σταυρόω

σταυρόω (σταυρός; in the sense ‘fence w. stakes’ Thu. et al.) fut. σταυρώσω; 1 aor. ἐσταύρωσα. Pass.: 1 aor. ἐσταυρώθην; pf. ἐσταύρωμαι

① to fasten to a cross, crucify (Polyb. 1, 86, 4; Diod S 16, 61, 2; Epict. 2, 2, 20; Artem. 2, 53; 4, 49; Esth 7:9; 8:12r; Jos., Ant. 2, 77; 17, 295). τινά someone w. ref. to Jesus’ crucifixion (Orig., C. Cels. 4, 22, 9; s. TestSol 22:20) Mt 20:19; 23:34; 26:2; 27:22f, 26, 31, 35, 38; 28:5; Mk 15:13ff, 20, 24f, 27; 16:6; Lk 23:21, 23, 33; 24:7, 20; J 19:6ab (the doubling of the impv. as Anaxarchus [IV B.C.] in Diog. L. 9, 59 πτίσσε, πτίσσε=pound, pound away [in a mortar]), vs. 6c, 10, 15f, 18, 20, 23, 41; Ac 2:36; 4:10; 13:29 D; 1 Cor 2:8; 2 Cor 13:4; Rv 11:8; B 7:3, 9; 12:1; IEph 16:2; GPt 4:10; 12:52. Χριστὸς ἐσταυρωμένος 1 Cor 1:23; cp. 2:2; Gal 3:1. Also simply ὁ ἐσταυρωμένος MPol 17:2. ὁ σταυρωθείς (Iren. 2, 32, 4 [Harv. I 375, 12]; Orig., C. Cels. 1, 31, 20) GPt 13:56. ἀληθῶς ἐσταυρώθη he was truly crucified (in contrast to the Docetic view that the Passion was unreal; Iren. 3, 19, 3 [Harv. II 104, 3]) ITr 9:1. (On the crucifixion of Jesus s. Feigel, Weidel, and Finegan s.v. Ἰούδας 6; also EBickermann, Utilitas Crucis: RHR 112, ’35, 169–241; on Mk 15:16–32 as crucifixion narrative in the light of the Roman triumphal s. TSchmidt, NTS 41, ’95, 1–18.).—μὴ Παῦλος ἐσταυρώθη ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν; Was Paul crucifed for you?1 Cor 1:13. ἄνωθεν μέλλω σταυροῦσθαι I must once again be crucified AcPl Ha 7, 39 (cp. MartPt 6 [Aa I 88, 7; 8; 9; 12]). This last offers an interesting transition to 2, containing as it does a component expressed in 2 and also anticipation of a literal death.

② destroy through connection with the crucifixion of Christ, crucify, a transcendent sense in ext. of 1, of imitation of Christ; fig. οἱ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰ. τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh w. its sinful desires Gal 5:24. Pass.: of the cross of Christ, διʼ οὗ ἐμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται κἀγώ κόσμῳ through which the world has been crucified to me, and I (have been crucified) to it, the believer who is inseparably united to the Lord has died on the cross to the kind of life that belongs to this world Gal 6:14. ὁ ἐμὸς ἔρως ἐσταύρωται my passion (for worldly things) has been crucified IRo 7:2.—DELG s.v. σταυρός. M-M. EDNT. TW.