, 23 (first hand).
    ⓑ with suggestion of spaciousness ἀνάγαιον a spacious room upstairs Mk 14:15; Lk 22:12. θύρα a wide door 1 Cor 16:9. A winepress Rv 14:19 (ληνός μ. ‘trough’ JosAs 2:20); χάσμα a broad chasm (2 Km 18:17) Lk 16:26. οἰκία (Jer 52:13) 2 Ti 2:20.
    ⓒ with words that include the idea of number ἀγέλη μ. a large herd Mk 5:11. δεῖπνον a great banquet, w. many invited guests (Da 5:1 Theod.; JosAs 3:6) Lk 14:16. Also δοχὴ μ. (Gen 21:8) Lk 5:29; GJs 6:2.
    ⓓ of age (Jos., Ant. 12, 207 μικρὸς ἢ μέγας=‘young or old’); to include all concerned μικροὶ καὶ μεγάλοι small and great (PGM 15, 18) Rv 11:18; 13:16; 19:5, 18; 20:12. μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ Ac 26:22. ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου (Gen 19:11; 4 Km 23:2; 2 Ch 34:30; POxy 1350) 8:10; Hb 8:11 (Jer 38:34). μέγας γενόμενος when he was grown up 11:24 (Ex 2:11). ὁ μείζων the older (O. Wilck II, 144, 3 [128 A.D.]; 213, 3; 1199, 2; LXX; cp. Polyb. 18, 18, 9 Σκιπίων ὁ μέγας; 32, 12, 1) Ro 9:12; 13:2 (both Gen 25:23).
    ② pert. to being above average in quantity, great πορισμός a great means of gain 1 Ti 6:6. μισθαποδοσία rich reward Hb 10:35.
    ③ pert. to being above standard in intensity, great δύναμις Ac 4:33; 19:8 D. Esp. of sound: loud φωνή Mk 15:37; Lk 17:15; Rv 1:10; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ (LXX; TestAbr A 5 p. 82, 20f [Stone p. 12]; ParJer 2:2; ApcMos 5:21) Mt 27:46, 50; Mk 1:26; 5:7; 15:34; Lk 4:33; 8:28; 19:37; 23:23 (Φωναῖς μεγάλαις), 46; J 11:43; Ac 7:57, 60; 8:7; Rv 5:12; 6:10 al.; μεγ. φωνῇ (ParJer 5:32); Ac 14:10; 16:28; μεγ. τῇ φωνῇ (ParJer 9:8; Jos., Bell. 6, 188) 14:10 v.l.; 26:24; ἐν φωνῇ μ. Rv 5:2. μετὰ σάλπιγγος μεγάλης with a loud trumpet call Mt 24:31. κραυγή (Ex 11:6; 12:30) Lk 1:42; Ac 23:9; cp. μεῖζον κράζειν cry out all the more Mt 20:31. κοπετός (Gen 50:10) Ac 8:2.—Of natural phenomena: ἄνεμος μ. a strong wind J 6:18; Rv 6:13. λαῖλαψ μ. (Jer 32:32) Mk 4:37. βροντή (Sir 40:13) Rv 14:2. χάλαζα Rv 11:19; 16:21a. χάλαζα λίαν μ. σφόδρα AcPl Ha 5, 7. σεισμὸς μ. (Jer 10:22; Ezk 3:12; 38:19; Jos., Ant. 9, 225) Mt 8:24; 28:2; Lk 21:11a; Ac 16:26. γαλήνη μ. a deep calm Mt 8:26; Mk 4:39; φῶς μ. a bright light (JosAs 6:3; ParJer 9:18 [16]; Plut., Mor. 567f: a divine voice sounds forth from this light; Petosiris, Fgm. 7, ln. 39 τὸ ἱερὸν ἄστρον μέγα ποιοῦν φῶς) Mt 4:16a; GJs 19:2 (Is 9:1). καῦμα μ. intense heat Rv 16:9 (JosAs 3:3).—Of surprising or unpleasant events or phenomena of the most diverse kinds (ἀπώλεια Dt 7:23; θάνατος Ex 9:3; Jer 21:6; κακόν Philo, Agr. 47) σημεῖα (Dt 6:22; 29:2) Mt 24:24; Lk 21:11b; Ac 6:8. δυνάμεις 8:13. ἔργα μ. mighty deeds (cp. Judg 2:7) Rv 15:3. μείζω τούτων greater things than these J 1:50 (μείζονα v.l.); cp. 5:20; 14:12. διωγμὸς μ. a severe persecution Ac 8:1; θλῖψις μ. (a time of) great suffering (1 Macc 9:27) Mt 24:21; Ac 7:11; Rv 2:22; 7:14. πειρασμός AcPl Ha 8, 22. πληγή (Judg 15:8; 1 Km 4:10, 17 al.; TestReub 1:7; TestSim 8:4; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 134) 16:21b. θόρυβος GJs 21:1; AcPl Ha 1, 28f (restored, s. AcPlTh [Aa I 258, 6]) λιμὸς μ. (4 Km 6:25; 1 Macc 9:24) Lk 4:25; Ac 11:28; ἀνάγκη μ. Lk 21:23; πυρετὸς μ. a high fever (s. πυρετός) 4:38.—Of emotions: χαρά great joy (Jon 4:6; JosAs 3:4; 4:2 al.; Jos., Ant. 12, 91) Mt 2:10; 28:8; Lk 2:10; 24:52. φόβος great fear (X., Cyr. 4, 2, 10; Menand., Fgm. 388 Kö.; Jon 1:10, 16; 1 Macc 10:8; TestAbr B 13 p. 117, 18 [Stone p. 82]; JosAs 6:1; GrBar 7:5) Mk 4:41; Lk 2:9; 8:37; Ac 5:5, 11; AcPl Ha 3, 33. θυμὸς μ. fierce anger (1 Macc 7:35) Rv 12:12. μείζων ἀγάπη greater love J 15:13. λύπη profound (Jon 4:1; 1 Macc 6:4, 9, 13; TestJob 7:8) Ro 9:2. σκυθρωπία AcPl Ha 7, 36. πίστις firm Mt 15:28. ἔκστασις (cp. Gen 27:33; ParJer 5:8, 12) Mk 5:42.
    ④ pert. to being relatively superior in importance, great
    ⓐ of rational entities: of God and other deities θεός (SIG 985, 34 θεοὶ μεγάλοι [LBlock, Megaloi Theoi: Roscher II 2523–28, 2536–40; SCole, Theoi Megaloi, The Cult of the Great Gods at Samothrace ’84]; 1237, 5 ὀργὴ μεγάλη τ. μεγάλου Διός; OGI 50, 7; 168, 6; 716, 1; PStras 81, 14 [115 B.C.] Ἴσιδος μεγάλης μητρὸς θεῶν; POxy 886, 1; PTebt 409, 11; 22 ὁ θεὸς μ. Σάραπις, al.; PGM 4, 155; 482; 778 and oft.; 3052 μέγ. θεὸς Σαβαώθ; 5, 474; Dt 10:17 al. in LXX; En 103:4; 104:1; Philo, Cher. 29 al.; Jos., Ant. 8, 319; SibOr 3, 19; 71 al.—Thieme 36f) Tit 2:13 (Christ is meant). Ἄρτεμις (q.v.) Ac 19:27f, 34f (cp. Ael. Aristid. 48, 21 K.=24 p. 471 D. the outcry: μέγας ὁ Ἀσκληπιός); s. New Docs 1, 106 on this epithet in ref. to deities. Simon the magician is called ἡ δύναμις τ. θεοῦ ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη Ac 8:10b (s. δύναμις 5). The angel Michael Hs 8, 3, 3; cp. 8, 4, 1.