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Ἑρμαῖον חרמון : called after Hermes, of or from Hermes In Arabic the name Jacob (يعقوب) means partridge the homologue of κακκάβη "partridge" also the word for a three-legged pot. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakka%2Fbh&la=greek&can=kakka%2Fbh0&prior=ka/kkab-os#Perseus:text:1999.04.005...

אחשורוש in the LXX is Ἀρταξέρξης (Artaxerxes) and this name appears in Daniel 9 as the father of Darius. Artaxerxes I fathered Darius II Antiquities of the Jews - 11.1841 After the death of Xerxes, the kingdom came to be transferred to his son Cyrus, whom the Greeks called Artaxerxes. The story of D...

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The Hebrew מאדך is μέγας σού "thy might" and LXX as δύναμις σου.

δύναμις;
power, might, strength, Hom.: then, generally, strength, power, ability to do a thing, a force for war, forces

Isaiah 51:1— Hearken to me, ye that follow (רדפי) after righteousness, ye that seek (מבקשי) the Lord. The verb רדף is closer to Lt. prosequor and persequor then διώκω. The verb בשק is a compound from ἐπιζητέω confirmed with the spanish words buscada, buscat and the component ζητεω is צדה. צוד, צדה ζ...

Isa 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish (Athens) first, to bring thy sons from far. איים יקוו — isles shall wait. γᾶι προσδοκησουσι The verb קוה is a compound of προσδοκάω; expect for, whether in hope or fear, wait for. Thus in Psalm 62:5 תקותי means "my expectation"...

Isaiah 62:3 — Thou shalt also be a crown of glory (עטרה תפארת) in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem (צניף) in the hand of thy God. κίδαρις φαντασίας (עטרה תפארת) κίδαρις Persian head-dress, prob. = τιάρα, κυρβασία —also κίταρις 2. turban of Jewish high priest, LXX Ex.28.4 τιάρα A.tiara, the P...

Isaiah 57:14 stumblingblock מכשול σφάλλω —to make to fall, throw down, overthrow, properly by tripping up, to trip up in wrestling σφάλμα —trip, stumble, false step. Psalms 91:12 lest thou dash thy foot against a stone פֶּן־ תִּגֹּ֖ף בָּאֶ֣בֶן רַגְלֶֽךָ׃ μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου προσ...

Isaiah 56:7 זבחיהם לרצון על מזבחי their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar The word רצון derives from the compound προδέχομαι; take, accept, receive. Cf. πρόσδεξις; acceptance. This is proven in Ezekiel 20:41 in which ארצה אתכם in Greek version is προσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς "I will accept you". The ...