Νύκτα

night

Translated by Catharine Roth6 Aug 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

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The Scripture often calls misfortunes [night], since those who fall into misfortunes think that they are living in darkness.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νύκτα τὰς συμφορὰς πολλάκις ἡ Γραφὴ καλεῖ, ἐπειδὴ οἱ ἐν συμφοραῖς περιπίπτοντες ἐν σκότει διάγειν νομίζουσι.

Betacode

*nu/kta ta\s sumfora\s polla/kis h( *grafh\ kalei=, e)peidh\ oi( e)n sumforai=s peripi/ptontes e)n sko/tei dia/gein nomi/zousi.

Theodoret (PG 80.885d) on Psalm 3.6 LXX. The headword is the accusative singular of nu/c: cf. nu 576, nu 612, nu 613.

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