Библейское слово «ἔπος» в греческих словарях

ἔπος, εος τό тж. pl.

1) слово: παύρῳ ἔπει Pind. в немногих словах; ~ πρὸς ~ Arph., Plat. слово за слово; ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα εἶπαι Her. свести воедино и выразить всё в одном слове;

2) слова, речь, рассказ, повествование: ἄγε δεῦρο, ἵν᾽ ~ καὶ μῦθον ἀκούσῃς ἡμέτερον Hom. подойди и услышь мои речи; ἅμα ~ τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε Her. как он сказал, так и сделал; ἔπεα ἀκράαντα Hom. пустые слова;

3) (данное) слово, обещание: τελεῖν ~ Hom. сдержать слово;

4) (тж. ~ μάντιος Hom.) вещее слово, прорицание Soph., Her.;

5) изречение, поговорка, пословица (τὸ παλαιὸν ~ Her.): ὡς ~ εἰπεῖν Aesch., Arph., Plat. как говорится, так сказать;

6) предмет (речи), содержание, смысл: πρὸς τί τοῦτο τοὔπος (= τὸ ~) ἱστορεῖς; Soph. зачем ты толкуешь об этом?; τί πρὸς ~; Plat. какое это имеет отношение к делу?; οὐδὲν πρὸς ~ Arph. ни к чему, бесцельно;

7) весть, новость: ἄγγελος κακῶν ἐπῶν Soph. приносящий дурные вести;

8) стихотворная строка, стих, преимущественно гексаметр (Ὁμήρου ~ ἐν Ὀδυσσείῃ Her.); pl. ἔπη эпическая, реже элегическая и лирическая поэзия (τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεα Her.; τὰ Ὀρφικὰ ἔπη Arst.);

9) строка (вообще) (μυρίων ἐπῶν μῆκος Isocr.): οὐδ᾽ ἐν ἑπτὰ ἔπεσι γράφειν Luc. описать менее, чем в семи строчках.

ἔπος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX: Zec.7:3, Sir.44:5 * ;]
a word: ὡς ἔ. εἰπεῖν (cl.), so to speak: Heb.7:9†
SYN.: λόγος, reasoned speech; ῥῆμα, mere articulated utterance; ἔ., the articulated expression of a thought (AS) Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0

ἔπος,
older ϝέπος [Refs], etc., εος, τό (Sanskrit vácas 'word', 'hymn', compare εἶπον):
I word, παύρῳ ἔπει in short utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, that which is uttered in words, speech, tale, ἔπος ἐρέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; joined with μῦθος, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Special uses,
I.1 song or lay accompanied by music, [Refs]
I.2 pledged word, promise, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τελέσαι ἔπος fulfil, keep one's word,[Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3 word in season, counsel, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.4 word of a deity, oracle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.5 saying, proverb, τὸ παλαιὸν ἔπος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.6 word, opposed to deed, ἔπε᾽ ἀκράαντα words of none effect, opposed to ἔτυμα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἔργον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to βίη, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.7 subject of a speech, message, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II later usages,
II.1 joined with ἔργον or πρᾶγμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 κατ᾽ ἔπος word by word, κατ᾽ ἔ. βασανιεῖν φησι τὰς τραγῳδίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 πρὸς ἔπος at the first word, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3.b word in exchange for word, ἀμείβεσθαι, ἀποκρίνεσθαι, of an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3.c οὐδὲν πρὸς ἔ. to no purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, nothing to the purpose, ἐὰν μηδὲν πρὸς ἔ. ἀποκρίνωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί πρὸς ἔπο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4 ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν almost, practically, qualifying a too absolute expression, especially with πᾶς and οὐδείς (not with metaphors), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ὄντως or ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Trag., ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5 ἑνὶ ἔπει in one word, briefly, ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III of single words, especially with reference to etymology or usage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρθότης ἐπῶν,=ὀρθοέπεια (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV in plural, epic poetry, opposed to μέλη (lyric poetry), ἰαμβεῖα, διθύραμβοι, etc., ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.b generally, poetry, even lyrics, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
IV.c lines, verses, especially of spoken lines in the drama, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: singular, verse, line of poetry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; group of verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.d lines of writing, μυρίων ἐπῶν μῆκος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὅλοις ἑπτὰ ἔπεσι παραδραμεῖν, of a historian, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0