—Of people who stand in relation to the Divinity or are otherw. in high position: ἀρχιερεύς (s. ἀρχιερεύς 2a and ἱερεύς aβ.—ἀρχ. μέγ. is also the appellation of the priest-prince of Olba [s. PECS 641f] in Cilicia: MAMA III ’31 p. 67, ins 63; 64 [I B.C.]) Hb 4:14. προφήτης (Sir 48:22) Lk 7:16. ποιμήν Hb 13:20. Gener. of rulers: οἱ μεγάλοι the great ones, those in high position Mt 20:25; Mk 10:42. Of people prominent for any reason Mt 5:19; 20:26; Mk 10:43; Lk 1:15, 32; Ac 5:36 D; 8:9 (MSmith, HWolfson Festschr., ’65, 741: μ. here and Lk 1:32 may imply a messianic claim).—μέγας in the superl. sense (2 Km 7:9.—The positive also stands for the superl., e.g. Sallust. 4 p. 6, 14, where Paris calls Aphrodite καλή=the most beautiful. Diod S 17, 70, 1 πολεμία τῶν πόλεων=the most hostile [or especially hostile] among the cities) Lk 9:48 (opp. ὁ μικρότερος).—Comp. μείζων greater of God (Ael. Aristid. 27, 3 K.=16 p. 382 D.; PGM 13, 689 ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε, τὸν πάντων μείζονα) J 14:28; Hb 6:13; 1J 3:20; 4:4. More prominent or outstanding because of certain advantages Mt 11:11; Lk 7:28; 22:26f; J 4:12; 8:53; 13:16ab; 1 Cor 14:5. More closely defined: ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζων greater in power and might 2 Pt 2:11. μεῖζον τοῦ ἱεροῦ someth. greater than the temple Mt 12:6. μείζων with superl. mng. (Ps.-Apollod., Epit. 7, 8 Wagner: Ὀδυσσεὺς τρεῖς κριοὺς ὁμοῦ συνδέων … καὶ αὐτὸς τῷ μείζονι ὑποδύς; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 87 §366 ἐν παρασκευῇ μείζονι= in the greatest preparation; Vett. Val. 62, 24; TestJob 3:1 ἐν μείζονι φωτί) Mt 18:1, 4; 23:11; Mk 9:34; Lk 9:46; 22:24, 26.
    ⓑ of things: great, sublime, important μυστήριον (GrBar 1:6; 2:6; ApcMos 34; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 100 al.; Just., A I, 27, 4) Eph 5:32; 1 Ti 3:16. Of the sabbath day that begins a festival period J 19:31; MPol 8:1b. Esp. of the day of the divine judgment (LXX; En 22:4; ApcEsdr 3:3 p. 27, 7 Tdf.; Just., D. 49, 2 al.; cp. TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 11 [Stone p. 32]) Ac 2:20 (Jo 3:4); Jd 6; Rv 6:17; 16:14. Of Paul’s superb instructional ability μ̣ε̣γάλῃ καθ̣[ηγήσει] AcPl Ha 6, 30f.—μέγας in the superl. sense (Plut., Mor. 35a w. πρῶτος; Himerius, Or. 14 [Ecl. 15], 3 μέγας=greatest, really great; B-D-F §245, 2; s. Rob. 669) ἐντολή Mt 22:36, 38. ἡμέρα ἡ μ. τῆς ἑορτῆς the great day of the festival J 7:37 (cp. Lucian, Pseudolog. 8 ἡ μεγάλη νουμηνία [at the beginning of the year]); Mel., P. 79, 579; 92, 694 ἐν τῇ μ. ἐορτῇ; GJs 1:2; 2:2 (s. deStrycker on 1:2). Of Mary’s day of parturition ὡς μεγάλη ἡ σήμερον ἡμέρα what a great day this is GJs 19:2. μείζων as comp. (Chion, Ep. 16, 8 philosophy as νόμος μείζων=higher law; Sir 10:24) J 5:36; 1J 5:9. μ. ἁμαρτία J 19:11 (cp. schol. on Pla. 189d ἁμαρτήματα μεγάλα; Ex 32:30f). τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ μείζονα the more important spiritual gifts (in the sense Paul gave the word) 1 Cor 12:31. As a superl. (Epict. 3, 24, 93; Stephan. Byz. s.v. Ὕβλαι: the largest of three cities is ἡ μείζων [followed by ἡ ἐλάττων, and finally ἡ μικρά=the smallest]. The comparative also performs the function of the superlative, e.g. Diod S 20, 22, 2, where πρεσβύτερος is the oldest of 3 men) Mt 13:32; 1 Cor 13:13 (by means of the superl. μ. Paul singles out from the triad the one quality that interests him most in this connection, just as Ael. Aristid. 45, 16 K. by means of αὐτός at the end of the θεοί singles out Sarapis, the only one that affects him).—The superl. μέγιστος, at times used by contemporary authors, occurs only once in the NT, where it is used in the elative sense very great, extraordinary (Diod S 2, 32, 1) ἐπαγγέλματα 2 Pt 1:4.—On the adv. usage Ac 26:29 s. ὀλίγος 2bβ.—Neut. pl. μεγάλα ποιεῖν τινι do great things for someone Lk 1:49 (cp. Dt 10:21). λαλεῖν μεγάλα καὶ βλασφημίας utter proud words and blasphemies Rv 13:5 (Da 7:8; cp. En 101:3). ἐποίει μεγ̣[ά]λα καὶ [θα]υ̣[μά]σ̣ι̣α̣ (Just., A I, 62, 4) (Christ) proceeded to perform great and marvelous deeds AcPl Ha 8, 33/BMM verso 6.
    ⑤ pert. to being unusual, surprising, neut. μέγα εἰ … θερίσομεν; is it an extraordinary thing (i.e. are we expecting too much = our colloquial ‘is it a big deal’) if we wish to reap? 1 Cor 9:11. οὐ μέγα οὖν, εἰ it is not surprising, then, if 2 Cor 11:15 (on this constr. cp. Pla., Menex. 235d; Plut., Mor. 215f; Gen 45:28; s. AFridrichsen, ConNeot 2, ’36, 46).—B. 878f; 1309. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.

