apostle ἀπόστολος, -ου, ὁ (ἀοστέλλω), [in LXX; 3Ki.14:6 A (שָׁלַח) * ;] __1. a fleet, an expedition (Dem.). __2. a messenger, one sent on a mission (Hdt., LXX, l.with, and π.; see M, Pr., 37 f.; MM
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apostle ἀπόστολος, -ου, ὁ (ἀοστέλλω), [in LXX; 3Ki.14:6 A (שָׁלַח) * ;] __1. a fleet, an expedition (Dem.). __2. a messenger, one sent on a mission (Hdt., LXX, l.with, and π.; see M, Pr., 37 f.; MM
ἀποτρωπάω , Frequentat. of ἀποτρέπω, τινὰ ὀπίσσω Il. 20.119 : abs., εἰ δέ κ' ἀποτρωπῶσι θεοί, παύσασθαι ἄνωγα Od. 16.405 . Med. , c. inf. , Il. 18.585 : c.gen., τανυστύος Od. 21.112 , etc.: c. acc., π
destruction ἀπώλεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀπόλλυμι), [in LXX (Cremer, 797) for אָבַד, אֵיד, etc. ;] destruction, waste, loss, perishing (in π., of money, see MM, see word): Mat.26:8, Mrk.14:4, Act.8:20, Rom.9:22
the hill of Ares, Ἄρειος πάγος[πᾰ],ὁ, A. the hill of Ares,at Athens, Ἀρήϊος π. Hdt. 8.52 , cf. A. Eu. 685 , 690 , etc.; ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου IG 1.38a (prob.), 2.476.59 , al., D. 18.133 , cf.
Areopagus Ἄρειος Πάυος (T, Ἄριος Π.), -ου, ὁ Hill of Pres or Mars, Areopagus; also, the Court of Areopagus, the highest tribunal of Athens: Act.17:19, 22.† (AS)
pleasing ἀρεσκία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ (ἀρέσκω), [in LXX (-εία): Pro.31:30 (חֵן) * ;] pleasing, desire to please: Col.1:19 In Gk. writers (Arist., Polyb.), most frequently in bad sense, but in π., Ins
male ἄρσην (ἄρρην, T, in Rom.1:27; Rec. in Rev.12:5, 13) -ενος, ὁ, ἡ, ἄρσεν, τό (old Attic for ἄρρην, see supr.; both forms are found in π.; MM, see word), [in LXX chiefly for זָכָר ;] male: Mat.19:
founder ἀρχηγός, -όν [in LXX for רֹאשׁ, נָשִׂיא etc. ;] beginning, originating: more freq., as subst.; __1. founder, author (Lat. auchor; so sometimes in π., see MM, see word; Milligan, NTD, 75):
master-builder ἀρχι-τέκτων, -ονος, ὁ (τέκτων), [in LXX: Isa.3:3 (חָרָשׁ) Sir.38:27. 2Ma.2:29 * ;] a master-builder, architect: 1Co.3:10 (in π. of building contractors, MM, see word).† (AS)
insignificant ἄσημος, -ον (σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (עָטַף), Job.42:11, 3Ma.1:3 * ;] without mark (in π. of an uncircumcised boy: Deiss., BS, 153; MM, see word). Metaphorical (MM, see word)
to deviate ἀστοχέω, -ῶ (στόχος, a mark), [in LXX: Sir.7:19 8:9 * ;] to miss the mark, fail: with genitive, 1Ti.1:6 (so in π., MM, see word); before περί, 1Ti.6:21, 2Ti.2:18.† (AS)
security ἀσφάλεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀσφαλής), [in LXX for בָּטַח, etc. ;] __1. firmness. __2. certainty: Luk.1:4. __3. security: Act.5:23, 1Th.5:3. (In π. it is used as a law-term, proof, security; see MM
be idle ἀτακτέω -ῶ (ἄτακτος), primarily, of soldiers marching, to be out of order, to quit the ranks; hence, metaphorically, to be remiss, fail in the performance of duty (in π., of truancy on the p
without ἄτερ prep., [in LXX: 2Ma.12:15 * ;] in cl. most frequently in poets; without, apart from: with genitive, Luk.22:6, 35 (for exx. from π., see MM, see word).† (AS)
to domineer αὐθεντέω, -ῶ (αὐθέντης, i.e. αὐτο- ἕντης, one who acts on his own authority, in π., an autocrat; cf. Wis.12:6; cf. -ία, 3Ma.2:29; -ικος is frequently in vernacular, MM, see word) to gove
departure ἄφ-ιξις, -εως, ἡ (ἀφικνέομαι), [in LXX: 3Ma.7:18 * ;] in cl. usually, arrival; rarely, departure: Act.20:29 (so in π., cf. MM, see word; M, Pro.26:1-28, n.).† (AS)
palm branch βαΐον, ου, τό (also βὰϊον, another form of βὰϊς, from the Egyptian), [in LXX: 1Ma.13:51 * ;] (frequently in Egyptian π., see MM, Exp., x) a palm-branch: Jhn.12:13 (DB, i, 314).† (AS)
confirmation βεβαίωσις, -εως, ἡ (βεβαιόω, which see), [in LXX: Lev.25:23 (צְמִיתֻת), Wis.6:19 * ;] confirmation: τ. εὐαγγελίου, Php.1:7; εἰς β., Heb.6:16, a phrase frequently in π. of guarantee in a
rain βροχή, -ῆς, ἡ (βρέχω), [in LXX: Psa.67 (68):9, 104 (105):32 (גֶּשֶׁם)* ;] __1. = βροχετός, a wetting (in π., of irrigation in Egypt; Deiss., LAE, 77). __2. As in MGr. (Kennedy, Sources, 153),
birthday γενέσια, -ων, τά, neut. pl. of adj. -ιος, -ον, relating to birth (γένεσις); __1. in Attic Gk., a commemoration of the dead. __2. In late Gk., a birthday feast (= cl. γενέθλια; so in π., see
genuine γνήσιος, -α, -ον (γίγνομαι), [in LXX: Sir.7:18, 3Ma.3:19 * ;] __1. prop., lawfully begotten, born in wedlock (in π., γυνὴ γ., a lawful wife; MM, see word). __2. true, genuine, sincere: Php.
genuinely γνησίως, adv., [in LXX: 2Ma.14:8, 3Ma.3:23 * ;] sincerely, honourably: Phi 2:20 (for a parallel in π., see MM, see word).† (AS)
chain δεσμός, -οῦ, ὁ (δέω), [in LXX chiefly for אסר ;] a band, bond: metaphorically, Luk.13:16; ὁ δεσμὸς τ. γλώσσης, Mrk.7:35 (for this expression in π., see Deiss., LAE, 306 ff.; of actual bonds, s
with two knobs: δι-πύρηνος,ον, (Π<>ῡρήν) A. with two knobs: Subst. -πύρηνον,τό, probe, Herophil. ap. Sor. 2.85 , Cael.Aur. CP 3.3 , Gal. 2.574 , al.