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Strong's #2023 - ἐπιχορηγέω
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ἐπιχορηγ-έω,
supply, furnish, Hero Dioptr. 31; σπέρμα τῷ σπείροντι 2 Corinthians 9:10; ὑμῖν τὸ πνεῦμα Galatians 3:5; τὸ ἐοικέναι τοῖς νοητοῖς εἴδεσιν Dam. Pr. 341; esp. of a husband, provide for a wife, ἐ. τῇ γαμουμένῃ τὰ δέοντα POxy. 905.10 (ii A.D.), cf. 282.6 (i A.D.); conversely, ἐὰν [γυνὴ] ἐ. τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς LXX Si. 25.22(30): — Pass., τὰ ἀπὸ Λιμυρικῆς -ούμενα Peripl.M.Rubr. 60; τοῖς παρ' ἑτέρων -ηθεῖσι πλούτοις D.H. 1.42; πᾶν τὸ σῶμα διὰ τῶν ἁφῶν..ἐπιχορηγούμενον καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον Colossians 2:19.
** ἐπι -χορηγέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX: Sirach 25:22, 2 Maccabees 4:9 A *;]
to supply, provide: c. acc rei, 2 Peter 1:5; id. c. dat. pers., 2 Corinthians 9:10, Galatians 3:5; pass., Colossians 2:19, 2 Peter 1:11 (cf. χορηγέω , and v. MM, Exp., xiv).†
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Though the simple χορηγέω is more common, the compound verb is also well attested in the papyri : see e.g. P Oxy II. 282.6 (A.D. 30–5) where a man in lodging a complaint against his wife states—ἐ ]γὼ μὲν οὖν ἐπεχορήγησα αὐτῇ τὰ ἑξῆς καὶ ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, ";I for my part provided for my wife in a manner that exceeded my resources"; (Edd.). The passage may perhaps be taken as illustrating the ";generous"; connotation underlying the corresponding subst., as in Philippians 1:19 (see Kennedy ad l. in EGT). Examples of the verb from marriage-contracts are BGU I. 183.6 (A.D. 85) ἐπιχωρη [γοῦντος Ὥρου δέοντα ] πάντα, P Oxy VI. 905.10 (A.D. 170) (= Selections, p. 86) καὶ ὁ γαμῶν ἐπι ]χορηγείτω τῇ γαμουμένῃ τὰ δέοντα κατὰ δύναμ ̣ι ̣ν ̣ [τοῦ βίου, CPR I. 27.12 (A.D. 190) τοῦ Ἰσιδώρου [ἐ ]πιχορηγοῦ [ντος ] αὐτῇ τὰ δέοντα al.
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