[B-Greek] Word for Seventh . . . something?
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Thu Mar 8 13:45:54 EST 2007
Tory Thorpe wrote:
> I think Glenn's question is why the hapax legomenon
> when Josephus uses HEBDOMON everywhere else when
> describing the "seventh" year sabbath. Is this
> intended
> as a more specific expression as opposed to HEBDOMON
> which is the general designation?
>
HH: LSJ says that hEBDOMATIKOS = hEBDOMADIKOS = hEBDOMATOS = hEBDOMOS
(your HEBDOMON). So these words seem to be synonyms meaning "seventh."
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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