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A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. is unavailable, but you can change that!

Described as an "invaluable reference work" (Classical Philology) and "a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature" (Religious Studies Review) in its previous edition, this new updated American edition of Walter Bauer's Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments builds on its predecessor's staggering deposit of extraordinary erudition relating to Greek literature from...

, ακος, ὁ (Thu., Aristoph. et al.) charcoal only in the proverb ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύειν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν τινος heap burning embers on someone’s head Ro 12:20, i.e., prob., cause the pers. to blush w. shame and remorse (Pr 25:22). Cp. AWright, Interpreter 16, 1920, 159; ERoberts and FJarrat, ibid. 239; AFryer, ET 36, 1925, 478; SBartstra NThT 23, ’34, 61–68; SMorenz, TLZ 78, ’53, 187–92; KStendahl, HTR 55, ’62, 343–55, esp. 346–48 (Qumran); WKlassen, NTS 9, ’63, 337–50; LRamarosan,