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  • 3 μικρός

    μικρός, ά, όν (‘small’ Hom.+) comp. μικρότερος, έρα, ον
    ① pert. to a relatively limited size, measure, or quantity, small, short
    ⓐ of stature Lk 19:3. Perh. also Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός (ὁ μ. after a person’s name: Aristoph., Ran. 708; X., Mem. 1, 4, 2; Aristot., Pol. 5, 10 p. 1311b, 3; Diog. L. 1, 79 of a ‘younger’ Pittacus; Sb 7576, 6 [I A.D.]; 7572, 10 [II A.D.]) Mk 15:40 (s. Ἰάκωβος 3). This pass. may possibly belong to
    ⓑ of age. Subst.: the little one, the child (ὁ μικρός Menand., Sam. 39f; PLond 893, 7 [40 A.D.]; PFay 113, 14. ἡ μικρά PLond III, 899, 6 p. 208 [II A.D.]) Mt 18:6, 10, 14.—For the designation of all the members of a group as μικροὶ κ. μεγάλοι, etc. cp. μέγας 1d: Ac 8:10; 26:22; Hb 8:11 (Jer 38:34); Rv 11:18; 13:16; 19:5, 18; 20:12.
    ⓒ of distance. Adv.: a short distance, a little way (X., Cyr. 1, 2, 15; Dionys. Byz. §8 and 13) προελθὼν μικρόν (Ps.-Demetr. 226) Mt 26:39; Mk 14:35.
    ⓓ of time
    α. adj. short, of time χρόνον μικρόν (Pla., Rep. 6, 498d; Ael. Aristid. 34 p. 661 D.; Is 54:7) J 7:33; cp. 12:35; Rv 6:11; 20:3.
    β. adv. a short time, a little while (Jos., Ant. 4, 159; 8, 405) J 13:33 (cp. Job 36:2); Hs 9, 4, 4; 9, 5, 1 (v.l.). μικρόν for a moment (Menand., Epitr. 474 J.=538 Kö.; JosAs 15:14; ParJer 2:9; cp. πρὸς μ. μ. ‘little by little’ GrBar 7:3) Hv 4, 1, 6. μετὰ μικρόν after a short while (Just., D. 56, 17; Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 1, 2 Jac.; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 15, 3; Synes., Dio 1 p. 234, 5 NTerzaghi [’44]) Mt 26:73; Mk 14:70. (ἔτι) μικρὸν καί … in a little while, lit. ‘yet a little while, and’= soon (Ex 17:4; Jer 28:33; Hos 1:4; TestJob 24:1) J 14:19; 16:16–19. ἔτι μ. ὅσον ὅσον = soon Hb 10:37; 1 Cl 50:4 (both Is 26:20; s. B-D-F §127, 2; 304; Rob. 733).
    ⓔ of mass or compass relative to things
    α. small (X., Mem. 3, 14, 1 μ. ὄψον; TestAbr B 8 p. 112, 20 [Stone p. 72] πύλη; ApcSed 11:3 μ. κτίσμα; ViIs, ViEzk, ViHab, ViJer, et al. 3 [p. 69, 7 Sch.] ὕδωρ; Just., A I, 19, 1 ῥανίς) μικρότερον πάντων τ. σπερμάτων the smallest of all seeds Mt 13:32; Mk 4:31 (s. σίναπι.—Alex. Aphr., An. II 1 p. 20, 14 οὐδὲν κωλυθήσεται τὸ μέγιστον ἐν τῷ μικροτάτῳ γενέσθαι σώματι). μικρὰ ζύμη a little (bit of) leaven 1 Cor 5:6; Gal 5:9. Of the tongue μικρὸν μέλος a small member Js 3:5 (cp. Eur., Fgm. TGF 411).
    β. subst. neut. (τὸ) μικρόν what is insignificant, small τὸ μ. τηρεῖν 2 Cl 8:5 (apocr. saying of Jesus). μικρὰ φρονεῖν περί τινος think little of someth. 2 Cl 1:1f (μικρὸν φρονεῖν Soph., Aj. 1120; Plut., Mor. p. 28c).—Pl. insignificant things, trifles (Aelian, VH 2, 27) μικρὰ κατʼ ἀλλήλων ἔχειν have trifling complaints against each other Hs 8, 10, 1b.
    γ. subst. neut. a little μικρόν τι (Diod S 1, 74, 1; Ael. Aristid. 48, 37 K.=24 p. 474 D.; UPZ 70, 3 [152/151 B.C.]; cp. Just., D. 115, 6 ἓν δὲ μ. ὁτιοῦν) a little 2 Cor 11:16. μ. τι ἀφροσύνης vs. 1 (Procop. Soph., Ep. 80 μοὶ μικρὸν δίδου νεανιεύεσθαι). παρὰ μικρόν (Isocr. 19, 22; Dionys. Byz. §3 and 50; Ps 72:2; Ezk 16:47; PsSol 16:1; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 270) except for a little, nearly Hs 8, 1, 14. κατὰ μικρόν in brief (Galen XIX p. 176 K.: Lucian, Catapl. 17, De Merc. Cond. 35) 1:5. μικροῦ δεῖν early, almost AcPl Ha 3, 34 (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 168 al.).
    ⓕ small in number (Gen 30:30; 47:9) τὸ μικρὸν ποίμνιον Lk 12:32.
    ② pert. to being of little import, unimportant, insignificant
    ⓐ of pers. lacking in importance, influence, power, etc. εἷς τῶν μικρῶν τούτων one of these humble folk (disciples? so Goodsp.) Mt 10:42; Mk 9:42 (Kephal. I 189, 6–19; 201, 30 interprets ‘the little ones who believe’ as catechumens. But the Gk. word μικρός is not found in the Coptic text); Lk 17:2. OMichel, ‘Diese Kleinen’, e. Jüngerbezeichnung Jesu: StKr 108, ’37/38, 401–15. ὁ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρανῶν the one of least importance in the Kingdom of Heaven (but FDibelius, ZNW 11, 1910, 190–92 and OCullmann, ConNeot 11, ’47, 30 prefer ‘youngest’, and refer it to Christ) Mt 11:11; cp. Lk 7:28. ὁ μικρότερος ἐν πᾶσιν ὑμῖν ὑπάρχων the one who is least among you all 9:48.
    ⓑ small, insignificant (Ath. 23, 3 δόξαι) δύναμις Rv 3:8. μισθός 2 Cl 15:1b (cp. a: μ. συμβουλία). ἐπιθυμίαι Hs 8, 10, 1a.
    ③ the state of being small, smallness subst. neut. ἐκ μικροῦ αὐξῆσαι Mt 20:28 D.—B. 880. M-M. TW.

