A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Abbott-Smith 1922 — scan section 25

2. Passively = dpraypa (Hz 22°, of a lion’s prey, #7), a thong seized, hence, a prize: Phl, l.c., RV (Lft., Ellic., JCC, in 1.; Donaldson, NCrat., 450 ff. ; and esp. Gifford, The Incarnation, 59-71, and reff. in DB, ii, 835 B). The lexical data favour the active meaning, but as they also admit the possibility of the alternative, most modern expositors have accepted the latter as seeming to suit the logic of the passage better. The lexical difficulty, however, remains (MM, s.v., esp. the last ref.). As to the usage of St. Paul, he seems inclined to adopt the -ua form where it is appropriate (e.g. Ro 11°, where cf. LXX; 1 Co 139, 1 Co 1°), and there is certainly a presumption in favour of the active meaning here from the fact that he does not use the LXX dprayya. Suggestions looking to a fresh exegesis are given in JThS, ll. ¢.t dprdtw, [in LXX chiefly for br, F710 ;] to seize, catch wp, snatch away, carry off by force : c. acc. rei, Mt 127° 131%, Jo 101) 78 29; 7, BacWecav t. Geov, Mt 11'*; c. ace. pers., Jo 615, Ac 83? 2319, Ju23; pass., seq. ews, mm Co 12°; eis, ib. 124, 1 Th 417; apds, Re 12° (cf. d-, ovv-apralw, and v. MM, s.v.).t apwat, -ayos, 6, 9 (<(dpmdfw), [in LXX: Ge 4977 (5719) *;] rapacious: Mt 7°, Lk 1811; as subst., a swindler, an extortioner (MM, s.v.),.0 Co otltt OUT, é&ppaBwy (T, dpaB-: 11 Co, ll. c.), -dvos, 6, [in LXX: Ge 381% 18, 20 (Faw) *;] an earnest, part payment in advance for security, a first in- stalment: 11 Co 122 55, Kph 114. (The word is found in cl. and was prob. brought to Greece by the Phoenicians (AR, EHph., l.c.). It is found in z. with both spellings (v. Milligan, NZD, 73). In MGr. appaBdva is an engagement ring ; v. MM, s.v.)t dppados, V.S. apados. appyy, V.S. aponv. MANUAL GREEK LEXICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 61 ** dopntos, -ov (<Cd- neg., pyrds, pew), [in Sm.: Le 18? *;] 1. unspoken (Hom., al.). 2. unspeakable (Hdt., al.; freq. in Inscr.; MM, s.v.): 11 Co 124.+ dppwotos, -ov (<< d- neg., pwvveyn), [in LXX: m1 Ki 145A, Ma 18 (mdr), Si 735*:] feeble, sickly: Mt 1414, Mk 6% 13 1605), 1 Co 112°.+ *t Gpoevoxoirys, -ov, 6 (<< dpony, xovry), a sodomite : 1 Co 6°, 1 Ti 1!9.+ dponv (appnv, T, in Ro 177; Rec. in Re 12°14), -evos, 6, 4, dpaev, 76 (old Attic for dppyy, v. supr.; both forms are found in z.; MM, s.v.), [in LXX chiefly for 133 ;] male: Mt 194, Mk 10°, Lk 2°8, Ro 1°’, Ga 378, Re 125: 13 + ’Aptepas, -a, 6, Artemas: Tit 312 + “Aptepts, -Ld0s, 7, Artemis, an Asiatic goddess, to be disting. from the Gk. goddess of the same name: Ac 197427 28, 34, 35 + *t dptéuwv, -wvos (Rec. -ovos), 6 (<< dpraw, to fasten to), a fore-sail or top-sail: Ac 274° (v. DB, eat., 366, 3992; MM, s.v.).t apt, adv., {in LXX: Da LXX 9?? 10" (Any), al. ;] adv., of coinci- dence, denoting strictly present time, as contrasted with past or future, just, just now, this moment : Mt 315 918 2653, Jo 137, Ga 47°, 1 Th 38 (v. Lft., Notes, 44; Milligan, in 1.), Re 121°; opp. to past time, Jo 9!% 5 1333, 1 Co 167, Ga 1% 19; to future, Jo 1397 16!2:31, 1 Co 1312, 1 Th 27, 1 Pe 1%8; dypu ris dG. Spas, 1 Co 411; éws a., Mt 11}2, Jo 21° 517 1674, I Co 418 87 15° 1 Jo 29; am d., v.s. dwapri (v. Rutherford, NPhr., 70£; MM, s.v.).+ SYN.: viv, now, “the objective, immediate present; 75y, now, already, ‘‘the subjective present, with a suggested reference to some other time or to some expectation”. (Thayer, 75.) ¥t dpti-yévyntos, -ov (<< dpri, yevvaw), new-born: 1 Pe 2? (Luc.).t * dptios, -a, -ov, fitted, complete: 1 Ti 317 (MM, s.v.).t &pros, -ov, 6, [in LXX chiefly for and;] bread, a loaf: Mt 4%4, Mk 3%, al.; dpro: rt. mpobecews, bread of the setting forth, i.e. the shewbread. Metaph., 6 a. 7. Oeod, +. Cwas, ref. to Christ, Jo 6%) 35; in general, food: Mt 6", al.; a. dayety (Heb. ond 55x), to eat (MM, s.v.), Lu 14}, al. ** gotdw, [in Sm.: Ca8?*;] 1. toarrange, make ready (Hom.). 