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Strong's #3772 - οὐρανός
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οὐρᾰνός, ὁ,
Dor. and Boeot. ὠρανός Alcm. 23.16, Theoc. 2.147, 5.144, Corinn. Supp. 2.79, Hymn.Isaiah 19:1-25; Aeol. ὄρανος (ὀράνω Sapph. 37, 64, Alc. 34, but ὠράνω Sapph. 1.11 (s. v.l.), Alc. 17 (s. v.l.), and v. Οὐρανία): —
never used in pl. by classical writers, v. 1.4: (v. fin.):
I heaven: in Hom. and Hes.,
1 vault or firmament of heaven, sky, γαῖα.. ἐγείνατο ἶσον ἑαυτῇ οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα, ἵνα μιν περὶ πάντα καλύπτοι Hes. Th. 127; ἔχει δέ τε κίονας αὐτὸς [Ἄτλας] μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσι Od. 1.54, cf. A. Pr. 351; χάλκεος Il. 17.425; πολύχαλκος 5.504, Od. 3.2; σιδήρεος 15.329; wrapped in clouds, Il. 15.192, Od. 5.303; above the aether, Il. 2.458, 17.425, 19.351, cf. Sch. Il. 3.3; even Emp. continued to regard it as solid (στερέμνιον), Placit. 2.11.2 (Vorsokr. ip.209); defined as αἰθέρος τὸ ἔσχατον by Zeno Stoic. 1.33, cf. Ar. Nu. 95 sqq.; ἠέλιος δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐξαπόλωλε, of an eclipse, Od. 20.357, cf. S. Aj. 845; ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ' οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται Il. 18.485; Ἕσπερος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν οὐρανῷ ἵσταται ἀστήρ 22.318; οὐρανὸς ἀστερόεις 6.108,al.
2. heaven, as the seat of the gods, outside or above this skyey vault, the portion of Zeus (v. Ὄλυμπος), 15.192, cf. Od. 1.67, etc.; οὐ. Οὔλυμπός τε Il. 1.497, 8.394; Οὔλυμ πός τε καὶ οὐ. 19.128; πύλαι οὐρανοῦ Heaven -gate, i. e. a thick cloud, which the Ὧραι lifted and put down like a trap-door, 5.749, 8.393; so, later, οἱ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ the gods of heaven, A. Pr. 897 (lyr.); οἱ ἐν οὐρανῷ θεοί (viz. Sun, etc.) Pl. R. 508a; εὔχετο, χεῖρ' ὀρέγων εἰς οὐ. ἀστερόεντα Il. 15.371, Od. 9.527; νὴ τὸν οὐ. Ar. Pl. 267, 366.
3. in common language, sky, οὐδέ τις ἄλλη φαίνετο γαιάων, ἀλλ' οὐ. ἠδὲ θάλασσα Od. 14.302; σέλας δ' εἰς οὐ. ἵκῃ Il. 8.509; κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει, κλέος οὐ. εὐρὺν ἱκάνει, renown reaches to heaven, ib. 192, Od. 19.108; so ὀρυμαγδός, κνίση, σκόπελος οὐρανὸν ἷκεν or ἱκάνει, Il. 17.425, 1.317, Od. 12.73 (cf. οὐράνιος 11, οὐρανομήκης): metaph., ὕβρις τε βίη τε σιδήρεον οὐ. ἵκει deeds of violence 'cry to heaven', 15.329, 17.565; γῇ τε κοὐρανῷ λέξαι.. τύχας E. Med. 57, cf. Philem. 79.1; πρὸς οὐρανὸν βιβάζειν τι to exalt to heaven, S OC 381; πρὸς τὸν οὐ. ἥλλοντο leaped up on high, X. Cyr. 1.4.11; πρὸς τὸν οὐ. βλέπειν Id. Oec. 19.9.
4. in Philos., the heavens, universe, Pl. Plt. 269d, Ti. 32b, Arist. Cael. 278b21, Metaph. 990a20, al.: pl. in VT, οἱ οὐρανοί the heavens, LXX Psalms 97:6(96).6, 148.4,al.
5. a region of heaven, climate, Hdt. 1.142.
