Difference between revisions of "Peculiar"

<p> ''''' pḗ ''''' - ''''' kūl´yar ''''' : The Latin <i> peculium </i> means "private property," so that "peculiar" properly = "pertaining to the individual." In modern English the word has usually degenerated into a half-colloquial form for "extraordinary," but in Biblical English it is a thoroughly dignified term for "esp. one's own"; compare the "peculiar treasure" of the king in &nbsp; Ecclesiastes 2:8 (the King James Version). Hence, "peculiar people" (the King James Version &nbsp; Deuteronomy 14:2 , etc.) means a people especially possessed by God and particularly prized by Him. The word in the Old [[Testament]] (the King James Version &nbsp;Exodus 19:5; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 14:2; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 26:18; &nbsp;Psalm 135:4; &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 2:8 ) invariably represents סגלּה , <i> ''''' ṣeghullāh ''''' </i> , "property," an obscure word which [[Septuagint]] usually rendered by the equally obscure περιούσιος , <i> ''''' perioúsios ''''' </i> (apparently meaning "superabundant"), which in turn is quoted in &nbsp;Titus 2:14 . In &nbsp;Malachi 3:17 , however, Septuagint has περιποίησις , <i> ''''' peripoı́ēsis ''''' </i> , quoted in &nbsp;1 Peter 2:9 . the English Revised Version in the New Testament substituted "own possession" in the two occurrences, but in the Old Testament kept "peculiar" and even extended its use (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 7:6; &nbsp;Malachi 3:17 ) to cover every occurrence of <i> ''''' ṣeghullāh ''''' </i> except in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 29:3 ("treasure"). the American Standard Revised Version, on the contrary, has dropped "peculiar" altogether, using "treasure" in &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 29:3; &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 2:8 , and "own possession" elsewhere. the King James Version also has "peculiar commandments" (ἴδιος , <i> ''''' ı́dios ''''' </i> , "particular," the Revised Version (British and American) "several") in The Wisdom of [[Solomon]] 19:6, and the Revised Version (British and American) has "peculiar" where the King James Version has "special" in The Wisdom of Solomon 3:14 for ἐκλεκτή , <i> ''''' eklektḗ ''''' </i> , "chosen out." </p>