work at a trade

ἐργάζομαι, Il.18.469, etc., Cret. [full] ϝεργάδδομαι Schwyzer181v5: [tense] fut.

A

- άσομαι Thgn.1116

, etc., [dialect] Dor.

ἐργαξοῦμαι Theoc.10.23

,

ἐργῶμαι PCair.Zen.107.4

(iii B. C.), LXX Ge.29.27, al., IG7.3073.12 (Lebad., ii B. C. ) (but Hsch. ἐργᾷ· ἐργάζει): [tense] aor. εἰργασάμην, [dialect] Ion.

ἐργ- Hdt.2.115

, A.Th. 845 (lyr.), etc., [ per.] 3pl. opt.

ἐργασαίατο Ar.Av. 1147

, Lys.42 ; [dialect] Dor.

ἠργάξαντο SIG248

M (Delph., iv B. C.): [tense] pf. εἴργασμαι, [dialect] Ion.

ἔργ- Hdt.2.121

.έ, A.Fr. 311, etc.—These tenses are used both in [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass. signfs.: for other [voice] Pass. tenses, v. infr. 111:—[dialect] Att. Inscrr. of cent. iv have ἠργαζόμην, ἠργασάμην, ([etym.] ἐξ-) IG22.1585.11, 1669.10, al., but εἴργασμαι ib.1666 A27 ; so also ἠργάσατο ib.7.424 (Oropus, iv B. C.), εἰργασμένος ib.3073.51 (Lebad., ii B. C.),

ἐξήργασατο UPZ19.8

(ii B. C.),

εἴργασμαι PCair.Zen.146.3

(iii B. C.); but this rule is often broken in later Pap., Inscrr., and codd.:—work, labour, esp. of husbandry, Hes.Op. 299, 309, Th.2.72, etc.; but also of all manual labour, of slaves,

ἐ. ἀνάγκῃ Od.14.272

; of quarrymen, Hdt.2.124, etc.;

τὴν οὐσίαν οὐ δικαζόμενον ἀλλ' ἐργαζόμενον κεκτημένον Antipho 2.2.12

; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις in the mines, D.42.31 : c. dat. instr., χαλκῷ with brass, Hes.Op. 151 ; also of animals,

βοῦς ἐργάτης ἐργάζεται S. Fr. 563

; of birds working to get food, Arist.HA 616b35 ; of bees, ib. 625b22 ; of Hephaestus' self-acting bellows, Il.18.469 ; τὸ χρῆμ' ἐργάζεται the matter works, i.e. goes on, Ar.Ec. 148 ;

ὁ ἀὴρ ἐργάζεται

produces an effect,

Thphr.CP5.12.7

; οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐργάσεται τὸ θερμόν ib.6.18.11.

II trans., work at, make, ἔργα κλυτά, of Athena, Od. 20.72, cf. 22.422 ; ἀγάλματα, ὕμνους, Pi.N.5.1,I.2.46 ; τρίποδα, Νίκην, SIG34 (Delph., v B. C.);

ἁμαξίδας Ar.Nu. 880

;

οἰκοδόμημα Th.2.76

; εἰκόνας, ἀνδριάντας, καλὰ ἔργα, Pl.Cra. 431c, X.Mem.2.6.6, Pl.Men. 91d ; κηρόν, σχαδόνας, of bees, Arist.HA 627a6,30 ;

μέλι Sor.Vit. Hippocr.11

; make so and so,

ξηρὸν ἐ. τινά Luc.DMar.11.2

;

μέγαν Ael.VH3.1

.

2 do, perform,

ἔργα ἀεικέα Il.24.733

; ἔργον ἐπ' ἔργῳ ἐ., of husbandmen, Hes.Op. 382, cf. 397 ;

ἐργασίας ἐ. Arist.EN 1121b33

, cf. X.Oec.7.20 ; ἐναίσιμα, φίλα ἐ., Od.17.321, 24.210 ;

θαυμαστά Pl.Smp. 213d

;

περὶ θεοὺς ἄδικον μηδέν Id.Grg. 522d

; ἐ. πρᾶγμα, opp. βουλεύειν, S.Ant. 267, cf. OT 347 ;

τὸ ἔργον Κυρίου 1 Ep.Cor.16.10

: c. dupl. acc., do something to..,

τά περ νῦν ἐ. [ὁ ἥλιος] τὸν Νεῖλον Hdt.2.26

, etc.; chiefly in bad sense, do one ill, do one a shrewd turn,

κακὰ ἐργάζεσθαί τινα S.Ph. 786

, Th.1.137, etc.; so οἷά μ' εἰργάσω, τί μ' ἐργάσει; S.Ph. 928, 1172 (lyr.), etc.;

μὴ δῆτα τοῦτό μ' ἐργάσῃ Id.El. 1206

;

αἴσχιστα ἐ. τινά Ar.V. 787

; less freq.,

ἀγαθὰ ἐ. τινά Hdt.8.79

, cf. Th.3.52, Pl.Cri. 53a ;

πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα Id.Phdr. 244b

; seldom

τινί τι Ar.V. 1350

;

οἷν ἐμοὶ δυοῖν ἔργ' ἐστὶ κρείσσον' ἀγχόνης εἰργασμένα S.OT 1374

.

b perform rites,

τὰ ἱερὰ ἐ. 1 Ep.Cor.9.13

.

c in Law, ζημίαν ἐ. do damage, Is.6.20, cf. Hyp.Ath.22.

3 work a material,

ὅπλα..οἷσίν τε χρυσὸν ἐργάζετο Od.3.435

; ἐ. γῆν till the land, Hdt.1.17, etc.;

ἐ. [ἀγροὺς] ἐργάταις X.Cyr.1.6.11

;

γῆν καὶ ξύλα καὶ λίθους Id.HG3.3.7

; [ ἀργυρῖτιν] Docum. ap. D.37.28 ; ἐ. θάλασσαν, of traders, D.H.3.46 ; γλαυκὴν ἐ., of fishers, Hes.Th. 440.

4 earn by working,

χρήματα Hdt.1.24

, Ar.Eq. 840, etc.;

καινὸν βίον ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου And.1.144

, cf. Hes.Op.43 ;

ἀργύριον ἀπὸ σοφίας Pl.Hp.Ma. 282d

;

μισθοῦ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια X.Mem.2.8.2

.

5 work at, practise, μουσικήν, τέχνας, etc., Pl.Phd. 60e, R. 374a, etc.;

ἐπιστήμας X.Oec.1.7

; ἀρετὴν καὶ σωφροσύνην v.l. in Isoc.13.6 ; δικαιοσύνην, ἀνομίαν, Act.Ap.10.35, Ev.Matt.7.23.

6 abs., work at a trade or business, traffic, trade,

ἐν [γναφείῳ] Lys.23.2

;

ἐν ἐμπορίῳ καὶ χρήμασιν D.36.44

;

ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ Id.57.31

(also οἱ τὴν τετράγωνον (sc. ἀγοράν) ἐργαζόμενοι those who trade in the square, BCH8.126 (cf. Glotta14.73));

κατὰ θάλατταν D.56.48

; τούτοις..ναυτικοῖς ἐ. trade with this money on bottomry, Id.33.4 ;

δὶς ἢ τρὶς ἐ. τῷ αὐτῷ ἀργυρίῳ Id.56.30

; ταῦτα ἐ. thus he trades, Id.25.82 ;

οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι

traders,

Id.34.51

; οἱ ἐν Δήλῳ ἐ., = Lat. qui Deli negotiantur, CIG2285b ; esp. of courtesans, σώματι ἐ., Lat. quaestum corpore facere, D.59.20 ;

ἐπὶ τέγους ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος Plb.12.13.2

; ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας Alexis Sam. ap. Ath.13.572f, Plu.Tim.14.

7 cause,

κολακείην Democr.268

;

πημονάς S.Ant. 326

;

πόθον τινί D.61.11

;

σύριγγας ἀνιάτους Paul.Aeg. 6.44

.

III [voice] Pass., rarely in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf., D.H.8.87 ([etym.] ἐξ-), Hyp.Eux.35 : [tense] fut.

ἐργασθήσομαι S.Tr. 1218

, ([etym.] ἐξ-) Isoc.Ep.6.8 : [tense] pf. εἴργασμαι (v. infr.): [tense] aor. 1

εἰργάσθην Pl.R. 353a

, Thphr.HP6.3.2, etc.

1 to be made or built,

ἔργαστο τὸ τεῖχος Hdt.1.179

;

ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος A.Pr. 244

;

οἰκοδόμημα διὰ ταχέων εἰργ. Th.4.8

; λίθοι εἰργ. wrought stones, Id.1.93 ;

γῆ εἰργ. X.Oec.19.8

;

θώρακας εὖ εἰργ. Id.Mem.3.10.9

.

