- ἐπίγειος
- ἐπίγειος, ον (Pla. et al.; TestSol; TestAbr A 4, 81, 18 [Stone p. 10]; Philo; Jos., Ant. 6, 186; 8, 44; Just., A II, 5, 2; Tat. 32, 1; Mel., P. 39; Ath.)① pert. to what is chacteristic of the earth as opposed to heavenly, earthlyⓐ as adj. (Plut., Mor. 566d; M. Ant. 6, 30, 4 ἐ. ζωή; pap; TestJud 21:4; Ath. 31, 3 βίον) σῶμα 1 Cor 15:40 (opp. ἐπουράνιος; on this contrast s. below 1bα and MDahl, Resurrection of the Body ’62, 113–16). Of the body οἰκία ἐ. earthly dwelling (cp. Philo, Cher. 101) 2 Cor 5:1 (EEllis, Paul and His Recent Interpreters ’61, 40–43). W. the connotation of weakness (Lucian, Icarom. 2): σοφία earthly wisdom=human philosophy Js 3:15 (cp. Ath. 24, 5 [mutilated context]) cp. εὕρημα ἐ. an earthly (i.e. purely human) discovery Dg 7:1. πνεῦμα ἐ. earthly spirit of the spirit in false prophets Hm 9:11; 11:6, 11f, 14, 17, 19 (cp. Tat. 32, 1 λόγου τοῦ … ἐ.).ⓑ as subst.α. τὰ ἐ. (M. Ant. 7, 48; Philo, Op. M. 101; 113; Just., A II, 5, 2; Ath. 27, 1 [both opp. τὰ ἐπουράνια].—Opp. τὰ ἐπουράνια as Herm. Wr. Fgm. 26 p. 544, 1 Sc. Cp. Philo, Op. M. 117; Mel., P. 39.) earthly things J 3:12 (LBrun, SymbOsl 8, 1929, 57–77); cp. Pol 2:1; Dg 7:2.β. οἱ ἐ.: in the expr. πᾶν γόνυ ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων καὶ καταχθονίων Phil 2:10 the second of the three main concepts is not confined to human beings (cp. PGM 4, 225f; 3038ff, esp. 3042f πᾶν πνεῦμα δαιμόνιον … ἐπουράνιον ἢ ἀέριον εἴτε ἐπίγειον εἴτε ὑπόγειον ἢ καταχθόνιον. 5, 166f πᾶς δαίμων οὐράνιος κ. αἰθέριος κ. ἐπίγειος κ. ὑπόγειος. 12, 67 θεοὶ οὐράνιοι κ. ἐπίγειοι κ. ἀέριοι κ. ἐπιχθόνιοι. 17a, 3 Ἄνουβι, θεὲ ἐπίγειε κ. ὑπόγειε κ. οὐράνιε. IDefixWünsch 4, 11; TestSol); cp. ITr 9:1.—IEph 13:2 it is impossible to say w. certainty from which nom. ἐπιγείων is derived, ἐπίγειοι or ἐπίγεια.② pert. to earthly things, with implication of personal gratification, subst. worldly things τὰ ἐ. φρονεῖν think only of worldly things Phil 3:19.—DELG s.v. γῆ. M-M. TW.
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