ε3123Ἐσσαῖοι
Essenes, Essaioi
Jews, ascetics, who greatly surpass Pharisees and scribes in their mode of life; progeny of Jonadab, [who was the] son of Rechab the righteous. They are fond of one another and more pious than others: they turn away…
Ἐσσαῖοι· Ἰουδαῖοι, ἀσκηταί, Φαρισαίων καὶ γραμματέων τὴν ἄσκησιν ἐξ ἐπιμέτρου διανεστηκότες, πρόγονοι Ἰωναδάβ, υἱοῦ Ῥιχὰβ τοῦ δικαίου. φιλάλληλοι καὶ τῶν ἄλλων εὐλαβεῖς πλεῖον· οἳ…