- θρηνέω
- θρηνέω impf. ἐθρήνουν; fut. θρηνήσω; 1 aor. ἐθρήνησα; fut. pass. 3 sg. θρηνηθήσεται Mi 2:4 (s. next entry; Hom. et al.; LXX; TestSol 1:6 D; TestAbr B 6 p. 110, 1 [Stone p. 68]; TestZeb 4:5; ApcEsdr 5:27 p. 31, 1 Tdf.; Ar.; Just.) gener. ‘to express oneself in grief’, freq. in sounds and rhythms established by funereal custom in various regions of the ancient world (cp. Il. 24, 722; Od. 24, 61).① to express oneself in sorrowful tones, mourn, lament intr. (w. κλαίειν Just., D. 141, 3; cp. Jo 1:5) J 16:20.② to express oneself in a song or hymn of grief, sing a dirge intr. (Aesop., Fab. 369 H. [female mourners]; LXX) Mt 11:17; Lk 7:32. As v.l. ἐθρήνησε for ἐποίησεν θρῆνον GJs 3:1 (cod. A).③ to mourn for someone in ritual fashion, mourn for, lament τινά someone (Herodian 3, 4, 6; Nicetas Eugen. 7, 182 H.; LXX; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 231; Jos., Bell. 3, 436; Ar. 8, 2; Just., D. 95, 2 ἑαυτούς) Lk 23:27 (w. κόπτεσθαι as Xenophanes: Vorsokr. 21 Testimon. A 13; Mi 1:8; Jos., Ant. 6, 377; s. EMartino, Morte e pianto rituale nel mondo antico, ’58, 195–235). δύο θρήνους ἐθρήνει GJs 2:1. S. κόπτω 2.—PHeinisch, Die Totenklage im AT, ’31; CWestermann, Struktur u. Geschichte der Klage im AT: ZAW 66, ’54, 44–80; PFerris, The Genre of Communal Lament in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, ’92 (OT); CBuresch, Consolationum a Graecis Romanisque scriptarum historia critica 1886; EReiner, Die Rituelle Totenklage der Griechen ’38; MAlexiou, The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition ’74. Add. reff. Betz, SM 120.—DELG s.v. θρῆνος. On the semantic field s. Schmidt, Syn. III 378ff. M-M. TW.
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