[B-Greek] idiom
Hanna Paulouskaya
aniapavl at mail.ru
Tue Apr 1 09:07:19 EST 2003
Thank you very much. It is very useful. Can I ask you one more thing: Are
there any special works dedicated to Semitic idioms and them in Greek or
should seek only in dictionaries (it is very difficult to find any English
dictionary of Greek in Belarus)?
I'd be appreciated for an answer.
Yours in Christ,
Hanna Paulouskaya,
Belarus, Hrodna
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl W. Conrad <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: Hanna Paulouskaya <aniapavl at mail.ru>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] idiom
> 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.'
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
> cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
> WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
>
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