- ἀποδείκνυμι
- ἀποδείκνυμι 1 aor. ἀπέδειξα. Pass.: 1 aor. ἀπεδείχθην LXX; pf. 3 sg. ἀποδέδεικται (Ar. 13, 8; Just.); ptc. ἀποδεδειγμένος (Pind., Hdt.+) gener. to ‘point away’ and ‘direct attention’ to a specific object.① to show forth for public recognition as so and so, make, render, proclaim, appoint, esp. as administrative term w. double acc. (in var. senses: X., Cyr. 1, 2, 5 παῖδας βελτίστους ἀ.; Socrat., Ep. 28, 11 [=Malherbe 292, 10]; Diod S 2, 26, 6; Arrian, Anab. 6, 2, 1; Da 2:48; 2 Macc 14:26 [Swete]; Jos., Ant. 8, 162; Just., D. 86, 4 ῥάβδος … ἀρχιερέα αὐτὸν ἀπέδειξε ‘[Aaron’s] rod … declared him highpriest’) of God (Jos., Ant. 11, 3; TestJos 2:7) ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν he has made/exhibited us (as) the last ones perh. in a triumphal procession 1 Cor 4:9; Paul’s use of irony suggests a double sense. W. ὅτι foll. instead of the second acc. ἀποδεικνύντα ἑαυτὸν ὅτι ἔστιν θεός proclaiming that he himself is God 2 Th 2:4. Pass. (Diod S 3, 59, 2) διάκονοι, ἀποδεδειγμένοι ἐν γνώμῃ Ἰησοῦ assistants, appointed w. the approval of Jesus IPhld ins (cp. PPetr III, 36a verso, 17 ἀποδεδειγμένοι ἐπίσκοποι: PGen 36, 2; Jos., Ant. 7, 356).② to show forth the quality of an entity, show forth, display (PLond III, 904, 34 [104 A.D.] p. 126; BGU 388 II, 19) τὸ ἀκέραιον τῆς πραΰτητος αὐτῶν βούλημα ἀποδειξάτωσαν let them display a sincere and gentle disposition 1 Cl 21:7. Pass. ἄνδρα ἀποδεδειγμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ attested by God Ac 2:22 (cp. Esth 3:13c; also Diod S 20, 40, 6 ἀποδεδειγμένος εἰς τ. πόλιν=well-liked in the city).③ to demonstrate that someth. is true, prove τὶ someth. (4 Macc 1:8; TestAbr B 115:17f [Stone p. 78]; Just., A I, 52, 1 [acc. w. inf.]; D. 100, 1; 68, 1 ὅτι; 59, 1 πῶς al.) Ac 25:7.—EPeterson, Deissmann Festschr. 1926, 320ff.④ like δείκνυμι to draw attention to a specific object, show (Hdt. 3, 122, 4; Thu. 1, 129, 1) προῆγεν αὐτ[οὺς …] |.[.φ]ωσ̣[τὴ]ρ ἀπεδίκνυεν (Christ) went ahead of them [and like] a star showed them the way AcPl Ha 7, 34f; Lk 10:1 D.—M-M.
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