στέφανος

stevfano" stevfano",
stefavnou,
oJ (
stevfw (to put round; cf. Curtius, sec. 224)), the Septuagint for hr;f;[} (from Homer down), a crown (with which the head is encircled); a. properly, as a mark of royal or (in general) exalted rank (such passages in the Septuagint as ; ; (); ; , (yet cf. Complutensian LXX, Lagarde LXX), perhaps justify the doubt whether the distinction between
stevfano" and
diavdhma (which see) was strictly observed in Hellenistic Greek): ; ; ,; ,; ; ; ; with a genitive of the material,
ajstevrwn
dwvdeka, ; the wreath or garland which was given as a prize to victors in the public games (cf. BB. DD. under the word Games): , cf. . b. metaphorically,
a. the eternal blessedness which will be given as a prize to the genuine servants of God and Christ:
oJ
th'"
dikaiosuvnh"
stevfano", the crown (wreath) which is the reward of righteousness, ; with an epexegetical genitive in the phrases
lambavnesqai,
didovnai
tovn
stevfanon
th'"
zwh'", equivalent to
thvn
zwhvn
wJ"
tovn
stevfanon, ; ;
komivzesqai
tovn
th'"
dovxh"
stevfanon, ;
labei'n
tovn
stevfanon
tivno", to cause one to fail of the promised and hoped for prize, .
b. that which is an ornament and honor to one: so of persons, ;
stevfano"
kauchvsew" (see
kauvchsi", (; ; , etc.).*