[B-Greek] Anapausis in the LXX

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 25 12:51:32 EST 2005


On Nov 25, 2005, at 6:58 AM, David Mooney wrote:

> 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?

There are exceptions but ANAPAUSIS is typically a *translation* of  
shabbaton where as SABBAT--- is a *transliteration* of shabbat. The  
two words are used together:

EX. 16:23 EIPEN DE MWUSHS PROS AUTOUS TOUTO TO hRHMA ESTIN hO  
ELALHSEN KURIOS SABBATA ANAPAUSIS hAGIA TWi KURIWi AURION hOSA EAN  
PESSHTE PESSETE KAI hOSA EAN hEYHTE hEYETE KAI PAN TO PLEONAZON  
KATALIPETE AUTO EIS APOQHKHN EIS TO PRWI
EX. 31:15 hEX hHMERAS POIHSEIS ERGA THi DE hHMERAi THi hEBDOMHi  
SABBATA ANAPAUSIS hAGIA TWi KURIWi PAS hOS POIHSEI ERGON THi hHMERAi  
THi hEBDOMHi QANATWi QANATWQHSETAI
EX. 35:2 hEX hHMERAS POIHSEIS ERGA THi DE hHMERAi THi hEBDOMHi  
KATAPAUSIS hAGION SABBATA ANAPAUSIS KURIWi PAS hO POIWN ERGON EN  
AUTHi TELEUTATW
LE. 16:31 SABBATA SABBATWN ANAPAUSIS hAUTH ESTAI hUMIN KAI  
TAPEINWSETE TAS YUCAS hUMWN NOMIMON AIWNION
LE. 23:3 hEX hHMERAS POIHSEIS ERGA KAI THi hHMERAi THi hEBDOMHi  
SABBATA ANAPAUSIS KLHTH hAGIA TWi KURIWi PAN ERGON OU POIHSEIS  
SABBATA ESTIN TWi KURIWi EN PASHi KATOIKIAi hUMWN
LE. 25:4 TWi DE ETEI TWi hEBDOMWi SABBATA ANAPAUSIS ESTAI THi GHi  
SABBATA TWi KURIWi TON AGRON SOU OU SPEREIS KAI THN AMPELON SOU OU  
TEMEIS

Note the double translation in:

LE. 16:31 SABBATA SABBATWN ANAPAUSIS for shabbat shabbaton

In some texts the LXX appears to reverse the order:

EX. 16:23 ... SABBATA ANAPAUSIS  ... for shabbaton shabbat

In other places shabbaton is used alone and is rendered by ANAPAUSIS

LE. 23:24 LALHSON TOIS hUIOIS ISRAHL LEGWN TOU MHNOS TOU hEBDOMOU  
MIAi TOU MHNOS ESTAI hUMIN ANAPAUSIS MNHMOSUNON SALPIGGWN KLHTH hAGIA  
ESTAI hUMIN
LE. 23:39 KAI EN THi PENTEKAIDEKATHi hHMERAi TOU MHNOS TOU hEBDOMOU  
TOUTOU hOTAN SUNTELESHTE TA GENHMATA THS GHS hEORTASETE TWi KURIWi  
hEPTA hHMERAS THi hHMERAi THi PRWTHi ANAPAUSIS KAI THi hHMERAi THi  
OGDOHi ANAPAUSIS

Perhaps you have been caught off-guard here by using the KJV, note  
how the RSV renders these:

Lev. 23:24  “Say to the people of Israel, In the seventh month, on  
the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a  
memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.
Lev. 23:39 ¶  “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you  
have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep the feast of  
the LORD seven days; on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on  
the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.




Elizabeth Kline







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