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2749
Ἀντλεῖν ἀμφοτέραις
to draw [water] with both
It leaves out "hands". A
proverb
in reference to those doing something with eagerness. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)ntlh/sate u(/dwr ["draw water"]; [sc. the verb there is used] with an accusative. "I …
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2907
Ἅπαξ ἐλάλησεν ὁ θεός
once did God speak
… but to what will absolutely exist. And [there is] a
proverb:
"once red, and not a tenth time pale." In reference to those lending money.
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4177
Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ
a wineskin in a frost
… wherefore they were called "wineskin-bearers" [a)skofo/roi]. And [there is] a
proverb:
"to be spooked by a little wineskin" [a)skw=| mormolu/ttesqai], in reference to those who are frightened absurdly and for no good reason. Also …
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78
Βάλλειν μήλοις
to hit with apples
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who happen upon those they love. Also [sc. attested is] ba/llw ["I hit"]: [used] with an accusative. "Those far away [he was] hitting with arrows out …
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139
Βάσανος
touchstone, test
… are being tested and written up. And [there is] a
proverb:
Test stone, in reference to those investigating things in words or in deeds; since the Lydian stone tests gold. [Note] that those outside …
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1149
Διόδωρος
Diodoros, Diodorus, Diodore
… Kingdoms; On Inquiries into the Books of Chronicles, On the
Proverbs,
What is the Difference between Exposition and Allegory, On Ecclesiastes, On the Song of Songs, On the Prophets, Chronology, straightening out the error …
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11
Βαβυλωνία κάμινος
Babylonian oven
… The story is frequently cited by Christian authors to refer,
proverbially,
to endurance in the face of persecution. Azarias, an alternative name for Abednego, appears at alpha 581.
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568
Βρυγμός
gnashing
Same or similar entry in other lexica. The
proverbial
phrase 'then there will be a wailing and a gnashing of teeth' occurs several times in the Gospels (Matthew 8.12, 13.42, 13.50, 22.13, 24.51, 25.30; …
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186
Δεκάτην ἑστιάσαι
to feast the tenth
… Adler reports, in ms A) is unidentifiable, but for the
proverbial
Syracusans' tithe cf. generally eta 609 and sigma 1659.
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