to+serve+(god)

στρέφω fut. στρέψω LXX; 1 aor. ἔστρεψα. Pass.: 2 fut. στραφήσομαι LXX; 2 aor. ἐστράφν (Hom. +).

① to change the position of someth. relative to someth. by turning

ⓐ turn (SibOr 5, 497 στ. ψυχάς) τί τινι someth. to someone Mt 5:39; D 1:4.—So perh. also in a nonliteral sense ἔστρεψεν ὁ θεός God turned the Israelites toward the heavenly bodies, so that they were to serve them as their gods Ac 7:42 (s. 3 Km 18:37 σὺ ἔστρεψας τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου ὀπίσω. But s. 4 below).

ⓑ turn around, turn toward pass. w. act. force

α. lit. στραφείς foll. by a finite verb he turned (around) and … (X., Cyr. 3, 3, 63; TestAbr B 12 p. 116, 14 [Stone p. 80]). The purpose of the turning can be to attack someone Mt 7:6, or a desire to see or speak w. someone 9:22 (cp. Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 20 I, 6 στραφεὶς καὶ ἱδὼν Ἡλιόδωρον εἶπεν); 16:23; Lk 7:9; 9:55; 14:25; 22:61; J 1:38; 20:16; MPol 5:2. Finite verb instead of ptc. (ApcMos 19) ἐστράφη … καὶ εἶδεν GJs 15:1; 17:2ab. στρ. πρός w. acc. turn to or toward (schol. on Nicander, Ther. 677 πρὸς ἥλιον στρέφεσθαι of the heliotrope): στραφεὶς πρός τινα foll. by a finite verb (TestJob 27:1; 29:3; ApcMos 23:25, 28) Lk 7:44; 10:22 v.l., 23; 23:28. στρ. εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω turn around J 20:14; GJs 7:2 (cp. X., De Re Equ. 7, 12 στρέφεσθαι εἰς τὰ δεξιά).

β. in a transf. sense of 1a compounded of change of mind and direction στρεφόμεθα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη we turn to the Gentiles Ac 13:46. ἐστράφησαν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον in their hearts they turned back to Egypt 7:39.

② to carry someth. back to its previous location, bring back, return τὶ someth. τὰ τριάκοντα ἀργύρια Mt 27:3

③ to turn someth. into someth. else, turn, change (Just., A I, 59, 1 ὕλην of God) τὶ εἴς τι someth. into someth. ὕδατα εἰς αἷμα Rv 11:6 (cp. Ps 113:8; 29:12). Pass. be changed, be turned (1 Km 10:6 εἰς ἄνδρα ἄλλον) στραφήσονται τὰ πρόβατα εἰς λύκους D 16:3a. ἡ ἀγάπη στραφήσεται εἰς μῖσος D 16:3b (cp. La 5:15; 1 Macc 1:39, 40).

④ to turn away so as to dissociate oneself, turn intr. (X., An. 4, 3, 26; 32, Ages. 2, 3) so perh. ἔστρεψεν ὁ θεός God turned away from them Ac 7:42 (s. 1a above).

⑤ to experience an inward change, turn, change, pass. in act. sense. For the better: make a turn-about, turn around (SibOr 3, 625) Mt 18:3 (JDupont, MBlack Festschr., ’69, 50–60); J 12:40 (Is 6:9.—Field, Notes 99.—The Eng. term ‘conversion’ could suggest a change from one religious persuasion to another, which is not the case in these pass.). For the worse: turn to someth. evil, be perverted D 11:2.—B. 666. DELG. M-M. TW.

ἐπισκοπέω fut. ἐπισκοπήσω; 1 aor. ἐπεσκόπησα; pf. pass. ptc. ἐπεσκοπημένος (s. σκοπέω and next entry; Aeschyl. et al.).

① to give attention to, look at, take care, see to it w. μή foll. (Philo, Decal. 98) with implication of hazard awaiting one Hb 12:15.

② to accept responsibility for the care of someone, oversee, care for (Pla., Rep. 6 p. 506a τὴν πολιτείαν; Dio Chrys. 8 [9], 1 of Diogenes the Cynic’s mission in life; LBW 2309; 2412e; pap [Witkowski 52, 12; cp. 63, 18; 71, 43]; 2 Ch 34:12), hence in a distinctively Christian sense of the activity of church officials 1 Pt 5:2, esp. of one entrusted with oversight: be an overseer τινά over someone of Jesus, the ideal overseer/supervisor IRo 9:1. In a play on words w. ἐπίσκοπος: ἐπισκόπῳ μᾶλλον ἐπισκοπημένῳ ὑπὸ θεοῦ the overseer/supervisor, who is rather overseen/supervised by God=‘the bishop who has God as his bishop’ IPol ins (ἐπισκοπέω of God: Jos., C. Ap. 2, 160). Abs. serve as overseer Hv 3, 5, 1.—DELG s.v. σκέπτομαι. M-M. TW.

προσεδρ-εύω,

A sit near, wait or watch beside,

πυρᾷ E.Or. 403

; π. τινί to be always at his side, keep watch on him, D.34.26; τοῖς πράγμασι, τοῖς καιροῖς, Id.1.18, Plb.38.13.9; [τοῖς ἐφήβοις] προσκαρτερῶν ἐπιμελῶς καὶ -εύων, of a κοσμητής, IG22.1028.84; π. τῷ θεῷ wait upon God, J.AJ3.4.1; attend to,

τοῖς τῆς Ἀσίας πράγμασιν AJA18.327

(Sardis, i B.C.), cf. CIG2715.18 ([place name] Stratonicea);

τῇ θεραπείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ J.Ap.1.7

;

τοῖς ὑπομνήμασι Plb.12.26d

.5, cf. Phld.Rh.2.61 S., al.: abs., Arist.HA 568b15, Plb.11.4.2; watch the rise of the Nile, Sammelb. 6597 (iii A.D.), al.; persist in,

ταῖς φιλοπονίαις Arist.Pol. 1338b25

;

τῷ πόθῳ Alex.234

; apply oneself,

λίαν Arist.Pol. 1337b16

; πρὸς ἴδιον to one's own affairs, ib. 1263a29;

εἰς τὰ μαθήματα PSI1.94.8

(ii A.D.).

