Bible Lexicons

For this verb, which in the NT is confined to the Lukan writings (Luke 1:1, Acts 9:29; Acts 19:13), it is sufficient to cite P Par 63.112 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 28) εἰ συναναγκάζειν ἐπιχειροίη προσδέχεσθαι, ";if one were to endeavour to compel them to accept (the work)"; (Mahaffy), ib. 61.15 (B.C. 156) μ ]άλιστα δὲ τῶν συκοφαντεῖν ἐπιχειρούντων [τελωνῶν, P Tebt I. 6.38 (B.C. 140–39) ἄλλους δὲ ἐπιχειρεῖν ἐπ [ιπλ ]έκειν ἑα [υ ]τοὺς ταῖς προσόδοις, ";and others try to mix themselves up with the revenues"; (Edd.), P Ryl II. 144.16 (A.D. 38) ὃς δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου ἄλογον ἀηδίαν μοι ἐπιχειρήσας παρεχρήσατό μοι πολλὰ καὶ ἄσχημα, ";whereupon he opposing me made a brutal and odious attack upon me and subjected me to much shameful mishandling"; (Edd.), P Oxy I. 38.9 (A.D. 49–50) (= Selections, p. 53) τοῦ Σύρ [ου ] ἐπικεχειρηκότος ἀποσπάσαι εἰς δουλαγωγία [ν ] τὸν ἀφήλικά μου υἱὸν Ἀπίωνα, ";S. having endeavoured to carry off into slavery my young son A.,"; P Oxy III. 492.9 (A.D. 130) ἐκτείσι ὁ ἐπιχειρ [ῶ ]ν πρὸς ἀθέτησίν τι τούτων ἄγειν ἐπιτείμου δρα [χμὰς ]χειλίας, ";the person attempting to set aside aught of them (viz. certain dispositions) shall forfeit a fine of 1000 drachmae"; (Edd.), and ib. VIII. 1119.18 (A.D. 254) τῆς παρανομίας παρὰ τῶν πλημ ̣[μελ ]εῖν ἐπιχειρούντων εἴς τε τὰς θείας νομοθεσίας, ";the lawlessness of those who attempt to offend against the Imperial legislation"; (Ed.). These examples show that any idea of failure, though often suggested by the context, does not lie in the verb itself. For the construction with the inf. see Proleg. p. 205. In Chrest. II. 372v. 24 (ii/A.D.) the verb is followed by the dat.—ἐπιδὴ τοίνυν ἐπιχειρεῖς τοῖς ἀδυνάτοις, οὔτε οὗτος οὔτε οἱ ἄλλοι υι ̣̈̀ο ̣ι ̣ σ ̣ο ̣υ Ἀ [λε ]ξανδρέων πολεῖταί εἰ [σι ]ν.

 

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