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ἀδυνατέω

ἀδυνατέω, -ῶ (< ἀδύνατος), [in LXX: , (פּלא ni.), (בּצר ni.), al.;]

to be unable (cl., Philo; π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).

In LXX and NT (Kennedy, Sources, 124; Hatch, Essays, 4; Field, Notes, 46 f.), to be impossible: , .†

ἀεί

ἀεί, adv., [in LXX: (מֵעוֹלָם) (תָּמִיד), , al.;]

ever;

of continuous time, unceasingly, perpetually: , 6:10, , .

Of successive occurrences, on every occasion (MM, VGT, s.v.): , .†

ἀετός

ἀετός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX for נֶשֶׁר;]

an eagle: (Rec. ἀγγέλου) . Where carrion is referred to, ἀ. is probably a vulture (cf. , ): , (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Ἀζώρ

Ἀζώρ, ὁ, indecl.,

Azor: , .†

ἀηδία

ἀηδία, -ας, ἡ (< ἀ- neg., ἦδος, pleasure), [in LXX: (שִׂיחַ)*;]

of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.);

dislike (Plat.), disagreement (MM, VGT, s.v.): D.†

ἀθέμιτος

** ἀ-θέμιτος (late form of ἀθέμιστος, LS, MM, VGT, s.v.), -ον (< θέμις, custom, right), [in LXX: II Mac 6:5 7:1 10:34, III Mac 5:20*;]

of persons, lawless (III Mac 5:20);

of things, lawless, unlawful: , .†

SYN.: v.s. ἄθεσμος.

ἀθέτησις

† ἀθέτησις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀθετέω), [in LXX, usually of unfaithful, rebellious action: (פֶּשַׁע), (בֶּגֶד), (מַעַל), II Mac 14:28*;]

a disannulling, setting aside: (for similar usage in π., v. Deiss., BS, 228 f.; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀθανασία

** ἀθανασία, -ας, ἡ (< ἀ-θάνατος, undying; V. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX: Wi 3:4 4:1 8:13, 17 15:3, IV Mac 14:5 16:13*;]

immortality: , (cf. Cremer, 285 f.).†

ἀθετέω

† ἀθετέω, -ῶ (< τίθημι), [in LXX for seventeen different words, פּשׁע, מרד, בּגד, מעל, etc., often meaning, as (Heb., al.), to revolt; properly, to make ἄθετον, or do away with what has been laid down (v. DCG, i, 453 f.)].

to set aside, disregard (in Gramm., to reject as spurious): διαθήκην, ; ἐντολήν, ; νόμον, ; πίστιν, .

to nullify, make void: (v. Field, Notes, 59), , .

to reject: (Field, op. cit., 30), , , , (for exx. in π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Ἀθῆναι

Ἀθῆναι, -ῶν, αἱ (plural because consisting of several parts),

Athens: , , .†

Ἀθηναῖος

Ἀθηναῖος, -α, -ον,

Athenian: , .†

ἀθλέω

* ἀθλέω, -ῶ (in cl. also ἀθλεύω, < ἆθλος, a contest, in war or in sport),

to contend in games, wrestle, combat: .†

ἀθροίζω

ἀθροίζω (< ἀθρόος, assembled in crowds, MM, VGT, s.v.; < θρόος, a noise, tumult), [in LXX chiefly for קבץ;]

to gather, assemble: .†

ἀθυμέω

ἀθυμέω, -ῶ (ἄ-θυμος, without heart), [in LXX for חרה, etc.;]

to be disheartened: .†

ἀθῷος

ἀθῷος (Rec. wrongly, -ῶος; LS, s.v.; Mayser, 131), -ον (< θωή, a penalty), [in LXX chiefly for נקה ni., pi., נָקִי;]

unpunished (MM, VGT, s.v.).

innocent: (WH, R, mg., δίκαιον) .

ἀΐδιος

** ἀΐδιος, -ον (< ἀεί), [in LXX: Wi 7:26, IV Mac 10:15*;]

everlasting (freq. in Inscr.; MM, VGT, s.v.): , .†

SYN.: αἰώνιος, also freq. in Inscr. (Deiss., BS, 363 J. The etymological distinction between the meanings of the two words seems not to be retained in late Greek (v. Thayer, s.v., αἰώνιος; cf. Cremer, 79, 611).

ἀκάθαρτος

ἀκάθαρτος, -ον (< ἀ- neg., καθαίρω), [in LXX chiefly for טָמֵא;]

unclean, impure;

physically (LS, MM, VGT, s.v.);

ceremonially: , , , , ;

morally: , ; c. πνεῦμα, as always in Gosp., , , , , , , , , , , (cf. Cremer, 320).†

ἀκάνθινος

ἀκάνθινος, -ον (< ἄκανθα), [in LXX: (סיר)*;]

of thorns: , .

of acantha-wood (Hdt.; π. ap. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀκέραιος

** ἀκέραιος, -ον (< κεράννυμι), [in LXX: *;]

unmixed, pure, hence, metaph. (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), guileless, simple: , , .†

SYN.: ἄδολος, ἄκακος, ἁπλοῦς (cf. Ellic. on ; Tr., Syn., §lvi).

Ἀκύλας

Ἀκύλας, -ου (and -α; MM, VGT, s.v.), ὁ (Lat.),

Aquila: , , , , .†

ἀκαίρως

** ἀκαίρως, adv. (< ἄκαιρος, unseasonable), [in LXX: Si 35 (32):4*;]

out of season, unseasonably: opp. to εὐκαίρως (q.v.), (cf. Cremer, 740; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀκαθάρτης

*† ἀκαθάρτης, -τος, ἡ,

uncleanness: , Rec. (for τ. ἀκάθαρτα).†

ἀκαθαρσία

ἀκαθαρσία, -ας, ἡ (< ἀκάθαρτος), [in LXX chiefly for טֻמְאָה, טָמֵא;]

uncleanness, impurity,

physical (MM, VGT, s.v.): ;

moral: , , , , , .†

ἀκαιρέομαι

*† ἀκαιρέομαι, -οῦμαι (< ἄκαιρος, unseasonable),

to have no opportunity (opp. to εὐκαιρέω): .†

ἀκατάγνωστος

**† ἀ-κατά-γνωστος, -ον (< καταγινώσκω), [in LXX: II Mac 4:47 ;]

not open to just rebuke, irreprehensible: (v. Cremer, 676; and for other exx., MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀκατάκριτος

*† ἀ-κατά-κριτος, -ον (< κατακρίνω),

uncondemned (EV): , .

