G4981: σχολή (scholḗ)

G4981 σχολή (scholḗ)

Greek

Quick Definition

σχολή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. leisure, a school

Strong's Definition

probably feminine of a presumed derivative of the alternate of 2192; properly, loitering (as a withholding of oneself from work) or leisure, i.e. (by implication) a "school" (as vacation from physical employment)

KJV Usage: school

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σχολή (G4981)

noun, f. | -ῆς | σχολάζω

7.14 · Constructions · Buildings

lecture hall, school a building where teachers and students met for study and discussion In ACT 19:9 it is better to use a translation such as ‘lecture hall’ rather than ‘school,’ since one does not wish to give the impression of the typical classroom situation characteristic of present-day schools. One may translate the relevant context of ACT 19:9 as ‘every day Paul discussed with people in the lecture hall which belonged to Tyrannus’ or ‘... in a hall where Tyrannus often taught’ or ‘... lectured.’

ACT 19:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σχολή, -ἢς, 7, (fr. σχεῖν; hence prop. Germ. das Anhalten; (cf. Eng. ‘to hold on,’ equiv. to either to stop or to persist); 1. fr. Pind. down, freedom from labor, leisure. 2. acc. to later Grk. usage, a place where there is leisure for anything, a school (cf. L. and 5. s. v. ΗΙ.; W. 23]: Acts xix. 9 (Dion. Hal. de jud. Isocr. 1; de vi Dem. 44; often in Plut.).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σχολή scholē 1x

freedom from occupation; later, ease, leisure; a school, Acts 19:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σχολή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in LXX: Ge 33:14 (κατὰ σ., לְאִטִּי), Pr 28:19, Si 38:24 * ;]

leisure.

Later (from Plato on),

that for which leisure is employed, a disputation, lecture;

the place where lectures are delivered, a school: Ac 19:9 (for the later sense of employment, v. MM, xxiv).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σχολή, (1) “leisure’’: cf. P Tebt 11. 31515 (11|Δ.}.} ἐὰν μὲν οὖν σχολὴν ἄγῃς γράψας [σ]ου τὰ βιβλία ἄνελθε πρὸς ἐμέ, ““so if you have time write up your books and come to me,”’ in view of the visit of a government inspector, P Leid Wil. 21 (ji/iii A.D.) ἐγώ εἰμι ὃ ἐν (τῷ οὐρανῷ) σχολὴν (ot?um) ἔχων, and P Flor 11. 22718 (a.p. 258) ἐγὼ γὰρ σχολὴν οὐκ ἔσχον πρός σε ἐλθεῖν. MGr σκόλη, “ὁ holiday.”’ (27 Soccupations τ ΕΒ ΒΕ ΠῚ τι 1)" (ili/B.c.) (= Selections, p. 7), where a son writes to his father, asking for an introduction to King Ptolemy, ὅπως τῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος σχολῆς ἀπολυθῶ, “that I may be relieved from my present occupation.’’ (3) ‘‘school,’’ ‘‘lecture-hall,’’ as in Ac 19%, cf. P Giss I. 8544 (Trajan/Hadrian) ἵνα μοι παρέξσε τὰ ἐπιτήδια τῇ TXOAV<<S>>. MGr σκολείο, “* school.” For σχολαστικός = ‘‘advocate,”’ see P Oxy VI. 902% (c. A.D. 465) with the editors’ note, and C. and δ. ii. p- 760, No. 699 with note.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σχολή (scholē) — lecture hall. σχολή, ἡ, leisure, rest, ease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀσχολία, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σχολὴν ἄγειν to be at leisure, enjoy ease, keep quiet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπί τινι for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. ἀγαγεῖν ἐπί τινα to give up one's time to him, [Refs]; σ. ἔχειν to have leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφὶ ἑαυτόν for one's own business, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποιεῖσθαι to find leisure, πρός τι [Refs]: with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ σχολὴν τίθει, i.e. make haste, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχολή [ἐστί] μοι I have time, οὐ σχολὴ αὐτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ οὔσης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, οὔτοι.. τῇδ᾽ ἐμοὶ σ. πάρα τρίβειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἴ τῳ καὶ λογίζεσθαι σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταβαίνειν οὐ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχολὴ ἐδόκει γίγνεσθαι he thought he had plenty of time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. διδόναι, παρέχειν τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τοῦ πράττοντος σ. περιμένειν to wait his leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχολῆς τόδ᾽ ἔργον a work for leisure, i.e. requiring attention, [Refs 5th c.BC+] at leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. with genitive, leisure, rest from a thing, ἔν τινι σχολῇ κακοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἄγειν ἀπό τινος to keep clear of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. idleness, τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐσθλὸν εἰκαία σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. that in which leisure is employed, οὐ κάμνω σχολῇ I am not weary of talk, [Refs]; especially learned discussion, disputation, lecture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ οὐ σχολὴ Πλάτωνο; [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἠθικαὶ σ., title of work by Persaeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.2. a group to whom lectures were given, school, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἔχειν to keep a school, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σχολῆς ἡγεῖσθαι to be master of it, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.3. Latin schola, ={σχολαστήριον}, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

III. σχολαί, αἱ, regiments of the Imperial guard, [Refs 6th c.AD+] see at {διέδριον}; Latin scholae, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

III. b section of an office, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; of the [Refs] 'schools' of shorthand writers, [Refs 6th c.AD+] __B σχολῇ as adverb, in a leisurely way, tardily, ἤνυτον σ. βραδύς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄτρεμά τε καὶ σ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __B.2 at one's leisure, i.e. scarcely, hardly, not at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+] b: frequently in apodosi, to introduce an a fortioriargument, εἰ δὲ μὴ.., ἦ που σχολῇ.. γε if not so.., hardly or much less so.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁπότε γὰρ.., answered by σ. γε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]