I Timothy 3:2, DIDAKTIKON

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Mon Apr 3 18:49:35 EDT 2000


In a message dated 4/3/2000 12:54:28 PM Central Standard Time, 
p_harrison at bigfoot.com writes:

<< DEI OUN TON EPISKOPON ANEPILHMPTON EINAI MIAV GUNAIKOV ANDRA NHFALION
 SWFRONA KOSMION FILOXENON DIDAKTIKON
 
 What are the shades of meaning of DIDAKTIKON here?  "Teachable", or "able to
 teach"?
  >>
It would seem that this term appears only twice in the NT.  It doesn't appear 
in the classical literature according to Perseus. The meaning generally given 
is "apt to teach."  It would appear that we are almost stuck with that 
meaning.  It would be interesting to find other roots ending in -IKOS to see 
how the suffix affects the meaning of the root.

gfsomsel



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