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Λ

Λ, λ, λάμβδα, τό, indecl.,

lambda, l, the eleventh letter. As a numeral, λʹ = 30; λ͵ = 30,000.

Λάζαρος

Λάζαρος, -ου, ὁ,

colloquial abbreviation of Ἐλεαζάρ (άζαρος), q.v.), Lazarus;

of Bethany: ff. , , , , .

The beggar in the parable: , .†

λάθρᾳ

λάθρᾳ (Att.; in Hom., -ρῃ, Rec. -ρα), adv., [in LXX chiefly for ‎בַּסֵּתֶר;]

secretly: , (WH, mg.), , .†

Λάμεχ

Λάμεχ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. לֶמֶךְ),

Lamech (): .†

λάμπω

λάμπω, [in LXX for נגהּ, etc.;]

to shine: , , , , (cf. ἐκ-, περι-λάμπω).†

λάρυγξ

λάρυγξ, -γγος, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for חֵךְ, , al; (גָּרוֹן);]

the larynx, throat: metaph., of speech (cf. Si 6:5), (LXX).†

λάσκω

* λάσκω,

(in cl., poët.) to clang, crash, crack; in late prose, to crack or burst noisily: (ἐλάκησεν, perh., however, from λακέω, q.v.; Bl., in l.).

(in cl., prose) to scream, shout.†

λάχανον

λάχανον, -ου, τό (λαχαίνω, to dig), [in LXX: , , , (יֶרֶק, יָרָק)*;]

a garden herb, vegetable: ; usually in pl., , , .†

SYN.: βοτάνη, q.v.

λέγω

λέγω, [in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, , al.;]

in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.

In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., ; seq. orat. dir., , , , al.; seq. ὅτι recit., , , , al.; acc. et. inf., , , al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, , al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), , , , , , al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, , , al.; of writing, , , al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, , , al.; c. acc. rei, , , al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369 f.), , , , ; c. dat. pers., seq. orat. dir., , , al. mult.; id. seq. ὅτι, , al.; c. prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., , , , al.; to mean (cl.), , , , al.; to call, name, ; pass., , , al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω).

SYN.: λαλέω, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, s.v. λαλέω).

λέντιον

*† λέντιον, -ου, τό (Lat. linteum),

a linen cloth, towel: , .†

λέπρα

λέπρα, -ας, ἡ (< λεπρός), [in LXX for צָרַעַת;]

leprosy: , , , .†

λέων

λέων, -οντος, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for אֲרִי, אַרְיֵה, also for כְּפִיר, etc.;]

a lion: , , , ; metaph., , .†

λήθη

λήθη, -ης, ἡ (< λήθω = λανθάνω), [in LXX: (מַעַל), Wi 16:11, Si 14:7, al.;]

forgetfulness: λ. λαβεῖν (on the phrase, v. Mayor, in l.): .†

λίαν

λίαν, adv., [in LXX chiefly for מְאֹד , , al.; To 9:4, II Mac 11:1, al.;]

very, exceedingly: , (Rec. λ. ἐκ περισσοῦ) , , , , (cf. ὑτερλίαν).†

λίβανος

λίβανος, -ου, ὁ (rarely ἡ), (from the Semitic; cf. the Heb. equiv.), [in LXX for לְבֹנָה , , Si 24:15, al.;]

in cl., the frankincense-tree.

(Occas. in cl.) frankincense (so ; cf. λιβανωτός): , .†

λίθινος

λίθινος, -η, -ον (λίθος), [in LXX for אֶבֶן;]

of stone: , , .†

λίθος

λίθος, -ου, ὁ (and, in Att., of precious stones, ἡ.), [in LXX for אֶבֶן, , al.; λ. τίμιος, for פָּז, , , al.;]

a stone: , al.; pl., , al.; at the entrance of a tomb, , , , , , , , ; λ. μυλικός, , cf. ; of building stones, , [] , , , , , , ; metaph., of Christ, λ. ἀκρογωναῖος, ἐκλεκτός, ἔντιμος, (LXX); λ. ζῶν, ; προσκόμματος, , ; of Christians, λ. ζῶντες, ; of precious stones, λ. τίμιος, , , ; ἴασπις, ; ἐνδεδυμένοι λ. καθαρόν, (λίνον, Rec., R, mg., v. Swete, in l.); metaph., λ. τίμιοι, ; of the tables of the law, ; of idols, .

λίμμα

λίμμα, v.s. λεῖμμα.

