17x (Metzger) Flashcards
ἀρέσκω
I please
αὑτοῦ
of himself
ἄφεσις, -εως, ἡ
a sending away, remission (aphesis, the gradual loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; as ‘squire’ for ‘esquire’)
βρῶμα, -ατος, τό
food
γάμος, -ου, ὁ
a marriage, wedding (bigamy, double marriage; digamy, second marriage after the decease of the first spouse, condemned as a sin by certain Church Fathers)
δέσμιος, -ου, ὁ
a prisoner
ἑκατόν
one hundred (hecatomb, great public sacrifice, properly of 100 oxen [βοῦς])
ἐξίστημι
I amaze, am amazed
ἐπαύριον
on the morrow
ἐπιμένω
I continue
ἕτοιμος, -η, -ον
ready, prepared
θησαυρός, -οῦ, ὁ
a storehouse, treasure (thesaurus)
ἵππος, -ου, ὁ
a horse (hippopotamus, literally, a river-horse)
καθάπερ
even as, as
καταλύω
I destroy; I lodge (cf. catalyze)
κερδαίνω
I gain
νίπτω
I wash
νυμφίος, -ου, ὁ
a bridegroom (akin to nuptial)
περιτέμνω
I circumcize
πλήρωμα, -ατος, τό
fullness (pleroma, in Valentinian Gnosticism, the world of light, including the body of eons)
πλησίον
near; as a noun, a neighbor
πολλάκις
often
ποταμός, -οῦ, ὁ
a river (hippopotamus, literally, a river-horse)
ῥύομαι
I rescue, deliver
σκοτία, -ας, ἡ
darkness (scotoscope, a field-glass for seeing by night)
χάρισμα, -ατος, τό
a gift (freely and graciously given) (charism, a special spiritual gift or power divinely conferred; 1 Cor. 12)
ὡσαύτως
likewise