2 besiege,

ταῖς Συρακούσαις Plb.8.7.11

.

3 wait,

προσέδρευσα ἐφ' ἡμέρας δύο ἐκδεχόμενός σε BGU892.5

(ii A.D.); esp. attend at a law-court,

παρεῖναι καὶ π. τῷ βήματι PAmh.2.81.9

(iii A.D.); attend regularly, serve, as clerk of the court, ib.82.3 (iii/iv A.D.), POxy.59.10 (iii A.D.).

4 to be in seruice, serve, πρὸς τῷ διδασκαλείῳ (as a menial), D.18.258; of an apprentice,

π. τῷ διδασκάλῳ POxy.725.10

(ii A.D.); of a servant, παραμένειν.. καὶ π. PStrassb.40.31 (vi A.D.).

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `payment, hire' (A. Supp. 1011), = μισθός (Suid., EM).

Derivatives: Beside it, prob. as deriv. (Schwyzer 462 A. 3), λάτρις, - ιος m. f. `hired servant, handmaid' (Thgn., S., E.); λάτριος `belonging to a hired servant or to the payment etc.' (Pi., Man.); λατρεύω, El. - είω `serve (for hire), serve a god (with prayer a. sacrifice)' (Sol., Olympia VI<sup>a</sup>, trag., Isoc., X.) with λατρεία (trag., Pl., LXX, Ep. Rom. u. a.), λατρεύματα pl. (S., E.) `service, s. of gods', λατρευ-τός (LXX), - τικός (Ptol.) `belonging to a servant, servile'; λατρεύς `servant' (Lyc.; from λατρεύω or λάτρον, Boßhardt 66), λατρώδης `servile' (Vett. Val.).

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

Etymology: As (north) west Greek word λάτρον etc. was not only foreign to the Aeolians and Ionians, but orig. also in Athens (v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. 389, Bechtel Dial. 1, 207, E. Kretschmer Glotta 17, 79). There is no convincing IE connection. Usually λά-τρον (on the formation Chantraine Form. 331) is considered as the zero grade parallel of some words occurring in Germ., Balt.-Slav., Indo-Iran., which all go back on a full grade IE * lē(i)-'provide, possession' (WP. 2, 394, Pok. 665). This is, however, impossible as a root *lē- = * leh₁- would not give λα- in Greek. Skt. rātí-, Av. rāiti- `prepared to give', f. `liberality, gift'; the Indo-Ir. words are uncertain because of the r-; the whole combination rests on a weak foundation. So we can be rather sure that the word is of Pre-Greek origin. - From hell. *λάτρων Lat. latrō `hired soldier' (Leumann Sprache 1, 207).

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στρατεύω (var. in the act. or mid. since Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, ApkEzk [Epiph 70, 6], Tat.) in our lit. always a mid. dep. στρατεύομαι 1 aor. ἐστρατευσάμην; inf. mid.-pass. (s. Schwyzer I 639, II 237f; B-D-F §87) στρατευθῆναι (AcPl Ha 9, 6 restored)

① do military service, serve in the army (X., Mem. 1, 6, 9; BGU 1097, 8 [I A.D.]; Jos., Bell. 2, 520, Ant. 17, 270, Vi. 346; Tat.) 2 Ti 2:4; 1 Cl 37:2. στ. ἰδίοις ὀψωνίοις serve as a soldier at one’s own expense 1 Cor 9:7. στρατευόμενοι= soldiers (Thu. 8, 65, 3; Plut., Mor. 274a; Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 41 §168; 3, 90 §371; Sb 8008, 49 [261 B.C.]) Lk 3:14 (SMcCasland, JBL 62, ’43, 59–71).

② to engage in a conflict, wage battle, fight fig. ext. of 1 (Lucian, Vit. Auct. 8 ἐπὶ τὰς ἡδονάς) of Christians 1 Cl 37:1; w. the dat. for God, Christ IPol 6:2; AcPl Ha 9, 6f; of the apostle’s activity 2 Cor 10:3. On στρατεύεσθαι τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν 1 Ti 1:18 s. στρατεία. Of the struggles of the passions within the human soul Js 4:1; 1 Pt 2:11; Pol 5:3.—DELG s.v. στρατό. M-M. TW.

θεραπεύω impf. ἐθεράπευον; fut. θεραπεύσω; 1 aor. ἐθεράπευσα. Pass.: impf. ἐθεραπευόμην; 1 aor. ἐθεραπεύθην; perf. ptc. τεθεραπευμένος (s. prec. and next entry; Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 9:7 P; TestJos 7:2; JosAs 29:4; ApcrEzk P 1 verso 2 [restored]; Philo; apolog. exc. Ar.)

① to render service or homage, serve a divinity (Hes., Hdt.+; Diod S 5, 44, 2 οἱ θεραπεύοντες τοὺς θεοὺς ἱερεῖς; Arrian, Anab. 7, 2, 4; OGI 90, 40; SIG 663, 6; 996, 30; 1042, 10; Michel 982, 14; PGiss 20, 20; LXX [Thackeray p. 8]; EpArist 256; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 167; Jos., Bell. 7, 424, Ant. 4, 67; Ath. 16, 1 and 3; Orig., C. Cels. 8, 12, 17) pass. ὑπό τινος: οὐδὲ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θεραπεύεται nor is he served by human hands Ac 17:25 (Field, Notes 127).

