ALLHLWN

Peter Kirk prkirk at pmbx.net
Tue Dec 17 20:57:43 EST 2002


A question has come up on the b-trans list about ALLHLWN, in the context
of a particular verse in the NT, which I will not specify as I want to
restrict the discussion to this one point. But the context is
(apparently) a command to all believers to do something (which I choose
not to specify) ALLHLOIS.

Another list member suggested an interpretation in which a sub-group of
believers should do this to those not in the sub-group, but not vice
versa. I objected, stating that the use of ALLHLWN implied vice versa.
He wrote "I do not see this "vice versa" in the text." I replied: "The
"vice versa" is represented in the text by the word ALLHLOIS, which is
defined by Louw and Nida as "a reciprocal reference between entities -
'each other, one another.'" This must imply mutuality... It cannot mean
just that one subset must... to another subset." To which he replied
"Why not?"

So I now want to ask the b-greek list: Can ALLHLWN refer to what one
subgroup of addressess does to others (English "some... others")? Or
must it refer to what all addressees do to every other addressee
(English "each other")?

Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk at ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
 





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