[B-Greek] "Atomos" in 1 Corinthians 15:52

Eddie Mishoe edmishoe at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 1 14:36:10 EST 2005


Glenn:

ATOMOS would be an indivisible unit of any concept.
ATOMOS carries the idea of "indivisible," and the
speaker/writer is free to supply any category/object.
This is a rather common characteristic of any
language. 

Eddie Mishoe
 

--- GLENN ALLEN <gandcallen66 at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Besides being used to describe theoretically the
> smallest indivisible unit of matter (Leucippus, 460
> b.c.), does anyone know if "atomos" (translated
> 'moment' in the KVJ) was also ordinarily used to
> indicate a small unit of time in the first century
> or even earlier? 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Glenn Allen



	
		
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