perfect PROISTHMI...

Roe d.roe at t-online.de
Thu Jul 6 09:40:30 EDT 2000




Thanks Carl and Maurice,

My question sprung from the curiosity whether the context (vs 16
speaking of "social/congregational" security for widows) could have
suggested pension for retired elders -- those *having* lead well.


Carl wrote:

>     PROESTHKA = I have come to be put in charge (of Y) = I AM in charge

This first definition, and the traditional translation for 1Tim 5:17,
struck me as requiring a passive voice, but I now see that a perfect
(PRO)hISTHMI does not even occur in passive...


BTW, my earlier attempts to access the Smyth grammar at the Somerville,
MA site had failed, and now I see at the Berlin site a diffenent
interface and the grammar being called "A Greek Grammar ***for
Colleges***"... and they don't yet have the 1956 Grammar available.  Is
this "for Colleges" grammar the same grammar as that which was on the
Somerville site?

David

D.W. Roe
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany



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