στέφανος

στέφανος, -ου, ὁ

(στέφω, to encircle), [in LXX chiefly for עֲטָרָה ;]

1. that which surrounds or encompasses (as a wall, a crowd: Hom., al.).

2. a crown, i.e. the wreath, garland or chaplet given as a prize for victory, as a festal ornament, or as a public honour for disting­uished service or personal worth (so to sovereigns, especially on the occasion of a παρουσία, which see; cf. Deiss., LAE, 372 ff.; on its use in LXX for the golden crown of royalty (prop., διάδημα, which see, cf. Hort and Mayor on Jak 1,12): Matt 27,29, Mark 15,17, Joh 19,2, 5, 1 Kor 9,25, Åb 4,4, 10; 6,2; 9,7; 12,1; 14,14. Metaphorical: Fil 4,1, Åb 3,11; τ. δικαιοσύνης (cf. Deiss., LAE, 312), 2 Tim 4,8 τ. δόξης, 1 Pet 5,4 καυχήσεως, 1 Thess 2,19 (see M, Th., in l); τ. ζωῆς (genitive appos.), Jak 1,12, Åb 2,10.†