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Strong's #2032 - ἐπουράνιος
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ἐπουράνιος
[ᾰ], ον, η, ον Arat. (v.infr.), Q.S. 2.429: —
1. heavenly, in Hom. only of the gods, ἐ. θεός, θεοί, Od. 17.484, Il. 6.129,al.; εὐσεβέων ἐ. ψυχαί Pi. Fr. 132.3; πατήρ Matthew 18:35; ἡ ἐ. πορεία f.l. in Pl. Phdr. 256d.
2. pl., as Subst., οἱ ἐ., = θεοί, Theoc. 25.5, Mosch. 2.21; opp. ἐπίγειοι, Philippians 2:11; so ἤδη ἐ. εἶ Luc. DDeor. 4.3; τὰ ἐ., = τὰ μετέωρα, v.l. in Pl. Revelation 19:1-21 b (ἐ. σώματα 1 Corinthians 15:40).
3. up to heaven, ἔπτατ' ἐπουρανίη v.l. in Arat. 134.
ἐπουράνιος , -ον
(< οὐρανός ),
[in LXX: Psalms 68:14 (H7706), DA TH Daniel 4:23 A (H8064) 2 Maccabees 3:39, 3 Maccabees 6:28; 3 Maccabees 7:6, 4 Maccabees 4:11 AR, 4 Maccabees 11:3 א *;]
in or of heaven, heavenly (in Hom., of the Gods): οἱ ἐ ., opp. to ἐπίγειοι and καταχθόνιοι , Philippians 2:10; to χοϊκός , 1 Corinthians 15:48-49; σώματα (v. Lft., Col., 376), 1 Corinthians 15:40; βασιλεία , 2 Timothy 4:18; παπρίς , Hebrews 11:16; Ἱερουσαλήμ , Hebrews 12:22; κλῆσις (cf. Lft. on Philippians 3:14), Hebrews 3:1; τὰ ἐ ., Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 9:23; opp. to ἐπίγειος , John 3:12; id., of the heavenly regions, Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 1:20; Ephesians 2:6; Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 6:12; ἡ δωρεὰ ἡ ἐ ., Hebrews 6:4 (Cremer, 468).†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
That this classical word (Homer, Plato) had survived in Hellenistic Greek outside the NT is shown by its occurrence in the Jewish text of the great Paris magical papyrus, P Par 574.3042 (iii/A.D.) (= Deissmann LAE, p. 252) καὶ σὺ λάλησον ὁποῖον ἐὰν ἦς ἐπεουράνιον ἢ ἀέριον εἴτε ἐπίγειον εἴτε ὑπόγειον ἢ καταχθόνιον —a passage which at once recalls the Pauline usage (Philippians 2:10, Ephesians 2:2, al.), but is not a quotation from the Apostle. ";The papyrus and St. Paul are both using familiar Jewish categories"; (Deissmann ut s. p. 257 n..11). See also Kaibel 261.9 f. (ii/A.D.)—
κεῖται μὲν γαίῃ φθίμενον δέμας, ἡ δὲ δοθεῖσα
ψυχή μοι ναίει δώματ᾽ ἐπουράνια.
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