2. Of food (as in comic writers), to season (MM, s.v.) : Mk 9°, Lk 144, Col 4°.+ *Apoatdd, 6 (Heb. tw 4N), Arphaxad: Lk 3%°.t *t dpx-dyyedos, -ov, 6 (<< dpyi-, dyyeAos), archangel, a chief angel: 1 Th 416, Ju® (Cremer, 24; MM, s.v.).t dpxaios, -aia, -alov (<< dpxy), [in LXX chiefly for O37 ;] original, ancient: Mt 52133, Lk 9%19 Ac 15721 9116 a Co 517, m Pe 25, Re 12° 202.+ SYN.: madaw0s, old, without the reference to beginning and origin contained in 4. The distinction is observed in 7. (MM, s.v.). 4a. is the antithesis to xawds: mad. to véos (v. Westc., He., 223; Cremer, 116). 62 MANUAL GREEK LEXICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT *ApxéAaos, -ov, 6, Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, King of Judwa, Samaria and Idumexa: Mt 2?2,.+ épxy, -7s, 7, [in LXX for O72, WN, NWN, etc. ;] 1. beginning, origin; (a) absol., of the beginning of all things: of God as the Kternal, the First Cause, Re 21° (cf. 18); similarly, of Christ, Re 22}; of Christ as the uncreated principle, the active cause of creation, Re 314; in his relation to the Church, Col 118; év a., Jo 14?; am a. (and am’ a. kticews), Mt 1948 2471, Mk 10° 13!°, Jo 84, m Th 2, m Pe 34, I Jo 1! 213,14 38; kar dpxas, He 1°; (0d) relatively: He 7°; a. ddiwv, Mt 248, Mk 139; +. onpeiwy, Jo 211; +. iroordcews, He 314; 7. Noyiwy, 5; 6 7. dpyfns t. Xpistod Adyos, the account of the beginning, the elementary view of Christ, He 61; dpxjv AapwBavew, to begin, He 2°; e€ a., Jo 654 164; aw d., Lk 1?, Jo 1527, 1 Jo 2% 74 34, rt Jo%S; & a., Ac 1115 264, Phl 415; riv dpynv, adverbially, at all (Hdt., al.; v. MM, s.v.): Jo 8%, 2. an extremity, a corner: Ac 10! 115, 3. sovereignty, principality, rule (cf. DB, i, 616 f.): Lk 12" 207°, Ro 838, 1 Co 1574, Eph 12! 37° 612,'Col 116 21015, Tit 31, Ju® (Cremer, 113).t dpxnyds, -ov, [in LXX for WNT, NWI, etc. ;] beginning, originat- ing: more freq., as subst.; 1. fownder, author (Lat. auctor ; so some- times in z., v. MM, s.v.; Milligan, NT'D, 75): Ac 3! (R, mg.), He 2° (R, txt.; but v. Westc., in 1., and Page, Ac.,1.c.). 2. prince, leader (so in MGr., v. Kennedy, Sowrces, 153): Ac 3} (R, txt.) 531, He 2) (cf. R, mg.) 12? (Cremer, 117).t dpxit- (<< dpxw), insep. prefix, denoting high office and dignity, freq. in Alex. and Byzant. Gk. (MM, s.v.). *t dpx-tepatixds, -7, -ov (<< dpxuepevs), high-priestly: Ac 4° (MM, 8.V).t dpx-vepeds, -ews, 6, [in LXX for 795, bran "D, WNW “D;] 1. high- priest: Mk 2%6 1447, al.; of Christ: He 2)” 3!, al. 2. In pl., chief priests, including ex-high-priests and members of high-priestly families: Mt 24, Mk 8*!, al. (Cremer, 294; DCG, i, 297 f.; MM, s.v.). **+ @oxu-moipny, -evos, 6, [in Sm.: 1v Ki 3**;] found on an Egyptian mummy label (Deiss., LAH, 97 ff.; cf. MM, s.v.); used by modern Greeks of tribal chiefs; chief shepherd. of Christ, 1 Pe 54.t “Apxittos, -ov, 6, Archippus : Col 4!7, Phm ?.t *+ dpxiouvdywyos, -ov, 6 (<Cavvaywyy), ruler of a synagogue, an administrative officer, supervising the worship (MpJp0 wx): Mk Ors 33:86, 38 ke Seria s, WA. 13+) 18% *” \(nisers ay, VENI eave cr also DB, ext., 101).+ dpxt-téxtwv, -ovos, 6 (< rékrwv), [in LXX: Is 3% (wn), Si 3827, 1 Mac 2?°* 😉 a master-builder, architect: 1 Co 3!° (in 7. of building contractors, MM, s.v.).t *t dpxu-tehavys, -ov, 6, a chief tax-collector, chief publican: Lk 192.+ *t dpxt-tpixdwos, -ov, 6 (<< tpi-KAwvos or -ov, a room with three couches) the superintendent of a banquet, whose duty it was to arrange tha tables and food (DB, ii, 253): Jo 2% %.+ MANUAL GREEK LEXICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 63 &pxw, [in LXX for bin, Swin, etc.;] 1. to begin. 2. to rule (v. DCG, ii, 538%.) : c. gen., Mk 10*, Ro 15". Mid., to begin: seq. ibe Mt 162 "208, Lk 1418 935 9427, 47, Jo 8°, Ac 122 35 10°", 1 Pe 417; «, inf., an Aramaic pleonasm, Mk 145 928 5M, Lk 38, al. (v. M, Pry 14f.; Dalman, Words, 27; MM, s.v.). dpxwv, -ovros, 6 (pres. ptcp. of dpyw), [in LXX for Nws., wei, “iv, etc.;] a ruler, chief: Jesus, Re 1°; rulers of nations, Mt 20%,