κίνησις
τὸ γὰρ μυστήριον ἤδη ἐνεργεῖται τῆς ἀνομίας· μόνον ὁ κατέχων ἄρτι ἕως ἐκ μέσου γένηται. (2Thess 2:7) → For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work — just at work until the one who is now constraining it is taken out.
English (LSJ)
[ῑ], εως, ἡ,
A motion, opp. rest (στάσις), Pl.Sph.250a; opp. ἠρεμία, Arist.Ph.202a5, etc. 2 in Cyrenaic philos., λεία κ., = ἡδονή, τραχεῖα κ., = πόνος, D.L.2.86; also αἱ διὰ μορφῆς κατ' ὄψιν ἡδεῖαι κ. Epicur.Fr.67; αἱ κ. αἱ ἀνθρωπικαί human emotions, Arr.Epict. 2.20.19. 3 dance, Ἄρεος κίνασις (sic) Tyrt.16, cf. Luc.Salt.63, Ephes.2 No.71; τραγικὴ ἔνρυθμος κ. Inscr.Magn.165. 4 movement, in a political sense, ἐν κ. εἶναι Th.3.75, cf. Plb.3.4.12; ἡ κ. ἡ Ἰουδαϊκή the Jewish revolt, OGI543.15 (Ancyra, ii A.D.); of the Peloponn. war, Th.1.1. 5 change, revolution, κινήσεις πολιτείας Arist.Pol.1268b25. 6 movement of an army, Plb.10.23.1 (pl.); πολεμικαὶ κ. Ael.Tact.3.4, cf. Arr.Tact.20.1. b removal, change of abode, Vett.Val.97.17 (pl.), al. 7 Gramm., inflexion, τοῦ ζῆμι κ. οὐχ εὕρηται EM410.38. 8 in Law, punitive action, βασιλικὴ κ. Cod.Just.1.3.43.10, cf. 10.27.2.7; also, setting a process in motion, PLond. 5.1663.13 (vi A.D.).
