- θῆλυς
- θῆλυς, εια, υ (Hom.+) female ἡ θ. woman (Hdt. 3, 109; X., Mem. 2, 1, 4 et al.; Lev 27:4–7; En 15:5 and 7; TestJob 46:2f; Just., A I, 27, 1 al.) Ro 1:26f; 1 Cl 55:5; 2 Cl 12:2, 5 (both the latter pass. are quot. fr. an apocryphal gospel, presumably GEg); GEg 54, 21; girl εἴτε ἄρσενα εἴτε θηλείαν GJs 4:1; cp. 5:2 (TestJob 46:2f; Just., A II, 5, 5). Also τὸ θ. (PTebt 422, 18 ‘daughter’) ἄρσεν καὶ θ. male and female (LXX; Philo; Jos., Ant. 1, 32; cp. Pla., Rep. 454d; Aristot., Metaph. 988a, 5; Ath. 22, 4 and R. 76, 20) Mt 19:4; Mk 10:6; 1 Cl 33:5; 2 Cl 14:2 (all Gen 1:27); Gal 3:28.—GNaass 252, 60; GEg 252, 57f; 2 Cl 12:2 (s. above); cp. B 10:7.—B. 84f.—DELG s.v. θηλή. M-M.
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