- ἀμπελών
- ἀμπελών, ῶνος, ὁ (Theophr., HP 9, 10, 3; PEleph 14, 2; PHib 151; PPetr II, 140 [III B.C.] and later, also LXX; TestLevi 2:12; ParJer 3:14; GrBar 1:2; Philo; Jos., Ant. 8, 359) vineyard φυτεύειν ἀ. (Gen 9:20 al.; Philo, Virt. 28, Exs. 128; PCairZen 300, 1) plant a vineyard 1 Cor 9:7 (cp. Dt 20:6); Hs 5, 2, 2; 5, 6, 2; ἀ. καλοί well-cultivated v. m 10, 1, 5; χαρακοῦν ἀ. fence a v. Hs 5, 2, 3; cp. 5, 4, 1ff; σκάπτειν ἀ. (Diod S 4, 31, 7) spade up a v. 5, 2, 4. In the parables: Mt 20:1ff; 21:28ff; Mk 12:1ff (WKümmel, MGoguel Festschr., ’50, 120–31; MHengel, ZNW 59, ’68, 1–39); Lk 20:9ff (BvanIersel, ‘D. Sohn’ in den synopt. Jesusworten ’642, 124–45; JDerrett, Law in the NT, ’70, 286–312). Cp. 13:6, where it may mean orchard. Symbol of the Christian people Hs 5, 5, 3.—DELG s.v. ἄμπελος. M-M.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.