λίμνη

λίμνη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX: (אֲגַם), Song of Songs 7:4 (Song of Songs 7:5) (בְּרֵכָה) I Mac 11:35, II Mac 12:16*;]

a lake: of the Sea of Galilee (Mt, Mk, v.s. θάλασσα), , , ; λ. Γεννησαρέτ (q.v.), ; λ. τ. πυρός, , , ; καιομένη πυρί, .†

λίνον

λίνον (Tr. λῖνον), -ου, τό, [in LXX: (פִּשְׁתָּה), al.;]

flax: (LXX).

linen: (R, mg., v.s. λίθος).†

Λίνος

Λίνος (Rec. Λῖνος), ου, ὁ,

Linus: .†

λίτρα

*† λίτρα, -ας, ἡ (cf. Lat. libra),

a Sicilian coin = Rom. libra or as.

In weight, a pound: .†

λίψ

λίψ, λιβός, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶב, also for תֵּימָן, מַעֲרָבָה, etc., , , , al.;]

the SW. wind: βλέποντα κατὰ λ., (v. Page, in l.; Deiss., BS, 141).†

λόγιον

λόγιον, -ου, τό (dimin. of λόγος, v. ICC, Ro., 70), [in LXX chiefly for אִמְרָה, אֵמֶר, , al.; also for דָּבָר, , al.; (cf. λογεῖον (-ιον), for חֹשֶׁן, the oracular breastplate of the H.P., , al.);]

an oracle: , , , (on the eccl., λόγια τ. Κυρίου, v. Lft., Essay on Sup. Rel., 172 ff.).†

λόγιος

* λόγιος, -ον (< λόγος),

in cl., learned (, R, txt.).

In late Gk., eloquent: (v. Page, in l.; Field, Notes, 129).†

λόγος

λόγος, -ου, ὁ (< λέγω), [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for אֵמֶר, מִלָּה, etc.;]

Of that by which the inward thought is expressed, Lat. oratio, sermo, vox, verbum.

a word, not in the grammatical sense of a mere name (ἔπος, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), but a word as embodying a conception or idea: , , , , , al.

a saying, statement, declaration: (T om.), , , , , al.; c. gen. attrib., , , , al.; of the sayings, commands, promises, etc., of teachers, , , , , al.; λ. κενοί, ; ἀληθινοί, ; πιστοί, ; esp. of the precepts, decrees and promises of God, ὁ λ. τ. θεοῦ, the word of God: , , , , , al.; absol., ὁ λ., , , , , , , al.

speech, discourse: , , ; opp. to ἐπιστολή, ; disting. from σοφία, ; ἀναστροφή, ; δύναμις, , ; ἔργον, ; οὐδενὸς λ. τίμιον (not worthy of mention), ; of the faculty of speech, , ; of the style of speech, , ; of instruction, , ; c. gen. pers., , , al.; ὁ λ. ὁ ἐμός, ; c. gen. obj. (τ.) ἀληθείας, , , ; τ. καταλλαγῆς, ; τ. σταυροῦ, ; of mere talk, , , , ; of the talk which one occasions, hence, repute: .

subject-matter, hence, teaching, doctrine: , , al.; esp. of Christian doctrine: , , , , , , al.; c. gen. pers., τ. θεοῦ, , , , , , , al.; τ. Κυρίου, , , al.; τ. Χριστοῦ, , ; c. gen. appos., ; c. gen. attrib., .

a story, tale, narrative: , , ; seq. περί, .

That which is spoken of (Plat., al.; v. Kennedy, Sources, 124), matter, affair, thing: , , , ; of a matter in dispute, as a case or suit at law, ; pl. (I Mac 7:33, al.), .

Of the inward thought itself, Lat. ratio.

reason,

of the mental faculty (Hdt., Plat., al.): κατὰ λόγον, ;

a reason, cause: τίνι λόγῳ, ; παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας, , WH, mg., R, mg.

account,

regard: , Rec.;

reckoning: , ; συναίρειν (q.v.) λ., ; in forensic sense, , , ; c. gen. rei, ; seq. περί, , , .

proportion, analogy: (Field, Notes, 193 f.).

ὁ λ., the Divine Word or Logos: , ; τ. ζωῆς, ; τ. θεοῦ, (v. Westc, Swete, CGT, in ll.; reff. in Artt., Logos, DB, DCG).

