[B-Greek] The word "holy"

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Apr 25 14:32:50 EDT 2009


On Apr 25, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Marion Fox wrote:

> I recently heard a man claim that the word hAGIOS was derived from  
> the alpha
> privative and the word GH (Earth), and that it meant: "not of this  
> earth
> ..." I had thought that it was derived from the root hAG which meant
> "reverence" Help me to understand this word more fully.
>
>
> Yours in His service,
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> -- 
> Marion Fox
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>


The best place to start is a study of the Hebrew word qodesh. Forget  
the greek etomolgy.

Elizabeth Kline







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