[B-Greek] Question regarding QEAOMAI
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Dec 15 07:01:08 EST 2006
On Dec 15, 2006, at 6:36 AM, Keith Kirkwood wrote:
> The word QEAOMAI that is translated “saw, seen, see, beheld, look,
> looked” in the New Testament appears to use the feminine form of
> QEIOS, QEA. As one who is obviously no scholar, am I reading
> something into this word that is not there or is there a
> connotation of divine revelation or insight here?
Not so. There is no relationship between the verb QEAOMAI, which
derives from the feminine noun QEA (vision, watching, looking) and
QEOS/QEA (deity) and the adjectival derivative of QEOS, QEIOS/A/ON.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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