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  • 4 κάμηλος

    κάμηλος, ου, ὁ and ἡ (of Semitic origin, cp. Hebr. גָּמָל; Aeschyl., Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol, TestJob, Philo; Jos., Ant. 1, 252; 8, 167 al.; Ath., R. 12 p. 61, 11) camel τρίχες καμήλου camel’s hair Mt 3:4; Mk 1:6; GEb 13, 79 (here there is naturally no thought of the soft τρίχες καμήλου from which the garments of distinguished people are made acc. to Ctesias [IV B.C.]: 688 Fgm. 10 Jac.). Proverbially εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρυπήματος [vv.ll. τρήματος, τρυμαλίας] ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye of someth. impossible, w. the contrast emphasized greatly, perh. also with a humorous twist because of the hump involved (for a proverb comparing someth. very small w. someth. very large, cp. Lucian, Ep. Sat. 1, 19 μύρμηξ ἢ κάμηλος): the largest animal and the smallest opening Mt 19:24; w. variations Mk 10:25 and Lk 18:25 (s. κάμιλος; GAicher, Kamel u. Nadelöhr 1908; ERostan, Les Paradoxes de Jésus 1908, 11ff; WBleibtreu [s. μισέω 2] 17f; RLehmann u. KLSchmidt, ThBl 11, ’32, 336–40; EBöklen, Deutsches Pfarrerblatt 37, ’33, 162–65; CLattey, Verb. Dom. 31, ’53, 291f; EBest, ET 82, ’70, 83–89; JDerrett, NTS 32, ’86, 465–70). To strain out a gnat τὴν δὲ κ. καταπίνειν but swallow a camel=be over-zealous in small matters and careless in important ones Mt 23:24 (s. κώνωψ.—The camel is contrasted w. the elephant in Phalaris, Ep. 86; Ps.-Libanius, Ep. 1597, 1 ed. F. XI p. 593, 1.—Artem. 4 p. 199, 9 explains that camel and elephant would have the same mng. in figurative interpretation).—JSauer, in Studies in the History and Archeology of Jordan V ’95, 39–48.—BHHW II 923; Pauly-W. X 2, 1824–32; B. 189f. OEANE I 406–8. EDNT. DELG. M-M. TW.

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  • 5 δύναμαι

    δύναμαι (Hom.+) dep.; pres. 2 sg. δύνῃ and δύνασαι; impf. ἠδυνάμην (also TestJob; TestZeb 2:5; ParJer; Ath. 8, 1; Just. [after οὐκ]) and ἐδυνάμην (also Just.); fut. δυνήσομαι; pass. 1 aor. ἠδυνήθην (LXX; En 21:7; TestJud 9:4; GrBar 7:4; Jos., Ant. 12, 278; Ar. 10, 6 and 8), ἐδυνήθητε (Just., D. 16, 4), ἐδυνήθησαν (2 Macc 2:6), ἠδυνάσθην (LXX; En 14:19) and ἐδυνάσθην (Da 2:47 LXX.—B-D-F §66, 3; 79; 93; 101; Mlt-H. 188; 206; 234); pf. δεδύνημαι (Just.) to possess capability (whether because of personal or external factors) for experiencing or doing someth., can, am able, be capable.
    ⓐ w. inf. foll.
    α. pres. inf. (Poyaenus 8, 10, 3 φέρειν δύν.) οὐδεὶς δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν Mt 6:24; Lk 16:13.—Mt 9:15; 19:12; Mk 2:7, 19 al. καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀκούειν Mk 4:33 (w. ref. to level of understanding; cp. Epict. 2, 24, 11). Expressed with strong emotion in rejection of what is heard τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν Who can listen to such talk! (REB) J 6:60. οὐ δ. ἀναστὰς δοῦναί σοι I’m in no position to get up and grant your request Lk 11:7. οὐ δυνάμεθα … μὴ λαλεῖν we cannot remain silent τὶ about someth. Ac 4:20. In questions πῶς δύνασθε ἀγαθὰ λαλεῖν; how can you say good things? Mt 12:34. πῶς δύναται σατανᾶς σατανᾶν ἐκβάλλειν; how can Satan drive out Satan? Mk 3:23; cp. J 6:52; Lk 6:42.
    β. aor. inf. (IAndrosIsis, Kyme 4; Just. A I, 2, 4 ἀποκτείναι μὲν δύνασθε, βλάψαι δʼ οὔ; Ath. 15, 1 διακρῖναι οὐ δυνάμενοι) δύνασθαι … εἰσελθεῖν Mk 1:45.—2:4; 5:3; Lk 8:19; 13:11; 14:20 and oft. The impf. ἐδύνατο τοῦτο πραθῆναι this could have been sold Mt 26:9 (B-D-F §358, 1; cp. Wsd 11:19f).
    γ. likew. the impf. w. pf. inf. ἀπολελύσθαι ἐδύνατο he could have been set free Ac 26:32.
    ⓑ abs., whereby the inf. can easily be supplied (cp. Eur., Or. 889; Thu. 4, 105, 1; X., An. 4, 5, 11 al.; Sir 43:30; Bar 1:6; 1 Macc 6:3; 9:9, 60; 4 Macc 14:17b; ParJer 4:6 cod. C ἠδυνήθητε ἐπʼ αὐτῇ [s. ἰσχύω]; Just., A II, 15, 2 ἵνα εἰ δύναιντο μεταθῶνται ‘in the hope that they might possibly be converted’) Mt 16:3 (sc. διακρίνειν); 20:22b; Mk 10:39 (sc. πιεῖν); 6:19 (sc. ἀποκτεῖναι); cp. Lk 9:40; 16:26; 19:3; Ac 27:39; Ro 8:7. καίπερ δυνάμενος although he was able to do so 1 Cl 16:2. οὔπω γὰρ ἐδύνασθε (sc. χρῆσθαι τῷ βρώματι) you were not yet strong enough (=‘you were not yet up to it’) 1 Cor 3:2. ὑπὲρ ὸ̔ δύνασθε (sc. ἐνεγκεῖν) beyond your capability 10:13.
    ⓒ w. acc. foll., w. ποιεῖν to be supplied be capable of, have capacity for someth. (Maximus Tyr. 1, 2h τοῦτο δύναται λόγος; PRyl 77, 38 οὐ γὰρ δύναμαι κοσμητείαν; POxy 115, 10; 472 II, 22; Ath. 26, 3 τὶ δὲ χαλκὸς δύναται καθʼ αὐτόν; Just., A I, 12, 6 πράττετε ὸ̔ δύνασθε; 19, 5 μηδὲν ἄλλο δύνασθαι μηδὲ τὸν θεόν) οὐ δυνάμεθά τι κατὰ τ. ἀληθείας we can do nothing against the truth 2 Cor 13:8 (cp. PsSol 17:39 τίς δύναται πρὸς αὐτόν; ‘who is effectual against [the Lord]?’) οὐδὲ ἐλάχιστον δ. not capable of even the smallest thing Lk 12:26. εἴ τι δύνῃ if you can do anything (Vi. Aesopi I, 21 p. 279, 11 Eberh.: Αἴσωπε, εἴ τι δύνασαι, λέγε τῇ πόλει) Mk 9:22 (also perh.: if you possibly can, as X., Hell., 7, 5, 15; Heliod. 1, 19, 2; Ael. Aristid. 48, 1 K.=24 p. 465 D.); πλείονα δ. accomplish more IPhld 1:1 (Ammonius, Vi. Aristot. p. 11, 15 πολλὰ δ.; Just., A I, 45, 6 οὐ πλέον τι δύνασθε … τοῦ φονεύειν). Of God ὁ πάντα δυνάμενος the one who has all power (Lucian, Nav. 28 δύνανται πάντα οἱ θεοί; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 28, 148; Philo, Abr. 268) Hm 12, 6, 3; cp. v 4, 2, 6.—DELG. M-M. TW.

