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Re: ELEOS in Matt 12:7



On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, John M. Moe wrote:

> dmills@creighton.edu wrote:
> > 
> > How do we explain the nominative in ELEOS QELW KAI OU QUSIAN and in the
> > similar words in the LXX? The LXX reads ELEOS QELW H QUSIAN.  Was it a
> > mistake in the LXX, and if so, why didn't the NT writer change it?  He
> > changed H to KAI OU.  I notice that some manuscripts read ELEON.
> > 
> > David R. Mills
> > ESL Instructor
> > Creighton University
> > dmills@creighton.edu
> 
> 
> David,
> 
> Just for clarification, where in the LXX are you finding ELEOS QELW H
> QUSIAN?  at Hosea 6:6 I find ELEOS QELW KAI OU QUSIAN.  IS there another
> occurance of the phrase which has H?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> John M. Moe
> 
My copy of Hosea 6:7 in the LXX reads ELEOS QELW H QUSIAN.  It is a 1970
Zondervan reprint, but it does not identify the source.  

I had assumed that ELEOS was masculine, but Edgar Krentz pointed out that
it is neuter. Thanks.

David R. Mills
ESL Instructor
Creighton University
dmills@creighton.edu



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