2 to be done, A.Ag. 354, 1346, E.Hec. 1085 ;

εἰργασμένα

things done, deeds,

Hdt.7.53

([etym.] ἐργ-), E. Ion 1281, cf. S.OT 1369.

ἐργᾰσ-ία, [dialect] Ion. -ιη, Cret. [full] ϝεργασία Leg.Gort.8.44, ἡ, ([etym.] ἐργάτης)

A work, business,

ἐργασίην φεύγουσα h.Merc. 486

, etc.; opp. ἀργία, X.Mem.2.7.7; ἐ. ἀγαθή productive labour, Id.Vect.4.29 ; ἐργασίᾳ ἐγχειρεῖν, of bees, Arist. HA 625b24 ; ἡ περὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἐ., of seamen, Pl.R. 371b ; μὴ γενομένης ἐργασίας if no work was done, D.27.20 ; δὸς ἐργασίαν, c. inf., Lat. da operam ut.., Ev.Luc.12.58, cf. OGI441.109 (SC. de Stratonicensibus, i B. C.): pl.,

τὰς ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ ἐ. ἐργάζεσθαι X.Oec.7.20

;

ἐ. ἀνελεύθεροι Arist.EN 1121b33

, cf. Epicur.Fr. 196 (dub.).

2 function,

ἥπατος Aret.SD1.15

.

II working at, making, manufacture, ἱματίων, ὑποδημάτων, etc., Pl.Grg. 449d, Tht. 146d, etc. ;

ἡ τῆς ἐσθῆτος ἐκ τῶν ἐρίων ἐ. X.Oec.7.21

; making up of a prescription, Hp.Ulc.14 : metaph., Πέργαμος ἀμφὶ τεαῖς χερὸς ἐργασίαις ἁλίσκεται Troy is (i.e. is doomed to be) taken in the part wrought by thy hands, Pi.O.8.42 ; ἐ. ἡδονῆς production of pleasure, Pl.Prt. 353d ; ἐ. χρημάτων money-making, Arist.EN 1160a16 (but administration of property, Leg.Gort. l.c.).

2 working of a material,

ἡ ἐ. τοῦ σιδήρου Hdt.1.68

; χαλκοῦ, ἐρίων, ξύλων, Pl.Chrm. 173e ;

τῶν χρυσείων μετάλλων Th.4.105

, cf. Hyp.Eux.36 ;

πίττης Thphr.HP9.2.6

: most commonly, tillage of the ground, ἐ. γῆς, χώρας, Ar.Ra. 1034(pl.), Isoc.7.30, etc.;

ἐ. κήπων Pl. Min. 316b

; ἐ. περὶ τὴν τροφήν preparation (i.e. mastication and digestion) of food, Arist.Juv. 469a3 ; treatment of silphium, Thphr.HP6.3.2

3 generally, trade, business, X.Mem.3.10.1 ; ἐπὶ τῆς ἐργασίας ὢν τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν engaged in trade by sea, D.33.4 ; ἡ ἐ. τῆς τραπέζης the banking business, Id.36.6 ; ἐ. χρυσοχοϊκή, ἀρωματική, PLond.3.906.6 (ii A.D.), PFay.93.7 (ii A.D.) ; βαφεῖς τὴν ἐ. dyers by trade, PTeb.287.3(ii A.D.); esp. of a courtesan's trade, Hdt.2.135, D.18.129 ; of sexual intercourse, Arist.Pr. 876a39.

b ἐὰν ἐργασίαν εὕρῃ ὁ οἰκέτης if a slave brings in earnings, Hyp.Ath.22.

4 practising, exercising,

τῶν τεχνῶν Pl.Grg. 450c

;

Κύπριδος AP5.218

(Paul. Sil.);

ἀκαθαρσίας Ep.Eph.4.19

.

5 work of art, production, τετράγωνος ἐ., of the Hermae, Th.6.27 (non legit Sch.); τῶν τειχῶν αἱ ἐργασίαι the fortification works, Id.7.6.

6 literary execution,

ἐ. ποιητική Phld. Po.5.11

; elaboration of a topic, Sch.Pi.P.2.24.

7 production of a play, Arg. Men.Oxy.1235.108.

III guild or company of workmen, ἡ ἐ. τῶν βαφέων Judeich Altertümer von Hierapolis50 ; ἐριοπλυτῶν ib. 40 ; ἐ. θρεμματική dub. sens., ib.227.

ἐργάζομαι impf. ἠργαζόμην (εἰργ-edd., Ac 18:3); fut. 2 sg. ἐργᾷ; 3 sg.; ἐργᾶται and 3 pl. ἐργῶνται (all LXX); 1 aor. εἰργασάμην ( 2J 8; other edd. ἠρ.); pf. 3 sg. εἴργασται LXX; ptc. εἰργασμένος (for augment s. Mayser 332; Meisterhans³-Schw. 171; B-D-F §67, 3; Moulton, ClR 15, 1901, p. 35f; Mlt-H. 189f); pass. fut. 3 sg. ἐργασθήσεται Ezk 36:34; En 10:18 (s. ἔργον and next entry; Hom.+).

① to engage in activity that involves effort, work, intr. work, be active (Hes., Hdt. et al.) D 12:3. ταῖς χερσίν work w. one’s hands 1 Cor 4:12 (ἐ. ἰδίαις χερσίν as Biogr. p. 253; on depreciation of manual labor cp. Jos., Ant. 17, 333); 1 Th 4:11 (s. ἴδιος 3a). Also διὰ τῶν χειρῶν B 19:10. νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας work night and day 1 Th 2:9; 2 Th 3:8. ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι in the vineyard Mt 21:28. Abs. Lk 13:14; J 9:4b; Ac 18:3; 1 Cor 9:6; 2 Th 3:10, 12. τῷ ἐργαζομένῳ to the worker Ro 4:4; cp. vs. 5 (ἐργαζόμενοι καλοί, OdeSol 11:20) and Lk 6:5 D (Unknown Sayings 49–54). Of God and Christ: work, be busy J 5:17 (cp. Maximus Tyr. 15, 6ef: Heracles must work without ceasing, since Zeus his father does the same).—Of financial enterprise: a sum of money (five talents) ἐ. ἐν αὐτοῖς do business/ trade with them (Demosth. 36, 44 ἐ. ἐν ἐμπορίῳ καὶ χρήμασιν) Mt 25:16.—MBalme, Attitudes to Work and Leisure in Ancient Greece: Greece and Rome 2d ser. 31, ’84, 140–52.

② to do or accomplish someth. through work, trans.

ⓐ do, accomplish, carry out w. acc. (Ael. Aristid. 42, 13 K.=6 p. 69 D.: ταῦτα ἐργαζομένου σου τοῦ κυρίου [Asclepius]) ἔργον (X., An. 6, 3, 17 κάλλιστον ἔργον ἐ.; Pla., Polit. 1, 346d; Appian, Celt. 18 §2, Bell. Civ. 2, 58 §238 al.; Arrian, Anab. 7, 17, 3; PPetr II, 9 [2], 4 [III B.C.]; Sir 51:30; TestSol D 4:8 τὸ ἔ. ὑμῶν; Just. D. 88, 8 τεκτονικὰ ἔργα) Ac 13:41 (Hab 1:5); 1 Cl 33:8. τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ do the work of God (cp. Num 8:11) J 6:28; 9:4. τὸ ἔργον κυρίου the Lord’s work 1 Cor 16:10. ἐ. τι εἴς τινα do someth. to someone (Ps.-Demosth. 53, 18): ἔργον καλὸν εἴς τινα do a fine thing to someone Mt 26:10; cp. B 21:2; 3J 5. Also ἔν τινι Mk 14:6. In a different sense ἔργα ἐν θεῷ εἰργασμένα deeds performed in God J 3:21. ἐ. τὸ ἀγαθόν do what is good (cp. Dio Chrys. 16 [33], 15; GrBar 11:9; and Jos., Ant. 6, 208 ἀγαθά) Ro 2:10; Eph 4:28; Hm 2:4. Opp. ἐ. πονηρόν (Lucian, Catapl. 24) m 10, 2, 3. ἐ. ἀγαθὸν πρὸς πάντας do good to all people Gal 6:10. κακὸν ἐ. (Dio Chrys. 13 [7], 33; Palaeph. 1 and 3; Just., D. 95, 1 κακά; Ath. 11, 2 ἀεί τι ἐ. … κακόν): κακὸν τῷ πλησίον ἐ. do wrong to one’s neighbor Ro 13:10 (cp. Pr 3:30; EpArist 273). Gener. someth. Col 3:23; 2J 8; μηδὲν ἐ. do no work 2 Th 3:11. οὐδὲν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ do nothing for righteousness Hs 5, 1, 4 (Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 142 οὐδὲν ἐργ.=accomplish nothing).—Also used with attributes, etc. (in Isocr. w. ἀρετήν, σωφροσύνην; Philo, Gig. 26 τελειότητα) δικαιοσύνην (Ps 14:2) do what is right Ac 10:35; Hb 11:33; Hv 2, 2, 7; m 5, 1, 1; Hs 9, 13, 7. ἐ. δικαιοσύνην θεοῦ do what is right in God’s sight Js 1:20 (but s. c below; v.l. κατεργάζεσθαι, q.v.). τὴν ἀνομίαν (Ps 5:6; 6:9 al.) Mt 7:23. ἁμαρτίαν commit sin Js 2:9 (Jos., Ant. 6, 124 τὸ ἁμάρτημα). Of the effect: τί ἐργάζῃ; what work are you doing? J 6:30 (cp. Philo, Leg. All. 3, 83; Tat. 25, 1 τί μέγα … ἐ. φιλόσοφοι;).