= cl. ἄκριτος, without trial, not yet tried (MM, VGT, s.v.) , †

ἀκατάλυτος

**† ἀ-κατά-λυτος, -ον (< καταλύω), [in LXX: IV Mac 10:11*;]

indissoluble: .†

ἀκατάπαυστος

*† ἀκατάπαυστος, -ον (< καταπαύω),

that cannot cease, not to be restrained: c. gen. rei, , T, Tr. txt.†

ἀκατάστατος

ἀ-κατά-στατος, -ον (< καθίστημι), [in LXX: (סֹעֲרָה);]

unsettled, unstable: , .†

ἀκατάσχετος

† ἀκατάσχετος, -ον (< κατέχω), [in LXX: , III Mac 6:17*;]

that cannot be restrained: Rec. (for -στατος, q.v.).†

ἀκατακάλυπτος

† ἀ-κατα-κάλυπτος, -ον (< κατακαλύπτω), [in LXX: A (פָּרוּע)*;]

uncovered, unveiled: , .†

ἀκαταστασία

† ἀκαταστασία, -ας, ἡ (< ἀκατάστατος), [in LXX: (מִדְחֶה), To 4:13*;]

instability (MM, VGT, s.v.); hence, confusion, tumult: , ; pl. (Bl., §32, 6), , , (Polyb., al.; v. Cremer, 739).†

Ἀκελδαμάχ

Ακελδαμά, -δαμάχ, v.s. Αχελδαμάχ.

ἀκλινής

** ἀκλινής, -ές (< κλίνω), [in LXX: IV Mac 6:7 17:3*;]

unbending, firm: metaph. (MM, VGT, s.v.). .†

ἀκμάζω

** ἀκμάζω (< ἀκμήν), [in LXX: IV Mac 2:3*;]

to be at the prime; of produce of the ground, to be ripe (Thuc.): (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀκμήν

* ἀκμήν, acc. of ἀκμή,

a point, used as adv., at the present point of time, even now, even yet: .†

ἀκοή

ἀκοή, -ῆς, ἡ (< ἀκούω), [in LXX: , al. for שׁמע, its parts and derivatives, exc. (שׁמר);]

hearing, the sense of hearing: , ; "Hebraic dative," ἀκοῇ ακούειν (freq. in LXX; V. M, Pr., 14, 75), , .

organ of hearing, the ear (Arist., al.; MM, VGT, s.v.): , ; pl., , , , .

a thing heard, i.e.,

a message, teaching: and , (LXX), , R, mg.; λόγος ἀκοῆς, , ;

a report, rumour: c. gen, pers., , , ; (Cremer, 82, 623; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀκούω

ἀκούω, [in LXX chiefly for שׁמע;]

to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing.

Intrans.: , , , al.; τ. ὠσίν, (LXX); c. cogn. dat., ακοῇ ἀ. (v.s. ἀκοή), , (LXX); ὁ ἔχων ὦτα (οὖς) ἀκούειν, ἀκουσάτω, , , , al.

Trans., prop. c. acc. rei, of thing heard, gen. pers., from whom heard (LS, s.v.): ; c. acc. rei, , (Abbott, JG, 76), , al.; c. dupl. acc., , ; c. gen. rei, (Abbott, JV, 116); τ. φωνῆς (cf. Heb. שָׁמַע בְּקֹול, ), , (on the distinction bet. this and ἀ. φωνήν, , v. M, Pr., 66; Field, Notes, 117; Abbott, Essays, 93f.); of God answering prayer, , , ; c. acc. rei, seq. παρά, , , ; id. seq. ἀπό, ; c. gen. pars. seq. ptcp., , , al. (On NT usage generally, v. Bl., §36, 5; Cremer, 82.)

ἀκολουθέω

ἀκολουθέω, -ῶ (< ἀκόλουθος, following; < ἀ- cop., κέλευθος, poët., away), [in LXX chiefly for הָלַךְ;]

to accompany, follow: , al. Metaph., of discipleship: , , , al. Absol.: ; more freq., c. dat. (cl.), , al.; seq. μετά, c. gen, (cl.; Eutherford, N.Phr., 458 f.), ; ὀπίσω, c. gen. (Heb. הָלַךְ אחֲֲרֵי), (cf. ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, παρ-, συν-ἀκολουθέω).

SYN.: (cl.) ἕπομαι, not in NT (v. Cremer, 80; MM, VGT, s.v.).

ἀκρίβεια

ἀκρίβεια, -ας, ἡ (< ἀκριβής), [in LXX: (יַצִּיב), Wi 12:21, Si 16:25 42:4*;]

exactness, precision (for exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.): .†

ἀκρίς

ἀκρίς, -ίδος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אַרְבֶּה, also for חָגָב, etc.;]

a locust: , , , .†

ἀκρασία

** ἀκρασία, -ας, ἡ (< ἀκρατής, q.v.), [in LXX: I Mac 6:26*;]

in Arist. and later writers = ἀκράτεια (Lft., Notes, 222 f.), want of power, hence want of self-control, incontinence: , .†

ἀκρατής

ἀκρατής, -ές (< κράτος), [in LXX: *;]

powerless, impotent;

in moral sense, lacking self-control, incontinent: .†

ἀκριβής

ἀκριβής, -ές [in LXX: (יַצִּיב) , , Si 18:29 19:25 31:24 32:3*;]

exact, precise, careful, of things and persons: superl., .†

ἀκριβόω

** ἀκριβόω, -ῶ (< ἀκριβής), [in Aq.: *;]

to enquire with exactness, learn carefully: , (for similar ex., v. MM, VGT, sv.).†