② heal, restore (Athen. 12 p. 522b; SIG 1004, 21; 1168, 126; 1170, 20; 1171, 7; 1172, 5; Tob 12:3; Sir 38:7; JosAs; apolog. exc. Ar.; Hippol., Ref. 4, 44, 2; a ready transference is made to this mng. from the use of θ. in the var. senses of ‘care for, wait upon, treat medically’) τινά someone (Jos., Bell. 1, 272; of Jesus Orig., C. Cels. 2, 64, 17) Mt 4:24; 8:7, 16; 10:8; 12:15, 22; 14:14; 15:30; 17:16, 18; 19:2; 21:14; Mk 1:34; 3:2, 10; 6:13; Lk 4:23 (Horapollo 2, 76 ὑφʼ ἑαυτοῦ θεραπευθείς), 40; 10:9; 13:14b; J 5:10; Ac 4:14; 5:16; 8:7; 28:9; Qua; AcPl Ha 5, 36; 8, 36=AcPl BMM verso 10 (blind). τινὰ ἀπό τινος heal or cure someone from an illness (BGU 956, 2 ἐξορκίζω ὑμᾶς κατὰ τοῦ ἁγίου ὀνόματος θεραπεῦσαι τὸν Διονύσιον ἀπὸ παντὸς ῥίγου [= ῥίγους] καὶ πυρετοῦ) Lk 7:21. Pass. 5:15; 6:18; 8:2 (Tat. 16:3 al.). ἀπό τινος has a different mng. in vs. 43 οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἀπʼ οὐδενὸς θεραπευθῆναι she could not be healed by anybody.—θ. νόσον καὶ μαλακίαν (cp. Philo, Det. Pot. ins 43; Jos., Ant. 17, 150) Mt 4:23; 9:35; 10:1; (τὰς) νόσους Mk 3:15 v.l.; Lk 9:1 (Just., A I, 48, 1; cp. 54, 10). Of wounds pass. (cp. Iren. 1, 3, 3 [Harv. I 27, 4]) Rv 13:3, 12; wounds healed by a plaster IPol 2:1. AcPl BMM verso 14 θ̣ε̣ρα[πεύων] (because of a lacuna the obj. cannot be determined). Abs. Mt 12:10; Mk 6:5; Lk 6:7; 9:6; 13:14; 14:3; —Fig. in isolated instances (e.g., Vi. Aesopi I c. 98 τὴν ὀργὴν ὁ λόγος θεραπεύσει): of God (Wsd 16:12) ὁ θεραπεύων θεός God, who can heal 2 Cl 9:7 (ὁ θεός, ὁ θεραπεύων καὶ ζωοποιῶν Theoph. Ant. 1, 7 [p. 72, 17]; of Christ Did., Gen. 105, 16; cp. Shmone Esre 8 רוֹפֵא … אֵל).—JHempel, Heilung als Symbol u. Wirklichkeit ’58; JDewey, Jesus’ Healings of Women, BTB 24, ’94, 122–31; JCarroll, Sickness and Healing in the NT Gospels: Int 49, ’95, 130–42.—On medical practice in the Gr-Rom. world, s. ANRW II/37/1–3, ’93–96. B. 306. DELG s.v. θεράπων. M-M. EDNT. TRE XIV 763–68. TW.

ποιμαίνω (ποιμήν) fut. ποιμανῶ; 1 aor. ἐποίμανα Ps 77:72, impv. 2 pl. ποιμάνατε 1 Pt 5:2; fut. pass. 2 sg. ποιμανθήσῃ Ps 36:3 (Hom.+) ‘to herd, act as a shepherd’.

① to serve as tender of sheep, herd, tend, (lead to) pasture (Did., Gen. 60, 12), w. acc. (Jos., Ant. 2, 264) π. ποίμνην tend a flock 1 Cor 9:7. Abs. (Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 13 Jac.; Jos., Ant. 1, 309) δοῦλος ποιμαίνων a slave tending sheep Lk 17:7.—Dalman (as cited under ἀμφιβάλλω).

② to watch out for other people, to shepherd, of activity that protects, rules, governs, fosters, fig. ext. of 1:

ⓐ in the sense of lead, guide, or rule (Eur., Fgm. 744 TGF στρατόν; Ps.-Lucian, Amor. 54 τ. ἀμαθεῖς).

α. w. imagistic detail prominently in mind: of the direction of a congregation ποιμαίνειν τὸ ποίμνιον τοῦ θεοῦ tend God’s flock 1 Pt 5:2 (PsSol 17:40 ποιμαίνων τὸ ποίμνιον κυρίου ἐν πίστει κ. δικαιοσύνῃ). ποίμαινε τὰ πρόβατά μου J 21:16.

β. w. imagistic detail retreating into the background (cp. 1 Ch 11:2; Mi 7:14; Jer 23:2): of the administration of a congregation ποιμ. τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ Ac 20:28.—Of the Messiah ποιμανεῖ τὸν λαόν μου Ἰσραήλ (cp. 2 Km 5:2; 7:7.—Himerius, Or. 39 [=Or. 5], 8 Ἀττικὴ Μοῦσα ποιμαίνει τὴν πόλιν, i.e. Thessalonica) Mt 2:6. Of death: θάνατος ποιμανεῖ αὐτούς 1 Cl 51:4 (Ps 48:15). The latter pass. forms a transition to several others in which

γ. the activity as ‘shepherd’ has destructive results (cp. Jer 22:22 and s. ELohmeyer, Hdb. on Rv 2:27) ποιμανεῖ αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ (after Ps 2:9) Rv 2:27; 12:5; 19:15 (cp. Heraclitus Fgm. 11 πᾶν ἑρπετὸν πληγῇ νέμεται=everything that creeps is shepherded by a blow [from God]. Pla., Critias 109b alludes to this).

ⓑ protect, care for, nurture (Aeschyl., Eumen. 91 ἱκέτην; Pla., Lys. 209a τὸ σῶμα) αὐτούς Rv 7:17 (cp. Ps 22:1; Ezk 34:23). π. ἑαυτόν look after oneself i.e. care for oneself alone (cp. Ezk 34:2) Jd 12.—B. 146. DELG s.v. ποιμήν. M-M. TW.

ἁμαρτία, ίας, ἡ (w. mngs. ranging fr. involuntary mistake/ error to serious offenses against a deity: Aeschyl., Antiphon, Democr.+; ins fr. Cyzicus JHS 27, 1907, p. 63 [III B.C.] ἁμαρτίαν μετανόει; PLips 119 recto, 3; POxy 1119, 11; LXX; En, TestSol, TestAbr, TestJob, Test12Patr; JosAs 12:14; ParJer, ApcEsdr, ApcSed, ApcMos; EpArist 192; Philo; Jos., Ant. 13, 69 al.; Ar. [Milne 76, 42]; Just., A I, 61, 6; 10; 66, 1, D. 13, 1 al.; Tat. 14, 1f; 20, 1; Mel., P. 50, 359; 55, 400; s. ClR 24, 1910, 88; 234; 25, 1911, 195–97).

