question for Richard

[kathryn]

Hello Richard! Could you tell me if the greek word, Koloboo (1062)"shortened" is related to the word "Kol" ?
Thanks!

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Hello Richard! Could you tell me if the greek word, Koloboo (1062)"shortened" is related to the word "Kol" ?
Thanks!
Hi Katheryn,

I think there is a mistake in the number 1062. It corresponds to the word "gamos" in Strong's Greek concordance and "bekorah" in Hebrew.

Richard

[gregoryfl]

Yes, it is number 2856, which is derived, not from kol, but kolos.

Ron

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Yes, it is number 2856, which is derived, not from kol, but kolos.

Ron
Thanks Ron.

I don't see any connection between the Greek kolos (midget) and the Hebrew kol (all). But I suspect that there is a connection with the Greek holos (#3650 Meaning: 1) all, whole, completely and the English "all" and "whole." Klein's Etymological Dictionary traces "whole" down to the Indo-European root *quailu which is intriguingly close to the Hebrew kol. He also notes a connection with the Old Slavic celu which is phonetically very similar. It looks to me like this is a pretty strong Hebrew root that found it's way into many languages.

Richard

[kathryn]

Thanks Richard and Ron !
It is so ironic to me, that it is related to the Kol in meaning because when I was reading the passage in scripture on time being "shortened" , I thought of the circle of time, twisting into an infinity loop, which of course, is the symbol of the kol. Why I thought of it, is anyone's guess...but I did...and then to find the word so similar was quite odd, to say the least!:D