Loading…

Vocabulary of the Greek Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan’s lexicon was among the first to interact with the thousands of Greek papyri, ostraca, and inscriptions discovered in Egypt during the mid- to late-19th century. These papyrus scraps and potsherds, which date from between the 3rd century B.C. and 8th century A.D., are the written record of everyday life in that time. They are the business contracts, personal emails,...

1429 To the reff. to this word in Grimm-Thayer we may add (from Hort James, p. 2) Joseph. Hypomnesticum (Fabricius Cod. Pseud. V.T. ii. p. 3) τοὺς δώδεκα φυλάρχους ἐξ ὧν τὸ δωδεκάφυλον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ συνίσταται. For the formation cf. τὸ δωδεκάμηνον “twelvemonth,” common in papyri. We should not expect to find δωδεκάφυλον itself outside Jewish circles. 1430 In P Oxy III. 47522 (A.D. 182) βουληθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ δώματος τῆς αὐτῆς οἰκίας παρακύψαι καὶ θεάσασθαι
Page 174
Buy this book at Logos.com