- παντοκράτωρ
- παντοκράτωρ, ορος, ὁ (πᾶς, κρατέω; Kaibel 815 s. below; Porphyr., Philos. Ex. Orac. ed. GWolff 1856, p. 145 ln. 157=Theosophien 27 p. 174, 4; SEG VIII, 548, 2 [I B.C.], the fem.; CIG 2569, 12; Sb 4127, 19 of the Egypt. sun-god Mandulis; of Hermes PGM 7, 668; likew. Kaibel 815, 11 [II A.D.] π. Ἐριούνιε [Hermes]; PMich 155, 3 [II A.D.]; PLips 40 II, 13; PGM 4, 272; 969 [s. New Docs 3, 118]; HGraillot, Les Dieux tout-puissants, Cybèle et Attis: RevArch 58, 1904 I 331ff; Cumont3 230f.—Much more freq. in Jewish [LXX.—S. ZTalshir, JQR 78, ’87, 57–75; TestSol, TestAbr, ParJer; GrBar 1:3; EpArist, Philo; Sib-Or 1, 66 and Fgm. 1, 8.—Not in Joseph.] and Christian wr.: Iren. 1, 9, 2 [Harv. I 82, 4]; Theoph. Ant. 2, 3 [p. 100, 1]. π. of the Demiurge in gnostic speculation Iren. 1, 11, 1 [Harv. I 101, 2]) the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God (as transl. of צְבָאוֹת [Orig., C. Cels. 5, 45, 46] and שַׁדַּי) π. θεός (3 Macc 6:2; Just., D. 38, 2 al.; Mel., P. 45, 322) 1 Cl ins; ὁ π. θεός (2 Macc 8:18) 2:3; 32:4; 62:2; AcPl Ha 6, 14; ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. Rv 16:14; 19:15; AcPlCor 2:12. ὁ θεὸς ὁ τῶν ὅλων ὁ π. 2:9. θεὸς π. (Jer 3:19) Pol ins; AcPlCor 1:11. ὁ π. καὶ παντοκτίστης καὶ ἀόρατος θεός Dg 7:2; κύριος π. (oft. LXX) 2 Cor 6:18. (ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. (=י״י אֱלֹהֵי הַצְּבָאוֹת.—Hos 12:6; Am 3:13; 4:13; 5:14) Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22; MPol 14:1; κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ὁ π. Rv 19:6; ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ π. MPol 19:2 (cp. Just., D. 139, 4). God is addressed in eucharistic prayer as δέσποτα π. D 10:3 (cp. 3 Macc 2:2 μόναρχε παντοκράτωρ).—νουθέτημα παντοκράτορος 1 Cl 56:6 (Job 5:17).—We find the gen. and dat. (sing.), which is the same in all genders, used w. the neut. ὄνομα. This becomes possible (s. παντοκρατορικός) because of the fact that God’s name is almost equivalent to God’s being (s. ὄνομα 1d). τῷ ῥήματι τοῦ παντοκράτορος καὶ ἐνδόξου ὀνόματος Hv 3, 3, 5. The ms. rdg. τῷ παντοκράτορι καὶ παναρέτῳ ὀνόματί σου 1 Cl 60:4 (s. παντοκρατορικός) is more difficult, since here the name and God are separated by σου.—FKattenbusch, Das apostolische Symbol II 1900, 520ff; Dodd 19; HHommel, TLZ 79, ’54, 283f. Pantokrator: Theologia Viatorum 5, ’53/54; OMontevecchi, Studi in Onore di ACalderini e RParibeni II, ’56, 401–32.—DELG s.v. πᾶς. M-M. DDD ‘Almighty’ 36–41. EDNT. TW. Sv.
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