ὠνέομαι, -οὔμαι : 1 aor. ὠνησάμην (which form, as well as ἐωνησάμην, belongs to later Grk., for which the earlier writ. used ἐπριάμην; ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 137 sqq. ; [Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 210 sqq.; Veitch 8. v.]; W. §12, 2; §16s.v.); fr. Hdt. down; to buy: witha gen. of the price, Acts vii. 16.

ὠνέομαι ōneomai 1x

to buy, purchase, Acts 7:16*

* ὠνέομαι, -οῦμαι to buy: ὠνήσατο (= cl. ἐπρίατο; v. Rutherford, NPhr., 210 ff.; Veitch, s.v.), c. gen. pret., Ac 7:16.†

ὠνέομαι, “buy” (for the form, see Rutherford VP p. 210ff.), is confined in the NT to a citation from the LXX in Ac 7*8, The verb is very common in our sources, e.g. P Tor I. αὐ (B.C. 116) (= Chrest. IL. p. 35) ἐώνητο παρὰ ᾿Ἑλήκιος εν πήχεις οἰκοπεδικοὺς ἕπτα ἥμισυ, P Gen I. 20° (B.C. 109) ἣν (sc. μερίδα γῆς) ἐωνήσατο ἐγ βασιλικοῦ, BGU IV. 11468 (B.C. 19) ἧς ἐώνηνται παρ᾽ αὐϊτοῦ, P Oxy IX. 118819 (A.D. 13) βούλομαι ὠνή(σασθαι). . . ξύλα ἐξηραμpé(va), “1 wish to purchase some dried logs 3) ((hids)s P Tebt II. 410% (A.D. 16) χάριν od παρορίζεται ὑπὸ ylrovos ἐωνημένου τῶν γιτνιωσῶν αὐτῷ, “on account of the encroachments being made on him by a neighbour who has bought some of the adjoining property” (Edd.), P Oxy I. SYP, @ov 78} (iii/A.D.) ἔνανχος ἐωνημένος παρά τίινος ἢ) τὰς ὑπογεγραμμένας (ἀρούρας), ‘having lately bought from some one the hereinafter’described land (?)” (Edd.), and 26. VI. 9148 (A.D. 486) διαφόρων βαμμάτων [ὧν ἐϊώνημαι παρὰ σοῦ, ‘various dyes which I have bought from you.”’ The subst. ὠνητής occurs in P Cairo Zen III. 59393° (iii/B.c.) ὠνητής περὶ τοῦ ἵππου Tod μεγάλου, ‘ purchaser of the big horse,” and for ὠνή, cf. P Oxy IIL. 4867 (A.D. 131) Tov καθήκοντα τῆς ὠνῆς δημόσι[ον χρημα]τισμόν, “the regular official contract of the sale” (Edd.). Reference may also be made to the Delphic inscr. of B.C. 200-199, Sy// 84514, where, with regard to the manumission of a slave, the words occur—ray τιμὰν ἀπέχει. τὰν δὲ ὠνὰν ἐπίστευσε Νίκαια τῶι ᾿Απόλλωνι ἐπ᾽ ἐλευθερίαι, *“the price he (viz. the previous vendor) hath received. The purchase, however, Nicaea hath committed unto Apollo, for freedom.’’ See Deissmann ZAZ? p. 323 ff., where the usage referred to is discussed as illustrating the Pauline conception of Christian freedom.

ὠνέομαι (ōneomai) — to buy. ὠνέομαι, [Refs]: future -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in Attic dialect usually with the syllabic augment, ἐωνούμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐωνησάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ὠνησάμενος [Refs 2nd c.BC+] not in Attic inscriptions earlier than [Refs 1st c.BC+] being used in Attic dialect; ὠνησάμην in the proverbial Χῖος δεσπότην ὠνήσατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἐώνημαι in active sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (so pluperfect ἐώνητο [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also as passive (see. below 11): aorist in passive sense (see. below 11) ἐωνήθη; future in passive sense ἀπ-ωνηθήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—buy, purchase, opposed to πωλέω, πιπράσκ; πῶ τις ὦν ὄνον ὠνασεῖτα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but in present and imperfect (which are the tenses most in use), offer to buy, bargain or bid for a thing, ὄφρ᾽ ἄλλων ὠνῇ κλῆρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὠνέεσθαι τῶν φορτίων wished to buy some of their wares, began to bargain for them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κροῖσός σφι ὠνεομένοισι ἔδωκε gave it them when they offered to buy, [Refs]; ὀκτὼ λάβοις ἄν (i.e. ὀβολούς); Answ. εἴπερ ὠνεῖ τὸν ἕτερον if you are willing to buy the other fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative person, buy from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὠ. ἐκ Κορίνθου buy goods from Corinth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; metaphorically, καιρόν, σπονδάς ὠ., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; with genitive pretii, buy for so much, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψυχῆς at the price of life, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: also with dative, buy with.., τἄχθιστα τοῖσι φιλτάτοις ὠνούμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+]by purchase, [Refs]; also ὁ ὠνούμενος the buyer, purchaser, ὁρῶντος τοῦ ὠνουμένου [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὁ ἐωνημένος the owner by purchase (of a slave), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ὠνησόμενος the intending purchaser, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. bid for, purchase the farming of public taxes or properties, λ ταλάντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέλη παρὰ τῆς πόλεως [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. buy off, avert by giving hush-money, ὠ. τὸν κίνδυνον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐγκλήματα [Refs]; ταλάντου τὸ πλημμέλημα (i.e. its penalty) παρά τινος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

4. ὠ. τινα to buy a person, of one who bribes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. sometimes used as passive, uncertain in present since [ὠνούμενά τε καὶ πιπρασκόμενα] is interpolated in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; occasionally in perfect, participle ἐωνημένος [Refs 4th c.BC+] (but indicative ἐώνηνται [Refs 4th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐώνητο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in aorist ἐωνήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ὠνηθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. active perfect participle ἐωνηκώς, ={ἐωνημένος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ὠνῆσαι· ἀγοράσαι, [Refs]present ὠνεῖν· πωλεῖν, ἀπολαύειν, [Refs 5th c.AD+] they shall sell the property, [Refs]; αἰ δέ τις.. τὸ νόμισμα μὴ λείοι δέκετθαι ἢ καρπῶ ὠνίοι if any one refuses the currency or sells for produce, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]