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Strong's #5504 - χθές
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χθές,
Adv. (lengthd. ἐχθές (q.v.); where the word occurs in NT, John 4:52, Acts 7:28, Hebrews 13:8, codd. vary betw. ἐχθές and χθές; χθές is not found in Ptolemaic papyri, but in PLond. 2.161.8 (iii A. D.)): —
yesterday, h.Merc. 273, Th. 3.113, Pl. R. 327a, Smp. 174a, etc.: freq. placed between Art. and Subst., ἡ χ. ὁμολογία, οἱ χ. λόγοι, Pl. Sph. 216a, Ti. 26e; τῇ χ. ἡμέρᾳ Plu. 2.773e; χ. μὲν.., τὰ νῦν δὲ.. Pl. Ti. 17a: freq. πρώην τε καὶ χ., χ. καὶ πρώην, v. πρώην 11; χ. καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν v.l. in X. Cyr. 6.3.11, cf. LXX Genesis 31:2. (Cf. Skt. hyás 'yesterday', Lat. heri, hesternus, OHG. gestaron 'yesterday', etc.)
ἐχθές
(Rec. χθές ), adv.,
[in LXX for H8543, etc.;]
yesterday: John 4:52, Acts 7:28, Hebrews 13:8 (on the form, v. Rutherford, NPhr., 370 f.).†
χθές , see ἐχθές
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For the late form ὠδίν (cf. Blass-Debrunner § 46. 4) = ";birth-pangs,"; as in 1Th. 5:3, cf. the sepulchral inscr. Preisigke 43124.4f. (Ptol.) θνήσκω δ᾽ ἄλγεσ [ι πικροτάτοις ὠδῖνας προ ̣φυγοῦσα συναίμου ̣[ς. . ., also Kaibel 145.4 (ii/A.D.)—
τοῦ με χάριν προφυγόντα πικρὰν ὠδῖνα τεκούσης
ἠγάγετε ἱμερτοῦ πρὸς φάος ἠελίου.
On the force of λύσας τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου in Act. 2:24, see Field Notes, p. 112.
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Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
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