λόγχη

λόγχη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX for רֹמַח, etc.;]

a spear-head.

a lance, spear: (|[WH]|, R, mg.), .†

λύδδα

λύδδα, -ας (, -ης Rec.), ἡ and λύδδα, -ων, τά (, ; -αν, Rec.), (Heb. לֹד),

Lydda (modern Ludd): , , .†

λύκος

λύκος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX for זְאֵב;]

a wolf: , , ; fig. (as , , , al.), , .†

λύπη

λύπη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX for עֶצֶב and cogn. forms, etc.;]

pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow: , ; opp. to χαρά, , ; ἀπὸ τῆς λ., ; ἐκ λ., ; ἡ κατὰ θεὸν λ., opp. to ἡ τ. κόσμου λ., ; λ. μοί ἐστιν, ; λ. ἔχω, , ; id. seq. ἀπό, ; λ. ἐπὶ λ. ἔχω, ; ἐν λ. ἐλθεῖν, (to come sad and cause sadness); pl. (cf. , , al.), .†

λύσις

λύσις, -εως, ἡ (< λύω), [in LXX: Ecclesiastes 7:30 () (פֵּשֶׁר), , Wi 8:8*;]

a loosing: of divorce, .†

λύστρα

λύστρα, -ας, ἡ, and (in , ) -ων, τά (cf. Λύδδα),

Lystra, a city of Lycaonia: , , , , .†

λύτρον

λύτρον, -ον, τό (< λύω), [in LXX (Pent.15, Pr2, Isa1) for פִּדְיוֹם and cogn. forms, גְּאֻלָּה, כֹּפֶר, מְחִיר;]

a ransom (as for a life, ; for slaves, ; for captives, ): ἀντὶ πολλῶν, , (v. Swete, in l., and for discussion of λ. and its cognates, Westc., He., 295 f.; Deiss., LAE, 331 f.; cf. also ἀντί-λύτρον).†

λύτρωσις

† λύτρωσις, -εως, ἡ (< λυτρόω), [in LXX: , , גְּאֻלִים, גְּאֻלָּה), , (פָּדָה, פִּדְיֹן, פְּדוּת), *;]

a ransoming, redemption (αἰχμαλώτων, Plut., Arat., 11): of the mediatorial work of Christ, ; in general sense, deliverance (cf. ): .†

λύχνος

λύχνος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX for נֵר ( (), al.);]

a lamp (portable, and usually set on a stand, λυχνία): , ; ἔρχεται ὁ λ., ; λ. ἅπτειν, ; φῶς λύχνου, ; id. opp. to φ. ἡλίου, ; metaph., of the eye, , ; of John the Baptist, ; of the Lamb, ; of prophecy, ; of spiritual readiness, pl., λύχνοι (as always in LXX; freq. in Att. λύχνα), .†

SYN.: λαμπάς, q.v.

λύω

λύω, [in LXX for פּתח, נתר hi., etc.;]

to loose, unbind, release: of things, , , al.; of beasts, , , al.; of persons, , ; of Satan, , ; metaph., of the marriage tie, ; of one diseased, ; of release from sin, , WH, R, txt. (v.s. λούω).

To resolve a whole into its parts, loosen, dissolve, break up, destroy: , , ; metaph., ; of an assembly, to dismiss: ; τ. μεσότοιχον τ. φραγμοῦ, ; τ. στοιχεῖα, ; οὐρανοί, ; τ. ἔργα τ. διαβόλου, ; τ. ὠδῖνας τ. θανάτου, ; of laws, etc., to break, annul, cancel (MM, xvi): ἐντολήν, ; τ. νόμον, ; τ. σάββατον, ; τ. γραφήν, . (Cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-λύω.)

Λώτ

Λώτ, ὁ (Heb. לוֹט), indecl.,

Lot (, al.): , , , .†

λαός

λαός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX very freq. for עַם, , al.; occasionally for לְאֹם ( , al.), etc.;] a word rarely found in Att. prose;

the people at large (Hom., al.), esp. of people assembled: , al.; pl. (Hom., al., π.; v. MM, xvi), .

a people, those of the same race and language (Pind., Æsch., al.: in LXX, , , al.): joined with γλῶσσα, φυλή, ἔθνος, , al.; pl., , ; esp. as almost always in LXX, of Israel, , , , , , al.; opp. to τ. ἔθνη, , , ; οἱ πρεσβύτεροι (πρῶτοι, etc.) τοῦ λ., , , , al.; ὁ λ. μου (αὐτοῦ, τ. θεοῦ), , , , al.; of the people disting. from the rulers and priests ( I Es 1:10, Jth 8:9, al.), , , , al.; of Christians, as the people of God, , , , ; περιούσιος, ; εἰς περιποίησιν, (LXX).

SYN.: v.s. δῆμος.

λαγχάνω

λαγχάνω, [in LXX: (לכד, v. Th., Gr., 38), Wi 8:19, III Mac 6:1*;]

to obtain by lot, to obtain (in cl., c. gen.): c. inf. art. (B1., § 36, 3; 71, 3), ; c. acc. rei, , .

to draw lots: seq. περί, .

λαῖλαψ

λαῖλαψ, -απος, ἡ, [in LXX: א (סוּפָה) , (סְעָרָה, סַעַר), Wi 5:14, 23, Si 48:9, 12*;]

a hurricane, whirlwind: , , .†

SYN.: θύελλα, q.v., and cf. ἄνεμος.