① a departure fr. either human or divine standards of uprightness

ⓐ sin (w. context ordinarily suggesting the level of heinousness), the action itself (ἁμάρτησις s. prec.), as well as its result (ἁμάρτημα), πᾶσα ἀδικία ἁ. ἐστίν 1J 5:17 (cp. Eur., Or. 649; Gen 50:17). ἁ. w. ἀνομήματα Hv 1, 3, 1; descr. as ἀνομία (cp. Ps 58:3; TestJob 43:17) 1J 3:4; but one who loves is far from sin Pol 3:3, cp. Js 5:20; 1 Pt 4:8, 1 Cl 49:5; Agr 13. ἀναπληρῶσαι τὰς ἁ. fill up the measure of sins (Gen 15:16) 1 Th 2:16. κοινωνεῖν ἁ. ἀλλοτρίαις 1 Ti 5:22. ποιεῖν ἁ. commit a sin (Tob 12:10; 14:7S; Dt 9:21) 2 Cor 11:7; 1 Pt 2:22; Js 5:15; 1J 3:4, 8. For this ἁμαρτάνειν ἁ. (Ex 32:30; La 1:8) 1J 5:16; ἐργάζεσθαι ἁ. Js 2:9; Hm 4, 1, 2 (LXX oft. ἐργάζ. ἀδικίαν or ἀνομίαν). μεγάλην ἁ. ἐργάζεσθαι commit a great sin m 4, 1, 1; 8:2. Pl. (cp. Pla., Ep. 7, 335a τὰ μεγάλα ἁμαρτήματα κ. ἀδικήματα) Hs 7:2. ἐπιφέρειν ἁ. τινί Hv 1, 2, 4. ἑαυτῷ ἁ. ἐπιφέρειν bring sin upon oneself m 11:4; for this ἁ. ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινι m 4, 1, 8 (cp. Is 5:18). προστιθέναι ταῖς ἁ. add to one’s sins (cp. προσέθηκεν ἁμαρτίας ἐφʼ ἁμαρτίας PsSol 3:10) Hv 5:7; m 4, 3, 7; Hs 6, 2, 3; 8, 11, 3; φέρειν ἁ. 1 Cl 16:4 (Is 53:4). ἀναφέρειν vs. 14 (Is 53:12). γέμειν ἁμαρτιῶν B 11:11. εἶναι ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις 1 Cor 15:17 (cp. Alex. Aphr., Eth. Probl. 9 II 2 p. 129, 13 ἐν ἁμαρτήμασιν εἶναι).—Sin viewed from the perspective of God’s or Christ’s response: ἀφιέναι τὰς ἁ. let go = forgive sins (Lev 4:20 al.) Mt 9:2, 5f; Mk 2:5, 7, 9f; Lk 5:20ff; Hv 2, 2, 4; 1 Cl 50:5; 53:5 (Ex 32:32) al. (ἀφίημι 2); hence ἄφεσις (τῶν) ἁμαρτιῶν (Iren. 1, 21, 2 [Harv. I 182, 4]) forgiveness of sins Mt 26:28; Mk 1:4; Lk 1:77; 3:3; 24:47; Ac 2:38; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; Hm 4, 3, 2; B 5:1; 6:11; 8:3; 11:1; 16:8. διδόναι ἄφεσιν ἁ. AcPl Ha 2, 30; λαβεῖν ἄφεσιν ἁ. receive forgiveness of sins Ac 26:18 (Just., D. 54 al); καθαρίζειν τὰς ἁ. cleanse the sins (thought of as a stain) Hs 5, 6, 3; καθαρίζειν ἀπὸ ἁ. 1 Cl 18:3 (Ps 50:4; cp. Sir 23:10; PsSol 10:1); also καθαρισμὸν ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἁ. Hb 1:3; ἀπολούεσθαι τὰς ἁ. Ac 22:16 ([w. βαπτίζειν] Just., D. 13, 1 al.). λύτρον ἁ. ransom for sins B 19:10.—αἴρειν J 1:29; περιελεῖν ἁ. Hb 10:11; ἀφαιρεῖν (Ex 34:9; Is 27; 9) vs. 4; Hs 9, 28, 3; ῥυσθῆναι ἀπὸ ἁ. 1 Cl 60:3; ἀπὸ τῶν ἁ. ἀποσπασθῆναι AcPlCor 2:9. Sin as a burden αἱ ἁ. κατεβάρησαν Hs 9, 28, 6; as a disease ἰᾶσθαι Hs 9, 28, 5 (cp. Dt 30:3); s. also the verbs in question.—Looked upon as an entry in a ledger; hence ἐξαλείφεται ἡ ἁ. wiped away, cancelled (Ps 108:14; Jer 18:23; Is 43:25) Ac 3:19.—Opp. στῆσαι τὴν ἁ. 7:60; λογίζεσθαι ἁ. take account of sin (as a debt; cp. the commercial metaphor Ro 4:6 and s. FDanker, Gingrich Festschr. 104, n. 2) Ro 4:8 (Ps 31:2); 1 Cl 60:2 (Just., D. 141, 3). Pass. ἁ. οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται is not entered in the account Ro 5:13 (GFriedrich, TLZ 77, ’52, 523–28). Of sinners ὀφειλέτης ἁ. Pol 6:1 (cp. SIG 1042, 14–16 [II A.D.] ὸ̔ς ἂν δὲ πολυπραγμονήσῃ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ περιεργάσηται, ἁμαρτίαν ὀφιλέτω Μηνὶ Τυράννωι, ἣν οὐ μὴ δύνηται ἐξειλάσασθαι).—γινώσκειν ἁ. (cp. Num 32:23) Ro 7:7; Hm 4, 1, 5. ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας Ro 3:20; ὁμολογεῖν τὰς ἁ. 1J 1:9; ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἐπὶ ταῖς ἁ. B 19:12; ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τὰς ἁ. Mt 3:6; Mk 1:5; Hv 3, 1, 5f; Hs 9, 23, 4; ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἀλλήλοις τὰς ἁ. confess your sins to each other Js 5:16.—ἐλέγχειν τινὰ περὶ ἁ. convict someone of sin J 8:46; cp. ἵνα σου τὰς ἁ. ἐλέγξω πρὸς τὸν κύριον that I might reveal your sins before the Lord Hv 1, 1, 5.—σεσωρευμένος ἁμαρτίαις loaded down w. sins 2 Ti 3:6; cp. ἐπισωρεύειν ταῖς ἁ. B 4:6; ἔνοχος τῆς ἁ. involved in the sin Hm 2:2; 4, 1, 5. μέτοχος τῆς ἁ. m 4, 1, 9.—In Hb sin is atoned for (ἱλάσκεσθαι τὰς ἁ. 2:17) by sacrifices θυσίαι ὑπὲρ ἁ. 5:1 (cp. 1 Cl 41:2). προσφορὰ περὶ ἁ. sin-offering 10:18; also simply περὶ ἁ. (Lev 5:11; 7:37) vss. 6, 8 (both Ps 39:7; cp. 1 Pt 3:18); προσφέρειν περὶ ἁ. bring a sin-offering Hb 5:3; cp. 10:12; 13:11. Christ has made the perfect sacrifice for sin 9:23ff; συνείδησις ἁ. consciousness of sin 10:2; ἀνάμνησις ἁ. a reminder of sins of the feast of atonement vs. 3.

