Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Romans 11:4

ὁ χρηματισμός subst.: here only in N. T.; cf. v[208] Matthew 2:12; Acts 10:22; Hebrews 12:25; LXX[209] 2Ma 2:4, app. in the sense of an oracle = χρησμός: but here, in direct reference to ἐντυγχάνειν, = reply; cf. Deissmann B. S. p. 118, “ἕντευξις is a technical term for a petition to a king, χρηματίζειν the t.t. for the reply”; cf. Milligan, Grk Pap. 5, 5, 21; Polyb. 28. 14, 10 = answers to ἐντεύξεις of ambassadors (Schw. Lex.).

[208] vb verb
[209] LXX. the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament

τῇ Βάαλ, on the fem. (LXX[210] τῷ) cf. S. H.: “the feminine article with the masc. name was due to the desire to avoid the utterance of the forbidden name Baal (Hosea 2:16-17) and the substitution in reading of αἰσχύνη, just as the name Jehovah was written with the pointing of Adonai; usage most common in Jeremiah, occurs also in 1 and 2 Kings, Chronicles, and other Prophets; not in Pentateuch” (summarised).

[210] LXX. the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament

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