Μαρτύριον

testimony, shrine

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 21 words

[Meaning] tabernacle; as having the tablets of the Law. For they used to call the Law "commandments" and "testimonies" and "decrees".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μαρτύριον· σκηνή· ὡς ἔχουσα τὰς πλάκας τοῦ νόμου. τὸν γὰρ νόμον ἐντολὰς ἐκάλουν καὶ μαρτύρια καὶ δικαιώματα.

Betacode

*martu/rion: skhnh/: w(s e)/xousa ta\s pla/kas tou= no/mou. to\n ga\r no/mon e)ntola\s e)ka/loun kai\ martu/ria kai\ dikaiw/mata.

Notes (1)

Theodoret (PG 80, 1485a) on Psalm 77.5 LXX: kai\ a)ne/sthsen martu/rion e)n *iakwb, kai\ no/mon e)/qeto e)n *israhl.
1Cf. delta 1082. ↩

Linked from1 entry

μ233ΜαρτύριαtestimoniesSee in the [entry] 'statutes'.

Neighbouring entries

μ233Μαρτύριαtestimonies μ234Μαρτυρίαtestimony μ235Μαρτύριονtestimony, shrine μ236ΜαρτύρομαιI call to witness, I protest μ237Μαρτύρονταιthey call to witness

Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Jul 2020

14 Jul 2020cross-reference — Catharine Roth
17 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
8 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
16 Apr 2009expanded note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Apr 2009Translated — Catharine Roth