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Strong's #4720 - Στάχυς
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Stachys = "a head of grain"
- a man with a Greek name, he is said to be one of the seventy disciples, and bishop of Byzantium (Gill)
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Στάχυς, Σταχυος, ὁ (cf. the preceding word), Stachys, the name of a man (cf. Lightfoot on Philip., p. 174): Romans 16:9.
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Στάχυς , -υος , ὁ ,
Stachys: Romans 16:9 (v. Lft., Phi., 174; MM, xxiii).†
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This favourite Lukan word is found with a variety of connotations—(I) ";throw together"; and hence ";discuss,"; ";confer"; I (sc. λόγους) c. dat., as in Luke 11:53 (v.l.), Acts 4:15 : P Fay 129.2 (iii/A.D.) Ἀπολλῶτι συνέβαλον καὶ ἐτάξατο πάντως καταβῆναι τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ, ";I arranged with Apollos and he appointed for certain the eleventh for his coming down"; (Edd.), and OGIS 669.21 (i/A.D.) ἵν [α μηδ ]εὶς τῶι τοιούτωι συνβάλληι. (2) ";meet with,"; ";fall in with,"; as in Acts 20:14 : P Oxy XIV. 1668.4 (iii/A.D.) συνέβαλον τῶ Σκωρὺ χάριν τῶν ἐργαστηρίων, ";I had a meeting with Skoru respecting the workshops"; (Edd.), and ib. 1669.8 (iii/A.D.) ἐνετειλάμην σοι. . . συμβαλεῖν Πτολεμαίῳ τῷ σειτολόγῳ καὶ τὸν λο ̣γ ̣ο ̣ν ̣ πέμψαι αὐτοῦ, ";I bade you to meet Ptolemaeus the sitologus and send his account"; (Edd.). (3) in mid. ";contribute to,"; ";help,"; as in Acts 18:27 : P Hal I. 1.108 (mid. iii/B.C.) συμβαλλέσθω τὸ μέρος ἕκαστος [εἰ ]ς τὸ ἀ [νάλωμα, ";let each contribute his share towards the expense,"; P Par 63.73 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 24) συμβαλεῖται ῥοπὴν εἰς τὸ προκίμενον, ";it would turn the scale in favour of the matter in hand"; (Mahaffy), P Tor I. 1iv. 11 (B.C. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 34) μέγα τι συμβάλλεσθαι τεκμήριον, cf. ib.viii. 6, .35 (p. 38 f.), P Lond 1915.13 (c. A.D. 330–340) υ ̣̔μῖς γνώντες συμβάλλεσθε αὐτῷ, ";you, knowing thereof, may help him,"; cf..30, and Syll 187 (= .3 346).48 (B.C. 302–1) γνώμην δὲ συμβάλλεσθαι [τῆς βουλῆς ε ]ἰ [ς ] τὸν δῆμον.
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