Some Greek Fun
Steven Lo Vullo
slovullo at mac.com
Wed Jan 8 17:39:02 EST 2003
On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 03:27 PM, Matthew R. Miller wrote:
> Just for fun, can you answer the following koine Greek questions for
> me?
>
> 1. What is the longest Greek word you know? I suspect it will be a verb
> form.
Doing an Accordance search in the GNT with character wild cards, the
most letters I received a hit for was 18, and the word was
TESSARESKAIDEKATHN. However, check out SUGKATAKLHRONOMHQHSONTAI in Num
32.30, LXX--24 letters! In the Apostolic Fathers I found
KATAXIOPISTEUOMENOI, 19 letters.
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Steven R. Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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