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According to LSJ, it may also mean "spring, trap" but the only example they
give is from the passage in question. 



At 07:16 AM 10/7/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Kevin suggests that peteuron means spirngboard--the springboard to
>Hades. But what would a springboard in the ancient world be? All I can
>come up with is an image of the sinner taking a couple of bounces on the
>diving board and plunging into Hell. Seems somewhat anachronistic.
>
>Mike
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>Michael V. Fox
>Professor, Dept. of Hebrew
>University of Wisconsin
>1220 Linden Drive, rm. 1346
>Madison, WI 53706
>email: mfox@lss.wisc.edu = mvfox@facstaff.wisc.edu
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>

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