[B-Greek] Meaning of KATECONTWN in Romans 1:18

David Sugg davidsugg at comcast.net
Mon May 5 22:22:03 EDT 2003


I am currently doing a word study on Paul's use of KATECONTWN in Romans
1:18: "APOKALUPTETAI GAR ORGH QEOU AP hOURANOU EPI PASAN ASEBEIAN KAI
ADIKIAN ANQRWPWN TWN THN ALHQEIAN EN ADIKIA KATECONTWN."

Putting aside theological issues, can anyone direct me to some good articles
or discussions of the semantical or syntactical reasons for choosing among
the different nuances given by BAGF. What are the reasons/arguments from
choosing between "suppressing", "restraining", "hindering", or just plain
"holding."

I have always been taught that KATECONTWN means "actively suppressing", with
the idea of holding in prison.

I guess my main question boils down to how to take KATA, as Perfective or
more in the sense of down. Any help from the group would be helpful, and
greatly appreciated.

Dave Sugg




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