Ζηνᾶς Zēnas 1x

Zenas, pr. name, Tit. 3:13*

Ζηνᾶς, -ᾶ, acc. -ᾶν

(contr. from Ζηνόδωρος),

Zenas: Tit 3:13.†

Ζηνᾶς. This proper name (Tit 315), probably a contraction for Ζηνόδωρος (Lightfoot on Col 415), appears in a late Roman wall-scribbling at Magnesia, Magn 323. Cf. “Aprepas, *Odvpras—pet-names for the longer forms in -δωρος. Cytéw. PSI IV. 3825 (B.c. 248-7) ξύλα ἐζητήκαμεν πανταχοῦ. The verb is found along with εὑρίσκω in the curious nursery acrostic P Tebt II. 278% (early i/A.D.) ζητῶι Kal οὐχ εὑρίσκωι : cf. P Giss I. 21° (Rom.) ἐζήτησα τὸ λακώνιον καὶ οὐχ εὗρον ἀλλὰ ἀτταλιανὸν σαπρόν, where both λακώνιον and ἀτταλιανόν are to be understood as articles of dress. In their note on P Ryl II. 22074, an official list of names belonging to ii/A.D., the editors state that the note ζη(τητέον) δίπ(λωμα) is found frequently in the margin of similar fragments, and that in one case οὐχ εὑρέθ(η) . . . occurs. With Mt 77 cf. especially the new Logion P Oxy IV. 654° μὴ παυσάσθω ὁ ζηϊτών ἕως ἂν] εὕρῃ : see also Epict. i. 28. 19 ἵήτει καὶ εὑρήσεις. Other examples of this common verb are P Oxy I. 34/18 (a.p. 127) τοὺ[ς] διὰ ἀπειθίαν κ[αὶ] ὡς (or κ[ακ]ῶς, see s.v.) ἀφορμὴν ζητοῦντας (cf. Lk 11°4D) ἁμαρτημάτων] τειμωρήσομαι, and 76. II. 2370}: 1 (a.p. 186) ἐ[{Ἰήτησεν ἀκρειβ[ῶ]ς [τὸ πρ]ᾶγμα ἐκ τῶν βιβλιοφ[υ]λάκ[ω]ν, ‘‘made a searching inquiry into the matter on the evidence of the keepers of the archives.’”’ A similar judicial reference is found in P Oxy IV. 72618 (A.p. 135) περὶ τῶν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἵζητηθησομέϊν]ων ἐπί τε τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνος, “‘in the inquiry to be held against him before his highness the praefect” (Edd.), and 7 εὖ Ostr 1348 (i/ii A.D.) οὐδὲν yap ζήτημα 2 ζητεῖται πρὸς αὐτόν, ‘for there is no question against him” (Ed.). In Kabel 215% (i/A.D.) ἤλυθες εἰς ᾿Αίδην ζητούμενος οἷς ἀπέλειπες, the verb ἰ5 --ποθέω (see Herwerden Lex. 5.0.). MGr ἵητῶ, ‘‘ request,” “ask.

Ζηνᾶς (Zēnas) — Zenas. Ζηνᾶς, -ᾶ, accusative -ᾶν (contr. from Ζηνόδωρος), Zenas: Tit.3:13.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)