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Headword: *)/akanqa
Adler number: alpha,797
Translated headword: thorn
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] sin. David [writes]: "a thorn has been fixed in me." Like a useless off-shoot which tends to prick.
Greek Original:
*)/akanqa: h( a(marti/a. *dabi/d: e)n tw=| e)mpagh=nai moi a)/kanqan. w(s a)/xrhston bla/sthma kai\ w(s kentei=n pefuko/s.
Notes:
Theodoret (PG 80, 1088d-89a) on Psalm 31.4 LXX.
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.
Keywords: botany; Christianity; definition; ethics; imagery; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 12 January 2000@23:45:16.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (modified translation, added reference and keyword) on 16 December 2001@19:22:11.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 17 February 2003@08:28:09.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 23 January 2012@05:31:05.
David Whitehead on 3 May 2015@10:42:58.
David Whitehead on 15 August 2015@07:51:02.
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