- ἄκρον
- ἄκρον, ου, τό (Hom.+; really neut. of ἄκρος W-S. §20, 12c; Rob. 775) high point, top ὄρους of a mountain (Ex 34:2) Hs 9, 1, 4; ἐπʼ ἄκρον ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ[ς] on the top of a high mountain (Is 28:4) Ox 1 recto, 16 (ASyn. 53, 22; cp. GTh 32). τὸ ἄ. τῆς ῥάβδου the top of his staff Hb 11:21 (Gen 47:31). τὸ ἀ. τοῦ δακτύλου (schol. on Nicander, Ther. 383 τὰ ἄκρα τῶν δακτύλων; cp. 4 Macc 10:7; Philo, De Prov. in Eus., PE 8, 14, 65; Jos., Ant. 11, 234; Just., D. 91, 2 of the arms of the cross) a finger tip Lk 16:24; of the tip of a stick Hs 8, 1, 14; 8, 10, 1.—Extreme limit, end (Pla., Phd. 109d ἄ. τῆς θαλάσσης; POxy 43 verso I, 17; PThéad 19, 12; En 26:4; Jos., Ant. 14, 299; τὰ ἀ. τῆς γῆς Theoph. Ant. 2, 35 [p. 188, 10]): ἀπʼ ἄ. οὐρανῶν ἕως ἄ. αὐτῶν from one end of heaven to the other Mt 24:31 (Dt 30:4; Ps 18:7; cp. Dt 4:32; Jos., Ant. 19, 6 ἀπʼ ἄκρων ἐπʼ ἄκρα; Just., D. 64, 7 ἀπʼ ἄκρων τῶν οὐρανῶν). The expr. found in the OT pass. mentioned is mixed w. the one found in Dt 13:8 and Jer 12:12 (cp. PsSol 17:31) in ἀπʼ ἄ. γῆς ἕως ἄ. οὐρανοῦ Mk 13:27.—B. 854; 856. DELG s.v. ἀκ-. M-M s.v. ἄκρο.
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