[B-Greek] TOFOW 1Tm 6:4

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Wed Jun 15 03:07:30 EDT 2005


On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 02:03:23 -0400 Oun Kwon <kwonbbl at gmail.com> writes:
> Hi there,
>  The Gk verb TOFOW (get puffed up) in Timothy.
>  Is this etymologically related to TOFW (smolder, smoke)? Or is its 
> 
> similarity coincidence?
>  Thanks in advance,
>  Oun Kwon.
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That would appear to be the case.  In regard to TUFOW (note that it is
spelled with an upsilon, not an omicron) BGAD notes "—DELG s.v. TUFOMAI"
, i.e. PChantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque.  In
regard to TUFW BDAG notes identically "—DELG s.v. TUFOMAI."

george
gfsomsel
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