Thayer Greek-English Lexicon — 1889 — Section 1189

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Work: Thayer Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament

Passage referenceThayer Greek-English Lexicon — 1889 — Section 1189

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I. with the GeniTIvE; cf. W. 382 (358) sq. as prop. of place, i. e. of position, situation, extension : over, above, beyond, across. In this sense it does not occur in the N. T.; but there it always, though joined to other classes of words, has a tropical signification de- rived from its original meaning. 2. i.q. Lat. pro, for, i.e. for one’s safety, for one’s advantage or benefit, (one who does a thing for another, is conceived of as standing or bending ‘over’ the one whom he would shield or defend [cf. W. u.s.]) : mpooetxoua dep t. Mt. v.44; Lk. vi. 28 [T Trmrg. WH zepi (see 6 belo…

Source: A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament, being Grimm's Wilke's Clavis Novi Testamenti, tr., rev. and enl. by Joseph Henry Thayer
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