[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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