[B-Greek] katwkisen
sisneros
swankeep at sisna.com
Fri May 16 12:41:34 EDT 2003
Friday, May 16, '03
Hello B-Greek:
My name is Linda Sisneros. I am a remedial student of Greek (using Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek). I am about to enter a Ph.D program at Trinity Southwest University in Albuq. NM. Here are my questions:
1.) Can katw (lexicon says this is an adverb) be used as a preverb? (Specifically with oikeo, oikis.)
2.) The word in question is katoikisen (James 4:5, translated in NRSV, "he caused to dwell"). Could this be a combo of katw + oikis rather than kata + oikis? If so, why; if not, why not?
3.) The w in katwkisen includes an accent and an iota subscript. What rule applies here?
4.) The morph. analysis from Perseus gives aor ind act 3rd sg (with stem type izw and dictionery entry katoikizo meaning "remove to" or "plant"). This would make the translation (re. spirit, which) "is planted" (in us). Their World English Bible version renders it " 'The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously?' " Are either of these correct?
5.) Could the translation of katwikisen possibly include the idea of "downward" since this is the meaning of the word katw? (Obviously, this would only be so if #1 above is "yes".)
Thank you for your help. I hope I have been clear enough with my unlearned questions.
Sincerely,
Linda Sisneros
swankeep at sisna.com
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