ⓑ practice, perform, officiate at (τέχνην, etc., X., Pla. et al.) τὰ ἱερά the temple rites 1 Cor 9:13 (cp. Num 8:11).

ⓒ bring about, give rise to as proceeds from work (s. next entry 4; Soph., Ant. 326; Epict., Fgm. Stob. 14 πενία λύπην ἐργάζεται; Just., A I, 45, 6 ὅπερ … κόλασιν διὰ πυρὸς αἰωνίαν ἐργάζεται). μετάνοιαν 2 Cor 7:10. ἐ. δικαιοσύνην θεοῦ bring about the righteousness that will stand before God (but s. a above) Js 1:20. θάνατον ἑαυτοῖς ἐ. bring death on themselves Hs 8, 8, 5 (Just., D. 124, 4).

ⓓ work (on) (τὴν γῆν Gen 2:5; En 10:18; ApcMos 24) τὴν θάλασσαν work on the sea for a livelihood (Aristot., Probl. 38, 2, 966b, 26; Dionys. Hal. 3, 46; Appian, Liby. 2 §5; 84 §397; Lucian, Electr. 5) Rv 18:17 (s. CLindhagen, ΕΡΓΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ, ’50: Uppsala Univ. Årsskrift ’50, 5, 5–26).

ⓔ work for/earn food (Hes., Op. 43 βίον ἐ.; Hdt. 1, 24 χρήματα; cp. Pla., Hipp. Mai. 282d, Laches 183a; X., Mem. 2, 8, 2; Theod. Pr 21:6. Also βρῶμα: Palaeph. p. 28, 10) ἐ. τὴν βρῶσιν J 6:27: in this context βρῶσις appears to be the free gift of the Human One (Son of Man).—As in the similar case of the Samaritan woman (cp. J 6:35 w. 4:14) hearers are simply prepared for the statement that they are to accept what is freely given. But ἐργάζεσθαι can also mean, when used w. food, prepare for use, digest, assimilate sc. τὴν τροφήν (Aristot., De Vita et Morte 4; Maximus Tyr. 15, 5a [ἐργ. τὴν τροφήν of the activity of the jaws]; more often ἐργασία τ. τροφῆς). The compound κατεργάζεσθαι is more common in this sense, but it is avoided in this passage for the sake of wordplay w. ἐργάζεσθαι in vs. 28.—DELG s.v. ἔργον. M-M. EDNT. TW.

① maker of stage properties (acc. to Pollux 7, 189 the Old Comedy used the word as a synonym for μηχανοποιός=either a ‘stagehand’ who moved stage properties [as Aristoph., Pax 174] or a ‘manufacturer of stage properties’. Associated terms include σκηνογράφος Diog. L. 2, 125 and σκηνογραφία Arist., Poet. 1449a and Polyb. 12, 28a, 1, in ref. to painting of stage scenery) Ac 18:3. But if one understands σκηνή not as ‘scene’ but as ‘tent’ and considers it improbable that Prisca, Aquila, and Paul would have practiced such a trade in the face of alleged religious objections (s. Schürer II 54–55 on Jewish attitudes towards theatrical productions), one would follow the traditional rendering

② tentmaker. This interpretation has long enjoyed favor (s. Lampe s.v.; REB, NRSV; Hemer, Acts 119, 233), but several considerations militate against it. The term σκηνοποιός is not used outside the Bible (and its influence), except for Pollux (above) and Herm. Wr. 516, 10f=Stob. I, 463, 7ff. There it appears as an adj. and in a figurative sense concerning production of a dwelling appropriate for the soul. The context therefore clearly indicates a structure as the primary component, but in the absence of such a qualifier in Ac 18:3 it is necessary to take account of words and expressions that similarly contain the terms σκηνή and ποιεῖν. A survey of usage indicates that σκηνή appears freq. as the obj. of ποιέω in the sense ‘pitch’ or ‘erect a tent’ (s. ποιέω 1a; act. σκηνοποιέω Is 13:20 Sym. οὐδὲ σκηνοποιήσει ἐκεῖ ῎ Αραψ; 22:15 Sym.; mid. σκηνοποιέομαι Aristot., Meteor. 348b, 35; Clearch., Fgm. 48 W.; Polyb. 14, 1, 7; Diod S 3, 27, 4; Ps.-Callisth. 2, 9, 8.—Cp. σκηνοποιί̈α Aeneas Tact. 8, 3; Polyb. 6, 28, 3; ins, RevArch 3, ’34, 40; and acc. to the text. trad. of Dt 31:10 as an alternate expr. for σκηνοπηγία.—Ex 26:1, it is granted, offers clear evidence of use of the non-compounded σκηνή + ποιέω in the sense ‘produce’ or ‘manufacture [not pitch] a tent’, but the context makes the meaning unmistakable; cp. Herodian 7, 2, 4 on the building of rude housing). Analogously σκηνοποιός would mean ‘one who pitches or erects tents’, linguistically a more probable option than that of ‘tentmaker’, but in the passages cited for σκηνοποιέω and σκηνοποιί̈α components in the context (cp. the case for provision of housing in the Hermetic pass.) clearly point to the denotation ‘pitching of tents’, whereas Ac 18:3 lacks such a clear qualifier. Moreover, it is questionable whether residents of nomadic areas would depend on specialists to assist in such a common task (s. Mt 17:4 par. where a related kind of independent enterprise is mentioned).—That Prisca, Aquila, and Paul might have been engaged in the preparation of parts for the production of a tent is also improbable, since such tasks would have been left to their hired help. That they might have been responsible for putting a tent together out of various pieces is ruled out by the availability of the term σκηνορράφος (Ael., VH 2, 1 et al.; Bull. Inst. Arch. Bulg. 8, 69) in the sense of stitching together (the verb ἐπιτελεῖν Hb 8:5 does not support such a view, for it is not an alternate expr. for ‘production’ of a tent but denotes ‘completion’ of a project, connoting a strong sense of religious commitment; see ἐπιτελέω 2) in which the component ῥαφ-provides an unmistakable qualifier.—In modern times more consideration has been given to identification of Paul’s trade as ‘leather-worker’, an interpretation favored by numerous versions and patristic writings (s. Zahn, AG, ad loc.; L-S-J-M Suppl., s.v., as replacement for their earlier ‘tentmaker’; Haenchen, ad loc., after JJeremias, ZNW 30, ’31; Hock, s. below). As such he would make tents and other products from leather (Hock [s. below] 21). But this and other efforts at more precise definition, such as weaver of tent-cloth (a view no longer in fashion) may transmit reflections of awareness of local practice in lieu of semantic precision.—In the absence of any use of the term σκηνοποιός, beyond the pass. in Pollux and the Herm. Wr., and the lack of specific qualifiers in the text of Ac 18:3, one is left with the strong probability that Luke’s publics in urban areas, where theatrical productions were in abundance, would think of σκηνοποιός in ref. to matters theatrical (s. 1). In addition, Ac 20:34; 1 Cor 4:12; 1 Th 2:9; 2 Th 3:8 indicate that Paul’s work was of a technical nature and was carried out in metropolitan areas, where there would be large demand for such kind of work. What publics in other areas might understand is subject to greater question, for the evidence is primarily anecdotal.—JWeiss, Das Urchristentum 1917, 135; FGrosheide, Παῦλος σκηνοποιός: TSt 35, 1917, 241f; Zahn, AG II 632, 10; 634; Billerb. II 745–47; Beginn. IV, 223; PLampe, BZ 31, ’87, 211–21; RHock, The Social Context of Paul’s Ministry: Tentmaking and Apostleship ’80.—M-M. TW.

