[B-Greek] LXX Malachi 3:8 pterniei
Meridian Church of God
meridianchurch at qwest.net
Fri Apr 16 04:02:41 EDT 2004
Hello,
In Malachi 3:8 in the LXX, it reads:
MHTI PTERNIEI ANQRWPOS QEON;
I can not, for the life of me, find PTERNIEI in any Lexicon that I have (BDAG, LSJ). Other forms of this word in Malachi 3:8 are PTERNIZETE and EPTERNISAMEN.
I assume the dictionary form of the word is PTERNIZW, but I have been unable to find it. PTERNA, the only word I can find similar to it, means "the heel of a foot" and does not make sense in the context.
A LXX translation that I have renders this word as "insult," but I want to find the basis for that. The original Hebrew word was the word for "rob, defraud"
"Will a man rob God?" - Malachi 3:8, NASB
"Will a man insult God" - Malachi 3:8, LXX (translated by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton)
Any help in understanding/finding this word (PTERNI*) would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Pastor Shawn Ragan
Meridian Church of God
"Building Stronger Families"
shawn at meridianchurch.org
http://meridianchurch.org
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