ἀκριβῶς

ἀκριβῶς adv. (< ἀκριβής), [in LXX: (יָטַב), (יְצֵב), , Wi 19:18, Si 18:29;]

with exactness, carefully: , , , , (M, Th., in l.). Compar., ἀκριβέστερον (Milligan, NTD, 111; MM, VGT, s.v.), , .†

ἀκροατήριον

*† ἀκροατήριον, -ου, τό (< ἀκροάομαι, to listen)

a place of audience: (Plut.).†

ἀκροατής

ἀκροατής, οῦ, ὁ (v. supr.) [in LXX: (לַחַשׁ), Si 3:29 ;]

a hearer: , , , .†

ἀκροβυστία

† ἀκροβυστία, -ας, ή (perh. an Alexandrian form of cl. ἀκροποσθία; cf. MM, VGT, s.v.) [in LXX for עׇרְלָה;]

the prepuce, foreskin (LXX), hence abstr., uncircumcision: , , , , . By meton., the uncircumcised: , , .†

ἀκρογωνιαῖος

† ἀκρο-γωνιαῖος, -αία, -αῖον (< ἄκροι, γωνία, an angle) [in LXX: (פִּנָּה)*;] = Attic γωνιαῖος (freq. in Inscr.; MM, VGT, s.v. ἀ.),

at the extreme angle: ὁ ἀ., the corner foundation stone, , .†

ἀκροθίνιον

* ἀκροθίνιον, -ου, τό (< ἄκρος, θίς, a heap),

prop., the top of a heap, hence, in pl.,

first-fruits (Xen.; MM, VGT, s.v.).

In war, the choicest spoils (cf. Hdt., viii, 121 f.): .†

ἀκυρόω

**† ἀκυρόω, -ῶ (< κῦρος, authority), [in LXX: I Es 6:32, IV Mac6*;]

to revoke, invalidate (MM, VGT, s.v.): , , (Plut.).†

ἀκωλύτως

** ἀκωλύτως adv. (< κωλύω), [in Sm.: *;]

without hindrance (so freq. in legal documents; MM, VGT, s.v.): .†

ἀκων

ἀκων (Attic contr. for ἀέκων), -ουα, -ον (< ἀ- neg., ἅκων, willing), [in LXX: , II Mac 11:12*;]

unwilling: .†

ἀλάβαστρον

ἀλάβαστρον, -ου, τό (also -ος, ὁ, ἡ; colloq. and κοινή for ἀλάβαστος), [in LXX: (צַלַּחַת)*;]

a box of alabaster (ἀλαβαστίτης) for ointment: , , (v. DCG, i, 41b; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀλάλητος

† ἀ-λάλητος, -ον (< λαλέω),

inexpressible, not to be uttered: .†

ἀλέκτωρ

ἀλέκτωρ, -ορος, ὁ (poët. form of ἀλεκτρυών; v. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX: ) (זַרְזִיר; BDB, Lex., 267)*;]

a cock: , , , , , .†

Ἀλέξανδρος

Ἀλέξανδρος, -ου, ὁ,

Alexander

Son of Simon of Cyrene:

A kinsman of the High Priest: .

A certain Jew: .

A coppersmith: .

Perh. = 4 (v. Ellic. on ): .†

ἀλήθεια

ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ (< ἀληθής), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמֶת (on which, v. Cremer, 627f.), אֱמוּנָה;]

truth (v. DB, iv, 818f.).

Objectively, "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer, 86): , al.; of religious truth, , al.; esp. of Christian doctrine, , al.; ἀ. θεοῦ, .

Subjectively, truthfulness, truth, not merely verbal (cl.), but sincerity and integrity of character: , .

In phrases (MM, VGT, s.v.): ἐπ’ ἀληθείας, , al.; ἀ. λέγειν (εἰπεῖν, λαλεῖν), , , , al.; ἀ. ποιεῖν, , (cf. DB, iv, 818b, ff.).

ἀλήθω

† ἀλήθω (κοινή form of the Attic ἀλέω), [in LXX for טחן;]

to grind: , .†

ἀλίσγημα

† ἀλίσγημα, -τος, τό (< late ἀλισγέω, to pollute),

pollution: .†

ἀλόη

† ἀλόη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX: Song of Songs 4:14 א (אֲהָלִים)*;]

the aloe, aloes (the powder of a fragrant wood): .†

ἀλώπηξ

ἀλώπηξ, -εκος, ἡ, [in LXX for שׁוּעָל;]

a fox: , ; metaph., of Herod, .†

ἀλαζών

ἀλαζών, -όνος, ὁ, ἡ (< ἄλη, wandering), [in LXX: (שַׁחַץ) (יָהִיר), (לוּץ)*;]

prop, a vagabond, hence, an impostor, a boaster: , .†

SYN.: ὐβριστής, ὑπερήφανος (v. Tr., Syn., § xxix; Lft., Notes, 256)

ἀλαζονία

** ἀλαζονία (Rec. -εία, the earlier form), -ας, ἡ (< ἀλαζών), [in LXX: Wi 5:8 17:7, 2; IV Mac 5:1-38*;]

the character of an ἀλαζών, boastfulness, vainglory, vaunting: (Mayor, in l.), .†

ἀλαλάζω

ἀλαλάζω (onomat. from the battle-cry ἀλαλά), [in LXX chiefly for רוּעַ hi., יָלַל;]

prop, to raise a war-cry, shout with triumph or joy; rarely of grief, to wail: (cf. ); of a cymbal, ἀλαλάζον (RV. clanging), (cf. ὀλολύζω).†

ἀλείφω

ἀλείφω (cf. λίπος, oil), [in LXX: , , (משׁח), ff. (טוח), , , , , , (סוךְ), , Jth 16:8*;]

to anoint, festally or in homage: c. acc rei or pers., , , ; seq. dat., ἐλαίῳ, , ; μύρῳ, , , .†

SYN.: χρίω, μυρίζω (against the distinction made bet. ἀ. and χ. in Tr., Syn., § 38, v. MM, VGT, s.v., ἀ.)

