[B-Greek] Vocative hO QEOS

Steven Lo Vullo slovullo at mac.com
Fri Aug 20 22:56:03 EDT 2004


On Aug 20, 2004, at 8:17 PM, Steven Lo Vullo wrote:

> Philip, if I'm not mistaken, hO QEOS is used exclusively in the Psalms 
> in direct address to God. I think it was Harold Holmyard who commented 
> on this in the most recent thread on Heb 1.8. As for QEE, I just did a 
> search in Accordance for QEOS in the singular vocative and received 
> only 7 hits (2 Sam 7.25; 3 Mac 6.2; 4 Mac 6.27; Ode 14.12; Wis 9.1; 
> Sir 23.4; Ezek 4.14). With so few hits, I'm questioning the search. If 
> this is wrong, I hope someone will correct it.

A couple of people have contacted me off-list to inform me that there 
are four additional instances of QEE in the LXX (Judges 16.28; 21.3; 
Tob 3.11; 8.15). But it should be noted that these are variants. 
Rahlf's has the nominative in the text.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI




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