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Hey friends,

When I studied first year Greek, I came across a supposedly common expression meaning “Be saved!” or “Farewell” in Kione Greek. Transliterated, I believe it would be something like “sozestha”. The Greek spelling (I think) was sigma, omecron, zeta, eta, sigma, theta, alpha.

Is this familiar to anyone? Is my spelling off? I’m having trouble relocating.
 
Let’s try this again.

The transliteration would be sozesthe (I found it), and the Greek spelling is sigma, omega, zeta, eta, sigma, theta, eta.

Anyway, when I found this word in Scripture (Corinthians), the translation appeared to be “you will be saved”, with you being plural. Mounce claims that it was also a common way of saying farewell, meaning “Be Saved!”

Two questions:

One, has anyone come across it being used in the way Mounce describes?

Also, how would one turn it into singular, so that it could be used as a closing for a letter?

Thanks
 
awfulthings9 said:
Let’s try this again.

The transliteration would be sozesthe (I found it), and the Greek spelling is sigma, omega, zeta, eta, sigma, theta, eta.

Anyway, when I found this word in Scripture (Corinthians), the translation appeared to be “you will be saved”, with you being plural. Mounce claims that it was also a common way of saying farewell, meaning “Be Saved!”

Two questions:

One, has anyone come across it being used in the way Mounce describes?

Also, how would one turn it into singular, so that it could be used as a closing for a letter?

Thanks
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I found σωζεσθε in the letter of Barnabas at the very end, and yes, it could be translated that way. If it was to be turned into singular it would be σωζεσαι.

Here is the paragraph from Barnabas from JB Lightfoot.

Barnabas 21:9
For this reason I was the more eager to write to you so far as I was
able, that I might give you joy. Fare ye well, children of love and
peace. The Lord of glory and of every grace be with your spirit.
 
Did you look at the link I posted? you have to dig ariund on perseus. Yes the form is used to mean farewell (2nd person sing aor imp pass), analogous to Lat. salve, but I no longer recall exactly what it looked like.

Also instead of eta you wanted to write epsilon.

Eirene soi,
Hadrianos
 
You will find Swzeo (Sigma Omega Zeta epsilon omicron) used as farewell in verse 150 of Calimmachus’ Hymn to Delos. You can download the original Greek with Latin translation from:
books.google.com/books?id=7x8UAAAAQAAJ
In the Koine this would become the diphthong (swzou). This form is used in the LXX but it means escape not farewell.
Hope this helps.
 
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