Beck translation trivia---stauros- single upright pole also?

Grant grant at cajun.net
Thu Dec 23 00:43:25 EST 1999


B-Greek:

Very interesting indeed!  As a matter of fact, I went to the Liddell-Scott-Jones on-line lexicon (if there's a better one, then please let me know!!) at the address of  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/lexica.html  I find this extremely interesting about the word "stauros."  Look at what I found:

stauros, ho, upright pale or stake
staur-oô, (stauros) fence with pales
staur-ikos, ê, on, of or by a cross, 

So I see two possible meanings here.  
Did it mean two different things or did one meaning possibly "evolve" after another?

Do translators translate it "cross" every time or is there a case where it is rendered "stake?"

I've also notice that "xylon" (xi; x is not "ch"; I didn't know how to transliterate Xi since X and Z are used) is used at Acts 5:30 (and other places) or at least the form XYLOU is.  Does XYLOU have a relation to stauros as far as meaning is concerned?

Grant Polle
USA

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