tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post3530113766093092115..comments2024-03-28T22:55:23.525-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Revelation 12:10 and the "Accuser"Edgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-65885687489216032392018-06-09T17:26:01.801-07:002018-06-09T17:26:01.801-07:00Thanks for the contribution, Matt13weedhacker. I&#...Thanks for the contribution, Matt13weedhacker. I've always liked Thayer's and it's good to see the work is still being used. Additionally, I've read elsewhere that the accuser in Rev. 12:10, in accord with what you posted, is also known as the calumniator.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-53965478908762521292018-06-09T01:15:58.524-07:002018-06-09T01:15:58.524-07:00Hi Edgar.
There was a really good little section ...Hi Edgar.<br /><br />There was a really good little section in Thayer's Lexicon (I remember from a study project I did 20 years ago) on a group of synonyms all centering on legal accusations. <br /><br />[ SYNONYMS: αἰτίασθαι, διαβάλλειν, ἐγκάλειν, ἐπικάλειν, κατηγορεῖν: <br /><br />αἰτίασθαι to accuse with primary reference to the ground of accusation (αἰτία), the crime; <br /><br />κατηγορεῖν to accuse formally and before a tribunal bring a charge against (κατά suggestive of animosity) publicly; <br /><br />ἐγκάλειν, to accuse with publicity (καλεῖν), but not necessarily formally or before a tribunal; ἐπικάλειν 'to cry out upon' suggestive of publicity and hostility; <br /><br />διαβάλλειν, properly, to make a verbal assault which reaches its goal (διά); in distinction from the words which allude to authorship (αἰτιάομαι), to judicial procedure (κατηγορέω), or to open averment (ἐγκαλέω, ἐπικαλέω), διαβάλλω expresses the giving currency to a damaging insinuation. <br /><br />διάβολος a secret and calumnious, in distinction from κατήγορος an open and formal, accuser. Schmidt, chapter 5.]<br /><br />Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.<br />Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.<br />All rights rserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com<br /><br />https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/greek/2723.htmlMatt13weedhackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643587467702969643noreply@blogger.com