πόνος, ὁ, ([etym.] πένομαι)

A work, esp. hard work, toil, in Hom. mostly of the toil of war, μάχης π. the toil of battle, Il.16.568; πόνος alone, = μάχη, 6.77, Od.12.117, al.; πόνον ἔχειν, = μάχεσθαι, Il.6.525, cf. 13.2, al.;

ἀνδράσι δυσμενέεσσι π. καὶ δῆριν ἔθεντο 17.158

;

π. ἀνδρῶν Thgn.987

;

πόνοι Ἐνυαλίου Pi.I.6(5).54

; ἐν τούτῳ τῷ π. ὁ πολέμαρχος διαφθείρεται in this struggle (at Marathon), Hdt.6.114;

ἐν τοῖσι Τρωϊκοῖσι π. Id.9.27

.

2 generally, toil, labour,

ἐπεὶ παύσαντο πόνου Il.1.467

, al.; π. ὀρνίθεσσι τιθείη cause toil to them, Hes.Op. 470; π. λαβόντας incurring toil, Hdt.7.24;

π. παρέχειν μανθάνοντι Pl.R. 526c

; μάταιος π. labour in vain, Id.Ti. 40d;

οἱ κατὰ τὰ σώματα π. Id.Plt. 294e

;

π. συνεχής Democr.241

;

πολλῷ π. A.Pers. 509

;

μετὰ πολλοῦ π. Pl.Sph. 230a

;

σὺν π. X.Cyn.9.6

;

οὐ μακρῷ π. A.Pr.75

;

ἄνευ π. X.Mem.2.6.22

; ἔχει πόνον πολύν involves much trouble, Ar. Pax 1216 (also εἰνάλιον π. ἐχοίσας σκευᾶς when the tackle labours in the sea, Pi.P.2.79): pl.,

π. ἑκούσιοι Democr.240

.

3 of special kinds of labour, bodily exertion, exercise,

στρατιωτικοὶ π. X.Cyr.3.3.9

; of exertions in the games, Hes.Sc. 305, Pi.N.4.1, l.4(3).47, etc.; γυμνάσια.., νεανιᾶν (prob.) πόνον the scene of youthful labours, E.Hel. 211 (lyr.);

εἰναλίοισι πόνοισι Theoc.21.39

.

4 work, task, business,

ἐπεὶ π. ἄλλος ἔπειγεν Od.11.54

; enterprise, undertaking, S.Ph. 864 (lyr.), etc.

5 implements for labour, stock-in-trade,

οὗτος τοῖς ἁλιεῦσιν ὁ πᾶς πόνος Theoc.21.14

; καὶ πόνος ἐντὶ θάλασσα the sea is their workshop, Mosch.Fr.1.10.

II stress, trouble, distress, suffering, Il.19.227;

Τρώεσσι πόνον καὶ κήδε' ἔθηκεν 21.525

;

ἦ μὴν καὶ π. ἐστὶν.. 2.291

; ἐν τούτῳ τῷ π., of a storm, Hdt.7.190; ὁ Μηδικὸς [π.] the trouble from the Medes, Id.4.1;

παῦροι ἐν πόνῳ πιστοί Pi.N.10.78

: freq. in Trag.,

πόνος πόνῳ πόνον φέρει S.Aj. 866

(lyr.);

πόνον ἔχειν Id.OC 232

(lyr.), etc.: in pl., sufferings, A.Pr.66, 328, etc.; πόνους πονεῖν (cf.

πονέω B.1.2

);

διά τινα πόνους ἔχειν Ar.Ec. 975

(lyr.); also of disease,

κατέβαινεν ἐς τὰ στήθη ὁ π. Th.2.49

;

πλευρᾶς πόνοι καὶ θώρακος καὶ ἥπατος Dsc.1.2

; ἰσχίων π. καὶ πλευρᾶς ib. 73.

2 pain, esp. physical,

δύο π. ἅμα γενομένων, μὴ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον, ὁ σφοδρότερος ἀμαυροῖ τὸν ἕτερον Hp.Aph.2.46

, cf. Erot. s.v. πόνοι, Gal.17(2).699;

π. ἐν κεφαλῇ Hp.

Acut.(Sp.) 40;

ἐς τὰ ἄρθρα πόνοι Id.Aph.4.44

,45, cf. Sor.1.27, al.;

π. ἐς ἀμφοτέρας κνήμας Hp. Epid.1.26

.γ, cf. δ, al., LXX Ge.34.25; distd. from λύπη (pain in general), Alex.Aphr.Quaest.125.33; but sts. = λύπη, Epicur.Ep.3p.65U., Sent.Vat.4, Fr. 442, Phld.Mus.p.72K.

III anything produced by work, a work, μελισσᾶν τρητὸς π., of honey, Pi.P.6.54;

ὑψηλὸς τεκτόνων π. A.Fr. 357

, cf. E.Or. 1570; ὁ ἐμὸς ὠδίνων π., of a child, Id.Ph.30; so, πόνον ὀρταλίχων ὀλέσαντες, i.e. the nestlings, A.Ag.54 (anap.); τοὺς ἡμετέρους π. the fruits of our labour, X.An.7.6.9.

IV Πόνος personified as son of Eris, Hes.Th. 226.

πραγμᾰτ-εύομαι, [dialect] Ion. [pref] πρηγμ-, [tense] aor. ἐπραγματευσάμην, [dialect] Ion. ἐπρηγμ-, Hp.Epid.6.8.32, X.Oec.10.9, etc.; also ἐπραγματεύθην, [dialect] Ion. ἐπρηγμ-, Hdt.2.87, Isoc.12.249: [tense] pf.

A

πεπραγμάτευμαι Id.11.1

, Pl.Phd. 99d, 100b, al.; also in pass. sense, v. infr.:—busy oneself, take trouble, ἀπέδωκαν τὸν νεκρὸν οὐδὲν ἔτι πρηγματευθέντες Hdt.l.c., cf.Pl.Cra. 437c;

π. περὶ σωφροσύνης Id.R. 430d

, cf. Cra. 425c;

περὶ τὰ ὄντα Id.Tht. 187a

, cf. X. Mem.4.2.7, Arist.EN 1102a22, etc.; πολλὰ ἐπί τινι π. work at at thing, labour to bring it about, X.Mem.1.3.15;

πρός τι Pl.Erx. 398a

; πραγματεύονται ὅπως ἄρξουσι exert themselves to.., X.Lac.14.5:abs., Thphr. HP4.4.1; μηδὲν πραγματεύου do not worry, Id.Char.18.9: c.inf., exert oneself to.., Plu.Them.19.

2 to be engaged in business, spend one's time in business, ὅληντὴννύκτα all nightlong, X.Cyr.2.4.26;

π.καὶ κακοπαθεῖν τὸν βίον ἅπαντα Arist.EN 1176b29

, cf. 1122a9; simply, conduct a business, PCair.Zen.199.11 (iii B. C.); transact business, of clerks, ib. 647.11 (iii B. C.); π. ἀπὸ ἐμπορίας καὶ δανεισμῶν make money by trade and loans, Plu.Cat.Mi.50, cf.Sull.17, etc.; οἱ πραγματευόμενοι, = Lat. negotiatores, OGI532.6 ([place name] Galatia), cf. SIG797.10 (Assus, i A.D.): c.acc., π. τὸ συνηγορικὸν καὶ (τὸ) ἐπιδέκατον, of a tax-farmer, Ostr. 1537 (ii B. C.), PLeid.Fin Ostr.i p.302;

τὴν ὑϊκὴν π. PSI4.384.2

(iii B. C.); generally, of officials, to be employed in public affairs, PGnom.174 (ii A. D.), etc.

II c. acc. rei, take in hand, treat laboriously, be engaged in, Pl.Prt. 361d, Hp.Ma. 304c, D.18.26, etc.; undertake,

τὸν δεύτερον πλοῦν Pl.Phd. 99d

.

2 of authors, elaborate a work, Ar.Nu. 526; of a science, work out,

ἃ θέλει Archyt.4

; treat of,

περὶ φύσεως πάντα Arist.Metaph. 989b33

, cf. Epicur.Nat.15.34;

περί τινος Arist.Ph. 193b31

;

περί τι Id.Metaph. 1025b17

, Phld.Mus.p.96K., al.; τοιαύτην οὐκ ἐπραγματεύθησαν ἀκριβολογίαν περὶ τὰς φλέβας did not use such precision in treating of.., Arist.HA 513a9.

3 of historians, treat systematically,

τὰς πράξεις Plb.1.4.3

: abs.,

οἱ πραγματευόμενοι

systematic historians,

Id.5.33.5

, etc.