ⓑ special sins (ἁ. τῆς ἀποστασίας Iren. 5, 26, 2 [Harv. II 397, 4]): πρὸς θάνατον that leads to death 1J 5:16b (ἁμαρτάνω e); opp. οὐ πρὸς θάνατον vs. 17. μεγάλη ἁ. a great sin Hv 1, 1, 8 al. (Gen 20:9; Ex 32:30 al.; cp. Schol. on Pla., Tht. 189d ἁμαρτήματα μεγάλα). μείζων ἁ. m 11:4; ἥττων 1 Cl 47:4. μεγάλη κ. ἀνίατος Hm 5, 2, 4; τέλειαι ἁ. Hv 1, 2, 1; B 8:1, cp. τὸ τέλειον τῶν ἁ. 5:11 (Philo, Mos. 1, 96 κατὰ τῶν τέλεια ἡμαρτηκότων); ἡ προτέρα ἁ. (Arrian, Anab. 7, 23, 8 εἴ τι πρότερον ἡμάρτηκας) sin committed before baptism Hm 4, 1, 11; 4, 3, 3; Hs 8, 11, 3; cp. v 2, 1, 2.

② a state of being sinful, sinfulness, a prominent feature in Johannine thought, and opposed to ἀλήθεια; hence ἁ. ἔχειν J 9:41; 15:24; 1J 1:8. μείζονα ἁ. ἔχειν J 19:11; ἁ. μένει 9:41. γεννᾶσθαι ἐν ἁμαρτίαις be born in sin 9:34 (ἐν ἁμαρτίᾳ v.l).; opp. ἐν ἁ. ἀποθανεῖν die in sin 8:21, 24; AcPl Ha 1, 16. ἁ. ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν 1J 3:5.

③ a destructive evil power, sin

ⓐ Paul thinks of sin almost in pers. terms (cp. Sir 27:10; Mel., P. 50, 359; PGM 4, 1448 w. other divinities of the nether world, also Ἁμαρτίαι χθόνιαι; Dibelius, Geisterwelt 119ff) as a ruling power that invades the world. Sin came into the world Ro 5:12 (JFreundorfer, Erbsünde u. Erbtod b. Ap. Pls 1927; ELohmeyer, ZNW 29, 1930, 1–59; JSchnitzer, D. Erbsünde im Lichte d. Religionsgesch. ’31; ROtto, Sünde u. Urschuld ’32; FDanker, Ro 5:12: Sin under Law: NTS 14, ’67/68, 424–39), reigns there vs. 21; 6:14; everything was subject to it Gal 3:22; people serve it Ro 6:6; are its slaves vss. 17, 20; are sold into its service 7:14 or set free from it 6:22; it has its law 7:23; 8:2; it revives (ἀνέζησεν) Ro 7:9 or is dead vs. 8; it pays its wages, viz., death 6:23, cp. 5:12 (see lit. s.v. ἐπί 6c). As a pers. principle it dwells in humans Ro 7:17, 20, viz., in the flesh (s. σάρξ 2cα) 8:3; cp. vs. 2; 7:25. The earthly body is hence a σῶμα τῆς ἁ. 6:6 (Col 2:11 v.l.).—As abstr. for concr. τὸν μὴ γνόντα ἁ. ὑπέρ ἡμῶν ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησεν (God) made him, who never sinned, to be sin (i.e. the guilty one) for our sakes 2 Cor 5:21.

ⓑ In Hb (as in OT) sin appears as the power that deceives humanity and leads it to destruction, whose influence and activity can be ended only by sacrifices (s. 1a end): ἀπάτη τῆς ἁ. Hb 3:13.—On the whole word s. ἁμαρτάνω, end. GMoore, Judaism I 445–52; ABüchler, Studies in Sin and Atonement in the Rabb. Lit. of the I Cent. 1928; WKnuth, D. Begriff der Sünde b. Philon v. Alex., diss. Jena ’34; EThomas, The Problem of Sin in the NT 1927; Dodd 76–81; DDaube, Sin, Ignorance and Forgiveness in the Bible, ’61; AGelin and ADescamps, Sin in the Bible, ’65.—On the special question ‘The Christian and Sin’ see PWernle 1897; HWindisch 1908; EHedström 1911; RBultmann, ZNW 23, 1924, 123–40; Windisch, ibid. 265–81; RSchulz, D. Frage nach der Selbsttätigkt. d. Menschen im sittl. Leben b. Pls., diss. Hdlb. ’40.—JAddison, ATR 33, ’51, 137–48; KKuhn, πειρασμός ἁμαρτία σάρξ im NT: ZTK 49, ’52, 200–222; JBremer, Hamartia ’69 (Gk. views).—B. 1182. EDNT. DELG s.v. ἁμαρτάνω. M-M. TW.

