ἀπόδειξις,
Ion. -δεξις, εως, ἡ, (ἀποδείκνυμι)
1. showing forth, making known, exhibiting, δι’ ἀπειροσύνην.. κοὐκ ἀπόδειξιν τῶν ὑπὸ γαίας E. Hipp. 196.
2. setting forth, publication, Ἠροδότου.. ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις Hdt. Prooem.; ἀρχῆς ἀ. an exposition, sketch of it, Th. 1.97; ἀ. περὶ τὸν πολιτικόν Pl. Plt. 277a; περί τινος R. 358b.
3. proof, βουλομένοισί σφι γένοιτ’ ἂν ἀ. Hdt. 8.101; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Lys. 12.19, etc.; esp. by words, ἀποδείξεις εὑρίσκειν τινός Isoc. 10.3; ἀ. λέγειν Pl. Tht. 162e; -ξεις φέρειν Plb. 12.5.5; χρῆσθαί τινι ἀποδείξει τινός use it as a proof of a thing, Plu. 2.160a: in pl., proofs, or arguments in proof of, τινός D. 18.300, cf. Pl. Phd. 73a; λέγειν τι ἐς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ περιέσεσθαι τῷ πολέμῳ Th. 2.13; ἄνευ ἀποδείξεως Pl. Phd. 92d; μετ’ ἀ. Plb. 3.1.3, al.; ἀ. λαμβάνειν.. τῶν μανθανόντων test them by examination, etc., Plu. 2.736d; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἐφήβων IG 2.470.40; ἀ. τέχνης specimen, Dionys.Com. 3.4; ἀ. αὑτοῖς δοῦναί τινος Plu. 2.79f, etc.; citation, ποιητῶν καὶ ἱστοριαγράφων ἀποδείξεις SIG 685.93 (Crete, ii B. C.). in the Logic of Arist., demonstration, i. e. deductive proof by syllogism, AP 0.71b17, al., cf. Epicur. Ephesians 3 p.25U., Stoic. 2.89; opp. inductive proof (ἐπαγωγή), Arist. AP 0.81a40: - sts. in a loose sense, ἀ. ῥητορικὴ ἐνθύμημα Id. Rh. 1355a6.
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I appointment, θεωρῶν SIG 402.29 (Delph., iii B. C.).
II (from Med.) ἀ. ἔργων μεγάλων display, achievement of mighty works, Hdt. 1.207, cf. 2.101, 148.
G585 — ἀπόδειξις
ἀποδείξεως, ἡ (ἀποδείκνυμι, which see) (from Herodotus down);
a. a making manifest, showing forth.
b. a demonstration, proof: ἀπόδειξις πνεύματος καί δυνάμεως a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating in me, and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them, [1Co 2:4] (contextually opposed to proof by rhetorical arts and philosophic arguments — the sense in which the Greek philosophers use the word; (see Heinrici, Corinthierbr. i., p. 103f)).
** ἀπό - δειξις , - εως , ἡ
( < ἀποδείκνυμι ),
[in LXX : 3Ma 4:20 , 4Ma 3:19 ; 4Ma 13:10 * ;]
1. a showing off.
2. As used by Gk . philosophers, demonstration, certain proof: [1Co 2:4] ( v. ICC , in l ; MM , s.v. ; Lft., Notes , 173). †