Koine and Biblical and Medieval Greek • Re: πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα (James 4:5)

Dunno. But if you squint and look sideways, it could be a riff on the second half of Ecc 12:7:

καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ὃς ἔδωκεν αὐτό.
And the spirit returns to the God who gave it

Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν
He jealously feels the lack of the spirit he made to live in us

Statistics: Posted by jeidsath — Sat Jul 06, 2024 5:19 pm

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