ἐπικουρία, ας, ἡ (ἐπικουρέω ‘serve as ally, aid’; Trag., Hdt. et al.; Diod S 1, 90, 2; Appian, Syr. 37 §192 θεῶν ἐ.; SIG 1015, 24 [III B.C.]; PFlor 382, 40; Wsd 13:18; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 298 τοῦ θεοῦ; Jos., Ant. 1, 281 ἡ ἐμὴ [=θεοῦ] ἐ.; 20, 56.) help ἐπικουρίας τυχὼν τῆς ἀπὸ θεοῦ I have had help fr. God Ac 26:22 (Jos., Ant. 2, 94 ἐπικουρίας τυγχάνειν); in Il 5, 514 the verb ἐπικουρέω refers to service as an ally (cp. Isocr. 4, 168), and it is prob. that our passage refers to God as coming to the rescue with auxiliary aid (for other reff. s. L-S-J-M s.v. ἐπικουρέω and cognates).—B. 1354, the verb. New Docs 3, 67f. DELG s.v. ἐπίκουρος. M-M.

ἐχθρός, ά, όν (s. prec. entry; Hom.+) ‘hostile’

① pert. to being subjected to hostility, hated, pass. (Hom.; θεοῖς ἐ. since Hes., Theog. 766, also Pla., Rep. 1, 23, 352b; Epict. 3, 22, 91; Ael. Aristid. 28, 15 K.=49 p. 495 D.; Alciphron 3, 12, 5; Athen. 6, 225c; Achilles Tat. 7, 6, 3, likew. X., Cyr. 5, 4, 35 καὶ θεοῖς ἐ. καὶ ἀνθρώποις.—Philo, Spec. Leg. 3, 88 πᾶς ἐ. θεῷ) Ro 11:28, where the pass. sense becomes at least quite probable because of the contrast w. ἀγαπητός, otherwise the passage belongs in 2bα.

② pert. to being hostile, hating, hostile, act. (Pind., Hdt. et al.; LXX)

ⓐ adj. (X., An. 1, 3, 12; 20; PGM 36, 144; Sir 36:9; Jos., Ant. 11, 27; Just., D. 93, 2 ἐν συνειδήσεσιν ἐ.; Mel., P. 16, 110 al.) ἐ. ἄνθρωπος (Horapollo 2, 35) Mt 13:28. The position of ἐ. before ἄ. (difft. Esth 7:6) suggests that ἐ. is an adj. here, giving the sense hostile person; but ἄ. by itself could also serve to emphasize indefiniteness: some enemy = any enemy at all (s. EKlostermann, Hdb. ad loc.). Then this example would also belong to b.

ⓑ subst. (Hes., Pind.; PEdg 14 [=Sb 6720], 18 [257/256 B.C.]; LXX, En 103:12; Test12Patr, EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; SibOr 3, 727) ὁ ἐ. the (personal) enemy.

α. abs. 2 Cl 6:3. Enemies of humans (PsSol 17:13; Ar. 15:5; Just., A I, 68, 1 al; Mel., P. 24, 175 al.) Lk 1:74; 2 Th 3:15; D 1:3b; B 16:4; 2 Cl 13:4. Enemies of God or Christ (Just., A I, 51, 1) Ro 5:10; 11:28 (but s. 1 above); 1 Cor 15:25; Col 1:21; 1 Cl 36:6. Death as the last enemy 1 Cor 15:26. The devil as enemy (cp. TestSol 1:2 D; TestJob 47:10; TestDan 6:3f; JosAs 12:8; GrBar 13:2; ApcMos 2:7 al. Mel., P. 102, 783) Lk 10:19; cp. Mt 13:39.

β. w. gen. of the pers. who is the obj. of the enmity: people Mt 5:43f; Lk 6:27, 35 (cp. Ox 1224 Fgm. 2 recto I, 2; Delph. commands: SIG 1286 I, 15; 16 [III B.C.] φίλοις εὐνόει, ἐχθροὺς ἀμύνου; Sextus 213 εὔχου τοὺς ἐχθροὺς εὐεργετεῖν; Pittacus in Diog. L. 1, 78 φίλον μὴ λέγειν κακῶς, ἀλλὰ μηδὲ ἐχθρόν; Epict. 3, 22, 54 as a principle of the Cynic philosopher: δερόμενον φιλεῖν [δεῖ] αὐτοὺς τοὺς δέροντας … ὡς ἀδελφόν ‘while enduring a flogging he must think as a brother and love his very floggers’; Vi. Aesop. G 110 P.; Hierocles 7 p. 430 οὐδεὶς ἐχθρὸς τῷ σπουδαίῳ … μισεῖ οὐδένα ἄνθρωπον … φιλία πρὸς πάντας ἀνθρώπους.—HHaas, Idee u. Ideal d. Feindesliebe in d. ausserchr. Welt 1927; MWaldmann, D. Feindesliebe in d. ant. Welt u. im Christent. 1902; TBirt. Chr. Welt 29, 1915, 475–83; FKattenbusch, StKr 89, 1916, 1–70; PFiebig, ibid. 91, 1918, 30–64; 305f; JYates, Theology 44, ’42, 48–51; Betz, SM 301–13); Mt 10:36; 13:25; Lk 1:71; 19:27; Ro 12:20 (Pr 25:21); Gal 4:16; Rv 11:5, 12; GJs 6:3. God or Christ as the object of enmity Mt 22:44; Mk 12:36; Lk 20:43; Ac 2:35; Hb 1:13; 10:13; B 12:10; 1 Cl 36:5 (all Ps 109:1). ἐχθρὸς τ. θεοῦ Js 4:4 (cp. Aeschyl., Prom. 120 ὁ Διὸς ἐ.; Just. D. 93, 4 ὡς ἐ. θεοῦ).

