Σκότος
darkness
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝17 Jun 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Signifying] afflictions, whereas light [is] the deliverance of [= from] them. David [says]: "you will enlighten my darkness."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκότος· αἱ θλίψεις, φῶς δὲ ἡ τούτων ἀπαλλαγή· Δαβίδ· φωτιεῖς τὸ σκότος μου.
Betacode
*sko/tos: ai( qli/yeis, fw=s de\ h( tou/twn a)pallagh/: *dabi/d: fwtiei=s to\ sko/tos mou.
Notes
- Theodoret (PG 80, 981c) on Psalm 17:29 LXX.
Linked from2 entries
- σ680ΣκότοςdarknessMasculine. Aelian [writes]: "and through the whole day there was very deep darkness, although the [weather] of the season was not at all stormy."
- σ683ΣκότοςdarknessIn the Holy Scripture ['darkness' is] sometimes ignorance, and sometimes also misfortunes. And 'light' in the same way [is] knowledge and the release of [= from] evils.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