ἀλεκτοροφωνία

† ἀλεκτοροφωνία, -ας, ἡ (< ἀλέκτωρ, φωνή),

cock-crowing, i.e. the third watch in the night: .†

Ἀλεξανδρεύς

Ἀλεξανδρεύς, -έως, ὁ

an Alexandrian: .†

Ἀλεξανδρινός

Ἀλεξανδρινός (Rec. -δρῖνο; v. Kühner3, II, 296), -ή, -όν,

Alexandrian: .†

ἀληθής

ἀληθής, -ές (< λήθω = λανθάνω, hence primarily, unconcealed, manifest; hence, actual, real), [in LXX for אֶמֶת, etc.;]

of things, true, conforming to reality: (= ἀληθινός, q.v.) , , , , , , , , ;

of persons, truthful: , , , , .†

SYN.: ἀληθινός, real, genuine, ideal, as opp. to spurious or imperfect ἀληθής, true to fact, as opp. to false, lying, denotes the actuality of a thing: ἀληθινός, its relation to the corresponding conception. (Cf. Tr., Syn., § viii; Cremer, 84 f., 631 Abbott, JV, 234 f.; DB, iv, 818 f.; MM, VGT, s.vv.)

ἀληθεύω

ἀληθεύω (< ἀληθής), [in LXX: (יָכַח) (אֶמֶת), (מִשְׁפָּט), (שָׁלַם), Si 34:4*;]

to speak the truth (R, mg., deal truly; Field, Notes, 192): , .†

ἀληθινός

ἀληθινός, -ή, -όν (< ἀληθής), [in LXX for אֶמֶת;]

true, in the sense of real, ideal, genuine: , , , , , , ; = ἀληθής, (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

SYN.: ἀληθής, q.v

ἀληθῶς

ἀληθῶς adv. (< ἀληθής), [in LXX (, , al.) chiefly for אָמֵן and cogn. forms;]

truly, surely: , , , , , .†

ἀλλά

ἀλλά (ἀλλ’ usually bef. α and υ, often bef. ε and η, rarely bef. ο and ω, never bef. ι; Tdf., Pr., 93 f.; WH, App., 146), adversative particle,

stronger than δέ; prop. neuter pl. of ἄλλος, used adverbially, with changed accent; hence prop. otherwise, on the other hand (cf. );

opposing a previous negation, but: οὐ (μὴ) . . . ἀ., , , , al.; rhetorically subordinating but not entirely negativing what precedes, οὐ . . . ἀ., not so much . . . as, , , , al.; with ellipse of the negation, , , 7:7, , , al.; in opposition to a foregoing pos. sentence, ἀ. οὐ, , ; οὐ μόνον . . . ἀ. καί, , , al.; elliptically, after a negation, ἀ. ἵνα, , , al.; = εἰ μή (Bl., §77, 13; M, Pr., 241; but cf. WM, §iii, 10), , .

Without previous negation, to express opposition, interruption, transition, etc., but: , ; before commands or requests, , , , al.; to introduce an accessory idea, ; in the apodosis after a condition or concession with εἰ, ἐάν, εἴπερ, yet, still, at least, , , , , al.; after μέν, , , ; giving emphasis to the following clause, ἀλλ’ ἔρχεται ὥρα, yea, etc., ; so with neg., ἀλλ’ οὐδέ, nay, nor yet, .

Joined with other particles (a practice which increases in late writers; Simcox, LNT, 166), ἀ. γε, yet at least, , ; ἄ ἤ., save only, except, , ; ἀ. μὲν οὖν, (on this usage, v. MM, VGT, s.v.).

ἀλλάσσω

ἀλλάσσω (< ἄλλος), [in LXX chiefly for חלף, מוּר hi., etc.;]

to change: , .

to transform: , , .

to exchange: c. acc., seq. ἐν (= בְּ, ) instead of simple gen. (Bl., § 36, 8),

(cf. ἀπ-, δι-, κατ-, ἀπο-κατ-, μετ-, συν-αλλάσσω; v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀλλήλων

ἀλλήλων (gen. pl.), dat. -οις, -αις, acc. -ους, -ας, -α (no nom.), recipr. pron. (< ἄλλος),

of one another, mutually: , , , al.

ἀλλότριος

ἀλλότριος, -α, -ον (< ἄλλος), [in LXX for זוּר, נֵכָר, אַחֵר;]

belonging to another, not one's own (opp. to ἴδιος): , (Field, Notes, 165 f.), , , , .

foreign, strange, alien (opp. to οἰκεῖος; v. MM, VGT, s.v.): , , , , , .†

ἀλλόφυλος

ἀλλόφυλος, -ον (ἄλλος, φῦλον, a tribe), [in LXX chiefly for פְּלֶשֶׁת;]

foreign, of another race (MM, VGT, s.v.); as opp. to a Jew, a Gentile: .†

ἀλλαχόθεν

** ἀλλαχόθεν adv. (< ἀλλος), [in LXX: IV Mac 1:7*;] = ἀλλοθεν (v. MM, VGT, s.v.)

from another place: .†

ἀλλαχοῦ

* ἀλλαχοῦ, adv. (< ἀλλος) = ἄλλοσε (MM, VGT, s.v.),

elsewhere: .

