[B-Greek] RE: Trench's Synonyms
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Tue Feb 18 09:49:19 EST 2003
In a message dated 2/18/2003 9:23:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
emory2oo2 at hotmail.com writes:
> One reason I decided to learn Greek is so I would not be dependent on
> sources such as commentaries, lexicons, etc. What is the point of learning
> Greek if we are going to stop at lexicons? Is that learning Greek? Can we
> do
> any better than say, "Well, that's what BDAG says." (Like those who know no
>
> Greek and say, "Well, that's what this commentary says.")
While there is a certain truth to that, consider where it is that you learn
what certain words mean. I continually go to lexica because they not only
give the glosses but give references as well. It would be a good idea to
check those references. Sometimes they don't seem to indicate quite exactly
what the lexicon implies.
gfsomsel
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