Библейское слово «τέρας» в греческих словарях

τέρᾰς, ᾰτος, эп. αος, ион. εος τό (pl. τέρατα — эп. τέρᾰᾱ, ион. τέρεα)

1) знамение, чудесная примета, предвестник (ἢ πολέμοιο ἢ καὶ χειμῶνος Hom.; τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα NT; σεισμὸς ἐν τῇ Σκυθικῇ ~ νενόμισται Her.);

2) чудовище: Ἅιδου ἀπρόσμαχον ~ Soph. = Κέρβερος; οὔρειον ~ Eur. = Σφῖγξ;

3) диковина, диво, тж. небылица, нелепость (~ λέγειν Plat.);

4) урод(ец) или уродство Plat., Aeschin., Arst.

τέρας, -ατος, τό
[in LXX chiefly for מוֹפֵת ;]
a wonder, marvel: in NT always pl., τ. κ. σημεῖα, Mat.24:24, al. (see: σημεῖον)
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τέρας, τό:
genitive Epic dialect αος (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect εος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, nominative Epic dialect τέραα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τέρεα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; genitive Epic dialect τεράων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; dative Epic dialect τεράεσσι [LXX+8th c.BC+]; genitive singular τέρως variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— sign, wonder, marvel, portent, ἡμῖν μὲν τόδ᾽ ἔφηνε τ. Ζεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾐτέομεν δὲ θεὸν φῆναι τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ζεὺς δ᾽ Ἔριδα προΐαλλε.., πολέμοιοτ. μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσαν a sign of coming battle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of signs in heaven, ἀστέρα ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς.., ναύτῃσι τ[Refs]; and with passive Verbs, τ. φανήτω [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—so always when the first syllable is lengthened, [NT+8th c.BC+]
II in concrete sense, monster, Διὸς τ. αἰγιόχοιο, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a serpent, [Refs]; δάϊον τ., of Typhoeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπρόσμαχον τ., of Cerberus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔρειον τ., of the Sphinx, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦρον, ἄγριον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; used by Cicero of Caesar, [Refs]
II.2 monstrous birth, monstrosity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἔθρεψεν ἔκπαγλον τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III in colloquial language, τέρας λέγεις καὶ θαυμαστόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 'a marvel' of a cup, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: plural, of incredible statements, [Refs 1st c.BC+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0