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  • 6 σίναπι

    σίναπι, εως, τό (prob. of foreign origin, Schwyzer I 308) Diocles 141 p. 184, 13; PTebt 9, 13; 18 [III B.C.]; 11, 19 [II B.C.]; PFay 122, 4; 12; 165; PFlor 20, 21 al. in pap; rejected by Phryn. [Lob. 288] in favor of the Attic νάπυ [νᾶπυ], s. Theophr., HP 7, 1, 2f) mustard plant. The precise species cannot be determined, and some may grow to a height of three or more meters. κόκκος σινάπεως mustard seed, popularly viewed as the smallest of all seeds (s. Antig. Car. 91 and likew. word for word Diod S 1, 35, 2 ὁ κροκόδειλος ἐξ ἐλαχίστου γίνεται μέγιστος; cp. Pliny, NH 19, 54, 170; Mishnah, Kilaim 3, 2) Mt 13:31; 17:20; Mk 4:31; Lk 13:19; 17:6.—ILöw, D. Flora d. Juden I 1928, 516–27. On the parable of the mustard seed s. in addition to the interpr. of the parables and of the synoptic gospels CBowen, AJT 22, 1918, 562ff; FJehle, NKZ 34, 1923, 713–19; KClark, ClW 37, ’43/44, 81–83.—Zohary, Plants p. 93 prob. ‘brassica nigra’. BHHW III 1771. DELG s.v. νᾶπυ. M-M. TW.

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  • 7 κοδράντης

    κοδράντης, ου, ὁ (Lat. loanw., ‘quadrans’; also in rabb.; actually one quarter of an ‘as’. Cp. Plut., Cic. 875 [29, 5] τὸ λεπτότατον τοῦ χαλκοῦ νομίσματος κουαδράντην ἐκάλουν [the Romans]. For the spelling s. B-D-F §41, 2) quadrans, penny=two λεπτά Mk 12:42 (DSperber, Mk 12:42 and Its Metrological Background, NovT 9, ’67, 178–90), 1/64 of a denarius (s. δηνάριον). It was the smallest Roman coin. ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κ. until you have repaid the last cent Mt 5:26; Lk 12:59 D; D 1:5 (Sextus 39 μέχρις οὗ καὶ τ. ἔσχατον κοδράντην ἀπολάβῃ [the punishing demon]).—Lit. under ἀργύριον 2c.—Schürer II 66. M-M.

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  • 8 ἰῶτα

    ἰῶτα, τό indecl. (written out as a word Plato, Cratyl. 418b; Aeneas Tact. 1506; Scholiast on Nicander, Ther. 950; Sb 358, 12; 20 [III B.C.]) iota. In Mt 5:18 it is evidently the Gk. equivalent of the Aram. yod which, in the orig. form of the saying, represented the smallest letter of the alphabet (s. MLidzbarski, Handb. d. nord semit. Epigraphik 1898, 190ff; ESutcliffe, Biblica 9, 1928, 458–62). As numeral= ten B 9:8. S. ι´ as numeral.—DELG. M-M. TW.

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  • 9 κριθή

    κρῑθ-ή, ἡ, mostly in pl.,
    A barleycorns, barley (cf. κρῖ), the meal being ἄλφιτα:

    πυρῶν ἢ κριθῶν Il.11.69

    , cf. Od.9.110, 19.112, Ar.Eq. 1101;

    κριθᾶν μέδιμμνον IG42(1).40.7

     (Epid.);

    τὰς οὐλοχύτας φέρε δεῦρο—τοῦτο δ' ἐστὶ τί;—κριθαί Strato Com.1.35

    ; οἶνος ἐκ κριθέων πεποιημένος a kind of beer, Hdt.2.77;

    ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ A.Supp. 953

    , cf.Arist.Fr. 106; κριθαὶ πεφρυγμέναι, = κάχρυς, Th.6.22, cf. Moer.p.213 P.: pl., also of species of barley, Thphr. HP8.1.1: sg., PGrenf.2.29.9 (ii B. C.); κ. Ἰνδική millet, Sorghum halepense, Thphr.HP8.4.2.
    II pustule on the eyelid, stye, Hp. Epid.2.2.5, Gal.12.742.
    III barley-corn, the smallest weight, Thphr.Lap.46.
    IV in sg., = πόσθη, Ar. Pax 965. (The connexion with Lat. hordeum, OHG. gersta is doubtful.)

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  • 10 δίεσις

    δίεσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] διΐημι)
    A sending through, discharge, of a liquid, f. l. for δέξις, Hp.Superf.29; putting through,

    τῆς πλεκτάνης διὰ τοῦ αὐλοῦ Arist. GA 720b33

    ; letting through, opp. σύλληψις, Plu.Art.3.
    2 release, discharge, Sammelb.4638.21 (ii B. C.).
    3 dismissal of a wife, divorce, PMasp.153.17 (vi A. D.), etc.
    II moistening, wetting, Hp.Ulc.14, Dsc.1.26.
    III in Music, the smallest interval in the scale, [

    ἡ ἀρχὴ] ἐν μέλει δ. Arist.APo. 84b39

    , cf. Metaph. 1053a12, D.H.Comp.11, etc.; semi-tone in the diatonic scale, Philol.6, Arist.Pr. 917b36; in enharmonic, quarter-tone, Aristox.Harm.p.21 M., etc., cf. Theo Sm.p.55 H.

