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Headword: Ôdines thanatou kai pagides
Adler number: omega,24
Translated headword: pangs and snares of death
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] death-bringing dangers. David [says]: "pangs of hell encircled me; snares of death outran me."[1] The pains of the mother before childbirth are called pangs. Therefore by this metaphor the calamities preparing to bring [one] near to death itself are called 'pangs of hell.'[2]
Greek Original:
Ôdines thanatou kai pagides: hoi thanatêphoroi kindunoi. Dabid: ôdines haidou periekuklôsan me: proephthasan me pagides thanatou. Ôdines kalountai hai pro tou toketou tês tiktousês odunai. toigaroun ek tês metaphoras tautês ôdines haidou prosagoreuontai hai autôi prospelazein tôi thanatôi paraskeuazousai sumphorai.
Notes:
See also omega 22, omega 23, omega 25, omega 26.
[1] Theodoret (PG 80, 973c) on Psalm 17:6 LXX.
[2] Theodoret (PG 80, 1797b) on Psalm 114:3 LXX.
Keywords: Christianity; daily life; definition; gender and sexuality; imagery; medicine; religion; women
Translated by: Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝ on 5 July 2003@08:43:28.
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Catharine Roth (modified translation, added notes) on 5 July 2003@11:23:48.
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