- λαϊκός
- λαϊκός, ή, όν (lit. ‘belonging to the people, common’; a status term; PLille 10, 4; 7 [III B.C.]; PStras 93, 4 [II B.C.]; BGU 1053 II, 10 [I B.C.]; not LXX, but 1 Km 21:4 Aq., Sym., Theod.; Ezk 48:15 Sym., Theod., 22:26 Sym.; Ps.-Clem., Hom. p. 7, 38 Lagarde; Clem. Al., Strom. 3, 90, 1; 5, 33, 3 and in later Christian wrs.) pert. to being unofficial, lay as opposed to appointed officiants, ὁ λ. ἄνθρωπος the layperson 1 Cl 40:5. τὰ λ. προστάγματα ordinances for the layperson ibid. Here λ. is contrasted w. the OT priesthood, but clearly w. ref. to the situation within the Christian community.—Lampe s.v. 2. DELG s.v. λαός. TW. Sv.
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