[B-Greek] m/p participles in Colosians

Doug Hoxworth dhoxworth at charter.net
Thu Oct 23 18:26:55 EDT 2003


><John>
>My question: In these participles (KARPOFOROUMENON, AUJANOMENON, AUJANOMENOI) is there any difference between the meaning of the present and the meaning of the middle? Or are they thought to be passive? Thank you for your time.

<doug>
honestly i don't know whether it should be middle or 
passive. and if it is middle whether the meaning is 
essentially active (i.e., deponent). but i'll add a few 
comments.

perhaps since they appear to be agricultural terms that 
they have a sort of passive element to them. things bear 
fruit and increase because of the conditions. the level of 
fruitbearing and increase is somewhat subject to and 
dependent environments. so this may lend to a sort of 
passive element though it is not as though something else 
does the bearing and increasing through the vegetation 
(e.g., the tree is the one which bears the fruit and 
increases though it does this because of the soil, water, 
sun, fertilizing, etc.). i don't know if that helps but 
those are my comments.



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