ἐπιδίδωμι

ἐπιδίδωμι impf. 3 sing. ἐπεδίδου, 3 pl. ἐπεδίδουν; ἐπέδοσαν Hs 8, 5, 4; fut. ἐπιδώσω; 1 aor. ἐπέδωκα; 2 aor. ptc. ἐπιδούς; pf. ἐπιδέδωκα. Pass.: 1 aor. ἐπεδόθην; pf. ptc. ἐπιδεδομένος (s. δίδωμι; Hom.+).

① to make a transfer of someth., give, hand over, deliver τινί τι someth. to someone (for a meal: Lucian, Symp. 36; Aberciusins. 15) a stone Lk 11:11 v.l.; Mt 7:9; a snake vs. 10; Lk 11:11; cp. a scorpion vs. 12; a serving of fish 24:42; bread vs. 30; cp. ψωμίον J 13:26 v.l.; a letter Ac 15:30 (cp. Diod S 14, 47, 2; Plut., Alex. 675 [19, 6]; PParis 20, 5; PEleph 15, 3; Jos., Ant. 15, 170); land of Canaan AcPl Ha 8, 13. Abs. give Ac 27:35 v.l.—Hv 3, 2, 5; Hs 8, 1, 2 and oft. τινὶ τ. χεῖρα Hv 1, 1, 2. Pass. ἐπεδόθη αὐτῷ βιβλίον τοῦ προφήτου Ἠσαί̈ου the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him Lk 4:17 (cp. Jos., Vi. 361 ἐ. τὰ βιβλία). λίθοι ἦσαν ἀπὸ τῶν παρθένων ἐπιδεδομένοι Hs 9, 4, 6.

② to yield control of someth., give up/over, surrender (Thu. 4, 11, 4; Plut., Mor. 319d; Athen. 12, 29, 525e εἰς τρυφήν) ἑαυτόν τινι (Polyaenus 4, 6, 1; Alex. Aphr., Fat. 32, II/2 p. 204, 27; OGI 730, 7 [s. also Larfeld I 494]; Jos., Bell. 6, 56, Ant. 4, 42; ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας … τὰς ψυχάς Ath. 3, 2) 1 Cl 14:2; 2 Cl 9:7. Abs. ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα we gave (ourselves) up (to the wind) and let ourselves be driven Ac 27:15 (cp. Lucian, Hermot. 28 ἐ. ἑαυτὸν τῇ πνεούσῃ; s. also Alciphron 1, 10, 2).—M-M.