χαρακτήρ: Difference between revisions

|txtha=χαρακτηρος, ὁ ([[χαράσσω]] to [[engrave]], [[cut]] [[into]]), from [[Aeschylus]] and [[Herodotus]] [[down]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], the [[instrument]] used in engraving or [[carving]] (cf. [[ζωστήρ]], [[λαμπτήρ]], [[λουτήρ]], [[φυσητήρ]]; cf. [[our]] '[[stamp]]' or '[[die]]').<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[mark]] ([[figure]] or letters) [[stamped]] [[upon]] [[that]] [[instrument]] or [[wrought]] [[out]] on it; [[hence]], [[universally]], "a [[mark]] or [[figure]] burned in ([[χαρακτήρ]] τῆς ὑποστάσεως [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ, of Christ, accusative to his [[nature]] as ὁ [[θεῖος]] [[λόγος]], σφραγῖδι Θεοῦ, ἧς ὁ [[χαρακτήρ]] ἐστιν ὁ [[ἀΐδιος]] [[λόγος]], [[Philo]] de [[plant]]. Noë § 5; [[χαρακτήρ]] θείας δυνάμεως, of the [[human]] [[mind]], [[Philo]], quod det. potiori ins. § 23; God [[τόν]] ἄνθρωπον ἔπλασεν τῆς [[ἑαυτοῦ]] ἐκονος χαρακτῆρα, Clement of [[Rome]], 1 Corinthians 33,4 [ET]; οἱ πιστοί ἐν [[ἀγάπη]] χαρακτῆρα Θεοῦ πατρός [[διά]] Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (ἔχουσιν), Ignatius ad Magnes. 5,2 [ET]. the [[peculiarity]], by [[which]] things are recognized and [[distinguished]] from [[each]] [[other]] (cf. English [[characteristic]]): 2 Maccabees 4:10.