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Strong's #585 - ἀπόδειξις
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- a making manifest, showing forth
- a demonstration, proof
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ἀπόδειξις,
Ion. -δεξις, εως, ἡ, (ἀποδείκνυμι)
1. showing forth, making known, exhibiting, δι' ἀπειροσύνην.. κοὐκ ἀπόδειξιν τῶν ὑπὸ γαίας E. Hipp. 196.
2. setting forth, publication, Ἠροδότου.. ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις Hdt. Prooem.; ἀρχῆς ἀ. an exposition, sketch of it, Th. 1.97; ἀ. περὶ τὸν πολιτικόν Pl. Plt. 277a; περί τινος R. 358b.
3. proof, βουλομένοισί σφι γένοιτ' ἂν ἀ. Hdt. 8.101; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Lys. 12.19, etc.; esp. by words, ἀποδείξεις εὑρίσκειν τινός Isoc. 10.3; ἀ. λέγειν Pl. Tht. 162e; -ξεις φέρειν Plb. 12.5.5; χρῆσθαί τινι ἀποδείξει τινός use it as a proof of a thing, Plu. 2.160a: in pl., proofs, or arguments in proof of, τινός D. 18.300, cf. Pl. Phd. 73a; λέγειν τι ἐς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ περιέσεσθαι τῷ πολέμῳ Th. 2.13; ἄνευ ἀποδείξεως Pl. Phd. 92d; μετ' ἀ. Plb. 3.1.3, al.; ἀ. λαμβάνειν.. τῶν μανθανόντων test them by examination, etc., Plu. 2.736d; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἐφήβων IG 2.470.40; ἀ. τέχνης specimen, Dionys.Com. 3.4; ἀ. αὑτοῖς δοῦναί τινος Plu. 2.79f, etc.; citation, ποιητῶν καὶ ἱστοριαγράφων ἀποδείξεις SIG 685.93 (Crete, ii B. C.). in the Logic of Arist., demonstration, i. e. deductive proof by syllogism, AP 0.71b17, al., cf. Epicur. Ephesians 3 p.25U., Stoic. 2.89; opp. inductive proof (ἐπαγωγή), Arist. AP 0.81a40: — sts. in a loose sense, ἀ. ῥητορικὴ ἐνθύμημα Id. Rh. 1355a6.
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I appointment, θεωρῶν SIG 402.29 (Delph., iii B. C.).
II (from Med.) ἀ. ἔργων μεγάλων display, achievement of mighty works, Hdt. 1.207, cf. 2.101, 148.
ἀπόδειξις, ἀποδείξεως, ἡ (ἀποδείκνυμι, which see) (from Herodotus down);
a. a making manifest, showing forth.
b. a demonstration, proof: ἀπόδειξις πνεύματος καί δυνάμεως a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating in me, and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them, 1 Corinthians 2:4 (contextually opposed to proof by rhetorical arts and philosophic arguments — the sense in which the Greek philosophers use the word; (see Heinrici, Corinthierbr. i., p. 103f)).
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** ἀπό -δειξις , -εως , ἡ
(<ἀποδείκνυμι ),
[in LXX: 3 Maccabees 4:20, 4 Maccabees 3:19; 4 Maccabees 13:10 *;]
1. a showing off.
2. As used by Gk. philosophers, demonstration, certain proof: 1 Corinthians 2:4 (v. ICC, in l; MM, s.v.; Lft., Notes, 173).†
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P Lond 921.10 (ii/iii A.D.) (= III. p. 134) καὶ εἰς ἀπόδιξιν [ὑπε ]θέμην σοι τὰ ὑπογεγρ (αμμένα) ";in proof thereof."; P Oxy II. 257.19 (A.D. 94–5) καθ᾽ [ἃς ] ἐπήνεγκεν ἀποδείξεις, ";in accordance with the proofs he produced."; P Amh II. 77.32 (A.D. 139) ἵνα δυνηθῶ τὴν ἀπόδιξιν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς π ̣[ο ]ιησ ̣[ά ]μενο (ς) τυχεῖν καὶ τῆς ἀ ̣πὸ σοῦ εὐεργεσίας, ";in order that I may produce the proofs against them and obtain your beneficence"; (Edd.). P Tebt II. 291.41 (A.D. 162) (= Chrest. I. p 163) [ἀπ ]ο ̣δε ̣ι ̣ξι ̣ν δοὺς τοῦ ἐπίστασθαι [ἱε ]ρατικὰ [καὶ ] Αἰγύπτια γράμ [ματ ]α, a priest gives proof of his qualifications by his knowledge of hieratic and Egyptian writing. Syll 521.42 (see above under ἀποδείκνυμι) ἐπο [ι ]ήσαντο. . . ἐπ᾽ ἐξόδωι τῆς ἐφηβείας τὴν ἀπόδει [ξιν τ ]ῆι βουλῆι. In P Tor I. 1vii. 8 (B.C. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 37) it is closely connected with another compound : καὶ μετὰ τὰς ἐπιδείξεις ταύτας αἰτεῖσθαι αὐτὸν τὰς περὶ τῆς οἰκίας ἀποδείξεις, ";tandem, hisce demonstratis, iam ipsi licuisset a nobis documenta petere, quae ad domum attinent"; (Peyron). BGU IV. 1141.12 (c. B.C. 14) καὶ δέδωκα ἀποδείξεις ἀληθινάς ";genuine proofs."; P Catt iii. 9 (ii/A.D.) (= Chrest. II. p. 421) ἐάν τ ̣[ι ]να [ς ] ἐναργεῖς ἀποδ [εί ]ξεις ἔχῃς, ἐὰν ἐπενέ [γ ]κῃς, ἀκούσομαί σου (οσου was first written). Cf. Syll 729.20 (ii/B.C.) ἀ. σαφεῖς. For the sense ";election"; (the nomen actionis to ἀποδείκνυμι), cf. Syll 206.29 (B.C. 274) γίνεσ [θαι δὲ εἰς τὸ λοιπὸν ] τὴν ἀπόδειξιν τῶν θεωρῶν καθ᾽ ἑκάστην πενταετηρίδα. For a ";display,"; cf. Syll 923.93 (ii/B.C.) . . . ποιη ]τῶν καὶ ἱστοριαγράφων ἀποδείξεις.
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