[B-Greek] ALLWi ... hETERWi
Maurice A. O'Sullivan
mauros at iol.ie
Mon Aug 25 06:37:22 EDT 2003
At 11:11 25/08/2003, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>See BDF §306 (pp. 160-161); in older Greek hETEROS was only used of a
>relationship between two persons or items; in NT Koine ALLOS is used often
>where hETEROS would have been appropriate earlier.BDAG offers for hETEROS
The same kind of thing is happening in English these days.
" They respect each other " -- said, for instance, of two colleagues
" They respect one another " -- said, for instance, of an entire team
But rarely does one hear the distinction made in ordinary conversation.
Regards,
Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie
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