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Strong's #584 - ἀποδείκνυμι
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- to point away from one's self, to point out, show forth, to expose to view, exhibit
- to declare, to show, to prove what kind of person anyone is, to prove by arguments, demonstrate
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ἀποδείκ-νῡμι
(and ἀποδεικ-ύω X. Smp. 8.20, Plb. 7.14.3), Ion. ἀποδεικ-δέκνῦμι GDI 5653b14 (Chios, v B. C.), fut. -δείξω, Ion. -δέξω: —
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1. point away from other objects at one, and so: I point out, display, make known, whether by deed or word, σφι γνώμας Hdt. 1.171,al.; τάφους καὶ συγγένειαν Th. 1.26; ἦθος τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων A. Ag. 727; ἀρετήν Hyp. Epit. 29; τὰ τῆς τεχνης ἐξευρήματα Hp. Praec. 9; proclaim, τὴν ἡμέρην GDI l. c.; — Pass., τῶν οῠρων ἀποδεχθέντων SIG 134b22 (Milet., iv B. C.).
2. bring forward, produce, μαρτύρια τούτων Hdt. 5.45; πολλοὺς παῖδας Id. 1.136, cf. S. OT 1405, Isoc. 19.6, X. Cyr. 1.2.5; ἐπόχους 8.1.35; ἀ. τρόπαια And. 1.147; χρήματα πλεῖστ' ἀ. ἐν τῷ κοινῷ Ar. Eq. 774; μορφὴν ἑτέραν E. Fr. 839.14 (v.l. ἐπέδειξεν): c. part., ὑγιέα τινὰ ἐόντα ἀ. produce him safe and sound, Hdt. 3.130, cf. 134.
3. produce, deliver accounts, τὸν λόγον Id. 7.119; ἀ. τετρακόσια τάλαντα τετελεσμένα ib. 118.
4. publish a law, Lys. 30.11, X. HG 2.3.11.
5. appoint, assign, τέμενος ἀ. τινί Hdt. 5.67, 89; βωμόν τινι Id. 7.178; ἓν βουλευτήριον Th. 2.15; γῆς ὅρους ib. 72; τὴν τρίτην ἀ. ἐκκλησίαν to fix, prescribe it, D. 24.25: — Pass., τοῖσί ἐστι χῶρος ἀποδεδεγμένος Hdt. 1.153; τροφὴ αὐτοῖσι τοιαύτη ἀποδέδεκται Id. 2.65. c. inf., κώμας ὅθεν ἀπέδειξαν οἱ ἡγεμόνες λαμβάνειν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια whence they appointed that they should receive.., X. An. 2.3.14: — Pass., τοῖσι ἀποδεδέχθαι.. ἕλκειν (impers.) it had been appointed them to draw, Hdt. 2.124.
6. show by argument, prove, demonstrate, Ar. Nu. 1334, Arist. AP 0.75b37, etc.; ἀ. σαφεῖς τὰς ἀποδείξεις And. 2.3; ἀ. ὡς.. Ar. V. 548, Pl. R. 472d; ὅτι.. Id. Prt. 323c, etc.; πότερον.. ἢ.. Id. Alc. 1.114b: c. dupl. acc., prove one so and so, οὓς ἀποδείξω λέκτρων προδότας E. Ion 879, etc.; τοιούτους τινάς Hp. Decent. 4: folld. by part., ἀ. λόγῳ.. οὐδὲν μετεόν Hdt. 5.94; ἀ. τινὰ λέγοντα οὐδέν make it evident that.., 7.17, cf. 2.133.