ἀλληγορέω

*† ἀλληγορέω, -ῶ (< ἄλλος, ἀγορεύω),

to speak allegorically (Cremer, 96 ff.): .†

ἀλλογενής

† ἀλλογενής, -ές (< ἄλλος, γένος), [in LXX chiefly for זוּר, נֵכָר;]

of another race, a foreigner ( = ἀλλόφυλος; Cremer, 150; MM, VGT, s.v.): .†

ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος

* ἀλλοτρι-επίσκοπος (Rec. ἀλλοτριοεπ-), -ου, ὁ

one who meddles in things alien to his calling: (v. ICC, in l.; Deiss., BS, 224-4; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀλοάω

ἀλοάω, -ῶ (< ἅλως, v.s. ἅλων; and cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX chiefly for דּוּשׁ;]

to thresh: ; .†

ἀλυσιτελής

* ἀ-λυσιτελής, -ές, >(cf. λυσιτελέω),

unprofitable: .†

Ἀλφαῖος

Ἀλφαῖος (WH, Ἀλ-), -ου, ὁ (Aram. חַלְפַּי)

Alphæus.

Father of Levi: .

Father of James: , , , .†

ἀμάραντος

**† ἀμάραντος, -ον (< μαραίνομαι), [in LXX: Wi 6:12 (σοφία)*;]

unfading (whence ὁ ἀ., the amaranth, an unfading flower): (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀμάρτυρος

* ἀμάρτυρος, -ον (< μάρτυς),

without witness: .†

ἀμάω

* ἀμάω, -ῶ (in cl. chiefly poët.),

to reap: .†

ἀμέθυστος

ἀμέθυστος, -ου, ἡ (acc. to Plut., < ἀ- μεθύω, being regarded as an antidote against drunkenness), [in LXX: *;]

amethyst, a purple quartz: .†

ἀμέμπτως

ἀ-μέμπτως, adv. (< ἄμεμπτος), [in LXX: *;]

blamelessly (Lft., Notes, 28, 89; MM, VGT, s.v. -ος): WH mg., 5:23.†

ἀμέριμνος

** ἀμέριμνος, -ον (< μέριμνα), [in LXX: Wi 6:15 7:23*;]

free from anxiety or care: , (for exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀμήν

ἀμήν, indecl. (Heb. אָמֵן, verbal adj. fr. אמן, to prop, ni., be firm), [in LXX: , I Es 9:46, , To 8:8 14:15, III Mac 7:23, IV Mac 18:24 (elsewhere א״ is rendered ἀληθινός, ; ἀληθῶς, Je 35 (28):6; γένοιτο, , ff., , Ps 40 (41):13 71 (72):19 105 (106):48, )*.]

As adj. (cf. ), ὁ ἀ., .

As adv.,

in solemn assent to the statements or prayers of another (, etc.): ὁ ἀ., ;

similarly, at the end of one's own prayer or ascription of praise: , , ;

in the Gospels, exclusively, introducing solemn statements of our Lord, truly, verily: , (v. Swete, in l.), , al.; ἀ. ἀ., always in John 1:52 , al.; τὸ ναί, καὶ . . . τὸ ἀ., (on usage in π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).

ἀμήτωρ

* ἀμήτωρ, -ορος, ὁ, ἡ (< μήτηρ),

without a mother (freq. in Gk. writers of the gods): ἀπάτωρ ἀ. of one without recorded genealogy, (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).

ἀμίαντος

** ἀ-μίαντος, -ον (< μιαίνω), [in LXX: Wi 3:13 4:2 8:20, II Mac 14:36 15:34*;]

undefiled, free from contamination (in π., of αἰθήρ; MM, VGT, s.v.): , , .†

SYN.: ἄμωμος, ἄσπιλος (Cremer, 784).

ἀμύνω

ἀμύνω, [in LXX (mid.): (נקם), נָקַם), מוּל hi.), (ישׁע hi.), Wi 11:3, al.;]

to ward off, etc. Mid.

to defend oneself against;

to requite;

= act., to defend, assist (): c. acc. pers., (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀμώμητος

* ἀ-μώμητος, -ου (< μωμάομαι),

blameless: .†

SYN.: ἄμεμπτος (q.v.), ἀνέγκλητος, ἀνεπίλημπτος.

Ἀμών

Ἀμών, ὁ indecl. (Heb. אָמוֹן),

Amon, King of Judah: (Rec.).†

Ἀμώς

Ἀμώς, ὁ indecl. (Heb. אָמוֹץ, ; עָמוֹס, ; אָמוֹן, ff. B);

as in ff. B (Α. Ἀμμών; Jos., Ἀμμών, Ἄμωσσς), Amon: .

Amos: .†

ἀμαθής

** ἀμαθής, -ές (< μανθάνω), [in Sm.: *;]

unlearned, ignorant: (on the rareness of this word, v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀμαράντινος

*† ἀμαράντινος, -ον (< ἀμάραντος),

of amaranth (Inscr.); hence unfading: .†

ἀμελέω

ἀμελέω, -ῶ (< μέλει), [in LXX: (מרה) (בּעל), Wi 3:10, II Mac 4:14*;]

absol., to be careless, not to care: ;

c. gen., to be careless of, to neglect: , (v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀμετάθετος

*† ἀ-μετάθετος, -ον (< μετατίθημι), [in LXX: III Mac 5:1,12*;]

immutable: ; as subst., τὸ ἀ., immutability, (v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀμετακίνητος

* ἀ-μετα-κίνητος, -ον (< μετακινέω),

immovable, firm: .†

ἀμεταμέλητος

* ἀ-μεταμέλητος, -ον (< μεταμέλομαι),

not repented of, unregretted: , .†

ἀμετανόητος

*† ἀμετανόητος, -ον (< μετανοέω),

impenitent:

= ἀμεταμέλητος (π., Philo, al.; v. Deiss., BS, 257; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Ἀμιναδάβ

Ἀμιναδάβ, ὁ indecl. (Heb עַמִּינָדָב),

Amminadab: , (WH om.).†

ἀμνός

ἀμνός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for כֶּבֶשׂ;]

a lamb: fig., of Christ (DCG, ii, 620b), , , (LXX), (cf. ἀρνίον; Cremer, 102, 635).†

ἀμοιβή

** ἀμοιβή, -ῆς, ἡ (< ἀμείβομαι, to repay); [in Aq., Sm.: , al.;]

requital, recompense: (for illustration from π. v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀμπελών

ἀμπελών, -ῶνος, ὁ (< ἄμπελος), [in LXX for כֶּרֶם;]

a vineyard: ff. ff, ff., . Æschin., 49, 13; Diod., al.; v. MM, VGT, s.v.; LS, s.v. ἀμπελουργεῖον.)