λακτίζω

* λακτίζω (< λάξ, with the foot),

to kick: .†

λακέω

λακέω, Dor. for ληκὲω = λάσκω, q.v.

λαλέω

λαλέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for דּבר pi., also for אמר, etc.;]

to utter: of inanimate things, ; metaph., .

to talk, speak, say: absol., , , ; seq. ὡς, , ; εἰς, ; ἐκ, ; c. acc. rei, , , , al.; c. dat. pers., , , , al.; c. acc. rei et dat. pers., , , al.; c. prep., πρός, μετά, περί, , , al.; ἐν, ἐξ, ἀπό, , , al.; λ. τ. λόγον, , al.; seq. orat. dir. (not cl.), , ; Hebraistically (Dalman, Words, 25 f.), ἐλάλησε λέγων, , , , al.

SYN.: v.s. λέγω.

λαλία

λαλία, -ᾶς, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, דִּבְרָה;]

loquacity.

talk, speech, conversation: (cf. Song of Songs 4:3), .†

λαμά

λαμά (Heb. לָמָה, v.l. λεμά = Aram. לְמָא),

why: (WH, mg., λεμά TTr., WH, txt., λεμά L), (λεμά LT, λαμμᾶ, Rec.).†

λαμβάνω

λαμβάνω, [in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for נשׂא, לכד, אחז, etc.;]

to take, lay hold of: absol., , ; c. acc. rei, , al. mult.; c. acc. pers., , , al.; pleonastic λαβών (M, Pr., 230; Bl., §74, 2), , al.; so also indic., , , , , al.; metaph., c. acc. rei, ἀφορμήν, , ; ὑδόδειγμα, ; id. c. acc. pers., φόβος, ; πνεῦμα, ; πειρασμός, ; aoristic pf. (M, Pr., 145, 238; Bl., § 59, 4), , al.

to receive: absol., opp. to αἰτεῖν, , al.; διδόναι, , ; c. acc. rei, , , al. mult.; c. acc. pers., , ; ῥαπίσμασιν (a vulgarism; Bl., § 38, 3), ; metaph., τ. λόγον, , ; τ. μαρτυρίαν, ; τ. ῥήματα, ; πρόσωπον (Heb. נָשָׂא פָּנִים, Dalman, Words, 30), , ; ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Dalman, op. cit., 124 f.), (cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, συν-αντι- (-μαι), ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, συν-περι-, ὑπο-λαμβάνω).

λαμμᾶ

λαμμᾶ, v.s. λαμά.

λαμπάς

λαμπάς, -άδος, ἡ (< λάμπω), [in LXX for לַפִּיד;]

a torch (freq. fed, like a lamp, with oil): ff., , , .†

SYN.: λύχος, lamp, q.v.; φανός, torch or lantern; cf. Rutherford's NPhr., 131 f.; Tr., Syn., § xlvi; DCG, s.v. lamp; DB, iii, 43 f.

λαμπρός

** λαμπρός, -ά, -όν (< λάμπω), [in LXX: To 13:11, Wi 6:12 17:20, Si 29:22 33:13 (30:25) 34 (31):23, Ep. Je 60*;]

bright, brilliant: ποταμός, (ΕV, clear); ἀστήρ, ; of clothing, brilliant, splendid: , , , , .†

λαμπρότης

λαμπρότης, -ητος, ἡ, [in LXX: (הָדָר), al.;]

brightness, brilliancy: τ. ἡλίου, .†

λαμπρῶς

* λαμπρῶς, adv.,

splendidly: of sumptuous fare (as freq.; cf. ἐδέσματα λαμπρά, Si 29:22), .†

λανθάνω

λανθάνω, [in LXX for עלם ni., etc.;]

to escape notice, be hidden (from): , ; c. acc. pers., , , ; as in common cl. idiom, seq. ptcp., ἔλαθον ξενίσαντες, entertained unawares, (cf. ἐκ-, ἐπι-λανθάνω).†

λαξευτός

† λαξευτός, -ή, όν (< λαξεύω; < λᾶς, a stone, ξέω, to scrape), [in LXX: (פִּסְגָּה); in Aq.: ; Th.: *;]

hewn (in stone); (elsewhere κοινή writers use λατομητός, , al.; cf. λατομέω).†

Λαοδικία

Λαοδικία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ,

Laodicea, a city on the Lycus in Phrygia: , , , .†

Λαοδικεία

Λαοδικεία, v.s. Λαοδικία.

