ἔπος, ἐπεος (ἐπους), τό, a word: ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν (see εἶπον, 1 a., p. 181a), Heb_7:9. [SYNONYMS: ἔπος seems primarily to designate a word as an articulate manifestation of a mental state, and so to differ from ῤῆμα (which see), the mere vocable; for its relation to λόγος see λόγος I. 1.]

ἔπος epos 1x a word, that which is expressed by words; ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν , so to say, if the expression may be allowed, Heb_7:9

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 G3056 , reasoned speech; ῥῆμα G4487 , mere articulated utterance; ἔ ., the articulated expression of a thought.

ἔπος [page 252] The phrase as ὡς ἔπος ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν occurs in P Oxy I. 67 .14 (a dispute concerning property A.D. 338) qualifying a preceding πάντα : it is a literary reminiscence as in Heb_7:9 , the only place where ἔπος occurs in the NT. In the early Syll 17 .23 (v/B.C.) we have οὐδ᾽ ἔπει οὐδὲ ἔργοι , cf. 55 .7 , and in OGIS 51 .37 (iii/B.C.) ἐπῶν ποιηταί are contrasted with τραγῳδιῶν π . and κωμωιδιῶν π ., cf. Sir_44:5 : see also Syll 693 .21 (iii/B.C.), 722 .6 (ii/B.C.). As distinguished from λόγος , speech in progress, ἔπος ( F )ἒπος , vox , Sanskrit vā c, etc., describes a single utterance : see Proleg . p. 111.

ἔπος ἔπος, εος, [Etym: ἔπω1] "a word", Od. , etc.:— "a tale, story, lay", id=Od. "a pledged word, promise", Il. , etc. "a word of advice, counsel", id=Il. "the word of a deity, a prophecy, oracle", Od. , Hdt. , Trag. :—later also, "a saying, saw, proverb", Hdt. "the meaning, substance, subject of a speech, a thing or matter", Il. Phrases:— ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε "no sooner said than done," Hdt. κατ᾽ ἔπος "word by word, exactly", Ar. οὐδὲν πρὸς ἔπος nothing "to the purpose", Plat. ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν or ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔπος, "so to say, as the saying is", Eur. , etc. ἑνὶ ἔπει "in one word, briefly", Hdt. in pl. "poetry in heroic verse, epic poetry", opp. to μέλη (lyric poetry), etc., id=Hdt. , attic: also, generally, "poetry", Pind. in sg. "a verse or line" of poetry, Hdt. , Ar.

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)