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αι109Αἰθαλόεις θεόςsooty god… as a whole appears to stem from Nonnus, Dionysiaca 27.123 ('sooty Hephaistos'). [1] Repeated at kappa 1849.Matched in noteshighshort
η210Ἠλί ἠλί λιμᾶ σαβαχθανίeli eli lima sabachthaniChrist's dying cry in Matthew 27.46 and Mark 15.34 ('My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me?'); see under alpha 24 and epsilon 892.Matched in noteshighshort
α3598Ἀπότιμοςdishonoured… scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 215, where the phrase "the god dishonoured amongst gods" occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1366Ἐνθουσιασμόςinspiration, possession… epsilon 1363, epsilon 1364, epsilon 1365, epsilon 1367. [1] or "God".Matched in noteshighshort
χ78ΧαμώςChamos, Chemosh… of the name כמוש kemōš. The Old Testament attributes the god to the Moabites: see e.g. Numbers 21:29, Jeremiah 31:13, 1 Kingdoms [3 Kings] 11:1-8. The lexicographer is not following the Septuagint, however, but …Matched in noteshighshort
ι723Ἰσχύωνpowerful[1] The implication is "powerful as a god". i)sxu/wn is often found in Jewish/Christian contexts to describe God’s power, e.g. Esther 4:17z LXX: o( qeo\s o( i)sxu/wn e)pi\ pa/ntas ["God powerful over all"]. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
α3881ἌριμαArima[1] See Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., noting that their location was disputed: Cilicia (so Strabo 13.4.6), Syria, or even Italy. [2] Perhaps an ape-god, to judge from the etymology (cf. Strabo 13.4.6), though cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
β2Βαβακατρεῦbabakatreu… other possibilities: that Baisatreu is the name of a barbarian god or that the whole phrase is deliberate gibberish.Matched in noteshighshort
μ357Μεγαλεῖαmagnificent [things]… u(yi/stwn a(\ e)poi/hsas megalei=a; o( qeo/s, ti/s o(/moio/s soi?. ("O God, even to the highest places what magnificent things you have done; O God, who is like you?"). However, the text here does not …Matched in noteshighshort
α45ἈβιμέλεχAbimelech… whereas the MT contains אלהים elohīm to be interpreted as "gods" — not "God." That the translation warrants a plural is supported by the antiquity of the original motif (Boling, Judges (Anchor), 173-74.15; 175.20). …Matched in noteshighlong
κ2283ΚῶνσοςConsusA Roman god of the granary, sometimes (e.g. in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.31.2) misidentified with Greek Poseidon; see OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… Use of tu/pos here is twofold: 1) To assert that God's appearance to Abraham was indirect (echoing Philo, On Abraham, XVII.79-80); 2) To impart, as if a corollary of tu/pos in Romans 5:14, that …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1230Διῳκίσατοdispersed, scattered… a)nassome/nois e)nari/qmios "all of us, we are sons of one [God], whoever has power as well as whoever is counted among the subjects"; id. Contra Julianum 1 (PG 35.636.14) kai/ moi sunaganaktei/tw pa=s o(/stis …Matched in noteshighshort
ει179Εἴργεσθαιto be hindered, to be stopped… [Adam] was persuaded, that he was begrudged to be a god, being hindered until then from [access to] the tree of knowledge". [3] Quotation unidentifiable (Adler suggested Diodorus Siculus or Cassius Dio.) In any …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2594ΚυβήβηKubebe, Kybebe, Cybebe, Cybele, Great MotherThe name in the headword is closer to the goddess's name in other Anatolian cultures, e.g. Hittite, than is Greek Kubele (kappa 2586) or Cybele and may be the Phrygian name. The etymology from …Matched in noteshighshort
β211ΒαιθήλBethelLiterally "house of God," where Abraham established a sanctuary: Genesis 12.8 etc. Spelled 'Baithel' in the present entry, but Bethel elsewhere in the Suda (iota 172, iota 173, iota 507, kappa 1784).Matched in noteshighshort
α2572ἈνουβείδιονAnubis-temple… Lexicon. For Anubis, the Egyptian jackal (later jackal- or dog-headed) god equatable with Hermes, see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.114). There was an Anubis-temple in hellenistic Delos. [2] i.e. not *)anoubei/dion but *bendi/deion. (This addendum …Matched in noteshighshort
ι367Ἰνάχειον ἄστυInacheian town, Inachian towni.e. Argos [Myth, Place]; cf. iota 453. For Inachos, a river and river-god, see generally OCD(4) s.v. Inachus. The headword phrase is Tragica adespota fr. 563.Matched in noteshighshort
α668Ἀϊδάαςlord, (?)HadadSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (797). Otherwise unattested. But at Hesychius alpha1758 Latte prints the headword as *ai)da/das, i.e. the Semitic storm-god Hadad, a manifestatation of beta 1 (and Zeus).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1393Ἔνορχαtesticles-in, uncastratedNeuter plural of this adjective, with same or similar glossing in other lexica. Probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 23.147 (fifty 'testicles-in' sheep -- i.e. rams -- to be sacrificed to the river-god Spercheios). cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
αι285Αἵρεσιςcapture, taking… is discussed at alphaiota 286. [2] Or perhaps, "dear to God." [3] Tittman attributes this passage to Philo Judaeus, Adler to Damascius (now adopted as fr. 292 Zintzen).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1658Δύσμηνιςwrathful… outside grammars and lexica, but see Pollux 1.39 (a 'wrathful god') and Greek Anthology 9.69.1.Matched in noteshighshort
γ456Γριπεύςfisherman, net-man… antiquity, seems to refer to Hermes' role as an underworld god, guiding the dead (see epsilon 2998), and is thus appropriate to describe the god to whom a doddering old man dedicates a gift. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2658Κυκώμενοςbeing mixed up= Synagoge; Photius, Lexicon kappa1186 Theodoridis. From commentary to Homer Iliad 21.235 (web address 1) where the headword participle occurs, as here, in the masculine nominative singular (of the river[-god] Scamander). For the verb …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2696Ἐπιτίμησιςcensure, rebuke… to one of the several instances (e.g. 17.16 LXX) where God's e)piti/mhsis is mentioned and he is directly addressed. For this headword in other senses see already epsilon 2695.Matched in noteshighshort
ι644ἸσμαήλIsmael, Ishmael… the child before its birth (Genesis 16:11), and means: 'may God hear'." See also Genesis 16:5 and Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 1.12.1 (web address 2): "now in a little time Abraham had a son by …Matched in noteshighshort
μ147ΜάνηςManes, Mani… 2) is set in contrast to the proper contract with God. [3] The Acts of Archelaus (cf. kappa 2174) gives this name or nationality to the father of Terebinthus. It perhaps represents a derogatory …Matched in noteshighlong
ε488Ἔκλυενharkened to, heard… thing heard, with or without preposition (e.g. "he heard the god's words (acc.) from the messenger," but "he heard the voice (gen.) of the goddess"). [2] Though these glossing verbs are also deployed in …Matched in noteshighshort
ει153ΕἰνάλιοςEinalios… applied to Nereus in Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 325, and to a 'god' who is Poseidon in Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 888.Matched in noteshighshort
α1004Ἀκροκελαινιόωνgrowing black at the topLikewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.249, where the headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)krokelainia/w -- occurs (of the river-god Scamander in his …Matched in noteshighshort

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