Theological Dictionary

of the

New Testament

Editors:

Gerhard Kittel
Gerhard Friedrich

Translator and Editor

Geoffrey W. Bromiley, d. litt., d.d.

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament

Published by

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
255 Jefferson, S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.

Copyright © 1964 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

All rights reserved
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-15136

Translated from

Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament

Erster Band: Α–Γ, herausgegeben von Gerhard Kittel

Zweiter Band: Δ–Η, herausgegeben von Gerhard Kittel

Dritter Band: Θ–Κ, herausgegeben von Gerhard Kittel

Vierter Band: Λ–Ν, herausgegeben von Gerhard Kittel

Fünfter Band: Ξ–Πα, herausgegeben von Gerhard Friedrich

Sechster Band: Πε–Ρ, herausgegeben von Gerhard Friedrich

Siebenter Band: Σ, herausgegeben von Gerhard Friedrich

Achter Band: Τ–Υ, herausgegeben von Gerhard Friedrich

Neunter Band: Φ–Ω, herausgegeben von Gerhard Friedrich

Zehnter Band: Register, herausgegeben von Gerhard Friedrich

Published by

W. Kohlhammer Verlag

Stuttgart, Germany

To Adolf Schlatter

Volume Prefaces

Preface (Volume 1)

The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament stems from the great labours of Hermann Cremer and Julius Kögel. The goal before its contributors cannot be better formulated than in the introductory words of Cremer’s preface to his Biblico-Theological Dictionary of New Testament Greek Usage (1883) in which he refers to the new force and impress and energy given to Greek words as “the horizons of those who spoke and wrote them changed with the point of departure and termination of all thinking.” The true aim of the present book is to bring out in our discussions this new content of individual terms.

For all our inner agreement with Cremer’s aims, and our astonishment at his achievement, we are forced to say, of course, that there have been great changes in the standpoints and methods of modern lexical research. Kögel could still devote many years of unassuming labour to re-editing the work of his teacher. After mature investigation it has seemed better to us to abandon the original idea of a fresh edition and to try to create a new work in every respect. It is in this way that I myself think we may best and most justly redeem the pledge once given to Kögel not to abandon the dictionary. When I recall the unimpeachable integrity of our departed friend, I am confident that we should have his full approval in doing this in a different way from that first intended. It has been a particular joy to me that Mrs. Kögel placed at our disposal the papers gathered by her husband and assured us that in our present work we are genuinely preserving the heritage bequeathed by these men.

In the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament we plan to treat every word of religious or theological significance. The number is much greater than that handled by Cremer and Kögel. We have included many proper names ...