[B-Greek] QEIOTHS and QEOTHS
Dave Smith (REL110, 211,212)
rel21x at charter.net
Mon Jul 3 23:48:56 EDT 2006
The difference, if it exists in Koine, is that between divine and a deity.
THS is usually taken to be agency, and I is sometimes diminutive. Both of
these are NT hapaxlogomena and the meanings may overlap in Koine/NT.
Dave Smith
Hudson, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 23:17
Subject: [B-Greek] QEIOTHS and QEOTHS
> I checked the archives but was not sure anyone
> explained how both of these words appear to come from
> QEOS, but one has an added I, while the other lacks
> it. Why the I in QEIOTHS and not in QEOTHS? Are they
> both adjectives? What is the semantic difference, if
> any? (One explained them as different as 'divine' is
> from 'deity.' But that doesn't help much, since I
> can't think of how those two English words objectively differ.)
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
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