ἀμπελουργός

ἀμπελουργός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX for כֹּרֵם;]

a vine dresser: .†

Ἀμπλιᾶτος

Ἀμπλιᾶτος (T, -ίατος; Rec. Ἀμπλιᾶς; v. MM, VGT, 5.v.), -ου, ὁ,

Ampliatus: .†

ἀμφίβληστρον

ἀμφίβληστρον, -ου, τό (< ἀμφιβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵרֶם;]

something thrown around, as a garment; spec., a casting-net: .†

Ἀμφίπολις

Ἀμφίπολις, -εως, ἡ

Amphipolis, in Macedonia, so called because the river Strymon flowed around it: .†

ἀμφότεροι

ἀμφότεροι, -αι, -α (replaces ἄμφω in κοινή, v. M, Pr., 57; used of more than two, Pr., 80; MM, VGT, s.v.),

both of two: , al.

ἀμφιάζω

ἀμφιάζω (< ἀμφί, on both sides: v. M, Pr., 100), Hellenistic for ἀμφιέννυμι (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX for לָבַשׁ, etc.;]

to clothe: (T, -έζει).†

ἀμφιέζω

ἀμφιέζω, v.s. ἀμφιάζω.

ἀμφιέννυμι

ἀμφιέννυμι (< ἕννυμι, to clothe),

to clothe: , (cf. ἀμφιάζω).†

ἀμφιβάλλω

ἀμφι-βάλλω (v. supr.), [in LXX: *;]

= περιβάλλω, to throw around, as a garment: absol. (MM, VGT, s.v.), of casting a net: (Rec. βάλλονταν ἀμφίβληστρον).†

ἀνά

ἀνά prep. (the rarest in NT; M, Pr., 98; MM, VGT, s.v.), prop.,

upwards, up, always c. acc.

In phrases: ἀ. μέσον, among, between, c. gen., , , (M, Pr., 99), [so in LXX for בְּתוֹךְ]; ἀ. μέρος, in turn, (both found in Polyb.; cf. MGr. ἀνάμεσα).

Distrib., apiece, by: , (WH om.), , , .

Adverbially ("a vulgarism," Bl., § 51, 5; cf. Deiss., BS, 139 f.), ἀ. εἷς ἕκαστος, .

As prefix, ἀ. signifies

up: ἀναβαίνειν;

to: ἀναγγέλλειν;

anew: ἀναγεννᾶν;

back: ἀνακάμπτειν.†

ἀνάβλεψις

ἀνά-βλεψις, -εως, ή (< ἀναβλέπω), [in LXX: (פְּקַח־קוֹחַ)*;]

recovery of sight: (LXX).†

ἀνάγαιον

* ἀνάγαιον (Rec. ἀνώγεον; on the form, v. Rutherford, NPhr., 357 f.; MM, VGT, s.v.), -ου, τό (< ἀνά, γῆ),

an upper room: , .†

SYN.: ὑπερῷον.

ἀνάγκη

ἀνάγκη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for מָצוֹק, צַר;]

necessity: ἔχειν ἀ-, c. inf., to be compelled, (Rec., R, mg.), , , ; ἐξ ἀ., κατ' ἀ., of necessity, , , ; ἀ. μοι ἐπίκειται, n. is laid on me, ; c. inf. (= ἀναγκαῖον ἐστι), , , ,

force, violence, hence pain, distress (Diod., al.; LXX; v. M, Th., 41; MM, VGT, s.v.; cf. θλίψις): , , ; pl. (v. Bl., § 32, 6; Swete, Mk., 153), ἐν ἀ., .†

ἀνάγνωσις

ἀνά-γνωσις, -εως, ἡ [in LXX: (מִקְרָא), I Es 9:48, Sir prol. 9, 13*;]

recognition (Hdt.).

reading (Plat., al.): of the public reading of Scripture (Milligan, NTD, 173, 210 f.): , , (Cremer, 158; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνάγω

ἀν-άγω [in LXX chiefly for עָלָה hi.;]

to lead or bring up: seq. είς, c. acc. loc., , (WH om. είς, κ.τ.λ.), ; of raising the dead (cl.), ἐκ νεκρῶν, , ; to produce and set before, τ. λαῷ, (MM, VGT, s.v.); in sacrificial sense (MM, VGT, s.v.), to offer, θυσίαν, . Mid., in nautical sense (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.), to put to sea: , , , , , , (cf. ἐπ-ανάγω).†

ἀνάδειξις

**† ἀνά-δειξις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀναδείκνυμι), [in LXX: Si 43:6*;]

a shewing forth, announcement: .†

ἀνάθεμα

† ἀνάθεμα, -τος, τό (< ἀνατίθημι), Hellenistic for Attic ἀνάθημα (Bl., § 27, 2);

prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as ἀνάθημα in II Mac 2:13, —where LT read -θεμα, v. M, Pr., 46).

[As equiv. in LXX for חֵרֶם,] devoted, a thing devoted to God (v. Driver, De., 98 f., and cf. ), hence;

of the sentence pronounced (), a curse: ;

of the object on which the curse is laid, accursed (): , , , (v. ICC on Ro.; Lft., , ; Cremer, 547; Tr., Syn., § v; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνάθημα

** ἀνάθημα, -τος, τό (cf. ἀνάθημα, and v. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX often as v.l. for ἀνάθεμα (חֵרֶם), and in , for חׇרְמָה, but prop. in III Mac 3:17, al.;]

a gift set up in a temple, a votive offering: (LT, -θεμα).†

ἀνάκειμαι

** ἀνά-κειμαι [in LXX: I Es 4:10, To 9:6 א*;]

in cl., as pass. of ἀνατίθημ, to be laid up, laid: Rec.