II show forth a person or thing as so and so, hence:
1 appoint, proclaim, create, ἀ. τινὰ στρατηγόν X. An. 1.1.2, al.: c. inf., στρατηγὸν εῖναι Hdt. 5.25; ἀ. τούτους τὴν πόλιν νέμειν ib. 29; ἑαυτὸν ὅτι ἐστὶ θεός 2 Thessalonians 2:4 : — Pass., to be so created, Hdt. 1.124, 162; μελεδωνοὶ ἀποδεδέχαται τῆς τροφῆς 2.65; ἀπεδέχθη εῖναι ἵππαρχος 7.154; αὐτοκράτωρ ἀποδέδεικται POxy. 1021.7 (i A. D.); ὕπατος ἀποδεδειγμένος, = Lat. consul designatus, OGI 379.5 (Tiflis), etc.
2. make, render, mostly with an Adj., ἀ. τινὰς μοχθηροτάτους make them finished rascals, Ar. Ra. 1011; ἀ. κρατίστους τοὺς λόχους X. Cyr. 2.1.23; γοργότερον ἀ. τὸν ἵππον Id. Eq. 1.10; ζῷον ἀγριώτερον Pl. Grg. 516b: with a Subst., γέλωτα ἀ. τινά Id. Tht. 166a, cf. Phd. 72c: c. part., βλέποντ' ἀποδείξω σ' ὀξύτερον τοῦ Λυγκέως Ar. Pl. 210; ἀ. τινὰς ἀλλοτρίους ὄντας Pl. Smp. 179c: — Pass., πολέμιοι ἀποδεδειγμένοι declared enemies, X. An. 7.1.26, cf. D. 23.200.
3. represent as, ἀ. παῖδα πατρὸς ἑωυτῶν ἕκαστον ἐόντα Hdt. 2.143, cf. Lys. 32.17: — Pass., ἀνδραγαθίη δ' αὕτη ἀποδέδεκται is represented, considered as.., Hdt. 1.136; οὐδὲ.. οὗτοι ἐν τοῖσι ἄλλοισι θεοῖσι ἀποδεδέχαται have not been considered, admitted among.., 2.43: — these two last examples may be pass. usages of ἀποδέχομαι.
4. c. inf., ordain a thing or person to be, X. Oec. 7.30, Lac. 10.7.
5. dedicate, consecrate, θέατρον Plu. Luc. 29: — Pass., νεὼς ἀποδέδεικται Luc. Tox. 5. Med., show forth, exhibit something of one's own, ἀποδέξασθαι τὴν γνώμην deliver one's opinion, Hdt. 1.170, 207, cf. Th. 1.87; also ἀ. μεγάλα ἔργα Hdt. 1.59, al.; ἀξιαπηγητότατα ib. 16; οὐδὲν λαμπρὸν ἔργον ib. 174; ἀ. ἀρετάς display high qualities, Pi. N. 6.49 (cf. supr. A. 1.2); πνεύματα εἰς ἄλληλα στάσιν.. ἀποδεικνύμενα A. Pr. 1088; of buildings and the like, μνημόσυνα ἀ. Hdt. 2.101; χώματα ἀξιοθέητα 1.184; οὐδεμίαν στρατηΐην ἀ.
1. not to have any military service to show, 2.111: — Pass., ἔργα μεγάλα καὶ θαυμαστὰ.. ἀποδεχθέντα Id. Prooem., cf. 9.27.
2. Med. in act. sense, ἀποδεδειγμένοι ἦσαν ὅτι had declared that.., X. An. 5.2.9. Pass., v. supr. 1.5, 11.1, 2, 3: aor. ἀπεδείχθην is always Pass., as Hdt. 7.154; and so mostly pf. ἀποδέδειγμαι, 1.136, Antipho 2.4.10, X. An. 7.1.26; but the part. of the latter is sts. Act., v. supr. B. 2.
ἀποδείκνυμι; 1 aorist ἀπέδειξα; perfect passive participle ἀποδεδειγμένος; (frequent in Greek writings from Pindar Nem. 6, 80 down);
1. properly, to point away from oneself, to point out, show forth; to expose to view, exhibit (Herodotus 3, 122 and often): 1 Corinthians 4:9. Hence,
2. to declare: τινα, to show, prove what kind of a person anyone is, Acts 2:22 (where manuscript D gives the gloss (δεδοκιμ)ἀσμενον); 2 Thessalonians 2:4 (Lachmann marginal reading ἀποδειγνυοντα). to prove by arguments, demonstrate: Acts 25:7. Cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part iv., p. 16f.
