[B-Greek] Anapausis in the LXX

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Fri Nov 25 12:48:36 EST 2005


On Nov 25, 2005, at 9:58 AM, David Mooney wrote:

> hi there,
>
> I noticed Anapausis was used in Levitcus 23 three times for sabbath  
> (KJV). I was curious as to whether Anapausis was used frequently in  
> the LXX for sabbath day or is it just here in Lev. 23? If anapausis  
> was not used for sabbath elsewhere then what was the usual word for  
> sabbath in the LXX?

Actually I don't think that the word ANAPAUSIS is used at all for the  
Sabbath itself but rather WITH Sabbath for "rest" or "time of rest."

Carl W. Conrad
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