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  • 11 ἐφικνέομαι

    ἐφικνέομαι, [dialect] Ion. ἐπ-, [tense] fut.
    A

    ἐφίξυμαι Xenoph.6.3

    : [tense] aor. 2 ἐφῑκόμην, [dialect] Ep. - ῐκόμην Il.13.613: [tense] pf.

    ἐφῖγμαι D.25.101

    :
    I reach at, aim at, c. gen., of two combatants,

    ἅμα δ' ἀλλήλων ἐφίκοντο Il.13.613

    ; simply, reach or hit with a stick,

    εὐ μάλα μου ἐφικέσθαι πειράσεται Pl.Hp.Ma. 292a

    ;

    ὅσων ἂν ἐφικέσθαι δυνηθῶσιν Isoc.12.227

    ;

    ἐφῖκται πάντων ἡ τούτου κακοπραγμοσύνη D.25.101

    , cf. Plu.2.267c, etc.;

    σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσε Antiph.55.20

    ;

    τὰ βέλη ἐ. ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν Luc.Nigr.36

    .
    2 reach, extend,

    ὅσον ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. Thphr.HP1

    . 7.1, etc.;

    ἐφ' ὅσον ἀνθρώπων μνήμη ἐ. X.Cyr.5.5.8

    ; ἐ. ἐπὶ τοσαύτην γῆν τῷ ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ φόβῳ to reach by the terror of his name over.., ib.1.1.5; ἐ. ἐς τὸ λεπτότατον to reach to the smallest matter, Luc.JConf.19;

    ὅπου μὴ ἐ. ἡ λεοντῆ, προσραπτέον.. τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν Plu.2.190e

    ; c. part.,

    ἐ. φθεγγόμενον Id.TG18

    ;

    ἐ. βλέποντα μέχρι τινός D.Chr.62.1

    .
    3 metaph., hit, touch the right points,

    ἐ. ἐξαριθμούμενος Plb.1.57.3

    ;

    τὰ ἄλλα λέγων ἐπίκεο ἀληθέστατα Hdt.7.9

    .
    4 reach, attain to,

    τῆς ἀρετῆς Isoc.1.5

    ;

    ἀνδραγαθίας Aeschin.3.189

    ;

    τοῦ τριηραρχεῖν D.20.28

    , cf. 122;

    τῷ λόγῳ τῶν ἐκεῖ κακῶν Id.19.65

    : c. inf., ἐ. τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν to be able to.., Plu.2.338c, cf. Plb.1.4.11, Inscr.Prien.105.47 (i B. C.): abs., succeed in one's projects, App.Mith. 102; of a poison, reach a vital part, take effect, ib. 111.
    II c. acc., to come upon, like ἐφικάνω, εἴ σε μοῖρ' ἐφίκοιτο Pi.I.5(4).15: c. dupl. acc., ἐπικέσθαι μάστιγι πληγὰς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον to visit it with blows, Hdt.7.35.
    III c. acc., befit, be suitable to (cf.

    ἱκνέομαι 111

    ), Hp.Fract.17.

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  • 12 τρυμαλιά

    τρυμαλιά, ᾶς, ἡ (τρύω ‘to rub away’; Sotades Fgm. 1 Diehl=Coll. Alex. 1 p. 238 [in Plut., Mor. 11a, sexual connotation]; Aesop, Fab. 26 H. of the openings in a fisher’s net; Judg 15:11 B; Jer 13:4; 16:16) hole τρυμαλιὰ ῥαφίδος eye of a needle Mt 19:24 v.l.; Mk 10:25; Lk 18:25 v.l.—See κάμηλος and κάμιλος.—On the eye of a needle as a symbol of the smallest thing imaginable s. JSepp, ZDPV 14, 1891, 30–34.—DELG s.v. τρύω. M-M.

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  • 13 μετάχοιρον

    A after-pig, i. e. the smallest, weakest of the litter, Arist.HA 573b5, GA 749a1:— μετάχοιρα shd. be restored for μετάχοιροι in Poll.1.251.

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  • 14 ὀβολός

    -οῦ ὁ N 2 4-1-1-1-0=7 Ex 30,13; Lv 27,25; Nm 3,47; 18,16; 1 Sm 2,36
    obole (a fifth part of a drachma), the smallest coin, small weight or coin
    Cf. DORIVAL 1994, 217

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  • 15 μικρόσφαιρον

    μικρό-σφαιρον, τό, name of the smallest lump of Indian μαλάβαθρον, Peripl.M.Rubr.65.

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  • 16 ὀλιγοστός

    A with few companions,

    ὀ. ὁρμᾶν Beros.

     ap. J.AJ10.11.1, cf. Plu.Caes.49, Ant.51, etc.
    II like ὀλίγιστος, ὀ. χρόνον for the smallest space of time, S.Ant. 625 codd. (- ιστον Bgk., Jebb), v.l. in Arist.Metaph. 1053a9 ;

    ὀλιγωστοῦ Hsch.

     (cf. ὀλίγος VI.2).

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  • 17 στριβιλικίγξ

    Grammatical information: ?
    Meaning: joking expression (Augenblicksbildung?) for the smallest conceivable quantity of a fluidity, "little drop" (Ar. Ach. 1035).
    Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations].
    Etymology: Formation like φῦσιγξ, κύστιγξ a.o. Sch. ad loc. still mentions λίκιγξ = ἡ ἐλαχίστη βοη τῶν ὀρνέων and στρίβος λεπτη καὶ ὀξεῖα φωνή (cf. ὄτοβος a.o.); both sound-imitating with repeted ι-vowel. Cf. 1. στρίγξ.
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  • 18 πρεσβύτερος

