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Headword:
*)anta/llagma
Adler number: alpha,2605
Translated headword: exchange-token
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the ancestors of Christ in the flesh, whom the 70 interpreters[1] called 'footprints' and 'exchange-token'.
Greek Original:*)anta/llagma: oi( kata\ sa/rka pro/gonoi tou= *xristou=, ou(\s i)/xnh kai\ a)nta/llagma e)ka/lesan oi( o# e(rmhneutai/.
Notes:
Theodoret (PG 80, 1597b) on a phrase ('the exchange-token of your Christ') in
Psalm 88.52
LXX; also at
iota 789 and
tau 721. 'The footprints of your Christ' (or 'of your anointed one') seems to be an alternative reading there, noted by Theodoret.
[1] Only here and in the two related entries (above) is the
Septuagint referred to in this way in the Suda; compare simply 'the 70' at
epsilon 542 and
omega 182.
Keywords: Christianity; definition; imagery; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 July 2000@11:55:43.
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