4 simply, write, treat,

ποιητὴς ὢν πεπραγμάτευται περὶ τὸ ἱερόν IG11(4).544.5

(Delos, iii B. C.); τὰ πεπραγματευμένα ὑπ' αὐτῶ his works, composilions, SIG721.8 (Crete, ii/i B. C.), cf. 702.5 (Delph., ii B. C.).

III [voice] Pass., mostly [tense] pf. πεπραγμάτευμαι, to be laboured at, elaborated, Pl.Ap. 22b, Prm. 129e; δόρυ ὡσαύτως -ευμένον X Eq.8.10;

αἱ εἰς τὸν παῖδα -ευμέναι μεταφοραί Aeschin.1.167

; also [tense] pres., Arist.EE 1215a30.

τέχν-η, ἡ, ([etym.] τέκτων)

A art, skill, cunning of hand, esp. in metalworking, Od.3.433, 6.234, 11.614; also of a shipwright, Il.3.61; of a soothsayer, A.Ag. 249 (pl., lyr.), Eu.17, S.OT 389, etc.;

τέχναι ἑτέρων ἕτεραι Pi.N.1.25

;

ὤπασε τ. πᾶσαν Id.O.7.50

.

2 craft, cunning, in bad sense, δολίη τ. Od.4.455, Hes.Th. 160: pl., arts, wiles, Od.8.327.332, Hes.Th. 496, 929;

δολίαις τέχναισι χρησάμενος Pi.N.4.58

; τέχναις τινός by his arts (or simply by his agency), Id.O.9.52, P.3.11; τέχνην κακὴν ἔχει he has a bad trick, Hes.Th. 770, cf. Pi.I.4(3).35(53), S Ph.88, etc.

3 way, manner, or means whereby a thing is gained, without any definite sense of art or craft, μηδεμιῇ τ. in no wise, Hdt.1.112; ἰθέῃ τ. straight way, Id.9.57; πάσῃ τ. by all means, Ar.Nu. 1323, Th.65, Ec. 366; παντοίᾳ τ. S.Aj. 752, etc.;

οὐκ ἀποστήσομαι.. οὔτε τ. οὔτε μηχανῇ οὐδεμιᾷ IG12.39.22

;

πάσῃ τ. καὶ μηχανῇ X.An.4.5.16

;

μήτε τ. μήτε μηχανῇ μηδεμιᾷ Lys.13.95

.

II an art, craft,

πᾶσαι τέχναι βροτοῖσιν ἐκ Προμηθέως A.Pr. 506

, cf. IG12.678; τὴν τ. ἐπίστασθαι to know the craft, Hdt.3.130; φλαύρως ἔχειν τὴν τ. ibid.;

τῆς τ. ἔμπειρος Ar.Ra. 811

; ταύτην τέχνην ἔχει he makes this his trade, Lys.1.16, cf. 6.7; ἐν τῇ τ. εἶναι practise it, S.OT 562, Pl.Prt. 317c; ἐπὶ τέχνῃ μαθεῖν τι to learn a thing professionally, opp. ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ, ib. 312b, cf. 315a;

τέχναι καὶ ἐργασίαι X.Mem.3.10.1

; τέχνην τὸ πρᾶγμα πεποιημένοι having made a trade of it, D.37.53; τέχνας ἀσκεῖν, μελετᾶν, ἐργάζεσθαι, to practise them,X. Cyr.1.6.26,41 ([voice] Pass.), Oec.4.3; πατρῴαν τέχναν ἐργάζεσθαι ἁλιεύεσθαι Πρακτικὰ Ἀρχ. Ἑτ.1932.52 (Dodona, iv B.C.); ἰατρὸς τὴν τ. POxy. 40.5 (ii A.D.); τεθεραπευκὼς ἀνεγκλήτως τῇ τ., of a barber, PEnteux. 47.3 (iii B.C.); παραμενῶ πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν τῆς τ. (viz. weaving) Sammelb. 7358.20 (iii A.D.); ἀπὸ τεχνῶν τρέφεσθαι live by them, X.Lac. 7.1.

III an art or craft, i.e. a set of rules, system or method of making or doing, whether of the useful arts, or of the fine arts, Epich.171.11, Pl.Phdr. 245a, Arist.Rh. 1354a11, EN 1140a8;

ἡ ἐμπειρία τέχνην ἐποίησεν, ἡ δ' ἀπειρία τύχην Polus

ap. eund.Metaph. 981a4; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους τ. the Art of Rhetoric, Pl.Phd. 90b; οἱ τὰς τ. τῶν λόγων συντιθέντες systems of rhetoric, Arist.Rh. 1354a12, cf. Isoc.13.19, Pl.Phdr. 271c, Phld.Rh.2.50 S., al.; hence title of various treatises on Rhetoric (v. VI; but rather tricks of Rhetoric, in Aeschin. 1.117); τέχνῃ by rules of art, Pl.Euthd. 282d;

ἢ φύσει ἢ τέχνῃ Id.R. 381b

;

τέχνῃ καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ Id. Ion 532c

; ἄνευ τέχνης, μετὰ τέχνης, Id.Phd. 89e: τ. defined as ἕξις ὁδοποιητική, Zeno Stoic.1.20, cf. Cleanth. ib.1.110.

IV = τέχνημα, work of art, handiwork,

κρατῆρες.., ἀνδρὸς εὔχειρος τέχνη S.OC 472

;

ὅπλοις.., Ἡφαίστου τέχνῃ Id.Fr. 156

, cf. Str.14.1.14, PLond.3.854.4 (ii A.D.), Paus.6.25.1, al.

V = συντεχνία, ἡ τ. τῶν λιθουργῶν, τῶν σακκοφόρων, Dumont-Homolle Mélanges d' archéol. et d' épigr.p.378 No.65,66 ([place name] Perinthus); τ. βυρσέων, συροποιῶν, IGRom.1.717,1482 (both Philippopolis); τοὺς καταλειπομένους ἀπὸ τῇς τ. BGU1572.12 (ii A.D.); ὁ χαλκεὺς ἀπὸ τῆς τ. SIG 1140 ([place name] Amphipolis).

VI treatise on Grammar, D.T. tit., or on Rhetoric, Anaximenes Lampsacenus tit.

ἐπιδίφρι-ος, ον,

A on the car,

εἰς ὅ κε δῶρα φέρων ἐπιδίφρια θήῃ Od.15.51

, cf.75.

ἐργασία, ας, ἡ (s. prec. entry; Pind.+; ins, pap, LXX, En 8:1; TestSol, Joseph., Just.).

① engagement in some activity or behavior with sustained interest, practice, pursuit τινός of someth. (Pla., Gorg., 450c τ. τεχνῶν; Ps.-Pla., Eryx., 404b; Sir 6:19; 38:34) εἰς ἐ. ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης for the practice of all kinds of sinful things Eph 4:19. πολλαπλασιάζειν τὴν ἐ. do many kinds of work GHb 297, 21 (s. also 4 below).

② manner of activity, working, function (Pla., Prot., 353d τῆς ἡδονῆς) τῶν ἀγγέλων Hm 6, 2, 6 cj. Gebhardt-Harnack-Zahn on basis of Lat. and Ethiopic mss. (Whittaker: ἐνέργεια).

③ business activity, trade, business (X., Oec. 6, 8; Diod S 1, 80, 1; PLond III, 906, 6 p. 108 [128 A.D.]; PFay 93, 7; Sir 7:15) Ac 19:25 (Arrian, Peripl. 21, 1 ξόανον τῆς παλαιᾶς ἐργασίας).

④ proceeds of work or activity profit, gain (X., Mem. 3, 10, 1; Polyb. 4, 50, 3; Artem. 4, 57 ἔχειν … ἐργασίαν=have profits or wages; PGM 4, 2438; Wsd 13:19; Jos., Bell. 2, 109) Ac 16:19. παρέχειν ἐργασίαν τινί bring profit to someone vs. 16; 19:24 (cp. the litotes Aesop, Fab. 112 H.=56 P. of a μάγος οὐ μικρὸν βίον πορίζουσα). πολλαπλ. τ. ἐ. multiply the gains GHb 297, 21 (s. 1 above).

⑤ For δὸς ἐργασίαν Lk 12:58 s. δίδωμι 17a (ἐ.=pains: Jos., Ant. 3, 35 μὴ σὺν πόνῳ μηδʼ ἐργασίᾳ).—DELG s.v. ἔργον. M-M.