    πρεσβύτερος, α, ον (Hom.+; comp. of πρέσβυς)
    ① pert. to being relatively advanced in age, older, old
    ⓐ of an individual person older of two ὁ υἱὸς ὁ πρ. (cp. Aelian, VH 9, 42; TestJob 15:2 τῷ ἀδελφῷ τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ; JosAs; Just., A II, 6, 1) Lk 15:25; of Manasseh (w. Ephraim) B 13:5. In contrast to the younger generation οἱ πρεσβύτεροι the older ones J 8:9. Opp. οἱ νεανίσκοι Ac 2:17 (Jo 3:1). Opp. νεώτεροι (s. νεός 3aβ) 1 Ti 5:1 (similar advice, containing a contrast betw. πρ. and νεώτ., from ins and lit. in MDibelius, Hdb. ad loc.); 1 Pt 5:5 (though here the πρεσβύτεροι are not only the older people, but at the same time, the ‘elders’; s. 2bβ). The same double mng. is found for πρεσβύτεροι in 1 Cl 1:3 beside νέοι, while in 3:3; 21:6, beside the same word, the concept of being old is the dominant one (as Jos., C. Ap. 2, 206). On the disputed pass. Hv 3, 1, 8 (οἱ νεανίσκοι … οἱ πρεσβύτεροι) cp. MDibelius, Hdb. ad loc.—Fem. πρεσβυτέρα old(er) woman (opp. νεωτέρα, as Gen 19:31) 1 Ti 5:2.—With no ref. to younger persons, w. complete disappearance of the comparative aspect: πρεσβύτερος an old man (Jos., Ant. 13, 226; 292 [as a witness of events in the past, as Ps.-Pla., Virt. 3, 377b; 4, 377c]) Hv 3, 12, 2; cp. 3, 11, 3. The personified church is called λίαν πρεσβυτέρα very old 3, 10, 3; cp. 3, 11, 2. She appears as ἡ πρ. the elderly woman 2, 1, 3; 3, 1, 2; 3, 10, 6; 9 and has τὰς τρίχας πρεσβυτέρας the hair of an old woman 3, 10, 4; 5; 3, 12, 1.
    ⓑ of a period of time (Petosiris, Fgm. 3 and 4 mention οἱ πρεσβύτεροι and οἱ νεώτεροι. In both instances the context shows that the reference is to astrologers from earlier and more recent times) οἱ πρεσβύτεροι the men of old, our ancestors Hb 11:2. ἡ παράδοσις τῶν πρεσβυτέρων the tradition of the ancients (cp. Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 35, 253 τῶν π. συγγράμματα) Mt 15:2; Mk 7:3, 5 (ELohse, D. Ordination im Spätjudentum u. NT, ’51, 50–56: scholars).
    ② an official (cp. Lat. senator), elder, presbyter
    ⓐ among the Jews (the congregation of a synagogue in Jerusalem used πρεσβύτεροι to denote its officers before 70 A.D.: SEG VIII, 170, 9; cp. Dssm., LO 378–80 [LAE 439–41]).
    α. for members of local councils in individual cities (cp. Josh 20:4; Ruth 4:2; 2 Esdr 10:14; Jdth 8:10; 10:6) Lk 7:3; 1 Cl 55:4.—Schürer II, 185.
    β. for members of a group in the Sanhedrin (Schürer II, 206–8; JJeremias, Jerusalem z. Zt. Jesu II B 1: Die gesellschaftl. Oberschicht 1929, 88ff). They are mentioned together w. (the) other groups: ἀρχιερεῖς (Ac 4:5 has ἄρχοντες for this), γραμματεῖς, πρεσβύτεροι (the order is not always the same) Mt 16:21; 26:3 v.l.; 27:41; Mk 8:31; 11:27; 14:43, 53; 15:1; Lk 9:22; 20:1.—Only ἀρχιερεῖς (Ac 4:8 has for this ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ) and πρεσβύτεροι (τοῦ λαοῦ: cp. Ex 19:7; Num 11:16b, 24; 1 Macc 7:33; 12:35; Just., D. 40, 4 al.) Mt 21:23; 26:3, 47, 59 v.l.; 27:1, 3, 12, 20; 28:(11), 12; Lk 22:52 (here, as an exception, οἱ στρατηγοὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ); Ac 4:23; 23:14; 25:15; cp. 24:1. Also οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς GPt 7:25 (for this combination cp. Jos., Ant. 11, 83; 12, 406).—Only πρεσβύτεροι and γραμματεῖς Mt 26:57; Ac 6:12.—The use of πρεσβύτερος as a title among the Jews of the Diaspora appears quite late, except for the allusions in the LXX (cp. Schürer III/1, 102; MAMA III [Cilicia], 344; 448 [cp. ZNW 31, ’32, 313f]. Whether πρεσβύτερος is to be understood in the older Roman inscriptions [CIJ 378] as a title [so CIJ p. lxxxvi], remains doubtful).
    ⓑ among the Christians (for their use of the word as a title one must bear in mind not only the Jewish custom, but also its use as a t.t. among the ἔθνη, in connection w. associations of the ‘old ones’ [FPoland, Geschichte des griech. Vereinswesens 1909, 98ff] and to designate civic as well as religious officials [Dssm., B 153ff=BS 154–57, NB 60ff=BS 233–35, also LO 315, 5; HHausschildt, ZNW 4, 1903, 235ff; MStrack, ibid. 213ff; HLietzmann, ZWT 55, 1914, 116–32 [=Kl. Schr. I ’58, 156–69]; MDibelius, exc. on 1 Ti 5:17ff; RAlastair-Campbell, The Elders, Seniority within Earliest Christianity ’94.].—BGU 16, 6 [159 A.D.] πρεσβύτεροι ἱερεῖς θεοῦ Σοκνοπαίου; 347, 6; PVindBosw 1, 31 [87 A.D.].—As honorary title: Iren. 4, 26, 5 [Harv. II 238, 3]. The Engl. word ‘priest’ comes fr. πρεσβύτερος via Lat. presbyter; later Christian usage is largely, if not entirely, responsible for this development; s. OED s.v. ‘priest’ B).
    α. Ac 11:30; 14:23; 15:2, 4, 6, 22f; 16:4 (in all the places in Ac 15 and 16 mention is made of οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι in the Jerusalem church); 20:17; 21:18; 1 Ti 5:17, 19 (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 103a Jac. νεωτέρῳ πρεσβυτέρου καταμαρτυρεῖν οὐκ ἔξεστι); Tit 1:5; Js 5:14; 1 Pt 5:1, 5 (s. 1a above); 1 Cl 44:5; 47:6; 54:2; 57:1. WWrede, Untersuchungen zum 1 Cl 1891, 8ff.—Acc. to 2 Cl 17:3, 5 exhortation and preaching in the church services were among their duties.—In Ign. the πρεσβύτεροι come after the bishop, to whom they are subordinate IMg 2; 3:1; 6:1, or betw. the bishop and the deacons IPhld inscr.; 10:2; IPol 6:1, or the higher rank of the bishop in comparison to them is made plain in some other way ITr 3:1; 12:2 (s. πρεσβυτέριον b; cp. Hippol., Ref. 9, 12, 22).—Polycarp—an ἐπίσκοπος, accord. to the title of the Ep. bearing his name—groups himself w. πρεσβύτεροι in Pol inscr., and further takes the presence of presbyters in Philippi for granted (beside deacons, though no ἐπίσκοπος is mentioned; cp. Hdb. on Pol inscr.) Pol 5:3.
    β. Just how we are to understand the words ὁ πρεσβύτερος, applied to himself by the author of the two smallest Johannine letters 2J 1; 3J 1, remains in doubt. But in any case it is meant to indicate a position of great dignity the elder.—HWindisch, exc. on 3J, end; ESchwartz, Über den Tod der Söhne Zebedaei 1904, 47; 51; HWendt, ZNW 23, 1924, 19; EKäsemann, ZTK 48, ’51, 292–311; DWatson, NTS 35, ’89, 104–30, rhetorical analysis of 2J.—ὁ πρ. and οἱ πρ. are mentioned by Papias in these much-discussed passages: 2:3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 15. For some of the lit. s. the note on JKleist’s transl. ’48, p. 207 n. 18.
    γ. In Rv there are 24 elders sitting on thrones about the throne of God; they form a heavenly council of elders (cp. Is 24:23) 4:4, 10; 5:5–14; 7:11, 13; 11:16; 14:3; 19:4. The elders have been understood as glorified human beings of some kind or astral deities (or angels) (for the var. views s. RCharles, ICC Rv I 128–33; JMichl, D. 24 Ältesten in d. Apk. d. hl. J. ’38); the number 24 has been referred to the following: the 24 priestly classes of the Jews (1 Ch 24:7–18; Jos., Ant. 7, 365–67) whose heads were called ‘elders’ (Yoma 1, 5; Tamid 1, 1; Middoth 1, 8); the 24 stars which, according to Babylonian belief, stood half on the north and half on the south of the zodiac (Diod S 2, 31, 4; POsl 4, 19: HGunkel, Z. religionsgesch. Verständnis des NT 1903, 42f; Boll 35f); the 24 hours of the day, represented as old men w. shining garments and w. crowns (acc. to the Test. of Adam [ed. CBezold, TNöldeke Festschr. 1906, 893–912]: JWellhausen, Analyse der Offb. Joh. 1907, p. 9, 1; NMorosof, Offb. Joh. 1912, 32); the 24 Yazatas in the state of the gods in heaven, acc. to Persian thought (Bousset). It is certainly an open question whether, or how far, the writer of Rv had any of these things in mind.—On the presbyters, and esp. on the question how ἐπίσκοπος and πρεσβύτερος were originally related to each other (a question which is raised particularly in the pastorals; cp. MDibelius, Hdb. exc. after 1 Ti 3:7 section 2 [w. lit.] and before 5:17), s. the lit. s.v. ἐπίσκοπος.—BEaston, Pastoral Epistles ’47, 188–97; WMichaelis, Das Ältestenamt ’53; GBornkamm, πρεσβύτερος; RCampbell, The Elders ’94.—B. 1472. DELG s.v. πρέσβυς. M-M. EDNT. TW.

