διάδοχος, διαδόχου, ὁ, ἡ (διαδέχομαι), succeeding, a successor: Act_24:27. (Sir_46:1; (); 2Ma_14:26; often in Greek writings from (Aesehyl. and) Herodotus 5, 26 down.)

διάδοχος diadochos 1x a successor, Act_24:27

διά -δοχος , -ου , ὁ , ἡ ( < διαδέχομαι ), [in LXX : 1Ch_18:17 ( H3027 ), 2Ch_26:11 ( H8269 ) 2Ch_28:7 ( H4932 ), Sir_46:1 ; Sir_48:8 , 2Ma_4:29 ; 2Ma_14:26 * ;] a successor: Act_24:27 (for usage in LXX and Papyri in sense of court official, v. Deiss., BS , 115).†

διάδοχος [page 148] The sense required for LXX, supported by Deissmann (see above s. v . διαδέχομαι ) from P Tor I. 1 i. 6, .15 (B.C. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 30), can be explained from history, as Peyron showed in a note on P Lond 20 .1 (B.C. 162) (= I. p. 9) Σαραπίωνι τῶν διαδόχων : see Kenyon s summary ad loc. Applied originally to Alexander s reinforcements, διάδοχοι came to denote a certain rank or privilege in the army of Alexander and his successors, the original meaning having disappeared. The noun not infrequently = deputy , that is a temporary successor. So P Tebt II. 293 .2 ( c. A.D. 187) διαδόχου προφητείας , deputy prophet (Edd.), ib. 313 .4 (A.D. 210 1) ἱερέως καὶ στολ (ιστείας ) διαδόχου , priest and deputy stolistes, and OGIS 86 .7 (B.C. 221 05) with Dittenberger s note. In Act_24:27 it has its original meaning : cf. the abstract διαδοχή , succession, as in P Petr II. 40 ( a ) .15 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 41) ἑτοιμάζεται γὰρ ἡ διαδοχή , the relief is being equipped, P Tebt II. 302 .28 (A.D. 71 2) τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀντὶ συ ]ντάξεως ἡμεῖν ἐκ διαδοχῆς γονέων τετηρημένην , by inheritance from our ancestors (Edd.).

διάδοχος διάδοχος, ὁ, ἡ, [Etym: διαδέχομαι] "succeeding" a person "in" a thing: c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, δ. Μεγαβάζῳ τῆς στρατηγίης his "successor in" the command, Hdt. ; θνητοῖς διάδοχοι μοχθημάτων "succeeding" them "in", i. e. "relieving" them "from", toils, Aesch. c. gen. rei only, δ. τῆς ναυαρχίας "succeeding to" the command, Thuc. c. gen. pers. only, φέγγος ὕπνου δ. sleep's "successor", light, Soph. c. dat. pers. only, δ. Κλεάνδρῳ Xen. ; so, κακὸν κακῷ δ. Eur. ; and in a quasi-act. sense, διάδοχος κακῶν κακοῖς "bringing a succession" of evils "after" evils, id=Eur. absol., διάδοχοι ἐφοίτων they went to work "in relays or gangs", Hdt. , Thuc. : neut. pl. as adv. "in succession", Eur.

διά-δοχος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ (διαδέχομαι), [in LXX: 1Ch.18:17 (לְיַד), 2Ch.26:11 (שַׂר) 28:7 (מִשְׁנֶה), Sir.46:1 48:8, 2Ma.4:29 14:26 * ;] a successor: Act.24:27 (for usage in LXX and π. in sense of court official, see Deiss., BS, 115).† (AS)