γ. w. gen. of that which is the obj. of the enmity (Demosth. 45, 66; Philo, Conf. Lingu. 48 ἀληθείας ἐ., Somn. 2, 90 λογισμοῦ; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 291 ἀδικίας) ἐ. πάσης δικαιοσύνης enemy of all righteousness Ac 13:10. ἐ. τοῦ σταυροῦ τ. Χριστοῦ Phil 3:18 (OLinton, ConNeot 4, ’36, 9–21).—B. 1345. Schmidt, Syn. III 496–506. EDNT. M-M. TW.

ὑπηρετέω fut. 3 sg. ὑπηρετήσει Sir 39:4; aor. ὑπηρέτησα (cp. ὑπηρεσία; Trag., Hdt.+; ins, pap, Wsd; Sir 39:4; TestAbr, TestJob; TestJos 14:3; JosAs 17:4; EpArist, Philo, Joseph., Just., Tat.; Ath. 37, 2) to render service, serve, be helpful w. dat. of pers. (Hyperid. 3, 39; PSI 502, 30 [257 B.C.]; JosAs 17:4; Just., A I, 17, 3) Ac 24:23; Hm 8:10; Hs 9, 10, 2. Δαυὶδ ὑπηρετήσας τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ βουλῇ Ac 13:36 (Just., D, 125, 3; of obedience to God Aristaen., Ep. 1, 17 p. 148 H. ὑπ. θεῷ).—B 1:5. ἐν λόγῳ θεοῦ ὑπηρετεῖ μοι he is of service to me in the word of God IPhld 11:1. ὑπ. τί τινι offer someth. (in helpfulness) to someone (Epict. 4, 1, 37; Polyaenus 7, 23, 2; Lucian, Tim. 22; Jos., Ant. 14, 99) Dg 11:1. W. dat. of thing (PRev 22, 1 [258 B.C.]) ταῖς χρείαις μου Ac 20:34 (cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 225; TestJob 11:1 τῇ διακονία; Just., D. 42, 3; Tat. 17, 3; on the motif s. JLambrecht, Paul’s Farewell-Address at Miletus [ Acts 20: 17–38]: Les Actes des Apôtres, ed. JKremer ’78, 321 and 336). S. ὑπηρέτης.—DELG s.v. ὑπηρέτης. M-M. TW.

V 1-0-0-0-1=2 Ex 2,7; Bar 4,8

to serve as a wet nurse, to nurse Ex 2,7; id. [τινα] (metaph. of God) Bar 4,8; neol.

θεο-κόλος, ὁ,

A = θεηκόλος, servant of a god, priest, SIG684.1 (Dyme, ii B.C.), 1021.3 (Olympia, i B.C.):—hence [suff] θεο-κολέω, serve as a priest,

θ. Ἀσκλαπιῷ IG9(1).1066

([place name] Amphissa):—also [suff] θεο-κολεύω, ib.417 (Aetol.):

κεῖμαι impf. 3 sg. ἔκειτο; fut. 3 pl. κείσονται (Tat. 31, 1) (Hom.+)

① to be in a recumbent position, lie, recline; can serve as passive of τίθημι, of pers.: w. indication of place ἔν τινι in someth., of a child ἐν φάτνῃ Lk 2:12, 16; of a dead person (Hom. et al.; also in Palest. [PhilolWoch 49, 1929, 247] and Alexandrian [Sb 1397] grave ins; PRyl 114, 17 τοῦ σώματος κειμένου) w. οὗ or ὅπου (ApcMos 33; PGM 4, 2038) Mt 28:6; Lk 23:53; J 20:12.

② to be in a place so as to be on someth., lie, of things ἐπί τι on someth. 2 Cor 3:15. Also ἐπάνω τινός (TestAbr A 12 p. 91, 1 [Stone p. 30] ἐπάνω τῆς πραπέζης) Mt 5:14 (κ. of location of a place since Hdt., Thu.; SIG 685, 46 [139 B.C.]; Tob 5:6 S ἐν τῷ ὄρει; Jos., Ant. 9, 7).—Abs. (as Hom. et al.; Josh 4:6) of a throne, a bench stand (Hdt. 1, 181, 5 κλίνη κ.; Arrian, Anab. 6, 29, 6 τράπεζα κ.; Chariton 5, 4, 5; Polyaenus 4, 3, 24 and Paus. 2, 31, 3 θρόνος κ.) Rv 4:2; Hv 3, 1, 4. Of cloths lie (there) Lk 24:12 v.l.; J 20:5, 6, 7.—21:9. Of vessels stand (there) (X., Oec. 8, 19; Paus. 9, 31, 3 τρίποδες; cp. 1 Esdr 6:25; Jer 24:1) 2:6; 19:29. σκάφην GJs 18:2 (codd.). Of goods be laid up, be stored up Lk 12:19 (Hom. et al.; cp. PSI 365, 20 [251/250 B.C.] ὁ σῖτος ἐπὶ τῆς ἅλω κείμενος).—Of a foundation be laid 1 Cor 3:11. ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται is laid out as a square Rv 21:16. κ. πρός τι be laid at someth. the ax at the roots (ready for felling of the tree) Mt 3:10; Lk 3:9. κ. πρός w. acc. also means be very close to someone in ὁ ἄγγελος τ. πνεύματος τοῦ προφητικοῦ ὁ κείμενος πρὸς αὐτόν (i.e. τ. ἄνθρωπον) Hm 11:9 (Ox 5 recto, 3 reads: ἐπʼ αὐτῷ).

③ In a variety of transferred senses involving esp. abstractions to exist, have place, or be there (for someth.)

ⓐ be appointed, set, destined εἴς τι for someth. εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν for the fall and rising Lk 2:34. εἰς ἀπολογίαν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Phil 1:16. εἰς τοῦτο 1 Th 3:3.—κ. ἐπί τινος be put in charge of someth. of the angel of punishment ἐπὶ τῆς τιμωρίας in charge of the punishment Hs 6, 3, 2.

