κράτιστος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=κρατίστη, κράτιστον, [[superlative]] of the adjective [[κρατύς]] ([[κράτος]]) (from ([[Homer]]) [[Pindar]] [[down]]), mightiest, strongest, noblest, [[most]] [[illustrious]], [[best]], [[most]] [[excellent]]: vocative κράτιστε used in addressing men of [[conspicuous]] [[rank]] or [[office]], Theophrastus, [[char]]. 5; [[Dionysius]] [[Halicarnassus]], de oratt. 1; Josephus, Antiquities 4,6, 8), [[because]] in Acts 1:1 it is omitted in addressing the [[same]] [[person]]. Cf. Grimm in Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. for 1871, p. 50f.