συνεργός, όν,

A working together, joining or helping in work, and as Subst., ὁ, ἡ, helper, E.Or. 1446 (lyr.), Med. 396, Pl.Chrm. 173d, IPE 12.352.37 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.); in bad sense, accomplice, Th.8.92, PFay.12.10 (ii B.C.), BGU1761.8 (i B.C., pl.): c. dat. pers., E.Hipp. 523, Th.3.63, X.Cyr.8.4.17, Pl.Smp. 180e, Men.Epit.83; so metaph.,

σ. πλοῦτος.. κακίᾳ Teles p.46

H.; distd. from συναίτιον, Gal. 19.393: rarely c. gen. pers., ἡμῶν τι ς. (unless ἡμῶν is partit.) Epicur.Nat.98 G.;

θεοῦ 1 Ep.Cor.3.9

: c. gen. rei, taking part in a thing, σ. τείχεος helping to make it, Pi.O.8.32;

σ. τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ γινομένων Heraclit.75

; ξ. ἀδίκων ἔργων, ἀρετᾶς, helping towards them, E.Hipp. 676, Med. 845 (both lyr.); σ. τινί τινος helping a person in a thing, θρήνων ἐμοὶ (prob. for θρήνοις ἐμῶν) ξ. Id.Hel. 1112 (lyr.), cf. X.An.1.9.21;

σ. εἴς τι Id.Mem.4.3.10

, Smp.8.38, Ep.Col.4.11;

πρός τι X.Mem.4.3.7

;

πρὸς κακωδίαν Thphr.Sud.8

;

πρὸς τὴν τῆς πόλεως σωτηρίαν Zeno Stoic.1.61

;

ἐν μάχαις Ar.Eq. 588

(lyr.): c. inf.,

σ. τῷ παιδὶ μὴ 'κπεσεῖν E. Ion48

.

2 Astrol., in co-operation, of planetary influence, Vett.Val.55.15; distd. from ὑπουργός, Serapio in Cat.Cod. Astr.8(4).226.

II person of the same trade as another, fellowworkman, colleague, c. gen. pers., D.19.144, cf. IG12.374.87, PCair.Zen.758.8 (iii B.C.), Plu.Per.31:—in this sense some write σύνεργος, Ammon.Diff.p.126 V., Thom.Mag.p.339 R.

χορδο-ποιός, ὁ,

A maker of strings for musical instruments, Poll.7.154, who also has [suff] χορδο-ποιία, ἡ, the art or trade of such a person, Adj. [suff] χορδο-ποιικός, ή, όν, fit for such work, and Adv. - κῶς ibid.

ἐνεργ-άζομαι,

A make or produce in,

ἡ φορὰ τῆς τοξίτιδος ἐ. τῷ βέλει κίνησιν Ph.Bel.68.41

; τι ἐν τῷ σώματι v.l. for ἀπ- in Hp. VM22;

τι τοῖς ἀνδριᾶσιν X.Mem.3.10.6

; τὸ πείθεσθαι τοῖς νόμοις [ τῇ Σπάρτῃ] ib.4.4.15;

πολλοῖς ἔρωτα Gorg.Hel.18

; [ δόξαν] ib.13;

ἔκπληξιν Pl.Phlb. 47a

;

ἐπιστήμην Chrysipp.Stoic.2.39

;

δέος τοῖς πολίταις D.60.25

;

μοχθηρὰς συνηθείας τινί Id.61.3

;

εὔνοιαν ἐν πᾶσι Plb. 6.11a

.7, cf. Ph.2.89, etc.: [tense] aor. 1 ἐνειργάσθην in pass. sense, to be made or placed in.., X.Mem.1.4.5.

2 work for hire in, of harlots,

αἱ ἐνεργαζόμεναι παιδίσκαι Hdt.1.93

; ἐ. τῇ οὐσίᾳ trade with the property, D.44.23;

ἁλιεῖς ἐνειργασμένοι τοῖς τόποις Plb.10.8.7

.

ἔμπῠρος, ον, ([etym.] πῦρ)

A in, on or by the fire, σκεύη ἔ. implements used at the fire, opp. ἄπυρα, Pl.Lg. 679a; ἡ ἔ. τέχνη the work of the forge, smith's art, Id.Prt. 321e (but in E.Ph. 954, the art of divining by fire, soothsaying trade (v. infr. 111));

Χειρώνακτες Ael.NA2.31

.

II exposed to fire or sun, burnt, scathed,

νεκρός E.Ph. 1186

; roasted,

σάρξ AP6.89

(Maec.); fiery hot, torrid,

Χώρα Str.16.1.10

;

ἀήρ Thphr. CP1.13.5

; [ ἡ ὥρα] - ωτάτη ib.4; feverish, Hp.Morb.2.40 (v.l. ἐμπύρετος)

; λοιμοί LXXAm.4.2

; inflammatory, of a bite, Arist.Mir. 846b16; heated, of a cautery iron, PMed.Lond.155.3.2.

2 burning, scorching,

ἠέλιος AP9.24

(Leon.): metaph. of persons, fiery, Plu.Num.5. Adv.

-ως, ἐρᾶν Poll.3.68

.

3 lighted,

λαμπάς AP 6.100

(Crin.); βωμός ib.10.7 (Arch.).

III of or for a burntoffering,

ὀρθοστάται E.Hel. 547

.

2 as Subst., ἔμπυρα (sc. ἱερά), τά, burnt sacrifices, opp. ἄπυρα, Pi.O.8.3, cf. A.Ch. 485 (prob.); δι' ἐμπύρων σπονδὰς καθεῖναι to make libations at the burnt-offerings, E. IA59 (hence ἔμπυρα are improperly used for σπονδαί, S.El. 405); κατάρας ἐπὶ ἐμπύρων ποιεῖσθαι swear upon the sacrifice, Plb.16.31.7, cf. App.Hisp.9; esp. of burnt-offerings as used for purposes of divination (v. supr.1), S.Ant. 1005;

εἰς ἔμπυρ' ἦλθε E.IT16

; also

ἐμπύρους ἀκμάς Id.Ph. 1255

;

ἔμπυρα σήματ' ἰδέσθαι A.R.1.145

: rarely sg., ἔμπυρον, τό, PMag.Osl.1.69, dub. sens. in PCair.Zen.14.17.

παραδίδωμι (Pind., Hdt.+) pres. 3 sg. παραδίδει (-δίδη cod. [ApcEsdr 3:12 p. 27, 23 Tdf.]), subj. 3 sg. παραδιδῷ and παραδιδοῖ 1 Cor 15:24 (B-D-F §95, 2; W-S. §14, 12; Mlt-H. 204), ptc. παραδιδούς; impf. 3 sg. παρεδίδου Ac 8:3 and 1 Pt 2:23, pl. παρεδίδουν Ac 16:4 v.l.; 27:1 and παρεδίδοσαν 16:4 (B-D-F §94, 1; Mlt-H. 202); fut. παραδώσω; 1 aor. παρέδωκα; 2 aor. indic. παρέδοσαν Lk 1:2; 2 aor. subj. 3 sg. παραδῷ and παραδοῖ Mk 4:29; 14:10, 11; J 13:2 (B-D-F §95, 2; Mlt-H. 210f), impv. παράδος, ptc. παραδούς; pf. παραδέδωκα, ptc. παραδεδωκώς (Ac 15:26); plpf. 3 pl. παραδεδώκεισαν Mk 15:10 (on the absence of augment s. B-D-F §66, 1; Mlt-H. 190). Pass.; impf. 3 sg. παρεδίδετο 1 Cor 11:23b (-δίδοτο is also attested; B-D-F §94, 1; Mlt-H. 206); 1 fut. παραδοθήσομαι; 1 aor. παρεδόθην; perf. 3 sg. παραδέδοται Lk 4:6, ptc. παραδεδομένος (Ac 14:26).

① to convey someth. in which one has a relatively strong personal interest, hand over, give (over), deliver, entrust

ⓐ a thing τινί τι (Jos., Ant 4, 83; Mel., P. 42, 290; 292; 294) τάλαντά μοι Mt 25:20, 22. αὐτοῖς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ vs. 14. ὑμῖν τὴν γῆν 1 Cl 12:5. τινὶ τὴν κτίσιν Hv 3, 4, 1; λίθους Hs 9, 7, 1; ἀμπελῶνα 5, 6, 2. Also in the sense give back, restore, give up (X., Hell. 2, 3, 7 τινί τι) αὐτῷ τὴν παρακαταθήκην ἣν ἔλαβον Hm 3:2.—Pass., w. the thing easily supplied fr. the context ἐμοὶ παραδέδοται Lk 4:6.—παρέδωκεν τὸ πνεῦμα J 19:30 (ApcMos 42; cp. TestAbr B 12 p. 117, 4f [Stone p. 82] Σαρρα … παρέδωκε τὴν ψυχήν; ParJer 9:8; ApcEsdr 7:14) needs no dat.: he gave up his spirit voluntarily. ἄνθρωποι παραδεδωκότες τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ κυρίου men who have risked ( pledged Field, Notes 124) their lives for the name of the Lord Ac 15:26. καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυθήσομαι and if I give up my body to be burned 1 Cor 13:3 (Maximus Tyr. 1, 9i τῇ Αἴτνῃ αὐτοῦ παραδοὺς σῶμα; Syntipas p. 60, 11 πυρὶ σεαυτὴν παραδίδως). ὅταν παραδιδοῖ τ. βασιλείαν τῷ θεῷ when (Christ) delivers the kingship to God 15:24.

