[B-Greek] KATECHW in Isaiah 40:22 (LXX)
Hugh Donohoe Jr.
justusjcmylord at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 15 21:31:37 EDT 2008
Reading today in the Septuagint I came across Isaiah
40:22. I was checking my translations with Brenton's
and Moises Silva's in the NETS. Here is the verse:
hO KATECHWN TON GURON THS GHS KAI hOI ENOIKOUNTES EN
AUTHi hWS AKRIDES hO STHSAS hWS KAMARAN TON OURANON
KAI DIATEINAS hWS SKHNHN KATOIKEIN
Brenton translated the first phrase "It is he that
comprehends the circle of the earth...
Silva has more understandably "It is he that holds the
circle of the earth...
KATECHW has many meanings as the listing from LSJM
below shows. Both Silva and Brenton translate KATECHW
differently than the Hebrew (yashab) which has a "sit"
or "dwell" idea. Most English translations of this
verb go with a sits or enthroned idea. I have said all
this to ask, can anyone explain Benton's translation
of KATECHW.
Here is the LSJM entry:
I. trans. to hold fast, Hes.
2. to hold back, withhold, Hom.:-to check, restrain,
control, bridle, Hdt., Att.:-Pass. to be held down, to
be bound, kept under, Hdt.
3. to detain, Id., Xen.:-Pass. to be detained, to
stay, stop, tarry, Hdt., Soph.
II. to have in possession, possess, occupy, Trag.
2. of sound, to fill, avlalhtw/| pedi,on kate,cousi
Il.; kÅ strato,pedon dusfhmi,aij to fill it with his
grievous cries, Soph.
3. biota.n k. to continue a life, Id.
4. to occupy, be spread over, cover, nu.x kate,cV
ouvrano,n Od.; h`me,ra ka,tesce gai/an Aesch.:-in
Med., kate,sceto pro,swpa covered her face, Od.
5. of the grave, to confine, cover, Hom.
6. of conditions and the like, to hold down,
overpower, oppress, afflict, Od., Soph.:-of
circumstances, to occupy or engage one, Hdt.
7. to occupy, in right of conquest, Id., Soph., etc.
8. to master, understand, Plat.
9. in Pass., of persons, to be possessed, inspired,
Xen., Plat.
III. to follow close upon, press hard, Lat. urgere,
Xen.
IV. to bring a ship to land, bring it in or to, Hdt.
B. intr.:
1. (sub. e`auto,n) to control oneself, Soph.,
Plat.:-to hold, stop, cease, of the wind, Ar.
2. to come from the high sea to shore, put in, h.
Hom., Hdt., Att.
3. to prevail, o` lo,goj kate,cei the report prevails,
is rife, Thuc.; seismoi. kat. earthquakes prevail, are
frequent, Id.
4. to have the upper hand, Theogn., Arist.
C. Med. to keep back for oneself, embezzle, Hdt.
2. to cover oneself, v. supr. A. 11. 4.
3. to hold, contain, Polyb.
II. the aor. med. is also used like a Pass., to be
stopped, to stop, Od.:- katasco,menoj subdued, Pind.
ex animo
Hugh Donohoe
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