BAPTIZW
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Mon Dec 10 14:02:15 EST 2001
In a message dated 12/10/2001 12:39:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ptraub at juno.com writes:
> I am interested in the possible relationship between BAPTIZW and BAPTW.
> BAPTW apparently involves dipping to dye whereas BAPTIZW has a broader
> semantic range in the New Testament with focus directed at the result.
>
> Are BAPTIZW and BAPTW different words?
> Can they be considered opposites?
> BAPTIZW = Take a stained thing and make it clean (wash)
> BAPTW = Take a clean thing and make it stained (dye)
>
This may be somewhat oversimplifying, however, -IZW verbs are generally
considered to be causative.
gfsomsel
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