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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...

godly, superl. θεοπρεπέστατος (Plut., Mor. 780f; cp. PGM 1, 178 ὡς πρέπον θεῷ). ⓐ of pers. (Lucian, Alex. 3) θ. πρεσβύτης MPol 7:2. Also of a group of pers.: θ. πρεσβυτέριον ISm 12:2. συμβούλιον ἄγειν θεοπρεπέστατον call a council in every way worthy of God IPol 7:3. ἐκκλησία θεοπρεπεστάτη ISm ins. ⓑ of things: Ignatius is proud to have ὄνομα θεοπρεπέστατον a name that most redounds to the glory of God IMg 1:2 (cp. Maximus Tyr. 35, 2e θεοπρεπῆ ὀνόματα in contrast to ἀνθρωπικὰ
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