Roman 3:23
Richard Ghilardi
qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Fri Jul 5 12:17:17 EDT 2002
Dear Carl and b-greekers,
On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 10:16:41 -0400 "Carl W. Conrad"
<cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> writes:
>
> Yet another hypothesis (and it is no more than that) has come to my
> mind:
> Might there conceivably be some confusion between this verb
> hUSTEREW, a
> denominative verb clearly derivative from the adjective hUSTEROS and
> the
> verb STEREW/STEREOMAI ("deprive (of), be wanting/lacking")? The verb
> STEREW
> does not at all appear in the GNT, but it appears 19x in the LXX, 9x
> active, 10x. My "hunch/guess--no more than that--" is that hUSTEREW
> as an
> intransitive verb commonly took "active" form in earlier Greek and
> that in
> Koine it was being influenced be STEREOMAI.
[snip]
> I have no access to a good (or even an indifferent) Modern Greek
> dictionary; I'm cc'ing Manolis on this in hopes that he can help us
> on
> whether there's a modern Greek verb equivalent to
> hUSTEREW/hUSTEREOMAI and
> whether or not it's middle (passive) in form. If any one else has
> access to
> an unabridged Modern Greek dictionary, please assist us. The APORHMA
> may
> not be earth-shaking in importance, but it's an interesting one.
> --
>
Here are the entries for USTERW and STERW from D. N. Stavropoulos' Oxford
Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, 1988:
USTERW vi 1) be inferior to sb, not be good enough, fall short of: ~EI
TOU ADELFOU TOU SE EUFUIA, he is inferior to his brother in intelligence,
he is not so intelligent as his brother. ~EI STA MAQHMATIKA, he's weak in
maths, he is not very good at maths. H EPIDOSH SOU ~EI, DEN EINAI AUTO
POU PERIMENAME, your performance falls short of our expectations. DEN ~W
OUDENOS*, I'm second to none. 2) be lacking/wanting in, lack, not have:
~EI SE EUGENEIA, he's lacking in courtesy. ~EI SE PEIRA, he lacks
experience, he has no experience. 3) (KAQUSTERW) lag behind, be late. 4)
deprive (BL. L. UPOLEIPOMAI, STERW)
STERW vt 1) deprive [sb of sth], bereave, deny, dispossess, strip, stint,
take away, go/do without, miss [out on sth], go short [of sth]: TOU
STERHSAN OLA TOU TA DIKAIWMATA, they deprived him of all his rights.
~HQHKE TO FWS TOU, he was deprived of his eyesight. O POLEMOS TOU STERHSE
TON PATERA, the war bereft him of his father. DE ~EI THN OIKOGENEIA
TOU/TON EAUTO TOU APO TIPOTA, he denies his family/himself nothing. OI
EUGENEIS ~HQHKAN THN PERIOUSIA TOUS/OLOUS TOUS TITLOUS TOUS, the nobles
were dispossessed of their property/were stripped of all their titles.
~OUMOUN EGW TO FAI GIA NA 'COUN TA PAIDIA, I stinted myself of food so
that the children would have enough. AN SOU ~HSOUME THN ADEIA
ERGASIAS/ODHGHSEWS, if we take your work permit/your driving-licence away
from you.... DEN MPORW NA ~HQW TIS DIAKOPES MOU, I can't to without a
holiday. OLA TA PRAGMATA POU ~HQHKA STH ZWH MOU, all the things I had to
do without/to go without in my life... ~EITAI TO GLUKO MHPWS KAI PACUNEI,
she does without all sweet/she misses out on the sweet for fear of
putting on weight. QA ~HQEIS MIA SPANIA EMPEIRIA AN DEN PAS, you'll miss
out on a rare experience if you don't go. ~HQHKA THN AGAPH SOU, I missed
your love. DE QELW NA ~HQEIS EXAITIAS MOU, I don't want you to go short
on my account. ~OUMAI TA PANTA GIA TA PAIDIA MOU, pinch and scrape for
one's children. 2) (STEROUMAI) lack, want, be without, fml be
destitute/devoid of: ~EITAI QARROUS, he lacks courage, he's
lacking/wanting in courage. DE QA ~HQOUN TIPOTA, they'll want for
nothing. DE QA S' AFHSW NA ~HQEIS STA GERATIA SOU, I won't let you want
in your old age. ~OUMAI EIDHSEWN TOU, I have no news from him, I haven't
heard from him. ~OUMAI TA ANAGKAIA KEFALAIA, be without the necessary
funds. ~EITAI KOINHS LOGIKHS, he is destitute/devoid of common sense.
I cannot evaluate how helpful they are in answering your question. FWIW,
here are 3 MG versions of Rom 3:23:
MPAMPAS, 19th cent.: EPEIDH PANTES hHMARTON, KAI hUSTEROUNTAI THS DOXHS
TOU QEOU.
BELLAS, 1967: DIOTI hOLOI hAMARTHSAN KAI STEROUNTAI THS QEIAS DOXHS.
IWANNIDHS, 1994: GIATI OLOI AMARTHSAN KAI BRISKONTAI MAKRIA APO TH DOXA
TOU QEOU.
The last version chooses to depart from a more literal rendering as being
less comprehensible to modern thought. I english it thus:
because all have sinned and find themselves far from God's glory.
I think this captures the essential thought without having to determine
whether sinners have a measure of God's glory (but not quite enough) or
whether they are devoid of it altogether.
AUTOU CARITI SOS,
Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
New Haven, CT USA
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