ⓑ hand over, turn over, give up a person ([Lat. trado] as a t.t. of police and courts ‘hand over into [the] custody [of]’ OGI 669, 15; PHib 92, 11; 17; PLille 3, 59 [both pap III B.C.]; PTebt 38, 6 [II B.C.] al.—As Military term ‘surrender’: Paus. 1, 2, 1; X., Cyr. 5, 1, 28; 5, 4, 51.) τινά someone Mt 10:19; 24:10; 27:18; Mk 13:11; Ac 3:13. Pass. Mt 4:12; Mk 1:14; Lk 21:16. τινά τινι Mt 5:25 (fr. one official to another, as UPZ 124, 19f [II B.C.]; TestAbr B 10 p. 115, 11 [Stone p. 78]); 18:34; 27:2; Mk 10:33b; cp. 15:1; Lk 12:58; 20:20; J 18:30, 35; Ac 27:1; 28:16 v.l.; Hs 7:5; 9, 10, 6; Pass. Lk 18:32; J 18:36; Hv 5:3f; m 4, 4, 3; Hs 6, 3, 6b; 9, 11, 2; 9, 13, 9; 9, 20, 4; 9, 21, 4. τὸν Ἰησοῦν παρέδωκεν τῷ θελήματι αὐτῶν Lk 23:25.—Esp. of Judas (s. Brown, Death I 211f on tendency of translators to blur the parallelism of Judas’ action to the agency of others in the passion narrative), whose information and action leads to the arrest of Jesus, w. acc. and dat. ἐγὼ ὑμῖν παραδώσω αὐτόν Mt 26:15. Cp. Mk 14:10; Lk 22:4, 6; J 19:11. Pass. Mt 20:18; Mk 10:33a. Without a dat. Mt 10:4; 26:16, 21, 23; Mk 3:19; 14:11, 18; Lk 22:48; J 6:64, 71; 12:4; 13:21. Pass. Mt 26:24; Mk 14:21; Lk 22:22; 1 Cor 11:23b (NRSV et al. render ‘betrayed’, but it is not certain that when Paul refers to ‘handing over’, ‘delivering up’, ‘arresting’ [so clearly Posidon.: 87 Fgm. 36, 50 Jac. παραδοθείς ‘surrendered’] he is even thinking of the action taken against Jesus by Judas much less interpreting it as betrayal; cp. Ac 3:13 παρεδώκατε). ὁ παραδιδοὺς αὐτόν (παραδιδούς με) his (my) informer (on the role of a מסוֹר in Israelite piety s. WKlassen, Judas ’96, 62–66; but Ac 1:18 the action of Judas as ἀδικία) Mt 26:25, 46, 48; Mk 14:42, 44; Lk 22:21; J 13:11; 18:2, 5. Cp. Mt 27:3, 4; J 21:20. The article w. pres. ptc. connotes the notoriety (cp. the use of traditor in Tacitus, Histories 4, 24) of Judas in early tradition. His act is appraised as betrayal Lk 6:16, s. προδότης.—τινὰ εἰς χεῖράς τινος deliver someone/someth. into someone’s hands (a Semitic construction, but paralleled in Lat., cp. Livy 26, 12, 11; Dt 1:27; Jer 33:24; Jdth 6:10; 1 Macc 4:30; 1 Esdr 1:50. Pass. Jer 39:4, 36, 43; Sir 11:6; Da 7:25, 11:11; TestJob 20:3; ParJer 2:7 τὴν πόλιν; AscIs 2:14; cp. Jos., Ant. 2, 20) Ac 21:11. Pass. Mt 17:22; 26:45; Mk 9:31; 14:41; Lk 9:44; 24:7 (NPerrin, JJeremias Festschr., ’70, 204–12); Ac 28:17. ἡ γῆ παραδοθήσεται εἰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ D 16:4b. Also ἐν χειρί τινος (Judg 7:9; 2 Esdr 9:7; cp. 2 Ch 36:17; 1 Macc 5:50; Just., D. 40, 2 ὁ τόπος τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ὑμῶν παραδοθήσεται) 1 Cl 55:5b.—W. indication of the goal, or of the purpose for which someone is handed over: in the inf. (Jos., Bell. 1, 655) παραδιδόναι τινά τινι φυλάσσειν αὐτόν hand someone over to someone to guard him (X., An. 4, 6, 1) Ac 12:4. W. local εἰς (OGI 669, 15 εἰς τὸ πρακτόρειόν τινας παρέδοσαν; PGiss 84 II, 18 [II A.D.] εἰς τ. φυλακήν): εἰς συνέδρια hand over to the local courts Mt 10:17; Mk 13:9. εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς καὶ φυλακάς hand someone over to the synagogues and prisons Lk 21:12. εἰς φυλακήν put in prison Ac 8:3; cp. 22:4. Also εἰς δεσμωτήριον (of a transcendent place of punishment: cp. PGM 4, 1245ff ἔξελθε, δαῖμον, … παραδίδωμί σε εἰς τὸ μέλαν χάος ἐν ταῖς ἀπωλείαις) Hs 9, 28, 7. ἑαυτοὺς εἰς δεσμά give oneself up to imprisonment 1 Cl 55:2a. W. final εἰς (cp. En 97:10 εἰς κατάραν μεγάλην παρα[δο]θήσεσθε): ἑαυτοὺς εἰς δουλείαν give oneself up to slavery 55:2b (cp. Just., D. 139, 4). εἰς τὸ σταυρωθῆναι hand over to be crucified Mt 26:2. εἰς τὸ ἐμπαῖξαι κτλ. 20:19. εἰς θλῖψιν 24:9. εἰς κρίμα θανάτου Lk 24:20. εἰς κρίσιν 2 Pt 2:4. εἰς θάνατον hand over to death (POxy 471, 107 [II A.D.]): Mt 10:21 (Unknown Sayings, 68 n. 3: by informing on the other); Mk 13:12; Hm 12, 1, 2f; pass.: ending of Mk in the Freer ms.; 2 Cor 4:11; 1 Cl 16:13 (Is 53:12); B 12:2; Hs 9, 23, 5. π. ἑαυτὸν εἰς θάνατον give oneself up to death 1 Cl 55:1; fig. hand oneself over to death Hs 6, 5, 4. εἰς θλῖψιν θανάτου παραδίδοσθαι be handed over to the affliction of death B 12:5. π. τὴν σάρκα εἰς καταφθοράν give up his flesh to corruption 5:1.—ἵνα stands for final εἰς: τὸν Ἰησοῦν παρέδωκεν ἵνα σταυρωθῇ he handed Jesus over to be crucified Mt 27:26; Mk 15:15; cp. J 19:16.—π. alone w. the mng. hand over to suffering, death, punishment, esp. in relation to Christ: κύριος παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν 1 Cl 16:7 (cp. Is 53:6).—Ro 8:32. Pass. 4:25; cp. B 16:5. π. ἑαυτὸν ὑπέρ τινος Gal 2:20 (GBerényi, Biblica 65, ’84, 490–537); Eph 5:25. παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ he gave himself to God for us as a sacrifice and an offering vs. 2.—π. τινὰ τῷ σατανᾷ εἰς ὄλεθρον τῆς σαρκός hand someone over to Satan for destruction of his physical body 1 Cor 5:5. οὓς παρέδωκα τῷ σατανᾷ, ἵνα whom I have turned over to Satan, in order that 1 Ti 1:20 (cp. INikaia I, 87, 4f of someone handed over to the gods of the netherworld for tomb violation [New Docs 4, 165]; also the exorcism PGM 5, 334ff νεκυδαίμων, … παραδίδωμί σοι τὸν δεῖνα, ὅπως … ; s. the lit. s.v. ὄλεθρος 2; also CBruston, L’abandon du pécheur à Satan: RTQR 21, 1912, 450–58; KLatte, Heiliges Recht 1920; LBrun, Segen u. Fluch im Urchr. ’32, 106ff). The angel of repentance says: ἐμοὶ παραδίδονται εἰς ἀγαθὴν παιδείαν they are turned over to me for good instruction Hs 6, 3, 6a (Demetr. Phaler. [IV/III B.C.] Fgm. 164 FWehrli ’49: Demosthenes παραδίδωσι ἑαυτὸν τῷ Ἀνδρονίκῳ to be initiated into dramatic art).—ἑαυτοὺς παρέδωκαν τῇ ἀσελγείᾳ they gave themselves over to debauchery Eph 4:19. ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τ. αἰῶνος τούτου Hs 6, 2, 3. ταῖς τρυφαῖς καὶ ἀπάταις 6, 2, 4. παρεδώκατε ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὰς ἀκηδίας Hv 3, 11, 3 (s. ἀκηδία). Of God, who punishes evil-doers: παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς ἀκαθαρσίαν he abandoned them to impurity Ro 1:24 (for the thought cp. 1QH 2:16–19. See also EKlostermann, ZNW 32, ’33, 1–6 [retribution]). εἰς πάθη ἀτιμίας to disgraceful passions vs. 26. εἰς ἀδόκιμον νοῦν vs. 28. παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς λατρεύειν τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Ac 7:42. God, the All-Gracious One, is the subject of the extraordinary (s. lit. διδαχή 2) expression εἰς ὸ̔ν παρεδόθητε τύπον διδαχῆς = τῷ τύπῳ δ. εἰς ὸ̔ν π. (obedient) to the form of teaching, for the learning of which you were given over i.e. by God Ro 6:17 (cp. the ins. fr. Transjordania in Nabataean times NGG Phil.-Hist. Kl. Fachgr. V n.s. I, 1, ’36, p. 3, 1 Abedrapsas thanks his paternal god: παρεδόθην εἰς μάθησιν τέχνης=‘I was apprenticed to learn a trade’. AFridrichsen, ConNeot 7, ’42, 6–8; FBeare, NTS 5, ’59, 206–10; UBorse, BZ 12, ’68, 95–103; FDanker, Gingrich Festschr., ’72, 94).

