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Strong's #3686 - ὄνομα
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ὄνομα,
Aeol. and Dor. ὄνῠμα IG 12(2).68.8 (Lesb.), GDI 4992a iii 7 (Crete), SIG 1122.8(Selinus), Berl.Sitzb. 1927.167 (Cyrene); Lacon. * ἔνυμα prob. in pr. nn. Ἐνυμακρατίδας IG 5(1).213.45, Ἐνυμαντιάδας ib.97.20, 280.2; poet. also (metri gr.) οὔνομα (v.infr.), which appears regularly in codd. of Hdt. (along with ὀνομάζω, as 2.50, 4.35, al.), and sts. in other Ion. prose authors (v.l. in Hp. Prog. 25, etc.), but is prob. not Ionic; Ion. Inscrr. have only ὄνομα, IG 7.235.39 (Oropus), etc.: Hom. has οὔνομα Od. 6.194, 9.355, Il. 3.235, οὐνόματ'(α) 17.260, ὄνομα Od. 9.16, 364, 366, 19.183, ὄνομ'(α) 4.710 et sa: —
1. name of a person or thing, in Hom. always of a person, exc. ἐρέω δέ τοι οὔνομα λαῶν Od. 6.194 and in Od. 13.248 (v. infr. II); Οὖτις ἐμοί γ' ὄ. 9.366, cf. 18.5, 19.183, 247; Ἀρήτη δ' ὄνομ' ἐστὶν ἐπώνυμον 7.54, cf. 19.409, Hes. Th. 144: in Prose ὄνομα is used abs., by name, πόλις ὄ. Καιναί X. An. 2.4.28, etc.: also dat., πόλις Θάψακος ὀνόματι ib. 1.4.11 (v. l.); ὀνόματι λέγειν by name, Pl. Revelation 21:1-27 c; ἐπ' ὀνόματος δηλοῦσθαι Plb. 18.45.4, etc.; κατ' ὄνομα by name, Strato Com. 1.14, Epigr.Gr. 983.4 (Philae); ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους κατ' ὄ. each by his name, 3Jo:1:14.
2. ὄ. τίθεσθαι or θέσθαι τινί give one a name, Od. 19.403, 406, 8.554, A. Fr. 6, Ar. Av. 810: — Pass., ὄ. κεῖταί τινι ib. 1291; ὄ. ἐστι or κεῖται ἐπί τινι, X. Mem. 3.14.2, Cyr. 2.2.12; so ὄ. φέρειν or ἐπιφέρειν ἐπί τι, Arist. EN 1119a33, HA 572a11.
3. ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα call one by name, εἴπ' ὄνομ', ὅττι σε κεῖθι κάλεον Od. 8.550; καλοῦσί με τοῦτο τὸ ὄ. X. Oec. 7.3, cf. E. Ion 259, 800, Pl. Cra. 393e, etc.: — so in Pass., ὄ. δ' ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος S. Ph. 605, cf. El. 694; ὄ. δημοκρατία κέκληται Th. 2.37; τὸ ἐναντίον ὄ. ἀφροσύνη μετωνόμασται Id. 1.122; ὄ. ἓν κεκλημένους Σικελιώτας Id. 4.64; λεγόμενοι τοὔνομα γεωργικοί Pl. Lg. 842e; but also ὀνόματί τινα προσαγορεύειν Antipho 6.40; reversely, ὄνομα καλεῖν τινι give a name to, Pl. Plt. 279e, Cra. 385d; ὄ. καλεῖν ἐπί τινι Id. Prm. 147d; τύμβῳ δ' ὄ. σῷ κεκλήσεται.. Κυνὸς σῆμα E. Hec. 1271; τοὔνομα προσηγορεύθη Anaxil. 21.3.