ⓑ be given, exist, be valid of legal matters (legal t.t. since Eur.; Thu. et al.; s. also BGU 1002, 14 [55 B.C.] πᾶσαι αἱ κατʼ αὐτῶν κείμεναι συνγραφαί; PTebt 334, 7 of a marriage contract κατὰ τ. κειμένην ἡμῖν συνγραφήν; 2 Macc 4:11; κειμένου νόμου Just., D. 123, 1) τινί for someone of law (Menand., PDidot I, 14 p. 329 S. ἔστʼ ἀνδρὶ κ. γυναικὶ κείμενος νόμος; Dio Chrys. 64 [14], 13; OGI 111, 30 [II B.C.] ὁ κείμενος νόμος; pap; EpArist 15; Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 18 νόμος κεῖται; Jos., Ant. 4, 182 ὑμῖν κεῖται=are there for you) 1 Ti 1:9. Of powers κ. ἐπί τινι exist for someth., relate or apply to someth. Hm 6, 1, 1.

ⓒ occur, appear, be found (Hellanicus [V B.C.] 4 Fgm. 93 Jac. αὕτη [i.e. Πιτάνη] παρʼ Ἀλκαίῳ κεῖται=is found in Alcaeus) ἐν παραβολαῖς B 17:2. διὰ τί ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς δούλου τρόπον κεῖται ἐν τῇ παραβολῇ; why does the Son of God appear in the parable as a slave? Hs 5, 5, 5; cp. 5, 6, 1.

ⓓ find oneself, be, in a certain state or condition (Hdt. 8, 102 al.; Menand., Fgm. 576, 2 Kö. τὴν ἐν ἑτέρῳ κειμένην ἁμαρτίαν; PTebt 27 I, 7 [113 B.C.] ἐν περιστάσει κειμένων; 2 Macc 3:11; 4:31, 34; 3 Macc 5:26) ὁ κόσμος ἐν τῷ πονηρῷ κ. the world lies in (the power of) the evil one 1J 5:19 (also probable is the mng. κ. ἔν τινι be dependent on someone [Soph., Oed. R. 247f; Polyb. 6, 15, 6]).—B. 834. DELG. M-M. TW.

προφητεύω (προφήτης) impf. ἐπροφήτευον; fut. προφητεύσω; 1 aor. ἐπροφήτευσα (also προεφήτ. [1 Km 18:10; Just.] v.l.; on the augment s. B-D-F §69, 4; W-S. §12, 6; Mlt-H. 192). Pass.: aor. 3 sg. προεφητεύθη; pf. 3 sg. πεπροφήτευται; plpf. 3 sg. ἐπεπροφήτευτο (all Just.) (Pind., Hdt.+; Diod S 17, 51, 1; Ps.-Aristot., De Mundo 1, 391a, 16 ἡ ψυχὴ θείῳ ψυχῆς ὄμματι τὰ θεῖα καταλαβοῦσα τοῖς τε ἀνθρώποις προφητεύουσα=the soul comprehending divine things with its divine eye and interpreting them to humans; Plut., Mor. 412b; Lucian, VH 2, 33; Herodian 5, 5, 10; OGI 473, 2; 530, 9; Gnomon [= BGU V] 93; LXX; pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., Just. Prim.: ‘to serve as interpreter of divine will or purpose’; futurity may or may not be indicated)

① to proclaim an inspired revelation, prophesy abs. (Diod S 17, 51, 1; Jos., Ant. 5, 348) οὐ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι ἐπροφητεύσαμεν; Mt 7:22 (s. Jer 34:15).—Ac 2:17f (Jo 3:1); 19:6; 21:9; 1 Cor 11:4f (w. προσεύχεσθαι); 13:9; 14:1, 3–5, 24, 31, 39; Rv 11:3; B 16:9; Hm 11:12. Of sayings fr. scripture B 9:2; Hv 2, 3, 4 (the quot. here fr. the book of Eldad and Modat has no bearing on the future; naturally that does not exclude the possibility that these ‘prophets’ practiced their art in the sense of mng. 3 below).

② to tell about someth. that is hidden from view, tell, reveal, of the scornful challenge to Jesus that reduces inspired activity to clairvoyance προφήτευσον ἡμῖν, Χριστέ, τίς ἐστιν ὁ παίσας σε; Mt 26:68; cp. Mk 14:65; Lk 22:64 (cp. the mocking of Eunus the soothsayer in Diod S 34/35, 2, 46 [GRudberg, ZNW 24, 1925, 307–9] and WCvanUnnik, ZNW 29, ’30, 310f; PBenoit, OCullmann Festschr., ’62, 92–110).

③ to foretell someth. that lies in the future, foretell, prophesy (SibOr 3, 163; 699 al.; Iren. 1, 13, 3 [Harv I 118, 15]; Orig., C. Cels. 6, 47, 11. τὸ π. καὶ προλέγειν τὰ ἐσόμενα Hippol., Ref. 9, 27, 3), of prophets and people of God in times past: Mt 11:13. πρ. περί τινος prophesy about someone or someth. (2 Ch 18:7; AscIs 2:14) Mt 15:7; Mk 7:6; 1 Pt 1:10. πρ. εἴς τινα prophesy with reference to someone B 5:6. Also πρ. ἐπί τινι 5:13. Foll. by direct discourse 12:10. ἐπροφήτευσεν λέγων, foll. by dir. disc. Lk 1:67 (John the Baptist’s father); also τινί to someone Jd 14 (Enoch). W. ὅτι foll.: of the high priest (s. Jos., Bell. 1, 68f=Ant. 13, 299f; s. also 282f; CHDodd, OCullmann Festschr., ’62, 134–43.—According to Diod S 40, 3, 5; 6 Ἰουδαῖοι considered the ἀρχιερεύς to be an ἄγγελος τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ προσταγμάτων. Whatever is revealed to him he communicates to the people in their assemblies [κατὰ τὰς ἐκκλησίας]) J 11:51 (cp. ref. to Elijah περὶ Ὀχοζείου ὅτι AscIs 2:14). Of the writer of Rv πρ. ἐπὶ λαοῖς Rv 10:11. Of Christian bogus seers Hm 11:13 (s. 11:2 on their identity: they speak with people who ask them τί ἄρα ἔσται αὐτοῖς).—DELG s.v. φημί II A. M-M. TW.