Liddell-Scott-Jones

ῥοπή (rhopē) crux ^G:N-F

ῥοπή-ή, ἡ,

(ῥέπω) turn of the scale, fall of the scale-pan, weight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μέχρι τοῦ μέσου τὴν ῥ. ἔχειν gravitate to.., [Refs]; downward momentum, τῷ μείζονι βάρει καὶ ῥ. πλείων παρέπεται [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ῥ. ποιεῖν make (counter-)weight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥ. in equilibrium, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥ. disturbing the balance, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

__2 metaphorically, balancing, suspense, ἀ δ᾽ (i.e. ἀ πόλις) ἔχεται ῤόπας [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ποντοναῦται.. λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπήῆσιν ἐμπολὰς μακρὰς ἀεὶ παραρρίπτοντες staking distant ventures on nice balancings, [Refs]; ῥ. βίου μοι the turning-point or sinking-point of life, i.e. death, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.b turn of the scale, ποιεῖν ῥ. turn the scale, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεγάλην ἔσεσθαι τὴν ῥ., εἰ.. [ῥοπήὰς λαμβάνοντα τὸν πόλεμον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.7, compare “Tragica Adespota” 102">Refs 2nd c.BC+]: hence, decision, outcome, βλέπω δύο ῥ.· ἢ γὰρ θανεῖν δεῖ μ᾽.. ἢ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ ῥ. μιᾶς ὄντες at the mercy of a single weighing in the scales, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II weight placed in the scale-pan, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially small additional weight, make-weight, casting weight, [LXX]; ὡς ῥ. ζυγοῦ ἐλογίσθησαν 'as dust in the balance',[LXX]; οὐδ᾽ ὅσον ῥ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ᾽ εὐνάζει ῥ. casting weight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δέδορκε φῶς ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.b δεῖ ῥ. διδόναι ταῖς αὑτῶν πατρίσι τοὺς συγγραφέας give the casting weight to.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2.c weight, decisive influence, ὡς τοῖσδε καὶ δὶς ἀντισηκῶσαι ῥοπήῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥ. ἔχειν have influence, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἔχει τι βρῖθος καὶ ῥ. πρὸς τὸν βίον [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III decisive moment, crisis (i.e. victory), καὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ.. ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ ῥ. [LXX]: so generally, moment, πρὸς μίαν ῥ... διεφθάρη in one moment,[LXX]; ὑστάτην βίου ῥ. αὑτοῖς ἐκείνην δόξαντες εἶναι[ῥοπήῆς καιρῷ βραχεῖ “Anthologia Graeca” 11.289 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus). ">LXX+6th c.AD+]
__IV discount deducted from a payment, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; perhaps illicit commission, Codex Just.[Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Isa.40.15 ☩ LXX.Josh.13.22}