Λαοδικεύς

Λαοδικεύς, -έως, ὁ,

a Laodicean: .†

Λασέα

Λασέα (Rec. -αία), -ας, ἡ,

Lasea, a city of Crete, otherwise unknown: .†

λατομέω

† λατομέω, -ῶ (< λατόμος, a stonecutter, , al.; < λᾶς, τέμνω; cf. λαξευτός), [in LXX: , al. (חצב); , Num_21:18 (כּרה);]

to hew, hew out stones: , .†

λατρεία

λατρεία, -ας, ἡ (< λατρεύω, q.v.), [in LXX (always of divine service): , , , (עֲבֹדָה), I Mac 1:43 2:19, 22, III Mac 4:14*;]

hired service, service.

(in cl. also) divine service, worship: , , , .†

λατρεύω

λατρεύω (< λάτρις, a hired servant), [in LXX (always, as λατρεία, of the service of God or of heathen divinities) chiefly for עבד, , al.; in Da LXX TH (, al.) for פְּלַח;]

to work for hire.

to serve; in cl., also of divine service, to serve, worship, and so always in NT: c. dat. pers., τ. θεῷ, , (LXX), , , ; of idol worship (cf. , ), , ; τ. θεῷ ἐν τ. πνεύματί μου, ; id. ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, ; μετ’ εὐλαβείας κ. δέους, ; ἐν ὁσιότητι κ. δικαιοσύνῃ, ; (without θεῷ) νηστείαις κ. δεήσεσι, ; πνεύματι θεοῦ, ; absol., ; ὁ λατρεύων, the worshipper, ; of ministerial service, c. dat. rei, .†

SYN.: λειτουργέω, q.v.

λείπω

λείπω, [in LXX: , () (פּרד), al.;]

trans., to leave, leave behind; pass., to be left behind, to lack seq. prep. (as more usual in cl.), ἐν, ; c. gen. rei, .

Intrans., to be gone, to be wanting: c. dat. pers., , ; τὰ λείποντα, (cf. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, ἐν-κατα-, περι-, ὑπο-λείπω).†

λεββαῖος

λεββαῖος, -ου, ὁ (on the derivation, v. Dalman, Words, 50; Swete, ),

Lebbæus: , (WH, mg.; Θαδδαῖος, q.v., Rec., WH, txt., RV, cf. WH, App., 11, 24. In , , he is called Σίμων ὁ Ζηλωτής.)†

λεγιών

*† λεγιών (Rec. -εών), -ῶνος, ἡ, (Lat. legio),

a legion: , , , .†

λεῖμμα

λεῖμμα (WH, λίμμα, v. their App., 154), -τος, τό (< λείπω), [in LXX: A (שְׁאֵרִית)*;]

a remnant: .†

λεῖος

λεῖος, -εία, -εῖον, [in LXX: , R (חָלָק, חַלּוּק); ὁδὸς λ., Α (בִּקְעָה); *;]

smooth: opp. to τραχύς, (LXX).†

λειτουργέω

λειτουργέω, -ῶ (< λειτουργός), [in LXX chiefly for שׁרת pi., also for עבד, צבא, etc.;]

in cl., at Athens, to supply public offices at one's own cost, render public service to the State, hence, generally,

to serve the State, do a service, serve (of service to the Gods, Diod., i, 21): of the official service of priests and Levites (, , Si 4:14, I Mac 10:42, al.; cf. Deiss., BS, 140 f.), ; of Christians: c. dat. pers. seq. ἐν, (cf. Si 10:25); τ. κυρίῳ, .†

SYN.: λατρεύω (q.v.), prop., to serve for hire, LXX (as sometimes in cl.), always of service to the deity on the part of both priests and people (, , and similarly in NT). λειτουργέω "is the fulfilment of an office: it has a definite representative character, and corresponds with a function to be discharged". It is therefore used of serving in an office or ministry: in LXX always of priests and Levites, in NT, with its cognates ( , are not really exceptions), of services rendered either to God or man by apostles, prophets, teachers, and other officers of the church (cf. Tr., Syn., § xxxv; ICC on ; Westc., He., 232 ff.).

λειτουργία

λειτουργία, -ας, ἡ (< λειτουργέω), [in LXX chiefly for עֲבֹדָה, , , al.;]

in cl. (chiefly of Athens), the discharge of a public office at one's own expense (v. LS, s.v.), hence,

a service, ministry; in π. (Deiss., BS, 140 f.) and in LXX (though here also of secular service, , al.), of religious service or ministration; and so in NT: of priestly ministrations, , ; fig., θυσία καὶ λ. τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, ; of Christian beneficence, , .†

λειτουργός

λειτουργός, -οῦ, ὁ (< λιός, ἔργον), [in LXX chiefly for מְשָׁרֵת, A, , , Si 7:30, al.;]

in cl., one who discharges a public office at his own expense, then, generally,

a public servant, a minister, servant: τ. ἁγίων λ., (cf. , Si 7:30); Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ; pl., τ. θεοῦ, , (LXX); λ. ὑμῶν τ. χρείας μου, .†

SYN.: v.s. διάκονος, λειτουργέω.

