Theological
Dictionary

of the

New Testament

edited by Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich
translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley

Abridged in One Volume

by

Geoffrey W. Bromiley

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
The Paternoster Press

Copyright © 1985 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Comapny
First published 1985 by
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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and
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Abridged from
THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, Copyright ©
1964, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, and 1974 by
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Vols. I (Α–Γ), II (Δ–Η), III (Θ–Κ), IV (Λ–Ν), edited by Gerhard Kittel
Vols. V (Ξ–Πa), VI (Πe–Ρ), VII (Σ), VII (ΤΥ), IX (ΦΩ), edited by
Gerhard Friedrich

Originally translated from
Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament
Published in nine volumes (1933–1973) by
w. Kohlhammer Verlag
Stutgart, Germany

PREFACE

THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

Abridged in One Volume

Many years of use have confirmed the value of the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament in both the German and the English versions. At the same time its size and the technical nature of much of the material have inhibited many Bible students who might have profited from its essential insights. To overcome these difficulties this single-volume condensation of the nine volumes, this “little Kittel,” has been prepared and is being offered to what it is hoped will be a much wider Christian public.

The purpose of TDNT is to mediate between ordinary lexicography and the specific task of exposition, particularly at the theological level. The discussion of each New Testament word of religious or theological significance includes comments on the word’s secular Greek background; its role in the Old Testament, both in the Hebrew and the Septuagint texts; its usage in such sources as Philo, Josephus, the pseudepigraphal and rabbinical literature; and finally its varied uses in the New Testament and, where pertinent, in the Apostolic Fathers.

In preparing this summary, which amounts to roughly one-sixth of the original, the following changes have been made. All Greek words, including those in the main entries, have been transliterated. And while the order of the entries is the same as in the original (and thus not strictly alphabetical in English), their more prominent (and especially New Testament) meanings have been added in brackets for ready reference. These meanings have also been placed in the running heads at the tops of the pages and in the alphabetized Table of English keywords. An alphabetized Table of Greek keywords replaces the Tables of Contents found at the beginnings of each of the original volumes.

Philological, archeological, and other supporting materials have been drastically reduced, as well as references when fewer are sufficient. Footnotes and bibliographies have both been excluded; interested students ...