[B-Greek] THEION/THEIOO
Curtis Hinson
curtis at curtishinson.com
Thu Sep 21 17:44:38 EDT 2006
Alright, I got BW7 playing with proper unicode so here we go again.
3514 θεῖον
• θεῖον, ου, τό (since Homer [θέειον and θήιον]; pap, LXX; Jos., Bell.
7, 189; SibOr 3, 691; Just., A I, 53, 8) sulphur Lk 17:29 (Gen 19:24);
Rv 9:17f (w. καπνός and πῦρ as Philo, Mos. 2, 56); 14:10; 19:20; 20:10;
21:8; 1 Cl 11:1.—DELG s.v. θεός.
Bless the Name
Curtis Hinson
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"
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> 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"
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> Strong's doesn't offer the gloss that Thayer's does, and so I am wondering if these definitions are viable.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Gabe Coia
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