In late writers (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.) = κεῖσθαι, κατακεῖσθαι, to recline at table: ; part. ἀνακείμενος, , , , , , .†

SYN.: ἀνακλίνω, ἀναπίπτω, the latter denoting an act rather than a state and thus in differing from ἀνάκειμαι (see. ) by indicating a change of position.

ἀνάκρισις

** ἀνά-κρισις, -εως, ἡ, [in LXX: III Mac 7:5*;]

an examination: spec. of legal preliminary investigation, (v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνάλημψις

* ἀνά-λημψις, -εως, ἡ (κοινή form of ἀνάληψις; v. Th., Gr., 108 f.),

a taking up: (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνάληψις

ἀνά-ληψις, -εως, ἡ, Rec. for ἀνάλημψις, q.v.

ἀνάλυσις

* ἀνά-λυσις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀναλύω),

a loosing, e.g. of a vessel from its moorings, hence, departure: from life, .†

ἀνάμνησις

ἀνάμνησις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀναμιμνήσκω), [in LXX: Ps 37 (38), 69 (70) tit. (זכר hi.), (אַזְכָּרָה), (זִכְרוֹן), Wi 16:6*;]

remembrance: εἰς τ. ἐμὴν ἀ., (WH om.), , ; ἀ. ἁμαρτιῶν, (v. Abbott, Essays, 122 ff.; DCG, ii, 74a).†

SYN.: ὑπόμνησις (v. Tr., Syn., § cvii).

ἀνάξιος

ἀν-άξιος, -ον (ἀ- neg., ἄξιος), [in LXX: א2 (זלל), , Si 25:8*;]

unworthy: c. gen., (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνάπαυσις

ἀνά-παυσις, -εως, ή (ἀνάπαύω), [in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ and its derivatives, שַׁבָּת and its cognates (Ex, Le);]

cessation, rest, refreshment: , , .†

SYN.: ἄνεσις (lit, the relaxation of the strings of a lyre), prop. signifies the rest or ease which comes from the relaxation of unfavourable conditions, as, e.g. affliction: ἀνάπ., the rest which comes from the temporary cessation of labour (v. Tr., Syn., § xl; Cremer, 827; MM, VGT, s.v.)

ἀνάπειρος

* ἀνάπειρος, v.s. ἀνάπηρος.

ἀνάπηρος

** ἀνά-πηρος (WH, -ειρος; v. Field, Notes, 67), -ον (πηρός, maimed), [in LXX: To 14:2 א, II Mac 8:24*;]

maimed, crippled: , .†

ἀνάπτω

ἀν-άπτω, [in LXX chiefly for יצת;]

to kindle: , (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνάστασις

ἀνά-στασις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀνίστημι), [in LXX: (קוּם), (קִימָה), , , II Mac 7:14 12:43*;]

a raising up, awakening, rising (in Inscr. of the erection of a monument, v. MM, VGT, s.v.): .

a rising from the dead (v. DCG, ii, 605b);

of Christ: , , , ; ἐξ ἀ. νεκρῶν, (ICC, in l.); ἐκ νεκρῶν, ;

of persons in OT hist. (e.g. ff.): ;

of the general resurrection: , , , , , , , , , , ; ἀ. ἐκ νεκρῶν, , ; τῶν νεκρῶν, , , , , , , ; ἀ. ζωῆς, resurrection to life (cf. II Mac 7:14, ἀ. εἰς ζωήν) and ἀ. τ. κρίσεως, r. to judgment, ; ἀ. τ. δικαίων, ; κρείττων ἀ., ; on ἡ ἀ. ἡ πρώτη, , , v. Swete, in l., Westc. on Jo 5, but v. also Thayer, s.v.; by meton. of Christ as Author of ἀ., (v. DB, iv, 231; Cremer, 307).†

ἀνάχυσις

*† ἀνά-χυσις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀναχέω, to pour out),

a pouring out, overflowing, excess: metaph., (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνάψυξις

ἀνά-ψυξις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀναψύχω), [in LXX: ( (רְוָחָה)*;]

a refreshing: .†

ἀνέγκλητος

** ἀν-έγκλητος, -ον (< ἀ-, ἐγκαλέω), [in LXX: III Mac 5:31*;]

not to be called to account, unreprovable: , , , , .†

SYN.: ἄμεμπτος, ὀνεπίλημπτος (v. Tr., Syn., § ciii; Cremer, 742; MM, VGT, s.v.).

ἀνέκλειπτος

* ἀνέκλειπτος, -ον (< ἀ-, ἐκλείπω),

unfailing: (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνέλεος

*† ἀν-έλεος, -ον (Attic ἀνηλεής, ἀνελεήμων; MM, VGT, s.v.),

merciless: .†

ἀνένδεκτος

*† ἀν-ένδεκτος, -ον (< ἀ- neg., ἔνδεκτος; < ἐνδέχομαι),

impossible, inadmissible: .†

ἀνέρχομαι

ἀν-έρχομαι, [in LXX: (הָלַךְ)*;]

to go up: , , (cf. ἐπανέρχ-; and on its use of "going up" to the capital, MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνέχω

ἀν-έχω, [in LXX chiefly for אפק hithp.;]

to hold up; in NT always mid., to bear with, endure: in cl. most freq. c. acc., but in NT c. gen. pers., , , , , , , ; seq. μικρόν τι, c. gen. pers. and c. gen. rei, ; c. dat. rei, (v M, Th., in l.); seq. εἴ τις, ; absol., , ; to bear with = to listen to, c. gen. pers., ; c. gen. rei, , (cf. προσανέχω and MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνήκω

ἀν-ήκω (ἀνά, ἥκω), [in LXX: (בּוֹא), , Si. prol. 10, I, II Mac6*;]

prop., to have come up to; in later writers, impers. it is due, it is befitting: in ethical sense (MM, VGT, s.v.), , ; τὸ ἀνῆκον, .†

ἀνήμερος

* ἀν-ήμερος, -ον (ἀ-, ἥμερο),

not tame, savage (MM, VGT, s.v.): .†

ἀνήρ

ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ, freq. אֱנוֹשׁ, also אָדָם, etc.;]

a man, Lat. vir.

