[B-Greek] AIWNOS - eternity /of old in Micah 5:2 LXX?

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 13 14:39:39 EDT 2006


I assume you mean Micah 5.1 in the LXX.  Áéùí [AIWN] signifies an age or period of time -- frequently an extended period of time which may be in the past or future.  I'm not sure whether the ancients had a concept of eternity such as we have today.  It's something like the concept of infinity.  They got so high and didn't go beyond that number.  I wouldn't try to get philosophical about it and start talking about "eternity" in relation to any text in the Bible.
   
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Jason Kerrigan <jasonandshon at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Hello,
At the risk of introducing too many topics at once, 
I would appreciate a brief response to this inquiry.

If AIWNOS is unqualified does it mean eternity? 
Does the qualifying phrase HMERWN AIWNOS
restrict the meaning of AIWNOS in Micah 5:2 LXX?
How can one differentiate between AIWNOS denoting
eternity and antiquity?

Thanks again,
Jason Kerrigan


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