[B-Greek] KTISIS and KTAOMAI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Mar 1 05:49:12 EST 2006


I wonder if there isn't a confusion between KTIZW and KTAOMAI in the  
middle aorist: EKTISATO and EKTHSATO would pronounced more or less  
identically. The LXX in Prov 8:22 has  KURIOS EKTISEN ME ARCHN hODWN  
AUTOU EIS ERGA AUTOU -- but on the other hand, KTIZW doesn't seem to  
be used in the middle at all in the LXX or in the GNT.

On Feb 28, 2006, at 6:27 AM, Octavio Rodriguez wrote:

>   Dear Sir :
>
>     Philo quoted Proverbs 8:22 in "De Ebrietate" 8  as:
>
>        hO QEOS EKTHSATO ME PRWTISTHN TWN EAUTOU ERGWN,
>        KAI PRO TOU AIWNOS EQELIWSE ME
>
>   Here we notice that, while the first line varies from LXX, the  
> second
> drawn directly from LXX.
>   My question is about the realtion of KTAOMAI and KTISIS, perhaps  
> Philo
> thought that these were synonymous.
>
>   For example some people translate Psalm 139:13 in the LXX as "For  
> thou
> hast possessed (KTAOMAI) my reins". However, i think in this text  
> KTAOMAI
> means produce rather than posses.
>
> Best Regards
> Octavio Rodriguez
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