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2 Timothy 1:5 - Exposition

Having been reminded of for when I call to remembrance, A.V.; in thee for that in thee, A.V. Unfeigned ( ἀνυποκρίτου ) ; as 1 Timothy 1:5 (see also Romans 12:9 ; 2 Corinthians 6:6 ; 1 Peter 1:22 ; James 3:17 ). Having been reminded, etc. (see preceding note). Thy grandmother Lois. ΄άμμη properly corresponds exactly to our word "mamma." In 4 Macc. 16:9, οὐ μάμμη κληθεῖσα μακαρισθήσομαι , "I shall never be called a happy grandmother," and here (the only place where it is found in the New Testament) it has the sense of "grandmother." It is hardly a real word, and has no place in Stephens' 'Thes.,' except incidentally by comparison with πάππα . It has, however, a classical usage. The proper word for a "grandmother" is τήθη . Lois ; a name not found elsewhere, possibly meaning "good," or "excellent," from the same root as λωΐ́τερος and λώΐστος . This and the following Eunice are examples of the frequent use of Greek or Latin names by Jews. Eunice, we know from Acts 16:1 , was a Jewess and a Christian, as it would seem her mother Lois was before her.

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