ἰσότιμ-ος (isotimos)

Where it lives

2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k

What it meant

ἰσότιμ-ος · isotim-os — LSJ

equal in honour, privilege, maintaining equality of privilege

equal in honour or privilege, Ἀπόλλων (i.e. sharing the honours paid to Zeus) OGI 234.25 (Delph., iii B.C.), CR Acad.Inscr. 1906.419 (Alabanda); ὁ θεὸς . . -ον παρέχι τράπεζαν τοῖς ὁποθενοῦν ἀφικνουμένοις BCH 51.73 (Panamara); πίστις 2 Ep.Pet. 1.1; οἱ πρῶτοι καὶ ἰ. Plu. Lys. 19, cf. Wilcken Chr. 13.10 (i A.D.), Luc. D Mort. 29[24].3, etc.; πόλεις τισί D.Chr. 41.2: Comp. -ότεροι, τοῖς κρατοῦσιν Id. 39.4; τὸ ἰ.,= ἰσοτιμία, Ph. 2.246; of a person, maintaining equality of privilege, Hdn. 2.4.9. Adv.

2 equal in value, equal, evenly balanced

generally, equal in value: hence, equal, ἁμάρτημα ἀκούσιον ἰ. ἑκουσίῳ Ph. 2.248; τὸ ἰ. δυσέφικτον ἐν ταῖς ἀμοιβαῖς Hdn. 2.3.6; ἰ. μάχη evenly balanced, Ael. NA 10.1.

3

as title of rank at the Ptolemaic court, τῶν ἰσοτίμων τοῖς πρώτοις φίλοις PRyl. 66 intr., 253 (ii B.C.), Arch.Pap. 6.372.

In the wild

ἰσότιμον · isotimon New Testament, 2 Peter 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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