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|strgr=from the [[same]] as [[ψηλαφάω]]; a [[pebble]] (as [[worn]] [[smooth]] by handling), i.e. (by [[implication]], of [[use]] as a [[counter]] or [[ballot]]) a [[verdict]] (of [[acquittal]]) or [[ticket]] (of [[admission]]); a [[vote]]: [[stone]], [[voice]]. | |strgr=from the [[same]] as [[ψηλαφάω]]; a [[pebble]] (as [[worn]] [[smooth]] by handling), i.e. (by [[implication]], of [[use]] as a [[counter]] or [[ballot]]) a [[verdict]] (of [[acquittal]]) or [[ticket]] (of [[admission]]); a [[vote]]: [[stone]], [[voice]]. | ||
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|txtha=ψῆφου, ἡ (from [[ψάω]], [[see]] [[ψάλλω]]), a [[small]], [[worn]], [[smooth]] [[stone]]; [[pebble]] (from [[Pindar]], [[Herodotus]] [[down]]; (in [[Homer]] [[ψηφίς]]));<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[since]] in the [[ancient]] courts of [[justice]] the [[accused]] were condemned by [[black]] pebbles and acquitted by [[white]] (cf. Passow, [[under]] the [[word]], [[ψῆφος]], 2c, vol. ii, p. 2574 b; (Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], 4d.); Ovid. met. 15,41; ([[Plutarch]], Alcib. 22,2)), and a [[man]] on his [[acquittal]] [[was]] [[spoken]] of as νικησας (Theophrastus, [[char]]. 17 (19), 3) and the [[ψῆφος]] acquitting Dim called [[νικητήριος]] (Heliodorus 3,3under the [[end]]), Christ promises [[that]] to the [[one]] [[who]] has gained [[eternal]] [[life]] by [[coming]] [[off]] [[conqueror]] [[over]] [[temptation]] (τῷ νικουντι (A. V. to him [[that]] overcometh)) he [[will]] [[give]] ψῆφον λευκήν, B. D. [[under]] the [[word]], Stones, 8). Ewald (Die Johann. Schriften, ii., p. 136; (cf. Lee as [[above]]; Plumptre in B. D. [[under]] the [[word]], Hospitality, at the [[end]])) understnads it to be the tessera hospitalis (cf. Rich, Dict. of Antiq., [[under]] the [[word]], Tessera, 3; Becker, [[Charicles]], [[namely]], i. [[note]] 17), [[which]] on [[being]] shown secures [[admission]] to the [[enjoyment]] of the [[heavenly]] manna; the Greek [[name]], [[however]], for [[this]] tessera, is [[not]] [[ψῆφος]], [[but]] [[σύμβολον]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[vote]] (on [[account]] of the [[use]] of pebbles in voting): [[καταφέρω]] ([[which]] [[see]]), Acts 26:10. | |||
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