[B-Greek] idiom
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Apr 1 06:55:33 EST 2003
At 8:11 AM +0400 4/1/03, Hanna Paulouskaya wrote:
>Hello,
>there is an interesting expression in Lk 9:51 - to proswpon autou
>esthrixen - what is often translated as "made decision". Is this a greek
>or hebrew idiom? Maybe anybody would know.
It is a Semitic idiom; I think that the note in L&N should answer your
question reasonly well:
30.80 STHRIZW TO PROSWPON: (a Semitic idiom, literally 'to fix one's face')
to make a decision, with emphasis upon finality - 'to decide firmly, to
resolve, to make up one's mind definitely.' AUTOS DE TO PROSWPON ESTHRISEN
TOU POREUESQAI EIS IEROUSALHM 'he made up his mind and set out for
Jerusalem' Lk 9:51. In order to express the meaning of 'to decide firmly,'
it may be useful in some instances to translate 'to decide and to refuse to
change one's mind' or 'to decide and not to change.'
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Carl W. Conrad
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