[B-Greek] LXX Malachi 3:8 pterniei

Joseph Weaks j.weaks at tcu.edu
Fri Apr 16 04:23:42 EDT 2004


You are correct. The word PTERNIEI is the future active indicative, 3rd 
singular of PTERNIZW.
The LEH LXX lexicon glosses the word as "to go behind the back of 
somebody to deceive, to outwit (noting a metaphorical meaning with 
regards to wrestling having to do with biting the heal.)  The word is 
in LSJ, but in the Revised Supplement section.
The word is found in:
Gen. 27:36
Hos. 12:4
Mal. 3:8
Mal. 3:9
Jer. 9:3

That suffice?

Cheers,
Joe Weaks

On Apr 16, 2004, at 3:02 AM, Meridian Church of God wrote:

> 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




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