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ἀπο -δείκνυμι ,
[in LXX: Ezra 2:9 (H7200), al.;]
1. to bring out, show forth, exhibit (Lft., Notes, 200; ICC, in l): 1 Corinthians 4:9.
2. to declare, show: Acts 2:22
3. to prove: Acts 25:7.
4. As freq. in late Gk., to proclaim to an office: seq. ὅτι , 2 Thessalonians 2:4 (Milligan, in l; MM, s.v.; Lft., Notes. 113.)†
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P Alex 4.6 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski.2, p. 51) ἀποδείξομέν σε, ";we shall report you."; For the middle cf. Syll 521.19 (B.C. 100) the newly admitted ephebi ποιησάμενοι. . . μελέτην ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις ἀπεδείξαντο τοῖς. . . Θησείοις. The verb is very common in the sense of ";appoint"; or ";nominate"; : in P Ryl II. 153.17 (A.D. 138–61) ἀποδίγνυμι τὸν υἱόν as heir to my estate. Generally it is used of ";proclaiming"; an appointment to public office. Thus in the rough draft of a public proclamation of the accession of Nero we are told ὁ δὲ τῆς οἰκουμένης καὶ προσδοκηθεὶς καὶ ἐλπισθεὶς Αὐτοκράτωρ ἀποδέδεικται, ";the expectation and hope of the world has been declared Emperor"; (P Oxy VII. 1021.5 ff., A.D. 54), and in the same Emperor’s speech to the Greeks he describes himself as δ [η ]μαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας τὸ τρισκαιδέκατον ἀποδεδειγμένος = designatus (Syll 376.33, A.D. 67, with Dittenberger’s note). Other examples are P Petr III. 36 (a) verso .17 ἐπ [ὶ ] τῶν ἀποδεδειγμένων ἐπισκόπων ";in the presence of the appointed supervisors,"; P Gen I. 36.2 (ii/A.D.) Ἀνουβίωνι ἀποδ [εδε ]ιγμένῳ γυμνασιάρχῳ, and from the inscriptions OGIS 437.92 (i/B.C.) οἱ ὑφ᾽ ἑκατέρων τῶν δήμων ἀποδειχθέντες ἄνδρες ἐπὶ τῶν συλλύσεων Σαρδιανῶν, Syll 409.11 (ii/A.D.) ἀποδειχ [θέν ]τος ὑπὸ θεοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ, etc.
This use of the verb adds point to 2 Thessalonians 2:4, where the man of lawlessness is decribed as ἀποδεικνύντα ἑαυτὸν ὅτι ἔστιν θεός —he actually ";proclaims"; himself as God (see further Milligan ad l.). For the other meaning, ";demonstrate,"; as in Acts 25:7, cf. P Par 15.34 f. (B.C. 120) ἠρώτησεν τὸν Ἑρμίαν εἴ τινα ἀποδείξιν παράκειται (so Radermacher Gr. p. 152 f.) ὥς ἐστιν αὐτοῦ προγονική, P Lond. 904.84 (A.D. 104—see above, under ἀπογραφή) (= III. p. 126) οἱ ἀποδ [εί ]ξαντες ἀναγκ [αίαν α ]ὐ ̣τῶν τὴν παρου [σίαν, who have ";proved"; their inability to return home for the census, P Fay 32.15 (A.D. 131) πρότερον ἀποδίξω ὑπάρχειν ";I will first establish my title to the ownership"; (Edd.), and BGU II. 388ii. 19 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐκ τῆς κατ᾽ οἰκίαν ἀπογραφῆς ἀποδείκνυται, τίνος ἐστὶν δοῦλος. The verb in MGr (ἀποδείχνω) means ";prove.";
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