As opp. to a woman, , ; as a husband, , , , .

As opp. to a boy or infant, , , .

In appos. with a noun or adj., as ἀ. ἁμαρτωλός, ; ἀ. προφήτης, ; freq. in terms of address, as ἀ. ἀδελφοί, ; and esp. with gentilic names, as ἀ. Ἰουδαῖος, ; ἀ. Ἐφέσιοι, .

In general, a man, a male person: = τις, , .

SYN.: ἄνθρωπος, q.v. (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).

ἀνίημι

ἀν-ίημι (ἀνά, ἵημι), [in LXX for רפה, נשׂא, etc.;]

to send up, produce, to send back.

to let go, leave without support: (cf. ; Hom., Il., ii, 71).

to relax, loosen (v. Field, Notes, 124 f.): ; hence, metaph., to give up, desist from: .†

ἀνίλεως

ἀν-ίλεως, -ων, v.s. ἀνέλεος.

ἀνίστημι

ἀν-ίστημι (ἀνά, ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for קוּם;]

causal, in fut. and 1 aor. act., c. acc., to raise up: ; from death, , ; to raise up, cause to be born or appear: , , .

Intrans., in mid. and 2 aor act.;

to rise: from lying, ; from sitting, ; to leave a place, ; pleonastically, as Heb. קוּם, before verbs of going, , al. (v. Dalman, Words, 23; M, Pr., 14); of the dead, , ; seq. ἐκ νεκρῶν, , ;

to arise, appear: , (cf. ἐπ-, ἐξ- ἀνίστημι, and v. Cremer, 306, 738; MM, VGT, s.v.).

SYN.: ἐγείρω.

ἀνόητος

ἀ-νόητος, -ον (ἀ- neg., νοητός; < νοέω), [in LXX: (אֱוִיל), Si 42:8, al.;]

not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.).

not understanding, foolish (Hdt., al., LXX): , , , , , (Cremer, 438, 790; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

SYN.: ἀσύνετος (v. Tr., Syn., § lxxv).

ἀνόμως

** ἀνόμως, adv. [in LXX: II Mac 8:17*;]

lawlessly (II Mac 8:17).

= χωρὶς νόμου, without law: .†

ἀνόσιος

ἀν-όσιος, -ον (ἀ- neg., ὅσιος), [in LXX: (זִמָּה, Wi 12:4, II Mac 7:34 8:32, III Mac 2:2 5:7, IV Mac 12:11*;]

unholy, profane (Cremer, 464): , (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀνώγαιον

ἀνώγαιον, ἀνώγεον, v.s. ἀνάγαιον.

ἀνώτερος

ἀνώτερος, α, -ον, [in LXX: (עֶלְיוֹן), (מַעַל), To 8:3*;] only in neut., as adv. (cf. ἐξώτερος),

of motion, higher: ;

of rest, above, before: .†

ἀναίρεσις

ἀν-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀναιρέω), [in LXX: (הָרַג), (רָמָה), Jth 15:4, II Mac 5:13*;]

a taking up or away (Thuc.).

a destroying, slaying, murder (Field, Notes, 116; MM, VGT, s.v.): .†

ἀναίτιος

ἀν-αίτιος, -ον (< αἰτία), [in LXX: , , (נָקִי), Da LXX TH Sus 62, always of αἷμα (of. MM, VGT, s.v.)*;]

guiltless, innocent: , .†

ἀναβάλλω

ἀνα-βάλλω, [in LXX: (עבר), , (עטה);]

to defer, put off (MM, VGT, s.v.): mid., .†

ἀναβαίνω

ἀναβαίνω, [in LXX chiefly for עלה;]

to go up, ascend,

of persons: ἐπί συκομωρέαν, ; εἰς τ. πλοῖον, ; εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, ; εἰς τ. ἱερόν, c. inf. (M, Pr., 205), ; with mention of place of departure, (ἀπό), (ἐκ);

of things, to rise, spring up, come up: a fish, ; smoke, ; plants growing, ; metaph., of things coming up in one's mind (as Heb. עָלָה אֶל לֵב; , al.), , ; of prayers, ; messages, (for late exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).

ἀναβαθμός

ἀνα-βαθμός, -οῦ, ὁ (< ἀναβαίνω), [in LXX for מַעֲלָה: , , ff, , , , , ; ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀ., tit. 119(120)-133(134)*;]

a going up, an ascent (Pss, tit. 119(120)-133(134) ?).

a step (LXX); pl., a flight of stairs: , . (On the formation -θμός, v. MM, VGT, s.v.)†

ἀναβιβάζω

ἀνα-βιβάζω (causal of ἀναβαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for עלה hi., also for רכב hi., etc.;]

to make go up, draw up, as a ship (Xen.): σαγήνην, (metaph., MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀναβλέπω

ἀνα-βλέπω [in LXX chiefly for נשׂא;]

to look up: , al.; seq. εἰς, , al. (Xen., Plat.).

to recover sight (Plat., Aristoph.; cf. MM, VGT, s.v.): , , al.

ἀναβοάω

ἀνα-βοάω, -ῶ [in LXX for צעק, זעק, קרא, etc.;]

to cry out: (WH, ἐβόησεν; v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

ἀναβολή

ἀναβολή, -ῆς, ἡ (< ά αβάλλω), [in LXX for כּנף, etc.;]

delay: (for exx. of other meanings, v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922); TEI edition by the Translatable Exegetical Tools project. Public domain. Text from the CrossWire Bible Society.