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  • 19 ἐλαχύς

    Grammatical information: adj.
    Meaning: `small' (Call. Hek. 3 K.)
    Other forms: ἐλάχεια hAP 197 (on the accent Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 115f. = Kl. Schr. 2, 1172f., Schwyzer 379; ι 116, κ 509 as v. l. to λάχεια; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 54;, ἐλαχύ (AP); masc. also ἔλαχος (Call., s. Leumann l. c.);
    Compounds: As 1. member in ἐλαχυ-πτέρυξ, [ἐλα]χύ-νωτος (Pi.).
    Derivatives: Comp. ἐλά̄σσων, - ττων (Il.), Sup. ἐλᾰ́χιστος (Ion.-Att.). - From ἐλάσσων, - ττων (Schwyzer 731f.): denomin. ἐλασσόομαι, - ττόομαι `become smaller, be inferior, be damaged' (Ion.-Att.), - όω `diminish, damage' (Lys., Isok.) with ἐλάττωσις `diminution, disadvantage, want, loss' (Antipho Soph., Pl. Def., Arist.) and ἐλαττωτικός `not insisting on his rights, diminishing' (Arist.), ἐλάσσωμα, - ττωμα `id.' (D.). From ἔλασσον-, - ττον-: ἐλαττον-άκις `less often' (Pl., Arist., after πλεον-ακις), ἐλαττον-ότης `be inferior' (Iamb.; beside μειζον-ότης); ἐλασσον-έω, - ττονέω `have or give less, to be defective' (LXX, pap.), ἐλαττον-όω `diminish' (LXX). From ἐλάχιστος: ἐλαχιστ-άκις `very rarely' (Hp.), ἐλαχιστ-ιαῖος `of smallest size, infinitesimal' (Diog. Oen. 2).
    Origin: IE [Indo-European] [660] * h₁lngʷʰu- `light, quick'
    Etymology: Old adjective, identical with Skt. laghú-, raghú- `quick, light, small', Av. ragu- `quick'; from an IE zero grade *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-ú-. The full grade h₁lengʷʰ- in Av. comp. rǝnǰyō (with analogical superlativ rǝnǰišta-), in Lith. lẽngvas and in Goth. leihts ` leicht', if, as prob., from PGm. * linχta-, IE * h₁lengʷʰ- to-. Toch. B laṅktse `light. Without nasal, with ĕ-vowel Lat. lĕvis `light, small, quick', with reduced vowel OCS lьgъ-kъ `light', with a-vowel Celt., e. g. OIr. comp. laigiu `smaller, worse', PCelt. *lag-i̯ōs (positive bec(c)). These forms cannot be all at once explained. W.-Hofmann s. levis, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. lẽngvas, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. lëgkij (2, 24). - The vowellength in ἐλά̄σσων is secondary, s. Schwyzer 538 w. n. 4; also Seiler Steigerungsformen 43f.
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  • 20 ἐλάχιστος

    ἐλᾰχιστ-ος [ᾰ], η, ον, [comp] Sup. of ἐλαχύς: [comp] Comp. ἐλάσσων (q.v.):—
    A smallest, least, freq. with a neg., γέρας, δύναμις οὐκ ἐ., h.Merc. 573, Hdt.7.168, etc.; λόγου ἐλαχίστου of least account, Id.1.143; ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι narrowly missed destroying them, Th.2.77;

    περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι Pl. Ap. 30a

    ;

    παρ' ἐλάχιστον ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἀφαιρεθῆναι D.17.22

    .
    3 of Number, fewest, Pl.R. 378a;

    ἐ. τὸν ἀριθμόν Arist.Pol. 1312a30

    ; ἐν ἐλαχίστοις δυσίν between two at least. Id.EN 1131a15.
    4 Math., ἐλάχιστα καὶ μέγιστα minima and maxima, Apollon.Perg.Con.1 Praef.
    II τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον, at the least, Hdt.2.13, X.An.5.7.8, D.4.21; ἐλάχιστα least of any one, Th.1.70; ὡς ἐ. as little as possible, Pl.Phd. 63d.
    III from ἐλάχιστος came a new [comp] Comp. ἐλαχιστότερος less than the least,

    ἐ. πάντων ἁγίων Ep.Eph.3.8

    : [comp] Sup. ἐλαχιστότατος very least of all, S.E.M.3.54, 9.406.

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