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1. name, fame, Ἰθάκης γε καὶ ἐς Τροίην ὄνομ' ἵκει Od. 13.248; οὐδὲ θανὼν ὄνομ' ὤλεσας 24.93; ὄ. ἔχειν or σχεῖν ἀπό τινος, Hdt. 1.71, Pl. Hp.Ma. 282a; τὸ μεγα ὄ. τῶν Ἀθηνῶν Th. 7.64; τῷ μέλλοντι χρόνῳ καταλιπεῖν ὄ. ὡς.. Id. 5.16; τοὔνομά τινος μεῖζον ἀφικνεῖται εἰς τὴν πόλιν X. An. 6.1.20; ὧν ὀνόματα μεγάλα λέγεται ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ Pl. Hp.Ma. 281c; ὄ. μέγιστον ἔχειν Th. 2.64; ἐν ὀνόματι εἶναι to have a name, to be notable, Str. 9.1.23; οἱ ἐν πράγμασιν ἐπ' ὀνόματος γεγονότες Plb. 15.35.1; παράσιτοι δ' ἐπ' ὀνόματος ἐγένοντο notably, Ath. 6.240c; τῶν δι' ὀνόματος παρασίτων ib. 241a. III a name and nothing else, opp. the real person or thing, ἵνα μηδ' ὄνομ' αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀνθρώποισι λίπηται Od. 4.710; βοᾶς δ' ἔτι μηδ' ὄνομ' εἴη Theoc. 16.97; opp. ἔργον, E. Or. 454, Hipp. 502; περὶ ὄ. μάχεσθαι Lys. 33.3; ἐκ τῶν ὀ. μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν πραγμάτων σκέψασθαι D. 9.15; ὀνόματι διαφέρεσθαι dispute about a word, Pl. Euthd. 285a, Lg. 644a.
2. false name, pretence, pretext, ὀνόματι ἐννόμῳ ξυμμαχίας under the pretence.., Th. 4.60; μετ' ὀνομάτων καλῶν Id. 5.89; χώρα καλῶν ὀ. καὶ προσχημάτων μεστή Pl. R. 495c, cf. Plb. 11.5.4. in periphr.
1. phrases, ὄ. τῆς σωτηρίας, = σωτηρία, E. IT 905, cf. ὄνομ' ὁμιλίας ἐμῆς (v. l. for ὄμμ') Id. Or. 1082: with the names of persons, periphr. for the person, ὦ φίλτατον ὄ. Πολυνείκους Id. Ph. 1702.
2. of persons, ὄχλος ὀνομάτων Acts 1:15; ἕτερα ὀ. ἀντ' αὐτοῦ.. πέμψαι Wilcken Chr. 28.19 (ii A. D.); in Accountancy, both of persons and things (cf. Lat. nomen), Hyp. Ath. 6, 10 (both pl.), Jahresh. 26 Beibl. 13 (Ephes., ii A. D., pl.); βαρέσαι τὸ ἐμὸν ὄ. charge my account, POxy. 126.8 (vi A. D.); τὸν τόκον τὸν ὀνόματί μου παραγραφέντα ib.513.22 (ii A. D.); in registers of titledeeds, etc., οἰκίας οὐ κειμένης ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἀποδομένης not booked under the name of the seller, PLips. 3 ii 25 (iii A. D.); ὀνόματι ἰδιωτικῆς under the head of private land, PCair.PreIsa 47.10 (iv A. D.); δικαιώματα.. ἑκάστῳ ὀνόματι παράκειται BGU 113.11 (ii A. D.); in tax-receipts, ἔσχον ὀνόματος Σομτοῦς on account of S., Ostr.Bodl. ii 39 (ii A. D.), cf. PFay. 85.7 (iii A. D.), etc.
1. phrase, expression, esp. of technical terms, ὀ. τὰ ἐν τῇ ναυτικῇ X. Ath. 1.19: generally, D. 19.187. Gramm., word, opp. ῥῆμα (expression), Pl. Cra. 399b, cf. Revelation 17:1-18 c, Smp. 198b, 199b, 221e, Isoc. 9.9, 11, Arist. Rh. 1404b5, Aeschin. 3.72, A.D. Synt. 12.25, al., Demetr. Eloc. 23, al.; τὸ ἰλλαίνειν ὄ. the word ἰλλαίνειν, Gal. 17(1).679.
2. noun, opp. ῥῆμα (verb, predicate), Pl. Tht. 168b, Sph. 262a, 262b, cf. Arist. Po. 1457a10, Int. 16a19, al.; as one of five parts of speech, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.45; ὄ. κύριον a proper name, opp. προσηγορικόν, D.T. 636.16, A.D. Pron. 26.12, al. (so ὄ. alone, Ar. Nu. 681 sqq., Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213); also of adjectives, S.E. M. 1.222. (Cf. Goth. namo, gen. namins, Lat. nômen, Skt. nâma.)