λειτουργικός

† λειτουργικός, -ή, -όν, [in LXX for עֲבֹדָה, שָׁרֵת; ἔργα, ; στολαί, () (); σκευή, , , *;]

of or for service, ministering: πνεύματα, .†

λεμά

λεμά, v.s. λαμά.

λεπίς

λεπίς, -ίδος, ἡ (< λέπω, to peel) [in LXX chiefly for קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת;]

a scale: .†

λεπρός

λεπρός, -ά, -όν (< λεπίς), [in LXX for צָרוּעַ, מְצֹרָע;]

(in cl.) scaly, rough.

leprous; chiefly as subst., ὁ λ., a leper: , , ; of Simon, formerly a leper, , .†

λεπτός

* λεπτός, -ή, -όν (λέπω, to peel),

peeled.

fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk., as subst. τὸ λ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV, mite): , .†

Λευεί

Λευεί (indecl.) and Λευείς (Rec. -υΐ, -υΐς), gen. Λευεί, acc. -είν, ὁ (Heb. לֵוִי),

Levi;

the son of Jacob: , , .

Son of Melchi: .

Son of Simeon: .

Son of Alphæus (cf. Μαθθαῖος): (WH, mg., Ἰάκωβον), , .†

Λευείτης

Λευείτης (Rec. Λευΐτης), -ου, ὁ, [in LXX for לֵוִי;]

a Levite: , , .†

Λευειτικός

Λευειτικός (Rec. Λευϊτ-), -ή, -όν, [in LXX: Le, tit.*;]

Levitical: .†

λευκός

λευκός, ή, -όν, [in LXX chiefly for לָבָן;]

bright, brilliant: of clothing, , , , , , (cf. ); ὡς χιών, ; ἐν λ. (sc. ἱματίοις), , ; θρόνος, .

white: , ; fig., of garments, ; of ripened grain, .†

λευκαίνω

λευκαίνω (< λευκός), [in LXX: , (לבן hi.), etc.;]

to whiten, make white: c. acc. rei, , .†

λευκοβύσσινος

*† λευκο-βύσσινος, -ον (cf. λευκολινής, a robe of white flax, C.I., 155, 17),

white linen: (WH, mg.).†

λῆμψις

λῆμψις (Rec. λῆψις, so in cl.), -εως, ἡ (< λαμβάνω), [in LXX (λῆψ-): (); λ. δώρων, (מַתָּנָה); λ. καὶ δόσις, Si 41:19 42:7*;]

receiving: δόσις καὶ λ., .†

λῆρος

** λῆρος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX: IV Mac 5:10*;]

silly talk, nonsense: .†

λῆψις

λῆψις, v.s. λῆμψις.

λῃστής

λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ (< Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty), [in LXX for גְּדוּד, etc.;]

a robber, brigand: (LXX) , , , , , , , .†

SYN.: κλέπτης, q.v.

λημά

λημά, T, for λαμά, q.v., in .†

ληνός

ληνός, -οῦ, ἡ (in some MSS., LXX and NT, ὁ), [in LXX chiefly for יֶקֶב, , al.; also for רַהַט (, ), גַּת (, al.), etc.;]

a trough or vat; esp. for the treading of grapes: , ; τὴν λ. . . . τὸν μέγαν (a solecism perhaps inadvertent), (cf. ὑπολήνιον).†

Λιβύη

Λιβύη, -ης, ἡ,

Libya: .†

λιβανωτός

λιβανωτός, -οῦ, ὁ (< λίβανος), [in LXX: , (לְבֹנָה), III Mac 5:2*;]

in cl. (and LXX), frankincense, the gum of the libanus.

= Late Gk., λιβανωτρίς, a censer: , (the same form appears in Inscr.; MM, xvi).†

Λιβερτῖνος

Λιβερτῖνος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. libertinus),

a freedman: ἡ συναγωγὴ ἡ λεγομένη Λιβερτίνων, (Bl. thinks the original reading was Λιβυστίνων, Phil. Gosp., 69 f.).†

λιθάζω

λιθάζω (< λίθος), [in LXX (seq. ἐν λίθοις): , (סקל pi.)*;]

to throw stones (Arist., Polyb., al.).

