Bible Lexicons

προσ -ποιέω , -ῶ ,

[in LXX: 1 Samuel 21:13 (14) (H1984 hithpo.), Job 19:14, (Sir 34:30 (Sirach 31:30)), Da LXX Su 1:11 *;]

to make over to, add or attach to. Mid., to take to oneself, claim; hence, to pretend; c. inf. (cf. Xen., Anab., iv, 3, 20), to make as if: Luke 24:28.†

";a rod"; : P Tebt I. 44.20 (B.C. 114) ἔδωκεν πληγὰς πλείους ἧι [ε ]ἶχεν ῥάβδωι, ";gave me many blows with the rod he was carrying"; cf. P Lond 44.12 (B.C. 161) (= I. p. 34, UPZ i. p. 140), P Grenf I. 38.12 (ii/i B.C.). For a reminiscence of Psalms 2:9 (cf. Revelation 2:27 al. ) see the magical P Osl I. 1.108 (iv/B.C.) κατέχων ῥάβδον σιδηρᾶν, with the editor’s note, and for a similar reminiscence of Exodus 14:16 see the leaden tablet from Hadrumetum, Wünsch AF 5.10 (iii/A.D.) (= Audollent, p. 374) ὁρκίζω σε τὸν διαστήσαντα τὴν ῥάβδον ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ.

For the form ῥαύδους = ῥάβδους, cf. P Par 40.32 (B.C. 158), 41.25 (B.C. 158–7) (= UPZ, i. pp. 148, 150), and see Mayser Gr. p. 115.