[B-Greek] THEION/THEIOO

Curtis Hinson curtis at curtishinson.com
Thu Sep 21 17:22:22 EDT 2006


Here's BDAG:

*3514  **qei/on *

• *qei/on*, *ou*, *to, *(since Homer [qe,eion and qh,ion]; pap, LXX; 
Jos., Bell. 7, 189; SibOr 3, 691; Just., A I, 53, 8) */sulphur /**Lk 
17:29 * <BwRef%28%27BGT_LUK.17:29%27%29>(Gen 19:24 
<BwRef%28%27BGT_GEN.19:24%27%29>); *Rv 9:17f * 
<BwRef%28%27BGT_REV.9:17%27%29>(w. kapno,j and pu/r as Philo, Mos. 2, 
56); *14:10; *HYPERLINK "BwRef('BGT_REV.19:20')"*19:20; * 
<BwRef%28%27BGT_REV.14:10%27%29> *20:10; *HYPERLINK 
"BwRef('BGT_REV.21:8')"*21:8; * <BwRef%28%27BGT_REV.20:10%27%29>1 Cl 
11:1.—DELG s.v. qeo,j.

Bless the Name
Curtis Hinson
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gabe coia wrote the following on 9/21/2006 3:52 PM:
> Thayer's offers this definition for THEION: "divine incense, because burning brimstone was regarded as having power to purify, and to ward off disease"
>    
>   This definition seems to have support in the 1897 edition of the Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon which defines the verb THEIOO thus: "to hallow, to make divine, or to dedicate to a god"
>    
>   Strong's doesn't offer the gloss that Thayer's does, and so I am wondering if these definitions are viable.
>    
>   Thanks in advance.
>    
>   Gabe Coia
>   



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