Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses).
Sunday, December 01, 2024
Words of the Month (December 2024)
1) "Megillot" signifies the five scrolls read at
various Jewish festivals (the Song of Solomon, Ruth, the Book of
Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther).
2) Zetetic-Oxford Languages says:
adjective
rare
proceeding by inquiry.
1 comment:
Anonymous
said...
On Zetetic:
Found this on Titus 3:9...
ζήτ-ησις, εως, ἡ, seeking, search for, κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ. [Refs]; ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν in quest of him, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __2 searching, examining, ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν searched the ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __3 inquiry, investigation, especially of a philosophic nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι inquire into the future by augury, [Refs 1st c.BC+] __4 judicial inquiry, [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: plural, suits, controversies, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
Titus was exhorted to avoid, or be aloof to(periistemi) such things.
1 comment:
On Zetetic:
Found this on Titus 3:9...
ζήτ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
seeking, search for, κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ. [Refs]; ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν in quest of him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 searching, examining, ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν searched the ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 inquiry, investigation, especially of a philosophic nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι inquire into the future by augury, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 judicial inquiry, [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: plural, suits, controversies, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
Titus was exhorted to avoid, or be aloof to(periistemi) such things.
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