- δεῦρο
- δεῦρο adv. (Hom.+)① of place, funct. as interjection over here, (come) here, come! w. impv. foll. (Hom. et al.; Menand., Epitr. 541 Kö. [861 S.]; Lucian, Catapl. 24 δεῦρο προσίτω; Gen 24:31; 2 Km 13:11; 3 Km 1:13 al.) δ. ἀκολούθει μοι come! follow me Mt 19:21; Mk 10:21 (“almost a verb” Rob 302); Lk 18:22. Cp. δεῦρο καὶ ἴδε GJs 19:1 (not pap). Foll. by 1 pers. aor. subj., hortatory (Eur., Bacch. 341; Gen 31:44; 37:13; 4 Km 14:8 al. Cp. B-D-F §364, 1; Rob. 931f): Ac 7:34 (Ex 3:10); Rv 17:1; 21:9.—Abs. (Pla., Tht. 144d: Θεαίτητε, δεῦρο παρὰ Σωκράτη) δεῦρο εἰς τ. γῆν away into the country [= come away/go into the country] Ac 7:3 (Gen 12:1 v.l., influenced by Ac 7:3 [ARahlfs, Genesis 1926], s. MWilcox, The Semitisms of Ac, ’65, 26f; DTabachovitz, Die Septuaginta u. das NT, ’56, 101; also 3 Km 1:53; 1 Macc 12:45). As in other lit., where δ. functions like a word for come! (s. the variant δεῦρο B for ἐλθέ A in Judg 18:19 and cp. Num 10:29; 1 Km 17:44; 4 Km 10:16; Od. 8, 292; Theognis 1, 1041; Hipponax [VI B.C.] 4, 4 Diehl3 [=2, 2 Degani]; Pla., Rep. 5, 477d; Chariton 3, 7, 4 Χαιρέα, δεῦρο; Aristaen., Ep. 2, 7 p. 163 H.; PGM 12, 238 δεῦρό μοι; 13, 268) δεῦρο is used with related force in δεῦρο ἔξω come out (Menand., Epitr. 904 S. [. 584]) J 11:43; δ. πρὸς τὸν πατέρα IRo 7:2.② of time until now (μέχρι τοῦ δεῦρο: Thu. 3, 64, 3; SIG 821e, 2; 3; PLond II, 358, 16 p. 172; PStras 56, 12; 73, 16; Jos., Ant. 11, 93; Just., A I, 31, 5, D. 56, 10) ἄχρι τοῦ δ. thus far Ro 1:13 (Sext. Emp., Math. 8, 401 ἄχρι δ.; PLond II, 409, 25f ἄχρεις δεῦρο).—DELG. M-M.
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