[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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