② to entrust for care or preservation, give over, commend, commit w. dat. (cp. PFlor 309, 5 σιωπῇ παραδ. ‘hand over to forgetfulness’; Just., A II, 5, 2 τὴν … τῶν ἀνθρώπων … πρόνοιαν ἀγγέλοις … παρέδωκεν ‘[God] entrusted angels with concern for humans’; Tat. 7, 3 τῇ σφῶν ἀβελτερίᾳ παρεδόθησαν ‘they were handed over to their own stupidity’) παραδίδοσθαι τῇ χάριτι τοῦ κυρίου ὑπό τινος be commended by someone to the grace of the Lord Ac 15:40. Ἀντιόχεια, ὅθεν ἦσαν παραδεδομένοι τῇ χάριτι τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς τὸ ἔργον Antioch, from which (city they had gone out) commended to the grace of God for the work 14:26.—παρεδίδου τῷ κρίνοντι he committed his cause to the one who judges 1 Pt 2:23.

③ to pass on to another what one knows, of oral or written tradition, hand down, pass on, transmit, relate, teach (Theognis 1, 28f passes on what he himself learned as παῖς, ἀπὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν; Pla., Phil. 16c, Ep. 12, 359d μῦθον; Demosth. 23, 65; Polyb. 7, 1, 1; 10, 28, 3; Diod S 12, 13, 2 π. τινί τι pass on someth. to future generations εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν αἰῶνα; Plut., Nic. 524 [1, 5]; Herm. Wr. 13, 15; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 60 τὴν κατὰ νόμους παραδεδομένην εὐσέβειαν; PMagd 33, 5 of a report to the police concerning the facts in a case; Just.; A I, 54, 1 τὰ μυθοποιηθέντα) Lk 1:2. παραδόσεις Mk 7:13 (of the tradition of the Pharisees, as Jos., Ant. 13, 297; cp. the rabbinic term מָסַר); 1 Cor 11:2. ἔθη Ac 6:14. ὁ ἡμῖν παραδοθεὶς λόγος the teaching handed down to us Pol 7:2 (Just., D. 53, 6). ἡ παραδοθεῖσα αὐτοῖς ἁγία ἐντολή 2 Pt 2:21 (ApcMos 23 τὴν ἐντολήν μου ἣν παρέδωκά σοι). ἡ παραδοθεῖσα τοῖς ἁγίοις πίστις Jd 3. τὰ παραδοθέντα (Philo, Fuga 200) Dg 11:1. παρεδίδοσαν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα they handed down to them the decisions to observe Ac 16:4.—(In contrast to παραλαμβάνειν [the same contrast in Diod S 1, 91, 4; 3, 65, 6; 5, 2, 3; PHerm 119 III, 22; BGU 1018, 24; PThéad 8, 25]) pass on 1 Cor 11:23a; 15:3; AcPlCor 2:4; EpilMosq 2. W. a connotation of wonder and mystery (of mysteries and ceremonies: Theon Smyrn., Expos. Rer. Math. p. 14 Hiller τελετὰς παραδιδόναι; Diod S 5, 48, 4 μυστηρίων τελετὴ παραδοθεῖσα; Strabo 10, 3, 7; Wsd 14:15 μυστήρια καὶ τελετάς. ParJer 9:29 τὰ μυστήρια … τῷ Βαρούχ; Just., D. 70, 1 τὰ τοῦ Μίθρου μυστήρια παραδιδόντες; cp. 78, 6. Cp. Herm. Wr. 13, 1 παλιγγενεσίαν; PGM 4, 475) πάντα (πᾶς 1dβ) μοι παρεδόθη ὑπὸ τ. πατρός μου Mt 11:27; Lk 10:22 (cp. Herm. Wr. 1, 32 πάτερ … παρέδωκας αὐτῷ [ὁ σὸς ἄνθρωπος is meant] τὴν πᾶσαν ἐξουσίαν; in Vett. Val. 221, 23 astrology is ὑπὸ θεοῦ παραδεδομένη τ. ἀνθρώποις.—For lit. on the saying of Jesus s. under υἱός 2dβ).—S. παράδοσις, end.

④ to make it possible for someth. to happen, allow, permit (Hdt. 5, 67; 7, 18 [subj. ὁ θεός]; X., An. 6, 6, 34 [οἱ θεοί]; Isocr. 5, 118 [οἱ καιροί]; Polyb. 22, 24, 9 τῆς ὥρας παραδιδούσης) ὅταν παραδοῖ ὁ καρπός when the (condition of the) crop permits Mk 4:29.—On the whole word: WPopkes, Christus Traditus, ’67.—M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

III. Φοῖνιξ, ικος, ὁ a seaport mentioned Ac 27:12. Two sites merit attention. The Phoinix mentioned Strabo 10, 4, 3 (475) lying in the territory of Lappa, some distance to the east fr. Loutro (s. 1), is not a serious contender; for, if correctly identified, it lacks a harbor.

① Phoinix (Ptolemy, Geogr. 3, 17, 3; Stadiasmus sive Periplus Maris Magni [a Byzantine version of a 3d cent. A.D. anonymous work] 328–29 [=GGM I 507f]) on the south coast of Crete near Loutro. On the protection offered to mariners by this harbor s. esp. Ogilvie, also Hemer, Acts 139 (lit.); but Warnecke discounts its value, given the size of the ship and the large number of crew and passengers (Ac 27:37), and favors

② Phoinikous (Ptolemy, Geogr. 3, 15, 3; Pausan. 4, 34, 12) on the southern coast of the area known as Messenia (Od. 21:15). According to Warnecke 28f (but without supporting grammatical references), the phrase λιμὴν τῆς Κρήτης means ‘a harbor for Crete’ (=a harbor suitable for trade to and fro fr. Crete). Paul’s anxiety would stem from awareness of the type of weather conditions that would put mariners in peril on a trip from Crete to Messenian Phoinikous (cp. Hom., Od. 3, 291–98).—HBalmer, D. Romfahrt des Ap. Pls 1905, 319ff; Zahn, AG 1921, 825ff; ROgilvie, JTS n.s. 9, ’58, 308–14; Warnecke, Romfahrt 19–36; Hemer, Acts 139–41; Pauly-W. XX 4335; Kl. Pauly 800; BHHW III 1464; Haenchen ad loc.; PECS 708.

ἐμπορία, ας, ἡ (s. prec. and two next entries; Hes., Hdt. et al.; SIG 185, 32 [IV B.C.]; OGI 629, 164; SEG XXVI, 1392, 47; PTebt 6, 25 [II B.C.]; PGiss 9, 3; POxy 76, 10; CPJ 4526, 14 ἐ. Ἰουδαίων; LXX; EpArist 114; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 60; 61; TestJos 11:5; TestAbr A 2 p. 79, 10 [Stone p. 6]; loanw. in rabb.) the business or work in which one engages business, trade Mt 22:5. ἐμπορίαν ἀσκεῖν engage in business 2 Cl 20:4 (the verb also governs θεοσέβειαν).—DELG s.v. ἔμπορος. M-M.