[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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