[B-Greek] Etymology of QEOPNEUSTOS in 2 Timothy 3:16

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 28 00:24:23 EDT 2009


--- On Mon, 7/27/09, Leonard Jayawardena <leonardj at live.com> wrote:


<I am looking for the full etymology of QEOPNEUSTOS.
 I know that it is ultimately derived from QEOS and PNEW
 with the TOS ending added.  I would greatly appreciate a step by step explanation of the formation of this word from the basic elements.>
 
Iliad 19:159  ευτʼ αν...εν δε θεος πνευσῃ μενος αμφοτεροισιν
                   EUTE AN...EN DE QEOS PNEUSHi MENOS AMFOTEROISIN
 
                  When...a god breathes might into both (armies..)
 
This is the first step...
 
Mark L 
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