[B-Greek] hAGIOS
Mitch Larramore
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 5 01:28:02 EDT 2006
Kelton:
It does not say 'owned' by God, or God's possession.
That was my question. Commentaries mention this
(hAGIOS denotes 'that which belongs to or is owned by
God') as an option, but I've not seen any supporting
reference.
Mitch Larramore
--- kgraham0938 at comcast.net wrote:
> Have you looked it up in BDAG? That is the basic
> meaning of the word there.
>
> 1)as adj. pert. to being dedicated or consecrated to
> the service of God, in a cultic sense dedicated to
> God, holy sacred. B) of humans and transcedent
> beings. of human beings consecrated to God, holy,
> pure, reverent.
>
> --
> Kelton Graham
> KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
>
> > A few resources indicate that this word, among
> other
> > meanings, includes 'that which is owned by God.'
> >
> > More often I find the definition of someone or
> > something being set apart for God's use, but many
> > resources don't include this "ownership" by God
> idea.
> > In what sense does hAGIOS mean "that which is
> owned by
> > God." And some extrapolate from this that
> Christians,
> > as holy ones/saints, are therefore 'owned' by God.
>
> >
> >
> > Mitch Larramore
> > Sugar Land, Texas
> >
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