UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Constructions: ὑπωπιάζω; ὑπό; ὁράω

Sense 1: to annoy and wear out, to wear someone down by annoying

Semantic entry: 25.245

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

Definition: to cause great annoyance to and thus to wear someone out

LUK 18:5: RV LUK 18:5 · LV LUK 18:5 · Read together LUK 18:5

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OET-RV LUK 18:5

5 this widow is making trouble for me. I’ll fight her case for her so she’ll stop harassing me.’ ”

OET-LV LUK 18:5

5 because _of this the widow which surely to _be _bringing _about trouble to _me, I _will _be _avenging her, in _order _that not coming to the_end she _may _be _harassing me.

Sense 2: to keep under control, to exercise self-control

Semantic entry: 88.89

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Self-Control, Lack of Self-Control

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ὑπωπιάζω ‘to strike the eye,’ not occurring in the NT) to keep one’s body under complete control, with the implication of rough treatment given to the body, possibly as an aspect of discipline (a meaning evidently taken from the language of prize-fighting)

CO1 9:27: RV CO1 9:27 · LV CO1 9:27 · Read together CO1 9:27

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OET-RV CO1 9:27

27 but I discipline my body and make it serve me, because after preaching to others, I don’t want to end up disqualified myself.

OET-LV CO1 9:27

27 but I _am _beating of _me the body, and I _am _enslaving it, not somehow to _others having _proclaimed, myself unqualified I _may _become.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὑπωπιάζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to annoy and wear out, to wear someone down by annoying

Sense 2: to keep under control, to exercise self-control