ὄνομα , -τος , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8034;]
1. in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Matthew 10:2, Mark 3:16, Luke 1:63, John 18:1, al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ ) ὄ . (τ . ὄ .), sc. ἦς or ἐστίν (ΒΙ ., § 30, 3), Mark 14:32, Luke 1:26-27; with same ellipsis, καὶ τ . ὄ . αὐτοῦ (ὄ . αὐτῷ ), Luke 1:5, John 1:6, al.; ὀνόματι , seq. nom. prop., Matthew 27:32, Mark 5:22, Luke 1:5, Acts 5:1, al.; acc absol. (BI., § 34, 7), τοὔνομα (= τ . ὄνομα ), Matthew 27:57; ὄ . μοι (sc. ἐστίν ; cf. Hom., Od., ix, 366), Mark 5:9 (cf. Luke 8:30); ἔχειν ὄ ., Revelation 9:11; καλεῖν (ἐπιτιθέναι ) ὄ . (B1., § 33, 1), Matthew 1:21, Mark 3:16; τ . ὄ . ἐν (τ .) βίβλῳ ζωῆς (cf. Deiss., LAE, 121), Philippians 4:3, Revelation 13:8, cf. Luke 10:20 (ἐν τ . οὐρανοῖς ); ὄ . βλασφημίας , Revelation 13:1; the name as opp. to the reality, Revelation 3:1 (cf. Hdt., vii, 138); as a title : Ephesians 1:21, Philippians 2:9-10 (Lft., in l).
2. By a usage similar to that with ref. to Heb. H8034 (Lft., Notes, 106 f.), but also common in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 100; Bl., § 39, 4; Deiss, BS, 146 f., 196 f.; LAE, 1234), of all that the name implies, of rank, authority, character, etc.: of acting on one's authority or in his behalf, ἐ v (εἰς ) ὄ ., c. gen. pers. (v. reff. supr.), Matthew 10:41; Matthew 21:9; Matthew 28:19, Mark 11:9, Luke 13:35, John 5:43, Acts 8:16, 1 Corinthians 1:13; of the name Christian, 1 Peter 4:16; esp. of the name of God as expressing the divine attributes: ἁγιάζειν (ἅγιον ) τὸ ὄ . (τ . Πατρός , Κυρίου ), Matthew 6:9, Luke 1:49; Luke 11:2; ψάλλειν (ὁμολογεῖν ) τῷ ὀ ., Romans 15:9, Hebrews 13:15; δ oξάζειν (φανεροῦν , φοβεῖσθαι ) τὸ ὄ ., John 12:28; John 17:6; John 17:26, Revelation 11:18; Revelation 15:4; βλασφημεῖν , Romans 2:24, 1 Timothy 6:1, Revelation 13:6; similarly, of the name of Christ: τ . καλὸν ὄ ., James 2:7 (Deiss., LAE, 276); πιστεύειν τῷ ὀ ., 1 John 3:23; Papyri εἰς τ . ὄ . (ΒΙ ., § 39, 4), John 1:12; John 2:23; John 3:18; ὀνομάζειν τὸ ὄ ., 2 Timothy 2:19; κρατεῖν , Revelation 2:13; οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι , Revelation 3:8; ἐν τ . ὀ . (v. reff. supr.), Mark 9:38; Mark 16:17, Luke 10:17, John 14:13; John 16:23-24; John 20:31 Acts 3:6; Acts 4:12, Ephesians 5:20, 1 Peter 4:14, al.; εἰς τ . ὄ . συνάγεσθαι , Matthew 18:20; ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀ ., Matthew 19:29; διὰ τὸ ὄ ., Matthew 10:22, Mark 13:13, al.; διὰ τοῦ ὀ ., 1 Corinthians 1:19; ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀ ., Acts 9:16, Romans 1:5, al.; id. absol., Acts 5:41, 3 John 1:7; πρὸς τὸ ὄ ., Acts 26:9.
3. cause, ground, reason (in cl., usually in bad sense, pretext) : Mark 9:41 (Swete, in l; Dalman, Words, 305 f.).
4. In late Greek (Deiss., BS., 196 f.), an individual, a person: Acts 1:15, Revelation 3:4; Revelation 11:13.
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ὄφελος, which in the NT is confined to 1 Corinthians 15:32, James 2:14; James 2:16 (cf. Job 15:3, the only occurrence in the LXX), is seen in P Oxy I. 118 verso.80 (late iii/A.D.) οὐδὲν γὰρ ὄφελος ὑστερησάντων τῶν χρειωδῶν τῇ παρουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ";it is of no use if a person comes too late for what required his presence"; (Edd.) : cf. ib. XII. 1468.6 (c. A.D. 258) τοῖς κακουργεῖν προχείρως ἔχουσιν τέχνῃ οὐ δικαίας ἐπινοίας πρὸς τῷ μηδὲν ὄφελος ἔχειν ἔτι καὶ κτλ., ";the wicked designs of those who are ready to commit crimes by artifice are not only made to be of no avail, but"; etc. (Edd.), and from the inscrr. OGIS 519.28 (A.D. 244–7) οὐδὲν ὄφελο [ς ἡ ]μεῖν ἐκ ταύτης τῆ [ς ἀντιγραφῆς ἐγένετο.
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