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Re: ELEOS in Matt 12:7
- To: "John M. Moe" <John.M.Moe-1@tc.umn.edu>
- Subject: Re: ELEOS in Matt 12:7
- From: dmills@creighton.edu
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 10:50:48 -0500 (CDT)
- Cc: b-greek@virginia.edu
- In-Reply-To: <339D9BF0.3FF5@tc.umn.edu>
- Reply-To: dmills@creighton.edu
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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