Ἄρειος G0698
an Areopagite, member of the Areopagus council in Athens
This noun designates a member of the Areopagus, the ancient aristocratic council of Athens that met on the Hill of Ares (Mars Hill). This body handled homicide cases and religious matters, and membership represented significant social and intellectual standing in Athenian society. Luke identifies one of Paul's Athenian converts, Dionysius, by this title, suggesting he was a person of considerable status and education—a notable convert from the philosophical elite of the ancient world.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A member of the Areopagus council in Athens; an Areopagite. Acts 17:34 records that 'some men joined [Paul] and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris.' Spanish 'areopagita,' French 'Aréopagite,' German preserves the Greek form, English 'Areopagite.' Dionysius's title marks him as a member of Athens's prestigious philosophical and judicial council, making his conversion particularly significant—one of the city's intellectual elite embracing the gospel Paul preached on Mars Hill. 1×
AR["أَريوباغِيُّ"]·ben["আরেয়োপাগীয়"]·DE["Ἀρεοπαγίτης"]·EN["Areopagitēs"]·FR["Aréopagite"]·heb["הָאַרֵיוֹפַגִיטִי"]·HI["अरीयोपगी"]·ID["orang-Areopagus"]·IT["Areopagita"]·jav["Aréopagit"]·KO["아레오바고-사람과"]·RU["Ареопагит"]·ES["areopagita"]·SW["Mwareopago"]·TR["Areopagoslu"]·urd["اریوپگی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἄρειος [ᾰ], ον, also α, ον Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect Ἀρήϊος, η, ο; Aeolic dialect Ἀρεύϊος Refs 7th c.BC+: (Ἄρης):— devoted to Ares, warlike, martial; in Refs 8th c.BC+, mostly of warriors, Μενέλαος ἈρήιοςRefs 8th c.BC+; of arms, Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύωRefs; the Attic dialect form only in the phrase τεῖχος ἌρειονRefs 5th c.BC+ conflicts in real war, opposed to γυμνικοί,Refs; of a man, as substantive,…