6. Pythag. name of 10, Theol.Ar. 59.
II anything shaped like the vault of heaven, as,
1 vaulted roof or ceiling, Hsch.
2. roof of the mouth, palate, Arist. HA 492a20, PA 660a14, Ath. 8.344b, AP 5.104 (Mar Arg.).
3. lid, Matro Conv. 12.
4. tent, pavilion, Them. Or. 13.166b.
III pr. n., Uranos, son of Erebos and Gaia, Hes. Th. 127s q.; but husband of Gaia, parent of Cronos and the Titans (cf. Οὐρανίδης), ib. 106, h.Hom. 30.17, cf. A. Pr. 207. (Acc. to Arist. Mu. 400a7, from ὅρος and ἄνω, cf. Pl. Cra. 396c. This must be wrong, but the true etym. is doubtful.)
οὐρανός , -οῦ , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8064 (hence, often pl., οἱ οὐ ., v. infr.);]
heaven;
1. of the vault or firmament of heaven, the sky and the aerial regions above the earth: opp. to ἡ γῆ , Hebrews 1:10, 2 Peter 3:5; 2 Peter 3:10, ὁ οὐ . και ἡ γῆ , i.e. the world, the universe, Matthew 5:18, Mark 13:31, Luke 10:21, Acts 4:24, Revelation 10:6, al.; ἀπ᾿ ἄκρων οὐ . ἕως ἄ . αὐτῶν (on the absence of art, aft. prep., v. Bl., § 46, 5), Matthew 24:31; ὑπὸ τὸν οὐ ., Acts 2:5, Colossians 1:23; ὑψωθῆναι ἕως τοῦ οὐ ., fig., Matthew 11:23, Luke 10:15; σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐ ., Matthew 16:1, Mark 8:11, al.; αἱ ν ψέλαι τον οὐ ., Matthew 24:30, al.; τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐ ., Matthew 6:26, Mark 4:32, al.; οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐ ., Revelation 6:13, al.; pl. οἱ οὐ . (Bl., § 32, 5), Matthew 3:16, Mark 1:10, John 1:32, 2 Peter 3:7; 2 Peter 3:13, al.
2. Of the abode of God and other blessed beings: of angels, Matthew 24:36, Mark 12:25, Galatians 1:8, Revelation 10:1, al.; of Christ glorified, Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, Acts 3:21, Romans 10:6, al.; of God, Matthew 5:34, Romans 1:18, al.; ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐ . (Dalman, Words, 184 ff.), Matthew 5:16; Matthew 6:1, al.; θησαυρὸς ἐν σὐ ., Matthew 6:20, Mark 10:21, al.
3. By meton.,
(a) of the inhabitants of heaven: Revelation 18:20 (cf. Revelation 12:12, Job 15:15, Isaiah 44:23);
(b) as an evasive reference to God, characteristic of later Judaism (Dalman, Words, 204 ff.): Matthew 21:25, Mark 11:30, Luke 15:18, John 3:27 al.; ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐ . (= τοῦ Θεσῦ ; see βασιλεία ).
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";trust,"; ";deposit,"; which is read for παραθήκη in the TR of 1 Timothy 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:14, may be illustrated from Chrest. I. 198.17 (B.C. 240) ἐμ παρακαταθήκηι, BGU I. 114i. 7 (ii/A.D.) ἀπαιτεῖν παρακαταθήκην ἐξ ὑπαρχόντων, .9 νοοῦμεν ὅτι αἱ παρακαταθῆκαι προῖκές (";gifts";) εἰσιν, and P Oxy I. 71i. 6 (A.D. 303) παρακαταθήκην ἀκίνδυνον καὶ ἀνυπόλογον, ";a secure deposit, subject to no claim or charge."; See also Artem. p. 4.17 λαβὼν μνᾶς δέκα παρακαταθήκην ἐφύλαξεν and Plut. Anton. 21 where the word is used of ";deposits"; with the Vestal Virgins.
For the verb cf. P Oxy II. 237vii. 16 (A.D. 186) παρακαταθέμενός τε τὸ ἀργύριον, ";placing money on deposit,"; and BGU I. 326i. 16 (A.D. 194) (= Chrest. II. p. 365) τῇ τε πίστι [α ]ὐτῆς παρακατατίθομαι (l. παρακατατίθεμαι).
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