Μωσῆς (
Rec.st uses
Μωϋσῆς Acts 6:14;
7:35,
37;
15:1,
5;
2 Timothy 3:8;
Hebrews 9:19; (in
Strabo (16, 2, 35 edition Meineke);
Daniel 9:10,
11, the
Sept.), and in
Philo (cf. his "Buch v. d. Weltschöpf." Müller edition, p. 117 (but Richter in his edition has adopted
Μωϋσῆς)), after the Hebrew form
מֹשֶׁה, which in
Exodus 2:10 is derived from
מָשָׁה to draw out), and
Μωϋσῆς (so in the the
Sept. (see
Tdf.s 4th edition Proleg., p. xlii.),
Josephus ("in
Josephus the readings vary; in the Antiquities he still adheres to the classic form (
Μωσῆς), which moreover is the common form in his writings," Müller's note on
Josephus, contra Apion 1, 31, 4. (Here, again, recent editors, as Bekker, adopt
Μωϋσῆς uniformly.) On the fluctuation of manuscripts cf. Otto's note on
Justin Martyr, Apology i. § 32 at the beginning), and in the N. T.,
Tdf. edition; — a word which signifies in Egyptian
water-saved, i. e. 'saved from water'; cf. Fritzsche, Romans, vol. ii., p. 313; and especially Gesenius, Thesaurus ii., p. 824; Knobel on
Exodus 2:10; (but its etymol. is still in dispute; many recent Egyptologists connect it with mesu i. e. 'child'; on the various interpretations of the name, compare Müller on
Josephus, contra Apion, the passage cited; Stanley in
B. D. under the word;
Schenkel in his BL. iv., 240f). From the remarks of Fritzsche, Gesenius, etc., it is evident also that the word is a trisyllable, and, hence, should not be written
Μωϋσῆς as it is by
L Tr [Addendum: Tr does not seem to be consistent; he uses the diaeresis, for example in
Acts 15:1,
5;
2 Timothy 3:8;
Hebrews 9:19.]
WH, for
ὠυ is a diphthong, as is plain from
ἑωυτοῦ,
τωὐτό, Ionic for
ἑαυτοῦ,
ταὐτό; (cf.
Lipsius, Gramm. Untersuch., p. 140); add,
Winers Grammar, p. 44; (
Buttmann, 19 (17)); Ewald, Gesch. des Volkes Israel edition 3, p. 119 note),
Μωσέως,
ὁ,
Moses (Itala and
Vulg.Moyses), the famous leader and legislator of the Israelites in their migration from Egypt to Palestine. As respects its declension, everywhere in the N. T. the genitive ends in
Μωσέως (as if from the nominative
Μωυσευς), in the
Sept. Μωσῆ, as
Numbers 4:41,
45,
49, etc. dative
Μωσῆ (as in the
Sept., cf.
Exodus 5:20;
Exodus 12:28;
Exodus 24:1;
Leviticus 8:21, etc.) and
Μωσεῖ (for the manuscripts and accordingly the editors vary between the two (but
T WH Μωσῆ only in
Acts 7:44 (influenced by the
Sept.?),
Tr in Acts, the passage cited and
Mark 9:4,
5;
L in Acts, the passage cited and
Romans 9:15 text; see
Tdf. Proleg., p. 119;
WH's Appendix, p. 158)),
Matthew 17:4;
Mark 9:4;
John 5:46;
John 9:29;
Acts 7:44;
Romans 9:15;
2 Timothy 3:8. Accusative,
Μωσῆν (as in the
Sept.),
Acts 6:11;
Acts 7:35;
1 Corinthians 10:2;
Hebrews 3:3; once
Μωσέα,
Luke 16:29; cf. (
Tdf. and
WH. as above);
Winers Grammar, § 10, 1;
Buttmann, as above; (
Etym. Magn. 597, 8). By metonymy, equivalent to
the books of Moses:
Luke 16:29;
Luke 24:27;
Acts 15:21;
2 Corinthians 3:15.
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