[B-Greek] Choice of transliterations for "David"?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Aug 23 20:52:46 EDT 2003


At 5:31 PM -0700 8/23/03, Ted Shoemaker wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>Can someone please clarify for me the difference
>between DAUID and DABID when referring to David
>in the NT?
>
>Is one "preferred" over the other?
>
>Also, I don't have a LXX handy . . . which spelling
>does it use?  Or does it use both?

I assume you're asking how the proper name is spelled in Greek. In the GNT
DAUID appears 59 times; there is no instance of DABID. There are 1090
instances of DAUID in the LXX, again no instance of DABID.
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