[B-Greek] ALLWi ... hETERWi

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Aug 25 17:09:45 EDT 2003


At 4:19 PM -0400 8/25/03, Ron Snider wrote:
>While it is only a generalization and not true in every text, is it not
>correct to consider that ALLOS means another one of a same or similar
>kind and hETEROS means another one of a different kind?

I'm not sure just what value such a generalization might have; it certainly
doesn't apply to the text originally referenced in this question:

ALLWi DE ENERGHMATA DUNAMEWN, ALLWi PROFHTEIA, ALLWi DIAKRISEIS PNEUMATWN,
hETERWi GENH GLWSSWN, ALLWi DE hERMHNEIA GLWSSWN (1 Cor. 12,10)

I've done a simple search for hETEROS in the GNT; the first hit is this:

Mt 6:24 OUDEIS DUNATAI DUSI KURIOIS DOULEUEIN: H GAR TON hENA MISHSEI KAI
TON hETERON AGAPHSEI, H hENOS ANQEXETAI KAI TOU hETEROU KATAFRONHSEI

Here is classical usage of hETEROS as the second of two parties, although
in classical usage one might perhaps more likely have seen hETEROS used for
both parties in each pair, as H GAR TON hETERON MISHSEI KAI TON hETERON
AGAPHSEI, H hETEROU ANQEXETAI KAI TOU hETEROU KATAFRONHSEI. But I don't see
any clear differentiation of "kind" of the two masters here; one of them
might be a George, the other a William or one a young man, the other an
aged man, or they might both be young men.
-- 

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/



More information about the B-Greek mailing list