- ψῆφος
- ψῆφος, ου, ἡ (Pind., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol, Just.; Mel., P. 92, 689; Ath. 30, 2; loanw. in Aramaic ins [ZNW 20, 1921, 253]) ‘pebble’① a pebble used in voting: a black one for conviction, a white one for acquittal, voting-pebble, used in cases of injuries and in other circumstances (Plut., Mor. 186e, Alcib. 202 [22, 2] al.) καταφέρειν ψῆφον cast a vote against Ac 26:10 (καταφέρω 2.—ψῆφον φέρειν: Philo, Deus Imm. 75; Jos., Ant, 2, 163; 10, 60 [both κατά τινος]). ἡ ψῆφος τ. μαρτυρίου condemnation to martyrdom Phlm subscr.② a pebble serving as an amulet, amulet. This may well be the sense in which the ψῆφος λευκή (Paroem. Gr.: Diogenianus 6, 9; cp. Cyranides p. 12, 9 of beryl) w. the new name on it (s. Artem. 5, 26 τοῦ Σαράπιδος τὸ ὄνομα ἐγγεγραμμένον λεπίδι χαλχῇ περὶ τὸν τράχηλον δεδέσθαι ὥσπερ σκυτίδα; PGM 5, 449 of a wonder-working stone: ὄπισθε τ. λίθου τὸ ὄνομα) is to be taken Rv 2:17ab (WHeitmüller, ‘Im Namen Jesu’ 1903, 234; WRamsay, The White Stone and the ‘Gladiatorial’ Tessera: ET 16, 1905, 558–61); perh. as entrance pass, WReader, Stadt Gottes ’71, 214.—DELG. M-M. TW.
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