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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...

alive (Suda: ζωγρεῖ· ζῶντας λαμβάνει. So as early as Hom.; also Hdt. 1, 86, 1; X., An. 4, 7, 22; Polyb. 3, 84, 10; Num 31:18; 2 Ch 25:12; Philo, Virt. 43; Jos., Bell. 2, 448, Ant. 9, 194; 20, 210; Tat. 18, 3) fig. ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν you will catch people i.e., win them for God’s kgdm. Lk 5:10 (on the metaphor of fishing cp. Aristaen., Ep. 2, 23 ἀντὶ ἰχθύων παρθένους ζ.). ἐζωγρημένοι ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ἐκείνου θέλημα held captive by him (the devil) to perform his (the devil’s;