ἀναχώρησις
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)
εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ,
A retiring, retreat, Hdt.9.22, Th.1.12,al.; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι, of a river, D.S.1.10; of waves, ἐπιδρομαὶ καὶ -σεις Arist. Mu.400a27; τοῦ ποταμοῦ PPetr.2p.45(iii B.C.). II place or means of retreat, Th.1.90, D.19.41. III return, Pl.Phlb.32b. IV absence, τὰ ὄντα ἐν -ήσει BGU447.6 (ii A.D.), cf. PTeb.353.6 (ii A.D.); retirement, μετὰ φίλων -ιν εὔσχολον Phld.Oec.p.64J.
German (Pape)
[Seite 215] ἡ, 1) das Zurückweichen, Rückzug, Her. neben ἀναστροφή 9, 22; Thuc. oft u. Folgde; ἀναχώρησιν ποιεῖσθαι, sich zurückziehen, Pol. 8, 16; vom Flusse, D. Sic. 1, 10. – 2) der Zufluchtsort, ἀναχώρησιν ἑαυτῷ καταλιπεῖν Dem. 19, 41; Thuc. 1. 90.
