[B-Greek] a carefully phrased question

Jason Hare jason at hareplay.com
Mon Dec 8 14:16:59 EST 2003


Brian,

Along the lines of referencing better sources, you might at least know that
Liddell-Scott-Jones' lexicon is online on the Perseus Project.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ - The Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/morphindex?lang=greek - Greek
Morphological Analysis

Put in the word according to the translit scheme ("proskuneo^") and you get
a nice long definition that covers Classical usage, normally adding a note
about its meaning in Hellenistic/Koine (and Christian) Greek.

Much better than Strong's... and so accessible!! ;-)

Regards,
Jason A. Hare

Student of Spanish and Philosophy
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, MO
jason at hareplay.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Hare" <jason at hareplay.com>
To: "B-Greek" <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] a carefully phrased question


> Again with the Strong! OY!! Can't we reference something better??
>
> Obeisance is a fine translation of PROSKUNEW. See the definition of
> *obeisance* on www.dictionary.com:
>
> "A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses
> deference or homage." Is this not what you found in Strong: to do
> homage/worship? I think that PROSKUNEW has different levels of "homage"
> attached to it, depending on to whom you are paying homage. If you are
> paying homage to God, then it would be a deep worship. However, you can
bow
> at the feet of someone who is *not* God in order to pay them homage
> ("worship them"), and this would be obeisance. PROSKUNEW covers both
> meanings.
>
> Regards,
> Jason A. Hare
>
> Student of Spanish and Philosophy
> Missouri Southern State University
> Joplin, MO
> jason at hareplay.com
>
>




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