= λιθοβολέω (LXX, NT), to pelt with stones, to stone: c. acc. pers., , ; pass., , , (v. DB, Art., "Crimes and punishments," and cf. κατα-λιθάζω).†

λιθόστρωτος

λιθό-στρωτος, -ον (< στρώννυμι), [in LXX: , , Song of Songs 3:10 (רִצְפָּה, רָצַף)*;]

paved with stones, esp. of tessallated work (Song of Songs 3:10); as subst., τὸ λ., a tessallated pavement: (cf. Γαββαθᾶ).†

λιθοβολέω

† λιθο-βολέω, -ῶ (< λίθος, βάλλω), [in LXX for סקל, רגם, , , al.;]

to pelt with stones, to kill by stoning, to stone (cf. λιθάζω): c. acc. pers., , , , ; pass., (LXX).†

λικμάω

λικμάω, -ῶ (< λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זרה ni., pi., , , , , , al.;]

in cl., to winnow (so ).

In LXX (, , , ), to scatter (as chaff or dust): (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg. comminuet, AV, grind to powder; cf. also Kennedy, Sources, 126), [WH], R, txt.†

λιμά

λιμά, T7, for λαμά, q.v.

λιμήν

λιμήν, -ένος, ὁ, [in LXX: (מָחוֹז), , I Es 5:55, I, II, IV Mac7*;]

a harbour, haven: , (cf. Καλοὶ Λιμένες).†

λιμός

λιμός, -οῦ, ὁ (so in Att.; in Dor. ἡ, and so sometimes in LXX, v. Th., Gr., 146; in NT: , ; cf. M, Pr., 60), [in LXX chiefly for רָעָב;]

hunger, famine: , , (LXX) , , ; λ. καὶ δίψος, ; pl., , , .†

λιπαρός

λιπαρός, -ά, -όν (< λίπος, fat), [in LXX: , , (שָׁמֵן)*;]

oily, fatty; metaph., of living, rich, dainty: τὰ λ. καὶ τ. λαμπρά, .†

λοίδορος

λοίδορος, -ον, [in LXX: (מִדְיָן) Si 23:8*;]

railing, abusive; as subst., ὁ λ., a railer: .†

λούκιος

λούκιος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. Lucius),

Lucius: , .†

λούω

λούω, [in LXX chiefly for רחץ (freq. of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss., BS, 226 f.);]

to bathe, wash the body: c. acc. pers., (of a dead body); id. seq. ἀπό (Deiss., BS, 226 f.), ; pass. ptcp. pf., , ; mid., to wash oneself (Mayor, in l.; M. Pr., 155 f., 238 f.), ; metaph., , Rec., R, mg. (cf. ἀπο-λούω).†

SYN.: νίπτω, used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω, of things, as garments, etc. (v. ; cf. Tr., Syn., § xlv).

λογία

*† λογία (prop., -εία, v. BS, 142 ff.), -ας, ἡ (< λογεύω, to collect, a word found in π., v. Deiss., BS, 142 ff.; LAE, 70, 103; MM, xvi),

a collection: , .†

λογίζομαι

λογίζομαι (< λόγος), [in LXX chiefly for חשׁב;]

prop., of numerical calculation, to count, reckon: c. acc. seq. μετά, (LXX) (Rec., R, mg.), .

Metaph., without reference to numbers, by a reckoning of characteristics or reasons;

to reckon, take into account: c. acc. rei, ; id. seq. dat. pers., (LXX), , , (LXX), , ; seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. נֶחֱשׁב לְ; Bl., § 33, 3), , , , , , (LXX), (LXX);

to consider, calculate: c. acc. rei, ; seq. ὅτι, , ; τοῦτο, ὅτι, ; c. acc. pers., c. inf., ; seq. ὡς, (LXX);

to suppose, judge, deem: ; ὡς, ; οὕτως, ; c. acc. rei, ; id. seq. εἰς, ; ὅτι, ; τοῦτο, ὅτι, , ; c. inf., ; acc. et inf., , ; c. acc. pers. seq. ὡς, ;

to purpose, decide: c. inf. (Eur., Or., 555), (cf. ἀνα-, δια-, παρα-, συλ-λογίζομαι).†

λογεία

λογεία, v.s. λογία.

λογικός

* λογικός, -ή, -όν (< λόγος, reason),

reasonable, rational: λατρεία, ; τὸ λ. (i.e. spiritual) γάλα (v. Hort, in l.; MM, xvi), (in support of AV, milk of the word, v. ICC, in l.).†

λογισμός

λογισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (< λογίζομαι), [in LXX: , , , , al. (מַחֲשֶׁבֶת);]

a reasoning, thought: , .†

λογομαχέω

*† λογομαχέω, -ῶ (< λόγος, μάχομαι),

to strive with words: .†

λογομαχία

*† λογομαχία, -ας, ἡ (< λογομαχέω),

a strife of words: pl., .†

λοιδορέω

λοιδορέω, -ῶ (< λοίδορος), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב;]

to abuse, revile: c. acc. pers., , ; pass., , (cf. ἀντι-λοιδορέω).†

λοιδορία

λοιδορία, -ας, ἡ (< λοιδορέω), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב, מְרִיבָה;]

abuse, railing: , .†

λοιμός

λοιμός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc.;]

pestilence: pl., ; metaph. (as in cl.; LXX: , , I Mac 15:21, al.), of persons, a pest: (also as adj., ἄνδρες λοιμοί, I Mac 10:61, al.).†

