[B-Greek] KATECHW in Isaiah 40:22 (LXX)

Ken Penner ken.penner at acadiau.ca
Sun Mar 16 07:53:56 EDT 2008


FWIW, Ottley notes,

22. ὁ κατέχων] Probably of occupation, cf. Soph. Antigone 609,
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν, Aristoph. Clouds 603. Heb.
‘that sitteth upon.’ 

Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. (McMaster)
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> 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. 


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