Nails in Hands ?

clayton stirling bartholomew c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net
Wed Mar 24 15:54:07 EST 1999


> 2 - If there is a Greek word for wrist and it wasn't used, are there
> linguistic/stylistic reasons for using the more common word for hand?

Jim,

There is a word for wrist but it isn't used with that sense in the NT.

KARPOS, hO

Used in Homer, IL 24.671, Od 24:398
also in Xeno. Cyr.6.4.2, Aristotle also used it.

See LSJ for details.

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