λοιπός

λοιπός, -ή, -όν (< λείπω), [in LXX chiefly for יֶתֶר, also for שְׁאָר, etc.;]

the remaining, the rest,

pl., οἱ λ.: c. subst., , , , al.; absol., , , , al.; οἱ λ. οἱ (Bl., § 47, 8), , , ; οἱ λ. τ. ἀνθρώπων (LS, s.v., ad. init.), ; τὰ λ., , , al.

Neut. sing. (acc. ref.), adverbially, τὸ λ.;

for the future, henceforth: , (Lft., Notes, 232 f.), ; anarth. (Deiss., LAE, 17616, 1885, 20), , ; τοῦ λ. (sc. χρόνου; LS, s.v.; M, Pr., 73; Bl., § 36, 13), , ;

besides, moreover, for the rest: ; anarth., , (M, Th., in l; Lft., Notes, 51).

Λουκᾶς

Λουκᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (prob. an abbreviation of Λουκανός; v. Lft., Col., 240; ICC, Lk., xviii; Bl., § 29; acc. to Ramsay, Exp., Dec., 1912, pp. 502 ff., a by-form of Λούκιος, from Lat. Lucius),

Luke: Lk, tit., , , .†

λουτρόν

λουτρόν, -οῦ, τό (< λούω), [in LXX: Song of Songs 4:2 Song of Songs 6:5, (Song of Songs 6:6) (רַחְצָה), Si 31 (34):25*;]

a washing, bath: τ. ὕδατος, ; τ. παλιγγενεσίας, (v. AR, ).†

Λυδία

Λυδία, -ας, ἡ,

Lydia, a woman of Thyatira: , .†

Λυκία

Λυκία, -ας, ἡ,

Lydia, a region of Asia Minor; .†

Λυκαονία

Λυκαονία, -ας, ἡ,

Lycaonia, a region in Asia Minor: .†

Λυκαονιστί

Λυκαονιστί, adv.,

in Lycaonian (speech): .†

λυμαίνομαι

λυμαίνομαι (< λύμη, outrage), [in LXX chiefly for שׁחת pi., hi., also for כִּרְסֵם, etc.;]

to outrage, maltreat: c. acc., .

to corrupt, defile (, , IV Mac 18:8, al.).†

λυπέω

λυπέω, -ῶ (< λύπη), [in LXX for חרה, etc.;]

to distress, grieve, cause pain or grief: c. acc. pers., , ; pass., , , , , , , ; λ. καὶ ἀδημονεῖν, ; opp. to χαίρειν, ; κατὰ θεόν, , ; τ. πνεῦμα τ. ἅγιον, (cf. συν-λνπέω).†

SYN.: v.s. θρηνέω.

Λυσίας

Λυσίας, -ου, ὁ,

Lysias (Claudius L., ), , .†

Λυσανίας

Λυσανίας, -ου, ὁ,

Lysanias: .†

λυσιτελέω

** λυσιτελέω, -ῶ (< λυσιτελής, useful, prop., τὰ τέλη λύων), [in LXX: To 3:6, Si 20:10, 14 29:11*;]

prop., to indemnify, pay expenses.

to be useful, to profit; usually impers., λυσιτελεῖ, it profits: c, dat. pers., seq. εἰ . . . ἤ, .†

λυτρόω

λυτρόω, -ῶ (< λύτρον, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for פּדה, גּאל;]

to release on receipt of ransom; mid., to release by paying ransom, to redeem: in spiritual sense, ; pass, ; in general sense, to deliver (cf. , , al.): .†

λυτρωτής

λυτρωτής, -οῦ, ὁ (< λυτρόω), [in LXX: of God, (גֹּאֵל)*;]

a redeemer, deliverer: (not found elsewhere).†

λυχνία

λυχνία, -ας, ἡ (vulgar form of λυχνίον = λυχνοῦχος; v. Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX for מְנוֹרָה ( , al.);]

a lampstand: , , ; of that in the Tabernacle, ; metaph., of the two witnesses, ; of the seven churches of Asia, , , ; of the removal of a church from its position, κινεῖν τ. λυχνίαν κ.τ.λ., .†

Λωίς

Λωίς (Rec. Λωΐς), -ίδος, ἡ,

Lois: .†

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.