[B-Greek] PAREIXETO in Acts 19:24

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Oct 11 21:36:21 EDT 2003


At 7:43 PM -0400 10/11/03, <bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca> wrote:
>Acts 19;24 reads DHMHTRIOS GAR TIS ONOMATI, ARGUROKOPOS, POIWN NAOUS
>ARGUROUS ARTEMIDOS PAREICETO TOIS TECNITAIS OUK OLIGHN ERGASIAN.
>What is the meaning here of the imperfect middle PAREICETO.
>The Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament (Gingrich and Danker)says
>about this, citing this verse ; "Get for oneself".
>I don't know how this makes sense in this verse, unless it indicates that
>Demetrius is also benefiting from the business he brought to the
>craftsmen. Even in this case the sentence does not make sense using "was
>getting for himself".
>(I suspect the answer may be in Carl's paper concerning Voice in the Greek
>verbs... Is it?)

The lexicon is essentially right; the imperfect means that this was a
regular source of income for Demetrius: he "procured no little trade for
his craftsmen."
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Carl W. Conrad
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