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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...

God’s presence: Jos., Ant. 3, 290; 310) Mt 17:5; cp. Mk 9:7; Lk 9:34f (HRiesenfeld, Jésus Transfiguré ’47, 130–45). περιβεβλημένος νεφέλην (Lucian, Jupp. Trag. 16) clothed in a cloud Rv 10:1. Christ ascending in a cloud Ac 1:9 (cp. Dosiadis [III B.C.]: 458 Fgm. 5 Jac. of Ganymede: νέφος ἥρπασεν αὐτὸν εἰς οὐρανόν; Ps.-Apollod. 2, 7, 7, 12 of Heracles). Likew. the believers 1 Th 4:17 (cp. PGM 5, 277 τὸν περιεχόμενον … ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ ἀέρος νεφέλης); cp. Rv 11:12. Clouds as the vehicle