ἐπουράνιος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ἐπουράνιον ([[οὐρανός]]), [[properly]], existing in or [[above]] [[heaven]], [[heavenly]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b> existing in [[heaven]]: ὁ [[πατήρ]] [[ἐπουράνιος]], i. e. God, (Θεοί, Θεός, [[Homer]], [[Odyssey]] 17,484; Iliad 6,131, etc.; οἱ ἐπουράνιοι the [[heavenly]] beings, the inhabitants of [[heaven]], (Lucian, [[dial]]. deor. 4,3; of the gods, in Theocritus, 25,5): of angels, in [[opposition]] to ἐπιγειοι and καταχθονιοι, Polycarp, ad Philippians 2 [ET]); σώματα, the bodies of the stars ([[which]] the [[apostle]], according to the [[universal]] [[ancient]] [[conception]], seems to [[have]] regarded as [[animate]] (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians, p. 376; Gfrorer, [[Philo]] etc. 2te Aufl., p. 349f; Siegfried, [[Philo]] von Alex., p. 306; [[yet]] cf. Meyer ed. Heinrici, at the [[passage]]), cf. ἡ [[βασιλεία]] ἡ [[ἐπουράνιος]] (on [[which]] [[see]] p. 97), ἡ [[πατρίς]] ἡ [[ἐπουράνιος]] [[Ἱερουσαλήμ]] ἐπουρανίῳ, [[κλῆσις]], a [[calling]] made (by God) in [[heaven]], Lightfoot cites [[Philo]], [[plant]]. Noe § 6). The neut. τά ἐπουράνια denotes (cf. Winer s Grammar, § 34,2)<br /><b class="num">a.</b> the things [[that]] [[take]] [[place]] in [[heaven]], i. e. the purposes of God to [[grant]] [[salvation]] to men [[through]] the [[death]] of Christ: [[ἐπίγειος]]).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> the [[heavenly]] regions, i. e. [[heaven]] itself, the [[abode]] of God and angels: οὐρανοῖς); B. D. American edition, [[under]] the [[word]] Smith's Bible Dictionary, Air).<br /><b class="num">c.</b> the [[heavenly]] [[temple]] or [[sanctuary]]: of [[heavenly]] [[origin]] and [[nature]]: [[χοϊκός]]); ἡ [[δωρεά]] ἡ [[ἐπουράνιος]]. Hebrews 6:4.