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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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ε
459
Ἐκλεκτός
chosen, selected
… that e)klekto/s should mean "selectable, deserving to be selected." [2]
Proverbs
12.24 LXX, where the word is generally interpreted as "diligent". [3] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Palladius, …
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1414
Ἐνώπια
straightforward (things), front-facing (things)
… literally "directly offered to the sight". A biblical gloss, from
Proverbs
8.9 LXX: pa/nta e)nw/pia toi=s suniou=sin ("everything [is] straightforward to those who have intelligence"), commonly quoted by Christian writers. See also Michael Psellus, …
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