[B-Greek] Humor or a frozen expression? Mk 5.7

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sun Oct 1 23:59:41 EDT 2006


On Oct 1, 2006, at 8:04 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

> Is ORKIZW ... TON QEON found in pagan sources? LSJ cites this as a NT
> usage. My limited memory of oath taking in Attic and Homer is that
> the name or an epitaph of the deity is often used or in some cases
> QEWN. I don't recall seeing it used with ORKIZW (as a verb).

Searching TLG 8bc - 1bc

hORKON QEWN is fairly common e.g.,

Homerus Od. 2.377
... GRHUS DE QEWN MEGAN hORKON APWMNU.

but I did not find hORKON  QEU within eight words.


Elizabeth Kline







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